INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
06/16/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Bill Dunaway 1st 6th(tied) 5th
Indianapolis Indians Alex Lopez 2nd Alex Lopez 2nd 2nd
Syracuse Mets Franklin Robles 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Worcester Red Sox Manny Diaz 4th 6th(tied) 8th
Rochester Red Wings Austin Little 5th Austin Little 4th 4th
Buffalo Bisons Omari Pringle 6th Brendon Diamond 3rd 3rd
Louisville Bats Terry Kenyon 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Memphis Redbirds Pat Guenther 8th (tied) Pat Guenther 1st 1st
St. Paul Saints Luis Rodriguez 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 10th
Scranton WB RailRiders Mark Blakeman 10th 6th(tied) 11th
Durham Bulls Antonio Solano 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Gwinnett Stripers Devin Schwander 12th 6th(tied) 13th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Borisav Kajosevic 13th 6th(tied) 14th
Iowa Cubs Jonathan Bailey 14th 6th(tied) 15th
Omaha Storm Chasers Ron Manuel 15th 6th(tied) 16th
Norfolk Tides Eddy Castillo 16th 6th(tied) 17th
Columbus Clippers Omar Rivera 17th 6th(tied) 18th
Charlotte Knights Antonio Torres 18th Antonio Torres 5th 6th
Toledo Mud Hens Juan Sandoval 19th 6th(tied) 19th
Nashville Sounds Jared Monsen 20th 6th(tied) 20th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Luis Ulibarri 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
St. Paul Saints Scott Leaf 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Indianapolis Indians Josh Budge 3rd Josh Budge 1st 1st
Nashville Sounds Chris Birkhold 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Rob Kurk 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Omaha Storm Chasers Eric Lancaster 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
Memphis Redbirds Angel Batista 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
Toledo Mud Hens Edwin Rivera 8th 3rd(tied) 9th
Syracuse Mets Jose Helago 9th 3rd(tied) 10th
Louisville Bats Ben Derryberry 10th 3rd(tied) 11th
Columbus Clippers Matthew Petitjean 11th 3rd(tied) 12th
Scranton WB RailRiders Santiago Barraza 12th 3rd(tied) 13th
Durham Bulls Ralph Haus 13th 3rd(tied) 14th
Rochester Red Wings Jordan Villanueva 14th 3rd(tied) 15th
Norfolk Tides Ryan Hockensmith 15th Jayden Foxworth 2nd 2nd
Charlotte Knights Pat O'Neil 16th 3rd(tied) 16th
Worcester Red Sox Aaron Dwyer 17th 3rd(tied) 17th
Gwinnett Stripers Diego Vasquez 18th 3rd(tied) 18th
Iowa Cubs Angel Centino 19th 3rd(tied) 19th
Buffalo Bisons Pat Fisher 20th 3rd(tied) 20th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Memphis Redbirds Scott Cooper 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Scranton WB RailRiders Diego Taschini 2nd Alex Guzman 2nd 2nd
St. Paul Saints Justin Walker 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Jose Aguilera 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Columbus Clippers Joel Howell 5th 5th(tied) 8th
Louisville Bats Alejandro Rios 6th 5th(tied) 9th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Brandon Washington 7th Oscar Ontiveros 3rd 3rd
Gwinnett Stripers Juan Martinez 8th Dylan Kyle 1st 1st
Charlotte Knights Jonathan Veil 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Omaha Storm Chasers Bryan Beebe 10th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
Toledo Mud Hens Dave Sevilla 10th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
Syracuse Mets Tom Meyer 12th 5th(tied) 13th
Iowa Cubs Leo Sanchez 13th 5th(tied) 14th
Rochester Red Wings Miguel Rios 14th 5th(tied) 15th
Worcester Red Sox Ramiro Cruz 15th 5th(tied) 16th
Durham Bulls Nate Dominguez 16th 5th(tied) 17th
Indianapolis Indians Miguel Fana 17th 5th(tied) 18th
Norfolk Tides Marcos de Hoyos 18th Marcos de Hoyos 4th 4th
Nashville Sounds Kevin Payne 19th 5th(tied) 19th
Buffalo Bisons Ryan Gilbert 20th 5th(tied) 20th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Syracuse Mets Esteban Perez 1st Esteban Perez 1st 1st
Buffalo Bisons Manny Lopez 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Durham Bulls Eddie Rodriguez 3rd Eddie Rodriguez 4th 3rd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jake Deemer 4th Jake Deemer 2nd 2nd
Worcester Red Sox Luis Troncoso 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Louisville Bats Ryan Tucker 6th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th(tied)
Toledo Mud Hens Chris Brazelton 6th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th(tied)
Memphis Redbirds Nestor Sarmiento 8th 5th(tied) 9th
St. Paul Saints Antonio Martinez 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Gwinnett Stripers Jordan Ramirez 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Rochester Red Wings Alex Garcia 11th 5th(tied) 12th
Iowa Cubs Danny Rubio 12th 5th(tied) 13th
Charlotte Knights Matt Carrizales 13th 5th(tied) 14th
Nashville Sounds Ben Swanson 14th 5th(tied) 15th
Norfolk Tides Scott Busch 15th 5th(tied) 16th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Daniel Smith 16th 5th(tied) 17th
Columbus Clippers Daniel Franco 17th 5th(tied) 18th
Omaha Storm Chasers Kris Hickman 18th 5th(tied) 19th
Indianapolis Indians Jonathan Hickam 19th 5th(tied) 20th
Scranton WB RailRiders Jeff Ferris 20th Jeff Ferris 3rd 4th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Alan Guthrie 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Iowa Cubs Ricky Puente 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Durham Bulls Cheng-ji Yang 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
Norfolk Tides Justin Floyd 4th Justin Floyd 2nd 1st
Rochester Red Wings Matthew Hall 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Brent Martinez 6th Brent Martinez 1st 2nd
Columbus Clippers Chad Dorley 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Omaha Storm Chasers Bob Gonzalez 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Charlotte Knights Josh Kuda 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Syracuse Mets Jason Howard 10th 4th(tied) 11th
Indianapolis Indians Jason Paulsen 11th 4th(tied) 12th
Gwinnett Stripers Danny Saravia 12th Danny Saravia 3rd 3rd
Buffalo Bisons Bobby Bermudez 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Worcester Red Sox Cameron Caswell 14th 4th(tied) 14th
Scranton WB RailRiders Jason Freeman 15th 4th(tied) 15th
Nashville Sounds Enrique Soriano 16th (tied) 4th(tied) 16th(tied)
Toledo Mud Hens Denis Pinon 16th (tied) 4th(tied) 16th(tied)
Memphis Redbirds Raul Puentes 18th 4th(tied) 18th
St. Paul Saints Willie Mendoza 19th 4th(tied) 19th
Louisville Bats Franklin Martinez 20th 4th(tied) 20th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charlotte Knights Mike Skinner 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Gwinnett Stripers Scott Klein 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
St. Paul Saints Alberto Paredes 3rd Alberto Paredes 1st 1st
Worcester Red Sox Joham Dahl 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Rochester Red Wings Paul Abell 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs David Schultz 6th 4th(tied) 8th
Syracuse Mets David Colon 7th David Colon 2nd 2nd
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Jeff Kruger 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Norfolk Tides Aaron Everman 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Scranton WB RailRiders Victor Mendez 10th 4th(tied) 11th
Nashville Sounds Mike Annett 11th 4th(tied) 12th
Omaha Storm Chasers Tillmam Fresneda 12th 4th(tied) 13th
Buffalo Bisons Sam Hamilton 13th 4th(tied) 14th
Toledo Mud Hens Antonio Arredondo 14th 4th(tied) 15th
Iowa Cubs Carlos Pina 15th 4th(tied) 16th
Indianapolis Indians Danny Valencia 16th 4th(tied) 17th
Columbus Clippers Danny Alvarez 17th 4th(tied) 18th
Louisville Bats Willie Lopez 18th 4th(tied) 19th
Memphis Redbirds Nelson Galvan 19th 4th(tied) 20th
Durham Bulls Pedro Curiel 20th Chase Porter 3rd 3rd
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Durham Bulls Brian Harris 1st 4th(tied) 4th
St. Paul Saints Jonah Pinkham 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Gwinnett Stripers Scott Clements 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
Worcester Red Sox Troy Prouse 4th Troy Prouse 3rd 3rd
Scranton WB RailRiders Tony Bogran 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Rochester Red Wings Jesse Novack 6th 4th(tied) 8th
Louisville Bats Bill Owens 7th Matt Monger 1st(tied) 1st
Iowa Cubs Luke Speight 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Omaha Storm Chasers Eric Welniak 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Columbus Clippers Danny Cushman 10th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Fernando Fierro 10th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
Syracuse Mets Jonathan Patty 12th 4th(tied) 13th
Toledo Mud Hens Paul Murray 13th 4th(tied) 14th
Buffalo Bisons Alfredo Ballesteros 14th (tied) 4th(tied) 15th(tied)
Memphis Redbirds Ethan Lewis 14th (tied) 4th(tied) 15th(tied)
Indianapolis Indians Nate Henry 16th 4th(tied) 17th
Charlotte Knights Manny Lopez 17th 4th(tied) 18th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Oscar Garza 18th 4th(tied) 19th
Nashville Sounds Mario Jerez 19th Mario Jerez 1st(tied) 2nd
Norfolk Tides Julio Robles 20th 4th(tied) 20th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Gwinnett Stripers Ben Cook 1st 8th(tied) 8th
St. Paul Saints Dave Sambrano 2nd 8th(tied) 9th
Toledo Mud Hens Gilberto Ruiz 3rd 8th(tied) 10th
Worcester Red Sox Eddie Hopson 4th Blaine Ingram 1st 1st
Louisville Bats David Ressler 5th David Ressler 2nd 2nd
Durham Bulls Tim Julius 6th 8th(tied) 11th
Charlotte Knights Eddie Ruff 7th 8th(tied) 12th
Syracuse Mets Ruben Guerrero 8th Ruben Guerrero 4th 3rd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Paul Gigliotti 9th Paul Gigliotti 5th 5th
Memphis Redbirds Juan Madero 10th 8th(tied) 13th
Iowa Cubs Josh Garcia 11th 8th(tied) 14th
Scranton WB RailRiders Mike Kramer 12th Jimmy Nieminen 7th 6th
Rochester Red Wings Dave Zurita 13th 8th(tied) 15th
Omaha Storm Chasers Andy Rodriguez 14th Andy Rodriguez 3rd 4th
Buffalo Bisons Isaiah Cunningham 15th 8th(tied) 16th
Indianapolis Indians David Deubler 16th 8th(tied) 17th
Columbus Clippers Nate Lane 17th 8th(tied) 18th
Norfolk Tides Larry Mermelstein 18th 8th(tied) 19th
Nashville Sounds Mike Willey 19th Jeremy Sheler 6th 7th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 20th 8th(tied) 20th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Eli Montano 1st Jeff Vorpagel 6th(tied) 4th
Durham Bulls Gabe Vargas 2nd Jon Perkins 3rd 3rd
St. Paul Saints Robert Negron 3rd Ian Cole 6th(tied) 7th
Nashville Sounds Matt Stachowiak 4th Ruben Acevedo 13th 13th
Scranton WB RailRiders Dave Garcia 5th Orlando Rivera 15th 14th
Charlotte Knights Tommy Lanning 6th Matt LaPorte 6th(tied) 8th
Iowa Cubs Troy Keyes 7th Nick Reese 6th(tied) 9th
Worcester Red Sox Sheldon Bailey 8th 18th(tied) 18th
Syracuse Mets David Martin 9th 18th(tied) 19th
Buffalo Bisons Ed McCormack 10th Dan Haynes 17th 15th
Toledo Mud Hens Belmiro Casqueiro 11th Brian Stefanopoulos 16th 16th
Norfolk Tides Pete Kumle 12th Marcos Marquez 6th(tied) 10th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jon Beckley 13th Jon Beckley 1st 1st
Gwinnett Stripers Lusala Klouchi 14th Lusala Klouchi 5th 5th
Louisville Bats Eric Guthrie 15th Eric Guthrie 2nd 2nd
Columbus Clippers Rodolfo Flores 16th Danny McCormick 4th 6th
Indianapolis Indians Tony Hernandez 17th Tony Hernandez 6th(tied) 11th
Memphis Redbirds Tim Johnson 18th Nate Hagberg 6th(tied) 12th
Omaha Storm Chasers Gustavo Lopez 19th Luis Cardona 14th 17th
Rochester Red Wings Ben Christie 20th 18th(tied) 20th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Durham Bulls Troy Thomas 1st Marco Razo 6th 1st
Omaha Storm Chasers Mike Byrd 2nd Mike Byrd 7th 2nd
Rochester Red Wings Josh Meyer 3rd 13th(tied) 4th
Iowa Cubs Jerry Shepard 4th Nick Reese 10th 3rd
Charlotte Knights Mark Smith 5th 13th(tied) 7th
Buffalo Bisons Jason Gaddis 6th John McDonald 1st(tied) 5th
Indianapolis Indians Danny Barriga 7th Bobby Smith 1st(tied) 6th
Scranton WB RailRiders Andres Rivera 8th Orlando Rivera 11th 9th
Norfolk Tides Al Rodriguez 9th 13th(tied) 12th
Memphis Redbirds Joe Hay 10th 13th(tied) 13th
Gwinnett Stripers Ted Hernandez 11th Phil Waggoner 9th 11th
Toledo Mud Hens Gianfrancesco Chechi 12th Gianfrancesco Chechi 8th 14th
Nashville Sounds Alex Moreno 13th 13th(tied) 17th
St. Paul Saints Dave Mahoney 14th Danny Picht 12th 15th
Louisville Bats Andy Loftice 15th Paul Brown 1st(tied) 8th
Worcester Red Sox A.J. Blathers 16th 13th(tied) 18th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Justin Fuller 17th Jeff Vorpagel 1st(tied) 10th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Rafael Escobar 18th 13th(tied) 19th
Syracuse Mets Justin Jensen 19th 13th(tied) 20th
Columbus Clippers Jon Pacheco 20th Bill Dixon 1st(tied) 16th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Iowa Cubs Zion Mays 1st Nick Reese 8th 6th
Columbus Clippers Bill Dixon 2nd Bill Dixon 6th 7th
Gwinnett Stripers Glen Blair 3rd Nick Warren 1st(tied) 1st
Scranton WB RailRiders Dave Garcia 4th Orlando Rivera 11th 8th
Memphis Redbirds Cesar Espinal 5th 13th(tied) 13th
Durham Bulls Nate McGowan 6th Peter Fay 1st(tied) 2nd
Norfolk Tides Al Rodriguez 7th 13th(tied) 14th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Ryan Thompson 8th Jeff Vorpagel 1st(tied) 3rd
Nashville Sounds Dillon Fruchter 9th 13th(tied) 15th
Buffalo Bisons John McDonald 10th John McDonald 9th 9th
Worcester Red Sox Dan Cicala 11th 13th(tied) 16th
St. Paul Saints Jason Lavigne 12th Danny Picht 12th 11th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Rafael Escobar 13th 13th(tied) 17th
Rochester Red Wings Taylor Manning 14th 13th(tied) 18th
Charlotte Knights Kyle Robinson 15th 13th(tied) 19th
Syracuse Mets Alex Amaro 16th 13th(tied) 20th
Toledo Mud Hens Nate Murphy 17th Gianfrancesco Chechi 1st(tied) 4th
Omaha Storm Chasers Jeff Rooney 18th Mike Byrd 7th 10th
Indianapolis Indians Jason Yates 19th Jason Yates 10th 12th
Louisville Bats Brent Swann 20th Paul Brown 1st(tied) 5th
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