INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/06/2026
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CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Indianapolis Indians Alex Lopez 1st Alex Lopez 3rd 3rd
Gwinnett Stripers Rolf Stenger 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Rochester Red Wings Austin Little 3rd Austin Little 1st(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bisons Brendon Diamond 4th Brendon Diamond 4th 4th
Memphis Redbirds Malik Hughes 5th Andrew Webb 1st(tied) 2nd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Michael Perry 6th Michael Perry 6th 5th
Columbus Clippers Jeremy Caldwell 7th (tied) 7th(tied) 8th(tied)
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp John Cruz 7th (tied) 7th(tied) 8th(tied)
Durham Bulls Juan Hernandez 9th 7th(tied) 10th
St. Paul Saints Luis Rodriguez 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Norfolk Tides Eddy Castillo 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Iowa Cubs Jonathan Bailey 12th 7th(tied) 13th
Omaha Storm Chasers Ron Manuel 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Toledo Mud Hens Juan Sandoval 14th 7th(tied) 15th
Charlotte Knights Eric Clancy 15th Eric Clancy 5th 6th
Nashville Sounds Jared Monsen 16th (tied) 7th(tied) 16th(tied)
Syracuse Mets Alberto Baez 16th (tied) 7th(tied) 16th(tied)
Worcester Red Sox Keith Baril 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Louisville Bats Tim Morphew 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Scranton WB RailRiders Jose Vargas 20th 7th(tied) 20th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Francisco Beltran 1st 9th(tied) 9th
St. Paul Saints Billy Thompson 2nd 9th(tied) 10th
Omaha Storm Chasers Brian Collins 3rd Andy Rodriguez 4th 4th
Syracuse Mets Jason Howard 4th 9th(tied) 11th
Norfolk Tides Justin Floyd 5th Justin Floyd 1st(tied) 1st
Scranton WB RailRiders Kevin O'Connor 6th Mike Turley 1st(tied) 2nd
Indianapolis Indians Alex Chavez 7th 9th(tied) 12th
Columbus Clippers Geoff Purser 8th 9th(tied) 13th
Louisville Bats Josh Auston 9th 9th(tied) 14th
Buffalo Bisons Rafael Diaz 10th 9th(tied) 15th
Durham Bulls John Pugliese 11th John Pugliese 6th 5th
Charlotte Knights Adam Bruinsma 12th 9th(tied) 16th
Memphis Redbirds Steve Sorrells 13th 9th(tied) 17th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Kodai Takase 14th Lee tai hoi Ti 8th 6th
Worcester Red Sox Steve Thomas 15th 9th(tied) 18th
Toledo Mud Hens John Kessell 16th 9th(tied) 19th
Gwinnett Stripers Gérard Rodriguez 17th Gérard Rodriguez 7th 7th
Iowa Cubs Jared Cole 18th Sam Moore 1st(tied) 3rd
Nashville Sounds Julio Casale 19th 9th(tied) 20th
Rochester Red Wings Zach Crosby 20th Justin Johnson 5th 8th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Bats Alejandro Rios 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Jose Aguilera 2nd 8th(tied) 9th
Gwinnett Stripers Juan Martinez 3rd Dylan Kyle 1st(tied) 1st
Omaha Storm Chasers Hu Tsui 4th 8th(tied) 10th
Buffalo Bisons Ricky Candelaria 5th 8th(tied) 11th
Syracuse Mets Tom Meyer 6th 8th(tied) 12th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Vicente Ortiz 7th Vicente Ortiz 1st(tied) 2nd
Scranton WB RailRiders Jason Freeman 8th 8th(tied) 13th
Rochester Red Wings Miguel Rios 9th 8th(tied) 14th
Charlotte Knights Benito Chavez 10th Keith House 4th 4th
Worcester Red Sox Ramiro Cruz 11th 8th(tied) 15th
Columbus Clippers Eric Nowlin 12th Eric Nowlin 3rd 3rd
Norfolk Tides Marcos de Hoyos 13th Marcos de Hoyos 6th 5th
Indianapolis Indians Micah Christian 14th 8th(tied) 16th
Iowa Cubs Manny Bedoya 15th 8th(tied) 17th
Durham Bulls Travis Fox 16th 8th(tied) 18th
Toledo Mud Hens Chris Nees 17th 8th(tied) 19th
Memphis Redbirds Ben Humphries 18th 8th(tied) 20th
St. Paul Saints Jonathan Satterlee 19th Jonathan Satterlee 7th 6th
Nashville Sounds Mitch Howell 20th Mitch Howell 5th 7th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Syracuse Mets Esteban Perez 1st Esteban Perez 2nd 2nd
Nashville Sounds Chris Birkhold 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Durham Bulls Ron Brakebill 3rd Ron Brakebill 1st 1st
Louisville Bats Ryan Tucker 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Buffalo Bisons Manny Lopez 5th 6th(tied) 8th
Toledo Mud Hens Chris Brazelton 6th Chris Brazelton 3rd 3rd
Charlotte Knights Miguel Lugo 7th 6th(tied) 9th
St. Paul Saints Antonio Martinez 8th 6th(tied) 10th
Worcester Red Sox Ed Lowe 9th 6th(tied) 11th
Memphis Redbirds Nestor Sarmiento 10th 6th(tied) 12th
Gwinnett Stripers Jordan Ramirez 11th Jordan Ramirez 4th 4th
Columbus Clippers Armando Miranda 12th 6th(tied) 13th
Omaha Storm Chasers Dan Castillo 13th Dan Castillo 5th 5th
Rochester Red Wings Ivan Delgado 14th 6th(tied) 14th
Indianapolis Indians Carlos Quintero 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp John Norris 16th 6th(tied) 16th
Iowa Cubs Gregoire Cellini 17th 6th(tied) 17th
Scranton WB RailRiders Jay Boutwell 18th 6th(tied) 18th
Norfolk Tides Matt Reichert 19th 6th(tied) 19th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 20th 6th(tied) 20th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Nashville Sounds John Manning 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Scranton WB RailRiders Diego Taschini 2nd Jeff Ferris 6th 2nd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Adam Torgeson 3rd Brent Martinez 2nd 3rd
Columbus Clippers Chad Dorley 4th 8th(tied) 9th
Charlotte Knights Pat O'Neil 5th 8th(tied) 10th
Gwinnett Stripers Danny Saravia 6th Jon Duty 1st 1st
Omaha Storm Chasers Juan Varela 7th 8th(tied) 11th
Durham Bulls Raul Roa 8th Raul Roa 5th 4th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Brennan Vasquez 9th 8th(tied) 12th
Iowa Cubs Danny Rubio 10th 8th(tied) 13th
Syracuse Mets Tommy Davidson 11th 8th(tied) 14th
Worcester Red Sox Ted Davis 12th 8th(tied) 15th
Rochester Red Wings Jason Wilson 13th 8th(tied) 16th
St. Paul Saints Willie Mendoza 14th 8th(tied) 17th
Memphis Redbirds Vinny Rodriguez 15th Vinny Rodriguez 7th 6th
Buffalo Bisons Alec Burnell 16th 8th(tied) 18th
Toledo Mud Hens Ijsbrand Smit 17th 8th(tied) 19th
Indianapolis Indians Eric Webb 18th Eric Webb 3rd 5th
Norfolk Tides Bobby Waring 19th 8th(tied) 20th
Louisville Bats Kyle Ciolkosz 20th Kyle Ciolkosz 4th 7th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lehigh Valley IronPigs David Schultz 1st Bobby Young 2nd 2nd
Gwinnett Stripers Nicholas Pedersen 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Syracuse Mets David Colon 3rd David Colon 3rd 3rd
Louisville Bats Aaron Minor 4th 8th(tied) 9th
Charlotte Knights Mike Stoffel 5th 8th(tied) 10th
Worcester Red Sox Jordan Tavera 6th Jordan Tavera 5th 4th
St. Paul Saints Aaron Everman 7th 8th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bisons Tony Quezada 8th (tied) 8th(tied) 12th(tied)
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Jamie Collins 8th (tied) 8th(tied) 12th(tied)
Memphis Redbirds Juan Madero 10th 8th(tied) 14th
Columbus Clippers Mike Costanza 11th 8th(tied) 15th
Indianapolis Indians Miguel Fana 12th 8th(tied) 16th
Rochester Red Wings Roberto Rodriguez 13th 8th(tied) 17th
Omaha Storm Chasers Eric Welniak 14th 8th(tied) 18th
Nashville Sounds Jeremy Sheler 15th Jeremy Sheler 1st 1st
Scranton WB RailRiders Sean Romano 16th Sean Romano 4th 5th
Norfolk Tides Sean Boldrey 17th 8th(tied) 19th
Iowa Cubs Lee Margolis 18th Jorge Cavazos 7th 7th
Toledo Mud Hens Andy Miller 19th 8th(tied) 20th
Durham Bulls Brent Bowker 20th Brent Bowker 6th 6th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Mud Hens Chris Grover 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Worcester Red Sox Troy Prouse 2nd Troy Prouse 1st 1st
Columbus Clippers Cody Reinsch 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Omaha Storm Chasers Bryan Beebe 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Nashville Sounds Mike Annett 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Durham Bulls Derrick Miller 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
Louisville Bats Bill Owens 7th Bill Owens 2nd 2nd
Charlotte Knights Scott Miller 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Syracuse Mets Jonathan Patty 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Fernando Fierro 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Iowa Cubs Angel Centino 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Gwinnett Stripers Matt Cullen 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bisons Mario Becerra 13th 3rd(tied) 13th
Norfolk Tides Scott Busch 14th 3rd(tied) 14th
Rochester Red Wings Eli Carrizales 15th 3rd(tied) 15th
Memphis Redbirds Nelson Galvan 16th 3rd(tied) 16th
St. Paul Saints Greg Smart 17th 3rd(tied) 17th
Indianapolis Indians Rob Hernandez 18th 3rd(tied) 18th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Bill Jones 19th 3rd(tied) 19th
Scranton WB RailRiders Josh Hall 20th 3rd(tied) 20th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Omaha Storm Chasers Eric Lancaster 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Louisville Bats David Ressler 2nd David Ressler 1st(tied) 1st
Syracuse Mets Ruben Guerrero 3rd Ruben Guerrero 1st(tied) 2nd
Gwinnett Stripers Dam Thu 4th 8th(tied) 9th
Iowa Cubs Josh Garcia 5th 8th(tied) 10th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Ian Koonce 6th 8th(tied) 11th
St. Paul Saints Guadalupe Solano 7th 8th(tied) 12th
Charlotte Knights Chris Norman 8th 8th(tied) 13th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Paul Gigliotti 9th Paul Gigliotti 4th 3rd
Toledo Mud Hens David Hernandez 10th (tied) 8th(tied) 14th
Worcester Red Sox Chris Mendez 10th (tied) Blaine Ingram 6th 4th
Rochester Red Wings Jordan Villanueva 12th 8th(tied) 15th
Buffalo Bisons Sam Hamilton 13th 8th(tied) 16th
Indianapolis Indians David Deubler 14th David Deubler 7th 7th
Scranton WB RailRiders Xadreque Agosto 15th 8th(tied) 17th
Columbus Clippers Cesar Alaniz 16th 8th(tied) 18th
Norfolk Tides Larry Mermelstein 17th 8th(tied) 19th
Durham Bulls Chase Porter 18th Chase Porter 5th 6th
Memphis Redbirds Danny Lalama 19th 8th(tied) 20th
Nashville Sounds Edgar Salazar 20th Riley Haas 3rd 5th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Durham Bulls Peter Fay 1st Jon Perkins 5th 1st
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Alex Rosser 2nd Aaron Lewis 8th(tied) 8th
St. Paul Saints Jairo Hernandez 3rd Ian Cole 8th(tied) 9th
Worcester Red Sox Sheldon Bailey 4th 19th(tied) 17th
Toledo Mud Hens Josh Lajaunie 5th Jim Johnson 8th(tied) 10th
Louisville Bats Miguel Cruz 6th Shane Sorensen 8th(tied) 11th
Iowa Cubs Troy Keyes 7th Nick Reese 6th 6th
Memphis Redbirds Tim Johnson 8th Nate Hagberg 8th(tied) 12th
Nashville Sounds Ruben Acevedo 9th Ruben Acevedo 15th 15th
Charlotte Knights John Hulak 10th Gerardo Ortega 16th 16th
Omaha Storm Chasers Lorenzo Cornejo 11th Luis Cardona 8th(tied) 13th
Norfolk Tides Marcos Marquez 12th Marcos Marquez 7th 7th
Indianapolis Indians Brian Bellon 13th Bobby Smith 8th(tied) 14th
Gwinnett Stripers Rich Leinbach 14th Angel Gomez 1st 2nd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Brian Ashley 15th Andres Hernandez 2nd 3rd
Columbus Clippers David Ward 16th Jon Kmiec 4th 4th
Syracuse Mets Bernie Zambrano 17th 19th(tied) 20th
Rochester Red Wings Angelo Bernal 18th Travis Beasley 18th 18th
Scranton WB RailRiders Orlando Rivera 19th Nick Horlacher 3rd 5th
Buffalo Bisons Nick McPherson 20th Dan Haynes 17th 19th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Omaha Storm Chasers Mike Byrd 1st Mike Byrd 3rd 1st
Indianapolis Indians Fortunato Gard 2nd 12th(tied) 4th
Syracuse Mets Adam Reeves 3rd 12th(tied) 5th
Durham Bulls Josh Colon 4th Peter Fay 2nd 2nd
Rochester Red Wings Kevin Yoder 5th Travis Beasley 9th 3rd
Buffalo Bisons Walt Sterrett 6th 12th(tied) 6th
Memphis Redbirds Joe Hay 7th David Reyes 8th 7th
Norfolk Tides Seth Carter 8th 12th(tied) 8th
Charlotte Knights Mark Smith 9th 12th(tied) 14th
Toledo Mud Hens Gianfrancesco Chechi 10th Gianfrancesco Chechi 5th 9th
Gwinnett Stripers Phil Waggoner 11th Phil Waggoner 6th 10th
Scranton WB RailRiders Andres Rivera 12th John Westman 10th 12th
Worcester Red Sox Dave Garrett 13th 12th(tied) 15th
Iowa Cubs George Sylvester 14th Ryan Gibson 4th 13th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Nelek Kubica 15th Nelek Kubica 7th 16th
Louisville Bats Andy Loftice 16th 12th(tied) 17th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Justin Fuller 17th Aaron Lewis 1st 11th
Columbus Clippers Jon Pacheco 18th 12th(tied) 19th
St. Paul Saints Bernie Pereyra 19th Danny Picht 11th 18th
Nashville Sounds Chris Knutson 20th 12th(tied) 20th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Durham Bulls Andy Amari 1st Peter Fay 5th 5th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Matt Wood 2nd Aaron Lewis 1st(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bisons Jason Gaddis 3rd 12th(tied) 11th
Omaha Storm Chasers Carlos Vasquez 4th Lorenzo Cornejo 1st(tied) 2nd
Norfolk Tides Al Rodriguez 5th 12th(tied) 12th
St. Paul Saints Dave Mahoney 6th Danny Picht 11th 8th
Indianapolis Indians Danny Barriga 7th 12th(tied) 13th
Syracuse Mets Oscar Jones 8th 12th(tied) 15th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Nelek Kubica 9th Nelek Kubica 7th 7th
Iowa Cubs Ryan Gibson 10th Ryan Gibson 6th 6th
Charlotte Knights Yoshimasa Yoshihara 11th 12th(tied) 16th
Worcester Red Sox Dan Cicala 12th 12th(tied) 17th
Columbus Clippers Jon Pacheco 13th 12th(tied) 18th
Gwinnett Stripers Tony Ramos 14th Phil Waggoner 1st(tied) 3rd
Toledo Mud Hens Nate Murphy 15th Gianfrancesco Chechi 1st(tied) 4th
Louisville Bats Brent Swann 16th 12th(tied) 19th
Memphis Redbirds Melvin Aguirre 17th David Reyes 8th 9th
Scranton WB RailRiders Yoshimitsu Yoshihara 18th John Westman 10th 10th
Nashville Sounds Josh Bloomer 19th 12th(tied) 20th
Rochester Red Wings Corey Saracino 20th Travis Beasley 9th 14th
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