SOUTHERN LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
03/12/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Suns Ben Hamilton 1st Ben Hamilton 1st 1st
Tennessee Smokies Jorge González 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Birmingham Barons Cristóbal Rosa 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Jackson Generals Adryão Gramacho 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Montgomery Biscuits Eric Faulkner 5th Rocky Smith 4th 2nd
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Ted Dickinson 6th Cristo Muñíz 3rd 3rd
Mississippi Hammers Alex Thompson 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Biloxi Shuckers Ron Maxwell 8th Ron Maxwell 2nd 4th
Chattanooga Lookouts Dave Pugh 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Mobile BayBears Chad Williams 10th 5th(tied) 10th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Suns Robinson Flores 1st Robinson Flores 1st 1st
Jackson Generals Samuel Borel 2nd Samuel Borel 2nd 2nd
Chattanooga Lookouts Tommy Anderson 3rd 4th(tied) 4th
Mississippi Hammers Rudy Swanson 4th Rudy Swanson 3rd 3rd
Birmingham Barons Luis Moroles 5th 4th(tied) 5th
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Skip Hayden 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Montgomery Biscuits Danny Phillips 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Mobile BayBears Dan Edwards 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Biloxi Shuckers 9th (tied) 4th(tied) 9th(tied)
Tennessee Smokies 9th (tied) 4th(tied) 9th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chattanooga Lookouts Bud Swinford 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Tennessee Smokies Bernardo Gonzáles 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Birmingham Barons Tad Moore 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Montgomery Biscuits Jesús Mencío 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Jackson Generals Dan Talley 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Mississippi Hammers Joe Allison 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Johnny Whaley 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Jacksonville Suns Jesús Ayala 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Mobile BayBears Jim Seymour 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Biloxi Shuckers Ken Mathis 10th 1st(tied) 10th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Mississippi Hammers Ben Stevenson 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Birmingham Barons Juan Ortíz 2nd Juan Ortíz 3rd 2nd
Chattanooga Lookouts Jim Espinoza 3rd Jim Espinoza 2nd 3rd
Biloxi Shuckers Ernie Brewster 4th Ernie Brewster 1st 1st
Jacksonville Suns Mario Blanca 5th 4th(tied) 5th
Montgomery Biscuits Brad Crosby 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Octávio Padilla 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Jackson Generals Jorge Sánchez 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Mobile BayBears Ed Wills 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Tennessee Smokies Andy Wilson 10th 4th(tied) 10th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Montgomery Biscuits Tommy Miller 1st Steve McVeagh 1st 1st
Tennessee Smokies Ben Talley 2nd Sergio Martínez 2nd 2nd
Chattanooga Lookouts Jon Adams 3rd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Birmingham Barons Brad Dobson 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Nate Bender 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Jackson Generals Joe Towns 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Biloxi Shuckers Dan Thompson 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Mobile BayBears Mike Cole 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Jacksonville Suns 9th (tied) 3rd(tied) 9th(tied)
Mississippi Hammers 9th (tied) 3rd(tied) 9th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chattanooga Lookouts Luis Espinoza 1st Luis Espinoza 1st 1st
Birmingham Barons Rob Larson 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Jacksonville Suns Jeff Kramer 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Jesús Rodríguez 4th Jesús Rodríguez 4th 3rd
Jackson Generals Billy Davies 5th Billy Davies 3rd 2nd
Montgomery Biscuits Jendrzej Geremek 6th Joe Peterson 2nd 4th
Tennessee Smokies Matt Blagdon 7th 5th(tied) 7th
Mobile BayBears Norberto Muñóz 8th 5th(tied) 8th
Biloxi Shuckers Rick Delage 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Mississippi Hammers 10th 5th(tied) 10th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tennessee Smokies Jon Jackson 1st Jon Jackson 2nd 2nd
Montgomery Biscuits Tim Rice 2nd Ben Young 1st 1st
Birmingham Barons Ben Daugherty 3rd 4th(tied) 4th
Chattanooga Lookouts Chris Comstock 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Jacksonville Suns Juan Souza 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Mississippi Hammers Noel Alexander 6th Walt Evans 3rd 3rd
Jackson Generals Marc Rowland 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Lonnie Johnston 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Mobile BayBears Tony Gómez 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Biloxi Shuckers Jim Riley 10th 4th(tied) 10th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chattanooga Lookouts Stu Prouty 1st Stu Prouty 3rd 1st
Birmingham Barons Josh Davis 2nd Fernando Durant 1st 2nd
Jackson Generals Bobby White 3rd Norbert Coleman 2nd 3rd
Mississippi Hammers Rob Hickman 4th 4th(tied) 4th
Tennessee Smokies Rob Wade 5th 4th(tied) 5th
Montgomery Biscuits Greg Bailey 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Juan Aguilera 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Biloxi Shuckers Stu Morgan 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Mobile BayBears Ken Whittier 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Jacksonville Suns 10th 4th(tied) 10th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Blake Bivens 1st Jon Raleigh 1st 1st
Jacksonville Suns Robinson Santana 2nd Bobby Swanson 2nd(tied) 2nd
Chattanooga Lookouts José Romero 3rd José Romero 5th 5th
Birmingham Barons Raúl Muñíz 4th Jim Miller 7th 6th
Mississippi Hammers Esteban Soto 5th 9th(tied) 8th
Jackson Generals Mike Briddon 6th Jimmy Smith 2nd(tied) 3rd
Montgomery Biscuits Juan Rodríguez 7th Jeremy Fox 6th 7th
Tennessee Smokies Bob Gibson 8th 9th(tied) 9th
Biloxi Shuckers Pat Slusher 9th Pat Slusher 2nd(tied) 4th
Mobile BayBears Magnus Adriansen 10th Ben Williams 8th 10th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Suns Robinson Santana 1st Robinson Santana 1st 1st
Chattanooga Lookouts Lou Plummer 2nd 3rd(tied) 2nd
Tennessee Smokies Chris Hill 3rd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Dave Brower 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
Mississippi Hammers Esteban Soto 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Montgomery Biscuits Josh Cox 6th Josh Cox 2nd 6th
Jackson Generals Hugh Herring 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Biloxi Shuckers Virgil Ramírez 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Mobile BayBears José Alaniz 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Birmingham Barons Juan Vázquez 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Suns Robinson Santana 1st Robinson Santana 1st 1st
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Blake Bivens 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Mississippi Hammers Esteban Soto 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Jackson Generals Hugh Herring 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Birmingham Barons Jeff Jones 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Chattanooga Lookouts Lou Plummer 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
Montgomery Biscuits Dan Collins 7th Josh Cox 2nd 2nd
Tennessee Smokies Chris Hill 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Biloxi Shuckers Johnny Blackwell 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Mobile BayBears Bobby Wagner 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
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