INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
01/11/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Durham Bulls Chris von Mayer 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Gwinnett Firebirds Dan Dorey 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Columbus Clippers Jorge Acosta 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
Charlotte Knights Raúl Ruíz 4th Kevin Perry 2nd 1st
Pawtucket Red Sox Hugh Brooks 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Rochester Red Wings Kevin Waddell 6th Kevin Waddell 3rd 2nd
Buffalo Bisons Juan Gonzáles 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Scranton WB RailRiders Jon Kline 8th Jon Kline 1st 3rd
Norfolk Tides Dylan Battle 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Indianapolis Arrows Pat House 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Syracuse Chiefs Ken Ochoa 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Louisville Bats Ted Dickinson 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
Toledo Mud Hens 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Gwinnett Firebirds Jesús Ibarra 1st Jesús Ibarra 3rd 2nd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Edwin Little 2nd 9th(tied) 9th
Rochester Red Wings Sancho Montés 3rd Sancho Montés 4th 3rd
Buffalo Bisons Shoba Morse 4th Phil Norris 6th 5th
Durham Bulls Jorge Ortíz 5th Artie McGee 1st 1st
Toledo Mud Hens Robbie Lambright 6th 9th(tied) 10th
Scranton WB RailRiders Jim Cobb 7th 9th(tied) 11th
Syracuse Chiefs Don Morgan 8th 9th(tied) 12th
Indianapolis Arrows Bob Dawson 9th Ernesto García 2nd 4th
Pawtucket Red Sox Álex Silva 10th Rocky Fox 8th 6th
Columbus Clippers Cisco Vargas 11th Cisco Vargas 7th 7th
Louisville Bats José Galindo 12th José Galindo 5th 8th
Norfolk Tides Dan Baird 13th 9th(tied) 13th
Charlotte Knights 14th 9th(tied) 14th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Clippers Bob McAllister 1st Ron Walker 4th 2nd
Norfolk Tides Wilbert Austin 2nd Wilbert Austin 1st 1st
Indianapolis Arrows Arquimedes Gamboa 3rd Neill Wassink 5th 4th
Louisville Bats Jorge Cortéz 4th Jorge Cortéz 2nd 3rd
Toledo Mud Hens Raúl Lozano 5th Jeff Lee 8th 5th
Syracuse Chiefs Alex Myers 6th Alex Myers 6th 6th
Rochester Red Wings Greg Boyson 7th Greg Boyson 7th 7th
Gwinnett Firebirds Jesús Bermúdez 8th Jesús Bermúdez 3rd 8th
Buffalo Bisons Jake Conley 9th 9th(tied) 9th
Charlotte Knights 10th (tied) 9th(tied) 10th(tied)
Durham Bulls 10th (tied) 9th(tied) 10th(tied)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 10th (tied) 9th(tied) 10th(tied)
Pawtucket Red Sox 10th (tied) 9th(tied) 10th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders 10th (tied) 9th(tied) 10th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Gwinnett Firebirds Ed French 1st Desi Rush 3rd 1st
Buffalo Bisons José Aguilar 2nd Hank Howell 1st 2nd
Rochester Red Wings Jared Simpson 3rd Jared Simpson 2nd 3rd
Norfolk Tides Ron Lilly 4th 4th(tied) 4th
Scranton WB RailRiders D.J. Peterson 5th 4th(tied) 5th
Columbus Clippers Steve Moore 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Charlotte Knights Felix Mercedes 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Syracuse Chiefs Ron Clark 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Toledo Mud Hens Jake Bray 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Durham Bulls 10th (tied) 4th(tied) 10th(tied)
Indianapolis Arrows 10th (tied) 4th(tied) 10th(tied)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 10th (tied) 4th(tied) 10th(tied)
Louisville Bats 10th (tied) 4th(tied) 10th(tied)
Pawtucket Red Sox 10th (tied) 4th(tied) 10th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Mud Hens Alfredo Martínez 1st Alfredo Martínez 2nd 1st
Charlotte Knights Luis Mejia 2nd Waylon McFergus 3rd 3rd
Norfolk Tides Joey Roberts 3rd Jeff Gillespie 6th 4th
Indianapolis Arrows Juan Chávez 4th 7th(tied) 7th
Pawtucket Red Sox Phil Hopkins 5th Raúl Diharce 1st 2nd
Syracuse Chiefs Ken Barnes 6th Ken Barnes 4th 5th
Gwinnett Firebirds Adrian Lazar 7th Adrian Lazar 5th 6th
Rochester Red Wings Jon Adams 8th 7th(tied) 8th
Buffalo Bisons 9th (tied) 7th(tied) 9th(tied)
Columbus Clippers 9th (tied) 7th(tied) 9th(tied)
Durham Bulls 9th (tied) 7th(tied) 9th(tied)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 9th (tied) 7th(tied) 9th(tied)
Louisville Bats 9th (tied) 7th(tied) 9th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders 9th (tied) 7th(tied) 9th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Durham Bulls Dave Lacy 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Columbus Clippers Hermengildo Forte 2nd Hermengildo Forte 2nd 1st
Indianapolis Arrows Thad Brown 3rd Thad Brown 3rd 3rd
Buffalo Bisons Luis Díaz 4th 7th(tied) 8th
Norfolk Tides Pete Griffin 5th 7th(tied) 9th
Louisville Bats Arturo Ortega 6th Arturo Ortega 4th 4th
Rochester Red Wings Tulio Garcia 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Scranton WB RailRiders Don Desjardins 8th 7th(tied) 11th
Charlotte Knights Ben Cross 9th Bernardo Díaz 1st 2nd
Pawtucket Red Sox Daniel Ramos 10th Daniel Ramos 6th 6th
Syracuse Chiefs Sean Daniels 11th Sean Daniels 5th 5th
Gwinnett Firebirds 12th (tied) 7th(tied) 12th(tied)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 12th (tied) 7th(tied) 12th(tied)
Toledo Mud Hens 12th (tied) 7th(tied) 12th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Indianapolis Arrows Jorge Tavárez 1st Jorge Tavárez 2nd(tied) 1st
Norfolk Tides Roger Villalobos 2nd Roger Villalobos 6th 6th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Raúl López 3rd Raúl López 5th 5th
Toledo Mud Hens Jerry Smith 4th Jerry Smith 7th 7th
Gwinnett Firebirds Manol Tesch 5th Brad Wright 1st 2nd
Charlotte Knights Danny Holmes 6th Rubén Fabián 2nd(tied) 3rd
Durham Bulls Luis Cardenas 7th 9th(tied) 9th
Louisville Bats Greg Jones 8th Greg Jones 4th 4th
Syracuse Chiefs Mike McDermott 9th Mike McDermott 8th 8th
Buffalo Bisons 10th (tied) 9th(tied) 10th(tied)
Columbus Clippers 10th (tied) 9th(tied) 10th(tied)
Pawtucket Red Sox 10th (tied) 9th(tied) 10th(tied)
Rochester Red Wings 10th (tied) 9th(tied) 10th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders 10th (tied) 9th(tied) 10th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Mud Hens Mookie Betts 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Columbus Clippers Phil Ervin 2nd 7th(tied) 8th
Gwinnett Firebirds Jeff Abbott 3rd Jeff Abbott 4th 4th
Pawtucket Red Sox Tim Myers 4th Tim Myers 1st(tied) 1st
Charlotte Knights Tony Smith 5th Tony Smith 1st(tied) 2nd
Indianapolis Arrows Luis Muñóz 6th Luis Muñóz 5th 5th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Sam MacFadden 7th Sam MacFadden 1st(tied) 3rd
Syracuse Chiefs Erik Watkins 8th Erik Watkins 6th 6th
Norfolk Tides Nelson Ortíz 9th 7th(tied) 9th
Durham Bulls Bob Hoffman 10th 7th(tied) 10th
Buffalo Bisons 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
Louisville Bats 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
Rochester Red Wings 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Gwinnett Firebirds Joe Lane 1st Doug Carey 1st 1st
Syracuse Chiefs Chris Brown 2nd Chris Brown 3rd 2nd
Charlotte Knights Ron Stewart 3rd Ron Stewart 5th(tied) 5th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Dan Chase 4th Bartholomeu Monserrate 5th(tied) 6th
Toledo Mud Hens Pedro Baez 5th Dylan Nash 5th(tied) 7th
Pawtucket Red Sox Ryoma Endo 6th Jim Jones 5th(tied) 8th
Columbus Clippers Juan D. Nunez 7th Ron Reinert 10th 9th
Indianapolis Arrows Tad Miller 8th Jesús Vásquez 2nd 3rd
Rochester Red Wings Adrián Cruz 9th 13th(tied) 12th
Durham Bulls Chuck Bowers 10th (tied) Ben Lake 11th 10th
Norfolk Tides Christian Flores 10th (tied) Al Rucker 4th 4th
Buffalo Bisons Shelby Miller 12th Pat Todd 12th 11th
Louisville Bats Jameson Taillon 13th 13th(tied) 14th
Scranton WB RailRiders Phil Gilbert 14th Eric Bernier 5th(tied) 13th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Clippers Angel Heredia 1st 8th(tied) 2nd
Gwinnett Firebirds Dave Norwood 2nd Dave Norwood 2nd(tied) 1st
Durham Bulls Jon Carver 3rd 8th(tied) 4th
Pawtucket Red Sox Sam Taylor 4th 8th(tied) 5th
Rochester Red Wings Steve Becker 5th Steve Becker 6th 6th
Indianapolis Arrows António Cruz 6th Tad Miller 1st 3rd
Syracuse Chiefs Al Adams 7th Steve Strouse 7th 7th
Charlotte Knights Kevin Arnold 8th 8th(tied) 9th
Buffalo Bisons Jeurys Familia 9th 8th(tied) 10th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Robby Davis 10th Bartholomeu Monserrate 2nd(tied) 8th
Norfolk Tides P.J. Jackson 11th Randy Delgado 4th 11th
Toledo Mud Hens Yasunobu Hayagawa 12th Dylan Nash 5th 12th
Louisville Bats 13th (tied) 8th(tied) 13th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders 13th (tied) 8th(tied) 13th(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Clippers Angel Heredia 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Buffalo Bisons Jeurys Familia 2nd 8th(tied) 9th
Rochester Red Wings Steve Becker 3rd Steve Becker 6th 4th
Toledo Mud Hens Dylan Nash 4th Dylan Nash 5th 5th
Gwinnett Firebirds Dave Norwood 5th Dave Norwood 2nd(tied) 1st
Durham Bulls Chad Maynard 6th 8th(tied) 10th
Charlotte Knights Kevin Arnold 7th 8th(tied) 11th
Indianapolis Arrows Tad Miller 8th Tad Miller 1st 2nd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Ron Boyer 9th Bartholomeu Monserrate 2nd(tied) 3rd
Pawtucket Red Sox Sam Taylor 10th 8th(tied) 12th
Syracuse Chiefs Al Adams 11th Steve Strouse 7th 7th
Norfolk Tides Randy Delgado 12th Randy Delgado 4th 6th
Louisville Bats 13th (tied) 8th(tied) 13th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders 13th (tied) 8th(tied) 13th(tied)
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