AMERICAN BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
06/02/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Oakland Invaders Mike Sligar 1st Ricky Cortes 8th 1st
Charleston Sea Dogs Ben Everly 2nd Mike Hankins 2nd 2nd
San Diego Fleet Brent Brogdon 3rd Richard Enriquez 3rd 3rd
Indianapolis Eagles Matt Lepa 4th Ryan Freeman 1st 4th
Maine Pines Bruce Richards 5th Xavier Cyprian 9th 5th
San Francisco Fire Jonathan Kober 6th Jimmy Williams 12th 6th
Fountain Hills 23ers Josh Mahan 7th Pael Espanol 13th(tied) 8th
Philadelphia Marauders Eric Langley 8th Nick Watkins 13th(tied) 9th
Austin Desperados Malachi Smith 9th Kevin Hurt 13th(tied) 10th
Boston Whistlers Paul Simister 10th Bubba Austin 11th 7th
Phoenix Gladiators Mike Pierskalla 11th Chris Tomlinson 18th 17th
Hollywood Stars Jamal Martin 12th 21st(tied) 21st
Syracuse Scorpions Ryan Mallory 13th 21st(tied) 22nd
Detroit Giants Alex Martinez 14th Jaime Johnson 19th 18th
Cincinnati Royals Mike Rankin 15th 21st(tied) 23rd
Dallas Dragons Dustin Downing 16th Mike Shabazian 6th(tied) 11th
Chicago Gangsters Kevin Crouch 17th Vin Rau 10th 13th
Toronto Trash Pandas Cory Bloodsaw 18th Cory Bloodsaw 5th 12th
Halifax Heathens Paul Gaither 19th Omar Castillo 4th 14th
New York Nightmare Bobby Brenner 20th Neil Wetzel 13th(tied) 16th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Chris Wagner 21st Ryan Rosenson 6th(tied) 15th
Mexico City Aztecs Frank Andreoni 22nd Alex Bonilla 17th 19th
Carolina Reapers Franklin Reyes 23rd Pete DiBiaso 20th 20th
Tampa Bay Captains Tom Gammill 24th 21st(tied) 24th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston Sea Dogs Juan Ortiz 1st Nick Cordova 6th(tied) 1st
Cincinnati Royals Aaron Jalbert 2nd Adam Persons 12th(tied) 2nd
Boston Whistlers Carlos Herrera 3rd Rodolfo Vega 19th(tied) 5th
Phoenix Gladiators Clemente Julio 4th Matt DeLaet 12th(tied) 3rd
Indianapolis Eagles T.J. Walker 5th Jose Ramos 5th 4th
Hollywood Stars Eric Daniel 6th Eric Breene 19th(tied) 10th
San Diego Fleet Carlos Miranda 7th Jeff Ciervo 10th 7th
Carolina Reapers Mike Fearing 8th Greg Mattox 6th(tied) 6th
Halifax Heathens Josh Fitzgerald 9th Ben Leonardi 23rd 22nd
Maine Pines Pete Roan 10th George Theodore 14th 9th
Philadelphia Marauders Gregg Carter 11th Jamie Bender 2nd 8th
Detroit Giants Ruben Cabriales 12th Nate Sheridan 4th 11th
Fountain Hills 23ers Jason Perrigin 13th Mike Fitzgerald 24th 23rd
San Francisco Fire Jeff Mullinax 14th Zach Weakley 15th 12th
Oakland Invaders Steve McKinstry 15th Aaron Nelson 21st 21st
Toronto Trash Pandas Phil Tibbits 16th Firmino Fischetti 3rd 13th
Austin Desperados Pat Martin 17th Pat Martin 22nd 24th
Dallas Dragons Austin Alpers 18th Carlos Crespo 18th 17th(tied)
Chicago Gangsters Mike Gohlke 19th Jason Allen 1st 14th
Mexico City Aztecs Hunter Long 20th Steve Thomas 17th 17th(tied)
Syracuse Scorpions Tom Lusardi 21st (tied) Billy Warren 9th 15th
Tampa Bay Captains Nick Rucker 21st (tied) Jerry Tully 11th 16th
New York Nightmare Juan Andrade 23rd Steve Kettle 16th 20th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Mark Payne 24th Jerry Perez 8th 19th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Maine Pines David Duthie 1st Russ Philip 13th(tied) 1st
Syracuse Scorpions Alex Cruz 2nd Chris Alexander 12th 3rd
Detroit Giants Fernando Espindola 3rd Chris Huseman 6th 2nd
Halifax Heathens Chance Smith 4th Daniel Friedrich 10th 5th
Hollywood Stars Paul Ainsworth 5th Nate Cobb 9th 7th
Boston Whistlers Jeff Beeson 6th Alfredo Banuelos 2nd(tied) 4th
New York Nightmare Bill Geeslin 7th Mike Gelardi 1st 6th
Phoenix Gladiators Zack Husley 8th Jimmy Johnson 2nd(tied) 8th
Cincinnati Royals Jaden York 9th Jonathan Hinkey 13th(tied) 9th
Charleston Sea Dogs Dusty Anderson 10th 22nd(tied) 21st
Indianapolis Eagles Henry Cortez 11th Glen Eastman 13th(tied) 10th
Austin Desperados Drew Riggi 12th (tied) Justin Morgan 13th(tied) 12th
Tampa Bay Captains Danny Lebron 12th (tied) 22nd(tied) 23rd
Oakland Invaders Ruben Alamo 14th Charlie Zimmerman 20th 19th
Fountain Hills 23ers Joe Zerger 15th Sean Welliver 21st 20th
Mexico City Aztecs Tobias Rivera 16th Nelson Archuleta 5th 11th
San Diego Fleet Jason Cox 17th Edwin Rodriguez 13th(tied) 14th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Marcos Santiago 18th Eric Kraft 4th 13th
Dallas Dragons Adam Wright 19th (tied) 22nd(tied) 24th
Toronto Trash Pandas Keagan Deming 19th (tied) Jesse Stopper 7th 15th
Carolina Reapers Bill Havey 21st Joe Best 11th 16th
San Francisco Fire Jonathan Raley 22nd Jonathan Raley 13th(tied) 17th
Chicago Gangsters Nick Pratt 23rd Edwin Retana 13th(tied) 18th
Philadelphia Marauders 24th Pablo Gonzalez 8th 22nd
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Diego Fleet Paul Pittman 1st Dean Hostetler 1st 1st
Mexico City Aztecs John Hunt 2nd Kevin Cimini 6th(tied) 2nd
Phoenix Gladiators Ton Ariëns 3rd 19th(tied) 19th
Boston Whistlers Brian Roseman 4th Sébastien Fleury 6th(tied) 4th
Hollywood Stars Elijah Moody 5th Trent Lovoi 5th 3rd
Cincinnati Royals Heath Sherlock 6th 19th(tied) 20th
Fountain Hills 23ers David McGowan 7th 19th(tied) 21st
Indianapolis Eagles Victor Mendez 8th Scott Goldfein 6th(tied) 6th
Maine Pines Eric Hicks 9th Rob Lopez 2nd 5th
Philadelphia Marauders Austin Compton 10th Danny Martinez 6th(tied) 7th
Carolina Reapers Jose Lazaro 11th Jean-François Vivier 13th 13th
Halifax Heathens Seth Hardwick 12th Lamar Bridges 17th 15th
San Francisco Fire Kyle Nash 13th 19th(tied) 22nd
New York Nightmare Nick Seago 14th Aaron Williams 6th(tied) 9th
Charleston Sea Dogs Ryan Forsythe 15th Jason Lewis 3rd 8th
Detroit Giants Ramon Dozal 16th (tied) Leo Carballo 14th 14th
Toronto Trash Pandas Mike Townsend 16th (tied) John Troia 6th(tied) 11th
Syracuse Scorpions Bobby Tapia 18th 19th(tied) 23rd
Austin Desperados Jesse Griffin 19th Jesse Griffin 4th 10th
Dallas Dragons Rocky Hawke 20th Chris Gutierre 6th(tied) 12th
Tampa Bay Captains Steve Post 21st Pat Bell 15th 16th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Philip Couillard 22nd 19th(tied) 24th
Chicago Gangsters Eric Drake 23rd Jordan Rivas 18th 18th
Oakland Invaders Jared Smith 24th David Raney 16th 17th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Halifax Heathens Leo Orozco 1st Jake Criscuolo 9th 5th
Dallas Dragons Jay Pearson 2nd 19th(tied) 17th
Fountain Hills 23ers Jeff Yule 3rd Raul Rodriguez 17th 10th
Phoenix Gladiators John Platzer 4th 19th(tied) 19th
Philadelphia Marauders Johnny McCargar 5th Albert Garcia 1st(tied) 1st
Chicago Gangsters Jason Bear 6th 19th(tied) 21st
Oakland Invaders Jim Henkemeyer 7th 19th(tied) 22nd
Cincinnati Royals Scott King 8th Carlos Cordero 18th 11th
Mexico City Aztecs Danny Velasquez 9th Danny Velasquez 3rd(tied) 2nd
San Francisco Fire Dusty Ward 10th Justin Ottinger 3rd(tied) 4th
Austin Desperados Giovanni Hearn 11th Giovanni Hearn 1st(tied) 3rd
Charleston Sea Dogs Charlie Paquin 12th David Anast 3rd(tied) 6th
Maine Pines Jose Valverde 13th Mario Gutierrez 16th 14th
Detroit Giants Glenn Valentine 14th Matthew Bridges 13th 12th
Toronto Trash Pandas Jon Kenyon 15th John Russell 12th 13th
Boston Whistlers Evan Stowe 16th Andrew Flynn 14th(tied) 15th(tied)
San Diego Fleet Alfonso Sanchez 17th Alex Melo 3rd(tied) 7th
Hollywood Stars Roy Blaylock 18th Victor Cruz 10th 15th(tied)
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Alan McConnell 19th Brian Bopp 3rd(tied) 8th
Indianapolis Eagles Mike Dallis 20th 19th(tied) 23rd
Syracuse Scorpions Guillermo Ramos 21st 19th(tied) 24th
Tampa Bay Captains Adam Bechdel 22nd Chih Ren 11th 18th
Carolina Reapers Rich Simmer 23rd Cesar Torres 14th(tied) 20th
New York Nightmare John Osterman 24th Lorenzo Garza 3rd(tied) 9th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dallas Dragons Joe Robinson 1st David Torres 10th(tied) 1st
Toronto Trash Pandas D.J. Van Diest 2nd Tim McHugh 3rd 2nd
Maine Pines Skyler Fundis 3rd Mark Crawford 7th 3rd
Indianapolis Eagles Jerry Robinson 4th Ian Schelling 20th(tied) 6th
San Diego Fleet Dale Day 5th Mario Ibarra 4th(tied) 4th
Philadelphia Marauders Danny Pierce 6th Lee Peck 14th 5th
Detroit Giants Keith Brosch 7th Jose Mora 19th 7th
Cincinnati Royals Eric Hayes 8th Eric Alvarado 18th 8th
Oakland Invaders Mike Raia 9th Rich Miklavcic 17th 11th
Mexico City Aztecs Chris Martinez 10th David Short 13th 9th
Boston Whistlers Taylor McLean 11th Malcolm McKechnie 20th(tied) 13th
New York Nightmare Rob Black 12th Chris Miller 15th 12th
Chicago Gangsters Paul Morgan 13th Tim Wolff 1st 10th
Hollywood Stars John Beck 14th John Breshears 8th 14th
Charleston Sea Dogs Tim Hutchison 15th Joe Bacon 10th(tied) 15th
Phoenix Gladiators Brian Shultz 16th Rick Gruber 9th 16th
Fountain Hills 23ers Scott Zembower 17th 24th 24th
Tampa Bay Captains Jonathan McCarthy 18th Daniel Mikel 2nd 17th
San Francisco Fire Jim Hofland 19th Steve Nalbach 6th 18th
Syracuse Scorpions Chris Service 20th Jesse Reimann 10th(tied) 19th
Austin Desperados Tony Martinez 21st Dustin Owens 16th 20th
Carolina Reapers Ryan Burchett 22nd Prince Sunderland 20th(tied) 21st
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Art MacDonald 23rd Chance Jones 20th(tied) 22nd
Halifax Heathens 24th Danny Walker 4th(tied) 23rd
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Marauders Manuel Rosas 1st Jesse Rupp 3rd 1st
Austin Desperados John Austin 2nd Willie Zepeda 8th(tied) 2nd
Halifax Heathens Nick Sumney 3rd Dan Navarro 5th 3rd
Detroit Giants Steve McLaughlin 4th Juan Guerra 4th 4th
Toronto Trash Pandas Heath Graves 5th Jay Kowalski 8th(tied) 5th
Fountain Hills 23ers Isaiah Mill 6th Victor Ontiveros 18th 16th
Phoenix Gladiators Pat Bounds 7th 19th(tied) 19th
Maine Pines Jimmy Frew 8th Jose Yenores 8th(tied) 7th
Boston Whistlers Oliver Damon 9th Brian Brockman 1st 6th
Syracuse Scorpions Chris Guardiola 10th Ray Alleyne 17th 18th
San Diego Fleet Ed Woodside 11th Cameron Kovatch 8th(tied) 9th
Charleston Sea Dogs Nick Wisniewski 12th John Hall 8th(tied) 10th
Hollywood Stars Marco Madrigal 13th Kalle Hovinen 16th 17th
Mexico City Aztecs Cesar Ornelas 14th Francisco Chavez 2nd 8th
Carolina Reapers Blake Benigno 15th Manuel Martinez 7th 11th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Mark Root 16th Jorge Gonzales 8th(tied) 12th
Dallas Dragons Caleb Langenwalter 17th 19th(tied) 20th
Cincinnati Royals Jonathan Amorin 18th (tied) 19th(tied) 21st
Indianapolis Eagles Adam McCumiskey 18th (tied) Matthew Brown 6th 13th
Oakland Invaders Roland Martin 20th Kyle Twigg 8th(tied) 14th
Tampa Bay Captains Ron Eckhardt 21st 19th(tied) 22nd
Chicago Gangsters Willie Bravo 22nd Oscar Ramirez 8th(tied) 15th
New York Nightmare Brady Louis 23rd 19th(tied) 23rd
San Francisco Fire Rich Tangorra 24th 19th(tied) 24th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston Sea Dogs Nelson Ziersch 1st Ryan Willin 3rd 1st
Philadelphia Marauders Art McDonald 2nd Carlos Sanchez 9th 3rd
Toronto Trash Pandas Jaylen Taylor 3rd Bill Cardiello 4th 2nd
Halifax Heathens Ernesto Ramirez 4th Marco Grijalva 8th 4th
San Diego Fleet Mark Torres 5th Armando Gomez 2nd 5th
Boston Whistlers Willie Kirkham 6th Ramon Paz 10th(tied) 7th
Detroit Giants Chris Lutz 7th Randy Wheat 5th 6th
New York Nightmare Jesus Cardona 8th 21st(tied) 20th
Cincinnati Royals Rick Brown 9th Don Hutchison 16th 15th
Indianapolis Eagles Tony Bradshaw 10th 21st(tied) 21st
Fountain Hills 23ers Tim Scott 11th Eli Martinez 19th 17th
Mexico City Aztecs Dan Harmon 12th Dan Harmon 10th(tied) 8th
Maine Pines Tyler Tolbert 13th Justin McCoy 17th 16th
Carolina Reapers Mike Green 14th Eric Wilson 7th 9th
Austin Desperados Leo Serna 15th Rich Maciejewski 10th(tied) 11th
San Francisco Fire Willie Villegas 16th Felix Mora 10th(tied) 12th
Syracuse Scorpions Casey Kearney 17th 21st(tied) 22nd
Dallas Dragons Glen Helms 18th Steve Nebeker 1st 10th
Tampa Bay Captains Justin Grasso 19th Humphrey Gerber 18th 18th
Hollywood Stars Adam Cooper 20th 21st(tied) 24th
Phoenix Gladiators Victor Gonzalez 21st Georgy Tutubalin 20th 19th
Oakland Invaders Matt Grissom 22nd Marc Alexander 6th 13th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Jordan Thompson 23rd Manny Cordon 10th(tied) 14th
Chicago Gangsters 24th Mark Bower 10th(tied) 23rd
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Maine Pines Nick Slover 1st Dave Figley 2nd 1st
San Diego Fleet Rodrigo Lemus 2nd Tom Balletta 7th 2nd
Austin Desperados Sam Campos 3rd Andy Merrick 18th(tied) 11th
Halifax Heathens Joe Hart 4th Chris Huyard 3rd 3rd
Charleston Sea Dogs Andy Weatherholt 5th Gregg Daugherty 4th 4th
Philadelphia Marauders William Deel 6th Rodolfo Hernandez 20th 16th
Phoenix Gladiators Rob Alvarez 7th Chris Gagarian 18th(tied) 17th
Indianapolis Eagles Ray Dappen 8th Jon Clark 12th 7th
Detroit Giants Nick Turpen 9th Rafael Cruz 8th 6th
Oakland Invaders Dennis Allen 10th Luis Cortez 1st 5th
Hollywood Stars Logan Mayhew 11th Brad Scioli 11th 12th
Cincinnati Royals Josh Huggins 12th Bobby Villasenor 10th 10th
Dallas Dragons Brandon Jones 13th Bobby Henderson 21st 21st
Boston Whistlers Kory Pullar 14th Kory Pullar 5th 8th
New York Nightmare Dustin Lewis 15th Chris Hall 6th 9th
Toronto Trash Pandas Winston Caballero 16th Mark Stuart 14th 13th
San Francisco Fire James Dobyns 17th 24th 24th
Carolina Reapers Steve Cates 18th Danny Orfila 16th 14th
Mexico City Aztecs Jaden Mack 19th R.J. Eisen 17th 20th
Fountain Hills 23ers Taylor Motyl 20th Greg Brando 9th 15th
Chicago Gangsters Sam Palacios 21st Jesus Garcia 22nd(tied) 22nd
Syracuse Scorpions John Froerer 22nd Ferhat Chiwocha 15th 18th
Tampa Bay Captains Joe Bernard 23rd Joe Bernard 22nd(tied) 23rd
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Jon Haynes 24th Evan Edelstein 13th 19th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Phoenix Gladiators Ryan Robertson 1st Alex Arredondo 13th 1st
San Diego Fleet Lorenzo Landin 2nd Ken Griffey 3rd 2nd
Dallas Dragons Mike Braasch 3rd Sotan Matsuoka 22nd 13th
Cincinnati Royals Josh Hunter 4th Brandon Smith 21st 14th
Oakland Invaders Josh Becker 5th Mario Ortiz 4th 3rd
Chicago Gangsters Keith Kramer 6th Ken Hicks 23rd 17th
Syracuse Scorpions Mike Kelley 7th Jim Boonen 2nd 4th
Mexico City Aztecs Sean Ryan 8th Armando Salas 18th 9th
Hollywood Stars Steve Ray 9th Steve Ray 5th 5th
Fountain Hills 23ers Stuart Taylor 10th Jim Hart 6th 6th
Carolina Reapers Shane Edwards 11th Josh Carlson 17th 11th
Maine Pines Chris Hames 12th Tim Suttle 9th(tied) 7th
Charleston Sea Dogs Shane Kidd 13th Jaheim Johnson 1st 8th
San Francisco Fire Joe Woolverton 14th Vince Zamora 16th 15th
Boston Whistlers Dusty Thomas 15th Allen D'Amico 7th 10th
Halifax Heathens Jeff Buck 16th Jerardo Perez 11th 12th
Toronto Trash Pandas Evan Sippel 17th Tony de Leon 9th(tied) 16th
Tampa Bay Captains Mike Grotjohn 18th Kevin Martinez 24th 21st
Indianapolis Eagles James Gibson 19th Micah Weidner 12th 18th
Philadelphia Marauders Jeremy Ferraro 20th Jeremy Ferraro 14th 19th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Steven Hyatt 21st Kevin Miller 19th 23rd
Detroit Giants Tony Wooten 22nd Heath Johnston 8th 20th
Austin Desperados Ethan Yarbrough 23rd Shane Campbell 15th 22nd
New York Nightmare Dana Walker 24th Dae-jin Lee 20th 24th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dallas Dragons Mike Braasch 1st Marcos Guadarrama 19th 14th
Carolina Reapers Jake Schmitt 2nd Ben Foster 6th 2nd
Oakland Invaders Josh Becker 3rd Cory Crabtree 10th(tied) 3rd
Charleston Sea Dogs Ken Allbaugh 4th Eddie O'Connor 8th(tied) 4th
San Francisco Fire Jesus Henriguez 5th Gabe Sprung 10th(tied) 8th
Boston Whistlers D.J. Elliott 6th Ricky Garay 2nd 1st
Maine Pines Chris Hames 7th Jonathan Kellerstrass 10th(tied) 9th
Fountain Hills 23ers Wade McGonigle 8th Jonathan Reeher 5th 6th
Hollywood Stars Pat Eisen 9th Lorenzo Guerrero 24th 18th
Philadelphia Marauders Vince Mellon 10th Jeremy Ferraro 3rd 5th
Indianapolis Eagles Greg Camarillo 11th Luke Walley 22nd 19th
Tampa Bay Captains Jason Washington 12th Jason Eppert 4th 10th
San Diego Fleet Justin Pierce 13th Ken Griffey 1st 7th
Toronto Trash Pandas Evan Sippel 14th Zach Heller 23rd 22nd
Chicago Gangsters Keith Kramer 15th Bill Roderick 18th 17th
Syracuse Scorpions Mike Kelley 16th Brian Joiner 15th 16th
Detroit Giants Lee Maher 17th Jeff Reade 8th(tied) 11th
Austin Desperados Joe McLaughlin 18th Robby Rush 10th(tied) 12th
Cincinnati Royals Wayne Harless 19th David Cooper 21st 20th
Halifax Heathens Jonathan Bruckert 20th Colby Kelly 7th 13th
Mexico City Aztecs Jeff Cox 21st Lasse van Rooijen 17th 21st
New York Nightmare Dana Walker 22nd Matt Johnson 16th 23rd
Phoenix Gladiators Max Mascareno 23rd Zack Scott 10th(tied) 15th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Will Olejnik 24th Joe Lilley 20th 24th
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