INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
11/12/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Scranton WB RailRiders Simeon Lucas 1st Jermaine Rogers 5th(tied) 1st
Louisville Bats Raúl Bauiero 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Durham Bulls Chris von Mayer 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Buffalo Bisons Erick Castillo 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jeff Smith 5th Juan Castro 2nd 2nd
Columbus Clippers Jorge Acosta 6th Jon Kline 1st 3rd
Charlotte Knights Kevin Perry 7th Kevin Perry 4th 4th
Rochester Red Wings Kevin Waddell 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Gwinnett Hammers Dan Dorey 9th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
Norfolk Tides Dylan Battle 9th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
Pawtucket Red Sox Luis Sánchez 11th Luis Sánchez 3rd 5th
Indianapolis Arrows Esteban Andrade 12th 7th(tied) 13th
Syracuse Chiefs Cisco Barajas 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Toledo Mud Hens Héctor Orozco 14th Héctor Orozco 5th(tied) 6th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Bats Rusty Pratt 1st Rusty Pratt 1st(tied) 1st
Toledo Mud Hens Chet Thompson 2nd Chet Thompson 1st(tied) 2nd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jeremy Martin 3rd Walt Blair 7th 4th
Durham Bulls Jorge Ortíz 4th Artie McGee 8th 6th
Norfolk Tides Don Dotson 5th 9th(tied) 9th
Buffalo Bisons Shoba Morse 6th 9th(tied) 10th
Scranton WB RailRiders Dann Bilardello Jr. 7th Steve Baker 5th 7th
Pawtucket Red Sox Ed Dennis 8th 9th(tied) 11th
Rochester Red Wings Dan Mason 9th Dan Mason 1st(tied) 3rd
Charlotte Knights Tony Smith 10th Tony Smith 4th 5th
Indianapolis Arrows Jim Bruce 11th 9th(tied) 12th
Columbus Clippers Cisco Vargas 12th 9th(tied) 13th
Syracuse Chiefs José Macías 13th José Macías 6th 8th
Gwinnett Hammers 14th 9th(tied) 14th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Bats Dan Beggar 1st José Galindo 8th 4th
Pawtucket Red Sox Raúl Diharce 2nd Raúl Diharce 3rd 3rd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Carlos Sepulveda 3rd 9th(tied) 9th
Norfolk Tides José Martínez 4th 9th(tied) 10th
Columbus Clippers Cecilio Aybar 5th 9th(tied) 11th
Syracuse Chiefs Alex Myers 6th Ken Barnes 1st(tied) 1st
Durham Bulls Arturo Franco 7th Arturo Franco 4th 5th
Toledo Mud Hens Jeff Lee 8th 9th(tied) 12th
Rochester Red Wings Greg Boyson 9th 9th(tied) 13th
Buffalo Bisons Steve Johnson 10th Steve Johnson 6th 6th
Indianapolis Arrows Neill Wassink 11th Juan Palmeiro 1st(tied) 2nd
Gwinnett Hammers Jesús Bermúdez 12th (tied) Jesús Bermúdez 5th 7th
Scranton WB RailRiders Bud Swinford 12th (tied) Bud Swinford 7th 8th
Charlotte Knights 14th 9th(tied) 14th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Syracuse Chiefs Mathies Reuter 1st Hugh Porter 5th 4th
Scranton WB RailRiders Alfredo Rodríguez 2nd Alfredo Rodríguez 3rd 3rd
Columbus Clippers Willi Castro 3rd 6th(tied) 6th
Gwinnett Hammers Ed French 4th Ernie Brewster 2nd 2nd
Louisville Bats Diory Paulino 5th 6th(tied) 7th
Charlotte Knights Wes Stevens 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Cheslor Cuthbert 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Norfolk Tides Xavier Heredia 8th 6th(tied) 10th
Pawtucket Red Sox Jim Alberts 9th 6th(tied) 11th
Toledo Mud Hens Dax Johnson 10th Jim Duffy 1st 1st
Rochester Red Wings Jud Holland 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bisons José Aguilar 12th 6th(tied) 13th
Indianapolis Arrows José Hernández 13th José Hernández 4th 5th
Durham Bulls Oriol Rodríguez 14th 6th(tied) 14th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Durham Bulls Enrico Vázquez 1st José Padilla 1st(tied) 1st
Pawtucket Red Sox Doug Watkins 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Charlotte Knights Waylon McFergus 3rd Waylon McFergus 1st(tied) 2nd
Louisville Bats Jonathan Fremlin 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
Scranton WB RailRiders Tanzan Ine 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Norfolk Tides Joey Roberts 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Rochester Red Wings Jim Espinoza 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Indianapolis Arrows Joe Roberts 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Toledo Mud Hens Mike Walker 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Syracuse Chiefs Jerry Hendricks 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Buffalo Bisons Sancho Marín 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Columbus Clippers 12th (tied) 3rd(tied) 12th(tied)
Gwinnett Hammers 12th (tied) 3rd(tied) 12th(tied)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 12th (tied) 3rd(tied) 12th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Gwinnett Hammers Joe McGrath 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Durham Bulls Joey Bowen 2nd Joe Peterson 1st 1st
Charlotte Knights Danny Holmes 3rd Danny Holmes 6th 2nd
Norfolk Tides Pete Griffin 4th 8th(tied) 9th
Pawtucket Red Sox Daniel Ramos 5th 8th(tied) 10th
Toledo Mud Hens Ben Page 6th Ben Page 5th 5th
Louisville Bats Arturo Ortega 7th Arturo Ortega 2nd 3rd
Syracuse Chiefs Mike McDermott 8th Mike McDermott 3rd 4th
Buffalo Bisons Lance Jeffries 9th 8th(tied) 11th
Rochester Red Wings Dave Brewer 10th Luis Espinoza 4th 6th
Indianapolis Arrows Djoka Uskokovic 11th Djoka Uskokovic 7th 7th
Columbus Clippers 12th (tied) 8th(tied) 12th(tied)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 12th (tied) 8th(tied) 12th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders 12th (tied) 8th(tied) 12th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Indianapolis Arrows Tony Peña 1st Tony Peña 1st 1st
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Gus Manley 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Toledo Mud Hens Jerry Smith 3rd Jerry Smith 3rd 2nd
Gwinnett Hammers Eric Martin 4th Eric Martin 4th 4th
Durham Bulls Pat Daniels 5th Pat Daniels 5th 5th
Charlotte Knights Rubén Fabián 6th Rubén Fabián 2nd 3rd
Scranton WB RailRiders Pete Becker 7th 6th(tied) 7th
Rochester Red Wings Bernardo Vázquez 8th 6th(tied) 8th
Columbus Clippers Joe Young 9th 6th(tied) 9th
Buffalo Bisons Tomás Biester 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Syracuse Chiefs Ernesto García 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Norfolk Tides Doug Murdock 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Louisville Bats 13th (tied) 6th(tied) 13th(tied)
Pawtucket Red Sox 13th (tied) 6th(tied) 13th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Mud Hens Kurt Newton 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Gwinnett Hammers Desi Godfrey 2nd Greg Battle 4th 2nd
Louisville Bats Josh Anderson 3rd Josh Anderson 1st 1st
Scranton WB RailRiders Manny Sanchez 4th 7th(tied) 8th
Columbus Clippers Joaquín López 5th 7th(tied) 9th
Durham Bulls Lonnie Burke 6th Lonnie Burke 2nd 3rd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jorge Rodríguez 7th Sam MacFadden 5th 5th
Indianapolis Arrows Jorge Pueblo 8th Jorge Pueblo 3rd 4th
Charlotte Knights Ed Washington 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Pawtucket Red Sox Rob Thompson 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Rochester Red Wings Jesús Rodríguez 11th Jesús Rodríguez 6th 6th
Buffalo Bisons 12th (tied) 7th(tied) 12th(tied)
Norfolk Tides 12th (tied) 7th(tied) 12th(tied)
Syracuse Chiefs 12th (tied) 7th(tied) 12th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charlotte Knights Tyler Skaggs 1st Jim Miller 3rd 3rd
Gwinnett Hammers Joe Lane 2nd Kevin Kirby 2nd 2nd
Buffalo Bisons Yordano Ventura 3rd Pat Todd 11th 9th
Toledo Mud Hens Oscar Ellis 4th Spike Kimball 1st 1st
Rochester Red Wings José Jaramillo 5th Curt Boyd 7th 4th
Norfolk Tides Christian Flores 6th Nelson Castillo 5th 5th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Rob Bush 7th Tony Smith 13th 10th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders Luis Fuentes 8th Eric Bernier 8th 8th
Syracuse Chiefs Quentin Hammond 9th Ismael García 4th 6th
Pawtucket Red Sox Ryoma Endo 10th Juan Aguilar 9th 10th(tied)
Louisville Bats Chris Kohler 11th Chad Johnson 10th 12th
Durham Bulls Ben Lake 12th Brad Thompson 6th 7th
Indianapolis Arrows Mike Minor 13th 14th 13th
Columbus Clippers Orlando Galindo 14th Orlando Galindo 12th 14th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buffalo Bisons Eric Morgan 1st 10th(tied) 4th
Toledo Mud Hens Jesús Flores 2nd Juan Vázquez 1st 1st
Rochester Red Wings Chris Mason 3rd José Romero 2nd(tied) 2nd
Norfolk Tides Christian Flores 4th Randy Delgado 2nd(tied) 3rd
Indianapolis Arrows Gabriel Lima 5th Greg Murray 6th(tied) 5th
Durham Bulls Brendan Cline 6th José González 9th 6th
Scranton WB RailRiders Sean Hendrickson 7th 10th(tied) 7th
Syracuse Chiefs Quentin Hammond 8th 10th(tied) 8th
Pawtucket Red Sox David Lopez 9th 10th(tied) 11th
Gwinnett Hammers Rudy Thomas 10th Kevin Kirby 2nd(tied) 9th
Columbus Clippers Jesus A. Sanchez 11th Orlando Galindo 2nd(tied) 10th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Robby Davis 12th Tony Smith 8th 12th
Louisville Bats Joel York 13th 10th(tied) 14th
Charlotte Knights Roelof Kruit 14th Cristiano Rodríguez 6th(tied) 13th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charlotte Knights Monte Young 1st Cristiano Rodríguez 5th(tied) 4th
Gwinnett Hammers Ed Ford 2nd Kevin Kirby 2nd(tied) 1st
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Ron Boyer 3rd Tony Smith 7th 5th
Syracuse Chiefs Quentin Hammond 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Louisville Bats Joel York 5th 10th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bisons Eric Morgan 6th 10th(tied) 12th
Durham Bulls Brendan Cline 7th José González 9th 6th
Toledo Mud Hens Jesús Flores 8th Juan Vázquez 1st 2nd
Scranton WB RailRiders Sean Hendrickson 9th 10th(tied) 13th
Rochester Red Wings Duane Hutchins 10th José Romero 2nd(tied) 3rd
Indianapolis Arrows Greg Murray 11th Greg Murray 5th(tied) 7th
Norfolk Tides Randy Delgado 12th Randy Delgado 4th 8th
Columbus Clippers Chad Cochrane 13th Chad Cochrane 8th 9th
Pawtucket Red Sox Ken Patrick 14th 10th(tied) 14th
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