SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
07/19/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greenville Drive Keith Baril 1st Rick Larr 4th 1st
Hudson Valley Renegades Jose Vargas 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Sidney Russell 3rd Sidney Russell 1st 2nd
Brooklyn Cyclones Dave Wilson 4th Dave Wilson 2nd 3rd
Winston-Salem Dash Leon Patlan 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Rome Braves Amari Callier 6th Mike Good 5th 5th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Nathan King 7th Santiago Perez 3rd 4th
Hickory Crawdads Ricardo Ruiz 8th Octavio Perez 6th 6th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Jason Foreman 9th 7th(tied) 9th
Asheville Tourists Kasey Smith 10th 7th(tied) 10th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Colt Hill 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Josue Adas 12th 7th(tied) 12th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bowling Green Hot Rods Chris Smith 1st 10th(tied) 10th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Mark Green 2nd 10th(tied) 11th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Al Perrine 3rd Dave Rendon 5th 3rd
Greensboro Grasshoppers Brian Petersen 4th Jose Torres 6th 4th
Hudson Valley Renegades Gordie Minichino 5th Bertrando Patti 1st(tied) 1st
Greenville Drive Rodrigo Rangel 6th Mike Jurich 1st(tied) 2nd
Brooklyn Cyclones Dustin Burger 7th Gregorio Mendez 8th 7th
Hickory Crawdads Brock Maynard 8th Jeff Harris 4th 5th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Danny Barry 9th Matt Ryals 9th 8th
Asheville Tourists Mike Logue 10th Mike Logue 7th 9th
Winston-Salem Dash Carlos Lujan 11th 10th(tied) 12th
Rome Braves David Harper 12th Matt Schlundt 3rd 6th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greenville Drive Joe Bishop 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Tenshin Ramos 2nd 6th(tied) 7th
Asheville Tourists Nick Hoffman 3rd Chuck Warren 3rd 2nd
Rome Braves Edwin Rios 4th 6th(tied) 8th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Dustin Venturi 5th Danny Toledo 4th 3rd
Greensboro Grasshoppers David Baker 6th Julio Holguin 5th 4th
Winston-Salem Dash Chad Mancilla 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Brooklyn Cyclones Keith Hillis 8th 6th(tied) 10th
Hudson Valley Renegades Elijah Davis 9th 6th(tied) 11th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Luis Velazquez 10th Gregorio Vargaz 1st 1st
Hickory Crawdads Colin Jaquette 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Jabari Smalls 12th Jabari Smalls 2nd 5th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greenville Drive Miguel Hernandez 1st Chris Acevedo 2nd(tied) 1st
Brooklyn Cyclones Ha-joon Lee 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Hudson Valley Renegades Dan Lucier 3rd Dan Lucier 5th 3rd
Asheville Tourists Oscar del Valle 4th 8th(tied) 9th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Steve Conran 5th Ramon Rios 7th 5th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Chad Graham 6th Chad Graham 1st 2nd
Bowling Green Hot Rods Alex Molina 7th 8th(tied) 10th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Rusty Tyson 8th (tied) Rusty Tyson 4th 6th
Rome Braves Steve Ellis 8th (tied) Danny Sigala 2nd(tied) 4th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Steve Pinkney 10th 8th(tied) 11th
Winston-Salem Dash Justin Cosseboom 11th Justin Cosseboom 6th 7th
Hickory Crawdads Erik Schmitt 12th 8th(tied) 12th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greenville Drive Ted Davis 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Alex Irizarry 2nd Mark Jendrzejewski 1st(tied) 1st
Brooklyn Cyclones Jose Gonzalez 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Winston-Salem Dash Evan Duncan 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Mike Jackson 5th 5th(tied) 8th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Vincent Tapia 6th Vincent Tapia 1st(tied) 2nd
Asheville Tourists Jay Appleton 7th 5th(tied) 9th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Jason Green 8th 5th(tied) 10th
Rome Braves Nick Lambert 9th 5th(tied) 11th
Hickory Crawdads Fausto Bontempi 10th (tied) 5th(tied) 12th
Hudson Valley Renegades Juan Castro 10th (tied) Dave Klotz 4th 4th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Dennis Higgins 12th Dennis Higgins 3rd 3rd
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hudson Valley Renegades Pedro Barrera 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Ben Sieczka 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Winston-Salem Dash Craig Underwood 3rd 5th(tied) 7th
Asheville Tourists Robby Caballeros 4th 5th(tied) 8th
Brooklyn Cyclones Randy Mills 5th 5th(tied) 9th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Danny Hernandez 6th Chris Bishop 1st 1st
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Sean Thomson 7th Mark Ruley 4th 2nd
Rome Braves Josh Radford 8th 5th(tied) 10th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Matt Howell 9th 5th(tied) 11th
Greenville Drive Ricky Perez 10th Ricky Perez 3rd 3rd
Hickory Crawdads Manny del Campo 11th 5th(tied) 12th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Orlando Martinez 12th Gustavo Palomares 2nd 4th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rome Braves Tyler Kaplan 1st Tony Castillo 4th 2nd
Hudson Valley Renegades Erik Dawes 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Greenville Drive Logan Anderson 3rd Logan Anderson 5th 5th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Kevin Donhauser 4th Kevin Donhauser 1st 1st
Asheville Tourists Estevan Sandoval 5th Estevan Sandoval 3rd 3rd
Aberdeen Ironbirds Mike Gibson 6th 6th(tied) 7th
Winston-Salem Dash Alex Kistner 7th 6th(tied) 8th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Johnny Mendoza 8th Josh Armand 2nd 4th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Mike Mahoney 9th 6th(tied) 9th
Hickory Crawdads Joel Wickliff 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Brooklyn Cyclones Mitch Price 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Eduardo Martinez 12th 6th(tied) 12th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hudson Valley Renegades Jaden Burnett 1st Greg Dodd 6th 3rd
Rome Braves Jim Downer 2nd Daniel Martinez 1st(tied) 1st
Asheville Tourists Doug Greathouse 3rd Eric Homeyer 1st(tied) 2nd
Brooklyn Cyclones Tony Vargas 4th 7th(tied) 7th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Gary Noble 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Winston-Salem Dash Harry McGary 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Coby Forbes 7th Coby Forbes 4th 5th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Pete Frerich 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Mario Galvez 9th Mario Galvez 3rd 4th
Greenville Drive Chris Newby 10th Chris Newby 5th 6th
Hickory Crawdads David Arfè 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws 12th 7th(tied) 12th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bowling Green Hot Rods Mike Bagley 1st Mike Bagley 1st 1st
Asheville Tourists Ronnie Smeltzer 2nd Nate Wimbush 3rd(tied) 3rd
Aberdeen Ironbirds Juan Escarcega 3rd 9th(tied) 7th
Brooklyn Cyclones Javy Segundo 4th 9th(tied) 8th
Hudson Valley Renegades Chris Wiley 5th Chris Wiley 6th 5th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Eric Nash 6th Jayden Tinsley 3rd(tied) 4th
Hickory Crawdads Josh Swiderski 7th 9th(tied) 11th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Alex Ocasio 8th Alex Ocasio 5th 6th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Juan Canela 9th 9th(tied) 12th
Rome Braves Emilio Campos 10th Jose Gonzalez 8th 9th
Greenville Drive Justin Jones 11th Rich Plummer 7th 10th
Winston-Salem Dash Dan Roche 12th Brent Bearden 2nd 2nd
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bowling Green Hot Rods Mark Banner 1st Eric Parker 7th 2nd
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Rogelio Urbina 2nd Omar Marquez 2nd 1st
Hickory Crawdads Kevin Trask 3rd Joe Costello 4th 3rd
Rome Braves Bryan Williams 4th Chris Nolte 8th 5th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Roberto Ruiz 5th Roberto Ruiz 6th 4th
Winston-Salem Dash Brody Woodward 6th Brody Woodward 5th 6th
Brooklyn Cyclones Nick Barron 7th 9th(tied) 8th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Francisco Gonzalez 8th Gabe Smith 3rd 7th
Greenville Drive Cruz Alcantra 9th 9th(tied) 9th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Vinny Morfin 10th 9th(tied) 11th
Hudson Valley Renegades Travis Segal 11th 9th(tied) 12th
Asheville Tourists Brian Celentano 12th Ronnie Smeltzer 1st 10th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Winston-Salem Dash Rodrigo Gutierrez 1st Chris Bailey 3rd 1st
Hickory Crawdads Joe Costello 2nd Joe Costello 4th 2nd
Aberdeen Ironbirds Aaron Heller 3rd 9th(tied) 9th
Hudson Valley Renegades Brandon Nicholsen 4th 9th(tied) 10th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Gabe Smith 5th Gabe Smith 2nd 3rd
Brooklyn Cyclones Graham Paulk 6th 9th(tied) 11th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Shane Ness 7th Shane Ness 6th 6th
Rome Braves Ruben Perez 8th Ruben Perez 5th 5th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Jim Thompson 9th Eric Parker 7th 7th
Asheville Tourists Joe Nicholson 10th Joe Nicholson 8th 8th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Omar Marquez 11th Omar Marquez 1st 4th
Greenville Drive Daniel Blair 12th 9th(tied) 12th
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