INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
09/11/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Indianapolis Indians Alex Lopez 1st Alex Lopez 2nd 2nd
Omaha Storm Chasers Lazaro Rodriguez 2nd 9th(tied) 9th
Gwinnett Stripers Rolf Stenger 3rd 9th(tied) 10th
Rochester Red Wings Austin Little 4th Austin Little 6th 4th
Memphis Redbirds Malik Hughes 5th Andrew Webb 1st 1st
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Michael Perry 6th Michael Perry 5th 5th
Buffalo Bisons Brendon Diamond 7th Brendon Diamond 3rd 3rd
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp John Cruz 8th 9th(tied) 11th
Durham Bulls Antonio Solano 9th 9th(tied) 12th
Norfolk Tides Eddy Castillo 10th 9th(tied) 13th
St. Paul Saints Jonathan Reid 11th Jesus Cervantes 8th 7th
Toledo Mud Hens Juan Sandoval 12th 9th(tied) 14th
Charlotte Knights Eric Clancy 13th Eric Clancy 4th 6th
Iowa Cubs Norm Kennedy 14th Pat Sherwood 7th 8th
Nashville Sounds Jared Monsen 15th 9th(tied) 15th
Syracuse Mets Alberto Baez 16th 9th(tied) 16th
Worcester Red Sox Keith Baril 17th 9th(tied) 17th
Louisville Bats Tim Morphew 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Scranton WB RailRiders Erik Dawes 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Columbus Clippers Victor Gonzales 20th 9th(tied) 20th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Francisco Beltran 1st 10th(tied) 9th
St. Paul Saints Billy Thompson 2nd 10th(tied) 10th
Omaha Storm Chasers Brian Collins 3rd Andy Rodriguez 4th 3rd
Syracuse Mets Jason Howard 4th 10th(tied) 12th
Norfolk Tides Justin Floyd 5th Justin Floyd 1st(tied) 1st
Memphis Redbirds Willie Ciaro 6th 10th(tied) 13th
Columbus Clippers Geoff Purser 7th 10th(tied) 14th
Louisville Bats Josh Auston 8th 10th(tied) 15th
Buffalo Bisons Rafael Diaz 9th 10th(tied) 16th
Durham Bulls John Pugliese 10th John Pugliese 5th 4th
Charlotte Knights Adam Bruinsma 11th (tied) 10th(tied) 17th
Iowa Cubs Bill Snowden 11th (tied) Sam Moore 1st(tied) 2nd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Kodai Takase 13th Lee tai hoi Ti 8th 5th
Worcester Red Sox Steve Thomas 14th 10th(tied) 18th
Toledo Mud Hens John Kessell 15th 10th(tied) 19th
Gwinnett Stripers Gérard Rodriguez 16th Gérard Rodriguez 7th 7th
Scranton WB RailRiders Kyle Starcher 17th Mike Turley 6th 6th
Nashville Sounds Carlos Galan 18th 10th(tied) 20th
Rochester Red Wings Justin Johnson 19th Justin Johnson 3rd 8th
Indianapolis Indians Sammy Abraham 20th Sammy Abraham 9th 11th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Bats Alejandro Rios 1st 9th(tied) 9th
Gwinnett Stripers Scott Clements 2nd Dylan Kyle 1st 1st
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Jose Aguilera 3rd 9th(tied) 10th
Columbus Clippers Joel Howell 4th Eric Nowlin 4th 4th
Omaha Storm Chasers Hu Tsui 5th 9th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bisons Ricky Candelaria 6th 9th(tied) 12th
Syracuse Mets Tom Meyer 7th 9th(tied) 13th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Vicente Ortiz 8th Vicente Ortiz 2nd(tied) 2nd
Rochester Red Wings Miguel Rios 9th 9th(tied) 14th
Charlotte Knights Benito Chavez 10th Keith House 5th 5th
Worcester Red Sox Ramiro Cruz 11th 9th(tied) 15th
Norfolk Tides Marcos de Hoyos 12th Marcos de Hoyos 2nd(tied) 3rd
Indianapolis Indians Steve Spears 13th 9th(tied) 16th
Scranton WB RailRiders Jose Paiz 14th Jeff Ferris 7th 6th
Toledo Mud Hens Ijsbrand Smit 15th 9th(tied) 17th
Durham Bulls Travis Fox 16th 9th(tied) 18th
Memphis Redbirds Raul Puentes 17th 9th(tied) 19th
Iowa Cubs Brad Collie 18th 9th(tied) 20th
St. Paul Saints Jonathan Satterlee 19th Jonathan Satterlee 8th 7th
Nashville Sounds Mitch Howell 20th Mitch Howell 6th 8th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Clippers Jeremy Cromer 1st 6th(tied) 3rd
Syracuse Mets Esteban Perez 2nd Esteban Perez 2nd 2nd
Scranton WB RailRiders Diego Taschini 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Nashville Sounds Chris Birkhold 4th 6th(tied) 8th
Durham Bulls Ron Brakebill 5th Ron Brakebill 1st 1st
Louisville Bats Ryan Tucker 6th 6th(tied) 9th
Buffalo Bisons Manny Lopez 7th 6th(tied) 10th
Toledo Mud Hens Chris Brazelton 8th Chris Brazelton 4th 4th
Indianapolis Indians Alex Chavez 9th 6th(tied) 11th
Charlotte Knights Miguel Lugo 10th 6th(tied) 12th
Worcester Red Sox Ed Lowe 11th 6th(tied) 13th
St. Paul Saints Antonio Martinez 12th 6th(tied) 14th
Memphis Redbirds Nestor Sarmiento 13th 6th(tied) 15th
Omaha Storm Chasers Dan Castillo 14th Dan Castillo 5th 6th
Rochester Red Wings Ivan Delgado 15th 6th(tied) 16th
Gwinnett Stripers Ricardo Garcia 16th Danny Saravia 3rd 5th
Norfolk Tides Orlando Perez 17th 6th(tied) 17th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp John Norris 18th 6th(tied) 18th
Iowa Cubs Gregoire Cellini 19th 6th(tied) 19th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 20th 6th(tied) 20th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Nashville Sounds John Manning 1st 8th(tied) 7th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Adam Torgeson 2nd Brent Martinez 1st 1st
Columbus Clippers Chad Dorley 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
Charlotte Knights Pat O'Neil 4th 8th(tied) 10th
Omaha Storm Chasers Juan Varela 5th 8th(tied) 11th
Scranton WB RailRiders Jason Freeman 6th 8th(tied) 12th
Durham Bulls Raul Roa 7th Raul Roa 5th 2nd
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Brennan Vasquez 8th 8th(tied) 13th
Iowa Cubs Danny Rubio 9th 8th(tied) 14th
Syracuse Mets Tommy Davidson 10th 8th(tied) 15th
Rochester Red Wings Jason Wilson 11th 8th(tied) 16th
St. Paul Saints Willie Mendoza 12th 8th(tied) 17th
Memphis Redbirds Vinny Rodriguez 13th Vinny Rodriguez 6th 5th
Buffalo Bisons Alec Burnell 14th 8th(tied) 18th
Gwinnett Stripers Jon Duty 15th Jon Duty 2nd 3rd
Toledo Mud Hens Willie Honesto 16th 8th(tied) 19th
Indianapolis Indians Eric Webb 17th Eric Webb 3rd 4th
Norfolk Tides Bobby Waring 18th 8th(tied) 20th
Louisville Bats Kyle Ciolkosz 19th Kyle Ciolkosz 4th 6th
Worcester Red Sox Jon Dohrman 20th Jon Dohrman 7th 8th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lehigh Valley IronPigs David Schultz 1st Bobby Young 2nd 2nd
Memphis Redbirds Manny Sanchez 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Gwinnett Stripers Nicholas Pedersen 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Syracuse Mets David Colon 4th David Colon 3rd 3rd
Louisville Bats Aaron Minor 5th 7th(tied) 9th
Worcester Red Sox Jordan Tavera 6th Jordan Tavera 5th 4th
St. Paul Saints Aaron Everman 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Charlotte Knights Mike Stoffel 8th 7th(tied) 11th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Jamie Collins 9th 7th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bisons Tony Quezada 10th 7th(tied) 13th
Scranton WB RailRiders Tony Bogran 11th 7th(tied) 14th
Indianapolis Indians Miguel Fana 12th 7th(tied) 15th
Rochester Red Wings Roberto Rodriguez 13th 7th(tied) 16th
Durham Bulls Chase Porter 14th (tied) Chase Porter 4th 5th
Omaha Storm Chasers Brian Wilson 14th (tied) 7th(tied) 17th
Columbus Clippers Danny Cushman 16th 7th(tied) 18th
Nashville Sounds Mario Jerez 17th Mario Jerez 1st 1st
Norfolk Tides Sean Boldrey 18th 7th(tied) 19th
Iowa Cubs Lee Margolis 19th Jorge Cavazos 6th 6th
Toledo Mud Hens Andy Miller 20th 7th(tied) 20th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Mud Hens Chris Grover 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Worcester Red Sox Troy Prouse 2nd Troy Prouse 1st 1st
Columbus Clippers Cody Reinsch 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Omaha Storm Chasers Bryan Beebe 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Louisville Bats Ramiro Rosario 5th 5th(tied) 8th
Charlotte Knights Scott Miller 6th 5th(tied) 9th
Nashville Sounds Jeremy Sheler 7th Jeremy Sheler 2nd 2nd
Syracuse Mets Jonathan Patty 8th 5th(tied) 10th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Fernando Fierro 9th 5th(tied) 11th
Iowa Cubs Angel Centino 10th 5th(tied) 12th
Gwinnett Stripers Matt Cullen 11th 5th(tied) 13th
Norfolk Tides Scott Busch 12th 5th(tied) 14th
Buffalo Bisons Mario Becerra 13th Mark Skinner 4th 3rd
Rochester Red Wings Eli Carrizales 14th 5th(tied) 15th
Durham Bulls Noah Cojocaru 15th 5th(tied) 16th
Memphis Redbirds Ethan Lewis 16th 5th(tied) 17th
St. Paul Saints Omar Flores 17th 5th(tied) 18th
Scranton WB RailRiders Steve Barefoot 18th Sean Romano 3rd 4th
Indianapolis Indians Rob Hernandez 19th 5th(tied) 19th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Bill Jones 20th 5th(tied) 20th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Omaha Storm Chasers Eric Lancaster 1st 9th(tied) 9th
Louisville Bats David Ressler 2nd David Ressler 1st(tied) 1st
Syracuse Mets Ruben Guerrero 3rd Ruben Guerrero 1st(tied) 2nd
Gwinnett Stripers Dam Thu 4th 9th(tied) 10th
Iowa Cubs Josh Garcia 5th 9th(tied) 11th
Charlotte Knights Chris Norman 6th (tied) 9th(tied) 12th(tied)
St. Paul Saints Guadalupe Solano 6th (tied) 9th(tied) 12th(tied)
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Ian Koonce 8th 9th(tied) 14th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Paul Gigliotti 9th Paul Gigliotti 5th 3rd
Memphis Redbirds Juan Madero 10th 9th(tied) 15th
Toledo Mud Hens David Hernandez 11th 9th(tied) 16th
Worcester Red Sox Chris Mendez 12th Blaine Ingram 6th 5th
Scranton WB RailRiders Jimmy Nieminen 13th Jimmy Nieminen 4th 4th
Rochester Red Wings Jordan Villanueva 14th 9th(tied) 17th
Indianapolis Indians David Deubler 15th David Deubler 7th 6th
Buffalo Bisons Sam Hamilton 16th 9th(tied) 18th
Norfolk Tides Jon Smith 17th 9th(tied) 19th
Durham Bulls Nick Matousek 18th Brent Bowker 8th 8th
Columbus Clippers Bryan Everett 19th 9th(tied) 20th
Nashville Sounds Shiro Koyama 20th Riley Haas 3rd 7th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Durham Bulls Peter Fay 1st Jon Perkins 5th 4th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Alex Rosser 2nd Aaron Lewis 6th(tied) 6th
St. Paul Saints Jairo Hernandez 3rd Ian Cole 14th 13th
Worcester Red Sox Sheldon Bailey 4th 19th(tied) 19th
Toledo Mud Hens Josh Lajaunie 5th Jim Johnson 6th(tied) 7th
Louisville Bats Miguel Cruz 6th Shane Sorensen 6th(tied) 8th
Charlotte Knights John Hulak 7th Gerardo Ortega 16th 14th
Memphis Redbirds Tim Johnson 8th Nate Hagberg 6th(tied) 9th
Indianapolis Indians Felipe Claudio 9th Cody Breeden 17th 16th
Scranton WB RailRiders Dave Garcia 10th Nick Horlacher 3rd 3rd
Nashville Sounds Ruben Acevedo 11th Ruben Acevedo 13th 15th
Iowa Cubs Troy Keyes 12th Mario Trevino 6th(tied) 10th
Norfolk Tides Marcos Marquez 13th Marcos Marquez 6th(tied) 11th
Syracuse Mets Bernie Zambrano 14th 19th(tied) 20th
Rochester Red Wings Angelo Bernal 15th Travis Beasley 18th 18th
Gwinnett Stripers Rich Leinbach 16th Angel Gomez 1st 1st
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Brian Ashley 17th Andres Hernandez 4th 5th
Omaha Storm Chasers Danny Martinez 18th Luis Cardona 15th 17th
Columbus Clippers David Ward 19th Jon Kmiec 2nd 2nd
Buffalo Bisons Nick McPherson 20th Dan Haynes 6th(tied) 12th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Durham Bulls Andy Amari 1st Marco Razo 3rd 1st
Omaha Storm Chasers Mike Byrd 2nd Mike Byrd 4th 2nd
Indianapolis Indians Danny Barriga 3rd Jason Yates 7th 4th
Memphis Redbirds Dan Woodward 4th Dan Woodward 1st(tied) 3rd
Norfolk Tides Seth Carter 5th Mario Bautista 11th 5th
Syracuse Mets James Catillo 6th Josh Regula 15th 6th
Buffalo Bisons Walt Sterrett 7th Andy Hudson 12th 7th
Charlotte Knights Mark Smith 8th Sam Warden 9th 8th
Scranton WB RailRiders Andres Rivera 9th John Westman 14th 9th
Rochester Red Wings Kevin Yoder 10th Travis Beasley 13th 10th
Louisville Bats Andy Loftice 11th 16th(tied) 13th
Toledo Mud Hens Gianfrancesco Chechi 12th Gianfrancesco Chechi 5th 11th
Worcester Red Sox Dave Garrett 13th 16th(tied) 14th
Gwinnett Stripers Phil Waggoner 14th Phil Waggoner 6th 12th
Iowa Cubs Dave Reyes 15th 16th(tied) 18th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Nelek Kubica 16th Nelek Kubica 8th 15th
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Justin Fuller 17th Jamie Piotrowski 10th 16th
Columbus Clippers Jon Pacheco 18th Travis Lau 1st(tied) 17th
St. Paul Saints Bernie Pereyra 19th 16th(tied) 19th
Nashville Sounds Roberto Gonzalez 20th 16th(tied) 20th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Matt Wood 1st Jamie Piotrowski 11th 7th
Buffalo Bisons Jason Gaddis 2nd Andy Hudson 13th 8th
Durham Bulls Nate McGowan 3rd Marco Razo 6th 6th
Omaha Storm Chasers Carlos Vasquez 4th Mike Byrd 7th 9th
Iowa Cubs George Sylvester 5th (tied) 16th(tied) 14th
Norfolk Tides Al Rodriguez 5th (tied) Mario Bautista 12th 10th
St. Paul Saints Dave Mahoney 7th 16th(tied) 16th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Nelek Kubica 8th Nelek Kubica 9th 11th
Worcester Red Sox Dan Cicala 9th 16th(tied) 18th
Indianapolis Indians Jeff Fay 10th Jason Yates 8th 12th
Toledo Mud Hens Nate Murphy 11th Gianfrancesco Chechi 2nd(tied) 2nd
Gwinnett Stripers Jon McDaniel 12th Nick Warren 1st 1st
Memphis Redbirds Melvin Aguirre 13th Dan Woodward 2nd(tied) 3rd
Scranton WB RailRiders Yoshimitsu Yoshihara 14th Brian DiCicco 2nd(tied) 4th
Charlotte Knights Sam Warden 15th Sam Warden 10th 13th
Nashville Sounds Josh Bloomer 16th 16th(tied) 19th
Louisville Bats Roberto Mata 17th 16th(tied) 20th
Syracuse Mets Josh Regula 18th Josh Regula 15th 15th
Columbus Clippers Steve Palmer 19th Travis Lau 2nd(tied) 5th
Rochester Red Wings Corey Saracino 20th Travis Beasley 14th 17th
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