MIDWEST LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
11/12/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lake County Captains Andy Williams 1st Doug Gary 2nd(tied) 1st
South Bend Cubs Ron McIntosh 2nd 11th(tied) 11th
Burlington Bees Steve Lucas 3rd Steve Lucas 7th 6th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Steve Johnston 4th 11th(tied) 12th
Lansing Lugnuts Andy Cook 5th Andy Cook 8th 8th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Andy Ison 6th Joel Miles 2nd(tied) 2nd
West Michigan Whitecaps Bob Steib 7th Bob Steib 2nd(tied) 3rd
Great Lakes Loons Alex Davis 8th 11th(tied) 13th
Quad Cities River Bandits Dan Silver 9th Miguel Angel Randín 6th 7th
Peoria Chiefs Jung Choo 10th Joey Byrd 1st 4th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Wes Hardy 11th Wes Hardy 9th(tied) 9th
Clinton LumberKings José Gómez 12th 11th(tied) 14th
Beloit Snappers Dave Ash 13th Mike Sawyer 2nd(tied) 5th
Kane County Cougars Jesús Martínez 14th 11th(tied) 15th
Cedar Rapids Kernels T.J. Martínez 15th Julián González 9th(tied) 10th
Dayton Dragons Mike Davis 16th 11th(tied) 16th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Mike Nicholas 1st Loren Allen 1st(tied) 1st
Peoria Chiefs Chuck Edwards 2nd Phil Bass 1st(tied) 2nd
Beloit Snappers Dimitri Jolivet 3rd Brad Harris 3rd(tied) 3rd
Fort Wayne TinCaps Esteban Galló 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Burlington Bees Esteban Sánchez 5th 10th(tied) 11th
West Michigan Whitecaps Juan Martínez 6th Juan Martínez 3rd(tied) 4th
Quad Cities River Bandits Bobby O'Day 7th Bobby O'Day 9th 6th
Lake County Captains Dave O'Neill 8th Jim Smith 5th 5th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Steve Harper 9th 10th(tied) 12th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Mickael Gentil 10th (tied) Joe Robinson 6th 7th
South Bend Cubs Héctor Olivo 10th (tied) Héctor Olivo 8th 8th
Dayton Dragons José Amalia 12th 10th(tied) 13th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Cisco Ramírez 13th 10th(tied) 14th
Clinton LumberKings Dan Jones 14th Dan Jones 7th 9th
Great Lakes Loons 15th (tied) 10th(tied) 15th(tied)
Kane County Cougars 15th (tied) 10th(tied) 15th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
West Michigan Whitecaps Ted Garland 1st Orlando Gutiérrez 1st(tied) 1st
Dayton Dragons Ben Reid 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Great Lakes Loons Jerry Peters 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Lansing Lugnuts Bobby Shirley 4th Jesús Valentín 3rd 3rd
Lake County Captains Rob Brooks 5th 6th(tied) 8th
Quad Cities River Bandits António Méndez 6th Tony Randull 5th 4th
Kane County Cougars Jonathan Engeman 7th 6th(tied) 9th
South Bend Cubs José Bernal 8th 6th(tied) 10th
Beloit Snappers Chet Smith 9th 6th(tied) 11th
Clinton LumberKings Mike Miller 10th Mike Miller 1st(tied) 2nd
Bowling Green Hot Rods José Lugo 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Danny Nelson 12th 6th(tied) 13th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Juan Pérez 13th 6th(tied) 14th
Burlington Bees Darren Whitehead 14th 6th(tied) 15th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Spike Ladner 15th Spike Ladner 4th 5th
Peoria Chiefs 16th 6th(tied) 16th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Quad Cities River Bandits Pancho Mendoza 1st Pancho Mendoza 4th 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Vic Rosa 2nd (tied) Vic Rosa 3rd 4th
West Michigan Whitecaps Sergio Jara 2nd (tied) Sergio Jara 5th 5th
Beloit Snappers Chuck Hicks 4th Juan Zambrano 1st 1st
Lake County Captains Dave Bovey 5th 6th(tied) 6th
Burlington Bees Mike Davis 6th Mike Davis 2nd 3rd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Ken White 7th 6th(tied) 7th
South Bend Cubs Walt O'Connelan 8th 6th(tied) 8th
Dayton Dragons Buddy Kent 9th 6th(tied) 9th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Albert Orozco 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Doug Williams 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Clinton LumberKings 12th (tied) 6th(tied) 12th(tied)
Great Lakes Loons 12th (tied) 6th(tied) 12th(tied)
Kane County Cougars 12th (tied) 6th(tied) 12th(tied)
Lansing Lugnuts 12th (tied) 6th(tied) 12th(tied)
Peoria Chiefs 12th (tied) 6th(tied) 12th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bowling Green Hot Rods Tyrone Edwards 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Beloit Snappers Arturo Román 2nd Arturo Román 1st 1st
Lansing Lugnuts Kevin Lewis 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Quad Cities River Bandits Kevin Hickman 4th Kevin Hickman 5th 3rd
Dayton Dragons Sergio Castillo 5th Sergio Castillo 2nd 2nd
West Michigan Whitecaps Joe Pettifer 6th Joe Pettifer 6th 4th
Great Lakes Loons Jorge Rivera 7th 7th(tied) 9th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Manny Ramírez 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Clinton LumberKings Curt Collier 9th 7th(tied) 11th
Peoria Chiefs Gil Peterson 10th Gil Peterson 3rd 5th
Burlington Bees Jorge Rodríguez 11th Jorge Rodríguez 4th 6th
Kane County Cougars Mike Cole 12th 7th(tied) 12th
South Bend Cubs Yu-wei Liu 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Daniel Vega 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Lake County Captains 15th (tied) 7th(tied) 15th(tied)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 15th (tied) 7th(tied) 15th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
South Bend Cubs Matt Blagdon 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Kane County Cougars Norberto Muñóz 2nd 6th(tied) 7th
West Michigan Whitecaps Joe Jacobs 3rd Joe Jacobs 1st 1st
Bowling Green Hot Rods Juan López 4th 6th(tied) 8th
Clinton LumberKings Juan Luna 5th Juan Luna 3rd 3rd
Beloit Snappers Don Robison 6th Josh Horn 4th 4th
Peoria Chiefs Sancho Vega 7th Sancho Vega 5th 5th
Lake County Captains Milo Lewis 8th Mitch Madison 2nd 2nd
Quad Cities River Bandits Ernie Williams 9th 6th(tied) 9th
Dayton Dragons Lou Sweeney 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Great Lakes Loons Rob Lilly 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Lansing Lugnuts Bob Benton 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Bernardo Martínez 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Burlington Bees Don Waller 14th 6th(tied) 14th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Bobby Hamilton 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Eric MacIntyre 16th 6th(tied) 16th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Great Lakes Loons Rob Walls 1st (tied) Jeff Hamilton 1st(tied) 1st
South Bend Cubs Phil Lind 1st (tied) 8th(tied) 8th
West Michigan Whitecaps Jeff Young 3rd Jeff Young 4th 3rd
Quad Cities River Bandits Charlie Jones 4th Charlie Jones 1st(tied) 2nd
Bowling Green Hot Rods Chris Jones 5th Chris Jones 7th 5th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Doug Holt 6th Doug Holt 3rd 4th
Lansing Lugnuts Jamal Marchant 7th 8th(tied) 9th
Beloit Snappers Joe Britten 8th Jeremy Smith 5th 6th
Dayton Dragons Nate Simms 9th 8th(tied) 10th
Lake County Captains Ron Ramsey 10th 8th(tied) 11th
Kane County Cougars Bob Madison 11th 8th(tied) 12th
Clinton LumberKings Chris Wemyss 12th Chris Wemyss 6th 7th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Rubén Herrera 13th (tied) 8th(tied) 13th(tied)
Peoria Chiefs Wilson Ramos 13th (tied) 8th(tied) 13th(tied)
Cedar Rapids Kernels Mike Fletcher 15th 8th(tied) 15th
Burlington Bees 16th 8th(tied) 16th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
South Bend Cubs Rob Wade 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Quad Cities River Bandits Luis Villarreal 2nd Luis Villarreal 4th 3rd
West Michigan Whitecaps Rusty Henry 3rd Rusty Henry 2nd 2nd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Gaylord O'Connor 4th Gaylord O'Connor 3rd 4th
Dayton Dragons Dan O'Toole 5th 6th(tied) 7th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Chris Hill 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Peoria Chiefs Gil Guistiniani 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Clinton LumberKings Ed Weaver 8th Ed Weaver 5th 5th
Lake County Captains Jeremy Kelley 9th Ben Wilson 1st 1st
Beloit Snappers Tony Castro 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Great Lakes Loons Alfredo Hernández 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Norberto Cuervo 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Kane County Cougars Héctor Chávez 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Cris Arroyo 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
West Michigan Whitecaps Filip Pauw 1st Jody Simmons 1st 1st
Beloit Snappers Greg Hall 2nd Juan Zapata 2nd 2nd
Bowling Green Hot Rods Steve Brown 3rd Steve Brown 12th 10th
Lake County Captains Ron Lyons 4th Alex Lake 10th 11th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Bo Ferguson 5th Brendan Simpson 3rd 3rd
Great Lakes Loons Bob Marín 6th Jake Doyle 6th(tied) 6th
Peoria Chiefs Mike Miller 7th Mike Miller 4th 4th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Tim Hopkins 8th Tim Hopkins 6th(tied) 7th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Ken Alford 9th 14th(tied) 14th
Dayton Dragons Alex Phillips 10th Joe Johnson 5th 5th
Lansing Lugnuts Jesús Ríos 11th 14th(tied) 15th
Quad Cities River Bandits Joe Holmes 12th Juan Saucedo 6th(tied) 8th
Kane County Cougars Jesús Fonseca 13th Jesús Fonseca 6th(tied) 9th
South Bend Cubs Marcus Kerklaan 14th 14th(tied) 16th
Burlington Bees Ed Anderson 15th Ed Anderson 11th 12th
Clinton LumberKings Don Brown 16th Johnny Maes 13th 13th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
West Michigan Whitecaps Filip Pauw 1st Jody Simmons 1st 1st
Lake County Captains Ed Makarezos 2nd Rob Lee 5th 3rd
Peoria Chiefs Greg Davis 3rd Greg Davis 4th 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Bo Ferguson 4th 7th(tied) 5th
Lansing Lugnuts Jim Barber 5th 7th(tied) 7th
Clinton LumberKings Jonathan Cartwright 6th Jonathan Cartwright 2nd 4th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Juan Fuentes 7th Walt Austin 3rd 6th
Quad Cities River Bandits Ignacio Gómez 8th Ignacio Gómez 6th 8th
Kane County Cougars Ron Wells 9th 7th(tied) 9th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Abdul-Qahhar bin Sadaqat 10th 7th(tied) 10th
Great Lakes Loons Jarrod Lane 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Beloit Snappers Chris Forrest 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Burlington Bees José Vásquez 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Dayton Dragons Ron Carter 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Edwin Hinkle 15th 7th(tied) 15th
South Bend Cubs Kip Harris 16th 7th(tied) 16th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
West Michigan Whitecaps Filip Pauw 1st Jody Simmons 1st 1st
Cedar Rapids Kernels Bo Ferguson 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Dayton Dragons Alex Phillips 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Walt Austin 4th Walt Austin 3rd 3rd
Peoria Chiefs Greg Davis 5th Greg Davis 4th 4th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Ken Horn 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Beloit Snappers Damian Kline 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Great Lakes Loons Jarrod Lane 8th 7th(tied) 11th
Lake County Captains Rob Lee 9th Rob Lee 5th 5th
Lansing Lugnuts Jim Barber 10th 7th(tied) 12th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Rob Nelson 11th 7th(tied) 13th
Quad Cities River Bandits Ben Campbell 12th Ignacio Gómez 6th 6th
Kane County Cougars Mike Terry 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Burlington Bees Juan Silva 14th 7th(tied) 15th
South Bend Cubs António Salazar 15th 7th(tied) 16th
Clinton LumberKings Bob Holliday 16th Jonathan Cartwright 2nd 2nd
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