MIDWEST LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
12/05/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
West Michigan Whitecaps Jesús Montoya 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Lake County Captains Geoff Mann 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Andy Ison 3rd Andy Ison 3rd 1st(tied)
Clinton LumberKings Al Gray 4th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th
Quad Cities River Bandits Shawn Hatfield 4th (tied) Shawn Hatfield 2nd 1st(tied)
South Bend Cubs Bob Lambert 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Beloit Snappers Jim Campbell 7th Jim Campbell 4th 4th
Great Lakes Loons Alex Davis 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Burlington Bees Coy Patterson 9th Jared Whittier 1st 3rd
Lansing Lugnuts Erik Johnston 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Pancho Rivera 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Doug Stephens 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Peoria Chiefs Chris Johnson 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Dayton Dragons Joey Ramírez 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Kane County Cougars Dave Jones 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Julián Liñares 16th 5th(tied) 16th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
West Michigan Whitecaps Freddie Johnson 1st Freddie Johnson 1st 1st
Cedar Rapids Kernels R.J. Lester 2nd R.J. Lester 2nd 2nd
Burlington Bees Esteban Sánchez 3rd 4th(tied) 4th
Lake County Captains Ed Gibson 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Lansing Lugnuts Whit Barnes 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Kane County Cougars Eric Stanley 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Clinton LumberKings Chris McIntosh 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Beloit Snappers Phil Shepherd 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Steve Harper 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Dayton Dragons Lou Jones 10th Jesús Guerra 3rd 3rd
Quad Cities River Bandits Álex Perales 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Juan Rodríguez 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Peoria Chiefs Joe Wynn 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jesús Díaz 14th 4th(tied) 14th
Great Lakes Loons 15th (tied) 4th(tied) 15th(tied)
South Bend Cubs 15th (tied) 4th(tied) 15th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Great Lakes Loons Kevin Kelley 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Beloit Snappers Max Owens 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Olav Jansen 3rd Vic Rosa 1st 1st
Quad Cities River Bandits Juan Salas 4th Héctor Rivera 3rd 2nd
South Bend Cubs Zach Kennedy 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Peoria Chiefs Stan Miller 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Alex Baker 7th Joe Peterson 2nd 3rd
West Michigan Whitecaps Mike Murillo 8th Mike Murillo 4th 4th
Lansing Lugnuts Dave Henley 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Lake County Captains Lou Wilson 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Kane County Cougars Jim Seymour 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Clinton LumberKings Marc Morgan 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Rudy Lamb 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jorge Gonzáles 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Burlington Bees Darren Whitehead 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Dayton Dragons 16th 5th(tied) 16th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Clinton LumberKings Jerry Richards 1st Jerry Richards 2nd 1st
Great Lakes Loons Lou Walker 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
West Michigan Whitecaps Dax Johnson 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Peoria Chiefs Ron Seeberg 4th Luis Sánchez 1st 2nd
Burlington Bees Walt Paniers 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Brad Beck 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Kane County Cougars Tommy Fields 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Quad Cities River Bandits Don Green 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Oriol Rodríguez 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Dayton Dragons Phil Baker 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Lake County Captains Dan Webster 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Qin-shu Jiang 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Beloit Snappers 13th (tied) 3rd(tied) 13th(tied)
Lansing Lugnuts 13th (tied) 3rd(tied) 13th(tied)
South Bend Cubs 13th (tied) 3rd(tied) 13th(tied)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 13th (tied) 3rd(tied) 13th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
South Bend Cubs Hugh Porter 1st Hugh Porter 4th 3rd
Quad Cities River Bandits Mike Muñóz 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
West Michigan Whitecaps Jim Duffy 3rd Jim Duffy 1st(tied) 1st
Lansing Lugnuts Robbie Blankenbeckler 4th Robbie Blankenbeckler 3rd 4th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Ben Noke 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Beloit Snappers Juan Carlos Tirado 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Clinton LumberKings Dax Russell 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Lake County Captains Bret Carlson 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Kane County Cougars Juan Carlos Canseco 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Torazo Ramírez 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Burlington Bees Dave Burnett 11th Danny Jarvis 1st(tied) 2nd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Dan Thompson 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jon Schmidt 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Dayton Dragons 14th (tied) 5th(tied) 14th(tied)
Great Lakes Loons 14th (tied) 5th(tied) 14th(tied)
Peoria Chiefs 14th (tied) 5th(tied) 14th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Beloit Snappers Erik Wills 1st 6th(tied) 5th
West Michigan Whitecaps Tony Boggs 2nd Tony Boggs 4th 3rd
Clinton LumberKings Quincy McLeod 3rd José Barajas 2nd 2nd
Bowling Green Hot Rods Jendrzej Geremek 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Quad Cities River Bandits Luis Villarreal 5th Charlie Jones 1st 1st
Dayton Dragons Walt Harvey 6th 6th(tied) 8th
South Bend Cubs Jorge Cortéz 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Peoria Chiefs Dave Campbell 8th Dave Campbell 3rd 4th
Lansing Lugnuts Wilbert Gordon 9th 6th(tied) 10th
Lake County Captains Chris Kimsey 10th 6th(tied) 11th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Del Perkins 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Eric MacIntyre 12th 6th(tied) 13th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Dave Hensley 13th 6th(tied) 14th
Kane County Cougars Jesús García 14th Jesús García 5th 6th
Burlington Bees Dave Conner 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Great Lakes Loons 16th 6th(tied) 16th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Quad Cities River Bandits Eric Newton 1st 6th(tied) 6th
West Michigan Whitecaps Steve Ford 2nd 6th(tied) 7th
South Bend Cubs Chris Allen 3rd 6th(tied) 8th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Juan Rocha 4th 6th(tied) 9th
Lansing Lugnuts Steve Eldridge 5th 6th(tied) 10th
Great Lakes Loons Rob Walls 6th Rob Walls 5th 3rd
Beloit Snappers Pat Hall 7th Curt Warren 4th 4th
Lake County Captains Alan Thomas 8th 6th(tied) 11th
Burlington Bees Ron Ray 9th 6th(tied) 12th
Clinton LumberKings Tony Villarreal 10th Steve Bender 2nd 2nd
Kane County Cougars Clarence Ackerman 11th Clarence Ackerman 3rd 5th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Cristián Fernández 12th Steve Walker 1st 1st
Peoria Chiefs Innis Haggart 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Mario Gil 14th 6th(tied) 14th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jamie Burnell 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Dayton Dragons Jorge Duarte 16th 6th(tied) 16th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Clinton LumberKings Norbert Coleman 1st Norbert Coleman 3rd 2nd
Bowling Green Hot Rods Cristián Cabrera 2nd Cristián Cabrera 4th 3rd
West Michigan Whitecaps Tim York 3rd Juan Martínez 1st 1st
Lansing Lugnuts José Cisneros 4th 6th(tied) 6th
Quad Cities River Bandits Juan Ruíz 5th 6th(tied) 7th
Burlington Bees Raúl Pérez 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Dayton Dragons Ed McCarthy 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Greg Harris 8th 6th(tied) 10th
Lake County Captains Mike González 9th 6th(tied) 11th
South Bend Cubs Alex Davis 10th 6th(tied) 12th
Kane County Cougars Shaun Hutchinson 11th 6th(tied) 13th
Great Lakes Loons Alfredo Hernández 12th 6th(tied) 14th
Peoria Chiefs Jonathon Grimes 13th Jonathon Grimes 2nd 4th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Gaylord O'Connor 14th Gaylord O'Connor 5th 5th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Clint Soto 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Beloit Snappers 16th 6th(tied) 16th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
West Michigan Whitecaps Spike Kimball 1st Spike Kimball 1st 1st
Beloit Snappers Dana Everhart 2nd Dana Everhart 2nd 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Chris Peterson 3rd Chris Peterson 3rd 3rd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Dominic Crow 4th Chris Mack 6th 4th
Clinton LumberKings Stan Valentine 5th Stan Valentine 5th 5th
Great Lakes Loons Tommy Murchie 6th Joe James 7th 6th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Damian Clark 7th Cliff Apsley 9th 7th
Burlington Bees Derek Hoskins 8th 10th(tied) 10th
South Bend Cubs Daryl Young 9th 10th(tied) 11th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Daniel Ávila 10th Scotty Baxter 8th 8th
Lake County Captains Myron Clark 11th 10th(tied) 12th
Peoria Chiefs Curt Warren 12th 10th(tied) 13th
Quad Cities River Bandits Ángelo Martínez 13th 10th(tied) 14th
Dayton Dragons Ernie Thompson 14th 10th(tied) 15th
Lansing Lugnuts Steve Collins 15th 10th(tied) 16th
Kane County Cougars Lou Adams 16th Lou Adams 4th 9th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Burlington Bees Derek Hoskins 1st Kevin Jenkins 1st 1st
Bowling Green Hot Rods Damian Clark 2nd 3rd(tied) 2nd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers César Rivera 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Lansing Lugnuts Doug Winters 4th Doug Winters 2nd 3rd
South Bend Cubs José Maréz 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Clinton LumberKings Marlon Lyons 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Beloit Snappers Joey Henderson 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Quad Cities River Bandits Jimmy DeWitt 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Rob Anderson 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Kane County Cougars Mike Wright 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
West Michigan Whitecaps Yasunobu Hayagawa 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Peoria Chiefs Freddie Adams 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Lake County Captains Juan López 13th 3rd(tied) 13th
Great Lakes Loons Jarrod Lane 14th 3rd(tied) 14th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Tim Paul 15th 3rd(tied) 15th
Dayton Dragons José Fernández 16th 3rd(tied) 16th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
West Michigan Whitecaps Yasunobu Hayagawa 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Burlington Bees Kevin Jenkins 2nd Kevin Jenkins 1st 1st
Lansing Lugnuts Doug Winters 3rd Doug Winters 2nd 2nd
Bowling Green Hot Rods Damian Clark 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
Quad Cities River Bandits Bob Barraclough 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Clinton LumberKings Marlon Lyons 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
South Bend Cubs José Maréz 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Peoria Chiefs Freddie Adams 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Lake County Captains Dylan Fairchild 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Great Lakes Loons Jarrod Lane 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Kane County Cougars Mike Wright 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Tim Paul 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Rob Anderson 13th 3rd(tied) 13th
Dayton Dragons Joe Sanders 14th 3rd(tied) 14th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers César Rivera 15th 3rd(tied) 15th
Beloit Snappers Damian Kline 16th 3rd(tied) 16th
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