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09/09/2024
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CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Oakland Invaders Mike Sligar 1st Ricky Cortes 12th 2nd
Charleston Sea Dogs John Werlin 2nd Ben Everly 1st 1st
Indianapolis Eagles Matt Lepa 3rd Jonathan Jaramillo 9th 4th
Vancouver Caribou Juan Conde 4th Pedro Morado 20th 18th
Halifax Heathens Bruce Richards 5th Sean Custis 3rd 3rd
Syracuse Scorpions Ryan Mallory 6th Paul Inman 19th 19th
San Francisco Fire Jonathan Kober 7th Eduardo Lopez 5th 5th
Cincinnati Royals Mike Rankin 8th 23rd(tied) 23rd
Hollywood Stars Mike Pierskalla 9th Jamal Martin 13th(tied) 9th
Chicago Gangsters Kevin Crouch 10th Randy Clemons 10th 7th(tied)
Philadelphia Marauders Eric Langley 11th Matt Kuperberg 6th 7th(tied)
Boston Whistlers Mike Fowler 12th Colt Stovall 4th 6th
Austin Desperados Dave Jimenez 13th 23rd(tied) 24th
San Diego Fleet Brent Brogdon 14th Brian DeHaas 8th 10th
Dallas Dragons Gustavo Rawson 15th Zach Troyer 13th(tied) 12th
Carolina Reapers Franklin Reyes 16th Alex Clinkenbeard 13th(tied) 13th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Chris Wagner 17th (tied) Ryan Rosenson 11th 14th
Tampa Bay Captains Greg McManus 17th (tied) Luis Andujar 22nd 21st
Fountain Hills 23ers Joe Carroll 19th Jim Kaufman 2nd 11th
Maine Pines Dustin Downing 20th Mike Hydo 18th 20th
Toronto Trash Pandas Travis Gwinn 21st Cory Bloodsaw 13th(tied) 15th
Detroit Giants Brandon Fry 22nd Evan McCulley 13th(tied) 16th(tied)
New York Nightmare Bobby Brenner 23rd Mike Shabazian 7th 16th(tied)
Phoenix Gladiators Nate Richardson 24th Oscar Naranjo 21st 22nd
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cincinnati Royals Aaron Jalbert 1st Adam Persons 12th 1st
Boston Whistlers Carlos Herrera 2nd Jeff Duenas 11th 2nd
Hollywood Stars Eric Daniel 3rd George Theodore 7th 3rd
Toronto Trash Pandas Jaylen Taylor 4th Jim Naig 13th 4th
Charleston Sea Dogs Juan Ortiz 5th George Kinder 4th 5th
Phoenix Gladiators Clemente Julio 6th Jim Green 15th 7th
Carolina Reapers Mike Fearing 7th Mike Chaloux 5th 6th
San Diego Fleet Carlos Miranda 8th Jeff Ciervo 16th(tied) 11th
Detroit Giants Angelo Mejia 9th Leo Mendez 8th 9th
Maine Pines Steve McKinstry 10th Pete Roan 21st 21st
Indianapolis Eagles T.J. Walker 11th Jose Ramos 2nd 8th
Dallas Dragons Cole Calkins 12th Steve Howard 14th 12th
New York Nightmare Juan Andrade 13th Jim Wilkes 3rd 10th
Halifax Heathens Josh Fitzgerald 14th Ben Leonardi 22nd 22nd
San Francisco Fire Noel Cusack 15th Zach Weakley 10th 13th
Fountain Hills 23ers Chris Dietel 16th Mike Fitzgerald 24th 23rd
Oakland Invaders Jonathan Cunningham 17th Ryan Burchett 16th(tied) 15th
Vancouver Caribou Brad Raska 18th Brad Raska 16th(tied) 17th
Philadelphia Marauders Carlos Barreto 19th Gregg Carter 1st 14th
Tampa Bay Captains Nick Rucker 20th Tommy Walker 16th(tied) 18th
Chicago Gangsters Dan Scott 21st Matt Peterson 6th 16th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Ross Dorough 22nd Aaron Went 16th(tied) 20th
Austin Desperados Jim Sykora 23rd Brad Largent 23rd 24th
Syracuse Scorpions Tom Lusardi 24th Javy Villapando 9th 19th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Francisco Fire Dusty Ward 1st Kody Garcia 20th 17th
New York Nightmare Bill Geeslin 2nd Mike Gelardi 12th 1st
Boston Whistlers Jeff Beeson 3rd Mike Middlebrooks 3rd 2nd
Cincinnati Royals Heath Sherlock 4th Jaden York 7th 3rd
Oakland Invaders David Duthie 5th Adam Mathis 14th(tied) 6th
Fountain Hills 23ers David McGowan 6th Sean Welliver 8th 4th
Hollywood Stars Paul Ainsworth 7th Nate Cobb 14th(tied) 7th
Indianapolis Eagles Henry Cortez 8th Bobby Butler 13th 8th
Halifax Heathens Chance Smith 9th Daniel Friedrich 6th 5th
Charleston Sea Dogs Dusty Anderson 10th Jason Lewis 2nd 9th
Vancouver Caribou Brian Myers 11th Constantin Lupu 14th(tied) 10th
Austin Desperados Drew Riggi 12th Jesse Griffin 11th 11th
San Diego Fleet Jason Cox 13th 23rd(tied) 23rd
Phoenix Gladiators Zack Husley 14th Mikkel Goldbaek 21st 20th
Detroit Giants Fernando Espindola 15th Chris Huseman 10th 13th
Maine Pines Andy Costner 16th Russ Philip 14th(tied) 15th
Carolina Reapers Bill Havey 17th (tied) 23rd(tied) 24th
Dallas Dragons Bobby Castilla 17th (tied) Adam Wright 19th 21st
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Marcos Santiago 19th Chris Broadley 1st 12th
Philadelphia Marauders Mark LeFevre 20th Ronald Poole 18th 19th
Toronto Trash Pandas Brian Marquez 21st Jesse Stopper 4th 14th
Chicago Gangsters Nick Pratt 22nd Edwin Retana 9th 16th
Syracuse Scorpions Tim Ferro 23rd Alex Cruz 5th 18th
Tampa Bay Captains Ricky Martinez 24th Alfredo Diaz 22nd 22nd
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Diego Fleet Paul Pittman 1st Paul Tetzloff 16th 5th
Boston Whistlers Brian Roseman 2nd Doug Joseph 19th 15th
Charleston Sea Dogs Ryan Forsythe 3rd Matt Dean 20th 16th
Hollywood Stars Elijah Moody 4th Aaron Cleaveland 3rd 1st
Halifax Heathens Austin Compton 5th Andres Vega 8th(tied) 3rd
Maine Pines Josh Alcorn 6th Alex Melo 2nd 2nd
Phoenix Gladiators Ton Ariëns 7th 21st(tied) 19th
Carolina Reapers Jose Lazaro 8th Eric Stogdill 8th(tied) 4th
Syracuse Scorpions Bobby Tapia 9th Justin Scott 18th 17th
Dallas Dragons Rocky Hawke 10th Arturo Farias 8th(tied) 7th
New York Nightmare Nick Seago 11th Matt Davis 5th 6th
Indianapolis Eagles Victor Mendez 12th 21st(tied) 21st
Cincinnati Royals Jay Bloms 13th 21st(tied) 23rd
San Francisco Fire Kyle Nash 14th Kyle Nash 6th 9th
Toronto Trash Pandas John Gadsden 15th Ryan Compton 1st 8th
Chicago Gangsters Gary Draeger 16th Billy Manuele 4th 10th
Fountain Hills 23ers Mike Townsend 17th 21st(tied) 24th
Philadelphia Marauders Joe Cross 18th Jamie Bender 7th 11th
Austin Desperados Ramon Dozal 19th Ashton Baldwin 8th(tied) 12th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Alex Natera 20th Kevin Davis 8th(tied) 13th
Vancouver Caribou Kevin Schneider 21st John Hunt 15th 18th
Detroit Giants Edward Salgado 22nd Chris Stivers 8th(tied) 14th
Tampa Bay Captains Daniel Pinedo 23rd Pat Bell 17th 20th
Oakland Invaders 24th Jose Avelar 8th(tied) 22nd
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Halifax Heathens Leo Orozco 1st Alfonso Sanchez 13th(tied) 3rd
Philadelphia Marauders Johnny McCargar 2nd Hector Landa 1st 1st
Phoenix Gladiators John Platzer 3rd John Anderson 12th 7th
Dallas Dragons Jay Pearson 4th 18th(tied) 16th
Chicago Gangsters Jason Bear 5th Steve Bloomquist 3rd(tied) 2nd
Charleston Sea Dogs Charlie Paquin 6th Dan Canady 11th 8th
Cincinnati Royals Scott King 7th 18th(tied) 18th
Fountain Hills 23ers Jeff Yule 8th Raul Rodriguez 10th 9th
Maine Pines Jose Valverde 9th Fabian Hartnett 3rd(tied) 4th
Detroit Giants Glenn Valentine 10th Matthew Bridges 13th(tied) 10th
Indianapolis Eagles Mike Dallis 11th Curtis Rittenberry 2nd 5th
Austin Desperados Ruben Alamo 12th 18th(tied) 20th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles George Hutchison 13th Alan McConnell 8th 11th
Boston Whistlers Evan Stowe 14th Dave Aschenbrener 3rd(tied) 6th
San Diego Fleet Josh Law 15th 18th(tied) 21st
Oakland Invaders Jim Henkemeyer 16th Jim Henkemeyer 9th 12th
San Francisco Fire Jared Priest 17th Bobby Uribe 15th 14th(tied)
Tampa Bay Captains Steve Post 18th 18th(tied) 22nd
Syracuse Scorpions Guillermo Ramos 19th Brian Hendrix 16th 17th
Hollywood Stars Roy Blaylock 20th Victor Cruz 7th 14th(tied)
Toronto Trash Pandas Hector Uribe 21st John Russell 6th 13th
Vancouver Caribou Mark Adams 22nd 18th(tied) 23rd
New York Nightmare John Osterman 23rd Lorenzo Garza 17th 19th
Carolina Reapers 24th 18th(tied) 24th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston Sea Dogs Nelson Ziersch 1st Nick Cordova 3rd 1st
Fountain Hills 23ers Corey Pope 2nd Rob Lindauer 23rd 21st
Detroit Giants Keith Brosch 3rd D'Andre Lyons 11th 3rd(tied)
Toronto Trash Pandas D.J. Van Diest 4th Brian Hendrix 1st 2nd
Philadelphia Marauders Danny Pierce 5th Jim Borich 2nd 3rd(tied)
Dallas Dragons Joe Robinson 6th David Torres 14th 5th
Maine Pines Tyler Tolbert 7th Nick Owens 19th(tied) 10th
New York Nightmare Rob Black 8th Chris Miller 10th 6th
Phoenix Gladiators Brian Shultz 9th Pat Bounds 5th 7th
Cincinnati Royals Eric Hayes 10th Javy Perez 6th 8th
Carolina Reapers Mike Green 11th Bob Ontiveros 24th 23rd
San Diego Fleet Mark Torres 12th Eddie Monaghan 4th 9th
Oakland Invaders John Piscitelli 13th Mike Raia 18th 11th
Indianapolis Eagles Jim Anderson 14th Paul Dankenbring 19th(tied) 12th
Boston Whistlers Derek Maher 15th Prince Sunderland 21st 22nd
Vancouver Caribou Jason Coppa 16th Chris Martinez 15th 14th
Syracuse Scorpions Chris Stanifer 17th Ryan Willin 12th 13th
Austin Desperados Matt Blevins 18th Marcus Greene 16th 16th
Hollywood Stars Tim Schellin 19th Andy Rael 8th(tied) 15th
San Francisco Fire Dan Brewer 20th Steve Nalbach 17th 18th
Halifax Heathens Dave Davidson 21st Danny Walker 13th 17th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Art MacDonald 22nd Terry Chapin 22nd 24th
Chicago Gangsters Brandon Titus 23rd Ken Castro 7th 19th
Tampa Bay Captains Jonathan McCarthy 24th Josh Keiser 8th(tied) 20th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Marauders Manuel Rosas 1st Carlos Malabranca 18th 6th
Austin Desperados John Austin 2nd Jorge Rodriguez 7th(tied) 1st
Halifax Heathens Nick Sumney 3rd Nick Schultz 13th 14th
Toronto Trash Pandas Heath Graves 4th Jose Argueta 14th 15th
Detroit Giants Steve McLaughlin 5th Paul Nicolopoulos 3rd 2nd
Maine Pines Jimmy Frew 6th Ken Gavin 1st 3rd
San Diego Fleet Ed Woodside 7th Colin Burke 6th 4th
Fountain Hills 23ers Isaiah Mill 8th Joe Tibbs 5th 5th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Mark Root 9th Ryan Ramirez 7th(tied) 7th
Vancouver Caribou Cesar Ornelas 10th Francisco Chavez 7th(tied) 8th
Boston Whistlers Oliver Damon 11th Brian Brockman 7th(tied) 9th
Charleston Sea Dogs Nick Wisniewski 12th Isaiah Goulbourne 7th(tied) 10th
Cincinnati Royals Andrew Baltzley 13th Tommy King 16th 16th
Syracuse Scorpions Chris Guardiola 14th Ray Alleyne 17th 17th
Phoenix Gladiators Jon Wagner 15th Mike Ayres 4th 11th
Indianapolis Eagles Lee Muza 16th Matthew Brown 2nd 12th
Hollywood Stars Takenori Murayama 17th Eric Lilienthal 15th 18th
Carolina Reapers Blake Benigno 18th (tied) 19th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Francisco Fire Raul Arreola 18th (tied) 19th(tied) 19th(tied)
Oakland Invaders Mitch Jarka 20th Mike Bolden 7th(tied) 13th
Dallas Dragons Jay Thibodeaux 21st 19th(tied) 21st
New York Nightmare Maik Penn 22nd 19th(tied) 22nd
Chicago Gangsters Juan Ortega 23rd 19th(tied) 23rd
Tampa Bay Captains Martin Vargas 24th 19th(tied) 24th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Marauders Art McDonald 1st Steve Gottlieb 11th(tied) 2nd
Charleston Sea Dogs Ernesto Ramirez 2nd Jason Perrigin 3rd 1st
Boston Whistlers Willie Kirkham 3rd Taylor McLean 7th 3rd
Halifax Heathens Eric Kukowski 4th Todd Stevens 9th 4th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Russ Reinertsen 5th Aaron Rakers 18th 16th
Austin Desperados Leo Serna 6th Rich Maciejewski 4th(tied) 5th
San Diego Fleet Dale Day 7th Danny Lucena 8th 6th
San Francisco Fire Willie Villegas 8th Jim Hofland 2nd 8th
Vancouver Caribou Mark Riley 9th Ed McCarson 1st 7th
Maine Pines Julio Negron 10th 23rd(tied) 22nd
Detroit Giants Chris Lutz 11th Damien Przybylski 11th(tied) 9th
Hollywood Stars Tom Klenke 12th Jesus Escobar 22nd 20th
Cincinnati Royals Jerry Blake 13th Don Hutchison 11th(tied) 10th
Indianapolis Eagles Chris Boyd 14th Jaden Lewis 19th 18th
Phoenix Gladiators Victor Gonzalez 15th Chris Roberts 20th 19th
Syracuse Scorpions Chris Service 16th 23rd(tied) 23rd
Dallas Dragons Jalen Joyner 17th Steve Nebeker 11th(tied) 11th
Fountain Hills 23ers Chris Epstein 18th Tim Scott 11th(tied) 13th
Carolina Reapers Todd Korn 19th Jimmy Kronenberger 6th 12th
New York Nightmare Brady Louis 20th Hisamichi Matsumoto 11th(tied) 15th
Oakland Invaders Jason Finch 21st Matt Grissom 21st 21st
Chicago Gangsters Matt Budish 22nd Dave Marcin 4th(tied) 14th
Tampa Bay Captains Sam Berger 23rd Humphrey Gerber 11th(tied) 17th
Toronto Trash Pandas 24th Ryan Waugh 10th 24th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Diego Fleet Rodrigo Lemus 1st B.J. Gonzalez 5th 1st
Maine Pines Matt Graham 2nd Chris Hawes 1st 2nd
Halifax Heathens Joe Hart 3rd Chris Huyard 7th 4th
Charleston Sea Dogs Andy Weatherholt 4th Dustin Patton 2nd 3rd
Carolina Reapers Steve Cates 5th Jimmy DeMoss 19th 6th
Philadelphia Marauders William Deel 6th Reynaldo Calle 14th 7th
Austin Desperados Sam Campos 7th Jon Cordova 12th 5th
Cincinnati Royals Dave Harvey 8th Bobby Villasenor 16th 10th
Boston Whistlers Pat Wilber 9th Mike Hernandez 8th 9th
Oakland Invaders Dennis Allen 10th Cody Fields 3rd 8th
New York Nightmare Dustin Lewis 11th Chris Hall 11th 12th(tied)
Detroit Giants Julian Bryant 12th Alex Martinez 6th 11th
San Francisco Fire James Dobyns 13th 24th 23rd
Indianapolis Eagles John Hennig 14th Jon Clark 4th 12th(tied)
Syracuse Scorpions John Froerer 15th Mike Hammond 15th 14th
Phoenix Gladiators Johnny Keener 16th Josh Foreman 18th 15th
Toronto Trash Pandas Travis Williams 17th Javier Alba 17th 16th
Dallas Dragons Pat DeChant 18th Armando Rivera 23rd 21st
Hollywood Stars Logan Mayhew 19th Jose Paredes 13th 17th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Mark Dudley 20th Mike Kendra 10th 18th
Chicago Gangsters Sam Palacios 21st Alex Guzman 22nd 24th
Vancouver Caribou Nick Douglass 22nd Joey Russak 20th 20th
Fountain Hills 23ers Sean Muzzy 23rd Tarjei Wiese 9th 19th
Tampa Bay Captains Scott White 24th Bobby Purdy 21st 22nd
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Syracuse Scorpions Ken Allbaugh 1st Ferhat Chiwocha 7th 1st
Phoenix Gladiators Ryan Robertson 2nd Ryan Robertson 12th 6th
Halifax Heathens Jeff Buck 3rd Chris McAuley 13th 9th
Maine Pines Stephen Boland 4th Steve Ray 2nd 2nd
Charleston Sea Dogs Shane Kidd 5th Jeremy Ferraro 3rd 3rd
Dallas Dragons Mike Braasch 6th Stuart Hamlin 20th(tied) 16th
Boston Whistlers D.J. Elliott 7th Dusty Thomas 1st 4th
Oakland Invaders Idhma Kodandarami 8th Ryan McEntyre 4th 5th
Indianapolis Eagles James Gibson 9th Micah Weidner 20th(tied) 17th
Cincinnati Royals Jayson Wagner 10th Brandon Smith 14th 10th
San Francisco Fire Shane Edwards 11th Shane Edwards 18th(tied) 15th
Fountain Hills 23ers Stuart Taylor 12th Tim Peters 6th 7th
Toronto Trash Pandas Tom Mott 13th Joaquin Santiago 9th 8th
Carolina Reapers Vinny Narvaez 14th Ben Foster 15th 13th
Chicago Gangsters Keith Kramer 15th Ken Hicks 17th 18th
Tampa Bay Captains Ted Tygart 16th Pedro Solano 20th(tied) 20th
Philadelphia Marauders Vince Mellon 17th Oliver Murga 10th(tied) 12th
Austin Desperados Bob Baucke 18th Edgar Ramirez 16th 19th
San Diego Fleet Rich Forbes 19th Hunter Saakadze 10th(tied) 14th
Hollywood Stars Pat Eisen 20th Jon Ramirez 8th 11th
Vancouver Caribou Sean Ryan 21st Frank Stroud 24th 22nd
Detroit Giants Tony Gutierrez 22nd Heath Johnston 5th 21st
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Fernando Hernandez 23rd Daniel Gilles 20th(tied) 23rd
New York Nightmare Tony Rosario 24th Dae-jin Lee 18th(tied) 24th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Syracuse Scorpions Ken Allbaugh 1st Lee Waters 18th 15th
Dallas Dragons Mike Braasch 2nd Stuart Hamlin 8th 1st
Phoenix Gladiators Ryan Robertson 3rd Jarred Gangi 12th(tied) 3rd
Fountain Hills 23ers Wade McGonigle 4th Ruben Torres 9th 2nd
Maine Pines Nick Slover 5th Bobby Simpson 19th 17th
Detroit Giants Lee Maher 6th Mike Driskell 7th 5th
Halifax Heathens Jeff Buck 7th Jerardo Perez 10th 6th
Charleston Sea Dogs Shane Kidd 8th Gregg Daugherty 6th 4th
Boston Whistlers Blake Bryant 9th Morgan Felty 20th 18th
Austin Desperados Bob Baucke 10th Ethan Yarbrough 21st 19th
Philadelphia Marauders Chris Jacoby 11th Josh Adams 12th(tied) 8th
San Diego Fleet Justin Pierce 12th Steve Albrecht 12th(tied) 9th
Oakland Invaders Idhma Kodandarami 13th Ryan McEntyre 1st 7th
Chicago Gangsters Keith Kramer 14th Bill Roderick 17th 20th
Indianapolis Eagles Greg Camarillo 15th Mike Watts 5th 10th
Vancouver Caribou Sean Ryan 16th Armando Salas 16th 21st
Tampa Bay Captains Jason Washington 17th Drew Martin 23rd 22nd
San Francisco Fire Shane Edwards 18th Shane Edwards 11th 11th
Hollywood Stars Pat Eisen 19th Kyle Thompson 12th(tied) 12th
Cincinnati Royals Roberto Salazar 20th Brandon Smith 3rd 13th
New York Nightmare John Dollar 21st Vince Silcox 22nd 23rd
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Will Olejnik 22nd Mike Kendra 4th 14th
Toronto Trash Pandas Chase Harriger 23rd Ricardo Flores 24th 24th
Carolina Reapers Jerrod Notaro 24th Ben Foster 2nd 16th
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