INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
06/22/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Scranton WB RailRiders Simeon Lucas 1st Randy Bowers 5th 3rd
Durham Bulls Chris von Mayer 2nd (tied) 7th(tied) 7th(tied)
Louisville Bats Raúl Bauiero 2nd (tied) 7th(tied) 7th(tied)
Buffalo Bisons Erick Castillo 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Toledo Mud Hens Austin Hedges 5th Héctor Orozco 6th 6th
Columbus Clippers Jorge Acosta 6th Jon Kline 3rd 4th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jeff Smith 7th Juan Castro 4th 5th
Rochester Red Wings Kevin Waddell 8th Kevin Waddell 1st(tied) 1st
Norfolk Tides Dylan Battle 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Gwinnett Hammers Dan Dorey 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Charlotte Knights Camila Azeredo 11th Raúl Madrid 1st(tied) 2nd
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 Jesús Ibarra 6th 6th
Rochester Red Wings Raúl Fernández 2nd 11th(tied) 11th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jeremy Martin 3rd Walt Blair 9th 7th
Buffalo Bisons Shoba Morse 4th 11th(tied) 12th
Louisville Bats Rusty Pratt 5th Rusty Pratt 1st(tied) 1st
Toledo Mud Hens Alfredo Martínez 6th Alfredo Martínez 1st(tied) 2nd
Durham Bulls Jorge Ortíz 7th Artie McGee 1st(tied) 3rd
Scranton WB RailRiders Dann Bilardello Jr. 8th Steve Baker 8th 8th
Norfolk Tides Don Dotson 9th 11th(tied) 13th
Pawtucket Red Sox Ed Dennis 10th 11th(tied) 14th
Columbus Clippers Ron Walker 11th Juan Alaorbar 1st(tied) 4th
Indianapolis Arrows Ernesto García 12th Ernesto García 1st(tied) 5th
Charlotte Knights Tony Smith 13th Tony Smith 7th 9th
Syracuse Chiefs José Macías 14th José Macías 10th 10th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Bats Dan Beggar 1st José Galindo 11th 3rd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Carlos Sepulveda 2nd 12th(tied) 12th
Rochester Red Wings Greg Watts 3rd Greg Boyson 10th 5th
Columbus Clippers Cecilio Aybar 4th 12th(tied) 13th
Norfolk Tides José Martínez 5th José Martínez 4th 4th
Syracuse Chiefs Alex Myers 6th Ken Barnes 1st 1st
Durham Bulls Arturo Franco 7th (tied) Arturo Franco 8th 7th
Scranton WB RailRiders Al White 7th (tied) Tim Scott 5th 6th
Charlotte Knights Jorge Salinas 9th Jorge Salinas 7th 8th
Indianapolis Arrows Neill Wassink 10th Neill Wassink 9th 10th
Gwinnett Hammers Jesús Bermúdez 11th Jesús Bermúdez 6th 9th
Buffalo Bisons Steve Johnson 12th Jody Johns 2nd 2nd
Toledo Mud Hens Chris Shirokata 13th Chris Shirokata 3rd 11th
Pawtucket Red Sox 14th 12th(tied) 14th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Scranton WB RailRiders Wyatt Mathisen 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Syracuse Chiefs Mathies Reuter 2nd Hugh Porter 2nd 2nd
Gwinnett Hammers Ed French 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Louisville Bats Diory Paulino 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Charlotte Knights Wes Stevens 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Columbus Clippers Willi Castro 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Cheslor Cuthbert 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
Pawtucket Red Sox Jim Alberts 8th 3rd(tied) 9th
Norfolk Tides Xavier Heredia 9th 3rd(tied) 10th
Toledo Mud Hens Dax Johnson 10th Dax Johnson 1st 1st
Rochester Red Wings Lúcio Aguilar 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bisons José Aguilar 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Indianapolis Arrows Juan Ortíz 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
Louisville Bats Jonathan Fremlin 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Charlotte Knights Waylon McFergus 3rd (tied) Waylon McFergus 2nd(tied) 2nd
Rochester Red Wings José Morán 3rd (tied) 6th(tied) 7th
Pawtucket Red Sox Doug Watkins 5th Raúl Diharce 2nd(tied) 3rd
Scranton WB RailRiders Ben Simmons 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Gwinnett Hammers Greg Reyes 7th Adrian Lazar 2nd(tied) 4th
Toledo Mud Hens Jeremy Brown 8th Jeff Lee 5th 5th
Norfolk Tides Joey Roberts 9th 6th(tied) 9th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Andrelton Simmons 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Indianapolis Arrows Joe Roberts 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bisons Sancho Marín 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Syracuse Chiefs Jerry Hendricks 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Columbus Clippers 14th 6th(tied) 14th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Indianapolis Arrows Tony Peña 1st Tony Peña 2nd 2nd
Gwinnett Hammers Joe McGrath 2nd 10th(tied) 10th
Durham Bulls Joey Bowen 3rd Joe Peterson 3rd 3rd
Toledo Mud Hens Chet Thompson 4th Chet Thompson 1st 1st
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Avisail Garcia 5th 10th(tied) 11th
Charlotte Knights Alfredo Robles 6th Kevin Cardny 9th 5th
Louisville Bats Arturo Ortega 7th Arturo Ortega 4th 4th
Norfolk Tides Pete Griffin 8th 10th(tied) 12th
Pawtucket Red Sox Daniel Ramos 9th Daniel Ramos 7th 7th
Rochester Red Wings Jorge Cota 10th Dave Brewer 8th 9th
Syracuse Chiefs Mike McDermott 11th Mike McDermott 5th 6th
Columbus Clippers Hugues Bertolucci 12th Hugues Bertolucci 6th 8th
Buffalo Bisons Lance Jeffries 13th 10th(tied) 13th
Scranton WB RailRiders 14th 10th(tied) 14th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Mud Hens Kurt Newton 1st Jerry Smith 3rd 2nd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Gus Manley 2nd Raúl López 4th 4th
Indianapolis Arrows Thad Brown 3rd Thad Brown 2nd 3rd
Scranton WB RailRiders Randy González 4th 6th(tied) 6th
Gwinnett Hammers Jeff O'Brien 5th 6th(tied) 7th
Louisville Bats Dan Sheehan 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Charlotte Knights Sean Vaughan 7th Rubén Fabián 1st 1st
Durham Bulls Pat Daniels 8th Pat Daniels 5th 5th
Pawtucket Red Sox Joe McDonald 9th 6th(tied) 9th
Rochester Red Wings Bernardo Vázquez 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Buffalo Bisons Tomás Biester 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Norfolk Tides Doug Murdock 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Syracuse Chiefs Ernesto García 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Columbus Clippers Juan Hernández 14th 6th(tied) 14th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Gwinnett Hammers Desi Godfrey 1st Greg Battle 8th 4th
Pawtucket Red Sox Mal Bickerton 2nd Tim Myers 2nd 1st
Louisville Bats Josh Anderson 3rd Josh Anderson 3rd 3rd
Toledo Mud Hens Jonathan Jacobson 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Scranton WB RailRiders Manny Sanchez 5th 10th(tied) 11th
Columbus Clippers Joaquín López 6th Jorge Morales 6th 7th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jorge Rodríguez 7th Sam MacFadden 7th 8th
Durham Bulls Lonnie Burke 8th Lonnie Burke 4th 5th
Rochester Red Wings Dan Mason 9th Dan Mason 5th 6th
Indianapolis Arrows Jorge Tavárez 10th Luis Muñóz 1st 2nd
Syracuse Chiefs Erik Watkins 11th 10th(tied) 12th
Charlotte Knights Ed Washington 12th Ed Washington 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
Syracuse Chiefs Clarence Jackson 2nd Ismael García 5th 2nd
Buffalo Bisons Shelby Miller 3rd Ernie Ramírez 11th(tied) 10th
Charlotte Knights Jesús Martínez 4th Jim Miller 6th 6th
Gwinnett Hammers Joe Lane 5th Jeff Reid 2nd 3rd
Rochester Red Wings Bob McDonald 6th Curt Boyd 8th 7th
Pawtucket Red Sox Ryoma Endo 7th Juan Aguilar 11th(tied) 11th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Matt Andriese 8th Dave Blackburn 11th(tied) 12th
Columbus Clippers Mauro Salazar 9th Lou Williams 9th 9th
Indianapolis Arrows Ernesto Mendoza 10th Jesús Vásquez 3rd 4th
Norfolk Tides Brad Johnson 11th Brad Johnson 4th 5th
Scranton WB RailRiders Luis Fuentes 12th Eric Bernier 7th 8th
Louisville Bats Chris Kohler 13th Chad Johnson 14th 14th
Durham Bulls Brit Johnson 14th Brad Thompson 10th 13th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Clippers Heath Hembree 1st Orlando Galindo 6th 2nd
Charlotte Knights Monte Young 2nd Cristiano Rodríguez 7th 3rd
Durham Bulls Trent Szkutnik 3rd José González 10th 5th
Pawtucket Red Sox Dellin Betances 4th 12th(tied) 6th
Norfolk Tides Christian Flores 5th Randy Delgado 1st 1st
Louisville Bats Joel York 6th 12th(tied) 7th
Indianapolis Arrows Enmanuel Berihuete 7th Jesús Vásquez 3rd(tied) 4th
Scranton WB RailRiders Addison Reed 8th Clarence Amdrade 11th 8th
Buffalo Bisons Jeurys Familia 9th 12th(tied) 12th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Robby Davis 10th Tony Smith 8th 13th
Rochester Red Wings Rob Williams 11th Luis Pagán 5th 11th
Toledo Mud Hens Artie Brown 12th Artie Brown 9th 14th
Syracuse Chiefs Michal Bauerewski 13th Edgardo González 2nd 9th
Gwinnett Hammers Don Forrest 14th Kevin Kirby 3rd(tied) 10th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pawtucket Red Sox Ryoma Endo 1st 12th(tied) 11th
Columbus Clippers Heath Hembree 2nd Orlando Galindo 6th 5th
Rochester Red Wings Adrián Cruz 3rd Luis Pagán 4th 2nd
Toledo Mud Hens Dylan Nash 4th Juan Vázquez 1st 1st
Charlotte Knights Monte Young 5th Cristiano Rodríguez 7th 6th
Louisville Bats Carlos Contreras 6th 12th(tied) 12th
Gwinnett Hammers Ed Ford 7th Kevin Kirby 2nd(tied) 3rd
Buffalo Bisons Logan Webb 8th 12th(tied) 14th
Durham Bulls Trent Szkutnik 9th José González 9th 7th
Indianapolis Arrows Enmanuel Berihuete 10th Jesús Vásquez 2nd(tied) 4th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Ron Boyer 11th Tony Smith 8th 8th
Scranton WB RailRiders Addison Reed 12th Clarence Amdrade 11th 9th
Norfolk Tides Randy Delgado 13th Randy Delgado 5th 10th
Syracuse Chiefs Edgardo González 14th Edgardo González 10th 13th
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