INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
12/08/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Bill Dunaway 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Indianapolis Indians Matt Swiger 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Syracuse Mets Franklin Robles 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Rochester Red Wings Mike Baughman 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Kevin Trinidad 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Durham Bulls Antonio Solano 6th 2nd(tied) 7th
Buffalo Bisons Brendon Diamond 7th Brendon Diamond 1st 1st
Omaha Storm Chasers Jason Parisi 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Scranton WB RailRiders J.J. Brooks 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Gwinnett Stripers Matt Lerch 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Columbus Clippers Kevin Bell 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Memphis Redbirds Jim Scott 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
St. Paul Saints Phil Leemaster 13th 2nd(tied) 13th
Toledo Mud Hens Franklin Gonzalez 14th 2nd(tied) 14th
Louisville Bats Greg Carpenter 15th 2nd(tied) 15th
Charlotte Knights 16th (tied) 2nd(tied) 16th(tied)
Iowa Cubs 16th (tied) 2nd(tied) 16th(tied)
Nashville Sounds 16th (tied) 2nd(tied) 16th(tied)
Norfolk Tides 16th (tied) 2nd(tied) 16th(tied)
Worcester Red Sox 16th (tied) 2nd(tied) 16th(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Durham Bulls Tim Julius 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Rochester Red Wings Eddy Martinez 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Gwinnett Stripers Javy Jimenez 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Nashville Sounds Yong-hong Yuan 4th 3rd(tied) 6th
Worcester Red Sox Jared Caputo 5th 3rd(tied) 7th
Columbus Clippers Chad Dorley 6th 3rd(tied) 8th
Indianapolis Indians Buddy Binion 7th 3rd(tied) 9th
Norfolk Tides Ryan Hockensmith 8th Jayden Foxworth 2nd 2nd
Charlotte Knights Angelo Esquilin 9th (tied) 3rd(tied) 10th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders B.J. Hernandez 9th (tied) 3rd(tied) 10th(tied)
Louisville Bats Ben Derryberry 11th 3rd(tied) 12th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Sean Purdom 12th 3rd(tied) 13th
St. Paul Saints Cory Hines 13th 3rd(tied) 14th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Ryan Carlson 14th 3rd(tied) 15th
Toledo Mud Hens Tim Fitzsimmons 15th 3rd(tied) 16th
Buffalo Bisons Tony Quezada 16th 3rd(tied) 17th
Memphis Redbirds Steve Sorrells 17th 3rd(tied) 18th
Syracuse Mets Esteban Perez 18th Esteban Perez 1st 1st
Omaha Storm Chasers Jason Liles 19th 3rd(tied) 19th
Iowa Cubs Alexis Flores 20th 3rd(tied) 20th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Memphis Redbirds Scott Cooper 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Scranton WB RailRiders Daniel Fernandez 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Iowa Cubs Jose Aguilera 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
Louisville Bats Alejandro Rios 4th 4th(tied) 7th
Norfolk Tides Ryan Mason 5th 4th(tied) 8th
Gwinnett Stripers Juan Martinez 6th Juan Martinez 2nd 1st
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Charlie Netherland 7th 4th(tied) 9th
Omaha Storm Chasers Hu Tsui 8th (tied) 4th(tied) 10th
Syracuse Mets Alex Bustamante 8th (tied) Alex Bustamante 3rd 3rd
St. Paul Saints Billy Thompson 10th 4th(tied) 11th
Worcester Red Sox Ramiro Cruz 11th 4th(tied) 12th
Durham Bulls Juan Mendoza 12th 4th(tied) 13th
Charlotte Knights Jonathan Veil 13th 4th(tied) 14th
Rochester Red Wings Alex Garcia 14th 4th(tied) 15th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Oscar Ontiveros 15th Oscar Ontiveros 1st 2nd
Buffalo Bisons Ray Gerloff 16th 4th(tied) 16th
Toledo Mud Hens Chris Nees 17th 4th(tied) 17th
Nashville Sounds Adan Becerra 18th 4th(tied) 18th
Columbus Clippers Nick Twombly 19th 4th(tied) 19th
Indianapolis Indians Luis Castillo 20th 4th(tied) 20th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Nashville Sounds John Manning 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Charlotte Knights Miguel Lugo 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Gwinnett Stripers Edgar Perez 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Louisville Bats Romain Tellier 4th Romain Tellier 1st 1st
Rochester Red Wings Ivan Delgado 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Durham Bulls Ron Brakebill 6th Ron Brakebill 2nd 2nd
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Dave Moede 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Buffalo Bisons Ryan Gilbert 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Memphis Redbirds Richard Amador 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Norfolk Tides Steven Johnson 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Omaha Storm Chasers Chris Osborne 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs T.J. Halstead 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Scranton WB RailRiders Matt Donald 13th 3rd(tied) 13th
Toledo Mud Hens Bruce Rosales 14th 3rd(tied) 14th
Indianapolis Indians Miguel Fana 15th 3rd(tied) 15th
Worcester Red Sox Marshall Brask 16th 3rd(tied) 16th
St. Paul Saints Sonny Waters 17th 3rd(tied) 17th
Syracuse Mets Pat DeLong 18th 3rd(tied) 18th
Iowa Cubs Antonio Blea 19th 3rd(tied) 19th
Columbus Clippers 20th 3rd(tied) 20th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Scranton WB RailRiders Diego Taschini 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Indianapolis Indians Mario Vargas 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Oscar Mendez 3rd Oscar Mendez 1st 1st
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Francisco Martinez 4th Jonah McLaughlin 4th 3rd
Worcester Red Sox Aaron Dwyer 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Durham Bulls Edgar Rivas 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Louisville Bats Josh Short 7th 5th(tied) 9th
Norfolk Tides Justin Floyd 8th Justin Floyd 2nd 2nd
Gwinnett Stripers Danny Saravia 9th Danny Saravia 3rd 4th
Syracuse Mets Jason Howard 10th 5th(tied) 10th
St. Paul Saints Larry Cuddy 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Toledo Mud Hens Benito Chavez 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Rochester Red Wings Hector Roman 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Omaha Storm Chasers Juan Varela 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Columbus Clippers Pat Smith 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Memphis Redbirds Jimmy Perdew 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Nashville Sounds Ben Swanson 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Charlotte Knights Jorge Castillo 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Buffalo Bisons 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Iowa Cubs 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Nashville Sounds Joham Dahl 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Indianapolis Indians Josh Budge 2nd Josh Budge 1st 1st
Charlotte Knights Mike Skinner 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Durham Bulls Jason Starr 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Buffalo Bisons Sam Hamilton 5th Sam Hamilton 4th 3rd
Louisville Bats David Ressler 6th David Ressler 2nd 2nd
Syracuse Mets Ian Koonce 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Worcester Red Sox Jordan Tavera 8th Jordan Tavera 3rd 4th
Scranton WB RailRiders Tony Bogran 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Iowa Cubs Evan Hauer 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Rochester Red Wings Roberto Rodriguez 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Gwinnett Stripers Matt Cullen 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Toledo Mud Hens Paul Murray 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Jamie Collins 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Omaha Storm Chasers Tillmam Fresneda 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Memphis Redbirds Jon Herrera 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Columbus Clippers Bryan Everett 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Norfolk Tides Arthur Woodger 18th 5th(tied) 18th
St. Paul Saints Alan Walker 19th 5th(tied) 19th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 20th 5th(tied) 20th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Gwinnett Stripers Bill Mathews 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Worcester Red Sox Eddie Hopson 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Memphis Redbirds Manny Sanchez 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
St. Paul Saints Nate Williams 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Efrain Martinez 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Rochester Red Wings Dave Zurita 6th 2nd(tied) 7th
Columbus Clippers Mike Costanza 7th 2nd(tied) 8th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Fernando Fierro 8th Jimmy Alderman 1st 1st
Louisville Bats Carlos Pina 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Omaha Storm Chasers Eric Welniak 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Syracuse Mets Jonathan Patty 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Nashville Sounds Mike Justice 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
Charlotte Knights Ben Smith 13th 2nd(tied) 13th
Norfolk Tides Roberto Hernandez 14th 2nd(tied) 14th
Buffalo Bisons Ricardo Salmeron 15th 2nd(tied) 15th
Durham Bulls Lawrence Brandenburg 16th 2nd(tied) 16th
Iowa Cubs Eric McIndoo 17th (tied) 2nd(tied) 17th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders Steve Barefoot 17th (tied) 2nd(tied) 17th(tied)
Toledo Mud Hens Eric Johannesen 19th 2nd(tied) 19th
Indianapolis Indians 20th 2nd(tied) 20th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Gwinnett Stripers Tyler Pearson 1st Dam Thu 3rd 2nd
Indianapolis Indians Jose Robles 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Paul Gigliotti 3rd Paul Gigliotti 1st 1st
Charlotte Knights Chris Norman 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Syracuse Mets David Colon 5th David Colon 2nd 3rd
Omaha Storm Chasers Mike Forsyth 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Memphis Redbirds Juan Madero 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Scranton WB RailRiders Rich Ordaz 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Louisville Bats Trevor Elliott 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Toledo Mud Hens Chris Brazelton 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Durham Bulls Mike Carrasco 11th 5th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bisons Chris Chani 12th 5th(tied) 13th
Worcester Red Sox Angel Centino 13th Blaine Ingram 4th 4th
Nashville Sounds Mike Annett 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Columbus Clippers Mike Willey 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Ray Lovato 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Rochester Red Wings Cory Quinones 17th 5th(tied) 17th
St. Paul Saints Mike Liudahl 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Norfolk Tides Jim Causey 19th 5th(tied) 19th
Iowa Cubs Brent Garretson 20th 5th(tied) 20th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buffalo Bisons Ed McCormack 1st 14th(tied) 11th
Durham Bulls Peter Fay 2nd Jon Perkins 4th 2nd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Vic Garcia 3rd Jon Beckley 1st 1st
Scranton WB RailRiders Dave Garcia 4th Orlando Rivera 13th 9th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Matt Fox 5th 14th(tied) 13th
Toledo Mud Hens Belmiro Casqueiro 6th 14th(tied) 15th
Worcester Red Sox Sheldon Bailey 7th 14th(tied) 16th
St. Paul Saints Sonny Simpson 8th 14th(tied) 17th
Indianapolis Indians Felipe Claudio 9th Xavier Boyle 5th(tied) 5th
Rochester Red Wings Larry Dunnington 10th 14th(tied) 18th
Louisville Bats Miguel Cruz 11th Eric Guthrie 5th(tied) 6th
Norfolk Tides Pete Kumle 12th Mario Bautista 2nd 3rd
Memphis Redbirds Jim Larson 13th Andy Shubert 5th(tied) 7th
Columbus Clippers Steve Vaughan 14th Dave Ortega 3rd 4th
Charlotte Knights Tommy Lanning 15th Tommy Lanning 10th 10th
Iowa Cubs Aaron Simkins 16th Nick Reese 5th(tied) 8th
Syracuse Mets Willie Rodriguez 17th 14th(tied) 20th
Omaha Storm Chasers Jacob Courville 18th Lorenzo Cornejo 11th 14th
Nashville Sounds Jayden Lynch 19th Ruben Acevedo 9th 12th
Gwinnett Stripers Jorge Navarro 20th Angel Gomez 12th 19th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Omaha Storm Chasers Mike Byrd 1st Mike Byrd 5th 1st
Toledo Mud Hens Gianfrancesco Chechi 2nd Gianfrancesco Chechi 4th 3rd
Worcester Red Sox Chris Douglass 3rd 11th(tied) 6th
Scranton WB RailRiders Oscar Jones 4th Orlando Rivera 8th 4th
Iowa Cubs Mike Van Cleave 5th David Rosa 10th 5th
Durham Bulls Oscar Gutierrez 6th 11th(tied) 7th
Syracuse Mets Adam Reeves 7th Graham Paulk 1st 2nd
St. Paul Saints Dave Mahoney 8th 11th(tied) 9th
Gwinnett Stripers Phil Waggoner 9th Phil Waggoner 6th 8th
Indianapolis Indians Sean Hahn 10th 11th(tied) 12th
Charlotte Knights Mark Smith 11th 11th(tied) 13th
Buffalo Bisons Jason Gaddis 12th John McDonald 7th 10th
Nashville Sounds Antonio Davilla 13th 11th(tied) 14th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Justin Fuller 14th 11th(tied) 15th
Memphis Redbirds Josiah Sanders 15th 11th(tied) 16th
Norfolk Tides Al Rodriguez 16th Gabe Guzman 9th 11th
Columbus Clippers Bill Dixon 17th Bill Dixon 3rd 17th
Louisville Bats Brent Swann 18th 11th(tied) 18th
Rochester Red Wings Mike Sypniewski 19th 11th(tied) 20th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Kyle Williams 20th Vic Garcia 2nd 19th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Vic Garcia 1st Vic Garcia 3rd 2nd
Gwinnett Stripers Glen Blair 2nd Phil Waggoner 6th 3rd
Durham Bulls Andy Amari 3rd 11th(tied) 11th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Alex Rosser 4th 11th(tied) 12th
Norfolk Tides Al Rodriguez 5th Gabe Guzman 9th 6th
Louisville Bats Carlos Barrios 6th 11th(tied) 13th
Memphis Redbirds Josiah Sanders 7th 11th(tied) 14th
Columbus Clippers Mike Boothe 8th Mike Boothe 2nd 4th
Worcester Red Sox Dan Cicala 9th 11th(tied) 15th
Omaha Storm Chasers Gary Monck 10th Mike Byrd 5th 5th
Indianapolis Indians Jeff Fay 11th 11th(tied) 16th
Buffalo Bisons John McDonald 12th John McDonald 7th 7th
Iowa Cubs Mike Van Cleave 13th David Rosa 10th 8th
Charlotte Knights Kyle Robinson 14th 11th(tied) 17th
Scranton WB RailRiders Dave Moran 15th Orlando Rivera 8th 10th
St. Paul Saints Bernie Pereyra 16th 11th(tied) 18th
Toledo Mud Hens Nate Murphy 17th Gianfrancesco Chechi 4th 9th
Nashville Sounds Jose Carrera 18th 11th(tied) 19th
Rochester Red Wings Rich Allison 19th 11th(tied) 20th
Syracuse Mets Micah Davis 20th Graham Paulk 1st 1st
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