MIDWEST LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
03/12/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Burlington Bees Randy Bell 1st Jared Whittier 2nd 1st
South Bend Cubs Ron McIntosh 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Clinton LumberKings Jim Knapp 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Quad Cities River Bandits Shawn Hatfield 4th Shawn Hatfield 3rd 2nd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Andy Ison 5th Ernesto Pérez 6th 3rd
Lake County Captains Andy Williams 6th Rubén Arredondo 4th 4th
Beloit Snappers Jim Campbell 7th Jim Campbell 5th 5th
Great Lakes Loons Alex Davis 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Lansing Lugnuts Ed Boatman 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Charlie Carlson 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Doug Stephens 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 12th(tied)
Peoria Chiefs Jorge Arroyo 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 12th(tied)
Kane County Cougars Brendan Smith 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Fort Wayne TinCaps R.J. Johnson 14th Cipriano Sánchez 1st 6th
Dayton Dragons 15th (tied) 7th(tied) 15th(tied)
West Michigan Whitecaps 15th (tied) 7th(tied) 15th(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Dave Hogan 1st Dave Hogan 1st(tied) 1st
West Michigan Whitecaps Freddie Johnson 2nd Freddie Johnson 1st(tied) 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kernels R.J. Lester 3rd José Rodríguez 1st(tied) 3rd
Burlington Bees Esteban Sánchez 4th 5th(tied) 5th
Clinton LumberKings Juan Mendoza 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Alvin Scott 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Lake County Captains Steve Cobb 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Peoria Chiefs Luis Sánchez 8th Luis Sánchez 4th 4th
Dayton Dragons José Amalia 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Quad Cities River Bandits Greg Cleveland 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Greg Hinkle 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Luis Camacho 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Kane County Cougars Kevin Combs 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Beloit Snappers 14th (tied) 5th(tied) 14th(tied)
Great Lakes Loons 14th (tied) 5th(tied) 14th(tied)
South Bend Cubs 14th (tied) 5th(tied) 14th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cedar Rapids Kernels Olav Jansen 1st 4th(tied) 4th
South Bend Cubs Zach Kennedy 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Peoria Chiefs Stan Miller 3rd Shoji Fukuda 2nd 1st
Great Lakes Loons Jerry Peters 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Lansing Lugnuts José López 5th José López 3rd 2nd
West Michigan Whitecaps Mike Murillo 6th Mike Murillo 1st 3rd
Bowling Green Hot Rods Leonardo Bustamante 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Beloit Snappers Chet Smith 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Dayton Dragons Ben Reid 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Clinton LumberKings Marc Morgan 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Lake County Captains Jonathan Thomas 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jorge Gonzáles 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Kane County Cougars Art Sanders 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Burlington Bees Darren Whitehead 14th 4th(tied) 14th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Kieran Wise 15th 4th(tied) 15th
Quad Cities River Bandits 16th 4th(tied) 16th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Peoria Chiefs Wilbert Murphy 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Cedar Rapids Kernels Ben Noke 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Clinton LumberKings Jeff McCormick 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Burlington Bees Bob Moore 4th 1st(tied) 4th
West Michigan Whitecaps Mario Águila 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Quad Cities River Bandits Don Green 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Dayton Dragons Kevin Flores 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Jordan Aitcheson 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Kane County Cougars Dorian Miner 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Qin-shu Jiang 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Beloit Snappers 11th (tied) 1st(tied) 11th(tied)
Great Lakes Loons 11th (tied) 1st(tied) 11th(tied)
Lake County Captains 11th (tied) 1st(tied) 11th(tied)
Lansing Lugnuts 11th (tied) 1st(tied) 11th(tied)
South Bend Cubs 11th (tied) 1st(tied) 11th(tied)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 11th (tied) 1st(tied) 11th(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 6th(tied) 6th
Lansing Lugnuts Robbie Blankenbeckler 3rd Robbie Blankenbeckler 3rd 4th
Peoria Chiefs Luis Aragón 4th 6th(tied) 7th
West Michigan Whitecaps Jim Duffy 5th Jim Duffy 1st(tied) 1st
Beloit Snappers Rob Brown 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Dayton Dragons Sergio Castillo 7th Sergio Castillo 5th 5th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Brad Beck 8th 6th(tied) 9th
Burlington Bees Dave Burnett 9th Danny Jarvis 1st(tied) 2nd
Lake County Captains Phil Cooper 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Arturo Toro 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jon Schmidt 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Kane County Cougars Rusty Pierce 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Clinton LumberKings 14th (tied) 6th(tied) 14th(tied)
Great Lakes Loons 14th (tied) 6th(tied) 14th(tied)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 14th (tied) 6th(tied) 14th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Clinton LumberKings José Barajas 1st José Barajas 1st 1st
Quad Cities River Bandits Eric Newton 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
West Michigan Whitecaps Chris Jacobs 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Juan López 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Orkut Erkan 5th Orkut Erkan 2nd 2nd
Dayton Dragons Lou Sweeney 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Lansing Lugnuts Bob Benton 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Lake County Captains Sean Hartman 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Great Lakes Loons Rob Lilly 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Eric MacIntyre 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Víctor Medina 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Peoria Chiefs Greg Burrell 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Burlington Bees Dave Conner 13th 3rd(tied) 13th
Kane County Cougars Jesús Rojas 14th 3rd(tied) 14th
Beloit Snappers 15th (tied) 3rd(tied) 15th(tied)
South Bend Cubs 15th (tied) 3rd(tied) 15th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lansing Lugnuts Pepe Ortega 1st 5th(tied) 5th
West Michigan Whitecaps Steve Ford 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Quad Cities River Bandits Luis Villarreal 3rd Luis Villarreal 2nd 2nd
Beloit Snappers Pat Hall 4th Curt Warren 3rd 3rd
South Bend Cubs Chris Allen 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Juan Rocha 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Great Lakes Loons Rob Walls 7th Rob Walls 4th 4th
Lake County Captains Donnie Robinson 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Clinton LumberKings Bob Austin 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Dayton Dragons Nate Simms 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Peoria Chiefs Innis Haggart 11th 5th(tied) 12th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Steve Walker 12th Steve Walker 1st 1st
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jamie Burnell 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jeff Larsen 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Kane County Cougars Artie Parker 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Burlington Bees 16th 5th(tied) 16th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Clinton LumberKings Ron Anderson 1st 5th(tied) 5th
West Michigan Whitecaps Tim York 2nd Tim York 4th 1st
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jesús Rodríguez 3rd Jesús Rodríguez 2nd 2nd
Burlington Bees Raúl Pérez 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Peoria Chiefs Rob Mullins 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Lake County Captains Mike González 6th António Herrera 1st 3rd
Bowling Green Hot Rods José Gómez 7th 5th(tied) 8th
South Bend Cubs Alex Davis 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Great Lakes Loons Alfredo Hernández 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Dayton Dragons Dave Murdoch 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Gaylord O'Connor 11th Gaylord O'Connor 3rd 4th
Beloit Snappers Tony Castro 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Kane County Cougars Héctor Chávez 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Clint Soto 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Lansing Lugnuts 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
Quad Cities River Bandits 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Beloit Snappers Dana Everhart 1st Dana Everhart 1st 1st
West Michigan Whitecaps Mike Jensen 2nd Joe Howard 2nd(tied) 2nd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Dominic Crow 3rd Chris Mack 2nd(tied) 3rd
Bowling Green Hot Rods Dan Wallace 4th Tomokatsu O'Brien 2nd(tied) 4th
Lake County Captains Jiro Mizuno 5th 10th(tied) 10th
Clinton LumberKings Ken Bush 6th 10th(tied) 11th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Daniel Ávila 7th Liam Jarvis 9th 8th
Great Lakes Loons Tommy Murchie 8th 10th(tied) 12th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Chris Peterson 9th Chris Peterson 2nd(tied) 5th
Peoria Chiefs Curt Warren 10th 10th(tied) 13th
Burlington Bees Ron Silva 11th 10th(tied) 14th
Lansing Lugnuts Steve Collins 12th Lou Adams 8th 9th
South Bend Cubs Ben Ramsey 13th 10th(tied) 15th
Dayton Dragons Robbie Daniels 14th Dominic Blake 2nd(tied) 6th
Kane County Cougars Gil Peterson 15th Jesús Fonseca 2nd(tied) 7th
Quad Cities River Bandits Joe Holmes 16th 10th(tied) 16th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lake County Captains Dylan Fairchild 1st 3rd(tied) 2nd
Burlington Bees Kevin Jenkins 2nd Kevin Jenkins 1st 1st
Beloit Snappers Joey Henderson 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Tim Paul 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Lansing Lugnuts Doug Winters 5th Doug Winters 2nd 3rd
Clinton LumberKings Marlon Lyons 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
West Michigan Whitecaps Steve Hood 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
South Bend Cubs Ben Ramsey 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Fort Wayne TinCaps José Ortíz 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Great Lakes Loons Jarrod Lane 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Quad Cities River Bandits Bob Barraclough 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Edwin Hinkle 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Peoria Chiefs José Rivera 13th 3rd(tied) 13th
Kane County Cougars Duane St. Jean 14th 3rd(tied) 14th
Dayton Dragons Ron Carter 15th 3rd(tied) 15th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Rudy Albert 16th 3rd(tied) 16th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Burlington Bees Kevin Jenkins 1st Kevin Jenkins 1st 1st
West Michigan Whitecaps Steve Hood 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Lansing Lugnuts Doug Winters 3rd Doug Winters 2nd 2nd
Lake County Captains Dylan Fairchild 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
Quad Cities River Bandits Bob Barraclough 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Clinton LumberKings Marlon Lyons 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Great Lakes Loons Ben Crews 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Tommy Jackson 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Peoria Chiefs Joe Sevedra 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Dayton Dragons Robbie Daniels 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Tim Paul 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Fort Wayne TinCaps José Ortíz 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Kane County Cougars Mike Terry 13th 3rd(tied) 13th
Beloit Snappers Damian Kline 14th 3rd(tied) 14th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Raúl Perea 15th 3rd(tied) 15th
South Bend Cubs António Salazar 16th 3rd(tied) 16th
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