MIDWEST LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
06/01/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Beloit Snappers John Cruz 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Dayton Dragons Adam Dockery 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
West Michigan Whitecaps Ryan Battaglia 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
Lansing Lugnuts Mario Carrasco 4th 4th(tied) 7th
Peoria Chiefs Chris Hauck 5th 4th(tied) 8th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jason Frost 6th 4th(tied) 9th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Myles Rubis 7th Bobby Merrill 2nd 2nd
Great Lakes Loons Mike Carter 8th Jay Steele 1st 1st
Lake County Captains Pat Bridges 9th Pat Bridges 3rd 3rd
Fort Wayne TinCaps Andres Arredondo 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Quad Cities River Bandits Jeff Seaman 11th 4th(tied) 11th
South Bend Cubs Gavin Gorham 12th 4th(tied) 12th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Great Lakes Loons Josh Robinson 1st 9th(tied) 9th
Lansing Lugnuts Bill Gaines 2nd 9th(tied) 10th
Dayton Dragons Chris Heydenreich 3rd Chris Heydenreich 4th 1st
Fort Wayne TinCaps Danny Munoz 4th Ignác Rozec 6th 2nd
Lake County Captains Larry George 5th Kenny Carlson 7th 3rd
West Michigan Whitecaps Jon Levinson 6th Bob Merlo 8th 4th
Beloit Snappers Chris Heck 7th Chris Heck 5th 5th(tied)
Cedar Rapids Kernels Josh Radzik 8th Josh Radzik 3rd 5th(tied)
Quad Cities River Bandits Pavlik Makanin 9th 9th(tied) 11th
Peoria Chiefs Greg Turner 10th Greg Turner 2nd 7th
South Bend Cubs Bob Taylor 11th 9th(tied) 12th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Pedro Cuevas 12th Pedro Cuevas 1st 8th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Jim McSorley 1st 8th(tied) 6th
Beloit Snappers Juan Estrada 2nd John McLaughlin 3rd 3rd
Lake County Captains Aidan McCaskill 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jonathan Satterlee 4th (tied) Nick Suydam 1st 1st
Great Lakes Loons Brad Padgette 4th (tied) 8th(tied) 10th
Peoria Chiefs Rogelio Acosta 6th 8th(tied) 11th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Zaccaria Acquaviva 7th Dave Marlow 5th 4th
West Michigan Whitecaps Kevin Levick 8th Luke Cappelluti 2nd 2nd
Quad Cities River Bandits Juan Simo 9th Juan Simo 7th 5th
South Bend Cubs Jon Thomas 10th 8th(tied) 12th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jesse Kness 11th Jesse Kness 6th 8th
Dayton Dragons Jordan Gomez 12th Jordan Gomez 4th 7th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Jose Almazo 1st 6th(tied) 2nd
Lake County Captains Travis Johnson 2nd 6th(tied) 7th
Dayton Dragons Donnie Pullen 3rd 6th(tied) 8th
Beloit Snappers Justin Keane 4th Ryan Braxton 5th 3rd
Fort Wayne TinCaps Sean Newton 5th 6th(tied) 9th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Ken Mynard 6th Ken Mynard 1st 1st
South Bend Cubs Nick Bowen 7th 6th(tied) 10th
Quad Cities River Bandits Tommy Westover 8th Tommy Westover 2nd 4th
West Michigan Whitecaps Jorge Velasco 9th Ruben Bustamante 3rd 5th
Great Lakes Loons Johnny Diaz 10th 6th(tied) 11th
Peoria Chiefs Mike Hopkins 11th Mike Hopkins 4th 6th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Will Shaffer 12th 6th(tied) 12th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Ezra Shay 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Beloit Snappers Alex Ramirez 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Lake County Captains Ji-hu Yoon 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Cedar Rapids Kernels John Franz 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
West Michigan Whitecaps Nate Natoli 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Dayton Dragons Kyle Ciolkosz 6th Kyle Ciolkosz 1st 1st
Fort Wayne TinCaps Chris Schenk 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Juan Ruiz 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Great Lakes Loons Marco Montejano 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Quad Cities River Bandits Jody Hodges 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
South Bend Cubs Cesar Mendoza 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Peoria Chiefs Daniel Torrez 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Jordan Guzman 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Alex Tinoco 2nd Russ Garner 4th 2nd
Quad Cities River Bandits Ricky Archuleta 3rd Ricky Archuleta 1st 1st
Cedar Rapids Kernels Riley Ludwig 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Dayton Dragons David Ventura 5th David Ventura 5th 5th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jason Roach 6th Jason Roach 3rd 4th
Lake County Captains Jeff Travis 7th 6th(tied) 8th
Great Lakes Loons Edwin Valenzuela 8th Edwin Valenzuela 2nd 3rd
Beloit Snappers John Matthews 9th 6th(tied) 9th
South Bend Cubs Ricardo Ulloa 10th (tied) 6th(tied) 10th(tied)
West Michigan Whitecaps Eric Walbert 10th (tied) 6th(tied) 10th(tied)
Peoria Chiefs Dustin Hayward 12th 6th(tied) 12th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Tony Cruz 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Quad Cities River Bandits Miguel Soto 2nd Matt Sas 1st 1st
Beloit Snappers Jimmy Alderman 3rd Jimmy Alderman 3rd 2nd
Fort Wayne TinCaps Lee Knauss 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Great Lakes Loons Kyle Osborn 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Tatsunori Sakai 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Dayton Dragons Craig McReynolds 7th Craig McReynolds 2nd 3rd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Israel Figueroa 8th 4th(tied) 8th
South Bend Cubs Marcus Brown 9th 4th(tied) 9th
West Michigan Whitecaps Leo Jaramillo 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Lake County Captains Jon Mastin 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Peoria Chiefs Mario Prado 12th 4th(tied) 12th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Great Lakes Loons Chris Dobson 1st Giovanni Stanton 3rd 1st
Lansing Lugnuts Chase Shepard 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jeff Hynes 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
South Bend Cubs Sam Moore 4th Sam Moore 1st 2nd
Lake County Captains Eric Hebert 5th 6th(tied) 8th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Eric Frey 6th Eric Frey 2nd 3rd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Ricardo Garcia 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Dayton Dragons Marvin Thomas 8th Marvin Thomas 5th 4th
Peoria Chiefs Ramiro Gonzalez 9th 6th(tied) 10th
Beloit Snappers Jason Looby 10th 6th(tied) 11th
Quad Cities River Bandits Austin Gunther 11th Austin Gunther 4th 5th
West Michigan Whitecaps Miguel Pena 12th 6th(tied) 12th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Great Lakes Loons Taylor Loder 1st Taylor Loder 4th(tied) 4th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Giancarlo Saia 2nd Bill Griffin 4th(tied) 5th
Lake County Captains Chris Jaramillo 3rd Travis Sparks 4th(tied) 6th
South Bend Cubs Scott Terra 4th Dan Flippen 3rd 3rd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Mike Piotrowski 5th Jason James 11th 11th
Peoria Chiefs Jeremy Hurlson 6th Matt Norman 4th(tied) 7th
Quad Cities River Bandits Tyler Gamble 7th Jamie Nelson 10th 9th
Dayton Dragons Manuel Sola 8th Arnold Edlich 1st 1st
West Michigan Whitecaps Chris DeMinico 9th Chris DeMinico 4th(tied) 8th
Lansing Lugnuts Diego Lopez 10th 12th 12th
Beloit Snappers Bryan Rumsey 11th Bryan Rumsey 9th 10th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Alfonso Gonzales 12th Andy White 2nd 2nd
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Peoria Chiefs Edwardo Guerrero 1st Branden Glover 5th 1st
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jose Rodriguez 2nd 6th(tied) 4th
South Bend Cubs Ruben Rivera 3rd Nate Cross 1st 2nd
Quad Cities River Bandits Danny Hynds 4th 6th(tied) 5th
West Michigan Whitecaps Dave Lally 5th Aaron Russell 3rd 3rd
Lansing Lugnuts Jorge Solano 6th 6th(tied) 6th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Tom Smith 7th Tom Smith 4th 7th
Beloit Snappers Eric Kelly 8th 6th(tied) 8th
Lake County Captains Jose Rangel 9th 6th(tied) 9th
Great Lakes Loons Abraão Boal 10th 6th(tied) 11th
Fort Wayne TinCaps David McDonald 11th 6th(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 6th(tied) 6th
Peoria Chiefs Mike Ferris 2nd Mike Ferris 2nd 1st
Dayton Dragons Mike Neuhauser 3rd Mike Neuhauser 3rd 2nd
Great Lakes Loons Julio Sanchez 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Victor Tirado 5th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th
South Bend Cubs Nate Cross 5th (tied) Nate Cross 1st 3rd
Lake County Captains Jeremy Thompson 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Rich Parker 8th Rich Parker 5th 5th
Beloit Snappers Brian Edgar 9th 6th(tied) 10th
West Michigan Whitecaps Aaron Russell 10th Aaron Russell 4th 4th
Quad Cities River Bandits Adam Vasquez 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Aaron McClendon 12th 6th(tied) 12th
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