ABA CLASS A-
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
06/12/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Malcolm Garner 1st Malcolm Garner 1st(tied) 1st
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Brent Mallinson 2nd Brent Mallinson 5th 3rd
Santa Ana Black Aces Bill Byrne 3rd 9th(tied) 9th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ted Bellinger 4th 9th(tied) 10th
Providence Hex Pete DiBiaso 5th 9th(tied) 11th
Julian Jammers Emmanuel Norman 6th 9th(tied) 12th
Medford Desperados Kyle Van de Kop 7th Brandon Coleman 3rd 4th
Savannah Alpines Mark White 8th Pael Espanol 7th 5th
Montgomery Missions J.R. Chambers 9th 9th(tied) 13th
Waco Warlocks Carlos Garcia 10th 9th(tied) 14th
Ottawa Lynx Tim Chambers 11th Roger Gotsch 4th 6th
Anaheim Music Donald Callison 12th Ryan Rosenson 1st(tied) 2nd
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Brian Butler 13th 9th(tied) 15th
Newport Unicorns Kyle Hunt 14th 9th(tied) 16th
Carson City Miners Jeremy Basil 15th 9th(tied) 17th
Aurora Paints Dave Rotolo 16th Pedro Morado 8th 7th
Newport News Wranglers Andy Belk 17th 9th(tied) 18th
Sikeston Shamrocks Mario Escobar 18th 9th(tied) 19th
Greensboro Naturals Juan Lozada 19th Juan Lozada 6th 8th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites William Hernandez 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Ontario Sunrays 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Wichita Panthers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Anaheim Music Jerry Perez 1st Aaron Went 7th 7th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Adam Jordan 2nd 15th(tied) 15th
Ottawa Lynx Lyle Blakesley 3rd 15th(tied) 16th
Providence Hex Ruben Guevara 4th 15th(tied) 17th
Spring Park Green Knights Justin Thurston 5th Justin Thurston 13th 8th
Wichita Panthers Curtis Wojtysiak 6th Curtis Wojtysiak 3rd(tied) 1st
Montgomery Missions Kevin Rennie 7th Brad Dilday 11th 9th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Eric Propper 8th Reed Gomez 3rd(tied) 3rd
Santa Ana Black Aces Brian Evans 9th 15th(tied) 18th
Julian Jammers Jake Ellerbrock 10th Tim Wetmore 3rd(tied) 5th
Newport News Wranglers Brian Collins 11th Jose Ramos 2nd 2nd
Greensboro Naturals Matt Mills 12th Oscar Hermosillo 12th 11th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Bobby Barnes 13th Eddie Monaghan 3rd(tied) 6th
Savannah Alpines Mike Fitzgerald 14th Mike Fitzgerald 8th 10th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ken Beck 15th Ken Beck 1st 4th
Aurora Paints John Pavelka 16th 15th(tied) 19th
Carson City Miners Eric Brower 17th Eric Brower 14th 13th
Waco Warlocks John Sears 18th Luke Flynn 10th 12th
Newport Unicorns Andrew Ortiz 19th 15th(tied) 20th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Tom Knight 20th 15th(tied) 21st
Ontario Sunrays Trent Slagle 21st 15th(tied) 22nd
Sikeston Shamrocks Tim Brooks 22nd 15th(tied) 23rd
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Gordie Stotler 23rd Gwang-oo Shroyer 9th 14th
Medford Desperados 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 3rd 3rd
Medford Desperados Adam Davis 2nd Chris Reese 6th 4th
Santa Ana Black Aces Patrick Gentry 3rd 13th(tied) 13th
Providence Hex Brian Garner 4th 13th(tied) 14th
Julian Jammers Edwin Retana 5th David Gil 1st 1st
Little Rock Golden Gophers Dan McNamara 6th Dan McNamara 12th 6th
Ontario Sunrays Matt Leith 7th 13th(tied) 15th
Aurora Paints Constantin Lupu 8th Constantin Lupu 4th 5th
Spring Park Green Knights Josh Bingham 9th 13th(tied) 16th
Montgomery Missions Paul Adam 10th 13th(tied) 17th
Savannah Alpines Craig Riddell 11th 13th(tied) 18th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Doug Wagner 12th Doug Wagner 5th 7th
Anaheim Music Steve Sheffield 13th Adrian Sosa 8th 8th
Waco Warlocks Nick Arthur 14th 13th(tied) 19th
Greensboro Naturals David Pinzon 15th 13th(tied) 20th
Sikeston Shamrocks Russ Philip 16th Russ Philip 2nd 2nd
Ottawa Lynx Roger Argueta 17th 13th(tied) 21st
Newport Unicorns Manny Alarcon 18th Santiago Ytuarte 11th 10th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Kyle Scherbel 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 22nd
Wichita Panthers Mikkel Goldbaek 19th (tied) Mikkel Goldbaek 10th 9th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Alex Marquez 21st 13th(tied) 23rd
Carson City Miners John Marr 22nd John Marr 9th 11th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jared Dawson 23rd Jason King 7th 12th
Newport News Wranglers Anthony Rollins 24th 13th(tied) 24th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Matt Dean 1st Matt Dean 3rd 1st
Medford Desperados Lamar Bridges 2nd 6th(tied) 5th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Jeff Sausville 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Waco Warlocks Ryan Syfrett 4th Arturo Farias 4th 3rd
Wichita Panthers Jamie Zapata 5th 6th(tied) 8th
Newport News Wranglers Curt Lirette 6th 6th(tied) 9th
Montgomery Missions Danny Clemons 7th 6th(tied) 10th
Ottawa Lynx Dean Wolf 8th 6th(tied) 11th
Anaheim Music Ryan Mann 9th 6th(tied) 12th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jaden Williams 10th 6th(tied) 13th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Leo Carballo 11th Leo Carballo 1st 2nd
Aurora Paints Mike Campbell 12th 6th(tied) 14th
Sikeston Shamrocks Pat Haney 13th 6th(tied) 15th
Ontario Sunrays Manny Donato 14th 6th(tied) 16th
Carson City Miners Jon Taylor 15th 6th(tied) 17th
Spring Park Green Knights Andy Belot 16th 6th(tied) 18th
Greensboro Naturals Dave Orosco 17th 6th(tied) 19th
Providence Hex Mike Unruh 18th Max Guerrero 5th 6th
Newport Unicorns Sébastien Fleury 19th Sébastien Fleury 2nd 4th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Antonio Rodriguez 20th 6th(tied) 20th
Savannah Alpines Ivan Zamora 21st 6th(tied) 21st
Julian Jammers 22nd (tied) 6th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Santa Ana Black Aces 22nd (tied) 6th(tied) 22nd(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 22nd (tied) 6th(tied) 22nd(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Albert Garcia 1st Albert Garcia 2nd 1st
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Mike MacPherson 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Jason Paulson 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Medford Desperados Travis Biggar 4th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th(tied)
Newport News Wranglers Jason Archie 4th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th(tied)
Savannah Alpines Jessie Cable 6th 5th(tied) 9th
Ottawa Lynx John Russell 7th John Russell 3rd 3rd
Sikeston Shamrocks Matt Duval 8th 5th(tied) 10th
Carson City Miners Steve Anderson 9th Victor Cruz 1st 2nd
Wichita Panthers Justin York 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Santa Ana Black Aces David Williams 11th 5th(tied) 12th
Ontario Sunrays Brian Houghton 12th 5th(tied) 13th
Newport Unicorns Eric Nance 13th 5th(tied) 14th
Providence Hex Hector Robledo 14th 5th(tied) 15th
Anaheim Music Lucas Warren 15th 5th(tied) 16th
Greensboro Naturals Lorenzo Garza 16th Lorenzo Garza 4th 4th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Lorenzo Torres 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Aurora Paints Duarte Adriano 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Julian Jammers Marco Cruz 19th 5th(tied) 19th
Little Rock Golden Gophers 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
Montgomery Missions 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)
Waco Warlocks 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Steve Valkenburg 1st 15th(tied) 15th
Sikeston Shamrocks John Billings 2nd John Billings 13th 9th
Anaheim Music Chance Jones 3rd 15th(tied) 16th
Wichita Panthers Jimmy Zanghi 4th Rick Gruber 1st 1st
Little Rock Golden Gophers Joe Bacon 5th Joe Bacon 11th 6th
Spring Park Green Knights Ryan Willin 6th Ryan Willin 6th 5th
Medford Desperados Jarrod LaCasse 7th John Austin 3rd(tied) 2nd
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Ron Salcido 8th Danny Haessly 3rd(tied) 3rd
Aurora Paints David Short 9th David Short 10th 8th
Newport News Wranglers Joe Bronson 10th (tied) 15th(tied) 17th(tied)
Santa Ana Black Aces Frank Babb 10th (tied) 15th(tied) 17th(tied)
Waco Warlocks Shane Andes 12th 15th(tied) 19th
Providence Hex Rafael Miranda 13th 15th(tied) 20th
Greensboro Naturals Justin Husnick 14th Chris Miller 5th 7th
Ottawa Lynx Mark Thompson 15th Mark Thompson 7th 10th
Montgomery Missions Paul Marks 16th Javy Perez 12th 13th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Dustin Owens 17th Dustin Owens 9th 11th
Newport Unicorns Pedro Quintero 18th 15th(tied) 21st
Julian Jammers Caleb Askew 19th 15th(tied) 22nd
Ontario Sunrays Chad Collett 20th Travis Hammen 2nd 4th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Mike Jackson 21st Mike Jackson 8th 12th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ben Borch 22nd Alex Munoz 14th 14th
Carson City Miners Andy Barnes 23rd 15th(tied) 23rd
Savannah Alpines Jerry Lundy 24th 15th(tied) 24th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Bill Kibler 1st Bill Kibler 1st 1st
Tacoma Thunder Wolves John Yarbrough 2nd John Yarbrough 5th 2nd
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Cameron Kovatch 3rd Cameron Kovatch 3rd 3rd
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Carlos Malabranca 4th Carlos Malabranca 6th 6th
Sikeston Shamrocks Jayden Howard 5th 12th(tied) 12th
Newport News Wranglers Pete Shelton 6th Matthew Brown 4th 5th
Newport Unicorns John Lendon 7th Kikuji Tanaka 11th 9th
Aurora Paints Francisco Chavez 8th Francisco Chavez 2nd 4th
Waco Warlocks Alex Morales 9th 12th(tied) 13th
Wichita Panthers Aaron Anderson 10th Aaron Anderson 7th 7th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Eric Reynolds 11th Johnny Harris 8th 8th
Ottawa Lynx Shungyosai Tanno 12th 12th(tied) 14th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Danny Budzisz 13th 12th(tied) 15th
Providence Hex Omar Flores 14th 12th(tied) 16th
Savannah Alpines Mickey Michael 15th Jody Clark 9th 10th
Medford Desperados Jeff Knisley 16th 12th(tied) 17th
Montgomery Missions Kyle Hirsch 17th 12th(tied) 18th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Carlos Rodrigues 18th 12th(tied) 19th
Julian Jammers Robert Sanchez 19th 12th(tied) 20th
Spring Park Green Knights Aaron Carlisle 20th 12th(tied) 21st
Anaheim Music Diego Rocha 21st Chris Ortiz 10th 11th
Carson City Miners Ruben Plascencia 22nd 12th(tied) 22nd
Greensboro Naturals 23rd (tied) 12th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Ontario Sunrays 23rd (tied) 12th(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 1st(tied) 1st
Waco Warlocks Dylan Phillips 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Santa Ana Black Aces Matt Grissom 3rd Matt Grissom 3rd 3rd
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Greg Mayfield 4th Cody Kelley 1st(tied) 2nd
Ottawa Lynx Juan Perez 5th 8th(tied) 9th
Wichita Panthers Bobby Spross 6th 8th(tied) 10th
Montgomery Missions Edgar Ramos 7th 8th(tied) 11th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Nate Fard 8th Nate Fard 5th 5th
Julian Jammers Tim Vigil 9th 8th(tied) 12th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jose Martinez 10th Jose Martinez 4th 4th
Aurora Paints Bob Mauser 11th 8th(tied) 13th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Tim Schnupp 12th 8th(tied) 14th
Medford Desperados Scott Skidmore 13th 8th(tied) 15th
Greensboro Naturals Latrell Poff 14th 8th(tied) 16th
Carson City Miners John Sasser 15th (tied) Jesus Escobar 7th 6th
Spring Park Green Knights Mike Keener 15th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th
Savannah Alpines Zack Neal 17th Luis Amador 6th 7th
Sikeston Shamrocks Rob McCoy 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Newport Unicorns Hugo Campos 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Ontario Sunrays Nick Schulz 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Providence Hex Hector Mejia 21st 8th(tied) 21st
Anaheim Music Scott Bartlett 22nd 8th(tied) 22nd
Newport News Wranglers 23rd (tied) 8th(tied) 23rd(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 23rd (tied) 8th(tied) 23rd(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Miguel Rodriguez 1st Steve Albrecht 1st 1st
Little Rock Golden Gophers Caleb Bond 2nd Brad Martin 10th(tied) 7th
Sikeston Shamrocks Keith Carter 3rd Mike Reich 10th(tied) 9th
Santa Ana Black Aces Isaiah White 4th Byron Bruce 3rd 3rd
Providence Hex Carl Bennett 5th Jamari Walker 5th 4th
Medford Desperados Victor Martinez 6th Josh Poehlein 4th 5th
Savannah Alpines Matt Brown 7th Jonathan Chavez 10th(tied) 12th
Montgomery Missions Mike Gentry 8th Josh Howard 8th 6th
Ottawa Lynx Bobby Pfau 9th Joaquin Santiago 2nd 2nd
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jeremy Stewart 10th Lorenzo Guerra 6th(tied) 8th
Newport Unicorns Vance Lancaster 11th Vance Lancaster 9th 10th
Carson City Miners Bobby Lucero 12th Jared Fryman 6th(tied) 11th
Greensboro Naturals David Sanko 13th David Sanko 10th(tied) 13th
Julian Jammers Alex Grimaldo 14th 18th(tied) 18th
Waco Warlocks Mark Galinski 15th Daniel Chavez 16th 15th
Aurora Paints Matthew Davi 16th Matthew Davi 17th 16th
Ontario Sunrays Pedro Solano 17th Pedro Solano 15th 17th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ricky Flores 18th Ricky Flores 10th(tied) 14th
Wichita Panthers Chris Brown 19th 18th(tied) 19th
Newport News Wranglers Jean Lebreton 20th 18th(tied) 20th
Anaheim Music David Vasquez 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
Little Rock Golden Gophers Ronnie Downard 2nd Pedro Garza 3rd 2nd
Sikeston Shamrocks Chris Wimberley 3rd Chris Wimberley 2nd 3rd
Providence Hex Angel Garabito 4th D.J. Nelson 4th 4th
Ontario Sunrays Justin Tarin 5th Jason Eppert 14th 8th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Isaiah Timmons 6th Isaiah Timmons 12th 9th
Savannah Alpines Erik Willis 7th Willie Granados 16th 10th
Ottawa Lynx Dan Krieg 8th Joaquin Santiago 5th 5th
Newport Unicorns Carlos Palmas 9th Nick Combs 6th(tied) 6th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Cory Hobbs 10th Carlos Brenes 6th(tied) 7th
Wichita Panthers Alex Arredondo 11th Alex Arredondo 10th 13th
Montgomery Missions Brad Cooper 12th 17th(tied) 16th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Art Cohen 13th Juan Esquibel 15th 14th
Greensboro Naturals Steve Williams 14th Dae-jin Lee 6th(tied) 11th
Newport News Wranglers Roger Mims 15th Jonathan Aubry 13th 15th
Carson City Miners Angelo Luque 16th Victor Duran 6th(tied) 12th
Julian Jammers John McClements 17th 17th(tied) 17th
Waco Warlocks Edwin Torres 18th 17th(tied) 18th
Medford Desperados Dave Taylor 19th Victor Martinez 11th 19th
Anaheim Music Shane Leimer 20th 17th(tied) 20th
Aurora Paints Men Resina 21st 17th(tied) 21st
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Timothy Lipinski 22nd 17th(tied) 22nd
Spring Park Green Knights 23rd (tied) 17th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 23rd (tied) 17th(tied) 23rd(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Vince Isabella 1st Eddie O'Connor 4th(tied) 1st
Santa Ana Black Aces Chris Williams 2nd Ryan McEntyre 3rd 2nd
Anaheim Music Joe Lilley 3rd 17th(tied) 11th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Mike Pistorio 4th Steve Albrecht 1st 3rd
Sikeston Shamrocks Bobby Simpson 5th Bobby Simpson 7th 7th
Wichita Panthers Zack Scott 6th Zack Scott 6th 6th
Greensboro Naturals Steve Williams 7th Dae-jin Lee 4th(tied) 4th
Medford Desperados Dave Taylor 8th Victor Martinez 8th 8th
Ontario Sunrays Andrew Tanner 9th Jason Eppert 10th 9th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Jamie Licht 10th Juan Esquibel 11th 10th
Providence Hex Angel Garabito 11th Jim Miller 2nd 5th
Newport Unicorns Allen D'Amico 12th Jose Garcia 16th 13th
Newport News Wranglers Luke Walley 13th J.D. Hennis 14th 14th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Edgar Ambrosio 14th Edgar Ambrosio 9th 12th
Julian Jammers Mike Miller 15th 17th(tied) 18th
Montgomery Missions Brad Cooper 16th 17th(tied) 19th
Waco Warlocks Justin Pratt 17th 17th(tied) 20th
Savannah Alpines Willie Granados 18th Willie Granados 13th 15th
Ottawa Lynx Esteban Montoya 19th Esteban Montoya 12th 16th
Carson City Miners Adrian Leal 20th Adrian Leal 15th 17th
Aurora Paints Brayden Snell 21st 17th(tied) 21st
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Timothy Lipinski 22nd 17th(tied) 22nd
Spring Park Green Knights 23rd (tied) 17th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 23rd (tied) 17th(tied) 23rd(tied)
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