ABA CLASS A-
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
05/03/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Mike Fogg 1st Malcolm Garner 1st 1st
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Brent Mallinson 2nd Brent Mallinson 6th 3rd
Providence Hex Pete DiBiaso 3rd 10th(tied) 10th
Julian Jammers Emmanuel Norman 4th 10th(tied) 11th
Waco Warlocks Chris Hensley 5th 10th(tied) 12th
Santa Ana Black Aces Chris Wahl 6th 10th(tied) 13th
Medford Desperados Jimmy Brewer 7th 10th(tied) 14th
Wichita Panthers George Gericke 8th 10th(tied) 15th
Anaheim Music Donald Callison 9th Ryan Rosenson 3rd 4th
Ottawa Lynx Tim Chambers 10th Roger Gotsch 7th 5th
Montgomery Missions J.R. Chambers 11th 10th(tied) 16th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Nate Johnson 12th 10th(tied) 17th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Nick Watkins 13th Nick Watkins 5th 6th
Savannah Alpines Preston Leon 14th Pael Espanol 2nd 2nd
Carson City Miners Jeremy Basil 15th 10th(tied) 18th
Newport News Wranglers Josh Dunn 16th Jonathan Jaramillo 8th 7th
Aurora Paints Dave Rotolo 17th Pedro Morado 9th 8th
Newport Unicorns Bill Athan 18th 10th(tied) 19th
Sikeston Shamrocks Jonathan Cabouerde 19th 10th(tied) 20th
Greensboro Naturals Juan Lozada 20th Juan Lozada 4th 9th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites William Hernandez 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Ontario Sunrays 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Providence Hex Mike Chaloux 1st Mike Chaloux 10th 10th
Ontario Sunrays Jerry Tully 2nd Jerry Tully 2nd 1st
Spring Park Green Knights Justin Thurston 3rd Justin Thurston 14th 13th
Ottawa Lynx Lyle Blakesley 4th Jim Naig 13th 11th
Wichita Panthers Curtis Wojtysiak 5th Curtis Wojtysiak 4th(tied) 2nd
Greensboro Naturals Matt Mills 6th Oscar Hermosillo 16th 15th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Eric Propper 7th Reed Gomez 4th(tied) 3rd
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Alex Benitez 8th Zach Weakley 11th 12th
Santa Ana Black Aces Brian Evans 9th 18th(tied) 18th
Montgomery Missions Mike Brown 10th Brad Dilday 15th 16th
Newport News Wranglers Jose Ramos 11th Jose Ramos 3rd 5th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Bobby Barnes 12th Eddie Monaghan 4th(tied) 6th
Julian Jammers Tim Wetmore 13th Tim Wetmore 4th(tied) 7th
Savannah Alpines Mike Fitzgerald 14th (tied) Mike Fitzgerald 12th 14th
Waco Warlocks Dane Hove 14th (tied) Luke Flynn 4th(tied) 8th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ken Beck 16th Rob Campbell 1st 4th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Brad Reynolds 17th 18th(tied) 19th
Carson City Miners Eric Brower 18th Eric Brower 17th 17th
Medford Desperados Nate Raphael 19th 18th(tied) 20th
Aurora Paints Nick Roper 20th 18th(tied) 21st
Newport Unicorns Andrew Ortiz 21st 18th(tied) 22nd
Anaheim Music Trevor Carnes 22nd Chris Malay 4th(tied) 9th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Jason Wilson 23rd 18th(tied) 23rd
Sikeston Shamrocks Tim Brooks 24th 18th(tied) 24th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Jesse Griffin 1st Jesse Griffin 4th 4th
Medford Desperados Daniel Friedrich 2nd Daniel Friedrich 2nd(tied) 1st
Spring Park Green Knights Chris Alexander 3rd Chris Alexander 6th 5th
Santa Ana Black Aces Patrick Gentry 4th 12th(tied) 12th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Mike MacPherson 5th 12th(tied) 13th
Julian Jammers Edwin Retana 6th (tied) David Gil 1st 2nd
Providence Hex Brian Garner 6th (tied) 12th(tied) 14th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Dan McNamara 8th Dan McNamara 11th 7th
Aurora Paints Constantin Lupu 9th Constantin Lupu 5th 6th
Anaheim Music Steve Sheffield 10th 12th(tied) 15th
Montgomery Missions Paul Adam 11th 12th(tied) 16th
Greensboro Naturals Ricky Tully 12th 12th(tied) 17th
Newport News Wranglers Bob Sallee 13th Justin Perez 10th 8th
Sikeston Shamrocks Russ Philip 14th Russ Philip 2nd(tied) 3rd
Ottawa Lynx Kevin Vinson 15th 12th(tied) 18th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Kyle Scherbel 16th 12th(tied) 19th
Savannah Alpines Keith Connelly 17th 12th(tied) 20th
Waco Warlocks Dylan Wrinn 18th 12th(tied) 21st
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Alex Marquez 19th 12th(tied) 22nd
Newport Unicorns Jose Corona 20th Santiago Ytuarte 9th 11th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jason King 21st Jason King 8th 10th
Carson City Miners John Marr 22nd John Marr 7th 9th
Ontario Sunrays George Cienfuegos 23rd 12th(tied) 23rd
Wichita Panthers Salvador Velazquez 24th 12th(tied) 24th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Matt Dean 1st Matt Dean 2nd 1st
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Jeff Sausville 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Waco Warlocks Ryan Syfrett 3rd Arturo Farias 3rd 3rd
Aurora Paints Greg Martel 4th (tied) 5th(tied) 6th(tied)
Medford Desperados Lamar Bridges 4th (tied) 5th(tied) 6th(tied)
Ottawa Lynx Nick Makar 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Newport News Wranglers Curt Lirette 7th 5th(tied) 9th
Montgomery Missions Danny Clemons 8th 5th(tied) 10th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jaden Williams 9th 5th(tied) 11th
Anaheim Music Ryan Mann 10th 5th(tied) 12th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Leo Carballo 11th Leo Carballo 1st 2nd
Newport Unicorns Tyler Humes 12th 5th(tied) 13th
Sikeston Shamrocks Pat Haney 13th 5th(tied) 14th
Spring Park Green Knights Andy Belot 14th 5th(tied) 15th
Carson City Miners Jon Taylor 15th 5th(tied) 16th
Wichita Panthers Leo Gracia 16th 5th(tied) 17th
Providence Hex Mike Unruh 17th Max Guerrero 4th 4th
Ontario Sunrays Larry Casperson 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Greensboro Naturals Dave Orosco 19th 5th(tied) 19th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Antonio Rodriguez 20th 5th(tied) 20th
Julian Jammers 21st (tied) 5th(tied) 21st(tied)
Santa Ana Black Aces 21st (tied) 5th(tied) 21st(tied)
Savannah Alpines 21st (tied) 5th(tied) 21st(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 21st (tied) 5th(tied) 21st(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Albert Garcia 1st Albert Garcia 2nd 1st
Newport News Wranglers Brian Beason 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Doug Wagner 3rd Doug Wagner 4th 3rd
Ottawa Lynx John Russell 4th John Russell 3rd 2nd
Medford Desperados Travis Biggar 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Providence Hex Roberto Vazquez 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Wichita Panthers Karl Aitcheson 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Sikeston Shamrocks Matt Duval 8th 7th(tied) 11th
Carson City Miners Steve Anderson 9th Victor Cruz 1st 4th
Ontario Sunrays Tim Amos 10th (tied) 7th(tied) 12th(tied)
Santa Ana Black Aces Chris Mitchell 10th (tied) 7th(tied) 12th(tied)
Savannah Alpines Salvador Lodi 12th Raul Rodriguez 5th 5th
Newport Unicorns Eric Nance 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Lorenzo Torres 14th 7th(tied) 15th
Greensboro Naturals Lorenzo Garza 15th Lorenzo Garza 6th 6th
Waco Warlocks Jose Navarette 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Julian Jammers Marco Cruz 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Anaheim Music 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
Aurora Paints 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
Little Rock Golden Gophers 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
Montgomery Missions 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ontario Sunrays Matt Strader 1st Travis Hammen 1st 1st
Ottawa Lynx Mike Escobar 2nd Mark Thompson 2nd(tied) 2nd
Sikeston Shamrocks John Billings 3rd John Billings 13th 8th
Wichita Panthers Jimmy Zanghi 4th Rick Gruber 2nd(tied) 3rd
Little Rock Golden Gophers Joe Bacon 5th Joe Bacon 10th 6th
Medford Desperados Jarrod LaCasse 6th John Austin 2nd(tied) 4th
Newport News Wranglers Ian Schelling 7th 16th(tied) 16th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Ron Salcido 8th Danny Haessly 2nd(tied) 5th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Colin Burke 9th Colin Burke 14th 12th
Aurora Paints David Short 10th David Short 11th 9th
Santa Ana Black Aces Frank Babb 11th 16th(tied) 17th
Providence Hex Rafael Miranda 12th 16th(tied) 18th
Greensboro Naturals Justin Husnick 13th Chris Miller 6th 7th
Spring Park Green Knights Ryan Willin 14th Ryan Willin 8th 10th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Dustin Owens 15th Dustin Owens 9th 11th
Montgomery Missions Paul Marks 16th Javy Perez 12th 13th
Newport Unicorns Pedro Quintero 17th 16th(tied) 19th
Julian Jammers Caleb Askew 18th 16th(tied) 20th
Waco Warlocks Shane Andes 19th 16th(tied) 21st
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ben Borch 20th Alex Munoz 15th 15th
Anaheim Music Chris Shamblen 21st 16th(tied) 22nd
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jose Mora 22nd Jose Mora 7th 14th
Savannah Alpines Cody Walker 23rd 16th(tied) 23rd
Carson City Miners 24th 16th(tied) 24th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Bill Kibler 1st Bill Kibler 1st 1st
Tacoma Thunder Wolves John Yarbrough 2nd John Yarbrough 6th 2nd
Anaheim Music Ryan Ramirez 3rd Ryan Ramirez 5th 3rd
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Carlos Malabranca 4th Carlos Malabranca 7th 5th
Sikeston Shamrocks Jayden Howard 5th 11th(tied) 11th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jose Martinez 6th Jose Martinez 4th 6th
Wichita Panthers Aaron Anderson 7th Aaron Anderson 8th 7th
Aurora Paints Francisco Chavez 8th Francisco Chavez 2nd 4th
Newport Unicorns John Lendon 9th Kikuji Tanaka 10th 9th
Ontario Sunrays Kevin Jones 10th 11th(tied) 12th
Newport News Wranglers Pete Shelton 11th Matthew Brown 3rd 8th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Danny Budzisz 12th 11th(tied) 13th
Ottawa Lynx Shungyosai Tanno 13th 11th(tied) 14th
Savannah Alpines Mickey Michael 14th Jody Clark 9th 10th
Medford Desperados Milt Sallee 15th 11th(tied) 15th
Providence Hex Jason Flanagan 16th 11th(tied) 16th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Carlos Rodrigues 17th 11th(tied) 17th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Eddie Bertetto 18th 11th(tied) 18th
Julian Jammers Robert Sanchez 19th 11th(tied) 19th
Montgomery Missions Kyle Hirsch 20th 11th(tied) 20th
Spring Park Green Knights Aaron Carlisle 21st 11th(tied) 21st
Waco Warlocks Randy Reneau 22nd 11th(tied) 22nd
Carson City Miners Ruben Plascencia 23rd 11th(tied) 23rd
Greensboro Naturals 24th 11th(tied) 24th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Chris Benedict 1st Chris Benedict 1st(tied) 1st
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Cameron Kovatch 2nd Cameron Kovatch 3rd 3rd
Providence Hex Jimmy Kronenberger 3rd Jimmy Kronenberger 4th 4th
Santa Ana Black Aces Matt Grissom 4th Matt Grissom 7th 5th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Greg Mayfield 5th Cody Kelley 1st(tied) 2nd
Ottawa Lynx Juan Perez 6th 11th(tied) 11th
Wichita Panthers Bobby Spross 7th 11th(tied) 12th
Montgomery Missions Edgar Ramos 8th 11th(tied) 13th
Julian Jammers Tim Vigil 9th 11th(tied) 14th
Waco Warlocks Jay Brown 10th Joel Moya 5th 6th
Aurora Paints Bob Mauser 11th 11th(tied) 15th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Tim Schnupp 12th 11th(tied) 16th
Spring Park Green Knights Mike Keener 13th 11th(tied) 17th
Greensboro Naturals Latrell Poff 14th 11th(tied) 18th
Carson City Miners John Sasser 15th Jesus Escobar 9th 8th
Anaheim Music Chris Reyes 16th 11th(tied) 19th
Savannah Alpines Zack Neal 17th Luis Amador 8th 7th
Ontario Sunrays Humphrey Gerber 18th Humphrey Gerber 6th 9th
Medford Desperados Scott Skidmore 19th 11th(tied) 20th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Felix Castillo 20th 11th(tied) 21st
Sikeston Shamrocks Rob McCoy 21st 11th(tied) 22nd
Newport Unicorns Hugo Campos 22nd 11th(tied) 23rd
Newport News Wranglers Nate Jurgensen 23rd Nate Jurgensen 10th 10th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 24th 11th(tied) 24th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Medford Desperados Graham Renner 1st Graham Renner 6th 4th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Miguel Rodriguez 2nd Steve Albrecht 1st 1st
Anaheim Music Nate Billesbach 3rd Nate Billesbach 10th(tied) 10th
Sikeston Shamrocks Keith Carter 4th Mike Reich 10th(tied) 11th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Brad Martin 5th Brad Martin 10th(tied) 12th
Santa Ana Black Aces Isaiah White 6th Byron Bruce 3rd 2nd
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Adam Noland 7th Adam Noland 4th 5th
Providence Hex Andrew Porter 8th Andrew Porter 9th 8th
Ottawa Lynx Ryan Hadder 9th Ryan Hadder 2nd 3rd
Montgomery Missions Mike Gentry 10th Josh Howard 8th 9th
Newport Unicorns Vance Lancaster 11th Rogelio Camarillo 7th 6th
Greensboro Naturals David Sanko 12th David Sanko 10th(tied) 13th
Carson City Miners Jon Ramirez 13th Jon Ramirez 5th 7th
Savannah Alpines Jose Rodriguez 14th Jose Rodriguez 10th(tied) 14th
Aurora Paints Matthew Davi 15th Matthew Davi 18th 16th
Wichita Panthers Matt Lavender 16th 19th(tied) 18th
Waco Warlocks Carlos Orosco 17th Daniel Chavez 17th 17th
Ontario Sunrays Pat Potter 18th 19th(tied) 19th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ricky Flores 19th Ricky Flores 10th(tied) 15th
Newport News Wranglers Jean Lebreton 20th 19th(tied) 21st
Julian Jammers Felix Acosta 21st Felix Acosta 16th 20th
Spring Park Green Knights 22nd (tied) 19th(tied) 22nd(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 22nd (tied) 19th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 22nd (tied) 19th(tied) 22nd(tied)
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Chris Williams 1st Ryan McEntyre 3rd 1st
Sikeston Shamrocks Chris Wimberley 2nd Chris Wimberley 1st 2nd
Little Rock Golden Gophers Ronnie Downard 3rd Pedro Garza 2nd 3rd
Medford Desperados Victor Martinez 4th Victor Martinez 9th 6th
Providence Hex Angel Garabito 5th Angel Garabito 4th 4th
Savannah Alpines Erik Willis 6th Danny Barrera 14th 8th
Ottawa Lynx Roger D'Anna 7th Joaquin Santiago 5th 5th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Steve Burger 8th Isaiah Timmons 12th 11th
Newport Unicorns Nick Combs 9th Nick Combs 6th(tied) 7th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Cory Hobbs 10th Carlos Brenes 6th(tied) 9th
Greensboro Naturals Steve Williams 11th (tied) Dae-jin Lee 6th(tied) 10th
Montgomery Missions Brad Cooper 11th (tied) 15th(tied) 12th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Corneles Manolas 13th Juan Esquibel 10th 13th
Waco Warlocks Sam Betourne 14th 15th(tied) 15th
Wichita Panthers Brian Wilson 15th 15th(tied) 17th
Carson City Miners Dermot Howe 16th Victor Duran 11th 14th
Newport News Wranglers J.D. Hennis 17th J.D. Hennis 13th 16th
Anaheim Music Aaron Kent 18th 15th(tied) 18th
Ontario Sunrays Harrison Tatta 19th 15th(tied) 19th
Aurora Paints Men Resina 20th 15th(tied) 20th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Timothy Lipinski 21st 15th(tied) 21st
Julian Jammers 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Chris Williams 1st Ryan McEntyre 2nd 1st
Little Rock Golden Gophers Mike Collins 2nd Eddie O'Connor 4th(tied) 2nd
Wichita Panthers Eddie Clickner 3rd 15th(tied) 13th
Greensboro Naturals Steve Williams 4th Dae-jin Lee 4th(tied) 3rd
Sikeston Shamrocks Bobby Simpson 5th Bobby Simpson 7th 7th
Medford Desperados Victor Martinez 6th Victor Martinez 8th 8th
Providence Hex Angel Garabito 7th Jim Miller 1st 4th
Carson City Miners Angelo Luque 8th Victor Duran 11th 9th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Steve Albrecht 9th Steve Albrecht 3rd 5th
Newport News Wranglers J.D. Hennis 10th J.D. Hennis 12th 10th
Montgomery Missions Brad Cooper 11th 15th(tied) 15th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Cory Hobbs 12th Carlos Brenes 4th(tied) 6th
Anaheim Music Aaron Kent 13th 15th(tied) 16th
Newport Unicorns Jose Garcia 14th Jose Garcia 13th 12th
Ottawa Lynx Esteban Montoya 15th Esteban Montoya 10th 11th
Waco Warlocks Bobby Williams 16th 15th(tied) 18th
Ontario Sunrays Harrison Tatta 17th 15th(tied) 19th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Juan Esquibel 18th Juan Esquibel 9th 14th
Aurora Paints Brayden Snell 19th 15th(tied) 20th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Timothy Lipinski 20th 15th(tied) 21st
Savannah Alpines Danny Barrera 21st Danny Barrera 14th 17th
Julian Jammers 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
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