MIDWEST LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/05/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Beloit Snappers Tom Crank 1st Manny Rivera 2nd 2nd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Jared Monsen 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
South Bend Cubs Pete Beattie 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Dayton Dragons Adam Dockery 4th 4th(tied) 6th
West Michigan Whitecaps Manuel Morejon 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Peoria Chiefs Chris Hauck 6th 4th(tied) 8th
Lake County Captains Karl Schreiber 7th Pat Bridges 3rd 3rd
Lansing Lugnuts Mario Carrasco 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jason Frost 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Quad Cities River Bandits Jeff Seaman 10th 4th(tied) 11th
Great Lakes Loons Mike Carter 11th Jay Steele 1st 1st
Fort Wayne TinCaps Andres Arredondo 12th 4th(tied) 12th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dayton Dragons Ben Derryberry 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Lansing Lugnuts Bill Gaines 2nd 8th(tied) 9th
Lake County Captains Larry George 3rd 8th(tied) 10th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Edgar Salazar 4th Pedro Cuevas 1st 1st
West Michigan Whitecaps Jon Levinson 5th 8th(tied) 11th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Gregorio Arzola 6th Carlos Lopez 6th 3rd
South Bend Cubs Manny Bedoya 7th Nate McConnell 2nd 2nd
Beloit Snappers Zhao-hui Ban 8th Toby Hare 4th 4th
Quad Cities River Bandits Pavlik Makanin 9th 8th(tied) 12th
Great Lakes Loons Dustin Petrascu 10th Dustin Petrascu 7th 6th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Ignác Rozec 11th Ignác Rozec 3rd 5th
Peoria Chiefs Ryan Chambers 12th Salvador Bonilla 5th 7th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Jim McSorley 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Beloit Snappers Jose Paiz 2nd 8th(tied) 9th
Dayton Dragons Adam Petty 3rd Marvin Thomas 6th 3rd
Lake County Captains Aidan McCaskill 4th Brian King 2nd 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jonathan Satterlee 5th Jonathan Satterlee 5th 4th
Peoria Chiefs Rogelio Acosta 6th 8th(tied) 10th
Quad Cities River Bandits Ronnie Hench 7th Juan Simo 1st 1st
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Zaccaria Acquaviva 8th Shamar Ceaser 4th 5th
West Michigan Whitecaps Kevin Levick 9th Kevin Levick 7th 7th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Chris Fitzpatrick 10th 8th(tied) 11th
South Bend Cubs Ted Harding 11th 8th(tied) 12th
Great Lakes Loons Allen Thompson 12th Justin Bernabei 3rd 6th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Jose Almazo 1st 4th(tied) 3rd
Lake County Captains Travis Johnson 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Beloit Snappers Daniel Smith 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Sonny Waters 4th Josh Radzik 2nd 2nd
West Michigan Whitecaps Dave Tennant 5th Dave Tennant 1st 1st
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jerry Marsh 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Dayton Dragons Chris Braid 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Peoria Chiefs Mario Nieves 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Gabe Lenz 9th Russ Garner 3rd 4th
Quad Cities River Bandits Jody Hodges 10th 4th(tied) 10th
South Bend Cubs Bob Taylor 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Great Lakes Loons Earl Ovalle 12th 4th(tied) 12th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
South Bend Cubs Danny Rubio 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Ben Swanson 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Lansing Lugnuts Ezra Shay 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Dayton Dragons Carlos Romero 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Tatsunori Sakai 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Beloit Snappers Norm Tieman 6th (tied) 2nd(tied) 7th(tied)
Lake County Captains Justin Potvin 6th (tied) 2nd(tied) 7th(tied)
West Michigan Whitecaps Nate Natoli 8th 2nd(tied) 9th
Peoria Chiefs Cory Gunther 9th 2nd(tied) 10th
Quad Cities River Bandits Ben Tish 10th 2nd(tied) 11th
Great Lakes Loons Johnny Diaz 11th 2nd(tied) 12th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jesse Kness 12th Jesse Kness 1st 1st
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Jordan Guzman 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Tim Gentry 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Perry Thomas 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
Peoria Chiefs John Spinks 4th 4th(tied) 7th
Quad Cities River Bandits Ricky Delgado 5th Ricky Archuleta 1st(tied) 1st
West Michigan Whitecaps Jose Medina 6th 4th(tied) 8th
Great Lakes Loons Edwin Valenzuela 7th Edwin Valenzuela 3rd 3rd
Beloit Snappers John Matthews 8th 4th(tied) 9th
South Bend Cubs Ricardo Ulloa 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Johnny Reyes 10th R.J. Kirkwood 1st(tied) 2nd
Dayton Dragons Jordan Moore 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Lake County Captains Juan Mena 12th 4th(tied) 12th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Tony Cruz 1st 5th(tied) 4th(tied)
Cedar Rapids Kernels Omar Flores 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Great Lakes Loons Kyle Osborn 3rd 5th(tied) 7th
West Michigan Whitecaps Antonio Gomez 4th Antonio Gomez 1st 1st
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Israel Figueroa 5th 5th(tied) 8th
Dayton Dragons Craig McReynolds 6th Craig McReynolds 2nd 2nd
South Bend Cubs Marcus Brown 7th Ben Richards 4th 3rd
Fort Wayne TinCaps George Felts 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Beloit Snappers Pete Hall 9th Pete Hall 3rd 4th(tied)
Quad Cities River Bandits Cesar Najera 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Lake County Captains Jon Mastin 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Peoria Chiefs Mario Prado 12th 5th(tied) 12th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jeremy Hewett 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Lansing Lugnuts Jim Rizk 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Quad Cities River Bandits Oscar Garza 3rd 5th(tied) 7th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Eric Frey 4th Eric Frey 2nd 2nd
Lake County Captains Jeff Mahar 5th 5th(tied) 8th
South Bend Cubs Sam Moore 6th Sam Moore 3rd 3rd
Great Lakes Loons Giovanni Stanton 7th Dave Aemisegger 1st 1st
Cedar Rapids Kernels Ricardo Garcia 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Peoria Chiefs Matt Peale 9th 5th(tied) 10th
West Michigan Whitecaps Chris Sweet 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Dayton Dragons David Ventura 11th David Ventura 4th 4th
Beloit Snappers Jason Looby 12th 5th(tied) 12th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dayton Dragons Yasukazu Tanaka 1st Arnold Edlich 1st 1st
Fort Wayne TinCaps Johnny Salazar 2nd Johnny Salazar 4th(tied) 4th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Brian Blackburn 3rd 10th(tied) 10th
Great Lakes Loons Taylor Loder 4th Taylor Loder 4th(tied) 5th
Lake County Captains Tom Bedard 5th Tom Bedard 4th(tied) 6th
South Bend Cubs Scott Terra 6th Robert Perez 9th 9th
Peoria Chiefs Jeremy Hurlson 7th Matt Norman 4th(tied) 7th
Beloit Snappers Bill Haggard 8th Eric Caldwell 8th 8th
West Michigan Whitecaps Chris DeMinico 9th Jim Johnson 3rd 2nd
Quad Cities River Bandits Eddie Medina 10th 10th(tied) 11th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Alfonso Gonzales 11th Alfonso Gonzales 2nd 3rd
Lansing Lugnuts Diego Lopez 12th 10th(tied) 12th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Peoria Chiefs Jose Vasquez 1st Mike Ferris 1st 1st
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jose Lopez 2nd 7th(tied) 2nd
South Bend Cubs Dave Reyes 3rd Ryan Gibson 5th 3rd
Quad Cities River Bandits Billy Rich 4th 7th(tied) 4th
Beloit Snappers Eric Kelly 5th Evan Yost 3rd 5th
Lake County Captains Jeremy Thompson 6th Eduardo Vargas 6th 6th
West Michigan Whitecaps Dave Lally 7th 7th(tied) 8th
Lansing Lugnuts Jorge Solano 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Tom Smith 9th Tom Smith 4th 7th
Great Lakes Loons Abraão Boal 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Fort Wayne TinCaps David McDonald 11th 7th(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 7th(tied) 7th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jose Rodriguez 2nd 7th(tied) 8th
Lake County Captains Chris Jaramillo 3rd Eduardo Vargas 5th 4th
Beloit Snappers Evan Yost 4th Evan Yost 3rd 3rd
Great Lakes Loons Julio Sanchez 5th 7th(tied) 9th
West Michigan Whitecaps Scott Sich 6th 7th(tied) 10th
South Bend Cubs Ryan Gibson 7th Ryan Gibson 4th 5th
Dayton Dragons Mike Neuhauser 8th Mike Neuhauser 2nd 1st
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Rich Parker 9th Rich Parker 6th 6th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Victor Tirado 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Peoria Chiefs Luis Martinez 11th Luis Martinez 1st 2nd
Quad Cities River Bandits Adam Vasquez 12th 7th(tied) 12th
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