CALIFORNIA LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
03/31/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Tim Smith 1st 6th(tied) 5th
Lake Elsinore Storm Chuck Hall 2nd Chuck Hall 2nd 2nd
Inland Empire 66ers Chris Sweet 3rd Rodrigo Marín 1st 1st
Bakersfield Blaze Pat Bancroft 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Modesto Nuts Butch Fowler 5th 6th(tied) 8th
High Desert Mavericks Tony Anderson 6th Dave Obermark 4th 3rd
Stockton Ports Luo-shan Sheng 7th 6th(tied) 9th
San Jose Giants Wes García 8th Bob Jones 3rd 4th
Lancaster JetHawks Jerry Hood 9th 6th(tied) 10th
Visalia Rawhide Danny Sellers 10th Danny Sellers 5th 6th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lancaster JetHawks Jim Collier 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Inland Empire 66ers Trevor Kirkham 2nd Trevor Kirkham 3rd 1st
Bakersfield Blaze Bill McKee 3rd Bill McKee 4th 2nd
Stockton Ports Art Thompson 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Víctor Ramírez 5th Eric Columbus 2nd 4th
Modesto Nuts Robinson Encarnación 6th 6th(tied) 8th
High Desert Mavericks Joe Elliott 7th Joe Elliott 1st 3rd
Lake Elsinore Storm Steve Burke 8th Steve Burke 5th 5th
Visalia Rawhide Dan Albertson 9th 6th(tied) 9th
San Jose Giants 10th 6th(tied) 10th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
High Desert Mavericks Bobby Schultz 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Bakersfield Blaze Marc Reynolds 2nd Marc Reynolds 1st 1st
Lancaster JetHawks Mike Wilson 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Bobby Mills 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Inland Empire 66ers Donnie Robinson 5th Donnie Robinson 2nd 2nd
Modesto Nuts Tex Rogers 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Lake Elsinore Storm Juan Pérez 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Visalia Rawhide Eddie Morse 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
San Jose Giants 9th (tied) 3rd(tied) 9th(tied)
Stockton Ports 9th (tied) 3rd(tied) 9th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bakersfield Blaze Jerry Richards 1st Jerry Richards 4th 4th
Inland Empire 66ers Claude Palma 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
High Desert Mavericks Steffen Meadows 3rd Steffen Meadows 3rd 1st
Lancaster JetHawks Pancho Mendoza 4th Pancho Mendoza 2nd 2nd
San Jose Giants Horace Erwin 5th Horace Erwin 1st 3rd
Stockton Ports Chad Baker 6th 5th(tied) 6th
Modesto Nuts Bob Edmonds 7th 5th(tied) 7th
Lake Elsinore Storm Zander Revels 8th 5th(tied) 8th
Visalia Rawhide Travis McLeod 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 10th 5th(tied) 10th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Jose Giants Ernie Palmer 1st Ernie Palmer 2nd 1st
Lancaster JetHawks Ron Nolan 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Bakersfield Blaze Ken Erickson 3rd Ken Erickson 1st 2nd
High Desert Mavericks Ken Pearson 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Modesto Nuts Eric Ganey 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Inland Empire 66ers Jorge Rodríguez 6th Jorge Rodríguez 3rd 3rd
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Jesús Gómez 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Lake Elsinore Storm José Colón 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Visalia Rawhide Mike Richards 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Stockton Ports 10th 4th(tied) 10th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
High Desert Mavericks Kade Riley 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Elroy Long 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
San Jose Giants Jon West 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Lancaster JetHawks Estaçio Corunha 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Inland Empire 66ers Dan Hall 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Visalia Rawhide Jesús García 6th Jesús García 1st 1st
Bakersfield Blaze 7th (tied) 2nd(tied) 7th(tied)
Lake Elsinore Storm 7th (tied) 2nd(tied) 7th(tied)
Modesto Nuts 7th (tied) 2nd(tied) 7th(tied)
Stockton Ports 7th (tied) 2nd(tied) 7th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Pepe Uribe 1st Pepe Uribe 1st(tied) 1st
San Jose Giants Bob Tucker 2nd Bob Tucker 6th 6th
Bakersfield Blaze Steve Bender 3rd Steve Bender 4th 4th
High Desert Mavericks Brad Hussey 4th Brad Hussey 3rd 3rd
Lancaster JetHawks Kevin Percy 5th Kevin Percy 5th 5th
Modesto Nuts Ken Boyd 6th Ken Boyd 1st(tied) 2nd
Stockton Ports Jeremy Lilly 7th 7th(tied) 7th
Visalia Rawhide Bob Madison 8th 7th(tied) 8th
Lake Elsinore Storm Manny Sánchez 9th 7th(tied) 9th
Inland Empire 66ers 10th 7th(tied) 10th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lancaster JetHawks Mike Wilson 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
San Jose Giants Steve Norrish 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
High Desert Mavericks Johnny Anderson 3rd Johnny Anderson 1st(tied) 1st
Bakersfield Blaze Jake Schneider 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Sergio Sánchez 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Lake Elsinore Storm Israel López 6th Israel López 1st(tied) 2nd
Visalia Rawhide Arturo Vargas 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Inland Empire 66ers 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Modesto Nuts 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Stockton Ports 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bakersfield Blaze Chris Hall 1st Stan Valentine 5th(tied) 5th
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Jamal Haley 2nd Joe James 7th 7th
Lancaster JetHawks Ken Zimmerman 3rd Ludovico Morbey 5th(tied) 6th
High Desert Mavericks Pat Peterson 4th Sergio Román 3rd 3rd
Stockton Ports Tablighat Khassanov 5th Tablighat Khassanov 8th 8th
Lake Elsinore Storm Ben Wilson 6th Tim Hopkins 4th 4th
Inland Empire 66ers Mike Owens 7th António Germán 2nd 1st
San Jose Giants Rob Dalmahoy 8th 9th(tied) 9th
Modesto Nuts Jon Baldwin 9th Jon Baldwin 1st 2nd
Visalia Rawhide Ed Webb 10th 9th(tied) 10th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
High Desert Mavericks Jim McQuire 1st 3rd(tied) 1st
Lake Elsinore Storm Ben Wilson 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Inland Empire 66ers Israel Gómez 3rd Ernie Jennings 1st 2nd
Visalia Rawhide Ed Webb 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
Stockton Ports Steve Russell 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Lancaster JetHawks Otton van Rey 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
Modesto Nuts Jimmy Miller 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Walt West 8th Ken Smith 2nd 6th
San Jose Giants Pete Bryan 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Bakersfield Blaze Joe Black 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Ken Smith 1st Ken Smith 1st 1st
Lake Elsinore Storm Ben Wilson 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Inland Empire 66ers Leon Thompson 3rd Leon Thompson 2nd 2nd
High Desert Mavericks Chris Martin 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
Stockton Ports Steve Russell 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
San Jose Giants Bob Whitney 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Lancaster JetHawks Tim Wheeler 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Modesto Nuts Steve Jensen 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Bakersfield Blaze Joe Black 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Visalia Rawhide Ed Webb 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
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