INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
03/12/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jeff Smith 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Louisville Bats Teddy Hickman 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Buffalo Bisons Zane Evans 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Gwinnett Hammers Dan Dorey 4th 3rd(tied) 6th
Columbus Clippers Jorge Acosta 5th Jon Kline 1st 1st
Rochester Red Wings Kevin Waddell 6th Kevin Waddell 2nd 2nd
Indianapolis Arrows Pat House 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Norfolk Tides Dylan Battle 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Syracuse Chiefs Mike Norris 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Charlotte Knights Juan Delgado 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Durham Bulls 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
Pawtucket Red Sox 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
Toledo Mud Hens 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jeremy Martin 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Toledo Mud Hens Robbie Lambright 2nd 6th(tied) 7th
Buffalo Bisons Shoba Morse 3rd 6th(tied) 8th
Scranton WB RailRiders Jim Cobb 4th 6th(tied) 9th
Rochester Red Wings Orlando Rivera 5th 6th(tied) 10th
Charlotte Knights Ben Cross 6th Bernardo Díaz 1st 1st
Columbus Clippers Cisco Vargas 7th Cisco Vargas 5th 3rd
Indianapolis Arrows Bob Bishop 8th Bob Bishop 2nd 2nd
Durham Bulls Artie McGee 9th Artie McGee 3rd 4th
Pawtucket Red Sox Rocky Fox 10th Rocky Fox 4th 5th
Gwinnett Hammers 11th (tied) 6th(tied) 11th(tied)
Louisville Bats 11th (tied) 6th(tied) 11th(tied)
Norfolk Tides 11th (tied) 6th(tied) 11th(tied)
Syracuse Chiefs 11th (tied) 6th(tied) 11th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Carlos Sepulveda 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Scranton WB RailRiders Willy Adames 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Indianapolis Arrows Arquimedes Gamboa 3rd Neill Wassink 3rd 1st
Toledo Mud Hens Joe Wendle 4th Jeff Lee 2nd 2nd
Charlotte Knights Orlando Silva 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Rochester Red Wings Dave Stone 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Gwinnett Hammers Jesús Bermúdez 7th Jesús Bermúdez 1st 3rd
Louisville Bats José Galindo 8th José Galindo 4th 4th
Syracuse Chiefs Héctor Rodríguez 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Buffalo Bisons Jake Conley 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Columbus Clippers 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
Durham Bulls 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
Norfolk Tides 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
Pawtucket Red Sox 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Cheslor Cuthbert 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Buffalo Bisons José Aguilar 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Norfolk Tides Ron Lilly 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Scranton WB RailRiders D.J. Peterson 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Louisville Bats Steve Erwin 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Columbus Clippers Steve Moore 6th 2nd(tied) 7th
Charlotte Knights Tony Boggs 7th Tony Boggs 1st 1st
Toledo Mud Hens Jake Bray 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Syracuse Chiefs Ron Clark 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Indianapolis Arrows Von Wheeler 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Rochester Red Wings Steve Marks 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Durham Bulls 12th (tied) 2nd(tied) 12th(tied)
Gwinnett Hammers 12th (tied) 2nd(tied) 12th(tied)
Pawtucket Red Sox 12th (tied) 2nd(tied) 12th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Bats Jonathan Fremlin 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Andrelton Simmons 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Scranton WB RailRiders Ben Simmons 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Norfolk Tides Jeff Gillespie 4th Jeff Gillespie 2nd 1st
Durham Bulls Dan Stevenson 5th Dan Stevenson 1st 2nd
Indianapolis Arrows Juan Chávez 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Rochester Red Wings José Colón 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Buffalo Bisons 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Charlotte Knights 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Columbus Clippers 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Gwinnett Hammers 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Pawtucket Red Sox 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Syracuse Chiefs 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Toledo Mud Hens 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Mud Hens Kurt Newton 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Avisail Garcia 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Buffalo Bisons Jeff Neal 3rd Hugo Perales 2nd 1st
Syracuse Chiefs Hunter Renfroe 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Columbus Clippers Dane Jackson 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Norfolk Tides Pete Griffin 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
Charlotte Knights Danny Holmes 7th Danny Holmes 1st 2nd
Scranton WB RailRiders Don Desjardins 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Rochester Red Wings Willie Middleton 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Durham Bulls 10th (tied) 3rd(tied) 10th(tied)
Gwinnett Hammers 10th (tied) 3rd(tied) 10th(tied)
Indianapolis Arrows 10th (tied) 3rd(tied) 10th(tied)
Louisville Bats 10th (tied) 3rd(tied) 10th(tied)
Pawtucket Red Sox 10th (tied) 3rd(tied) 10th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Brandon Nimmo 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Indianapolis Arrows Tony Peña 2nd Tony Peña 1st 1st
Charlotte Knights Juan Ramos 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Toledo Mud Hens Jerry Smith 4th Jerry Smith 3rd 3rd
Gwinnett Hammers Jorge Ferrer 5th Manol Tesch 2nd 2nd
Norfolk Tides Doug Murdock 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Scranton WB RailRiders Ira Mullins 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Columbus Clippers Ronnie Matthews 8th Ronnie Matthews 4th 4th
Rochester Red Wings Anastasio González 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Buffalo Bisons 10th (tied) 5th(tied) 10th(tied)
Durham Bulls 10th (tied) 5th(tied) 10th(tied)
Louisville Bats 10th (tied) 5th(tied) 10th(tied)
Pawtucket Red Sox 10th (tied) 5th(tied) 10th(tied)
Syracuse Chiefs 10th (tied) 5th(tied) 10th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jorge Rodríguez 1st Chad Inman 2nd 1st
Columbus Clippers Jesús Castro 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Toledo Mud Hens Mookie Betts 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Indianapolis Arrows Luis Muñóz 4th Luis Muñóz 1st 2nd
Pawtucket Red Sox Rob Thompson 5th Rob Thompson 3rd 3rd
Durham Bulls Bob Hoffman 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Charlotte Knights Pepe Gómez 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Rochester Red Wings Steve bin Hakem 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Syracuse Chiefs Willie Marshall 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Buffalo Bisons 10th (tied) 4th(tied) 10th(tied)
Gwinnett Hammers 10th (tied) 4th(tied) 10th(tied)
Louisville Bats 10th (tied) 4th(tied) 10th(tied)
Norfolk Tides 10th (tied) 4th(tied) 10th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders 10th (tied) 4th(tied) 10th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Matt Andriese 1st Tony Smith 7th 4th
Toledo Mud Hens Pedro Baez 2nd Su-shun Da 6th 5th
Gwinnett Hammers Dave Norwood 3rd Dave Norwood 5th 6th
Louisville Bats Jameson Taillon 4th Chad Johnson 1st(tied) 1st
Norfolk Tides Christian Flores 5th Brad Johnson 1st(tied) 2nd
Indianapolis Arrows Rob Armstrong 6th José Romo 1st(tied) 3rd
Charlotte Knights Ron Stewart 7th Ron Stewart 4th 7th
Scranton WB RailRiders Matt Tenuta 8th 10th(tied) 8th
Rochester Red Wings Ed Bates 9th 10th(tied) 9th
Columbus Clippers Severino Gonzalez 10th 10th(tied) 10th
Pawtucket Red Sox Mac Ward 11th 10th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bisons Dylan Bundy 12th 10th(tied) 14th
Durham Bulls Ben Lake 13th Ben Lake 8th 11th
Syracuse Chiefs Jim Matthews 14th Steve Strouse 9th 13th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Bats Nick Rumbelow 1st 7th(tied) 1st
Gwinnett Hammers Dave Norwood 2nd Dave Norwood 1st 2nd
Norfolk Tides Conan Myers 3rd Conan Myers 6th 3rd
Buffalo Bisons Jose Tapia 4th 7th(tied) 5th
Rochester Red Wings Roelof Kruit 5th Steve Becker 4th 4th
Columbus Clippers Ed Raines 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Robby Davis 7th Tony Smith 3rd 6th
Pawtucket Red Sox Stu Robinson 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Syracuse Chiefs Jim Matthews 9th Steve Strouse 5th 8th
Indianapolis Arrows Dan Conner 10th Jeremy Fowler 2nd 7th
Charlotte Knights Juan Rodríguez 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Toledo Mud Hens Yasunobu Hayagawa 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Durham Bulls 13th (tied) 7th(tied) 13th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders 13th (tied) 7th(tied) 13th(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rochester Red Wings Steve Becker 1st Steve Becker 4th 1st
Louisville Bats Nick Rumbelow 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Gwinnett Hammers Dave Norwood 3rd Dave Norwood 1st 2nd
Buffalo Bisons Jose Tapia 4th 7th(tied) 8th
Columbus Clippers Ed Raines 5th 7th(tied) 9th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Tony Smith 6th Tony Smith 3rd 3rd
Charlotte Knights Juan Rodríguez 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Pawtucket Red Sox Stu Robinson 8th 7th(tied) 11th
Norfolk Tides Conan Myers 9th Conan Myers 6th 4th
Toledo Mud Hens Yasunobu Hayagawa 10th 7th(tied) 12th
Syracuse Chiefs Jim Matthews 11th Steve Strouse 5th 6th
Indianapolis Arrows Jeremy Fowler 12th Jeremy Fowler 2nd 5th
Durham Bulls 13th (tied) 7th(tied) 13th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders 13th (tied) 7th(tied) 13th(tied)
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