CAROLINA LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
02/16/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Ken Clark 1st Ken Clark 3rd 1st
Carolina Mudcats Elton Burton 2nd Elton Burton 1st 2nd
Lynchburg Hillcats Geoff Mann 3rd Yoni Janvier 4th 4th
Frederick Keys Jon Ramos 4th Jon Ramos 5th 5th
Salem Red Sox Manny García 5th Manny García 2nd 3rd
Winston-Salem Dash Joe Bailey 6th 6th(tied) 6th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Bret Muldoon 7th 6th(tied) 7th
Potomac Nationals Bob Wood 8th 6th(tied) 8th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Carolina Mudcats Shawn Simmons 1st Shawn Simmons 2nd 2nd
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Ron Crotty 2nd Ron Crotty 3rd 3rd
Wilmington Blue Rocks Kevin Miller 3rd Kevin Miller 1st 1st
Frederick Keys Elton Davis 4th Elton Davis 5th 4th
Winston-Salem Dash António Bruno 5th 6th(tied) 6th
Salem Red Sox Tommy Robinson 6th Rusty Wilson 4th 5th
Potomac Nationals Pat Phillips 7th 6th(tied) 7th
Lynchburg Hillcats 8th 6th(tied) 8th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lynchburg Hillcats Danny Griffin 1st Danny Griffin 1st 1st
Frederick Keys José Hernández 2nd 2nd(tied) 2nd
Winston-Salem Dash Beau Nicholson 3rd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Carolina Mudcats Mike Wright 4th 2nd(tied) 4th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Geoff Snyder 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Potomac Nationals Greg White 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 José Rúbio 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Frederick Keys Steve Stone 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Salem Red Sox Don Campbell 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Clarence Bray 4th Arend Kooiman 1st 1st
Wilmington Blue Rocks Chris Miyasaka 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Potomac Nationals Jesús Pérez 6th Jesús Pérez 2nd 2nd
Winston-Salem Dash Dan Lindsey 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Lynchburg Hillcats 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Carolina Mudcats Greg Reyes 1st Cris González 1st 1st
Wilmington Blue Rocks Jim Reed 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Salem Red Sox José Espinoza 3rd Johnathan Simpson 2nd 2nd
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Kieran Willis 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Winston-Salem Dash Chris Farris 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Lynchburg Hillcats Bret Carlson 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Frederick Keys Héctor Cordero 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Potomac Nationals César Paredes 8th César Paredes 3rd 3rd
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lynchburg Hillcats Len Carter 1st Jesús Hernández 2nd 1st
Carolina Mudcats Jeff Cleeve 2nd Jeff Cleeve 3rd 3rd
Winston-Salem Dash José Rivera 3rd José Rivera 4th 4th
Frederick Keys Jerry Horne 4th (tied) 5th(tied) 5th
Salem Red Sox Rob O'Sullivan 4th (tied) Ethan Lockyer 1st 2nd
Potomac Nationals Steve Cantrell 6th 5th(tied) 6th
Myrtle Beach Pelicans 7th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th(tied)
Wilmington Blue Rocks 7th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Jeff Markakis 1st Jeff Markakis 1st 1st
Wilmington Blue Rocks Chris Huggins 2nd Chris Huggins 2nd 2nd
Winston-Salem Dash Vince Cleveland 3rd 4th(tied) 4th
Salem Red Sox Walt Spears 4th Ron Lindsey 3rd 3rd
Frederick Keys Jim O'Reilly 5th 4th(tied) 5th
Carolina Mudcats Steve Mejía 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Potomac Nationals Gilberto Cardenas 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Lynchburg Hillcats 8th 4th(tied) 8th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Frederick Keys Tony Castro 1st Tony Castro 3rd 2nd
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Jeff Kilkenny 2nd Jeff Kilkenny 4th 3rd
Carolina Mudcats Jeff Harris 3rd Jeff Harris 1st 1st
Lynchburg Hillcats Jorge Hijar 4th Jorge Hijar 2nd 4th
Salem Red Sox Ed English 5th 5th(tied) 5th
Potomac Nationals Jim Gordon 6th 5th(tied) 6th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Tim Allen 7th 5th(tied) 7th
Winston-Salem Dash 8th 5th(tied) 8th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Carolina Mudcats Artie Hall 1st Tonny Bouwhuis 2nd 2nd
Lynchburg Hillcats José Nájera 2nd Jon Kline 5th 5th
Winston-Salem Dash Doug Beck 3rd Doug Beck 1st 1st
Wilmington Blue Rocks Aurelio Quintana 4th 8th 8th
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Bob Skinner 5th Ty Wall 6th 6th
Salem Red Sox Stu Russell 6th José Ruíz 3rd(tied) 3rd
Frederick Keys Bob Bedser 7th Bob Bedser 3rd(tied) 4th
Potomac Nationals Don Jensen 8th Edgardo González 7th 7th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Carolina Mudcats Kevin King 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Potomac Nationals Jeremy Hansen 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Frederick Keys Tommy Vance 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Lynchburg Hillcats Juan Maldonado 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Winston-Salem Dash Joe Nelson 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Salem Red Sox Gene Cross 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Rob Henderson 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Myrtle Beach Pelicans 8th 1st(tied) 8th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Carolina Mudcats Kevin King 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Lynchburg Hillcats Juan Maldonado 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Potomac Nationals Jeremy Hansen 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Salem Red Sox Gene Cross 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Pete Mousset 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Winston-Salem Dash Mike Brown 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Frederick Keys Tommy Vance 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Myrtle Beach Pelicans 8th 1st(tied) 8th
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