ABA CLASS A-
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
09/25/2024
 
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 9th(tied) 9th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jason Murphy 3rd 9th(tied) 10th
Julian Jammers Emmanuel Norman 4th 9th(tied) 11th
Newport Unicorns Justin Robinson 5th 9th(tied) 12th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Roland Clement 6th 9th(tied) 13th
Providence Hex Mike Jordan 7th 9th(tied) 14th
Santa Ana Black Aces Chris Wahl 8th 9th(tied) 15th
Medford Desperados Jimmy Brewer 9th 9th(tied) 16th
Wichita Panthers George Gericke 10th 9th(tied) 17th
Sikeston Shamrocks David Manly 11th 9th(tied) 18th
Anaheim Music Donald Callison 12th Ryan Rosenson 2nd(tied) 2nd
Pikeville Cavalry Chris Johnson 13th 9th(tied) 19th
Savannah Alpines Mark White 14th Preston Leon 2nd(tied) 3rd
Ottawa Lynx Adam Fox 15th Roger Gotsch 6th(tied) 4th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Nick Watkins 16th Nick Watkins 5th 5th
Ontario Sunrays Marcos Nolasco 17th Luis Andujar 8th 8th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Ryan Whitmarsh 18th 9th(tied) 20th
Newport News Wranglers Josh Dunn 19th Jonathan Jaramillo 4th 6th
Greensboro Naturals Victor Gelabert 20th 9th(tied) 21st
Aurora Paints Pedro Morado 21st Pedro Morado 6th(tied) 7th
South Pasadena Air Riders Mike Wisniewski 22nd 9th(tied) 22nd
Spring Park Green Knights 23rd (tied) 9th(tied) 23rd(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 23rd (tied) 9th(tied) 23rd(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ontario Sunrays Jerry Tully 1st Tommy Walker 3rd(tied) 1st
St. Joseph Mighty Mites David Pierce 2nd Zach Weakley 3rd(tied) 2nd
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Justin Solid 3rd 15th(tied) 15th
Montgomery Missions Mike Brown 4th Brad Dilday 13th 8th
Julian Jammers Bryan Calcaterra 5th Bryan Calcaterra 12th 9th
Ottawa Lynx Josh Keys 6th Jim Naig 3rd(tied) 3rd
Wichita Panthers Bobby Sidener 7th Bobby Sidener 14th 10th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Omar Gatica 8th Omar Gatica 7th(tied) 7th
Newport News Wranglers Jose Ramos 9th Jose Ramos 2nd 4th
Pikeville Cavalry John Sears 10th 15th(tied) 16th
Providence Hex Steve Jarvis 11th 15th(tied) 17th
Greensboro Naturals Matt Mills 12th Oscar Hermosillo 11th 12th
Savannah Alpines Mike Fitzgerald 13th Mike Fitzgerald 7th(tied) 11th
Medford Desperados Nate Raphael 14th 15th(tied) 18th
Spring Park Green Knights Andre Green 15th Billy Warren 6th 6th
Anaheim Music Zach Macurdy 16th Nick Foley 10th 13th
Aurora Paints John Pavelka 17th 15th(tied) 19th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jordan McPherson 18th 15th(tied) 20th
Newport Unicorns Andrew Ortiz 19th Jesse Lang 9th 14th
Santa Ana Black Aces Jonathan Behre 20th 15th(tied) 21st
South Pasadena Air Riders Jon Williams 21st 15th(tied) 22nd
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Elijah Bruce 22nd Julio Vargas 1st 5th
Sikeston Shamrocks Allen Douglass 23rd 15th(tied) 23rd
Little Rock Golden Gophers 24th 15th(tied) 24th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Jesse Griffin 1st Jesse Griffin 9th 4th
Greensboro Naturals Justin Freas 2nd 14th(tied) 14th
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
Savannah Alpines Jim Young 6th 14th(tied) 15th
Julian Jammers Edwin Retana 7th Edwin Retana 1st(tied) 3rd
Spring Park Green Knights Josh Bingham 8th 14th(tied) 16th
Providence Hex Brian Garner 9th 14th(tied) 17th
Montgomery Missions Paul Adam 10th 14th(tied) 18th
Newport News Wranglers Chris Hartfield 11th Chris Hartfield 13th 11th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Mike MacPherson 12th 14th(tied) 19th
Anaheim Music Steve Sheffield 13th Steve Sheffield 12th 10th
Aurora Paints Constantin Lupu 14th Constantin Lupu 6th 5th
Ottawa Lynx Jesse Stopper 15th Jesse Stopper 10th 8th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Robert Francis 16th 14th(tied) 20th
Sikeston Shamrocks Russ Philip 17th Russ Philip 5th 7th
Pikeville Cavalry Dylan Wrinn 18th 14th(tied) 21st
Newport Unicorns Mike Middlebrooks 19th Mike Middlebrooks 8th 12th
Ontario Sunrays George Cienfuegos 20th 14th(tied) 22nd
South Pasadena Air Riders Matt Peterson 21st 14th(tied) 23rd
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Alex Marquez 22nd Ronald Poole 4th 9th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jared Dawson 23rd Chris Huseman 7th 13th
Wichita Panthers Salvador Velazquez 24th 14th(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
Newport News Wranglers Nick Keller 3rd (tied) 6th(tied) 6th(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights Francisco O'Brien 3rd (tied) 6th(tied) 6th(tied)
Greensboro Naturals Roberto Cano 5th 6th(tied) 8th
Pikeville Cavalry Ryan Syfrett 6th Arturo Farias 1st 1st
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jim Elander 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Anaheim Music Chris Lewis 8th 6th(tied) 10th
Aurora Paints Greg Martel 9th 6th(tied) 11th
Montgomery Missions Steve Anderson 10th 6th(tied) 12th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Bryan Lewis 11th 6th(tied) 13th
Sikeston Shamrocks Ben Hurt 12th 6th(tied) 14th
Ottawa Lynx Dalton McCarthy 13th Jose Fraire 5th 5th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Leo Carballo 14th Leo Carballo 2nd 4th
Julian Jammers Roberto Vigueras 15th 6th(tied) 15th
South Pasadena Air Riders Jon Taylor 16th 6th(tied) 16th
Wichita Panthers Leo Gracia 17th 6th(tied) 17th
Ontario Sunrays Joe Deutsch 18th 6th(tied) 18th
Medford Desperados Justin Blevins 19th 6th(tied) 19th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Antonio Rodriguez 20th 6th(tied) 20th
Newport Unicorns 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
Providence Hex 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
Santa Ana Black Aces 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
Savannah Alpines 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ontario Sunrays Chih Ren 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Sikeston Shamrocks Chris Cooper 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Newport News Wranglers Jason Archie 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
Medford Desperados Travis Biggar 4th 4th(tied) 7th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jaden Williams 5th 4th(tied) 8th
South Pasadena Air Riders Steve Anderson 6th 4th(tied) 9th
Newport Unicorns Jose Lemos 7th 4th(tied) 10th
Providence Hex Josh Scales 8th 4th(tied) 11th
Santa Ana Black Aces Danny Rodriguez 9th 4th(tied) 12th
Wichita Panthers Karl Aitcheson 10th 4th(tied) 13th
Montgomery Missions Mario Garcia 11th 4th(tied) 14th
Aurora Paints Josh Randel 12th 4th(tied) 15th
Savannah Alpines Salvador Lodi 13th Raul Rodriguez 1st 1st
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Matthew Bridges 14th Matthew Bridges 2nd 2nd
Greensboro Naturals Takao Fujii 15th Lorenzo Garza 3rd 3rd
Little Rock Golden Gophers Francisco Montoya 16th 4th(tied) 16th
Ottawa Lynx Benito Trevino 17th 4th(tied) 17th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Jeremias Vega 18th 4th(tied) 18th
Anaheim Music 19th (tied) 4th(tied) 19th(tied)
Julian Jammers 19th (tied) 4th(tied) 19th(tied)
Pikeville Cavalry 19th (tied) 4th(tied) 19th(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 19th (tied) 4th(tied) 19th(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 19th (tied) 4th(tied) 19th(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 19th (tied) 4th(tied) 19th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Justin Hunt 1st Nick Cordova 1st(tied) 1st
Ontario Sunrays Matt Strader 2nd Josh Keiser 1st(tied) 2nd
Pikeville Cavalry Alex Alvarez 3rd David Torres 5th 5th
Ottawa Lynx Mike Escobar 4th Mike Escobar 12th 8th
Medford Desperados Cole Roth 5th 14th(tied) 14th
Wichita Panthers Jimmy Zanghi 6th Rick Gruber 1st(tied) 3rd
Newport News Wranglers Ian Schelling 7th (tied) 14th(tied) 15th(tied)
Santa Ana Black Aces Frank Babb 7th (tied) 14th(tied) 15th(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights Kevin Prater 9th Ryan Willin 6th 6th
Providence Hex Justin Wish 10th 14th(tied) 17th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Bill Dent 11th 14th(tied) 18th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Dan Chambers 12th 14th(tied) 19th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jeff Sears 13th Jose Mora 7th 7th
Sikeston Shamrocks Nick Owens 14th Nick Owens 10th 11th
Savannah Alpines Rob Lindauer 15th Rob Lindauer 11th 12th
Montgomery Missions Billy Veillette 16th Javy Perez 1st(tied) 4th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Eddie Monaghan 17th Eddie Monaghan 8th 9th
Aurora Paints Adam Alvarez 18th David Short 9th 10th
Greensboro Naturals Justin Husnick 19th 14th(tied) 20th
Julian Jammers Caleb Askew 20th 14th(tied) 21st
South Pasadena Air Riders Jonathan Covarrubias 21st 14th(tied) 22nd
Newport Unicorns Pedro Quintero 22nd 14th(tied) 23rd
Anaheim Music Chris Shamblen 23rd 14th(tied) 24th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Josh Chadwick 24th Alex Munoz 13th 13th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Bill Kibler 1st Bill Kibler 3rd 2nd
Tacoma Thunder Wolves John Yarbrough 2nd John Yarbrough 6th 3rd
Anaheim Music Ryan Ramirez 3rd Ryan Ramirez 5th 4th
Sikeston Shamrocks Adam Larson 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Newport News Wranglers Vinny Torres 5th Matthew Brown 1st 1st
Julian Jammers Eric Jubin 6th 10th(tied) 11th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Juan Guerra 7th Juan Guerra 4th 5th
Pikeville Cavalry Alex Morales 8th 10th(tied) 12th
Spring Park Green Knights Ray Alleyne 9th Ray Alleyne 9th 7th
Greensboro Naturals Jason Miller 10th 10th(tied) 13th
Ontario Sunrays Kevin Jones 11th 10th(tied) 14th
Medford Desperados Omar Luera 12th 10th(tied) 15th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jose Martinez 13th Jose Martinez 8th 8th
Wichita Panthers Aaron Anderson 14th Aaron Anderson 7th 9th
Ottawa Lynx Rafael Diaz 15th 10th(tied) 16th
Aurora Paints Willis Ramirez 16th Francisco Chavez 2nd 6th
Newport Unicorns Mario Alvarez 17th 10th(tied) 17th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Danny Budzisz 18th 10th(tied) 18th
Savannah Alpines Rafael Farrand 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Carlos Rodrigues 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Providence Hex Verner Thunmark 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Montgomery Missions Kyle Hirsch 22nd 10th(tied) 22nd
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Heriberto Paula 23rd 10th(tied) 23rd
South Pasadena Air Riders Ruben Plascencia 24th 10th(tied) 24th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Jason Perrigin 1st Jason Perrigin 1st(tied) 1st
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Doug Grimm 2nd Greg Mayfield 1st(tied) 2nd
Providence Hex Jimmy Kronenberger 3rd Jimmy Kronenberger 1st(tied) 3rd
Montgomery Missions Don Hutchison 4th Don Hutchison 4th 4th
Spring Park Green Knights Johnny Ellis 5th 10th(tied) 9th
Newport Unicorns Mario Carrillo 6th 10th(tied) 10th
Ottawa Lynx Sean Gery 7th (tied) Sean Gery 5th 5th
Wichita Panthers Bobby Spross 7th (tied) 10th(tied) 11th
Santa Ana Black Aces Mike Mitchell 9th 10th(tied) 12th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Felix Alvarez 10th Felix Mora 6th 6th
Julian Jammers Tim Vigil 11th 10th(tied) 13th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Omar Snell 12th 10th(tied) 14th
Savannah Alpines Rafael Rodriguez 13th 10th(tied) 15th
Aurora Paints Bob Mauser 14th (tied) 10th(tied) 16th(tied)
Pikeville Cavalry Jay Brown 14th (tied) 10th(tied) 16th(tied)
Anaheim Music Chris Reyes 16th 10th(tied) 18th
Greensboro Naturals Latrell Poff 17th Latrell Poff 8th 7th
Newport News Wranglers Nate Miller 18th 10th(tied) 19th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Tim Schnupp 19th 10th(tied) 21st
Sikeston Shamrocks Rob McCoy 20th 10th(tied) 22nd
South Pasadena Air Riders Jesus Escobar 21st Jesus Escobar 7th 8th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Danny Baker 22nd 10th(tied) 23rd
Ontario Sunrays Hidefumi Sato 23rd Hidefumi Sato 9th 20th
Medford Desperados 24th 10th(tied) 24th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Isaiah White 1st Luis Cortez 1st 1st
Sikeston Shamrocks Mickey Green 2nd Mike Reich 2nd 2nd
Medford Desperados Brice Shine 3rd Graham Renner 3rd 3rd
Anaheim Music Nate Billesbach 4th Nate Billesbach 8th 6th
Savannah Alpines Greg Amos 5th Greg Amos 7th 7th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Adam Noland 6th Adam Noland 5th 4th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Dave Anderson 7th Brad Martin 9th 8th
Providence Hex Andrew Porter 8th Andrew Porter 10th(tied) 10th
Ottawa Lynx John Wilgus 9th Josh Few 16th 14th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Marco Montes 10th Steve Albrecht 4th 5th
Montgomery Missions Mike Gentry 11th Josh Howard 10th(tied) 11th
Newport Unicorns Alan Trovato 12th Armando Castro 6th 9th
Greensboro Naturals Omar Vega 13th Masanori Kishimoto 10th(tied) 12th
South Pasadena Air Riders Cody Kucharski 14th Jon Ramirez 10th(tied) 13th
Ontario Sunrays Chris Lockner 15th 18th(tied) 17th
Aurora Paints Matthew Davi 16th Matthew Davi 17th 18th
Pikeville Cavalry Chris Childress 17th 18th(tied) 19th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ricky Flores 18th Ricky Flores 10th(tied) 15th
Wichita Panthers Matt Lavender 19th 18th(tied) 20th
Julian Jammers Alberto Quijada 20th Brian Sanborn 10th(tied) 16th
Newport News Wranglers Orlando Gonzalez 21st 18th(tied) 21st
Spring Park Green Knights 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Chris Williams 1st Ryan McEntyre 1st 1st
Sikeston Shamrocks Tim Suttle 2nd Steve Ray 2nd 2nd
Savannah Alpines Tatsuya Oshima 3rd Steve Shewmaker 5th(tied) 3rd
Ottawa Lynx Justin Urban 4th 15th(tied) 11th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Marvin Bobbitt 5th Steve Albrecht 9th 9th
Providence Hex Angel Garabito 6th Ben Foster 3rd(tied) 4th
Julian Jammers Tyler Findley 7th Tyler Findley 11th 10th
Medford Desperados Kyle Murray 8th Kyle Murray 5th(tied) 6th
Newport Unicorns Isaiah Borne 9th Nick Combs 5th(tied) 7th
Ontario Sunrays Harrison Tatta 10th Drew Martin 12th 12th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Joseph Piotrowski 11th Jose Moreira 14th 13th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Alvaro Rosario 12th Carlos Brenes 5th(tied) 8th
South Pasadena Air Riders Mario Villalobos 13th Mario Villalobos 3rd(tied) 5th
Greensboro Naturals Bill Dixon 14th Bill Dixon 10th 14th
Montgomery Missions Alex Balladares 15th 15th(tied) 16th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Ronnie Downard 16th Ronnie Downard 13th 15th
Wichita Panthers Brian Wilson 17th 15th(tied) 17th
Pikeville Cavalry Sam Betourne 18th 15th(tied) 18th
Anaheim Music Aaron Kent 19th 15th(tied) 19th
Newport News Wranglers Jonathan Aubry 20th 15th(tied) 20th
Aurora Paints Men Resina 21st 15th(tied) 21st
Spring Park Green Knights 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Gregg Daugherty 1st Gregg Daugherty 6th 2nd
Sikeston Shamrocks Tim Suttle 2nd Mike Reich 2nd 1st
Medford Desperados Kyle Murray 3rd Kyle Murray 4th 3rd
Santa Ana Black Aces Chris Williams 4th Mike Hrdlicka 1st 4th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Mike Driskell 5th Mike Driskell 7th 7th
Wichita Panthers Eddie Clickner 6th 15th(tied) 12th
Newport Unicorns Isaiah Borne 7th Nick Combs 3rd 5th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Marvin Bobbitt 8th Steve Albrecht 8th 8th
Julian Jammers Tyler Findley 9th Tyler Findley 10th 9th
Ontario Sunrays Drew Martin 10th Drew Martin 11th 10th
Providence Hex Angel Garabito 11th Ben Foster 5th 6th
Montgomery Missions Brad Cooper 12th 15th(tied) 16th
Anaheim Music Aaron Kent 13th 15th(tied) 17th
Ottawa Lynx Caleb Mangum 14th 15th(tied) 18th
Savannah Alpines Willie Granados 15th Willie Granados 13th 13th
Pikeville Cavalry Bobby Williams 16th 15th(tied) 19th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Juan Esquibel 17th Juan Esquibel 12th 11th
South Pasadena Air Riders Adrian Leal 18th Adrian Leal 14th 15th
Aurora Paints Brayden Snell 19th 15th(tied) 20th
Newport News Wranglers Jonathan Aubry 20th 15th(tied) 21st
Greensboro Naturals Suk Moon 21st Bill Dixon 9th 14th
Spring Park Green Knights 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
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