FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
11/12/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Lucie Mets Alex Boyd 1st Alex Boyd 3rd 2nd
Jupiter Hammerheads Artie Williams 2nd Artie Williams 2nd 3rd
Fort Myers Miracle Dave Pugh 3rd José Lerma 6th 4th
Daytona Tortugas Jonathan Litton 4th Jonathan Litton 4th 5th
Charlotte Stone Crabs Bobby Wilson 5th Gil Keller 5th 6th
Clearwater Threshers Luis Trevino 6th 8th(tied) 8th
Dunedin Blue Jays Kevin Coleman 7th Kevin Coleman 7th 7th
Brevard County Manatees J.R. Lópes 8th 8th(tied) 9th
Lakeland Flying Tigers Doug Todd 9th Jesús Cruz 1st 1st
Bradenton Marauders Daryl Russell 10th 8th(tied) 10th
Tampa Yankees Ed Conner 11th 8th(tied) 11th
Palm Beach Cardinals 12th 8th(tied) 12th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jupiter Hammerheads Johnny Hill 1st Johnny Hill 1st 1st
Lakeland Flying Tigers Oliver Matos 2nd Oliver Matos 3rd 2nd
St. Lucie Mets Deron Parker 3rd Deron Parker 2nd 3rd
Tampa Yankees Alvin Roe 4th 4th(tied) 4th
Dunedin Blue Jays Chuck King 5th 4th(tied) 5th
Brevard County Manatees José Valdéz 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Daytona Tortugas Ken MacKinney 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Clearwater Threshers Beau Crowder 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Fort Myers Miracle Tim Britton 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Bradenton Marauders Juan Rivera 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Charlotte Stone Crabs 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
Palm Beach Cardinals 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Clearwater Threshers Lou Bannatyne 1st Lou Bannatyne 4th 1st
Charlotte Stone Crabs Orlando Quintana 2nd Leonardo Bustamante 3rd 3rd
Lakeland Flying Tigers Jorge Tovar 3rd Jorge Tovar 1st 2nd
Fort Myers Miracle Bob Dyer 4th 6th(tied) 6th
Palm Beach Cardinals Jesús Gonzáles 5th Chad Hughes 5th 4th
St. Lucie Mets Bob Norwood 6th 6th(tied) 7th
Daytona Tortugas Kevin Patrick 7th 6th(tied) 8th
Tampa Yankees Billy Nelson 8th 6th(tied) 9th
Bradenton Marauders Nelson Silva 9th (tied) 6th(tied) 10th(tied)
Dunedin Blue Jays Dave Henley 9th (tied) 6th(tied) 10th(tied)
Brevard County Manatees Rudy Lamb 11th Alfredo Fernández 2nd 5th
Jupiter Hammerheads Doug Brown 12th 6th(tied) 12th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Clearwater Threshers Josh McLaughlin 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Dunedin Blue Jays Luis Tovar 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Charlotte Stone Crabs Greg Lewis 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Palm Beach Cardinals Greg Baldwin 4th Ron Sharpe 2nd 1st
St. Lucie Mets Curt Thompson 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Brevard County Manatees Steve Perrin 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
Bradenton Marauders Brad Beck 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
Jupiter Hammerheads Eric Anderson 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 9th(tied)
Tampa Yankees Ismael Romo 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 9th(tied)
Lakeland Flying Tigers Jesús Magana 10th Jesús Magana 1st 2nd
Fort Myers Miracle Steve Lee 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Daytona Tortugas Phil Baker 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jupiter Hammerheads Yan Carlos Rodríguez 1st Yan Carlos Rodríguez 2nd 2nd
Palm Beach Cardinals Luis Aragón 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Dunedin Blue Jays Robbie Blankenbeckler 3rd Robbie Blankenbeckler 1st 1st
Fort Myers Miracle Dave Stone 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Daytona Tortugas Wes Carter 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Tampa Yankees A.C. Taylor 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Bradenton Marauders Lou McCullough 7th Lou McCullough 3rd 3rd
Charlotte Stone Crabs Sergio Rico 8th 4th(tied) 8th
St. Lucie Mets Dave Armitstead 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Brevard County Manatees Raúl Alarcon 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Clearwater Threshers 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
Lakeland Flying Tigers 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Lucie Mets Bob Short 1st Bob Short 4th 2nd
Daytona Tortugas Shawn Alomar 2nd (tied) 5th(tied) 5th
Lakeland Flying Tigers Joe Sheehan 2nd (tied) Joe Sheehan 2nd 1st
Charlotte Stone Crabs Hugh Webb 4th Hugh Webb 1st 3rd
Palm Beach Cardinals Dave Campbell 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Jupiter Hammerheads Dan White 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Bradenton Marauders Eric Wilkerson 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Fort Myers Miracle Eddie Woods 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Brevard County Manatees Ken Campos 9th Jon McAdoo Jr. 3rd 4th
Clearwater Threshers 10th (tied) 5th(tied) 10th(tied)
Dunedin Blue Jays 10th (tied) 5th(tied) 10th(tied)
Tampa Yankees 10th (tied) 5th(tied) 10th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jupiter Hammerheads Billy Stroud 1st Billy Stroud 3rd 1st
Dunedin Blue Jays Steve Collins 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Daytona Tortugas Freddie Elliott 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Lakeland Flying Tigers Chip Wurzburg 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Charlotte Stone Crabs Al Rhodes 5th Ben Young 4th 3rd
St. Lucie Mets Jerry Dickey 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Tampa Yankees Kieran Andrews 7th 5th(tied) 9th
Brevard County Manatees Danny Gillespie 8th Steve Walker 1st 2nd
Palm Beach Cardinals Jon Jacobs 9th Jon Jacobs 2nd 4th
Clearwater Threshers Greg Dunlap 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Fort Myers Miracle Ken Knowles 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Bradenton Marauders Kevin Blevins 12th 5th(tied) 12th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charlotte Stone Crabs Cristián Cabrera 1st Cristián Cabrera 2nd 1st
Daytona Tortugas Jeff Kennedy 2nd Jeff Kennedy 4th 2nd
Tampa Yankees Steve Adams 3rd 7th(tied) 7th
Clearwater Threshers Joe Norman 4th (tied) 7th(tied) 8th(tied)
Lakeland Flying Tigers Chris Jacobs 4th (tied) 7th(tied) 8th(tied)
Palm Beach Cardinals Dan Carlson 6th Jonathon Grimes 1st 3rd
Bradenton Marauders Joe Calderón 7th Joe Calderón 5th 4th
Jupiter Hammerheads Steve Hawkins 8th Steve Hawkins 6th 5th
Fort Myers Miracle José Rodríguez 9th José Rodríguez 3rd 6th
Brevard County Manatees 10th (tied) 7th(tied) 10th(tied)
Dunedin Blue Jays 10th (tied) 7th(tied) 10th(tied)
St. Lucie Mets 10th (tied) 7th(tied) 10th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lakeland Flying Tigers Jeff Smith 1st José Hernández 2nd 1st
Clearwater Threshers Jorge Gonzáles 2nd Jorge Gonzáles 5th(tied) 5th
Dunedin Blue Jays Lou Adams 3rd Lou Adams 1st 2nd
St. Lucie Mets Chet Bass 4th Dominic Crow 9th 8th
Fort Myers Miracle Andy McCormick 5th Geoff Phillips 5th(tied) 6th
Jupiter Hammerheads Cisco Barrera 6th Sam Tait 3rd 3rd
Daytona Tortugas Tommy Cantrell 7th Dan Burke 4th 4th
Bradenton Marauders Ken Frazier 8th Joaquín Díaz 10th 9th
Charlotte Stone Crabs Dan Wallace 9th 11th(tied) 11th
Tampa Yankees Sébastien Billy 10th Duane Carter 5th(tied) 7th
Palm Beach Cardinals Iván Rodríguez 11th 11th(tied) 12th
Brevard County Manatees Chris Mack 12th Chris Mack 8th 10th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lakeland Flying Tigers Jeff Smith 1st Jorge Castro 3rd 1st
St. Lucie Mets Luis Lucero 2nd 4th(tied) 2nd
Daytona Tortugas Steve Adams 3rd 4th(tied) 3rd
Fort Myers Miracle Joe Lindsey 4th 4th(tied) 4th
Tampa Yankees Juan Jiménez 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Dunedin Blue Jays Ron Waters 6th Jerry Pagán 2nd 6th
Jupiter Hammerheads Andy Wall 7th Sam Tait 1st 5th
Bradenton Marauders Ken Whitehead 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Clearwater Threshers Jim Bailey 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Charlotte Stone Crabs Ron Tipton 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Palm Beach Cardinals Dan Bradford 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Brevard County Manatees Art Horton 12th 4th(tied) 12th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lakeland Flying Tigers Jeff Smith 1st Jorge Castro 3rd 2nd
St. Lucie Mets Luis Lucero 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Dunedin Blue Jays Joel Vallance 3rd Jerry Pagán 2nd 3rd
Jupiter Hammerheads Andy Wall 4th Sam Tait 1st 1st
Bradenton Marauders Ken Whitehead 5th 4th(tied) 5th
Daytona Tortugas Alex Ashe 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Fort Myers Miracle Sergio Puenta 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Charlotte Stone Crabs Tim O'Neill 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Clearwater Threshers Jim Bailey 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Tampa Yankees Juan Jiménez 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Palm Beach Cardinals Rob Crawford 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Brevard County Manatees Juan Benavides 12th 4th(tied) 12th
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