ABA CLASS A-
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
05/16/2024
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sikeston Shamrocks Mike Hydo 1st Mike Hydo 4th 4th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Mike Fogg 2nd Mike Fogg 1st 1st
Montgomery Missions Tom Hirsch 3rd 5th(tied) 5th
Newport Unicorns Charles Williams 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jason Murphy 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Providence Hex Chris Anderson 6th Chris Anderson 2nd(tied) 2nd
Medford Desperados Phil McBreen 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Anaheim Music Matt Bellavance 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Julian Jammers T.J. Garcia 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Ottawa Lynx Franklin Gonzalez 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Santa Ana Black Aces Chris Wahl 11th 5th(tied) 12th
Wichita Panthers George Gericke 12th 5th(tied) 13th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Roland Clement 13th 5th(tied) 14th
Savannah Alpines Dallas Remmert 14th Preston Leon 2nd(tied) 3rd
Greensboro Naturals Victor Gelabert 15th 5th(tied) 15th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Carlos Montoya 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Aurora Paints Pedro Morado 17th 5th(tied) 17th
South Pasadena Air Riders Yefu Al Gahary 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Dante Hernandez 19th 5th(tied) 19th
Newport News Wranglers 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
Ontario Sunrays 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
Pikeville Cavalry 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Joseph Mighty Mites David Pierce 1st David Pierce 6th 5th
Spring Park Green Knights Justin Thurston 2nd (tied) Justin Thurston 7th 6th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Mike Kopp 2nd (tied) Justin Solid 11th 7th
Montgomery Missions Mike Brown 4th 15th(tied) 15th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Brian Cash 5th Jose Hernandez 3rd(tied) 2nd
Newport News Wranglers Jose Ramos 6th Jose Ramos 2nd 1st
Providence Hex Kyle Macrina 7th 15th(tied) 16th
Wichita Panthers Bobby Sidener 8th Bobby Sidener 12th 10th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Omar Gatica 9th Omar Gatica 3rd(tied) 3rd
Little Rock Golden Gophers Michel DeRise 10th Michel DeRise 10th 9th
South Pasadena Air Riders Dillon O'Neill 11th Dillon O'Neill 14th 11th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Eddie Monaghan 12th Eddie Monaghan 5th 8th
Ottawa Lynx Brian Johnson 13th Brian Johnson 13th 12th
Anaheim Music Zach Macurdy 14th 15th(tied) 17th
Pikeville Cavalry John Sears 15th 15th(tied) 18th
Julian Jammers Jesus Lugo 16th 15th(tied) 19th
Aurora Paints Dustin Neeper 17th 15th(tied) 20th
Newport Unicorns Andrew Ortiz 18th Jesse Lang 8th 13th
Savannah Alpines Mike Fitzgerald 19th Mike Fitzgerald 9th 14th
Ontario Sunrays David Peterson 20th 15th(tied) 21st
Greensboro Naturals Brian Porretta 21st Bobby Burm 1st 4th
Medford Desperados 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Santa Ana Black Aces 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Sikeston Shamrocks 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greensboro Naturals Justin Freas 1st Mario Alvarado 6th 6th
Medford Desperados Ricky Cooper 2nd Daniel Friedrich 1st 1st
Santa Ana Black Aces Pete Horne 3rd Pete Horne 3rd(tied) 2nd
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Justin Morgan 4th Justin Morgan 7th 7th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Josh Higgs 5th Justin Teehan 9th 8th
Spring Park Green Knights Brian Byrnes 6th Brian Byrnes 10th 9th
Julian Jammers Edwin Retana 7th Edwin Retana 3rd(tied) 4th
Aurora Paints Tim Lunsford 8th Constantin Lupu 2nd 3rd
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) 5th
Providence Hex Jimmy Robertson 12th 12th(tied) 14th
Pikeville Cavalry Michael Cruz 13th 12th(tied) 15th
South Pasadena Air Riders Ryan Laycock 14th 12th(tied) 16th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Aaron Cleaveland 15th Aaron Cleaveland 8th 10th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Robert Francis 16th 12th(tied) 17th
Newport Unicorns Jose Lemos 17th 12th(tied) 18th
Sikeston Shamrocks Jesse Gillespie 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
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Jeff Sausville 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Greensboro Naturals Roberto Cano 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Anaheim Music Chris Lewis 5th 5th(tied) 8th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jason Ogden 6th 5th(tied) 9th
Pikeville Cavalry Brett Seidlitz 7th Arturo Farias 2nd 2nd
Little Rock Golden Gophers Ivan Hernandez 8th 5th(tied) 10th
Sikeston Shamrocks Kevin Mortensen 9th Angel Solorzano 4th 4th
Aurora Paints Greg Martel 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Providence Hex Kyle Summey 11th 5th(tied) 12th
Montgomery Missions Steve Anderson 12th 5th(tied) 13th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Doug Stewart 13th 5th(tied) 14th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ken Beck 14th Ken Beck 3rd 3rd
Newport News Wranglers Curt Lirette 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Newport Unicorns Seth Gosselin 16th 5th(tied) 16th
South Pasadena Air Riders Jeff Hammons 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Julian Jammers Roberto Vigueras 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Wichita Panthers Leo Gracia 19th 5th(tied) 19th
Ontario Sunrays Joe Deutsch 20th 5th(tied) 20th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Adam Schwark 21st 5th(tied) 21st
Medford Desperados 22nd (tied) 5th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Santa Ana Black Aces 22nd (tied) 5th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Savannah Alpines 22nd (tied) 5th(tied) 22nd(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Albert Garcia 1st Hector Landa 1st 1st
Sikeston Shamrocks Chris Cooper 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Newport Unicorns Andrew Flynn 3rd Andrew Flynn 3rd 2nd
Medford Desperados Travis Biggar 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Angelo de la Cruz 5th 6th(tied) 8th
Savannah Alpines Jessie Cable 6th Raul Rodriguez 2nd 3rd
Newport News Wranglers David Hidalgo 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Doug Wagner 8th Doug Wagner 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
South Pasadena Air Riders Hector Robledo 14th 6th(tied) 15th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Will Myers 15th 6th(tied) 16th
Greensboro Naturals Takao Fujii 16th Lorenzo Garza 4th 5th
Ontario Sunrays Chris Martinez 17th 6th(tied) 17th
Pikeville Cavalry Juan Cantu 18th 6th(tied) 18th
Anaheim Music 19th (tied) 6th(tied) 19th(tied)
Julian Jammers 19th (tied) 6th(tied) 19th(tied)
Mt. Vernon Cyclones 19th (tied) 6th(tied) 19th(tied)
Ottawa Lynx 19th (tied) 6th(tied) 19th(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 19th (tied) 6th(tied) 19th(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 19th (tied) 6th(tied) 19th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Doug Marrin 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Spring Park Green Knights Jesse Reimann 2nd Jesse Reimann 5th 3rd
Pikeville Cavalry Matt Strader 3rd Matt Strader 1st 1st
Ottawa Lynx Hugo Merino 4th 8th(tied) 9th
Medford Desperados Cole Roth 5th 8th(tied) 10th
Santa Ana Black Aces Frank Babb 6th 8th(tied) 11th
Greensboro Naturals Adam Byrne 7th 8th(tied) 12th
Providence Hex Justin Wish 8th 8th(tied) 13th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Bill Dent 9th 8th(tied) 14th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Joe Cluff 10th Alex Munoz 7th 6th
Montgomery Missions Jason Vick 11th Javy Perez 2nd 2nd
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jeff Sears 12th 8th(tied) 15th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Alejandro Morales 13th 8th(tied) 16th
Aurora Paints Adam Alvarez 14th David Short 3rd 4th
South Pasadena Air Riders Tim Gieger 15th Tim Gieger 6th 7th
Julian Jammers Caleb Askew 16th 8th(tied) 17th
Wichita Panthers Joe Gilbreath 17th Rick Gruber 4th 5th
Newport Unicorns Pedro Quintero 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Ontario Sunrays John Jimenez 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Sikeston Shamrocks Josh Murphy 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Newport News Wranglers Jose Martinez 21st 8th(tied) 21st
Little Rock Golden Gophers Bill Leija 22nd 8th(tied) 22nd
Anaheim Music 23rd (tied) 8th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Savannah Alpines 23rd (tied) 8th(tied) 23rd(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Mike Bolden 1st Mike Bolden 2nd 2nd
Tacoma Thunder Wolves John Yarbrough 2nd 11th(tied) 11th
Medford Desperados Nick Schultz 3rd Nick Schultz 3rd 3rd
Little Rock Golden Gophers Tyler Talton 4th 11th(tied) 12th
Sikeston Shamrocks Adam Larson 5th 11th(tied) 13th
Julian Jammers Eric Jubin 6th 11th(tied) 14th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Juan Guerra 7th Juan Guerra 5th 4th
Pikeville Cavalry Alex Morales 8th 11th(tied) 15th
Greensboro Naturals Jason Miller 9th 11th(tied) 16th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Kevin Jones 10th Carlos Malabranca 10th 9th
Montgomery Missions Juan Jasso 11th 11th(tied) 17th
Wichita Panthers Aaron Anderson 12th Aaron Anderson 6th 5th
Spring Park Green Knights Ray Alleyne 13th Ray Alleyne 8th 7th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jose Martinez 14th Jose Martinez 7th 8th
Aurora Paints Willis Ramirez 15th 11th(tied) 18th
Newport News Wranglers Pete Shelton 16th Matthew Brown 4th 6th
South Pasadena Air Riders Roberto Cruz 17th 11th(tied) 19th
Ottawa Lynx Rafael Diaz 18th 11th(tied) 20th
Savannah Alpines Rafael Farrand 19th Victor Ontiveros 1st 1st
Newport Unicorns Mario Alvarez 20th John Lendon 9th 10th
Anaheim Music Eric Schultz 21st 11th(tied) 21st
Providence Hex Verner Thunmark 22nd 11th(tied) 22nd
Ontario Sunrays Gabe Shrewsbury 23rd 11th(tied) 23rd
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 24th 11th(tied) 24th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Jason Perrigin 1st Jason Perrigin 3rd 2nd
Ottawa Lynx Ryan Waugh 2nd Ryan Waugh 4th 4th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Doug Grimm 3rd 10th(tied) 10th
Spring Park Green Knights Johnny Ellis 4th 10th(tied) 11th
Montgomery Missions Don Hutchison 5th Don Hutchison 1st 1st
Providence Hex Javy Forero 6th 10th(tied) 12th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Damien Przybylski 7th Damien Przybylski 2nd 3rd
Newport Unicorns Mario Carrillo 8th 10th(tied) 13th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Felix Alvarez 9th Felix Mora 6th 5th
South Pasadena Air Riders Billie Hotchkiss 10th Jesus Escobar 5th 6th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Omar Snell 11th 10th(tied) 14th
Santa Ana Black Aces Mike Mitchell 12th 10th(tied) 15th
Julian Jammers Jake Cook 13th 10th(tied) 16th
Savannah Alpines Collin Mays 14th 10th(tied) 17th
Anaheim Music Andre Howard 15th 10th(tied) 18th
Greensboro Naturals Mark Decker 16th Hisamichi Matsumoto 7th 7th
Aurora Paints Bob Mauser 17th Miguel Cerpa 8th 8th
Sikeston Shamrocks Antonio Encinas 18th 10th(tied) 19th
Pikeville Cavalry Jay Brown 19th 10th(tied) 20th
Wichita Panthers Mike Williams 20th 10th(tied) 21st
Newport News Wranglers Daniel Cantimori 21st 10th(tied) 22nd
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 4th 1st
Sikeston Shamrocks Mickey Green 2nd Jeremy Reich 2nd 3rd
Santa Ana Black Aces Isaiah White 3rd Isaiah White 1st 2nd
Medford Desperados Graham Renner 4th Graham Renner 3rd 4th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Adam Noland 5th Adam Noland 7th 6th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Adam Brittain 6th Steve Albrecht 5th 5th
Wichita Panthers Josh Foreman 7th Josh Foreman 12th 11th
Providence Hex Juan Ramirez 8th Juan Ramirez 14th 12th
Montgomery Missions Mike Gentry 9th Josh Howard 8th(tied) 8th
Anaheim Music Eddie Carver 10th Eddie Carver 8th(tied) 9th
Newport Unicorns Lorenzo Martinez 11th Alex Almanza 15th 14th
South Pasadena Air Riders Rogelio Camarillo 12th Rogelio Camarillo 6th 7th
Savannah Alpines Steve Shewmaker 13th Steve Shewmaker 8th(tied) 10th
Greensboro Naturals Pat Hanson 14th Masanori Kishimoto 13th 13th
Ottawa Lynx George Swift 15th George Swift 16th 15th
Pikeville Cavalry Bobby Williams 16th 18th(tied) 17th
Julian Jammers Mike Stricker 17th Jose Suazo 11th 16th
Newport News Wranglers Paul Dolezal 18th 18th(tied) 18th
Aurora Paints Brayden Snell 19th 18th(tied) 20th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Juan Gastelo 20th Juan Gastelo 17th 19th
Ontario Sunrays 21st (tied) 18th(tied) 21st(tied)
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)
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
Little Rock Golden Gophers Ronnie Downard 3rd Jon Peterson 3rd(tied) 3rd
Savannah Alpines Erik Willis 4th Tatsuya Oshima 10th 4th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Chris Neff 5th Steve Albrecht 6th 5th
Providence Hex Jordan Carreon 6th Rich Abril 8th 7th
Julian Jammers Tyler Findley 7th Tyler Findley 7th 8th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Jose Moreira 8th Juan Gastelo 13th 10th
Newport Unicorns Gary Lutz 9th Gary Lutz 9th 9th
Montgomery Missions Alex Balladares 10th 14th(tied) 12th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Carlos Brenes 11th Carlos Brenes 3rd(tied) 6th
Wichita Panthers Rogelio Morales 12th Rogelio Morales 11th 13th
South Pasadena Air Riders Lorenzo Lopez 13th Mario Villalobos 12th 14th
Greensboro Naturals Jaden Cornelius 14th 14th(tied) 15th
Newport News Wranglers Doug Voeller 15th 14th(tied) 16th
Pikeville Cavalry Bobby Williams 16th 14th(tied) 17th
Medford Desperados Jacob McConnell 17th Victor Martinez 3rd(tied) 11th
Aurora Paints Men Resina 18th 14th(tied) 18th
Anaheim Music 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Ontario Sunrays 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Ottawa Lynx 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Gregg Daugherty 1st Gregg Daugherty 4th(tied) 1st
Sikeston Shamrocks Pedro Tello 2nd Mike Reich 2nd 3rd
Santa Ana Black Aces Chris Williams 3rd Mike Hrdlicka 1st 2nd
Savannah Alpines Tatsuya Oshima 4th Tatsuya Oshima 11th 9th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Mike Driskell 5th Mike Driskell 7th 7th
Julian Jammers Bill Roderick 6th Bill Roderick 8th(tied) 8th
Wichita Panthers David Koontz 7th Zack Scott 3rd 4th
Medford Desperados Jesse Alexander 8th Victor Martinez 4th(tied) 5th
Newport Unicorns Gary Lutz 9th (tied) Alex Almanza 4th(tied) 6th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Marco Montes 9th (tied) Steve Albrecht 8th(tied) 10th
Providence Hex William Ramos 11th Rich Abril 10th 11th
Newport News Wranglers Paul Dolezal 12th 14th(tied) 13th
Montgomery Missions Kang-xi Wei 13th 14th(tied) 14th
Pikeville Cavalry Bobby Williams 14th 14th(tied) 16th
South Pasadena Air Riders Mario Villalobos 15th Mario Villalobos 12th 12th
Aurora Paints Brayden Snell 16th 14th(tied) 17th
Greensboro Naturals Suk Moon 17th 14th(tied) 18th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Danny Manzano 18th Juan Gastelo 13th 15th
Anaheim Music 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Ontario Sunrays 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Ottawa Lynx 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
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