MIDWEST LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
06/16/2026
 
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
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jason Frost 5th 4th(tied) 8th
Peoria Chiefs Francisco Aranda 6th 4th(tied) 9th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Myles Rubis 7th Bobby Merrill 2nd 1st
Lake County Captains Pat Bridges 8th Pat Bridges 3rd 3rd
Fort Wayne TinCaps Andres Arredondo 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Quad Cities River Bandits Eric Allen 10th 4th(tied) 11th
Great Lakes Loons Jay Steele 11th Jay Steele 1st 2nd
South Bend Cubs Gavin Gorham 12th 4th(tied) 12th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Bill Gaines 1st 9th(tied) 8th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Curt Ford 2nd Ignác Rozec 4th 1st
West Michigan Whitecaps Jon Levinson 3rd Bob Merlo 6th 4th
Dayton Dragons Miguel Torres 4th Bryan Clark 2nd 2nd
Lake County Captains Kenny Carlson 5th Kenny Carlson 5th 3rd
Great Lakes Loons Roberto Hernandez 6th Dustin Petrascu 8th 5th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Gregorio Arzola 7th 9th(tied) 10th
Beloit Snappers Chris Heck 8th Chris Heck 3rd 6th
Quad Cities River Bandits Ron Sheppard 9th 9th(tied) 11th
South Bend Cubs Bob Taylor 10th 9th(tied) 12th
Peoria Chiefs Greg Turner 11th Greg Turner 1st 7th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Chris Atkins 12th Chris Atkins 7th 9th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Jim McSorley 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Beloit Snappers John McLaughlin 2nd John McLaughlin 2nd 2nd
Dayton Dragons Adam Petty 3rd Jordan Gomez 3rd 3rd
Lake County Captains Justin Potvin 4th 7th(tied) 8th
Great Lakes Loons Ross Paterson 5th 7th(tied) 9th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Orlando Cabrero 6th 7th(tied) 10th
Peoria Chiefs Rogelio Acosta 7th 7th(tied) 11th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Zaccaria Acquaviva 8th Dave Marlow 4th 4th
West Michigan Whitecaps Kevin Levick 9th Kevin Levick 6th 5th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Tim Moser 10th Nick Suydam 1st 1st
Quad Cities River Bandits Juan Simo 11th Juan Simo 5th 6th
South Bend Cubs Jon Thomas 12th 7th(tied) 12th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Jose Almazo 1st 5th(tied) 2nd
Lake County Captains Travis Johnson 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Beloit Snappers Justin Keane 3rd 5th(tied) 7th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Ken Mynard 4th Ken Mynard 1st 1st
Dayton Dragons Edgar Esparza 5th 5th(tied) 8th
South Bend Cubs Nick Bowen 6th 5th(tied) 9th
Quad Cities River Bandits Tommy Westover 7th Tommy Westover 2nd 3rd
West Michigan Whitecaps Cruz de Jesus 8th Ruben Bustamante 3rd 4th
Peoria Chiefs Mike Hopkins 9th Mike Hopkins 4th 5th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Konstantin Miller 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Great Lakes Loons Johnny Diaz 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Will Shaffer 12th 5th(tied) 12th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Ezra Shay 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Dayton Dragons Carlos Romero 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jerry Marsh 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Lake County Captains Ji-hu Yoon 4th 3rd(tied) 6th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jonathan Satterlee 5th Jonathan Satterlee 1st 1st
West Michigan Whitecaps Nate Natoli 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
Beloit Snappers Matt Barell 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
Peoria Chiefs David Corral 8th 3rd(tied) 9th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Juan Ruiz 9th Lew Brown 2nd 2nd
Great Lakes Loons Marco Montejano 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Quad Cities River Bandits Jody Hodges 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
South Bend Cubs Brandon Flowers 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Jordan Guzman 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Eduardo Fidalgo 2nd Jason Roach 5th 1st
West Michigan Whitecaps Andy Miller 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Lake County Captains Juan Mena 4th 6th(tied) 8th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Eric Frey 5th Eric Frey 1st 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Riley Ludwig 6th 6th(tied) 9th
Great Lakes Loons Edwin Valenzuela 7th Edwin Valenzuela 2nd 3rd
Beloit Snappers John Matthews 8th 6th(tied) 10th
Peoria Chiefs Dustin Hayward 9th 6th(tied) 11th
Quad Cities River Bandits Austin Gunther 10th Austin Gunther 4th 4th
Dayton Dragons Jose Chavez 11th Jose Chavez 3rd 5th
South Bend Cubs Ramon Siguenza 12th 6th(tied) 12th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Tony Cruz 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Great Lakes Loons Josh Robinson 2nd Giovanni Stanton 2nd 2nd
Beloit Snappers Jimmy Alderman 3rd Pete Hall 1st 1st
Fort Wayne TinCaps Lee Knauss 4th Willie Vazquez 3rd 3rd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Tatsunori Sakai 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Dayton Dragons David Ventura 6th David Ventura 4th 4th
Peoria Chiefs Chris Hauck 7th 5th(tied) 7th
South Bend Cubs Marcus Brown 8th 5th(tied) 8th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Israel Figueroa 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Quad Cities River Bandits Justin Dabrowska 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Lake County Captains Jon Mastin 11th 5th(tied) 11th
West Michigan Whitecaps Mike Cruz 12th 5th(tied) 12th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Chase Shepard 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Great Lakes Loons Chris Dobson 2nd Mike Gonzalez 3rd 1st
Peoria Chiefs Kidanu Niamoja 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Lake County Captains Jeff Mahar 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Beloit Snappers Mike Hitchcock 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Dayton Dragons Dan Hagler 6th (tied) 4th(tied) 8th(tied)
Fort Wayne TinCaps Eddie McGovern 6th (tied) 4th(tied) 8th(tied)
Cedar Rapids Kernels Ricardo Garcia 8th 4th(tied) 10th
South Bend Cubs Ricardo Ulloa 9th Alex Flores 1st 2nd
West Michigan Whitecaps Chris Sweet 10th 4th(tied) 11th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Jody Garcia 11th Brad Fabrizio 2nd 3rd
Quad Cities River Bandits Alejandro Abiga 12th 4th(tied) 12th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lake County Captains Tom Bedard 1st Tom Bedard 4th(tied) 4th
Great Lakes Loons Taylor Loder 2nd Taylor Loder 4th(tied) 5th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jose Valdez 3rd Bill Griffin 4th(tied) 6th
Quad Cities River Bandits Tyler Gamble 4th Jamie Nelson 4th(tied) 7th
Dayton Dragons Manuel Sola 5th Arnold Edlich 1st 1st
South Bend Cubs Robert Perez 6th Robert Perez 4th(tied) 8th
West Michigan Whitecaps Chris DeMinico 7th Josh Stauber 4th(tied) 9th
Lansing Lugnuts Diego Lopez 8th 12th 12th
Beloit Snappers Corbin Crawford 9th Eric Caldwell 4th(tied) 10th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Alfonso Gonzales 10th Alfonso Gonzales 2nd 2nd
Peoria Chiefs Matt Norman 11th Matt Norman 3rd 3rd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Sam Davis 12th Jason James 11th 11th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Peoria Chiefs Matt Coryell 1st Branden Glover 7th 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jose Rodriguez 2nd Nick Hirsch 4th 1st
West Michigan Whitecaps Pablo Trujillo 3rd Aaron Russell 3rd 3rd
South Bend Cubs Ruben Rivera 4th Nate Cross 1st 4th
Quad Cities River Bandits Danny Hynds 5th Josh Joinville 8th 5th
Lake County Captains Jeremy Thompson 6th Eduardo Vargas 6th 6th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Tom Smith 7th Tom Smith 5th 7th
Lansing Lugnuts Jorge Solano 8th 9th(tied) 8th
Beloit Snappers Eric Kelly 9th 9th(tied) 9th
Great Lakes Loons Abraão Boal 10th 9th(tied) 11th
Fort Wayne TinCaps David McDonald 11th 9th(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 9th(tied) 8th
Peoria Chiefs Mike Ferris 2nd Mike Ferris 2nd 1st
Lake County Captains Chris Jaramillo 3rd Eduardo Vargas 6th 4th
Dayton Dragons Mike Neuhauser 4th Mike Neuhauser 3rd 2nd
Fort Wayne TinCaps Al Goguen 5th 9th(tied) 10th
Great Lakes Loons Julio Sanchez 6th 9th(tied) 11th
South Bend Cubs Nate Cross 7th Nate Cross 1st 3rd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Rich Parker 8th Rich Parker 7th 7th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Nick Hirsch 9th Nick Hirsch 5th 5th
Quad Cities River Bandits Josh Joinville 10th Josh Joinville 8th 9th
Beloit Snappers Brian Edgar 11th 9th(tied) 12th
West Michigan Whitecaps Aaron Russell 12th Aaron Russell 4th 6th
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