MIDWEST LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/10/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lake County Captains Andy Williams 1st 7th(tied) 7th
South Bend Cubs Bob Lambert 2nd 7th(tied) 8th
Peoria Chiefs Wilson Valentín 3rd 7th(tied) 9th
Clinton LumberKings Jim Baldwin 4th 7th(tied) 10th
Great Lakes Loons Alex Davis 5th 7th(tied) 11th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Steve Johnston 6th 7th(tied) 12th
Beloit Snappers Jim Campbell 7th Mike Sawyer 1st(tied) 1st
Burlington Bees Steve Lucas 8th Steve Lucas 4th 4th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Andy Ison 9th Andy Ison 6th 5th
Lansing Lugnuts Ed Boatman 10th 7th(tied) 13th
West Michigan Whitecaps Jorge Colon 11th Juan Mercado 1st(tied) 2nd
Quad Cities River Bandits Dan Silver 12th Miguel Angel Randín 3rd 3rd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Charlie Carlson 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Kane County Cougars Jesús Martínez 14th 7th(tied) 15th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Kevin Harper 15th Wes Hardy 5th 6th
Dayton Dragons Mike Davis 16th 7th(tied) 16th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Mike Nicholas 1st Loren Allen 1st 1st
Quad Cities River Bandits Xinpeng Tse 2nd Xinpeng Tse 6th 4th
Cedar Rapids Kernels R.J. Lester 3rd R.J. Lester 2nd(tied) 2nd
Burlington Bees Esteban Sánchez 4th 8th(tied) 8th
Clinton LumberKings Juan Mendoza 5th 8th(tied) 9th
West Michigan Whitecaps Ted Garland 6th Jesús Magana 2nd(tied) 3rd
Lake County Captains Steve Cobb 7th Anastasio Borras 7th 5th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Steve Harper 8th 8th(tied) 10th
Peoria Chiefs Luis Sánchez 9th Luis Sánchez 5th 6th
Beloit Snappers Brad Harris 10th Brad Harris 4th 7th
Dayton Dragons José Amalia 11th 8th(tied) 11th
Kane County Cougars Dan Albertson 12th 8th(tied) 12th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Pancho González 13th 8th(tied) 13th
Great Lakes Loons 14th (tied) 8th(tied) 14th(tied)
South Bend Cubs 14th (tied) 8th(tied) 14th(tied)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 14th (tied) 8th(tied) 14th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
West Michigan Whitecaps Mike Murillo 1st Mike Murillo 2nd 2nd
Lake County Captains Víctor Díaz 2nd Víctor Díaz 1st 1st
South Bend Cubs Zach Kennedy 3rd 8th(tied) 8th
Lansing Lugnuts Bobby Shirley 4th Jesús Valentín 3rd 3rd
Quad Cities River Bandits Kevin Hickman 5th Kevin Hickman 5th 4th
Great Lakes Loons Jerry Peters 6th 8th(tied) 9th
Peoria Chiefs Rocky Chandler 7th Gil Peterson 4th 5th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Ben Jamison 8th Ben Jamison 6th 6th
Dayton Dragons Ben Reid 9th 8th(tied) 10th
Beloit Snappers Chet Smith 10th Chet Smith 7th 7th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Duane Hall 11th 8th(tied) 11th
Kane County Cougars Gus Ritchie 12th 8th(tied) 12th
Clinton LumberKings Marc Morgan 13th 8th(tied) 13th
Burlington Bees Dave Robinson 14th 8th(tied) 14th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Danny Nelson 15th 8th(tied) 15th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Daniel Vega 16th 8th(tied) 16th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Quad Cities River Bandits Pancho Mendoza 1st Pancho Mendoza 1st 1st
Cedar Rapids Kernels Vic Rosa 2nd Vic Rosa 2nd 2nd
West Michigan Whitecaps Sergio Jara 3rd Sergio Jara 3rd 3rd
Peoria Chiefs Dave Barton 4th 5th(tied) 5th
Clinton LumberKings Tony Walker 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Greg Lewis 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Ken White 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Kane County Cougars Ed Wills 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Lake County Captains Dave Bovey 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Beloit Snappers Vince Scott 10th Vince Scott 4th 4th
South Bend Cubs Walt O'Connelan 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Dayton Dragons Buddy Kent 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Burlington Bees Stan Lacrosse 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Qin-shu Jiang 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Great Lakes Loons 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
Lansing Lugnuts 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Quad Cities River Bandits Mike Muñóz 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Lansing Lugnuts José Viera 2nd 7th(tied) 8th
Great Lakes Loons Jim Christensen 3rd Jim Christensen 1st(tied) 1st
South Bend Cubs António Contreras 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Dayton Dragons Sergio Castillo 5th Sergio Castillo 4th 4th
Burlington Bees Dave Burnett 6th Dave Burnett 1st(tied) 2nd
Beloit Snappers Rob Brown 7th 7th(tied) 10th
West Michigan Whitecaps Bob Lewis 8th José Ramírez 3rd 3rd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Mickael Gentil 9th Spike Ladner 6th 5th
Clinton LumberKings Curt Collier 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Arturo Toro 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Peoria Chiefs Chad Hughes 12th Chad Hughes 5th 6th
Lake County Captains Phil Cooper 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Kane County Cougars Mike Cole 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jon Schmidt 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Dan Thompson 16th 7th(tied) 16th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
West Michigan Whitecaps Jeff Young 1st Jeff Young 3rd 3rd
Clinton LumberKings Juan Núñez 2nd José Barajas 2nd 1st
Quad Cities River Bandits Luis Villarreal 3rd Luis Villarreal 5th 4th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Orkut Erkan 4th Orkut Erkan 6th 5th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Juan López 5th Freddy Martínez 7th 7th
Kane County Cougars Norberto Muñóz 6th 8th(tied) 8th
Dayton Dragons Lou Sweeney 7th 8th(tied) 9th
Peoria Chiefs Sean Duncan 8th Phil Bass 1st 2nd
Lake County Captains Milo Lewis 9th Curt Sorensen 4th 6th
Lansing Lugnuts Bob Benton 10th 8th(tied) 10th
Burlington Bees Dave Conner 11th 8th(tied) 11th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Del Perkins 12th 8th(tied) 12th
Great Lakes Loons Rob Lilly 13th 8th(tied) 13th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Charlie Chitty 14th 8th(tied) 14th
Beloit Snappers 15th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th(tied)
South Bend Cubs 15th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Great Lakes Loons Rob Walls 1st Jeff Hamilton 1st 1st
South Bend Cubs Phil Lind 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Quad Cities River Bandits Charlie Jones 3rd Charlie Jones 3rd 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Bob Dyer 4th Bob Hill 4th 3rd
West Michigan Whitecaps Balduíno Vecchi 5th 8th(tied) 9th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Chris Jones 6th Chris Jones 6th 6th
Beloit Snappers Curt Warren 7th Curt Warren 5th 5th
Clinton LumberKings Bob Austin 8th 8th(tied) 10th
Dayton Dragons Nate Simms 9th 8th(tied) 11th
Kane County Cougars Jeff Bell 10th (tied) 8th(tied) 12th(tied)
Lansing Lugnuts Doug Baldwin 10th (tied) 8th(tied) 12th(tied)
Peoria Chiefs Ron Campbell 12th 8th(tied) 14th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Steve Walker 13th Steve Walker 2nd 4th
Lake County Captains Mario Gil 14th 8th(tied) 15th
Burlington Bees Dominic Mason 15th José Castro 7th 7th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Rubén Herrera 16th 8th(tied) 16th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Clinton LumberKings Ron Anderson 1st 6th(tied) 6th
West Michigan Whitecaps Chris Jacobs 2nd Joe Pettifer 5th 3rd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jesús Rodríguez 3rd Jesús Rodríguez 4th 4th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Gaylord O'Connor 4th Gaylord O'Connor 3rd 2nd
Bowling Green Hot Rods Chris Hill 5th 6th(tied) 7th
Quad Cities River Bandits Bobby O'Day 6th Bobby O'Day 1st 1st
Dayton Dragons Dan O'Toole 7th 6th(tied) 8th
Lake County Captains António Herrera 8th António Herrera 2nd 5th
Peoria Chiefs Gil Guistiniani 9th 6th(tied) 9th
South Bend Cubs Alex Davis 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Great Lakes Loons Alfredo Hernández 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Beloit Snappers Tony Castro 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Kane County Cougars Ken Whittier 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Albert Santístevan 14th 6th(tied) 14th
Burlington Bees 15th (tied) 6th(tied) 15th(tied)
Lansing Lugnuts 15th (tied) 6th(tied) 15th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Beloit Snappers Dana Everhart 1st Juan Zapata 3rd 2nd
West Michigan Whitecaps António Quiñones 2nd António Quiñones 1st 1st
Clinton LumberKings Ken Bush 3rd Cam Rice 5th(tied) 4th
Lake County Captains Ron Lyons 4th Dan Knight 9th 8th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Chris Peterson 5th Chris Peterson 4th 3rd
Great Lakes Loons Bob Marín 6th 13th(tied) 12th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Chris Mack 7th Chris Mack 5th(tied) 6th
Lansing Lugnuts Ignacio Benítez 8th Bob Davis 5th(tied) 7th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Jake Canavan 9th 13th(tied) 14th
Peoria Chiefs Chad Schmidt 10th 13th(tied) 15th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Daniel Ávila 11th Liam Jarvis 11th 10th
Dayton Dragons Alex Phillips 12th Dominic Blake 10th 11th
Burlington Bees António Ramírez 13th António Colón 2nd 5th
South Bend Cubs Edwin Braun 14th 13th(tied) 16th
Quad Cities River Bandits Joe Holmes 15th Joe Holmes 12th 13th
Kane County Cougars Gil Peterson 16th Jesús Fonseca 5th(tied) 9th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lake County Captains Dylan Fairchild 1st Dylan Fairchild 3rd 1st
Lansing Lugnuts Bob Davis 2nd Bob Davis 5th 2nd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Billy Bell 3rd Raúl Perea 4th 4th
Quad Cities River Bandits Ben Campbell 4th 6th(tied) 5th
South Bend Cubs Edwin Braun 5th 6th(tied) 6th
Peoria Chiefs Mike King 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Great Lakes Loons Jarrod Lane 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Raúl Manuel 8th 6th(tied) 10th
Beloit Snappers Chris Forrest 9th 6th(tied) 11th
West Michigan Whitecaps Joe Emerson 10th Jimmy Fuller 1st 3rd
Burlington Bees José Vásquez 11th Mike Taylor 2nd 7th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Ben Dicken 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Kane County Cougars Duane St. Jean 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Dayton Dragons Ron Carter 14th 6th(tied) 14th
Clinton LumberKings Ernie Cahill 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Juan Gine 16th 6th(tied) 16th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
West Michigan Whitecaps Robby Mitchell 1st Jimmy Fuller 1st 1st
Quad Cities River Bandits Bob Barraclough 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Josh Peterson 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Clinton LumberKings António Reyes 4th 6th(tied) 8th
Lake County Captains Dylan Fairchild 5th Dylan Fairchild 3rd 2nd
Dayton Dragons Alex Phillips 6th 6th(tied) 9th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Ken Horn 7th 6th(tied) 10th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Daniel Ávila 8th 6th(tied) 11th
Great Lakes Loons Jarrod Lane 9th 6th(tied) 12th
Lansing Lugnuts Bob Davis 10th Bob Davis 5th 3rd
Beloit Snappers Damian Kline 11th 6th(tied) 13th
Kane County Cougars Mike Terry 12th 6th(tied) 14th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Raúl Perea 13th Raúl Perea 4th 5th
Burlington Bees Mike Taylor 14th Mike Taylor 2nd 4th
South Bend Cubs António Salazar 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Peoria Chiefs Dan Bradford 16th 6th(tied) 16th
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