CALIFORNIA LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
01/11/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
High Desert Mavericks Joel Kirkpatrick 1st Joel Kirkpatrick 1st 1st
Modesto Nuts Víctor Ocasio 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Tim Smith 3rd Tim Smith 2nd 2nd
Lancaster JetHawks Cristóbal Rosa 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
Bakersfield Blaze Pat Bancroft 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Stockton Ports Luo-shan Sheng 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Lake Elsinore Storm Monty Reed 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
San Jose Giants Bob Jones 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Visalia Rawhide António Díaz 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Inland Empire 66ers 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Inland Empire 66ers Trevor Kirkham 1st Trevor Kirkham 3rd 1st
Bakersfield Blaze Bill McKee 2nd Bill McKee 4th 3rd
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Víctor Ramírez 3rd Eric Columbus 1st 2nd
Stockton Ports Art Thompson 4th 5th(tied) 5th
San Jose Giants Hugh Rutherford 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Modesto Nuts Robinson Encarnación 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Lancaster JetHawks Johnny Givens 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Visalia Rawhide Randy Everhart 8th 5th(tied) 9th
High Desert Mavericks Joe Elliott 9th Joe Elliott 2nd 4th
Lake Elsinore Storm Ian Green 10th 5th(tied) 10th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Stockton Ports Micheal Harden 1st Micheal Harden 3rd 2nd
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Bobby Mills 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Bakersfield Blaze Marc Reynolds 3rd Marc Reynolds 1st 1st
High Desert Mavericks Shawn Collins 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Inland Empire 66ers Donnie Robinson 5th Donnie Robinson 2nd 3rd
Modesto Nuts Tex Rogers 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Visalia Rawhide Jonathan Engeman 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Lake Elsinore Storm Juan Pérez 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Lancaster JetHawks 9th (tied) 4th(tied) 9th(tied)
San Jose Giants 9th (tied) 4th(tied) 9th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bakersfield Blaze Jerry Richards 1st Jerry Richards 1st 1st
Lancaster JetHawks Al Baker 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Stockton Ports Chad Baker 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Visalia Rawhide Kian-zhi Li 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Inland Empire 66ers Claude Palma 5th Claude Palma 2nd 2nd
San Jose Giants Ed Keller 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
High Desert Mavericks José Gonzáles 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Modesto Nuts Bob Edmonds 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Lake Elsinore Storm Zander Revels 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Jose Giants Ernie Palmer 1st Ernie Palmer 1st 1st
Lancaster JetHawks Charlie Gaston 2nd Charlie Gaston 3rd 3rd
Bakersfield Blaze Ken Erickson 3rd Ken Erickson 2nd 2nd
Visalia Rawhide Elroy Davis 4th 5th(tied) 5th
High Desert Mavericks Ken Pearson 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Modesto Nuts Eric Ganey 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Inland Empire 66ers Jorge Rodríguez 7th Jorge Rodríguez 4th 4th
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Jesús Gómez 8th 5th(tied) 8th
Lake Elsinore Storm José Colón 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Stockton Ports 10th 5th(tied) 10th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
High Desert Mavericks Lou Manning 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Lancaster JetHawks José Rea 2nd José Rea 4th 1st
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Elroy Long 3rd Elroy Long 3rd 2nd
Visalia Rawhide Ken Malone 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Inland Empire 66ers Steve Prince 5th Steve Prince 2nd 4th
Lake Elsinore Storm Tim Hopkins 6th Tim Hopkins 1st 3rd
Bakersfield Blaze 7th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th(tied)
Modesto Nuts 7th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th(tied)
San Jose Giants 7th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th(tied)
Stockton Ports 7th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lancaster JetHawks Josh Davis 1st Josh Davis 5th 5th
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Bob Morris 2nd Pepe Uribe 1st(tied) 1st
Bakersfield Blaze Dana Spencer 3rd Steve Bender 1st(tied) 2nd
San Jose Giants Josh Ford 4th 7th(tied) 7th
Stockton Ports Jeremy Lilly 5th 7th(tied) 8th
High Desert Mavericks Brad Hussey 6th Brad Hussey 4th 4th
Modesto Nuts Ken Boyd 7th Ken Davis 1st(tied) 3rd
Visalia Rawhide P.J. Cunningham 8th P.J. Cunningham 6th 6th
Lake Elsinore Storm Rubén Herrera 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 Eric Martin 1st Eric Martin 1st 1st
Bakersfield Blaze Jake Schneider 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
High Desert Mavericks Johnny Anderson 3rd Johnny Anderson 4th 2nd
San Jose Giants Sean Seals 4th Sean Seals 3rd 3rd
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Sergio Sánchez 5th Sergio Sánchez 2nd 4th
Visalia Rawhide Ken Whittier 6th 5th(tied) 6th
Lake Elsinore Storm Cy Courtney 7th 5th(tied) 7th
Inland Empire 66ers 8th (tied) 5th(tied) 8th(tied)
Modesto Nuts 8th (tied) 5th(tied) 8th(tied)
Stockton Ports 8th (tied) 5th(tied) 8th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lancaster JetHawks Jon Terry 1st Phil Perkins 1st 1st
Stockton Ports Clarence Capulin 2nd Tablighat Khassanov 8th 6th
Bakersfield Blaze Randy Gordon 3rd Stan Valentine 4th(tied) 3rd
Inland Empire 66ers Andy McCormick 4th Tommy Steward 7th 8th
San Jose Giants Jimmy Hoover 5th Héctor Rivera 6th 7th
High Desert Mavericks Pat Peterson 6th Sergio Román 3rd 2nd
Lake Elsinore Storm Eric Jackson 7th Dan Broadley 4th(tied) 4th
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Jamal Haley 8th 10th 9th
Modesto Nuts Jon Baldwin 9th Jon Baldwin 2nd 5th
Visalia Rawhide Ben Williams 10th Ben Williams 9th 10th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lancaster JetHawks Timon Skouloudis 1st 4th(tied) 2nd
High Desert Mavericks Jim McQuire 2nd Tristan Jackson 3rd 1st
Visalia Rawhide Jerry White 3rd 4th(tied) 4th
San Jose Giants Hal Powell 4th Hal Powell 2nd 3rd
Lake Elsinore Storm Rusty King 5th 4th(tied) 5th
Stockton Ports Tim Hilton 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Modesto Nuts Jimmy Miller 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Walt West 8th Ken Smith 1st 7th
Inland Empire 66ers Mike Owens 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Bakersfield Blaze Joe Black 10th 4th(tied) 10th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Jose Giants Hal Powell 1st Hal Powell 2nd 1st
Lake Elsinore Storm Rusty King 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Stockton Ports Tim Hilton 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Ken Smith 4th Ken Smith 1st 2nd
Inland Empire 66ers Mike Owens 5th 4th(tied) 6th
High Desert Mavericks Jim McQuire 6th Tristan Jackson 3rd 3rd
Lancaster JetHawks Otton van Rey 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Bakersfield Blaze Joe Black 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Visalia Rawhide Jerry White 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Modesto Nuts Steve Jensen 10th 4th(tied) 10th
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