INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/10/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Bats Raúl Bauiero 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Buffalo Bisons Erick Castillo 2nd 7th(tied) 8th
Charlotte Knights Joshua Lopez 3rd Raúl Madrid 6th 2nd
Durham Bulls Chris von Mayer 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Toledo Mud Hens Austin Hedges 5th Héctor Orozco 5th 3rd
Columbus Clippers Jorge Acosta 6th Jon Kline 1st 1st
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jeff Smith 7th Juan Castro 2nd 4th
Scranton WB RailRiders Mac James 8th Randy Bowers 4th 5th
Rochester Red Wings Kevin Waddell 9th Kevin Waddell 3rd 6th
Gwinnett Hammers Dan Dorey 10th 7th(tied) 10th
Norfolk Tides Dylan Battle 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Indianapolis Arrows Bruno Lehman 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Pawtucket Red Sox Hugh Brooks 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Syracuse Chiefs Ken Ochoa 14th 7th(tied) 14th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rochester Red Wings Stan Jordan 1st Sancho Montés 7th 6th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Edwin Little 2nd Walt Blair 9th 8th
Gwinnett Hammers Jesús Ibarra 3rd Jesús Ibarra 6th 7th
Buffalo Bisons Shoba Morse 4th 12th(tied) 12th
Charlotte Knights Jeff Morrison 5th (tied) 12th(tied) 13th
Scranton WB RailRiders Dann Bilardello Jr. 5th (tied) Steve Baker 8th 9th
Norfolk Tides Don Dotson 7th 12th(tied) 14th
Toledo Mud Hens Alfredo Martínez 8th Alfredo Martínez 1st 1st
Durham Bulls Jorge Ortíz 9th Artie McGee 2nd(tied) 2nd
Louisville Bats Rusty Pratt 10th Rusty Pratt 2nd(tied) 3rd
Indianapolis Arrows Ernesto García 11th Ernesto García 2nd(tied) 4th
Pawtucket Red Sox Álex Silva 12th (tied) Rocky Fox 11th 11th
Syracuse Chiefs Don Morgan 12th (tied) José Macías 10th 10th
Columbus Clippers Cisco Vargas 14th Cisco Vargas 2nd(tied) 5th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Norfolk Tides Wilbert Austin 1st Wilbert Austin 1st(tied) 1st
Louisville Bats Dan Beggar 2nd José Galindo 11th 5th
Scranton WB RailRiders Willy Adames 3rd Tim Scott 7th 4th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Carlos Sepulveda 4th 12th(tied) 12th
Indianapolis Arrows Thad Brown 5th Thad Brown 3rd(tied) 3rd
Columbus Clippers Cecilio Aybar 6th Ron Walker 10th 6th
Rochester Red Wings Greg Watts 7th 12th(tied) 13th
Durham Bulls Arturo Franco 8th Arturo Franco 9th 8th
Gwinnett Hammers Jesús Bermúdez 9th (tied) Jesús Bermúdez 6th 9th
Toledo Mud Hens Jim Bruce 9th (tied) Chris Shirokata 3rd(tied) 7th
Charlotte Knights Jorge Salinas 11th Jorge Salinas 8th 11th
Syracuse Chiefs Ken Barnes 12th Ken Barnes 3rd(tied) 10th
Buffalo Bisons Steve Johnson 13th Jody Johns 1st(tied) 2nd
Pawtucket Red Sox 14th 12th(tied) 14th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Bats Diory Paulino 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Gwinnett Hammers Ed French 2nd Hank Hembrow 1st 1st
Charlotte Knights Wes Stevens 3rd (tied) 4th(tied) 5th(tied)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Cheslor Cuthbert 3rd (tied) 4th(tied) 5th(tied)
Pawtucket Red Sox Jim Alberts 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Norfolk Tides Ron Lilly 6th 4th(tied) 8th
Columbus Clippers Willi Castro 7th 4th(tied) 9th
Rochester Red Wings Jim Espinoza 8th Jim Espinoza 2nd 2nd
Syracuse Chiefs Alex Myers 9th Alex Myers 3rd 3rd
Buffalo Bisons José Aguilar 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Toledo Mud Hens Dave Miller 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Indianapolis Arrows Brandon Martin 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Durham Bulls 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Durham Bulls Tommy Miller 1st Tommy Miller 1st 1st
Charlotte Knights Waylon McFergus 2nd Waylon McFergus 2nd(tied) 2nd
Louisville Bats Jonathan Fremlin 3rd 7th(tied) 7th
Pawtucket Red Sox Doug Watkins 4th Raúl Diharce 2nd(tied) 3rd
Rochester Red Wings Raúl Fernández 5th Greg Boyson 6th 5th
Toledo Mud Hens Jeremy Brown 6th José Navarro 2nd(tied) 4th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Andrelton Simmons 7th 7th(tied) 8th
Norfolk Tides Joey Roberts 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Scranton WB RailRiders Tanzan Ine 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Gwinnett Hammers Adrian Lazar 10th Adrian Lazar 5th 6th
Indianapolis Arrows Juan Chávez 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bisons Sancho Marín 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Syracuse Chiefs Jerry Hendricks 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Columbus Clippers 14th 7th(tied) 14th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Syracuse Chiefs Joc Pederson 1st Mike McDermott 5th 3rd
Indianapolis Arrows Tony Peña 2nd Tony Peña 1st 1st
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Avisail Garcia 3rd 9th(tied) 9th
Gwinnett Hammers Joe McGrath 4th 9th(tied) 10th
Durham Bulls Joey Bowen 5th Joe Peterson 2nd 2nd
Louisville Bats Arturo Ortega 6th Arturo Ortega 3rd 4th
Norfolk Tides Pete Griffin 7th 9th(tied) 11th
Pawtucket Red Sox Daniel Ramos 8th Daniel Ramos 4th 5th
Toledo Mud Hens Chris Welch 9th 9th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bisons Luis Díaz 10th 9th(tied) 13th
Charlotte Knights Danny Holmes 11th Kevin Cardny 8th 6th
Columbus Clippers Hugues Bertolucci 12th Hugues Bertolucci 6th 7th
Rochester Red Wings Dave Brewer 13th Dave Brewer 7th 8th
Scranton WB RailRiders 14th 9th(tied) 14th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Mud Hens Kurt Newton 1st Jerry Smith 4th 3rd
Indianapolis Arrows Dave Murray 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Louisville Bats Greg Jones 3rd Greg Jones 2nd 2nd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Brandon Nimmo 4th Raúl López 5th 4th
Gwinnett Hammers Tyrone Hanna 5th Tyrone Hanna 1st 1st
Columbus Clippers Joe Young 6th 6th(tied) 7th
Charlotte Knights Rubén Fabián 7th Rubén Fabián 3rd 5th
Durham Bulls Pat Daniels 8th 6th(tied) 8th
Buffalo Bisons Tomás Biester 9th 6th(tied) 9th
Scranton WB RailRiders Pete Becker 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Norfolk Tides Doug Murdock 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Syracuse Chiefs Ernesto García 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Rochester Red Wings Jorge Bautista 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Pawtucket Red Sox 14th 6th(tied) 14th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pawtucket Red Sox Mal Bickerton 1st (tied) Tim Myers 2nd 1st
Toledo Mud Hens Jonathan Jacobson 1st (tied) Dax Johnson 9th 5th
Scranton WB RailRiders Jose V. Almonte 3rd 11th(tied) 11th
Louisville Bats Josh Anderson 4th Josh Anderson 4th 3rd
Columbus Clippers Jesús Castro 5th 11th(tied) 12th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jorge Rodríguez 6th Sam MacFadden 6th 7th
Gwinnett Hammers Jeff Abbott 7th Jeff Abbott 7th 8th
Durham Bulls Lonnie Burke 8th Lonnie Burke 3rd 4th
Rochester Red Wings Dan Mason 9th Dan Mason 5th 6th
Charlotte Knights Greg Battle 10th Greg Battle 8th 9th
Indianapolis Arrows Luis Muñóz 11th Luis Muñóz 1st 2nd
Syracuse Chiefs Erik Watkins 12th Erik Watkins 10th 10th
Buffalo Bisons 13th (tied) 11th(tied) 13th(tied)
Norfolk Tides 13th (tied) 11th(tied) 13th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Mud Hens Tim Woods 1st Juan López 1st 1st
Syracuse Chiefs Clarence Jackson 2nd Ismael García 4th 2nd
Buffalo Bisons Shelby Miller 3rd Ernie Ramírez 11th(tied) 11th
Gwinnett Hammers Ed Ford 4th Jeff Reid 2nd 3rd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Matt Andriese 5th Miguel Angel Martínez 11th(tied) 12th
Charlotte Knights Monte Young 6th Ron Stewart 3rd 4th
Rochester Red Wings Bob McDonald 7th Curt Boyd 7th 6th
Pawtucket Red Sox Tyler Skaggs 8th Juan Aguilar 10th 8th
Indianapolis Arrows Jeff Gordon 9th Ben Brown 5th 5th
Columbus Clippers Chris Watts 10th Ron Reinert 9th 9th
Durham Bulls Eric Cartwright 11th Ben Lake 11th(tied) 13th
Norfolk Tides Brad Johnson 12th Brad Johnson 8th 10th
Louisville Bats Jameson Taillon 13th Chad Johnson 14th 14th
Scranton WB RailRiders Andy Walker 14th Eric Bernier 6th 7th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Bats Carlos Contreras 1st 11th(tied) 4th
Rochester Red Wings Adrián Cruz 2nd Cristóbal Méndez 9th 2nd
Columbus Clippers Kevin Quackenbush 3rd Lou Williams 6th 3rd
Pawtucket Red Sox Sam Taylor 4th Sam Taylor 7th 5th
Charlotte Knights T.J. Adams 5th Carlos Bennett 1st 1st
Norfolk Tides Christian Flores 6th Nelson Castillo 8th 6th
Scranton WB RailRiders Jim Hagler 7th 11th(tied) 8th
Durham Bulls Brendan Cline 8th 11th(tied) 9th
Toledo Mud Hens Jorge Domínguez 9th Artie Brown 10th 10th
Syracuse Chiefs Javier Navas 10th Hugh Lemley 2nd 7th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Robby Davis 11th Miguel Angel Martínez 5th 11th
Buffalo Bisons Jeurys Familia 12th 11th(tied) 14th
Indianapolis Arrows Dan Conner 13th Jesús Vásquez 3rd(tied) 12th
Gwinnett Hammers Don Forrest 14th Artie Hall 3rd(tied) 13th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buffalo Bisons Sonny Gray 1st 11th(tied) 11th
Indianapolis Arrows Heath Hembree 2nd Jesús Vásquez 3rd(tied) 2nd
Toledo Mud Hens Mauro Orama 3rd Mauro Orama 6th 5th
Pawtucket Red Sox Sam Taylor 4th Sam Taylor 8th 7th
Syracuse Chiefs Cristian Quintin 5th Hugh Lemley 2nd 1st
Columbus Clippers Kevin Quackenbush 6th Lou Williams 7th 6th
Gwinnett Hammers Mitch Keller 7th Artie Hall 3rd(tied) 3rd
Louisville Bats Carlos Contreras 8th 11th(tied) 12th
Durham Bulls Brendan Cline 9th 11th(tied) 13th
Rochester Red Wings Rob Williams 10th Cristóbal Méndez 10th 9th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Ron Boyer 11th Miguel Angel Martínez 5th 8th
Charlotte Knights T.J. Adams 12th Carlos Bennett 1st 4th
Scranton WB RailRiders Jim Hagler 13th 11th(tied) 14th
Norfolk Tides Christian Flores 14th Nelson Castillo 9th 10th
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