INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
08/29/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Clippers Kevin Novak 1st 3rd(tied) 2nd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Didier Villeneuve 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Louisville Bats Mark Fogarty 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Worcester Red Sox Matt Kunkle 4th 3rd(tied) 6th
Indianapolis Indians Matt Swiger 5th 3rd(tied) 7th
Norfolk Tides Hisham Salazar 6th 3rd(tied) 8th
Syracuse Mets Jason Meeks 7th 3rd(tied) 9th
Rochester Red Wings Mike Baughman 8th 3rd(tied) 10th
Scranton WB RailRiders B.J. Hernandez 9th Mark Blakeman 2nd 3rd
Memphis Redbirds Sergio Fuentes 10th 3rd(tied) 11th
Durham Bulls Antonio Solano 11th 3rd(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bisons Brendon Diamond 12th (tied) Brendon Diamond 1st 1st
Iowa Cubs Norm Kennedy 12th (tied) 3rd(tied) 13th
Gwinnett Stripers Matt Lerch 14th 3rd(tied) 14th
Charlotte Knights Jonathan Reid 15th 3rd(tied) 15th
Nashville Sounds Martin Pigeon 16th 3rd(tied) 16th
Omaha Storm Chasers Jason Parisi 17th 3rd(tied) 17th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Tom Crank 18th 3rd(tied) 18th
St. Paul Saints Shamel Mallory 19th 3rd(tied) 19th
Toledo Mud Hens Andy Watson 20th 3rd(tied) 20th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Paul Saints Scott Leaf 1st Omar Flores 1st 1st
Columbus Clippers Roger Lazo 2nd 2nd(tied) 2nd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Luis Ulibarri 3rd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Omaha Storm Chasers Eric Lancaster 4th 2nd(tied) 4th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Rob Kurk 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Nashville Sounds Chris Birkhold 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Charlotte Knights David Hernandez 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Norfolk Tides Earl Burns 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Rochester Red Wings Eddy Martinez 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Indianapolis Indians Jody Nida 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Gwinnett Stripers Javy Jimenez 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Durham Bulls Tim Julius 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bisons Tom Albaugh 13th 2nd(tied) 13th
Worcester Red Sox Jared Caputo 14th 2nd(tied) 14th
Memphis Redbirds Steve Dupere 15th 2nd(tied) 15th
Scranton WB RailRiders Bobby Fost 16th 2nd(tied) 16th
Iowa Cubs Luis Hernandez 17th 2nd(tied) 17th
Syracuse Mets Steve Laurent 18th 2nd(tied) 18th
Louisville Bats Terho Aikio 19th 2nd(tied) 19th
Toledo Mud Hens Alex Sanchez 20th 2nd(tied) 20th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Scranton WB RailRiders Daniel Fernandez 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Memphis Redbirds Tim Temores 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
St. Paul Saints Justin Walker 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Louisville Bats Alejandro Rios 4th 3rd(tied) 6th
Iowa Cubs Jose Aguilera 5th 3rd(tied) 7th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Bobby Rodriguez 6th 3rd(tied) 8th
Worcester Red Sox Brian Billingsley 7th 3rd(tied) 9th
Omaha Storm Chasers Hu Tsui 8th 3rd(tied) 10th
Gwinnett Stripers Scott Clements 9th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th
Syracuse Mets Alex Bustamante 9th (tied) Alex Bustamante 2nd 2nd
Columbus Clippers Chad Dorley 11th 3rd(tied) 12th
Rochester Red Wings Leo Sanchez 12th 3rd(tied) 13th
Buffalo Bisons Tony Quezada 13th 3rd(tied) 14th
Charlotte Knights Matt Adams 14th 3rd(tied) 15th
Norfolk Tides Ryan Mason 15th 3rd(tied) 16th
Durham Bulls Juan Mendoza 16th 3rd(tied) 17th
Nashville Sounds Armando Marie 17th 3rd(tied) 18th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Luis Javalera 18th Oscar Ontiveros 1st 1st
Indianapolis Indians Nate Culp 19th 3rd(tied) 19th
Toledo Mud Hens Dylan Marris 20th 3rd(tied) 20th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Nashville Sounds John Manning 1st 6th(tied) 5th
Scranton WB RailRiders Diego Taschini 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Buffalo Bisons Bryan Summers 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Memphis Redbirds Arturo Monroy 4th 6th(tied) 8th
Gwinnett Stripers Edgar Perez 5th 6th(tied) 9th
Norfolk Tides Ryan Hockensmith 6th 6th(tied) 10th
Iowa Cubs Ben Thacker 7th 6th(tied) 12th
Worcester Red Sox Aaron Dwyer 8th 6th(tied) 13th
Rochester Red Wings Alex Garcia 9th 6th(tied) 14th
Omaha Storm Chasers Dan Castillo 10th Dan Castillo 3rd 3rd
Louisville Bats Romain Tellier 11th Romain Tellier 1st 1st
Indianapolis Indians John Murphy 12th 6th(tied) 15th
Columbus Clippers Gustavo Gentil 13th 6th(tied) 16th
Syracuse Mets Cory Brandenburg 14th Esteban Perez 2nd 2nd
Durham Bulls Ron Brakebill 15th Ron Brakebill 4th 4th
Charlotte Knights David Jewel 16th 6th(tied) 17th
St. Paul Saints Rodrigo Garica 17th 6th(tied) 18th
Toledo Mud Hens Felix Martinez 18th Willie Honesto 5th 11th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Dan Zink 19th 6th(tied) 19th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 20th 6th(tied) 20th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Durham Bulls Pat Messmer 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Memphis Redbirds Scott Cooper 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Scranton WB RailRiders Elijah Hart 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Indianapolis Indians Mario Vargas 4th 3rd(tied) 6th
Rochester Red Wings Matt Page 5th 3rd(tied) 7th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Oscar Mendez 6th Oscar Mendez 1st 1st
Charlotte Knights Jonathan Veil 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
Norfolk Tides Aaron Penland 8th Justin Floyd 2nd 2nd
Buffalo Bisons Franklin Schubert 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Alan Guthrie 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Louisville Bats Josh Short 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Syracuse Mets Jason Howard 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Toledo Mud Hens Benito Chavez 13th 3rd(tied) 13th
Iowa Cubs Jose Garcia 14th 3rd(tied) 14th
Omaha Storm Chasers Eric Welniak 15th 3rd(tied) 15th
St. Paul Saints Larry Cuddy 16th 3rd(tied) 16th
Worcester Red Sox Alex Carvoeiro 17th 3rd(tied) 17th
Gwinnett Stripers Andy Lloyd 18th 3rd(tied) 18th
Columbus Clippers Joe Betances 19th 3rd(tied) 19th
Nashville Sounds Mike Brady 20th 3rd(tied) 20th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Nashville Sounds Pedro Valderrama 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Indianapolis Indians Josh Budge 2nd Josh Budge 1st 1st
Charlotte Knights Mike Skinner 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Durham Bulls Jason Starr 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Louisville Bats David Ressler 5th David Ressler 2nd 2nd
Buffalo Bisons Nick Lawson 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Gwinnett Stripers Dan Picklesimer 7th 4th(tied) 8th
St. Paul Saints Antonio Martinez 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Syracuse Mets Ian Koonce 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Scranton WB RailRiders Robert Smith 10th 4th(tied) 11th
Worcester Red Sox Victor Rios 11th Blaine Ingram 3rd 3rd
Rochester Red Wings Austin Kirkland 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Memphis Redbirds Kenny Buchanan 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Toledo Mud Hens Paul Murray 14th 4th(tied) 14th
Omaha Storm Chasers Tillmam Fresneda 15th 4th(tied) 15th
Columbus Clippers Tony Vasquez 16th 4th(tied) 16th
Iowa Cubs Mike Bell 17th 4th(tied) 17th
Norfolk Tides Javy Fuentes 18th 4th(tied) 18th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 19th (tied) 4th(tied) 19th(tied)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 19th (tied) 4th(tied) 19th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Indianapolis Indians Eddie Benavidez 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Gwinnett Stripers Bill Mathews 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
St. Paul Saints Alberto Paredes 3rd Alberto Paredes 1st 1st
Durham Bulls Chris Rizzo 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jon Stober 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Worcester Red Sox Eddie Hopson 6th Eli Carrizales 2nd 2nd
Nashville Sounds Joham Dahl 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Charlotte Knights Juan Merino 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Scranton WB RailRiders Mark Newsome 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Iowa Cubs Olivier Rivière 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Columbus Clippers Ryan Young 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Memphis Redbirds Manny Sanchez 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Rochester Red Wings Bobby Moyano 13th 3rd(tied) 13th
Buffalo Bisons J.D. Johnson 14th 3rd(tied) 14th
Omaha Storm Chasers Andy Tilton 15th 3rd(tied) 15th
Louisville Bats Carlos Pina 16th 3rd(tied) 16th
Norfolk Tides Eduardo Flores 17th 3rd(tied) 17th
Syracuse Mets Daniel Clark 18th 3rd(tied) 18th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp David Smith 19th 3rd(tied) 19th
Toledo Mud Hens Eric Johannesen 20th 3rd(tied) 20th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Clippers Dave Sambrano 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Charlotte Knights Eddie Ruff 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Norfolk Tides Jordan Castro 3rd 5th(tied) 7th
Worcester Red Sox Matthew Petitjean 4th 5th(tied) 8th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Paul Gigliotti 5th Paul Gigliotti 1st 1st
Gwinnett Stripers Jason Bearer 6th Dam Thu 3rd 3rd
Syracuse Mets David Colon 7th David Colon 2nd 2nd
Omaha Storm Chasers Mike Forsyth 8th 5th(tied) 9th
St. Paul Saints Cory Hines 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Indianapolis Indians Sergio Lopez 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Scranton WB RailRiders Ricardo Bracamonte 11th 5th(tied) 12th
Memphis Redbirds Armando Miranda 12th 5th(tied) 13th
Louisville Bats Trevor Elliott 13th 5th(tied) 14th
Toledo Mud Hens Rich Jones 14th Chris Brazelton 4th 4th
Buffalo Bisons Tim Swerdlow 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Durham Bulls Mike Carrasco 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Ray Lovato 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Rochester Red Wings Cory Quinones 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Nashville Sounds Mike Annett 19th 5th(tied) 19th
Iowa Cubs Lee Margolis 20th 5th(tied) 20th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Paul Saints Jesus Marquez 1st 14th(tied) 9th
Columbus Clippers Jacques Bagliani 2nd Alfonso Caravantes 2nd(tied) 2nd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Vic Garcia 3rd Jon Beckley 1st 1st
Norfolk Tides Pete Kumle 4th Marcos Marquez 2nd(tied) 3rd
Toledo Mud Hens Travis Bernstein 5th 14th(tied) 12th
Memphis Redbirds Joe Marchisio 6th Nate Hagberg 2nd(tied) 4th
Durham Bulls Peter Fay 7th Jon Perkins 2nd(tied) 5th
Louisville Bats Oscar Garcia 8th Eric Guthrie 2nd(tied) 6th
Syracuse Mets Jose Delgado 9th 14th(tied) 15th
Buffalo Bisons Ed McCormack 10th 14th(tied) 16th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Matt Fox 11th 14th(tied) 18th
Rochester Red Wings Logan Nolan 12th 14th(tied) 19th
Gwinnett Stripers Lusala Klouchi 13th Lusala Klouchi 2nd(tied) 7th
Indianapolis Indians Felipe Claudio 14th Xavier Boyle 2nd(tied) 8th
Worcester Red Sox Ruben Ruvalcaba 15th 14th(tied) 20th
Scranton WB RailRiders Dave Garcia 16th Orlando Rivera 13th 13th
Charlotte Knights Tommy Lanning 17th Tommy Lanning 11th 11th
Omaha Storm Chasers Lorenzo Cornejo 18th Lorenzo Cornejo 12th 17th
Nashville Sounds Jayden Lynch 19th Ruben Acevedo 10th 14th
Iowa Cubs Nick Reese 20th Nick Reese 2nd(tied) 10th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buffalo Bisons Zack Hoffmann 1st John McDonald 7th 1st
St. Paul Saints Mark Sonnier 2nd 10th(tied) 2nd
Gwinnett Stripers Jonathan Marquez 3rd 10th(tied) 3rd
Worcester Red Sox Chris Douglass 4th 10th(tied) 4th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Edgar Paz 5th 10th(tied) 7th
Omaha Storm Chasers Carlos Vasquez 6th Lorenzo Cornejo 5th 5th
Toledo Mud Hens Andres Rivera 7th 10th(tied) 8th
Norfolk Tides Al Rodriguez 8th Marcos Marquez 1st 6th
Louisville Bats Andy Loftice 9th 10th(tied) 10th
Nashville Sounds Antonio Davilla 10th 10th(tied) 11th
Durham Bulls David Romero 11th Peter Fay 2nd 9th
Iowa Cubs Jorge Arevalo 12th David Rosa 9th 12th
Indianapolis Indians Sean Hahn 13th 10th(tied) 14th
Scranton WB RailRiders Alfredo Salazar 14th Orlando Rivera 6th 13th
Rochester Red Wings Ivan Diaz 15th 10th(tied) 16th
Syracuse Mets Ricky Quintero 16th 10th(tied) 18th
Columbus Clippers Bill Dixon 17th Bill Dixon 4th 15th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Kyle Williams 18th Bob Martin 3rd 17th
Memphis Redbirds Josiah Sanders 19th Andy Shubert 8th 19th
Charlotte Knights Peter Marsden 20th 10th(tied) 20th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Iowa Cubs Jerry Shepard 1st David Rosa 9th 4th
Syracuse Mets Justin Jensen 2nd 10th(tied) 10th
Gwinnett Stripers Glen Blair 3rd 10th(tied) 11th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Cory Corriveau 4th Bob Martin 3rd 2nd
Columbus Clippers Jason Dunn 5th Bill Dixon 4th 3rd
Charlotte Knights Mark Smith 6th 10th(tied) 12th
Toledo Mud Hens Jeremy DeVos 7th 10th(tied) 13th
Memphis Redbirds Cesar Espinal 8th Andy Shubert 8th 5th
Louisville Bats Andy Loftice 9th 10th(tied) 14th
Scranton WB RailRiders Oscar Jones 10th Orlando Rivera 6th 6th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Brian Doles 11th 10th(tied) 15th
Omaha Storm Chasers Chris Perry 12th Lorenzo Cornejo 5th 7th
St. Paul Saints Jason Lavigne 13th 10th(tied) 16th
Worcester Red Sox Dan Cicala 14th 10th(tied) 17th
Norfolk Tides Luis Negrete 15th Marcos Marquez 1st 1st
Indianapolis Indians Jeff Fay 16th 10th(tied) 18th
Durham Bulls Oscar Gutierrez 17th Peter Fay 2nd 8th
Buffalo Bisons Chris Bolt 18th John McDonald 7th 9th
Nashville Sounds Jose Carrera 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Rochester Red Wings Rich Allison 20th 10th(tied) 20th
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