SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
06/16/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greenville Drive Keith Baril 1st Rick Larr 3rd 3rd
Brooklyn Cyclones Bob Branam 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Sidney Russell 3rd Sidney Russell 1st(tied) 1st
Greensboro Grasshoppers William Rowell 4th 7th(tied) 8th
Hudson Valley Renegades Alex Gonzalez 5th 7th(tied) 9th
Rome Braves Kevin Tonkinson 6th Carlos Alvarado 4th 4th
Hickory Crawdads Ricardo Ruiz 7th Octavio Perez 5th 5th
Winston-Salem Dash Ricky Rios 8th Felix Garcia 1st(tied) 2nd
Aberdeen Ironbirds Jason Foreman 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Asheville Tourists Kasey Smith 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Colt Hill 11th Brian Davis 6th 6th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Josue Adas 12th 7th(tied) 12th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Asheville Tourists Max Alas 1st Mike Logue 6th 4th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Rafael Nunez 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Winston-Salem Dash Angelo Hinostroza 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Chris Smith 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Brooklyn Cyclones Branden Faudree 5th 7th(tied) 10th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Al Perrine 6th 7th(tied) 11th
Hickory Crawdads Brock Maynard 7th Ken Sutherland 5th 5th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Matt Ryals 8th Matt Ryals 1st(tied) 1st
Aberdeen Ironbirds Gabriel Villa 9th 7th(tied) 12th
Greenville Drive Mike Jurich 10th Mike Jurich 1st(tied) 2nd
Hudson Valley Renegades Mike Turley 11th Mike Turley 4th 6th
Rome Braves David Harper 12th Matt Schlundt 1st(tied) 3rd
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bowling Green Hot Rods Travis Fox 1st Danny Toledo 5th 4th
Greenville Drive Carson Peacock 2nd Danny Munoz 7th 6th
Winston-Salem Dash Evan Duncan 3rd 8th(tied) 8th
Greensboro Grasshoppers David Baker 4th 8th(tied) 9th
Hudson Valley Renegades Steve Forehand 5th Henry Hernaiz 1st(tied) 1st
Asheville Tourists Orlando Ramos 6th 8th(tied) 10th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Fernando Gomez 7th Dennis Higgins 1st(tied) 2nd
Rome Braves Jayden Blackstock 8th 8th(tied) 11th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Mike Erickson 9th Mike Erickson 4th 5th
Hickory Crawdads Mario Figueroa 10th 8th(tied) 12th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Gregorio Vargaz 11th Gregorio Vargaz 1st(tied) 3rd
Brooklyn Cyclones Dan Cardarelli 12th Dan Cardarelli 6th 7th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Aberdeen Ironbirds Mario Galvez 1st Mario Galvez 4th 4th
Greenville Drive Chris Acevedo 2nd Chris Acevedo 6th 5th
Hudson Valley Renegades John Shilvock 3rd John Shilvock 3rd 3rd
Winston-Salem Dash Jason Schwerdtfeger 4th 9th(tied) 9th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Vincent Tapia 5th Vincent Tapia 7th 6th
Brooklyn Cyclones Gregorio Mendez 6th 9th(tied) 10th
Rome Braves Steve Ellis 7th Danny Sigala 1st(tied) 1st
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Rusty Tyson 8th Rusty Tyson 8th 8th
Hickory Crawdads Joel Wickliff 9th 9th(tied) 11th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Steve Pinkney 10th 9th(tied) 12th
Asheville Tourists Chuck Warren 11th Chuck Warren 5th 7th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Ramon Rios 12th Nate Pressley 1st(tied) 2nd
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bowling Green Hot Rods John Cioffi 1st Chris Spooner 5th 2nd
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Ricky Hernandez 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Jim Kirkbride 3rd Mark Jendrzejewski 3rd 3rd
Brooklyn Cyclones Ha-joon Lee 4th 7th(tied) 8th
Asheville Tourists Vinny Navarro 5th 7th(tied) 9th
Rome Braves Nick Candelaria 6th 7th(tied) 10th
Hickory Crawdads Miguel Mejia 7th Marquis Ross 1st 1st
Winston-Salem Dash Alex Rodriguez 8th Alex Rodriguez 4th 4th
Greenville Drive Chris Escarcega 9th 7th(tied) 11th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Sean Marino 10th 7th(tied) 12th
Hudson Valley Renegades Alex Ramirez 11th (tied) Dave Klotz 6th 6th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Jabari Smalls 11th (tied) Jabari Smalls 2nd 5th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bowling Green Hot Rods Derrick Miller 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Greenville Drive Alex Pacheco 2nd 6th(tied) 7th
Asheville Tourists Rudy Dawson 3rd 6th(tied) 8th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Juan Diaz 4th 6th(tied) 9th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Matthew Arnold 5th 6th(tied) 10th
Hudson Valley Renegades Miguel Carillo 6th Miguel Carillo 2nd 2nd
Rome Braves Zach Tropp 7th Jorge Cruz 1st 1st
Aberdeen Ironbirds Jonathan Santiago 8th 6th(tied) 11th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Sean Thomson 9th Mark Ruley 4th 3rd
Brooklyn Cyclones Jose Velazquez 10th Antoine Reynolds 5th 5th
Winston-Salem Dash Alex Hurtado 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Hickory Crawdads Greg Summitt 12th Greg Summitt 3rd 4th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rome Braves Mike Shafer 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Greenville Drive Logan Anderson 2nd Ricky Perez 1st(tied) 1st
Aberdeen Ironbirds Tenshin Ramos 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Kevin Donhauser 4th Kevin Donhauser 1st(tied) 2nd
Asheville Tourists Estevan Sandoval 5th Estevan Sandoval 4th 4th
Winston-Salem Dash Alex Kistner 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Hudson Valley Renegades Kyle Townsend 7th Kyle Townsend 5th 5th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Johnny Mendoza 8th Josh Armand 3rd 3rd
Wilmington Blue Rocks Mike Mahoney 9th 6th(tied) 9th
Hickory Crawdads Edgar Benavidez 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Brooklyn Cyclones Tony Bracamonte 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Eduardo Martinez 12th 6th(tied) 12th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Asheville Tourists J.J. Auble 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Bowling Green Hot Rods Jesse Leach 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Hudson Valley Renegades Steve Barefoot 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Hickory Crawdads Marc Evans 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Brooklyn Cyclones Dustin Burger 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Pete Frerich 6th 2nd(tied) 7th
Winston-Salem Dash Juan Osorio 7th 2nd(tied) 8th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Dan Miller 8th 2nd(tied) 9th
Greenville Drive Manuel Alcalde 9th Chris Newby 1st 1st
Wilmington Blue Rocks Dan Hernandez 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Rome Braves Ken Hinrichsen 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Marlon Dean 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Brooklyn Cyclones Marcello Peters 1st Marcus Hiller 9th 7th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Mike Bagley 2nd Mike Bagley 4th(tied) 3rd
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Raul Magdaleno 3rd Raul Magdaleno 2nd 2nd
Asheville Tourists Ronnie Smeltzer 4th Nate Wimbush 4th(tied) 4th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Juan Escarcega 5th Juan Escarcega 4th(tied) 5th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Eric Nash 6th Jayden Tinsley 4th(tied) 6th
Hudson Valley Renegades Dan Kirkpatrick 7th Juan Salmeron 4th(tied) 9th
Greenville Drive Josh Young 8th Rich Plummer 10th 10th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Juan Canela 9th 12th 12th
Winston-Salem Dash Matt Pritchard 10th Brent Bearden 1st 1st
Hickory Crawdads Zachariah Kearney 11th Chris Thompson 11th 11th
Rome Braves Jose Gonzalez 12th Jose Gonzalez 3rd 8th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hickory Crawdads Joe Costello 1st Joe Costello 3rd 1st
Rome Braves Bryan Williams 2nd Chris Nolte 6th 3rd
Brooklyn Cyclones Nick Barron 3rd 7th(tied) 4th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Francisco Gonzalez 4th Gabe Smith 2nd 2nd
Winston-Salem Dash Brody Woodward 5th Brody Woodward 4th 5th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Manny Murillo 6th Shane Ness 5th 6th
Hudson Valley Renegades Brandon Nicholsen 7th 7th(tied) 8th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Rogelio Urbina 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Jeremy Wood 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Greenville Drive Cruz Alcantra 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Asheville Tourists Brian Celentano 11th Ronnie Smeltzer 1st 7th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Ivan Gomez 12th 7th(tied) 12th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greenville Drive Ricardo Marin 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Mark Banner 2nd 7th(tied) 8th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Roberto Ruiz 3rd Roberto Ruiz 5th 4th
Hickory Crawdads Roy Brown 4th Roy Brown 1st 1st
Winston-Salem Dash Chris Bailey 5th Chris Bailey 3rd 2nd
Hudson Valley Renegades Brandon Nicholsen 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Gabe Smith 7th Gabe Smith 2nd 3rd
Brooklyn Cyclones Graham Paulk 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Vinny Morfin 9th 7th(tied) 11th
Rome Braves Ruben Perez 10th Ruben Perez 4th 5th
Asheville Tourists Joe Nicholson 11th Joe Nicholson 6th 6th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Tony Gonzalez 12th 7th(tied) 12th
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