MIDWEST LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
09/11/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Beloit Snappers Brady Gillette 1st Anderson Olson 1st(tied) 1st
West Michigan Whitecaps Ryan Battaglia 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Frank Godines 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Lansing Lugnuts Mario Carrasco 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Peoria Chiefs Jesse Carroll 5th Tony Vasquez 4th 3rd
Great Lakes Loons Mike Carter 6th Marc Hancock 1st(tied) 2nd
South Bend Cubs Humberto Bautista 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Andres Arredondo 8th Devin Walsh 3rd 4th
Lake County Captains Travis Eisenberg 9th (tied) 5th(tied) 9th(tied)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Frank Weiss 9th (tied) 5th(tied) 9th(tied)
Dayton Dragons Kenny Noto 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Quad Cities River Bandits Gary Parker 12th 5th(tied) 12th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts David Pierce 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Dayton Dragons Miguel Torres 2nd Jordan Gomez 1st 1st
Lake County Captains Kenny Carlson 3rd Kenny Carlson 4th 2nd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Mario Perez 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Gregorio Arzola 5th 6th(tied) 8th
South Bend Cubs Nate McConnell 6th Nate McConnell 3rd 3rd
Peoria Chiefs Noe Miranda 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Great Lakes Loons Dustin Petrascu 8th Jay Steele 2nd 4th
Beloit Snappers Toby Hare 9th Toby Hare 5th 5th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Joel Leija 10th 6th(tied) 10th
West Michigan Whitecaps Brian Butler 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Quad Cities River Bandits Bill Caho 12th 6th(tied) 12th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Jim McSorley 1st 7th(tied) 5th
Beloit Snappers John McLaughlin 2nd John McLaughlin 1st 1st
Cedar Rapids Kernels Dave Salway 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Great Lakes Loons Brad Padgette 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Chris Fitzpatrick 5th 7th(tied) 10th
Lake County Captains Will Robinson 6th 7th(tied) 11th
West Michigan Whitecaps Kevin Levick 7th Kevin Levick 6th 4th
Dayton Dragons Chris Batterton 8th Chris Batterton 5th 3rd
South Bend Cubs Pat Myers 9th Bill Gonzales 2nd 2nd
Peoria Chiefs Andy Carra 10th 7th(tied) 12th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Lew Brown 11th Lew Brown 4th 7th
Quad Cities River Bandits Joe Mallard 12th Joe Mallard 3rd 6th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Jose Almazo 1st 5th(tied) 1st
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jerry Marsh 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Lake County Captains Billy Gloss 3rd 5th(tied) 7th
West Michigan Whitecaps Brooks Robinson 4th 5th(tied) 8th
South Bend Cubs Nick Bowen 5th 5th(tied) 9th
Beloit Snappers Ryan Braxton 6th Ryan Braxton 4th 5th
Quad Cities River Bandits Chris Davenport 7th Chris Levin 1st 2nd
Dayton Dragons Bryan McNamara 8th Matt Moore 3rd 3rd(tied)
Great Lakes Loons Allen Thompson 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Robert Guerra 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Pedro Cuevas 11th Pedro Cuevas 2nd 3rd(tied)
Peoria Chiefs Elijah Ben 12th 5th(tied) 12th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Ezra Shay 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Beloit Snappers Chad Wilson 2nd Chad Wilson 5th 2nd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Ryan Shaffner 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Dayton Dragons Erik Edwards 4th Erik Edwards 4th 3rd
Great Lakes Loons Kevin Smith 5th 6th(tied) 8th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Adam Walker 6th 6th(tied) 9th
Quad Cities River Bandits Zack Moore 7th Chris Smith 1st 1st
Lake County Captains Cole Walter 8th Cole Walter 2nd 4th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Ernie Jarema 9th Ernie Jarema 3rd 5th
South Bend Cubs Alfonso Molina 10th 6th(tied) 10th
West Michigan Whitecaps Jerry Miller 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Peoria Chiefs Daniel Torrez 12th 6th(tied) 12th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Jim Rizk 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Quad Cities River Bandits Ricardo Hernandez 2nd Ricardo Hernandez 3rd 1st
Dayton Dragons Jon Vizcarondo 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Lake County Captains Juan Mena 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Will Purifoy 5th 7th(tied) 10th
South Bend Cubs Marcus Brown 6th 7th(tied) 11th
Beloit Snappers John Matthews 7th (tied) 7th(tied) 12th
Great Lakes Loons Dave Aemisegger 7th (tied) Dave Aemisegger 2nd 2nd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Danny Collard 9th Dave Marlow 4th 4th
Peoria Chiefs Rudolf Lynch 10th Rudolf Lynch 6th 5th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Josh Gooch 11th Josh Gooch 1st 3rd
West Michigan Whitecaps Brenden McFaul 12th Brenden McFaul 5th 6th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Tony Cruz 1st 8th(tied) 6th
Dayton Dragons David Ventura 2nd David Ventura 6th 3rd
Great Lakes Loons Scott Bottazzi 3rd Scott Bottazzi 3rd 1st
Beloit Snappers Pete Hall 4th Pete Hall 4th 2nd
Peoria Chiefs Jared Silverstone 5th 8th(tied) 9th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Cliff Worley 6th Cliff Worley 2nd 4th
Quad Cities River Bandits Jose Sequeira 7th 8th(tied) 10th
West Michigan Whitecaps Jonathan Ferguson 8th 8th(tied) 11th
Lake County Captains Jonah Garcia 9th Jonah Garcia 1st 5th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jose Marquez 10th Willie Vazquez 5th 7th
South Bend Cubs Jon Sotelo 11th 8th(tied) 12th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Chris Atkins 12th Chris Atkins 7th 8th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Chase Shepard 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Beloit Snappers Gary Batie 2nd Gary Batie 5th 4th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Malcolm Konke 3rd Johnny Reyes 3rd 1st
Dayton Dragons Bryan Clark 4th Bryan Clark 1st 2nd
Great Lakes Loons Giovanni Stanton 5th Giovanni Stanton 2nd 3rd
South Bend Cubs Alex Carrillo 6th 6th(tied) 7th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Ricardo Garcia 7th 6th(tied) 8th
Quad Cities River Bandits Cesar Najera 8th 6th(tied) 9th
Lake County Captains Gilberto Ramos 9th 6th(tied) 10th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Bob Weber 10th Bob Weber 4th 5th
Peoria Chiefs Mario Prado 11th 6th(tied) 11th
West Michigan Whitecaps Eddie Millard 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 1st 1st
Cedar Rapids Kernels Adan McClendon 2nd Adan McClendon 5th(tied) 5th
Beloit Snappers Ryan Betancourt 3rd Eric Caldwell 2nd 2nd
Dayton Dragons Mike Meloche 4th Brent Frost 4th 4th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Mike Wilkinson 5th Bill Griffin 5th(tied) 6th
Lake County Captains Chris Jaramillo 6th Jason Gilbertson 5th(tied) 7th
Lansing Lugnuts Diego Lopez 7th 10th(tied) 9th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Matt Andersen 8th Andy White 3rd 3rd
West Michigan Whitecaps Carlos Quintanilla 9th 10th(tied) 11th
South Bend Cubs Alex Castillo 10th 10th(tied) 12th
Peoria Chiefs Rich Kasch 11th Gary Lodge 8th 8th
Quad Cities River Bandits Dave Gutierrez 12th Bobby Hyacinthe 9th 10th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jose Alas 1st 7th(tied) 5th
Peoria Chiefs Mike Ferris 2nd Mike Ferris 2nd(tied) 1st
Quad Cities River Bandits Brett Walter 3rd Brett Walter 2nd(tied) 2nd
South Bend Cubs Bobby Kent 4th Chris Braun Jr. 2nd(tied) 3rd
West Michigan Whitecaps Dustin Hardy 5th 7th(tied) 6th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jose Rodriguez 6th 7th(tied) 7th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Raul Palestino 7th Raul Palestino 1st 4th
Lake County Captains Jeremy Thompson 8th 7th(tied) 8th
Lansing Lugnuts Jorge Solano 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Beloit Snappers Eric Kelly 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Dayton Dragons Mike Personette 11th Mike Neuhauser 5th 9th
Great Lakes Loons Matt Manning 12th John Arnone 6th 12th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Brett Rowe 1st 7th(tied) 5th
Beloit Snappers Ryan Betancourt 2nd 7th(tied) 8th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Ivan Torres 3rd 7th(tied) 9th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jose Alas 4th 7th(tied) 10th
Dayton Dragons Mike Neuhauser 5th Mike Neuhauser 4th 3rd
Great Lakes Loons Bobby Swafford 6th John Arnone 6th 7th
South Bend Cubs Nate Cross 7th Nate Cross 3rd 4th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Rich Parker 8th Rich Parker 5th 6th
Peoria Chiefs Kyle Agent 9th Kyle Agent 2nd 2nd
West Michigan Whitecaps Omar Estrada 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Lake County Captains Nate White 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Quad Cities River Bandits Matt Wozniak 12th Brett Walter 1st 1st
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