CAROLINA LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/10/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Ken Clark 1st Ken Clark 2nd 1st
Wilmington Blue Rocks Bret Muldoon 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Frederick Keys Jon Ramos 3rd Jon Ramos 3rd 2nd
Winston-Salem Dash António Bruno 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Lynchburg Hillcats Geoff Mann 5th Yoni Janvier 4th 4th
Salem Red Sox Manny García 6th Manny García 1st 3rd
Carolina Mudcats Jorge López 7th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th(tied)
Potomac Nationals Mike Ludwick 7th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Ron Crotty 1st Ron Crotty 2nd 1st
Winston-Salem Dash Al Grant 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Salem Red Sox Tommy Robinson 3rd Rusty Wilson 1st 2nd
Frederick Keys Rob Forrest 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Steve Crow 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Potomac Nationals Willie Grimes 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Carolina Mudcats 7th (tied) 3rd(tied) 7th(tied)
Lynchburg Hillcats 7th (tied) 3rd(tied) 7th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Carolina Mudcats Joe Allison 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Lynchburg Hillcats Danny Griffin 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Frederick Keys José Hernández 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Winston-Salem Dash Beau Nicholson 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Potomac Nationals César Paredes 5th César Paredes 1st 1st
Wilmington Blue Rocks Geoff Snyder 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Myrtle Beach Pelicans 7th (tied) 2nd(tied) 7th(tied)
Salem Red Sox 7th (tied) 2nd(tied) 7th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Carolina Mudcats Ben Stevenson 1st Dani Ruíz 2nd 1st
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Arend Kooiman 2nd Arend Kooiman 1st 2nd
Winston-Salem Dash Te Le 3rd 4th(tied) 4th
Salem Red Sox Don Campbell 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Frederick Keys Mike Griffin 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Potomac Nationals Jerry Smith 6th Jesús Pérez 3rd 3rd
Wilmington Blue Rocks Chris Miyasaka 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Lynchburg Hillcats 8th 4th(tied) 8th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Salem Red Sox Johnathan Simpson 1st Johnathan Simpson 2nd 1st
Wilmington Blue Rocks Jim Reed 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Lynchburg Hillcats Bret Carlson 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Carolina Mudcats Cris González 4th Cris González 1st 2nd
Winston-Salem Dash Chris Farris 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Frederick Keys Shawn Baker 6th Shawn Baker 3rd 3rd
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Don Burns 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Potomac Nationals Joe Farley 8th 4th(tied) 8th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lynchburg Hillcats Len Carter 1st Jesús Hernández 2nd 2nd
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Joe McDonald 2nd Joe McDonald 4th 3rd
Carolina Mudcats Jeff Cleeve 3rd Jeff Cleeve 3rd 4th
Salem Red Sox Rob O'Sullivan 4th Ethan Lockyer 1st 1st
Winston-Salem Dash Vince Cleveland 5th 5th(tied) 5th
Frederick Keys Jerry Horne 6th 5th(tied) 6th
Potomac Nationals Gilberto Cardenas 7th 5th(tied) 7th
Wilmington Blue Rocks 8th 5th(tied) 8th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Wilmington Blue Rocks Chris Huggins 1st Chris Huggins 4th 3rd
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Steve Bender 2nd Steve Bender 1st(tied) 1st
Lynchburg Hillcats Donnie Robinson 3rd 5th(tied) 5th
Salem Red Sox Ron Lindsey 4th Ron Lindsey 3rd 4th
Winston-Salem Dash Rob Larson 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Carolina Mudcats Brad Wright 6th Brad Wright 1st(tied) 2nd
Frederick Keys Manny Ortíz 7th 5th(tied) 7th
Potomac Nationals Chad MacIntyre 8th 5th(tied) 8th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Carolina Mudcats Rob Hickman 1st Jeff Harris 4th 1st
Frederick Keys Tony Castro 2nd Tony Castro 3rd 2nd
Potomac Nationals Chris Sampson 3rd 7th(tied) 7th
Salem Red Sox Ed English 4th 7th(tied) 8th
Winston-Salem Dash José Rivera 5th José Rivera 6th 5th
Lynchburg Hillcats Jorge Hijar 6th Jorge Hijar 2nd 4th
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Jeff Kilkenny 7th Jeff Kilkenny 5th 6th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Eric Barnes 8th Eric Barnes 1st 3rd
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lynchburg Hillcats José Nájera 1st Jon Kline 5th 4th
Carolina Mudcats Sergio Martínez 2nd Tonny Bouwhuis 1st(tied) 1st
Wilmington Blue Rocks Aurelio Quintana 3rd Dave Irving 1st(tied) 2nd
Winston-Salem Dash Rob Vizcaino Jr. 4th Luis Manuel Navarro 1st(tied) 3rd
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Ty Wall 5th Ty Wall 6th 5th
Potomac Nationals Don Jensen 6th 8th 8th
Salem Red Sox Stu Russell 7th Stu Russell 7th 7th
Frederick Keys Raúl Hernández 8th Bob Bedser 4th 6th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Frederick Keys Raúl Hernández 1st 3rd(tied) 1st
Potomac Nationals Aurelio Flores 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Winston-Salem Dash Mike Brown 3rd Mike Brown 2nd 2nd
Carolina Mudcats Josh Olsen 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Lynchburg Hillcats Kevin Dudley 5th Kevin Dudley 1st 4th
Salem Red Sox Gene Cross 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Rob Henderson 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Myrtle Beach Pelicans 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Carolina Mudcats Don Stephens 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Potomac Nationals Edgardo Souza 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Lynchburg Hillcats Bert Riggs 3rd Kevin Dudley 1st 1st
Winston-Salem Dash Dave Cobb 4th Mike Brown 2nd 2nd
Salem Red Sox Gene Cross 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Mike McCoy 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Frederick Keys Raúl Hernández 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Myrtle Beach Pelicans 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
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