MIDWEST LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
03/30/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Beloit Snappers Tom Crank 1st Manny Rivera 2nd 2nd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Jared Monsen 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
South Bend Cubs Pete Beattie 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Dayton Dragons Adam Dockery 4th 5th(tied) 7th
West Michigan Whitecaps Manuel Morejon 5th 5th(tied) 8th
Peoria Chiefs Chris Hauck 6th 5th(tied) 9th
Lake County Captains Karl Schreiber 7th Pat Bridges 3rd 3rd
Lansing Lugnuts Mario Carrasco 8th 5th(tied) 10th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jesus Cervantes 9th Jesus Cervantes 4th 4th
Quad Cities River Bandits Jeff Seaman 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Great Lakes Loons Mike Carter 11th Jay Steele 1st 1st
Fort Wayne TinCaps Andres Arredondo 12th 5th(tied) 12th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dayton Dragons Ben Derryberry 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Lansing Lugnuts Bill Gaines 2nd 8th(tied) 9th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Edgar Salazar 3rd Pedro Cuevas 1st 1st
West Michigan Whitecaps Jon Levinson 4th 8th(tied) 10th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Gregorio Arzola 5th 8th(tied) 11th
Lake County Captains Kenny Carlson 6th Kenny Carlson 3rd 2nd
South Bend Cubs Manny Bedoya 7th Nate McConnell 2nd 3rd
Beloit Snappers Zhao-hui Ban 8th Toby Hare 5th 4th
Quad Cities River Bandits Pavlik Makanin 9th 8th(tied) 12th
Great Lakes Loons Dustin Petrascu 10th Dustin Petrascu 7th 6th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Ignác Rozec 11th Ignác Rozec 4th 5th
Peoria Chiefs Ryan Chambers 12th Salvador Bonilla 6th 7th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Victor Alcivar 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Dayton Dragons Adam Petty 2nd Marvin Thomas 6th 3rd
Lake County Captains Aidan McCaskill 3rd Brian King 2nd 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jonathan Satterlee 4th Jonathan Satterlee 5th 4th
Peoria Chiefs Rogelio Acosta 5th 8th(tied) 9th
Quad Cities River Bandits Ronnie Hench 6th Juan Simo 1st 1st
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Zaccaria Acquaviva 7th Shamar Ceaser 4th 5th
West Michigan Whitecaps Kevin Levick 8th Kevin Levick 7th 7th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Chris Fitzpatrick 9th 8th(tied) 10th
South Bend Cubs Ted Harding 10th 8th(tied) 11th
Great Lakes Loons Allen Thompson 11th Justin Bernabei 3rd 6th
Beloit Snappers Colin Vaughan 12th 8th(tied) 12th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Jose Almazo 1st 4th(tied) 3rd
Beloit Snappers Daniel Smith 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Lake County Captains Larry George 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
West Michigan Whitecaps Dave Tennant 4th Dave Tennant 2nd 2nd
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jerry Marsh 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Dayton Dragons Chris Braid 6th 4th(tied) 8th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Josh Radzik 7th Ken Mynard 1st 1st
Peoria Chiefs Mario Nieves 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Gabe Lenz 9th Russ Garner 3rd 4th
Quad Cities River Bandits Jody Hodges 10th 4th(tied) 10th
South Bend Cubs Bob Taylor 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Great Lakes Loons Earl Ovalle 12th 4th(tied) 12th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
South Bend Cubs Danny Rubio 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Ben Swanson 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Lansing Lugnuts Ezra Shay 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Beloit Snappers Rob Allen 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Dayton Dragons Carlos Romero 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Tatsunori Sakai 6th 2nd(tied) 7th
West Michigan Whitecaps Jose Medina 7th 2nd(tied) 8th
Lake County Captains Justin Potvin 8th 2nd(tied) 9th
Peoria Chiefs Cory Gunther 9th 2nd(tied) 10th
Quad Cities River Bandits Ben Tish 10th 2nd(tied) 11th
Great Lakes Loons Johnny Diaz 11th 2nd(tied) 12th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jesse Kness 12th Jesse Kness 1st 1st
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Jordan Guzman 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Tim Gentry 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Perry Thomas 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
Peoria Chiefs John Spinks 4th 4th(tied) 7th
Quad Cities River Bandits Ricky Delgado 5th Ricky Archuleta 1st 1st
Great Lakes Loons Edwin Valenzuela 6th Edwin Valenzuela 3rd 3rd
Beloit Snappers John Matthews 7th 4th(tied) 8th
South Bend Cubs Ricardo Ulloa 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Jody Garcia 9th R.J. Kirkwood 2nd 2nd
Dayton Dragons Jordan Moore 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Lake County Captains Juan Mena 11th 4th(tied) 11th
West Michigan Whitecaps Eric Walbert 12th 4th(tied) 12th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Tony Cruz 1st 6th(tied) 5th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Omar Flores 2nd 6th(tied) 7th
West Michigan Whitecaps Antonio Gomez 3rd Antonio Gomez 1st 1st
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Israel Figueroa 4th 6th(tied) 8th
Dayton Dragons Craig McReynolds 5th Craig McReynolds 2nd 2nd
South Bend Cubs Marcus Brown 6th Ben Richards 5th 4th
Great Lakes Loons Giovanni Stanton 7th Giovanni Stanton 3rd 3rd
Fort Wayne TinCaps George Felts 8th 6th(tied) 9th
Beloit Snappers Pete Hall 9th Pete Hall 4th 6th
Quad Cities River Bandits Cesar Najera 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Lake County Captains Jon Mastin 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Peoria Chiefs Mario Prado 12th 6th(tied) 12th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jeremy Hewett 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Lansing Lugnuts Jim Rizk 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Quad Cities River Bandits Oscar Garza 3rd 5th(tied) 7th
South Bend Cubs Sam Moore 4th Sam Moore 2nd 1st
Great Lakes Loons Jim Munoz 5th Dave Aemisegger 1st 2nd
Peoria Chiefs Matt Peale 6th 5th(tied) 8th
West Michigan Whitecaps Chris Sweet 7th 5th(tied) 9th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Johnny Reyes 8th Johnny Reyes 3rd 3rd
Lake County Captains Jeff Mahar 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jason Crews 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Dayton Dragons David Ventura 11th David Ventura 4th 4th
Beloit Snappers Jason Looby 12th 5th(tied) 12th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dayton Dragons Yasukazu Tanaka 1st Arnold Edlich 1st 1st
Fort Wayne TinCaps Johnny Salazar 2nd Johnny Salazar 4th(tied) 4th
Lake County Captains Tom Bedard 3rd Tom Bedard 4th(tied) 5th
Great Lakes Loons Taylor Loder 4th Taylor Loder 4th(tied) 6th
South Bend Cubs Scott Terra 5th Robert Perez 9th 9th
Peoria Chiefs Jeremy Hurlson 6th Matt Norman 4th(tied) 7th
Beloit Snappers Bill Haggard 7th Eric Caldwell 8th 8th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Mike Piotrowski 8th 10th(tied) 10th
West Michigan Whitecaps Chris DeMinico 9th Jim Johnson 3rd 2nd
Quad Cities River Bandits Eddie Medina 10th 10th(tied) 11th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Alfonso Gonzales 11th Alfonso Gonzales 2nd 3rd
Lansing Lugnuts Diego Lopez 12th 10th(tied) 12th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Peoria Chiefs Jose Vasquez 1st Mike Ferris 1st 1st
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jose Rodriguez 2nd 7th(tied) 2nd
South Bend Cubs Dave Reyes 3rd Ryan Gibson 5th 3rd
Quad Cities River Bandits Billy Rich 4th 7th(tied) 4th
Beloit Snappers Eric Kelly 5th Evan Yost 3rd 5th
Lake County Captains Jeremy Thompson 6th Eduardo Vargas 6th 6th
West Michigan Whitecaps Dave Lally 7th 7th(tied) 8th
Lansing Lugnuts Jorge Solano 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Tom Smith 9th Tom Smith 4th 7th
Great Lakes Loons Abraão Boal 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Fort Wayne TinCaps David McDonald 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Dayton Dragons Danny Perez 12th Mike Neuhauser 2nd 10th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Brett Rowe 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Lake County Captains Chris Jaramillo 2nd Eduardo Vargas 5th 4th
Beloit Snappers Evan Yost 3rd Evan Yost 3rd 3rd
West Michigan Whitecaps Scott Sich 4th 7th(tied) 8th
South Bend Cubs Ryan Gibson 5th Ryan Gibson 4th 5th
Dayton Dragons Mike Neuhauser 6th Mike Neuhauser 2nd 1st
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Rich Parker 7th Rich Parker 6th 6th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Vinny Cancel 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Victor Tirado 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Peoria Chiefs Luis Martinez 10th Luis Martinez 1st 2nd
Great Lakes Loons Julio Sanchez 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Quad Cities River Bandits Adam Vasquez 12th 7th(tied) 12th
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