MIDWEST LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
06/01/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lake County Captains Andy Williams 1st 8th(tied) 8th
South Bend Cubs Ron McIntosh 2nd 8th(tied) 9th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Steve Johnston 3rd 8th(tied) 10th
Burlington Bees Steve Lucas 4th Steve Lucas 5th 3rd
Clinton LumberKings Jim Baldwin 5th 8th(tied) 11th
Great Lakes Loons Alex Davis 6th 8th(tied) 12th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Andy Ison 7th Andy Ison 7th 5th
Lansing Lugnuts Ed Boatman 8th 8th(tied) 13th
Quad Cities River Bandits Dan Silver 9th Miguel Angel Randín 2nd 2nd
West Michigan Whitecaps Jorge Colon 10th Jorge Colon 1st 1st
Beloit Snappers Ken Maxwell 11th Mike Sawyer 3rd 4th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Charlie Carlson 12th 8th(tied) 14th
Kane County Cougars Jesús Martínez 13th 8th(tied) 15th
Peoria Chiefs Dave Thomas 14th Joey Byrd 4th 6th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Wes Hardy 15th Wes Hardy 6th 7th
Dayton Dragons Mike Davis 16th 8th(tied) 16th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Mike Nicholas 1st Loren Allen 1st 1st
Clinton LumberKings Juan Mendoza 2nd Terence Tinker 7th 3rd
Burlington Bees Esteban Sánchez 3rd 8th(tied) 8th
West Michigan Whitecaps Sergio Jara 4th Jesús Magana 2nd 2nd
Quad Cities River Bandits Bobby O'Day 5th Bobby O'Day 6th 7th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Steve Harper 6th (tied) 8th(tied) 9th
Lake County Captains Dave O'Neill 6th (tied) Anastasio Borras 5th 6th
Beloit Snappers Brad Harris 8th Brad Harris 4th 4th
Peoria Chiefs Jeff Carter 9th Raúl Medina 3rd 5th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Cisco Ramírez 10th 8th(tied) 10th
Dayton Dragons José Amalia 11th 8th(tied) 11th
Kane County Cougars Dan Albertson 12th 8th(tied) 12th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Rodrigo Alba 13th 8th(tied) 13th
Fort Wayne TinCaps 14th (tied) 8th(tied) 14th(tied)
Great Lakes Loons 14th (tied) 8th(tied) 14th(tied)
South Bend Cubs 14th (tied) 8th(tied) 14th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Quad Cities River Bandits Xinpeng Tse 1st Xinpeng Tse 2nd 2nd
West Michigan Whitecaps Ted Garland 2nd Ted Garland 1st 1st
Peoria Chiefs Ron Neal 3rd 8th(tied) 8th
South Bend Cubs Zach Kennedy 4th 8th(tied) 9th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Esteban Galló 5th Orlando Ovalle 6th 4th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Ben Jamison 6th Ben Jamison 5th 5th
Great Lakes Loons Jerry Peters 7th 8th(tied) 10th
Lansing Lugnuts Bobby Shirley 8th Jesús Valentín 4th 3rd
Dayton Dragons Ben Reid 9th 8th(tied) 11th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Duane Hall 10th 8th(tied) 12th
Kane County Cougars Gus Ritchie 11th 8th(tied) 13th
Beloit Snappers Chet Smith 12th Chet Smith 7th 7th
Clinton LumberKings Mike Miller 13th (tied) Mike Miller 3rd 6th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Danny Nelson 13th (tied) 8th(tied) 14th
Burlington Bees José Salinas 15th 8th(tied) 15th
Lake County Captains 16th 8th(tied) 16th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Beloit Snappers Hank Hembrow 1st Vince Scott 1st 1st
West Michigan Whitecaps José Navarro 2nd José Navarro 5th 4th
Quad Cities River Bandits Pancho Mendoza 3rd Pancho Mendoza 4th 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Vic Rosa 4th Vic Rosa 3rd 3rd
Peoria Chiefs Greg Baldwin 5th Ron Sharpe 6th 6th
Lake County Captains Dave Bovey 6th 7th(tied) 7th
Clinton LumberKings Tony Walker 7th 7th(tied) 8th
Burlington Bees Mike Davis 8th Mike Davis 2nd 5th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Ken White 9th 7th(tied) 9th
Kane County Cougars Ed Wills 10th 7th(tied) 10th
South Bend Cubs Walt O'Connelan 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Dayton Dragons Buddy Kent 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Albert Orozco 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Doug Williams 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Great Lakes Loons 15th (tied) 7th(tied) 15th(tied)
Lansing Lugnuts 15th (tied) 7th(tied) 15th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts José Viera 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Quad Cities River Bandits Kevin Hickman 2nd Kevin Hickman 3rd 2nd
South Bend Cubs António Contreras 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Great Lakes Loons José Vilas 4th 6th(tied) 8th
Dayton Dragons Sergio Castillo 5th Sergio Castillo 2nd 3rd
West Michigan Whitecaps Mauro Castro 6th José Ramírez 1st 1st
Beloit Snappers Rob Brown 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Manny Ramírez 8th Spike Ladner 4th 4th
Clinton LumberKings Curt Collier 9th 6th(tied) 10th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Arturo Toro 10th 6th(tied) 11th
Lake County Captains Phil Cooper 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Peoria Chiefs Chad Hughes 12th Chad Hughes 5th 5th
Kane County Cougars Mike Cole 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Daniel Vega 14th 6th(tied) 14th
Burlington Bees Darrell Foster 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 16th 6th(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
Kane County Cougars Norberto Muñóz 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Clinton LumberKings Juan Luna 3rd Juan Luna 1st(tied) 1st
Bowling Green Hot Rods Juan López 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Peoria Chiefs Sean Duncan 5th Sancho Vega 4th 4th
Dayton Dragons Lou Sweeney 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Quad Cities River Bandits Ernie Williams 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Lake County Captains Milo Lewis 8th Don Hoffman 5th 5th
Lansing Lugnuts Bob Benton 9th 6th(tied) 10th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Del Perkins 10th 6th(tied) 11th
Great Lakes Loons Rob Lilly 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Burlington Bees Dave Conner 12th Chris Goodwin 1st(tied) 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Bobby Hamilton 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Eric MacIntyre 14th 6th(tied) 14th
Beloit Snappers 15th (tied) 6th(tied) 15th(tied)
South Bend Cubs 15th (tied) 6th(tied) 15th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
South Bend Cubs Phil Lind 1st Phil Lind 6th 5th
Great Lakes Loons Rob Walls 2nd Jeff Hamilton 2nd 1st
Quad Cities River Bandits Charlie Jones 3rd Charlie Jones 3rd 3rd
Beloit Snappers Curt Warren 4th Curt Warren 5th 4th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Chris Jones 5th Chris Jones 7th 6th
Clinton LumberKings Bob Austin 6th 8th(tied) 8th
West Michigan Whitecaps Pete Yates 7th Joe Jacobs 1st 2nd
Dayton Dragons Nate Simms 8th 8th(tied) 9th
Lansing Lugnuts Doug Baldwin 9th 8th(tied) 10th
Kane County Cougars Jeff Bell 10th 8th(tied) 11th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Doug Holt 11th Doug Holt 4th 7th
Burlington Bees Dominic Mason 12th 8th(tied) 12th
Lake County Captains Mario Gil 13th 8th(tied) 13th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Rubén Herrera 14th 8th(tied) 14th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Don Casey 15th 8th(tied) 15th
Peoria Chiefs Jorge Hernández 16th 8th(tied) 16th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Quad Cities River Bandits Luis Villarreal 1st Luis Villarreal 4th 4th
Peoria Chiefs Dan Carlson 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Gaylord O'Connor 3rd Gaylord O'Connor 3rd 3rd
Bowling Green Hot Rods Chris Hill 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Dayton Dragons Dan O'Toole 5th 6th(tied) 8th
West Michigan Whitecaps Rusty Henry 6th Rusty Henry 2nd 2nd
South Bend Cubs Alex Davis 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Lake County Captains António Herrera 8th António Herrera 1st 1st
Clinton LumberKings Ed Weaver 9th Ed Weaver 5th 5th
Beloit Snappers Tony Castro 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Great Lakes Loons Alfredo Hernández 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Kane County Cougars Ken Whittier 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Norberto Cuervo 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Ernesto González 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 (tied) Juan Zapata 2nd 2nd
West Michigan Whitecaps Robby Mitchell 1st (tied) Jody Simmons 1st 1st
Cedar Rapids Kernels Chris Peterson 3rd Chris Peterson 3rd 3rd
Lake County Captains Jiro Mizuno 4th Dan Knight 8th 7th
Great Lakes Loons Bob Marín 5th 14th(tied) 13th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Steve Brown 6th Steve Brown 13th 9th
Clinton LumberKings Steve Woodard 7th Steve Woodard 12th 10th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Daniel Ávila 8th Tim Hopkins 5th 4th
Lansing Lugnuts Ignacio Benítez 9th Ignacio Benítez 11th 11th
Peoria Chiefs Andy Reeves 10th Fred Marcel 4th 5th
Dayton Dragons Alex Phillips 11th Dominic Blake 10th 12th
South Bend Cubs Marcus Kerklaan 12th 14th(tied) 15th
Quad Cities River Bandits Joe Holmes 13th Joe Holmes 9th 14th
Kane County Cougars Gil Peterson 14th Jesús Fonseca 6th(tied) 6th
Burlington Bees Ed Anderson 15th Rob Gordon 6th(tied) 8th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Ken Alford 16th 14th(tied) 16th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lake County Captains Jesús Ávila 1st Dylan Fairchild 2nd 1st
Lansing Lugnuts Jim Barber 2nd 6th(tied) 3rd
Kane County Cougars Mike Terry 3rd 6th(tied) 4th
Peoria Chiefs Rob Crawford 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Quad Cities River Bandits Ignacio Gómez 5th Ignacio Gómez 4th 5th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Billy Bell 6th Raúl Perea 3rd 6th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Raúl Manuel 7th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
Great Lakes Loons Jarrod Lane 7th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
Beloit Snappers Chris Forrest 9th 6th(tied) 10th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Rob Anderson 10th (tied) 6th(tied) 11th
West Michigan Whitecaps Joe Emerson 10th (tied) Aurelio González 1st 2nd
Bowling Green Hot Rods Ben Dicken 12th 6th(tied) 13th
South Bend Cubs António Salazar 13th 6th(tied) 14th
Dayton Dragons Ron Carter 14th 6th(tied) 15th
Clinton LumberKings Ernie Cahill 15th 6th(tied) 16th
Burlington Bees Jesús Rivera 16th Mike Taylor 5th 12th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
West Michigan Whitecaps Robby Mitchell 1st Aurelio González 1st 1st
Cedar Rapids Kernels Bo Ferguson 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Ken Horn 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Lake County Captains Jesús Ávila 4th Dylan Fairchild 2nd 2nd
Great Lakes Loons Jarrod Lane 5th 6th(tied) 8th
Lansing Lugnuts Jim Barber 6th 6th(tied) 9th
Beloit Snappers Damian Kline 7th 6th(tied) 10th
Clinton LumberKings Kevin MacRury 8th 6th(tied) 11th
Dayton Dragons Juan Sánchez 9th 6th(tied) 12th
Quad Cities River Bandits Ben Campbell 10th Ignacio Gómez 4th 3rd
Kane County Cougars Mike Terry 11th 6th(tied) 13th
Burlington Bees Mike Taylor 12th Mike Taylor 5th 4th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Raúl Perea 13th Raúl Perea 3rd 5th
South Bend Cubs António Salazar 14th 6th(tied) 14th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Abdul-Qahhar bin Sadaqat 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Peoria Chiefs Jim Sullivan 16th 6th(tied) 16th
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