MIDWEST LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
07/19/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
South Bend Cubs Norm Kennedy 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Ruben Garcia 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Dayton Dragons Adam Dockery 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
Beloit Snappers Brandon McFerrin 4th 4th(tied) 7th
West Michigan Whitecaps Manuel Morejon 5th Bob Merlo 3rd 1st
Lansing Lugnuts Mario Carrasco 6th 4th(tied) 8th
Peoria Chiefs Chris Hauck 7th 4th(tied) 9th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jason Frost 8th 4th(tied) 10th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Myles Rubis 9th 4th(tied) 11th
Lake County Captains Pat Bridges 10th Pat Bridges 2nd 3rd
Quad Cities River Bandits Eric Allen 11th 4th(tied) 12th
Great Lakes Loons Marc Hancock 12th Marc Hancock 1st 2nd
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Bill Gaines 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Curt Ford 2nd Bob Weber 3rd(tied) 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Mike Hinkie 3rd Jesus Cervantes 7th 3rd
Lake County Captains Larry George 4th Kenny Carlson 6th 4th
Dayton Dragons Mark Estes 5th Bryan Clark 1st 1st
Beloit Snappers Chris Heck 6th Chris Heck 3rd(tied) 5th
Quad Cities River Bandits Willie Sandoval 7th 8th(tied) 9th
Great Lakes Loons Dustin Petrascu 8th Jay Steele 2nd 6th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Adam Von Minden 9th 8th(tied) 10th
South Bend Cubs Bob Taylor 10th 8th(tied) 11th
West Michigan Whitecaps Ruben Bustamante 11th Ruben Bustamante 5th 7th
Peoria Chiefs Dan Neveu 12th 8th(tied) 12th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Jim McSorley 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Great Lakes Loons Ricardo Garcia 2nd 7th(tied) 8th
Lake County Captains Aidan McCaskill 3rd 7th(tied) 9th
Dayton Dragons Adam Petty 4th Jordan Gomez 1st(tied) 1st
Fort Wayne TinCaps Chris Fitzpatrick 5th Jesse Kness 6th 5th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Ryan Shaffner 6th Dave Marlow 5th 6th
Quad Cities River Bandits Ronnie Hench 7th Ronnie Hench 1st(tied) 2nd
West Michigan Whitecaps Kevin Levick 8th Luke Cappelluti 1st(tied) 3rd
Beloit Snappers Colin Vaughan 9th 7th(tied) 10th
South Bend Cubs Jon Thomas 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Peoria Chiefs Andy Carra 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Nick Suydam 12th Nick Suydam 4th 4th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Jose Almazo 1st 5th(tied) 3rd
Dayton Dragons Donnie Pullen 2nd Matt Moore 3rd 2nd
Lake County Captains Luis Rico 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Johnny Tyler 4th J.J. Maloy 2nd 1st
Fort Wayne TinCaps Dan Henderson 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Peoria Chiefs Roberto Rios 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Quad Cities River Bandits Tommy Westover 7th Tommy Westover 1st 4th
Beloit Snappers Ryan Braxton 8th Ryan Braxton 4th 5th
West Michigan Whitecaps Jorge Velasco 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Great Lakes Loons Johnny Diaz 10th 5th(tied) 10th
South Bend Cubs Alejandro Huerta 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Will Shaffer 12th 5th(tied) 12th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Ezra Shay 1st 6th(tied) 5th
Beloit Snappers Chad Wilson 2nd Chad Wilson 3rd 1st
Cedar Rapids Kernels Steve Adler 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Lake County Captains Ji-hu Yoon 4th 6th(tied) 8th
Dayton Dragons Mike Arrington 5th 6th(tied) 9th
West Michigan Whitecaps Nate Natoli 6th 6th(tied) 10th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Juan Ruiz 7th 6th(tied) 11th
Peoria Chiefs Mike LeMaster 8th 6th(tied) 12th
Great Lakes Loons Tom Regenold 9th Tom Regenold 4th 4th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Ernie Jarema 10th Ernie Jarema 2nd 3rd
South Bend Cubs Bill Gonzales 11th Bill Gonzales 1st 2nd
Quad Cities River Bandits Jeremy Shump 12th Jeremy Shump 5th 6th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Jordan Guzman 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Lee Knauss 2nd Bill Garrett 2nd 1st
West Michigan Whitecaps Eric Schear 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Lake County Captains Juan Mena 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Quad Cities River Bandits Jose Rivera 5th 5th(tied) 8th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Israel Figueroa 6th 5th(tied) 9th
Peoria Chiefs Jared Silverstone 7th Rudolf Lynch 4th 3rd
Beloit Snappers John Matthews 8th 5th(tied) 10th
Dayton Dragons Jose Chavez 9th Jose Chavez 3rd 4th
Great Lakes Loons Steve Nickelson 10th 5th(tied) 11th
South Bend Cubs Charlie Hernandez 11th 5th(tied) 12th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Josh Gooch 12th Josh Gooch 1st 2nd
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Tony Cruz 1st 8th(tied) 7th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Phil Lunger 2nd 8th(tied) 9th
Beloit Snappers Jimmy Alderman 3rd Pete Hall 1st 1st
Dayton Dragons David Ventura 4th David Ventura 7th 4th
West Michigan Whitecaps Jose Medina 5th 8th(tied) 10th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Josh Jackson 6th Josh Jackson 3rd 2nd
Great Lakes Loons Kevin Beeman 7th Kevin Beeman 6th 6th
South Bend Cubs Alex Roman 8th Alex Roman 4th 3rd
Peoria Chiefs Mario Prado 9th 8th(tied) 11th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Ruben Sosa 10th Joe Nunez 5th 8th
Lake County Captains Jon Mastin 11th Jonah Garcia 2nd 5th
Quad Cities River Bandits Bryan Johnson 12th 8th(tied) 12th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Beloit Snappers Ray Lovato 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Lansing Lugnuts Chase Shepard 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Quad Cities River Bandits Oscar Garza 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Dayton Dragons Juan Rivera 4th 3rd(tied) 6th
Lake County Captains Eric Hebert 5th 3rd(tied) 7th
Great Lakes Loons Flinn Little 6th Giovanni Stanton 1st 1st
Cedar Rapids Kernels Riley Ludwig 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Jaden Crawford 8th 3rd(tied) 9th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jason Roach 9th (tied) Jason Roach 2nd 2nd
South Bend Cubs Alex Carrillo 9th (tied) 3rd(tied) 10th
Peoria Chiefs Devin Schram 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
West Michigan Whitecaps Jesse Bell 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Great Lakes Loons Carlos Tomada 1st Steve Bosman 5th 2nd
Lake County Captains Travis Lau 2nd Travis Lau 1st 1st
Cedar Rapids Kernels Adan McClendon 3rd Adan McClendon 6th(tied) 6th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Giancarlo Saia 4th Bill Griffin 3rd 3rd
Beloit Snappers Ryan Betancourt 5th Jose Carrasco 2nd 4th
Lansing Lugnuts Diego Lopez 6th 11th(tied) 11th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Mario Oquendo 7th 11th(tied) 12th
Peoria Chiefs David Lopez 8th Gavin Humphrey 10th 8th
Dayton Dragons Brent Frost 9th Arnold Edlich 4th 5th
West Michigan Whitecaps Scott Sich 10th Josh Stauber 8th 9th
Quad Cities River Bandits Javy Landaverde 11th Kelvin Ibarra 9th 10th
South Bend Cubs Alex Castillo 12th Melvin Guerrero 6th(tied) 7th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Tom Smith 1st Raul Palestino 1st 1st
Peoria Chiefs Matt Coryell 2nd Branden Glover 6th 4th
South Bend Cubs Ruben Rivera 3rd Bobby Kent 2nd 2nd
Quad Cities River Bandits Brett Walter 4th Brett Walter 4th 3rd
West Michigan Whitecaps Dave Lally 5th 7th(tied) 5th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jose Lopez 6th 7th(tied) 6th
Lansing Lugnuts Jorge Solano 7th 7th(tied) 8th
Dayton Dragons Danny Perez 8th Mike Neuhauser 3rd 7th
Beloit Snappers Eric Kelly 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Lake County Captains Jeremy Thompson 10th Eduardo Vargas 5th 9th
Great Lakes Loons Abraão Boal 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Fort Wayne TinCaps David McDonald 12th 7th(tied) 12th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Brett Rowe 1st 7th(tied) 6th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jose Alas 2nd 7th(tied) 8th
Dayton Dragons Mike Neuhauser 3rd Mike Neuhauser 3rd 1st
Peoria Chiefs Mike Ferris 4th Mike Ferris 2nd 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jose Rodriguez 5th 7th(tied) 9th
Lake County Captains Chris Jaramillo 6th Eduardo Vargas 5th 4th
Great Lakes Loons Julio Sanchez 7th 7th(tied) 10th
South Bend Cubs Nate Cross 8th Nate Cross 1st 3rd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Rich Parker 9th Rich Parker 6th 5th
West Michigan Whitecaps Ricky Guzman 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Beloit Snappers Brian Edgar 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Quad Cities River Bandits Matt Wozniak 12th Brett Walter 4th 7th
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