MIDWEST LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
12/08/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Beloit Snappers John Cruz 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Jorge Apodaca 2nd Jorge Apodaca 1st 1st
South Bend Cubs Pete Beattie 3rd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Dayton Dragons Mario Obregon 4th 2nd(tied) 4th
Great Lakes Loons Dan Burrus 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
West Michigan Whitecaps Ryan Battaglia 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Lansing Lugnuts Mario Carrasco 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Peoria Chiefs Chris Brown 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Gil Calabrese 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jesus Gomez 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Quad Cities River Bandits Eddie Cerritos 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Lake County Captains Braden Niesen 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Bill Gaines 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Steve Beery 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
South Bend Cubs Pedro Fuentes 3rd 5th(tied) 7th
Beloit Snappers Zhao-hui Ban 4th Toby Hare 3rd 1st
Dayton Dragons Josh Auston 5th 5th(tied) 8th
Quad Cities River Bandits Willie Sandoval 6th 5th(tied) 9th
Peoria Chiefs Ken Hall 7th 5th(tied) 10th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Jim Pitcher 8th Jason Poole 2nd 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Christian Puga 9th 5th(tied) 11th
Lake County Captains Jon Anguiano 10th 5th(tied) 12th
Great Lakes Loons Dustin Petrascu 11th Dustin Petrascu 4th 4th
West Michigan Whitecaps Ben Bond 12th Travis McGehee 1st 3rd
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Victor Alcivar 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Quad Cities River Bandits David Granado 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Peoria Chiefs Javier Villalobos 3rd 5th(tied) 7th
Lake County Captains Aidan McCaskill 4th 5th(tied) 8th
Dayton Dragons Sandy Espinoza 5th Marvin Thomas 4th 3rd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jonathan Satterlee 6th Jonathan Satterlee 2nd 2nd
Fort Wayne TinCaps Danny DeVore 7th 5th(tied) 9th
West Michigan Whitecaps Sean Lory 8th 5th(tied) 10th
Great Lakes Loons Brad Padgette 9th 5th(tied) 11th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Shamar Ceaser 10th Shamar Ceaser 1st 1st
Beloit Snappers Brock Pike 11th Mario Ortega 3rd 4th
South Bend Cubs Greg Catanzarite 12th 5th(tied) 12th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Jose Almazo 1st 4th(tied) 3rd
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jeremy Hewett 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Lake County Captains Daniel Franco 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
West Michigan Whitecaps Dave Tennant 4th Dave Tennant 1st 1st
Beloit Snappers Ray McCrummen 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Josh Radzik 6th Josh Radzik 2nd 2nd
Dayton Dragons Chris Braid 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Peoria Chiefs Mario Nieves 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Gabe Lenz 9th Russ Garner 3rd 4th
Great Lakes Loons Earl Ovalle 10th 4th(tied) 10th
South Bend Cubs Nick Bowen 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Quad Cities River Bandits Mike Diaz 12th 4th(tied) 12th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Ezra Shay 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Fort Wayne TinCaps Mike Fix 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Tatsunori Sakai 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
West Michigan Whitecaps Jose Medina 4th 3rd(tied) 6th
Dayton Dragons Guadalupe Esquivel 5th 3rd(tied) 7th
South Bend Cubs Beau Thompson 6th 3rd(tied) 8th
Beloit Snappers Matt Paulson 7th Matt Paulson 2nd 1st
Lake County Captains Ji-hu Yoon 8th 3rd(tied) 9th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Zaccaria Acquaviva 9th 3rd(tied) 10th
Great Lakes Loons Justin Bernabei 10th Justin Bernabei 1st 2nd
Peoria Chiefs David Corral 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Quad Cities River Bandits Jack Olive 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Tony Cruz 1st 6th(tied) 5th
Peoria Chiefs Seth Van Huss 2nd 6th(tied) 7th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Alex Tinoco 3rd Johnny Reyes 4th 3rd
South Bend Cubs Chris Breeze 4th Sam Moore 2nd 1st
Fort Wayne TinCaps Kevin Manger 5th 6th(tied) 8th
Dayton Dragons Chris Mull 6th 6th(tied) 9th
Quad Cities River Bandits Ricky Archuleta 7th Ricky Archuleta 3rd 4th
Lake County Captains Jeff Mahar 8th 6th(tied) 10th
West Michigan Whitecaps Rico Alvarez 9th 6th(tied) 11th
Great Lakes Loons Dave Aemisegger 10th Dave Aemisegger 1st 2nd
Beloit Snappers Cecil Birch 11th Cecil Birch 5th 6th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Chris DeBona 12th 6th(tied) 12th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Jordan Guzman 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Peoria Chiefs Matt Peale 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Dayton Dragons Robby Ayala 3rd Craig McReynolds 1st 1st
Cedar Rapids Kernels Orlando Rodriguez 4th (tied) 2nd(tied) 4th(tied)
Fort Wayne TinCaps George Felts 4th (tied) 2nd(tied) 4th(tied)
South Bend Cubs Alexis Olivarri 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Lake County Captains Jon Mastin 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
West Michigan Whitecaps Miguel Pena 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Great Lakes Loons Jose Tamez 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Quad Cities River Bandits John Broadbent 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Shelby Kerry 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Beloit Snappers 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dayton Dragons Bill Owens 1st Bill Owens 1st 1st
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jeff Hynes 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Lansing Lugnuts Jim Rizk 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Lake County Captains Eric Hebert 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Nick Haugland 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Quad Cities River Bandits Dusty Dellinger 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
South Bend Cubs Alex Carrillo 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
Great Lakes Loons Flinn Little 8th Edwin Valenzuela 2nd 2nd
West Michigan Whitecaps Dallas Finnerty 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Beloit Snappers Jason Looby 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Rich Mott 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Peoria Chiefs Jimmy Lake 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dayton Dragons Yasukazu Tanaka 1st Paul Brown 2nd(tied) 2nd
Lake County Captains David Ward 2nd David Ward 2nd(tied) 3rd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Brian Blackburn 3rd Ian Cole 6th 6th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Johnny Salazar 4th Johnny Salazar 2nd(tied) 4th
South Bend Cubs Carlos Moreno 5th Carlos Moreno 7th 7th
Beloit Snappers Jeff Vorpagel 6th Jeff Vorpagel 8th 8th
Quad Cities River Bandits Jonathan Adams 7th 9th(tied) 9th
Great Lakes Loons Justin Kronen 8th (tied) Shawn Tucker 1st 1st
West Michigan Whitecaps Josh Hall 8th (tied) 9th(tied) 10th
Lansing Lugnuts Diego Lopez 10th 9th(tied) 11th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Mario Oquendo 11th Ron Master 2nd(tied) 5th
Peoria Chiefs Jose Alvarez 12th 9th(tied) 12th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lake County Captains Brendan Barber 1st Mike Bagley 4th 1st
Beloit Snappers Alex Salais 2nd 6th(tied) 2nd
Quad Cities River Bandits Billy Rich 3rd 6th(tied) 3rd
West Michigan Whitecaps Paul Jones 4th 6th(tied) 4th
South Bend Cubs Dave Reyes 5th Dave Reyes 5th 6th
Lansing Lugnuts Jorge Solano 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Peoria Chiefs Jose Vasquez 7th Luis Martinez 2nd 7th
Dayton Dragons Sergio Corrales 8th Paul Brown 1st 5th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Javon James 9th Tom Smith 3rd 9th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Tony Reyna 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Great Lakes Loons Abraão Boal 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Vinny Cancel 12th 6th(tied) 12th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Brett Rowe 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Dayton Dragons Manuel Sola 2nd Paul Brown 1st 1st
Lake County Captains Brendan Barber 3rd Mike Bagley 4th 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Mike Piotrowski 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Tom Smith 5th Tom Smith 3rd 3rd
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jose Flores 6th 6th(tied) 8th
South Bend Cubs Lyly Jortikka 7th Dave Reyes 5th 4th
Great Lakes Loons Abraão Boal 8th 6th(tied) 9th
Beloit Snappers Felipe Zuniga 9th 6th(tied) 10th
West Michigan Whitecaps Tim Stubblefield 10th 6th(tied) 11th
Peoria Chiefs Luis Martinez 11th Luis Martinez 2nd 5th
Quad Cities River Bandits Adam Vasquez 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Saturday, September 20th , 2025 - OOTP Baseball 26.7 Build 77