INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
05/12/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Bats Raúl Bauiero 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Scranton WB RailRiders Simeon Lucas 2nd Randy Bowers 4th 1st
Buffalo Bisons Erick Castillo 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Charlotte Knights Joshua Lopez 4th Raúl Madrid 5th 3rd
Durham Bulls Chris von Mayer 5th 7th(tied) 9th
Toledo Mud Hens Austin Hedges 6th Héctor Orozco 6th 5th
Columbus Clippers Jorge Acosta 7th Jon Kline 1st 2nd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jeff Smith 8th Juan Castro 2nd 4th
Rochester Red Wings Kevin Waddell 9th Kevin Waddell 3rd 6th
Norfolk Tides Dylan Battle 10th 7th(tied) 10th
Gwinnett Hammers Dan Dorey 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Indianapolis Arrows Bruno Lehman 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Pawtucket Red Sox Hugh Brooks 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Syracuse Chiefs Cisco Barajas 14th 7th(tied) 14th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Gwinnett Hammers Jesús Ibarra 1st (tied) Jesús Ibarra 6th 5th
Rochester Red Wings Raúl Fernández 1st (tied) Sancho Montés 7th 6th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jeremy Martin 3rd Walt Blair 9th 8th
Charlotte Knights Tony Lucero 4th 12th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bisons Shoba Morse 5th 12th(tied) 13th
Norfolk Tides Don Dotson 6th 12th(tied) 14th
Scranton WB RailRiders Dann Bilardello Jr. 7th Steve Baker 8th 9th
Durham Bulls Jorge Ortíz 8th Artie McGee 1st(tied) 1st
Toledo Mud Hens Alfredo Martínez 9th Alfredo Martínez 1st(tied) 2nd
Pawtucket Red Sox Álex Silva 10th Rocky Fox 11th 10th
Louisville Bats Rusty Pratt 11th Rusty Pratt 1st(tied) 3rd
Indianapolis Arrows Ernesto García 12th Ernesto García 5th 7th
Columbus Clippers Juan Alaorbar 13th Cisco Vargas 1st(tied) 4th
Syracuse Chiefs José Macías 14th José Macías 10th 11th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Bats Dan Beggar 1st José Galindo 12th 4th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Carlos Sepulveda 2nd 13th(tied) 13th
Indianapolis Arrows Thad Brown 3rd Thad Brown 1st(tied) 1st
Columbus Clippers Cecilio Aybar 4th Ron Walker 9th 5th
Norfolk Tides José Martínez 5th José Martínez 5th(tied) 6th
Scranton WB RailRiders Al White 6th Tim Scott 7th 7th
Durham Bulls Arturo Franco 7th Arturo Franco 10th 8th
Syracuse Chiefs Ken Barnes 8th Ken Barnes 1st(tied) 2nd
Gwinnett Hammers Jesús Bermúdez 9th Jesús Bermúdez 5th(tied) 9th
Charlotte Knights Jorge Salinas 10th Jorge Salinas 8th 11th
Toledo Mud Hens Chris Shirokata 11th Chris Shirokata 4th 10th
Buffalo Bisons Steve Johnson 12th Jody Johns 1st(tied) 3rd
Rochester Red Wings Bud Swinford 13th Bud Swinford 11th 12th
Pawtucket Red Sox 14th 13th(tied) 14th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Scranton WB RailRiders Wyatt Mathisen 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Cheslor Cuthbert 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Louisville Bats Diory Paulino 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Gwinnett Hammers Ed French 4th 3rd(tied) 6th
Charlotte Knights Wes Stevens 5th 3rd(tied) 7th
Syracuse Chiefs Luis Carpio 6th Hugh Porter 2nd 1st
Norfolk Tides Ron Lilly 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
Columbus Clippers Willi Castro 8th 3rd(tied) 9th
Pawtucket Red Sox Jim Alberts 9th 3rd(tied) 10th
Rochester Red Wings Lúcio Aguilar 10th Jim Espinoza 1st 2nd
Buffalo Bisons José Aguilar 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Toledo Mud Hens Dave Miller 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Indianapolis Arrows José Quintana 13th 3rd(tied) 13th
Durham Bulls 14th 3rd(tied) 14th
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 8th(tied) 8th
Pawtucket Red Sox Doug Watkins 4th Raúl Diharce 2nd(tied) 3rd
Gwinnett Hammers Greg Reyes 5th Adrian Lazar 2nd(tied) 4th
Toledo Mud Hens Jeremy Brown 6th Jeff Lee 2nd(tied) 5th
Norfolk Tides Joey Roberts 7th 8th(tied) 9th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Andrelton Simmons 8th 8th(tied) 10th
Scranton WB RailRiders Tanzan Ine 9th 8th(tied) 11th
Rochester Red Wings Greg Boyson 10th Greg Boyson 7th 7th
Indianapolis Arrows Jorge Tavárez 11th Jorge Tavárez 6th 6th
Buffalo Bisons Sancho Marín 12th 8th(tied) 12th
Syracuse Chiefs Jerry Hendricks 13th 8th(tied) 13th
Columbus Clippers 14th 8th(tied) 14th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Indianapolis Arrows Tony Peña 1st Tony Peña 1st 1st
Gwinnett Hammers Joe McGrath 2nd 10th(tied) 10th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Avisail Garcia 3rd 10th(tied) 11th
Durham Bulls Joey Bowen 4th Joe Peterson 2nd 2nd
Toledo Mud Hens Chet Thompson 5th Chet Thompson 3rd 3rd
Louisville Bats Arturo Ortega 6th Arturo Ortega 4th 4th
Norfolk Tides Pete Griffin 7th 10th(tied) 12th
Pawtucket Red Sox Daniel Ramos 8th Daniel Ramos 6th 5th
Buffalo Bisons Luis Díaz 9th 10th(tied) 13th
Charlotte Knights Danny Holmes 10th Kevin Cardny 9th 8th
Columbus Clippers Hugues Bertolucci 11th Hugues Bertolucci 7th 6th
Syracuse Chiefs Mike McDermott 12th Mike McDermott 5th 7th
Rochester Red Wings Dave Brewer 13th Dave Brewer 8th 9th
Scranton WB RailRiders 14th 10th(tied) 14th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Indianapolis Arrows Dave Murray 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Toledo Mud Hens Kurt Newton 2nd Jerry Smith 3rd 1st
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Gus Manley 3rd Raúl López 4th 3rd
Scranton WB RailRiders Randy González 4th Randy González 2nd 2nd
Gwinnett Hammers Jeff O'Brien 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Louisville Bats Dan Sheehan 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Durham Bulls Pat Daniels 7th Pat Daniels 6th 5th
Columbus Clippers Joe Young 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Charlotte Knights Rubén Fabián 9th Rubén Fabián 1st 4th
Buffalo Bisons Tomás Biester 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Rochester Red Wings Luis Espinoza 11th Luis Espinoza 5th 6th
Norfolk Tides Doug Murdock 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Syracuse Chiefs Ernesto García 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Pawtucket Red Sox 14th 7th(tied) 14th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Gwinnett Hammers Desi Godfrey 1st Jeff Abbott 7th 5th
Toledo Mud Hens Jonathan Jacobson 2nd Dax Johnson 8th 7th
Pawtucket Red Sox Mal Bickerton 3rd Tim Myers 2nd 1st
Louisville Bats Josh Anderson 4th Josh Anderson 4th 3rd
Scranton WB RailRiders Manny Sanchez 5th 10th(tied) 10th
Columbus Clippers Joaquín López 6th 10th(tied) 11th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jorge Rodríguez 7th Sam MacFadden 6th 8th
Durham Bulls Lonnie Burke 8th Lonnie Burke 3rd 4th
Rochester Red Wings Dan Mason 9th Dan Mason 5th 6th
Indianapolis Arrows Jorge Pueblo 10th Luis Muñóz 1st 2nd
Charlotte Knights Ed Washington 11th 10th(tied) 12th
Syracuse Chiefs Erik Watkins 12th Erik Watkins 9th 9th
Buffalo Bisons 13th (tied) 10th(tied) 13th(tied)
Norfolk Tides 13th (tied) 10th(tied) 13th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Mud Hens Jon Dwight 1st Juan López 1st 1st
Buffalo Bisons Pierce Johnson 2nd Ernie Ramírez 12th(tied) 12th
Charlotte Knights Jesús Martínez 3rd (tied) Ron Stewart 7th 6th
Syracuse Chiefs Clarence Jackson 3rd (tied) Ismael García 5th 2nd
Gwinnett Hammers Joe Lane 5th Jeff Reid 2nd(tied) 3rd
Columbus Clippers Chris Watts 6th Ron Reinert 8th 8th
Pawtucket Red Sox Ryoma Endo 7th Juan Aguilar 9th 9th
Rochester Red Wings Bob McDonald 8th Pete Lambert 4th 4th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Matt Andriese 9th Miguel Angel Martínez 10th 10th
Indianapolis Arrows Ernesto Mendoza 10th Jesús Vásquez 2nd(tied) 5th
Norfolk Tides Christian Flores 11th Brad Johnson 11th 11th
Scranton WB RailRiders Luis Fuentes 12th Eric Bernier 6th 7th
Louisville Bats Chris Kohler 13th Chad Johnson 14th 14th
Durham Bulls Eric Cartwright 14th Brad Thompson 12th(tied) 13th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Clippers Heath Hembree 1st Orlando Galindo 9th 2nd
Charlotte Knights Monte Young 2nd Joe Dyer 3rd(tied) 1st
Louisville Bats Joel York 3rd 11th(tied) 6th
Norfolk Tides Nelson Castillo 4th Randy Delgado 3rd(tied) 3rd
Pawtucket Red Sox Sam Taylor 5th Sam Taylor 8th 5th
Scranton WB RailRiders Addison Reed 6th 11th(tied) 9th
Indianapolis Arrows Ernesto Paredes 7th Jesús Vásquez 2nd 4th
Durham Bulls Brendan Cline 8th 11th(tied) 11th
Rochester Red Wings Rob Williams 9th Luis Pagán 3rd(tied) 7th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Robby Davis 10th Miguel Angel Martínez 3rd(tied) 8th
Buffalo Bisons Jeurys Familia 11th 11th(tied) 14th
Toledo Mud Hens Artie Brown 12th Artie Brown 10th 13th
Syracuse Chiefs Michal Bauerewski 13th Chad Abbasi 1st 10th
Gwinnett Hammers Don Forrest 14th Artie Hall 3rd(tied) 12th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Clippers Heath Hembree 1st Orlando Galindo 9th 8th
Toledo Mud Hens Curt Nance 2nd Dylan Nash 1st 1st
Charlotte Knights Monte Young 3rd Joe Dyer 3rd(tied) 2nd
Pawtucket Red Sox Sam Taylor 4th Sam Taylor 8th 7th
Louisville Bats Carlos Contreras 5th (tied) 11th(tied) 10th
Rochester Red Wings Adrián Cruz 5th (tied) Luis Pagán 3rd(tied) 3rd
Gwinnett Hammers Mitch Keller 7th Artie Hall 3rd(tied) 4th
Buffalo Bisons Logan Webb 8th 11th(tied) 12th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Ron Boyer 9th Miguel Angel Martínez 3rd(tied) 6th
Durham Bulls Brendan Cline 10th 11th(tied) 13th
Indianapolis Arrows Jesús Vásquez 11th Jesús Vásquez 2nd 5th
Scranton WB RailRiders Addison Reed 12th 11th(tied) 14th
Norfolk Tides Randy Delgado 13th Randy Delgado 7th 9th
Syracuse Chiefs Edgardo González 14th Edgardo González 10th 11th
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