SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
09/11/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hudson Valley Renegades J.J. Brooks 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Greenville Drive David Rathbone 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Brooklyn Cyclones Dave Wilson 3rd Dave Wilson 1st 1st
Rome Braves Tony Castaneda 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Asheville Tourists Kasey Smith 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Colt Hill 6th 4th(tied) 8th
Winston-Salem Dash Dan Morgan 7th Felix Garcia 3rd 2nd
Aberdeen Ironbirds Justin Durocher 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Brian Boughton 9th Eric Giddens 2nd 3rd
Greensboro Grasshoppers Sam Barbee 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Pat Culverhouse 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Hickory Crawdads Chris Cosart 12th 4th(tied) 12th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rome Braves Diego Vasquez 1st Matt Schlundt 2nd 2nd
Bowling Green Hot Rods Chris Smith 2nd Mario Gonzales 4th 3rd
Hudson Valley Renegades John Thomas 3rd 9th(tied) 9th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Sean Maki 4th Greg Cudmore 6th 4th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Manny Santana 5th 9th(tied) 10th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Dustin Barickman 6th Matt Ryals 7th 5th
Greenville Drive Jorge Nava 7th Mike Jurich 1st 1st
Asheville Tourists Mike Logue 8th Mike Logue 5th 6th
Winston-Salem Dash Nate Irons 9th 9th(tied) 11th
Hickory Crawdads David Roman 10th 9th(tied) 12th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Dave Rendon 11th Dave Rendon 3rd 7th
Brooklyn Cyclones Antoine Reynolds 12th Antoine Reynolds 8th 8th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rome Braves Edwin Rios 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Greensboro Grasshoppers David Baker 2nd 8th(tied) 9th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Josh Moore 3rd Jesse Berger 6th 4th(tied)
Hudson Valley Renegades Elijah Davis 4th Henry Hernaiz 4th 4th(tied)
Aberdeen Ironbirds Brad Schroyer 5th Mike Erickson 3rd 3rd
Brooklyn Cyclones Rodrigo Lopez 6th 8th(tied) 10th
Winston-Salem Dash Victor Alvarez 7th 8th(tied) 11th
Greenville Drive Josh Barton 8th Josh Barton 7th 6th
Asheville Tourists Carl Beauman 9th (tied) Carl Beauman 1st(tied) 1st
Hickory Crawdads Edwin Ortega 9th (tied) 8th(tied) 12th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Gregorio Vargaz 11th Gregorio Vargaz 5th 7th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Cameron Taylor 12th Jabari Smalls 1st(tied) 2nd
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greenville Drive Miguel Hernandez 1st Chris Acevedo 5th 2nd
Greensboro Grasshoppers Luke Lowe 2nd 10th(tied) 10th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Matt Lewis 3rd Chad Graham 2nd 3rd
Bowling Green Hot Rods Alex Molina 4th 10th(tied) 11th
Hudson Valley Renegades John Shilvock 5th John Shilvock 1st 1st
Wilmington Blue Rocks Alberto Soto 6th Ramon Rios 8th 7th
Asheville Tourists Fred DeVary 7th 10th(tied) 12th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Rusty Tyson 8th Rusty Tyson 6th 5th
Winston-Salem Dash Mike Dykstra 9th Justin Cosseboom 7th 6th
Rome Braves Steve Ellis 10th Danny Sigala 4th 4th
Brooklyn Cyclones Gregorio Mendez 11th Gregorio Mendez 9th 9th
Hickory Crawdads Jeff Bultman 12th Jeff Bultman 3rd 8th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Aberdeen Ironbirds Jim Kirkbride 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Greenville Drive Chris Escarcega 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Winston-Salem Dash Chris Monk 3rd 5th(tied) 7th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Emilio Orellana 4th 5th(tied) 8th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Pete Holmen 5th 5th(tied) 9th
Brooklyn Cyclones Jose Hernandez 6th 5th(tied) 10th
Rome Braves Daniel Rush 7th 5th(tied) 11th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Dennis Higgins 8th Dennis Higgins 1st 1st
Hickory Crawdads Robert Smith 9th Robert Smith 2nd 2nd
Asheville Tourists Dave Collins 10th 5th(tied) 12th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Chris Spooner 11th Chris Spooner 3rd 3rd
Hudson Valley Renegades Dave Klotz 12th Dave Klotz 4th 4th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bowling Green Hot Rods Mike Goldring 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Greenville Drive Francisco Bibriesca 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Hudson Valley Renegades Kyle Dunn 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
Brooklyn Cyclones Dan Shipman 4th 4th(tied) 7th
Rome Braves Josh Radford 5th Leonardo Chacon 3rd 3rd
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Sean Thomson 6th Mark Ruley 2nd 2nd
Winston-Salem Dash Faustino Xaveiral 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Hickory Crawdads C.J. Grooms 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Chris Bishop 9th Chris Bishop 1st 1st
Asheville Tourists Ben Walzak 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Ivan Alvarez 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Tomas Perez 12th 4th(tied) 12th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greenville Drive Erik Holton 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Coby Forbes 2nd Coby Forbes 3rd 2nd
Winston-Salem Dash Harry McGary 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Kevin Donhauser 4th Kevin Donhauser 1st 1st
Aberdeen Ironbirds Cory Hartranft 5th Cory Hartranft 6th 4th
Brooklyn Cyclones Perry Allen 6th 8th(tied) 10th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Josh Armand 7th Josh Armand 2nd 3rd
Rome Braves Jeremy Walser 8th Matt Batten 7th 6th
Hickory Crawdads Greg Summitt 9th Greg Summitt 4th 5th
Asheville Tourists Lance Welsh 10th 8th(tied) 11th
Hudson Valley Renegades Greg Dodd 11th Greg Dodd 5th 7th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Eduardo Martinez 12th 8th(tied) 12th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hudson Valley Renegades Rich Ordaz 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Rome Braves Johnny Tyler 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Asheville Tourists Chris Bailey 3rd Eric Homeyer 2nd 1st
Brooklyn Cyclones Tony Vargas 4th Dale Badem 3rd 3rd
Wilmington Blue Rocks Andrew Potter 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Jody Rembert 6th Travis Leppo 1st 2nd
Bowling Green Hot Rods Casey Baccari 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Winston-Salem Dash Kevin Carlsen 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Jose Morfin 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Hickory Crawdads David Arfè 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Greenville Drive Ricardo Bailon 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Alex Maturino 12th 4th(tied) 12th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bowling Green Hot Rods Mike Bagley 1st Mike Bagley 10th 9th
Asheville Tourists Ronnie Smeltzer 2nd Andy Sporing 3rd 2nd
Aberdeen Ironbirds Bobby Lehrke 3rd Brendan Schumpert 4th(tied) 4th
Winston-Salem Dash Jamie Nelson 4th Jamie Nelson 1st 1st
Wilmington Blue Rocks Eric Nash 5th Eric Wiley 2nd 3rd
Greenville Drive Jaquan Williamson 6th Andy Suarez 11th 11th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Alex Ocasio 7th Alex Ocasio 9th 10th
Brooklyn Cyclones Shane Lane 8th Shane Lane 4th(tied) 5th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Mario Huerta 9th 12th 12th
Hickory Crawdads Peter Jenkins 10th Peter Jenkins 4th(tied) 6th
Hudson Valley Renegades Brent Thomas 11th Brent Thomas 4th(tied) 7th
Rome Braves Chris Harkins 12th Jose Gonzalez 4th(tied) 8th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bowling Green Hot Rods Mark Banner 1st 10th(tied) 5th
Hickory Crawdads Antonio de Luna 2nd Jason Archie 2nd 1st
Wilmington Blue Rocks Kevin Wilson 3rd Kevin Wilson 6th 2nd
Rome Braves Bryan Williams 4th Chris Nolte 8th 3rd
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Rogelio Urbina 5th Alexis Ayala 9th 7th
Greenville Drive Justin Miller 6th Justin Miller 4th 6th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Francisco Gonzalez 7th Gabe Smith 1st 4th
Brooklyn Cyclones Jorge Zaragoza 8th Jorge Zaragoza 7th 8th
Hudson Valley Renegades Cary Acheson 9th 10th(tied) 10th
Winston-Salem Dash Brody Woodward 10th Brody Woodward 3rd 9th
Asheville Tourists Joe Nicholson 11th Joe Nicholson 5th 11th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Ivan Gomez 12th 10th(tied) 12th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bowling Green Hot Rods Chris Gutierrez 1st 10th(tied) 9th
Winston-Salem Dash Rodrigo Gutierrez 2nd Chris Bailey 3rd 1st
Hudson Valley Renegades Brandon Nicholsen 3rd 10th(tied) 11th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Gabe Smith 4th Gabe Smith 2nd 2nd
Wilmington Blue Rocks Shane Ness 5th Shane Ness 6th 3rd
Rome Braves Ruben Perez 6th Ruben Perez 5th 4th
Greenville Drive Jamie Smith 7th Justin Miller 7th 6th
Hickory Crawdads Dan Trionfo 8th Jason Archie 4th 5th
Brooklyn Cyclones Jose Anguiano 9th Jorge Zaragoza 8th 8th
Jersey Shore BlueClaws Tony Gonzalez 10th Alexis Ayala 9th 10th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Alberto Ocampo 11th 10th(tied) 12th
Asheville Tourists Jim Riley 12th Jim Riley 1st 7th
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