ABA CLASS A-
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
05/25/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Rich Callanan 1st Rich Callanan 1st(tied) 1st
Providence Hex Pete DiBiaso 2nd Pete DiBiaso 6th 4th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ted Bellinger 3rd Ted Bellinger 7th 5th
Santa Ana Black Aces Bill Byrne 4th 13th(tied) 12th
Newport News Wranglers Rob Carrigan 5th Rob Carrigan 1st(tied) 2nd
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Christian Weatherspoon 6th 13th(tied) 14th
Carson City Miners Jeremy Hauser 7th 13th(tied) 15th
Montgomery Missions Ben Riffe 8th 13th(tied) 16th
Anaheim Music Ryan Rosenson 9th Ryan Rosenson 1st(tied) 3rd
Waco Warlocks Jeff Johnson 10th 13th(tied) 17th
Aurora Paints Omar Ybarra 11th (tied) 13th(tied) 18th
Savannah Alpines Preston Leon 11th (tied) Andrew Maness 12th 9th
Julian Jammers Masaaki Takata 13th Masaaki Takata 11th 8th
Wichita Panthers Chris Tomlinson 14th Chris Tomlinson 4th 6th
Medford Desperados Todd Gordon 15th 13th(tied) 19th
Newport Unicorns Josh Livesay 16th Josh Livesay 9th 10th
Greensboro Naturals Juan Lozada 17th Neil Wetzel 10th 11th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Kevin Hurt 18th Kevin Hurt 5th 7th
Sikeston Shamrocks Mario Escobar 19th 13th(tied) 20th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Yoshihito Abe 20th 13th(tied) 21st
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Francisco Ramos 21st Francisco Ramos 8th 13th
Ottawa Lynx Rikard Munk 22nd 13th(tied) 22nd
Ontario Sunrays 23rd (tied) 13th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 23rd (tied) 13th(tied) 23rd(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Savannah Alpines Mike Fitzgerald 1st Mike Fitzgerald 14th 13th
Providence Hex Ruben Guevara 2nd Ruben Guevara 4th(tied) 2nd
Sikeston Shamrocks Ivan Ballesteros 3rd Steve Benitez 17th 15th
Julian Jammers Brendan Marcus 4th Jason Allen 1st 1st
Little Rock Golden Gophers Bobby Barnes 5th Eddie Monaghan 4th(tied) 3rd
Carson City Miners Dillon O'Neill 6th 18th(tied) 18th
Santa Ana Black Aces Brian Evans 7th Aaron Nelson 12th 12th
Aurora Paints Tim Massey 8th Tim Massey 4th(tied) 4th
Montgomery Missions Danny Solis 9th Danny Solis 16th 16th
Spring Park Green Knights Mike Polcyn 10th Billy Warren 4th(tied) 5th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Reed Gomez 11th Reed Gomez 4th(tied) 7th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ken Beck 12th (tied) Joe Knight 4th(tied) 8th(tied)
Waco Warlocks John Sears 12th (tied) Carlos Crespo 4th(tied) 8th(tied)
Anaheim Music Aaron Went 14th Aaron Went 13th 14th
Ottawa Lynx Justin Johnson 15th Jeremy Hurst 3rd 6th
Wichita Panthers Jose Garcia 16th 18th(tied) 19th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Gwang-oo Shroyer 17th Gwang-oo Shroyer 4th(tied) 11th
Newport Unicorns Justin MacKoul 18th 18th(tied) 20th
Newport News Wranglers Chris Fenton 19th (tied) Jarrod Wahlert 2nd 10th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Keith Harper 19th (tied) 18th(tied) 21st
Greensboro Naturals Oscar Hermosillo 21st 18th(tied) 22nd
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Zach Weakley 22nd Zach Weakley 15th 17th
Ontario Sunrays Robby Hoffman 23rd 18th(tied) 23rd
Medford Desperados Rafael Castanon 24th 18th(tied) 24th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Medford Desperados Chris Reese 1st Chris Reese 8th 4th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Hector Soto 2nd Francisco Gonzalez 10th 6th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Kevin Shimizu 3rd 11th(tied) 11th
Anaheim Music Steve Sheffield 4th Adrian Sosa 6th 5th
Savannah Alpines Keith Connelly 5th 11th(tied) 12th
Wichita Panthers Mikkel Goldbaek 6th Jimmy Johnson 2nd 1st
Santa Ana Black Aces Joe Corcoran 7th 11th(tied) 13th
Montgomery Missions Tom Palmer 8th 11th(tied) 14th
Sikeston Shamrocks Russ Philip 9th Russ Philip 3rd 2nd
Greensboro Naturals David Pinzon 10th (tied) 11th(tied) 15th(tied)
Providence Hex Brian Kilcoyne 10th (tied) 11th(tied) 15th(tied)
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jason King 12th Jason King 7th 7th
Newport News Wranglers Justin Fox 13th 11th(tied) 17th
Ottawa Lynx Craig Wallace 14th Neil Goff 9th 9th
Aurora Paints Darius Poole 15th Bob Benitez 4th 8th
Spring Park Green Knights Ryan Dowdell 16th 11th(tied) 18th
Ontario Sunrays David Herman 17th 11th(tied) 19th
Carson City Miners Matt Peterson 18th 11th(tied) 20th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Tommie Tepper 19th Pablo Gonzalez 1st 3rd
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Alberto Rivas 20th Alberto Rivas 5th 10th
Newport Unicorns Shaun Warwick 21st 11th(tied) 21st
Julian Jammers 22nd (tied) 11th(tied) 22nd(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 22nd (tied) 11th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Waco Warlocks 22nd (tied) 11th(tied) 22nd(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Medford Desperados Lamar Bridges 1st Lamar Bridges 7th 3rd
Little Rock Golden Gophers Neil Thomas 2nd 10th(tied) 9th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Leo Carballo 3rd Leo Carballo 2nd 2nd
Wichita Panthers Jamie Zapata 4th 10th(tied) 11th
Aurora Paints Eric Roebling 5th Jose Saenz 9th 6th
Santa Ana Black Aces David Raney 6th David Raney 5th 4th
Carson City Miners Jeff Hammons 7th Jeff Hammons 4th 5th
Ottawa Lynx Dalton McCarthy 8th 10th(tied) 12th
Spring Park Green Knights Andy Belot 9th 10th(tied) 13th
Newport News Wranglers Elias Palacio 10th 10th(tied) 14th
Sikeston Shamrocks Rob Lopez 11th Rob Lopez 6th 7th
Anaheim Music Nate Shifflett 12th 10th(tied) 15th
Waco Warlocks Prakoso Ernalia 13th Chris Gutierre 1st 1st
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Chris Cantu 14th Chris Cantu 3rd 8th
Montgomery Missions Chris Hipkins 15th 10th(tied) 16th
Providence Hex Dave Pollock 16th 10th(tied) 17th
Greensboro Naturals Dave Orosco 17th 10th(tied) 18th
Newport Unicorns Yeong-ha Lee 18th 10th(tied) 19th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Matt Parker 19th Matt Parker 8th 10th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Mel Rivera 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Savannah Alpines Ivan Zamora 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Julian Jammers 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Ontario Sunrays 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Newport News Wranglers Brian Beason 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Little Rock Golden Gophers David Anast 2nd David Anast 4th 2nd
Medford Desperados Jake Criscuolo 3rd Jake Criscuolo 2nd 1st
Carson City Miners Ryan Russ 4th 7th(tied) 8th
Ottawa Lynx John Russell 5th John Russell 3rd 3rd
Sikeston Shamrocks Matt Duval 6th Mario Gutierrez 5th 5th
Montgomery Missions Rob Perrin 7th 7th(tied) 9th
Wichita Panthers Justin York 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Santa Ana Black Aces David Williams 9th 7th(tied) 11th
Newport Unicorns Nate Ladnier 10th 7th(tied) 12th
Ontario Sunrays Brian Houghton 11th 7th(tied) 13th
Greensboro Naturals Takao Fujii 12th Lorenzo Garza 6th 6th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Jeremias Vega 13th Ronald Poole 1st 4th
Anaheim Music Lucas Warren 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Ruben Vences 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Waco Warlocks Jeff Williamson 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Providence Hex Jesus Ayala 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Lorenzo Torres 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Aurora Paints Shunsen Mikami 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Savannah Alpines Manny Rios 20th 7th(tied) 20th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Lupe Rodriguez 21st 7th(tied) 21st
Julian Jammers 22nd (tied) 7th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 22nd (tied) 7th(tied) 22nd(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 22nd (tied) 7th(tied) 22nd(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Aurora Paints David Short 1st David Short 13th 9th
Newport News Wranglers Joe Bronson 2nd Joe Bronson 15th 11th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Corey McKeone 3rd Ivan Hernandez 1st 1st
Carson City Miners Daniel Colglazier 4th Daniel Colglazier 2nd(tied) 2nd
Little Rock Golden Gophers Joe Bacon 5th Joe Bacon 2nd(tied) 3rd
Spring Park Green Knights Anthony Graham 6th Mike Grant 2nd(tied) 4th
Santa Ana Black Aces Bill Bandy 7th Rich Miklavcic 2nd(tied) 5th
Greensboro Naturals Justin Husnick 8th Chris Miller 9th 10th
Wichita Panthers Kyle Marin 9th Kyle Marin 2nd(tied) 6th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Mike Jackson 10th Mike Jackson 12th 12th
Medford Desperados Cody Griffith 11th 19th(tied) 18th
Ottawa Lynx Tim McHugh 12th Tim McHugh 2nd(tied) 7th
Montgomery Missions Bill Matthews 13th 19th(tied) 20th
Savannah Alpines Colby Barrineau 14th 19th(tied) 21st
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Jeff McDaniel 15th Dave Wunderlich 17th 14th
Anaheim Music Steve Kravit 16th 19th(tied) 22nd
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Josh Chadwick 17th 19th(tied) 23rd
Waco Warlocks Chris Gallagher 18th David Torres 10th 13th
Ontario Sunrays Travis Hammen 19th Travis Hammen 2nd(tied) 8th
Providence Hex B.J. Price 20th B.J. Price 16th 16th
Julian Jammers Keith Alexander 21st 19th(tied) 24th
Sikeston Shamrocks Jon Garza 22nd Carlos Martinez 11th 15th
Newport Unicorns Jarred DeLozier 23rd Jarred DeLozier 14th 17th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Luis Olvera 24th Luis Olvera 18th 19th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Newport News Wranglers Pete Shelton 1st Matthew Brown 4th 1st
Santa Ana Black Aces Kyle Twigg 2nd Kyle Twigg 5th 2nd
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Johnny Harris 3rd Johnny Harris 8th 5th
Waco Warlocks Alex Morales 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Wichita Panthers Aaron Anderson 5th 10th(tied) 11th
Sikeston Shamrocks Jose Yenores 6th Jose Yenores 2nd 3rd
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Matt Shea 7th 10th(tied) 12th
Aurora Paints Matt Jones 8th Josh Bolick 7th 6th
Ottawa Lynx Pat Cureton 9th Brian Nuzum 3rd 4th
Carson City Miners Alejandro Morales 10th 10th(tied) 13th
Medford Desperados Jeff Knisley 11th 10th(tied) 14th
Savannah Alpines Jody Clark 12th Victor Ontiveros 9th 8th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Micah Squires 13th 10th(tied) 15th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Heriberto Paula 14th 10th(tied) 16th
Anaheim Music Jorge Gonzales 15th Jorge Gonzales 1st 7th
Providence Hex Jason Flanagan 16th 10th(tied) 17th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Danny Molina 17th 10th(tied) 18th
Spring Park Green Knights Jose Lopez 18th 10th(tied) 19th
Newport Unicorns Juan Trujillo 19th 10th(tied) 20th
Julian Jammers Oscar Ramirez 20th Oscar Ramirez 6th 9th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Jose Estrella 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Montgomery Missions Jose Rodriguez 22nd 10th(tied) 22nd
Greensboro Naturals 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Ontario Sunrays 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Chris Benedict 1st Chris Benedict 2nd 1st
Waco Warlocks Dylan Phillips 2nd Steve Nebeker 1st 2nd
Anaheim Music Manny Cordon 3rd Manny Cordon 8th 5th
Wichita Panthers Jim Cook 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Nate Fard 5th 10th(tied) 11th
Ottawa Lynx Tony Moctezuma 6th Bill Cardiello 4th 4th
Ontario Sunrays Humphrey Gerber 7th Humphrey Gerber 7th 6th
Newport News Wranglers Nate Jurgensen 8th 10th(tied) 12th
Greensboro Naturals Latrell Poff 9th 10th(tied) 13th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Danny Lopez 10th 10th(tied) 14th
Carson City Miners John Sasser 11th 10th(tied) 15th
Medford Desperados Naji Lahab 12th 10th(tied) 16th
Savannah Alpines Eli Martinez 13th Eli Martinez 9th 9th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Luis Ortega 14th Luis Ortega 6th 7th
Julian Jammers Ruben Borquez 15th 10th(tied) 17th
Spring Park Green Knights Dave Monier 16th 10th(tied) 18th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Elijah Callender 17th Keith Sverdloff 3rd 3rd
Newport Unicorns Ramon Paz 18th Ramon Paz 5th 8th
Sikeston Shamrocks Bill Cortez 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Aurora Paints Mike Follmer 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Providence Hex Hector Mejia 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Montgomery Missions Valentino Ponchielli 22nd 10th(tied) 22nd
Santa Ana Black Aces David Johnson 23rd 10th(tied) 23rd
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Nestor Torres 24th 10th(tied) 24th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Medford Desperados Ben Gallegos 1st Ben Gallegos 1st 1st
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Brian Pace 2nd Brian Pace 4th 3rd
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Steve Albrecht 3rd Steve Albrecht 7th 5th
Santa Ana Black Aces Josh Lambert 4th Josh Lambert 10th 9th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Caleb Bond 5th Shalom Bruin 5th 4th
Carson City Miners Jon Ramirez 6th Ricky Escobar 3rd 6th
Savannah Alpines Jose Rodriguez 7th Juan Martinez 9th 10th
Sikeston Shamrocks Steve Pitt 8th Jesus Beltre 2nd 2nd
Greensboro Naturals David Sanko 9th David Sanko 11th(tied) 11th
Providence Hex Eric Kretzer 10th Eric Kretzer 6th 7th
Montgomery Missions Javier Torres 11th 19th(tied) 16th
Wichita Panthers Noah Damm 12th Hector Mendoza 11th(tied) 12th
Ottawa Lynx Carlos Balderrama 13th Carlos Balderrama 8th 8th
Ontario Sunrays Edgar de la Mora 14th Edgar de la Mora 11th(tied) 13th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Andy Merrick 15th Andy Merrick 16th 15th
Anaheim Music Phil DiDomenico 16th 19th(tied) 19th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ricky Flores 17th Enrique Rodriguez 11th(tied) 14th
Waco Warlocks Chris Childress 18th Alex Gonzales 18th 17th
Newport Unicorns Jonathan Weaver 19th Jonathan Weaver 15th 18th
Newport News Wranglers Yee Wang 20th Yee Wang 17th 20th
Julian Jammers Jon Sullivan 21st 19th(tied) 21st
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Bobby Nicholson 22nd 19th(tied) 22nd
Aurora Paints 23rd (tied) 19th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 23rd (tied) 19th(tied) 23rd(tied)
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Andy Roberts 1st Andy Roberts 1st 1st
Santa Ana Black Aces Chris Williams 2nd Ryan McEntyre 3rd 2nd
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Matt Rubin 3rd Isaiah Timmons 10th 5th
Ottawa Lynx Nick Dadey 4th Tony de Leon 8th 7th
Savannah Alpines Jim Fredrickson 5th Mark Steve 4th(tied) 4th
Wichita Panthers Alex Arredondo 6th Alex Arredondo 2nd 3rd
Carson City Miners Angelo Luque 7th 15th(tied) 10th
Providence Hex Angel Garabito 8th Angel Garabito 7th 8th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Carlos Brenes 9th Carlos Brenes 14th 9th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Oliver Murga 10th Zaijiro Watanabe 4th(tied) 6th
Waco Warlocks Brian Rosen 11th 15th(tied) 12th
Newport Unicorns Gabe Rubio 12th 15th(tied) 13th
Julian Jammers Tim Jacobs 13th 15th(tied) 16th
Medford Desperados Matt Howe 14th Matt Howe 12th 11th
Sikeston Shamrocks Zach Kyte 15th Zach Kyte 11th 14th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Roberto Aguilar 16th Roberto Aguilar 13th 15th
Ontario Sunrays Mike McQueen 17th 15th(tied) 17th
Montgomery Missions Brad Cooper 18th 15th(tied) 19th
Newport News Wranglers Jonathan Aubry 19th Jonathan Aubry 9th 20th
Greensboro Naturals Dae-jin Lee 20th Dae-jin Lee 6th 18th
Anaheim Music Jose Pinedo 21st 15th(tied) 21st
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Timothy Lipinski 22nd 15th(tied) 22nd
Aurora Paints 23rd (tied) 15th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 23rd (tied) 15th(tied) 23rd(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Eddie O'Connor 1st Eddie O'Connor 6th 3rd
Wichita Panthers Zack Scott 2nd Zack Scott 7th 5th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jeff Reade 3rd Jeff Reade 4th 4th
Providence Hex Angel Garabito 4th Angel Garabito 5th 6th
Sikeston Shamrocks Zach Kyte 5th Zach Kyte 11th 8th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Matt Rubin 6th Steve Albrecht 2nd 1st
Santa Ana Black Aces Rick Deyo 7th Rick Deyo 10th 9th
Savannah Alpines Jeff Eddins 8th Jeff Eddins 12th 11th
Ontario Sunrays Mike McQueen 9th 15th(tied) 15th
Montgomery Missions Brad Cooper 10th 15th(tied) 16th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Robby Rush 11th Robby Rush 9th 10th
Medford Desperados Matt Howe 12th Matt Howe 13th 13th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Doug DeBauche 13th Zaijiro Watanabe 1st 2nd
Julian Jammers Tim Jacobs 14th 15th(tied) 17th
Newport News Wranglers Jonathan Aubry 15th Jonathan Aubry 8th 12th
Waco Warlocks Brian Rosen 16th 15th(tied) 18th
Ottawa Lynx Zach Heller 17th Zach Heller 14th 14th
Carson City Miners Carlos Abreu 18th 15th(tied) 19th
Newport Unicorns Gabe Rubio 19th 15th(tied) 20th
Greensboro Naturals Dae-jin Lee 20th Dae-jin Lee 3rd 7th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Hedde Castillo 21st 15th(tied) 21st
Anaheim Music Jose Pinedo 22nd 15th(tied) 22nd
Aurora Paints 23rd (tied) 15th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 23rd (tied) 15th(tied) 23rd(tied)
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