ABA CLASS A-
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/26/2024
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sikeston Shamrocks Mike Hydo 1st Mike Hydo 3rd 3rd
Little Rock Golden Gophers Mike Fogg 2nd Malcolm Garner 1st 1st
Montgomery Missions Tom Hirsch 3rd 6th(tied) 6th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jason Murphy 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Newport Unicorns Charles Williams 5th 6th(tied) 8th
Medford Desperados Phil McBreen 6th 6th(tied) 9th
Julian Jammers T.J. Garcia 7th 6th(tied) 10th
Providence Hex Steve Muljana 8th Pete DiBiaso 5th 5th
Anaheim Music Matt Bellavance 9th 6th(tied) 11th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Xavier Brandon 10th Xavier Brandon 4th 4th
Wichita Panthers George Gericke 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Santa Ana Black Aces Chris Wahl 12th 6th(tied) 13th
Ottawa Lynx Franklin Gonzalez 13th 6th(tied) 14th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Roland Clement 14th 6th(tied) 15th
Greensboro Naturals Roy Brunner 15th (tied) 6th(tied) 16th
Savannah Alpines Dallas Remmert 15th (tied) Preston Leon 2nd 2nd
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Eric Brown 17th 6th(tied) 17th
Pikeville Cavalry Mike Ekstedt 18th 6th(tied) 18th
South Pasadena Air Riders Angel de la Cruz 19th 6th(tied) 19th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Vinny Tijerina 20th 6th(tied) 20th
Aurora Paints 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
Newport News Wranglers 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
Ontario Sunrays 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Joseph Mighty Mites David Pierce 1st David Pierce 5th 4th
Spring Park Green Knights Justin Thurston 2nd Justin Thurston 6th 5th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Mike Kopp 3rd Justin Solid 10th 6th
Montgomery Missions Mike Brown 4th 14th(tied) 14th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Brian Cash 5th Jose Hernandez 1st(tied) 1st
Newport News Wranglers Jose Ramos 6th Jose Ramos 1st(tied) 2nd
Wichita Panthers Bobby Sidener 7th Bobby Sidener 11th 9th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Omar Gatica 8th Omar Gatica 1st(tied) 3rd
Providence Hex Kyle Macrina 9th 14th(tied) 15th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Michel DeRise 10th Michel DeRise 9th 8th
South Pasadena Air Riders Dillon O'Neill 11th Dillon O'Neill 13th 10th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Eddie Monaghan 12th Eddie Monaghan 4th 7th
Ottawa Lynx Brian Johnson 13th Brian Johnson 12th 11th
Anaheim Music Zach Macurdy 14th 14th(tied) 16th
Pikeville Cavalry John Sears 15th 14th(tied) 17th
Julian Jammers Jesus Lugo 16th 14th(tied) 18th
Aurora Paints Dustin Neeper 17th 14th(tied) 19th
Newport Unicorns Andrew Ortiz 18th Jesse Lang 7th 12th
Savannah Alpines Mike Fitzgerald 19th Mike Fitzgerald 8th 13th
Ontario Sunrays David Peterson 20th 14th(tied) 20th
Greensboro Naturals 21st (tied) 14th(tied) 21st(tied)
Medford Desperados 21st (tied) 14th(tied) 21st(tied)
Santa Ana Black Aces 21st (tied) 14th(tied) 21st(tied)
Sikeston Shamrocks 21st (tied) 14th(tied) 21st(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greensboro Naturals Justin Freas 1st Mario Alvarado 3rd(tied) 1st
Santa Ana Black Aces Pete Horne 2nd Pete Horne 3rd(tied) 3rd
Medford Desperados Daniel Friedrich 3rd Daniel Friedrich 2nd 2nd
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Justin Morgan 4th Justin Morgan 3rd(tied) 4th
Spring Park Green Knights Brian Byrnes 5th Brian Byrnes 10th 8th
Julian Jammers Edwin Retana 6th Edwin Retana 3rd(tied) 6th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Justin Teehan 7th Justin Teehan 9th 9th
Aurora Paints Tim Lunsford 8th Constantin Lupu 1st 5th
Savannah Alpines Jim Young 9th 12th(tied) 12th
Montgomery Missions Paul Adam 10th (tied) 12th(tied) 13th
Newport News Wranglers Chris Hartfield 10th (tied) Chris Hartfield 3rd(tied) 7th
Providence Hex Jimmy Robertson 12th 12th(tied) 14th
Pikeville Cavalry Michael Cruz 13th 12th(tied) 15th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Aaron Cleaveland 14th Aaron Cleaveland 8th 10th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Robert Francis 15th 12th(tied) 16th
Newport Unicorns Jose Lemos 16th 12th(tied) 17th
Sikeston Shamrocks Jesse Gillespie 17th 12th(tied) 18th
South Pasadena Air Riders Ricky Zamarron 18th 12th(tied) 19th
Ontario Sunrays Ted Hendrix 19th 12th(tied) 20th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jared Dawson 20th 12th(tied) 21st
Wichita Panthers Salvador Velazquez 21st 12th(tied) 22nd
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Kikuji Tanaka 22nd Kikuji Tanaka 11th 11th
Anaheim Music Antonio Lopez 23rd 12th(tied) 23rd
Ottawa Lynx 24th 12th(tied) 24th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ottawa Lynx John Troia 1st Tom Modell 1st 1st
Spring Park Green Knights Francisco O'Brien 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Newport News Wranglers Nick Keller 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Jeff Sausville 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Greensboro Naturals Roberto Cano 5th 5th(tied) 8th
Anaheim Music Chris Lewis 6th 5th(tied) 9th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jason Ogden 7th 5th(tied) 10th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Ivan Hernandez 8th 5th(tied) 11th
Medford Desperados Terry Hetzel 9th 5th(tied) 12th
Pikeville Cavalry Brett Seidlitz 10th Arturo Farias 2nd(tied) 2nd
Providence Hex Kyle Summey 11th 5th(tied) 13th
Sikeston Shamrocks Kevin Mortensen 12th Angel Solorzano 4th 4th
Montgomery Missions Steve Anderson 13th 5th(tied) 14th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Doug Stewart 14th 5th(tied) 15th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ken Beck 15th Ken Beck 2nd(tied) 3rd
Aurora Paints Greg Martel 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Newport Unicorns Seth Gosselin 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Julian Jammers Roberto Vigueras 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Wichita Panthers Leo Gracia 19th 5th(tied) 19th
South Pasadena Air Riders Jeff Hammons 20th 5th(tied) 20th
Ontario Sunrays Joe Deutsch 21st 5th(tied) 21st
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Adam Schwark 22nd 5th(tied) 22nd
Santa Ana Black Aces 23rd (tied) 5th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Savannah Alpines 23rd (tied) 5th(tied) 23rd(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Bill Chavarria 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Sikeston Shamrocks Chris Cooper 2nd 6th(tied) 7th
Newport Unicorns Andrew Flynn 3rd Andrew Flynn 2nd 2nd
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Albert Garcia 4th Albert Garcia 1st 1st
Newport News Wranglers David Hidalgo 5th 6th(tied) 8th
Medford Desperados Travis Biggar 6th 6th(tied) 9th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers John Strouf 7th Doug Wagner 4th 3rd
South Pasadena Air Riders Steve Anderson 8th Steve Anderson 5th 4th
Santa Ana Black Aces Danny Rodriguez 9th 6th(tied) 10th
Montgomery Missions Cherles Bezerra 10th 6th(tied) 11th
Providence Hex Josh Scales 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Wichita Panthers Karl Aitcheson 12th 6th(tied) 13th
Aurora Paints Josh Randel 13th 6th(tied) 14th
Savannah Alpines Salvador Lodi 14th 6th(tied) 15th
Greensboro Naturals Lorenzo Garza 15th Lorenzo Garza 3rd 5th
Ontario Sunrays Chris Martinez 16th 6th(tied) 16th
Pikeville Cavalry Juan Cantu 17th 6th(tied) 17th
Anaheim Music 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
Julian Jammers 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
Mt. Vernon Cyclones 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
Ottawa Lynx 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greensboro Naturals Justin Kelley 1st Justin Kelley 4th 4th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Doug Marrin 2nd 9th(tied) 9th
Spring Park Green Knights Jesse Reimann 3rd Jesse Reimann 7th 5th
Pikeville Cavalry Matt Strader 4th Matt Strader 2nd(tied) 1st
Ottawa Lynx Hugo Merino 5th 9th(tied) 10th
Santa Ana Black Aces Frank Babb 6th 9th(tied) 11th
Medford Desperados Ahmed Joiner 7th 9th(tied) 12th
Providence Hex Justin Wish 8th 9th(tied) 13th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Bill Dent 9th 9th(tied) 14th
Montgomery Missions Jason Vick 10th Javy Perez 2nd(tied) 2nd
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Joe Cluff 11th Alex Munoz 8th 8th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jeff Sears 12th 9th(tied) 15th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Alejandro Morales 13th 9th(tied) 16th
Aurora Paints Adam Alvarez 14th David Short 5th 6th
Julian Jammers Caleb Askew 15th 9th(tied) 17th
Wichita Panthers Joe Gilbreath 16th Rick Gruber 6th 7th
South Pasadena Air Riders Tim Gieger 17th Caleb Herendeen 1st 3rd
Newport Unicorns Pedro Quintero 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Ontario Sunrays John Jimenez 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Sikeston Shamrocks Josh Murphy 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Newport News Wranglers Jose Martinez 21st 9th(tied) 21st
Little Rock Golden Gophers Bill Leija 22nd 9th(tied) 22nd
Savannah Alpines Cody Walker 23rd 9th(tied) 23rd
Anaheim Music 24th 9th(tied) 24th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Mike Bolden 1st Mike Bolden 1st 1st
Medford Desperados Nick Schultz 2nd Nick Schultz 2nd 2nd
Little Rock Golden Gophers Tyler Talton 3rd 10th(tied) 10th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves John Yarbrough 4th 10th(tied) 11th
Julian Jammers Eric Jubin 5th 10th(tied) 12th
Newport News Wranglers Vinny Torres 6th (tied) Vinny Torres 3rd 3rd
Sikeston Shamrocks Adam Larson 6th (tied) 10th(tied) 13th
Greensboro Naturals Jason Miller 8th 10th(tied) 14th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Kevin Jones 9th Carlos Malabranca 9th 7th
Montgomery Missions Juan Jasso 10th 10th(tied) 15th
Spring Park Green Knights Ray Alleyne 11th Ray Alleyne 6th 6th
Wichita Panthers Aaron Anderson 12th Aaron Anderson 4th 4th
Pikeville Cavalry Alex Morales 13th 10th(tied) 16th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jose Martinez 14th Jose Martinez 5th 5th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Kyle Resko 15th 10th(tied) 17th
Aurora Paints Willis Ramirez 16th 10th(tied) 18th
South Pasadena Air Riders Roberto Cruz 17th 10th(tied) 19th
Newport Unicorns Mario Alvarez 18th John Lendon 8th 9th
Savannah Alpines Rafael Farrand 19th Rafael Farrand 7th 8th
Anaheim Music Eric Schultz 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Providence Hex Verner Thunmark 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Ontario Sunrays Gabe Shrewsbury 22nd 10th(tied) 22nd
Ottawa Lynx 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Jason Perrigin 1st Jason Perrigin 4th 2nd
Ottawa Lynx Ryan Waugh 2nd Ryan Waugh 6th 4th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Doug Grimm 3rd 10th(tied) 10th
Spring Park Green Knights Johnny Ellis 4th 10th(tied) 11th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Damien Przybylski 5th Damien Przybylski 2nd 3rd
Montgomery Missions Don Hutchison 6th Don Hutchison 1st 1st
Newport Unicorns Mario Carrillo 7th 10th(tied) 12th
Providence Hex Ray Geltz 8th 10th(tied) 13th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Felix Alvarez 9th Felix Mora 7th 5th
South Pasadena Air Riders Billie Hotchkiss 10th Rich Maciejewski 5th 6th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Omar Snell 11th 10th(tied) 14th
Santa Ana Black Aces Mike Mitchell 12th 10th(tied) 15th
Anaheim Music Andre Howard 13th 10th(tied) 16th
Julian Jammers Jake Cook 14th 10th(tied) 17th
Greensboro Naturals Mark Decker 15th 10th(tied) 18th
Aurora Paints Bob Mauser 16th Miguel Cerpa 8th 7th
Sikeston Shamrocks Antonio Encinas 17th 10th(tied) 19th
Pikeville Cavalry Jay Brown 18th 10th(tied) 20th
Newport News Wranglers Daniel Cantimori 19th 10th(tied) 21st
Wichita Panthers Mike Williams 20th 10th(tied) 22nd
Savannah Alpines Zack Neal 21st Luis Amador 3rd 8th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Felix Castillo 22nd Felix Castillo 9th 9th
Ontario Sunrays David Aldape 23rd 10th(tied) 23rd
Medford Desperados 24th 10th(tied) 24th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Adam Hazen 1st Ryan Fluker 6th 5th
Sikeston Shamrocks Mickey Green 2nd Jeremy Reich 2nd 2nd
Santa Ana Black Aces Isaiah White 3rd Isaiah White 1st 1st
Medford Desperados Graham Renner 4th Graham Renner 4th 4th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Adam Brittain 5th Steve Albrecht 3rd 3rd
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Adam Noland 6th Adam Noland 8th 6th
Wichita Panthers Josh Foreman 7th Josh Foreman 13th 12th
Providence Hex Juan Ramirez 8th Juan Ramirez 15th 13th
Anaheim Music Eddie Carver 9th Eddie Carver 9th(tied) 9th
Montgomery Missions Mike Gentry 10th Josh Howard 9th(tied) 10th
Newport Unicorns Lorenzo Martinez 11th Alex Almanza 16th 14th
South Pasadena Air Riders Victor Duran 12th Rogelio Camarillo 7th 7th
Savannah Alpines Steve Shewmaker 13th Steve Shewmaker 9th(tied) 11th
Newport News Wranglers Paul Dolezal 14th Sergio Romero 5th 8th
Ottawa Lynx George Swift 15th George Swift 17th 15th
Pikeville Cavalry Bobby Williams 16th 18th(tied) 18th
Greensboro Naturals Masanori Kishimoto 17th Masanori Kishimoto 14th 16th
Julian Jammers Mike Stricker 18th Jose Suazo 12th 17th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Alex Olivas 19th 18th(tied) 19th
Aurora Paints 20th (tied) 18th(tied) 20th(tied)
Ontario Sunrays 20th (tied) 18th(tied) 20th(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 20th (tied) 18th(tied) 20th(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 20th (tied) 18th(tied) 20th(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 20th (tied) 18th(tied) 20th(tied)
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sikeston Shamrocks Pedro Tello 1st Steve Ray 1st 1st
Santa Ana Black Aces Chris Williams 2nd Ryan McEntyre 2nd 2nd
Savannah Alpines Tatsuya Oshima 3rd Tatsuya Oshima 9th 4th
Newport Unicorns Mark Williams 4th Mark Williams 4th(tied) 3rd
Providence Hex Jordan Carreon 5th Rich Abril 10th 6th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Ronnie Downard 6th Jon Peterson 4th(tied) 5th
Julian Jammers Tyler Findley 7th Tyler Findley 8th 9th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Chris Neff 8th Steve Albrecht 7th 8th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Chang-hyun Soung 9th 13th(tied) 11th
Montgomery Missions Alex Balladares 10th 13th(tied) 14th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Cory Hobbs 11th Carlos Brenes 4th(tied) 7th
South Pasadena Air Riders Mario Villalobos 12th Mario Villalobos 12th 12th
Medford Desperados Will McKenna 13th Victor Martinez 11th 13th
Newport News Wranglers Doug Voeller 14th 13th(tied) 15th
Wichita Panthers Juan Soriano 15th Zack Scott 3rd 10th
Pikeville Cavalry Quim Perestrelo 16th 13th(tied) 16th
Anaheim Music 17th (tied) 13th(tied) 17th(tied)
Aurora Paints 17th (tied) 13th(tied) 17th(tied)
Greensboro Naturals 17th (tied) 13th(tied) 17th(tied)
Ontario Sunrays 17th (tied) 13th(tied) 17th(tied)
Ottawa Lynx 17th (tied) 13th(tied) 17th(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 17th (tied) 13th(tied) 17th(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 17th (tied) 13th(tied) 17th(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 17th (tied) 13th(tied) 17th(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Gregg Daugherty 1st Gregg Daugherty 5th 1st
Sikeston Shamrocks Pedro Tello 2nd Mike Reich 2nd 3rd
Santa Ana Black Aces Chris Williams 3rd Mike Hrdlicka 1st 2nd
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Mike Driskell 4th Mike Driskell 6th 6th
Wichita Panthers David Koontz 5th Zack Scott 4th 4th
Julian Jammers Bill Roderick 6th Bill Roderick 7th 7th
Newport Unicorns Mark Williams 7th Mark Williams 3rd 5th
Medford Desperados Jesse Alexander 8th Victor Martinez 11th 9th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Marco Montes 9th Steve Albrecht 8th 8th
Providence Hex William Ramos 10th Rich Abril 10th 10th
Newport News Wranglers Paul Dolezal 11th 13th(tied) 13th
Montgomery Missions Kang-xi Wei 12th 13th(tied) 14th
South Pasadena Air Riders Jon Ramirez 13th Jon Ramirez 9th 11th
Pikeville Cavalry Bobby Williams 14th 13th(tied) 15th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Jose Moreira 15th 13th(tied) 16th
Savannah Alpines Jonathan Chavez 16th Jonathan Chavez 12th 12th
Anaheim Music 17th (tied) 13th(tied) 17th(tied)
Aurora Paints 17th (tied) 13th(tied) 17th(tied)
Greensboro Naturals 17th (tied) 13th(tied) 17th(tied)
Ontario Sunrays 17th (tied) 13th(tied) 17th(tied)
Ottawa Lynx 17th (tied) 13th(tied) 17th(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 17th (tied) 13th(tied) 17th(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 17th (tied) 13th(tied) 17th(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 17th (tied) 13th(tied) 17th(tied)
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