SOUTHERN LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
06/22/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Suns Jorge Dueñas 1st Jorge Dueñas 1st 1st
Birmingham Barons Kevin Perry 2nd Kevin Perry 3rd 2nd
Mississippi Hammers Elton Burton 3rd Elton Burton 2nd 3rd
Tennessee Smokies Jorge González 4th 6th(tied) 6th
Biloxi Shuckers Alvin Burks 5th 6th(tied) 7th
Montgomery Biscuits Eric Faulkner 6th Rocky Smith 4th 4th
Chattanooga Lookouts Willie Ross 7th Manny Gutiérrez 5th 5th
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Cristo Muñíz 8th 6th(tied) 8th
Jackson Generals Adryão Gramacho 9th 6th(tied) 9th
Mobile BayBears Bob Greene 10th 6th(tied) 10th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Birmingham Barons Tony Lucero 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Chattanooga Lookouts Orlando Rivera 2nd Sean McQueen 5th 2nd
Mississippi Hammers Shawn Simmons 3rd Shawn Simmons 1st 1st
Jackson Generals Jim Kilmister 4th Bill McKee 2nd 3rd
Jacksonville Suns Juan Camacho 5th Bob Jones 4th 4th
Montgomery Biscuits Danny Phillips 6th 6th(tied) 7th
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Lou Jones 7th Lou Jones 3rd 5th
Mobile BayBears Eric Stanley 8th 6th(tied) 8th
Biloxi Shuckers Brad Holmes 9th 6th(tied) 9th
Tennessee Smokies 10th 6th(tied) 10th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Suns Lonnie Ross 1st Lonnie Ross 2nd 2nd
Mississippi Hammers Mike Cantrell 2nd Dani Martínez 3rd 3rd
Jackson Generals Yoshitsune Yamada 3rd Marc Reynolds 1st 1st
Birmingham Barons Orlando Silva 4th Juan Fernández 4th 4th
Chattanooga Lookouts José Medina 5th 5th(tied) 5th
Tennessee Smokies Bernardo Gonzáles 6th 5th(tied) 6th
Biloxi Shuckers Jesús Guerra 7th 5th(tied) 7th
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Manny Marín 8th 5th(tied) 8th
Montgomery Biscuits Jesús Mencío 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Mobile BayBears Jim Seymour 10th 5th(tied) 10th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Mobile BayBears Bob Kane 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Mississippi Hammers Desi Rush 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Biloxi Shuckers Ernie Brewster 3rd Ernie Brewster 1st 1st
Chattanooga Lookouts Jim Espinoza 4th Jim Espinoza 2nd 2nd
Jacksonville Suns Brit Hicks 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Ben Riley 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Jackson Generals Jerry Richards 7th Jerry Richards 3rd 3rd
Birmingham Barons Dan Lindsey 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Montgomery Biscuits Brad Crosby 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Tennessee Smokies 10th 4th(tied) 10th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jackson Generals Jesús Trejo 1st Ken Erickson 1st 1st
Biloxi Shuckers José Martínez 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Birmingham Barons Manny Carrillo 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Chattanooga Lookouts Mike Muñóz 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Jacksonville Suns Manny García 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Mississippi Hammers Juan Buckley 6th Juan Buckley 3rd 2nd
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Jon Rhodes 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Tennessee Smokies Doug McGillivantic 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Mobile BayBears Juan Carlos Canseco 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Montgomery Biscuits Torazo Ramírez 10th Steve McVeagh 2nd 3rd
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Suns Mario Bermúdez 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Birmingham Barons Rob Evans 2nd Bernardo Díaz 3rd 3rd
Jackson Generals Ed Green 3rd Ed Green 2nd 2nd
Mississippi Hammers Sam Woodard 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Jesús Rodríguez 5th Jesús Rodríguez 4th 4th
Chattanooga Lookouts Luis Espinoza 6th Héctor Miranda 1st 1st
Tennessee Smokies Matt Blagdon 7th 5th(tied) 7th
Biloxi Shuckers Juan Martínez 8th 5th(tied) 8th
Montgomery Biscuits Jendrzej Geremek 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Mobile BayBears Charles Pigafetta 10th 5th(tied) 10th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tennessee Smokies Manolo Ríos 1st Manolo Ríos 4th 3rd
Mississippi Hammers Jorge Ferrer 2nd Beau Carson 1st(tied) 1st
Jackson Generals Montrel Erbetto 3rd 6th(tied) 6th
Jacksonville Suns Steve Lee 4th Joe Burns 3rd 4th
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Lonnie Johnston 5th 6th(tied) 7th
Mobile BayBears António Manuel 6th Clarence Ackerman 1st(tied) 2nd
Montgomery Biscuits Juan Rocha 7th 6th(tied) 8th
Chattanooga Lookouts Ed Bingham 8th Joe Collins 5th 5th
Biloxi Shuckers Jeff Clark 9th 6th(tied) 9th
Birmingham Barons Matilde Fiuza 10th 6th(tied) 10th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jackson Generals Bobby White 1st Bobby White 1st 1st
Mississippi Hammers Joe Powers 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Tennessee Smokies Rob Wade 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Montgomery Biscuits Greg Bailey 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Chattanooga Lookouts Jesús Rodríguez 5th Jesús Rodríguez 2nd 2nd
Biloxi Shuckers Eric Hiter 6th Eric Hiter 3rd 3rd
Mobile BayBears Mike Knapp 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Birmingham Barons José Rivera 8th José Rivera 4th 4th
Jacksonville Suns Ron Reeves 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Juan Aguilera 10th 5th(tied) 10th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Suns Mal Fuller 1st Mal Fuller 1st 1st
Birmingham Barons Carlos Bennett 2nd Doug Beck 5th 4th
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Sam McWilliams 3rd Jon Raleigh 2nd 2nd
Mississippi Hammers Rob Nance 4th Kevin Snyder 6th(tied) 6th
Chattanooga Lookouts Jimmy Hernández 5th Augusto Pérez 3rd 3rd
Jackson Generals Jimmy Smith 6th Cam Rice 4th 5th
Biloxi Shuckers Berto Amoyo 7th Pat Slusher 6th(tied) 7th
Montgomery Biscuits Orlando Caraballo 8th 9th(tied) 9th
Mobile BayBears Ben Williams 9th Ben Williams 6th(tied) 8th
Tennessee Smokies Dimitri Nedelec 10th 9th(tied) 10th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Suns Mal Fuller 1st Mal Fuller 1st 1st
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Steve Gibbs 2nd 3rd(tied) 2nd
Tennessee Smokies José Maréz 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Chattanooga Lookouts Steve Becker 4th César Segura 2nd 3rd
Birmingham Barons Steve Reid 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Montgomery Biscuits Josh Cox 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Biloxi Shuckers Greg Reiher 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Mississippi Hammers Francisco A. Sanchez 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Jackson Generals Hugh Herring 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Mobile BayBears Mike Wright 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Suns Mal Fuller 1st Mal Fuller 1st 1st
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Steve Gibbs 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Chattanooga Lookouts Duane Hutchins 3rd César Segura 2nd 2nd
Mississippi Hammers Francisco A. Sanchez 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
Birmingham Barons Jeff Jones 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Jackson Generals Hugh Herring 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Montgomery Biscuits Dan Collins 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Biloxi Shuckers Greg Reiher 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Mobile BayBears Mike Wright 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Tennessee Smokies José Maréz 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
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