ABA CLASS A-
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
01/31/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Mike Fogg 1st Malcolm Garner 1st 1st
Montgomery Missions Tom Hirsch 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Julian Jammers Emmanuel Norman 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Newport Unicorns Justin Robinson 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Roland Clement 5th 5th(tied) 8th
Providence Hex Mike Jordan 6th 5th(tied) 9th
Santa Ana Black Aces Chris Wahl 7th 5th(tied) 10th
Medford Desperados Jimmy Brewer 8th 5th(tied) 11th
Wichita Panthers George Gericke 9th 5th(tied) 12th
Sikeston Shamrocks David Manly 10th 5th(tied) 13th
Anaheim Music Donald Callison 11th Ryan Rosenson 2nd(tied) 2nd
Ottawa Lynx Adam Grenier 12th 5th(tied) 14th
Savannah Alpines Mark White 13th Preston Leon 2nd(tied) 3rd
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Nick Watkins 14th Nick Watkins 4th 4th
Ontario Sunrays Marcos Nolasco 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Waco Warlocks Darius Spry 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Nate Johnson 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Carson City Miners Jeremy Basil 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Newport News Wranglers Josh Dunn 19th 5th(tied) 19th
Greensboro Naturals Victor Gelabert 20th 5th(tied) 20th
Aurora Paints Pedro Morado 21st 5th(tied) 21st
Spring Park Green Knights 22nd (tied) 5th(tied) 22nd(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 22nd (tied) 5th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 22nd (tied) 5th(tied) 22nd(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ontario Sunrays Jerry Tully 1st Jerry Tully 3rd 1st
St. Joseph Mighty Mites David Pierce 2nd David Pierce 6th 6th
Spring Park Green Knights Justin Thurston 3rd Justin Thurston 8th 7th
Ottawa Lynx John Wallace 4th John Wallace 2nd 2nd
Montgomery Missions Mike Brown 5th Brad Dilday 12th 9th
Julian Jammers Bryan Calcaterra 6th Bryan Calcaterra 10th(tied) 8th
Wichita Panthers Bobby Sidener 7th Curtis Wojtysiak 10th(tied) 10th
Newport News Wranglers Brian Collins 8th Chris Fenton 4th(tied) 4th
Waco Warlocks John Sears 9th Dane Hove 13th 12th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ken Beck 10th Ken Beck 1st 3rd
Providence Hex Steve Jarvis 11th 14th(tied) 14th
Greensboro Naturals Matt Mills 12th Oscar Hermosillo 9th 11th
Medford Desperados Nate Raphael 13th 14th(tied) 15th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Bobby Chaney 14th 14th(tied) 16th
Anaheim Music Zach Macurdy 15th Nick Foley 4th(tied) 5th
Aurora Paints John Pavelka 16th 14th(tied) 17th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Brad Reynolds 17th (tied) 14th(tied) 18th(tied)
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jordan McPherson 17th (tied) 14th(tied) 18th(tied)
Newport Unicorns Andrew Ortiz 19th Jesse Lang 7th 13th
Santa Ana Black Aces Jonathan Behre 20th 14th(tied) 20th
Carson City Miners Jon Williams 21st 14th(tied) 21st
Savannah Alpines Bruce Elrod 22nd 14th(tied) 22nd
Sikeston Shamrocks Allen Douglass 23rd 14th(tied) 23rd
Little Rock Golden Gophers 24th 14th(tied) 24th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Jesse Griffin 1st Jesse Griffin 6th 4th
Greensboro Naturals Justin Freas 2nd 13th(tied) 13th
Medford Desperados Daniel Friedrich 3rd Daniel Friedrich 1st(tied) 1st
Santa Ana Black Aces Adam Mathis 4th Adam Mathis 11th 6th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Dan McNamara 5th Eddie Duran 1st(tied) 2nd
Spring Park Green Knights Brian Byrnes 6th Brian Byrnes 10th 7th
Julian Jammers Edwin Retana 7th Edwin Retana 1st(tied) 3rd
Providence Hex Brian Garner 8th 13th(tied) 14th
Montgomery Missions Paul Adam 9th 13th(tied) 15th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Mike MacPherson 10th 13th(tied) 16th
Anaheim Music Steve Sheffield 11th 13th(tied) 17th
Aurora Paints Constantin Lupu 12th Constantin Lupu 4th 5th
Ottawa Lynx Jesse Stopper 13th Jesse Stopper 7th 8th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Robert Francis 14th 13th(tied) 18th
Newport News Wranglers Mike Ellis 15th Justin Perez 12th 10th
Waco Warlocks Dylan Wrinn 16th 13th(tied) 19th
Newport Unicorns Mike Middlebrooks 17th Mike Middlebrooks 5th 9th
Sikeston Shamrocks Toby Schmitt 18th 13th(tied) 20th
Carson City Miners John Marr 19th John Marr 9th 11th
Ontario Sunrays George Cienfuegos 20th 13th(tied) 21st
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Alex Marquez 21st 13th(tied) 22nd
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jared Dawson 22nd Jason King 8th 12th
Wichita Panthers Salvador Velazquez 23rd 13th(tied) 23rd
Savannah Alpines 24th 13th(tied) 24th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Matt Dean 1st Matt Dean 4th 2nd
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Ashton Baldwin 2nd Ashton Baldwin 3rd 3rd
Greensboro Naturals Roberto Cano 3rd 7th(tied) 7th
Sikeston Shamrocks Alex Melo 4th Alex Melo 1st 1st
Waco Warlocks Ryan Syfrett 5th Arturo Farias 6th 6th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jim Elander 6th Doug Wagner 5th 5th
Anaheim Music Chris Lewis 7th 7th(tied) 8th
Ottawa Lynx Nick Makar 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Aurora Paints Greg Martel 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Montgomery Missions Steve Anderson 10th 7th(tied) 11th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Bryan Lewis 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Leo Carballo 12th Leo Carballo 2nd 4th
Julian Jammers Roberto Vigueras 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Carson City Miners Jon Taylor 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Newport News Wranglers Matt Spradling 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Wichita Panthers Leo Gracia 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Ontario Sunrays Joe Deutsch 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Medford Desperados Justin Blevins 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Spring Park Green Knights Eli Avila 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Newport Unicorns 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Niskayuna Fighting Knights 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Providence Hex 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Santa Ana Black Aces 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Savannah Alpines 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Newport News Wranglers Jason Archie 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Albert Garcia 2nd Albert Garcia 2nd 1st
Medford Desperados Travis Biggar 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jaden Williams 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Ottawa Lynx Eddie Otero 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Carson City Miners Steve Anderson 6th Victor Cruz 1st 2nd
Providence Hex Josh Scales 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Santa Ana Black Aces Danny Rodriguez 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Wichita Panthers Karl Aitcheson 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Ontario Sunrays Tim Amos 10th 4th(tied) 11th
Montgomery Missions Mario Garcia 11th 4th(tied) 12th
Aurora Paints Josh Randel 12th 4th(tied) 13th
Savannah Alpines Salvador Lodi 13th 4th(tied) 14th
Newport Unicorns Eric Nance 14th 4th(tied) 15th
Greensboro Naturals Takao Fujii 15th Lorenzo Garza 3rd 3rd
Little Rock Golden Gophers Francisco Montoya 16th 4th(tied) 16th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Lorenzo Torres 17th 4th(tied) 17th
Anaheim Music 18th (tied) 4th(tied) 18th(tied)
Julian Jammers 18th (tied) 4th(tied) 18th(tied)
Sikeston Shamrocks 18th (tied) 4th(tied) 18th(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 18th (tied) 4th(tied) 18th(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 18th (tied) 4th(tied) 18th(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 18th (tied) 4th(tied) 18th(tied)
Waco Warlocks 18th (tied) 4th(tied) 18th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Justin Hunt 1st Eddie Monaghan 1st 1st
Ontario Sunrays Matt Strader 2nd Matt Strader 2nd(tied) 2nd
Waco Warlocks Alex Alvarez 3rd 11th(tied) 11th
Ottawa Lynx Mike Escobar 4th Mike Escobar 9th 6th
Medford Desperados Cole Roth 5th 11th(tied) 12th
Santa Ana Black Aces Frank Babb 6th (tied) 11th(tied) 13th
Wichita Panthers Jimmy Zanghi 6th (tied) Rick Gruber 2nd(tied) 3rd
Spring Park Green Knights Ryan Willin 8th Ryan Willin 6th 5th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Bill Dent 9th 11th(tied) 14th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Dan Chambers 10th 11th(tied) 15th
Sikeston Shamrocks Nick Owens 11th Nick Owens 8th 8th
Providence Hex Rafael Miranda 12th 11th(tied) 16th
Aurora Paints Adam Alvarez 13th (tied) David Short 7th 7th
Montgomery Missions Paul Marks 13th (tied) Javy Perez 2nd(tied) 4th
Greensboro Naturals Justin Husnick 15th 11th(tied) 17th
Julian Jammers Caleb Askew 16th 11th(tied) 18th
Newport Unicorns Pedro Quintero 17th 11th(tied) 19th
Anaheim Music Chris Shamblen 18th 11th(tied) 20th
Newport News Wranglers Franklin Leos 19th 11th(tied) 21st
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Josh Chadwick 20th Alex Munoz 10th 10th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jose Mora 21st Jose Mora 5th 9th
Carson City Miners Aluizio Chorosz 22nd 11th(tied) 22nd
Savannah Alpines Cody Walker 23rd 11th(tied) 23rd
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Matt Lavigne 24th 11th(tied) 24th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Bill Kibler 1st Bill Kibler 4th 2nd
Tacoma Thunder Wolves John Yarbrough 2nd John Yarbrough 7th 3rd
Anaheim Music Ryan Ramirez 3rd Ryan Ramirez 6th 4th
Sikeston Shamrocks Adam Larson 4th 11th(tied) 11th
Julian Jammers Eric Jubin 5th 11th(tied) 12th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Juan Guerra 6th Juan Guerra 5th 5th
Spring Park Green Knights Ray Alleyne 7th Ray Alleyne 10th 8th
Greensboro Naturals Jason Miller 8th 11th(tied) 13th
Ontario Sunrays Kevin Jones 9th 11th(tied) 14th
Medford Desperados Omar Luera 10th 11th(tied) 15th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jose Martinez 11th Jose Martinez 8th 9th
Wichita Panthers Aaron Anderson 12th Aaron Anderson 9th 10th
Newport News Wranglers Diego Mejia 13th Matthew Brown 3rd 7th
Aurora Paints Willis Ramirez 14th Francisco Chavez 2nd 6th
Newport Unicorns Mario Alvarez 15th 11th(tied) 16th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Danny Budzisz 16th 11th(tied) 17th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Carlos Rodrigues 17th 11th(tied) 18th
Savannah Alpines Nick Crawford 18th Jody Clark 1st 1st
Montgomery Missions Kyle Hirsch 19th 11th(tied) 19th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Adrian Hubbard 20th 11th(tied) 20th
Carson City Miners Ruben Plascencia 21st 11th(tied) 21st
Providence Hex Yong-ho Kahng 22nd 11th(tied) 22nd
Ottawa Lynx David Perez 23rd 11th(tied) 23rd
Waco Warlocks 24th 11th(tied) 24th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Paul DeVaul 1st Paul DeVaul 4th 4th
Providence Hex Jimmy Kronenberger 2nd Jimmy Kronenberger 1st(tied) 1st
Montgomery Missions Don Hutchison 3rd Don Hutchison 3rd 3rd
Spring Park Green Knights Johnny Ellis 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Jeffrey Torres 5th Greg Mayfield 1st(tied) 2nd
Newport Unicorns Mario Carrillo 6th 10th(tied) 11th
Ottawa Lynx Sean Gery 7th 10th(tied) 12th
Wichita Panthers Bobby Spross 8th 10th(tied) 13th
Santa Ana Black Aces Mike Mitchell 9th 10th(tied) 14th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Felix Alvarez 10th Felix Mora 5th 5th
Julian Jammers Tim Vigil 11th 10th(tied) 15th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Omar Snell 12th Omar Snell 9th 6th
Waco Warlocks Jay Brown 13th 10th(tied) 16th
Aurora Paints Bob Mauser 14th 10th(tied) 17th
Anaheim Music Chris Reyes 15th 10th(tied) 18th
Greensboro Naturals Latrell Poff 16th 10th(tied) 19th
Newport News Wranglers Nate Miller 17th Nate Jurgensen 8th 8th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Tim Schnupp 18th 10th(tied) 20th
Savannah Alpines Zack Neal 19th Luis Amador 6th 7th
Carson City Miners John Sasser 20th Jesus Escobar 7th 9th
Sikeston Shamrocks Rob McCoy 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Felix Castillo 22nd 10th(tied) 22nd
Ontario Sunrays Hidefumi Sato 23rd 10th(tied) 23rd
Medford Desperados 24th 10th(tied) 24th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sikeston Shamrocks Mickey Green 1st Mike Reich 1st 1st
Medford Desperados Brice Shine 2nd Graham Renner 3rd 2nd
Santa Ana Black Aces Isaiah White 3rd Luis Cortez 2nd 3rd
Anaheim Music Nate Billesbach 4th Nate Billesbach 10th(tied) 9th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Dave Anderson 5th Brad Martin 10th(tied) 10th
Providence Hex Andrew Porter 6th Andrew Porter 6th 6th
Ottawa Lynx Ryan Hadder 7th Ryan Hadder 9th 7th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Marco Montes 8th Steve Albrecht 5th 4th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jeremy Stewart 9th Jeremy Stewart 4th 5th
Newport Unicorns Alan Trovato 10th Armando Castro 7th 8th
Montgomery Missions Mike Gentry 11th Josh Howard 10th(tied) 12th
Greensboro Naturals Omar Vega 12th Masanori Kishimoto 10th(tied) 13th
Ontario Sunrays Chris Lockner 13th 18th(tied) 16th
Carson City Miners Jon Ramirez 14th Jon Ramirez 8th 11th
Aurora Paints Matthew Davi 15th Matthew Davi 17th 17th
Wichita Panthers Matt Lavender 16th 18th(tied) 18th
Savannah Alpines Jose Rodriguez 17th Jonathan Chavez 10th(tied) 14th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ricky Flores 18th Ricky Flores 10th(tied) 15th
Julian Jammers Alberto Quijada 19th Brian Sanborn 16th 19th
Newport News Wranglers Alex Gonzales 20th 18th(tied) 20th
Spring Park Green Knights 21st (tied) 18th(tied) 21st(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 21st (tied) 18th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 21st (tied) 18th(tied) 21st(tied)
Waco Warlocks 21st (tied) 18th(tied) 21st(tied)
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Providence Hex Angel Garabito 1st Ben Foster 1st 1st
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Marvin Bobbitt 2nd Steve Albrecht 6th 3rd
Sikeston Shamrocks Chris Wimberley 3rd Chris Wimberley 2nd(tied) 2nd
Ottawa Lynx Curtis Lofton 4th 15th(tied) 9th
Savannah Alpines Erik Willis 5th Jonathan Chavez 14th 6th
Julian Jammers Tyler Findley 6th Tyler Findley 8th 7th
Medford Desperados Kyle Murray 7th Kyle Murray 2nd(tied) 4th
Ontario Sunrays Harrison Tatta 8th Drew Martin 10th 10th
Carson City Miners Angelo Luque 9th Mario Villalobos 13th 11th
Santa Ana Black Aces Peter Hoster 10th Engo Hirai 11th 13th
Greensboro Naturals Bill Dixon 11th Bill Dixon 7th 12th
Newport Unicorns Isaiah Borne 12th Nick Combs 2nd(tied) 5th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Cory Hobbs 13th Carlos Brenes 2nd(tied) 8th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Juan Bravo 14th Juan Esquibel 12th 14th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Ronnie Downard 15th Ronnie Downard 9th 15th
Wichita Panthers Brian Wilson 16th 15th(tied) 16th
Montgomery Missions Jake Bell 17th 15th(tied) 17th
Waco Warlocks Sam Betourne 18th 15th(tied) 18th
Anaheim Music Aaron Kent 19th 15th(tied) 19th
Aurora Paints Men Resina 20th 15th(tied) 20th
Newport News Wranglers 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Gregg Daugherty 1st Gregg Daugherty 5th(tied) 1st
Medford Desperados Kyle Murray 2nd Kyle Murray 2nd 2nd
Wichita Panthers Eddie Clickner 3rd 15th(tied) 13th
Santa Ana Black Aces Peter Hoster 4th Mike Hrdlicka 5th(tied) 4th
Newport Unicorns Isaiah Borne 5th Nick Combs 1st 3rd
Sikeston Shamrocks Bobby Simpson 6th Bobby Simpson 8th 8th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Marvin Bobbitt 7th Steve Albrecht 7th 7th
Julian Jammers Tyler Findley 8th Tyler Findley 10th 9th
Ontario Sunrays Drew Martin 9th Drew Martin 11th 10th
Providence Hex Angel Garabito 10th Ben Foster 4th 5th
Savannah Alpines Erik Willis 11th Jonathan Chavez 14th 12th
Carson City Miners Angelo Luque 12th Mario Villalobos 13th 11th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Cory Hobbs 13th Carlos Brenes 3rd 6th
Montgomery Missions Brad Cooper 14th 15th(tied) 16th
Anaheim Music Aaron Kent 15th 15th(tied) 17th
Ottawa Lynx Bobby Cosby 16th 15th(tied) 18th
Waco Warlocks Sam Betourne 17th 15th(tied) 19th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Juan Esquibel 18th Juan Esquibel 12th 14th
Aurora Paints Brayden Snell 19th 15th(tied) 20th
Greensboro Naturals Suk Moon 20th Bill Dixon 9th 15th
Newport News Wranglers 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
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