SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
06/01/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greenville Drive Ricky Lindemuth 1st Ricky Lindemuth 1st(tied) 1st
Brooklyn Cyclones Ed Norton 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Sidney Russell 3rd Sidney Russell 1st(tied) 2nd
Asheville Tourists Manuel Rodriguez 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Greensboro Grasshoppers William Rowell 5th 6th(tied) 8th
Hudson Valley Renegades Alex Gonzalez 6th 6th(tied) 9th
Winston-Salem Dash Ricky Rios 7th Felix Garcia 3rd 3rd
Hickory Crawdads Ricardo Ruiz 8th 6th(tied) 10th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Jason Foreman 9th 6th(tied) 11th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Colt Hill 10th Brian Davis 5th 4th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Phil Hughey 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Rome Braves Kevin Tonkinson 12th Mike Good 4th 5th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bowling Green Hot Rods Jim Miller 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Brooklyn Cyclones Branden Faudree 2nd 8th(tied) 9th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Al Perrine 3rd 8th(tied) 10th
Hickory Crawdads Brock Maynard 4th Ken Sutherland 4th 2nd
Greensboro Grasshoppers Manny Santana 5th Sammy Abraham 5th 4th
Asheville Tourists Vinny Navarro 6th Mike Logue 6th 5th
Hudson Valley Renegades Danny Arellano 7th Mike Turley 3rd 3rd
Aberdeen Ironbirds Jose Paruzzi 8th 8th(tied) 11th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Oscar Hernandez 9th 8th(tied) 12th
Greenville Drive Mike Jurich 10th (tied) Mike Jurich 1st 1st
Winston-Salem Dash Carlos Lujan 10th (tied) Dan Stein 7th 7th
Rome Braves David Harper 12th Matt Schlundt 2nd 6th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greenville Drive Ed Lowe 1st Danny Munoz 9th 6th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Evan Gloe 2nd Danny Toledo 7th 5th
Asheville Tourists Joe Hackett 3rd Chuck Warren 1st(tied) 1st
Brooklyn Cyclones Jose Gonzalez 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Rome Braves Jayden Blackstock 5th Claude Pinet 4th 4th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Mike Erickson 6th Mike Erickson 5th 7th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Jeff Williams 7th Julio Holguin 8th 9th
Hickory Crawdads Mario Figueroa 8th 10th(tied) 11th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Gregorio Vargaz 9th Gregorio Vargaz 1st(tied) 2nd
Wilmington Blue Rocks Dennis Higgins 10th Dennis Higgins 6th 8th
Hudson Valley Renegades Henry Hernaiz 11th Henry Hernaiz 1st(tied) 3rd
Winston-Salem Dash Steve Cook 12th 10th(tied) 12th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Winston-Salem Dash Evan Duncan 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Jake Woods 2nd Vincent Tapia 5th 4th
Asheville Tourists Oscar del Valle 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Mario Galvez 4th Mario Galvez 3rd 3rd
Greensboro Grasshoppers Bobby Lubiano 5th 8th(tied) 10th
Greenville Drive Chris Acevedo 6th Chris Acevedo 4th 5th
Hudson Valley Renegades John Shilvock 7th John Shilvock 2nd 2nd
Rome Braves Steve Ellis 8th Danny Sigala 1st 1st
Brooklyn Cyclones Gregorio Mendez 9th 8th(tied) 11th
Hickory Crawdads Joel Wickliff 10th 8th(tied) 12th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Rusty Tyson 11th Rusty Tyson 6th 6th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Ramon Rios 12th Ramon Rios 7th 7th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Ricky Hernandez 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Jim Kirkbride 2nd Mark Jendrzejewski 3rd 2nd
Rome Braves Nick Candelaria 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
Hickory Crawdads Miguel Mejia 4th Marquis Ross 1st 1st
Hudson Valley Renegades Steve Forehand 5th Dave Klotz 7th 4th
Winston-Salem Dash Alex Rodriguez 6th Alex Rodriguez 4th 3rd
Asheville Tourists Curt McLeod 7th 8th(tied) 10th
Greenville Drive Chris Escarcega 8th 8th(tied) 11th
Greensboro Grasshoppers David Baker 9th 8th(tied) 12th
Brooklyn Cyclones Jose Hernandez 10th Dan Cardarelli 5th 6th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Jorge Rodriguez 11th Jabari Smalls 2nd 5th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Jared Thelemann 12th Chris Spooner 6th 7th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greenville Drive Antonio Monterroso 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Asheville Tourists Tyler Hoggatt 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Hudson Valley Renegades Pedro Barrera 3rd Miguel Carillo 1st 1st
Greensboro Grasshoppers Edwin Ramirez 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Juan Diaz 5th 5th(tied) 8th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Jesse Leach 6th 5th(tied) 9th
Winston-Salem Dash Juan Osorio 7th 5th(tied) 10th
Rome Braves Zach Tropp 8th Zach Tropp 4th 2nd
Aberdeen Ironbirds Jonathan Santiago 9th 5th(tied) 11th
Brooklyn Cyclones Austin Gaines 10th 5th(tied) 12th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Sean Thomson 11th Mark Ruley 3rd 3rd
Hickory Crawdads Greg Summitt 12th Greg Summitt 2nd 4th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bowling Green Hot Rods Noah Cojocaru 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Rome Braves Mike Shafer 2nd Jorge Cruz 4th 3rd
Greenville Drive Logan Anderson 3rd Ricky Perez 1st 1st
Aberdeen Ironbirds Tenshin Ramos 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Kevin Donhauser 5th Kevin Donhauser 2nd 2nd
Hudson Valley Renegades Kyle Dunn 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Asheville Tourists Estevan Sandoval 7th Estevan Sandoval 3rd 4th
Winston-Salem Dash Alex Kistner 8th 5th(tied) 8th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Josh Lowen 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Hickory Crawdads Edgar Benavidez 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Brooklyn Cyclones Tony Bracamonte 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Eduardo Martinez 12th 5th(tied) 12th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bowling Green Hot Rods Chris Smith 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Jon Smith 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Asheville Tourists Chris Bailey 3rd 5th(tied) 7th
Hickory Crawdads Marc Evans 4th 5th(tied) 8th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Bobby Villarreal 5th Bobby Villarreal 3rd 2nd
Greenville Drive Manuel Alcalde 6th Chris Newby 2nd 1st
Wilmington Blue Rocks Dan Hernandez 7th 5th(tied) 9th
Brooklyn Cyclones Mike Cavallaro 8th Antoine Reynolds 4th 4th
Hudson Valley Renegades Kyle Townsend 9th Kyle Townsend 1st 3rd
Winston-Salem Dash Faustino Xaveiral 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Rome Braves Ken Hinrichsen 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws 12th 5th(tied) 12th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bowling Green Hot Rods Mike Bagley 1st Mike Bagley 4th(tied) 4th
Brooklyn Cyclones Marcello Peters 2nd Marcus Hiller 4th(tied) 5th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Gustavo Salazar 3rd Jayden Tinsley 2nd 2nd
Greenville Drive Lance Holte 4th Rich Plummer 4th(tied) 6th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Raul Magdaleno 5th Raul Magdaleno 4th(tied) 7th
Asheville Tourists Josh Stuckwisch 6th Nate Wimbush 4th(tied) 8th
Hudson Valley Renegades Chris Wiley 7th Juan Salmeron 3rd 3rd
Aberdeen Ironbirds Hector Ayala 8th Matthew Gilliam 4th(tied) 9th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Elijah Alleyne 9th Elijah Alleyne 4th(tied) 10th
Winston-Salem Dash Matt Pritchard 10th Brent Bearden 1st 1st
Rome Braves Emilio Campos 11th Kevin Olari 11th 11th
Hickory Crawdads Zachariah Kearney 12th 12th 12th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hickory Crawdads Joe Costello 1st Joe Costello 5th 2nd
Greensboro Grasshoppers Ryan Kiser 2nd Gabe Smith 4th 4th
Brooklyn Cyclones Nick Barron 3rd 9th(tied) 6th
Rome Braves Bryan Williams 4th Chris Nolte 8th 5th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Mark Banner 5th Mike Bagley 1st(tied) 1st
Greenville Drive Ricardo Marin 6th Lance Holte 7th 7th
Winston-Salem Dash Brody Woodward 7th Brody Woodward 1st(tied) 3rd
Wilmington Blue Rocks Manny Murillo 8th Shane Ness 6th 8th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Rogelio Urbina 9th 9th(tied) 10th
Hudson Valley Renegades Travis Segal 10th 9th(tied) 11th
Asheville Tourists Brian Celentano 11th Josh Stuckwisch 1st(tied) 9th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Ivan Gomez 12th 9th(tied) 12th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bowling Green Hot Rods Mike Bagley 1st Mike Bagley 1st 1st
Greenville Drive Lance Holte 2nd Lance Holte 7th 2nd
Wilmington Blue Rocks Roberto Ruiz 3rd Roberto Ruiz 6th 5th
Winston-Salem Dash Chris Bailey 4th Chris Bailey 4th 3rd
Hudson Valley Renegades Brandon Nicholsen 5th 9th(tied) 9th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Gabe Smith 6th Gabe Smith 3rd 4th
Brooklyn Cyclones Graham Paulk 7th 9th(tied) 10th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Vinny Morfin 8th 9th(tied) 11th
Rome Braves Ruben Perez 9th Ruben Perez 5th 6th
Asheville Tourists Joe Nicholson 10th Joe Nicholson 8th 8th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Tony Gonzalez 11th 9th(tied) 12th
Hickory Crawdads Roy Brown 12th Roy Brown 2nd 7th
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