MIDWEST LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
01/11/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Burlington Bees Randy Bell 1st Jared Whittier 1st 1st
South Bend Cubs Ron McIntosh 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Andy Ison 3rd Andy Ison 5th 2nd(tied)
Quad Cities River Bandits Shawn Hatfield 4th Shawn Hatfield 4th 2nd(tied)
Clinton LumberKings Jim Knapp 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Beloit Snappers Jim Campbell 6th Jim Campbell 6th 4th
Great Lakes Loons Alex Davis 7th 7th(tied) 9th
Lansing Lugnuts Ed Boatman 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Charlie Carlson 9th 7th(tied) 11th
Lake County Captains Rubén Arredondo 10th Rubén Arredondo 3rd 5th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Doug Stephens 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Peoria Chiefs Jorge Arroyo 12th 7th(tied) 13th
Dayton Dragons Joey Ramírez 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Kane County Cougars Chad Williams 14th 7th(tied) 15th
Fort Wayne TinCaps R.J. Johnson 15th Wes Hardy 2nd 6th
West Michigan Whitecaps 16th 7th(tied) 16th
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 R.J. Lester 4th 4th
Burlington Bees Esteban Sánchez 4th 6th(tied) 6th
Peoria Chiefs Mike Meyer 5th Luis Sánchez 1st(tied) 3rd
Bowling Green Hot Rods Steve Harper 6th 6th(tied) 7th
Clinton LumberKings Juan Mendoza 7th 6th(tied) 8th
Dayton Dragons Lou Jones 8th Jesús Guerra 5th 5th
Lake County Captains Steve Cobb 9th 6th(tied) 9th
Quad Cities River Bandits Álex Perales 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers José Valdéz 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jesús Díaz 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Beloit Snappers 13th (tied) 6th(tied) 13th(tied)
Great Lakes Loons 13th (tied) 6th(tied) 13th(tied)
Kane County Cougars 13th (tied) 6th(tied) 13th(tied)
South Bend Cubs 13th (tied) 6th(tied) 13th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dayton Dragons Kevin Patrick 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Olav Jansen 2nd Vic Rosa 1st 1st
Quad Cities River Bandits Juan Salas 3rd Héctor Rivera 3rd 2nd
South Bend Cubs Zach Kennedy 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Peoria Chiefs Stan Miller 5th 6th(tied) 8th
Lansing Lugnuts José López 6th José López 5th 4th
Great Lakes Loons Jerry Peters 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Alex Baker 8th Joe Peterson 2nd 3rd
West Michigan Whitecaps Mike Murillo 9th Mike Murillo 4th 5th
Beloit Snappers Chet Smith 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Kane County Cougars Jim Seymour 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Clinton LumberKings Marc Morgan 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Danny Nelson 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jorge Gonzáles 14th 6th(tied) 14th
Lake County Captains Jonathan Thomas 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Burlington Bees Darren Whitehead 16th 6th(tied) 16th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Peoria Chiefs Ron Seeberg 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Cedar Rapids Kernels Brad Beck 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Burlington Bees Bob Moore 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Clinton LumberKings Tony Walker 4th 1st(tied) 4th
West Michigan Whitecaps Mario Águila 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Quad Cities River Bandits Don Green 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Oriol Rodríguez 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Dayton Dragons Phil Baker 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Kane County Cougars José Gonzáles 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Fort Wayne TinCaps António Peña 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 5th(tied) 5th
West Michigan Whitecaps Jim Duffy 3rd Jim Duffy 1st(tied) 1st
Lansing Lugnuts Robbie Blankenbeckler 4th Robbie Blankenbeckler 3rd 4th
Peoria Chiefs Luis Aragón 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Ben Noke 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Beloit Snappers Rob Brown 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Dayton Dragons Wes Carter 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Torazo Ramírez 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Lake County Captains Phil Cooper 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Burlington Bees Dave Burnett 11th Danny Jarvis 1st(tied) 2nd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Dan Thompson 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Kane County Cougars Mike Cole 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jon Schmidt 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Clinton LumberKings 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
Great Lakes Loons 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Clinton LumberKings Quincy McLeod 1st José Barajas 1st(tied) 1st
Bowling Green Hot Rods Jendrzej Geremek 2nd (tied) 5th(tied) 5th(tied)
West Michigan Whitecaps Chris Jacobs 2nd (tied) 5th(tied) 5th(tied)
Quad Cities River Bandits Luis Villarreal 4th Charlie Jones 1st(tied) 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Orkut Erkan 5th Orkut Erkan 3rd 3rd
Dayton Dragons Ed McCarthy 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Kane County Cougars Norberto Muñóz 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Peoria Chiefs Dave Campbell 8th Dave Campbell 4th 4th
Lake County Captains Sean Hartman 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Del Perkins 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Eric MacIntyre 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Lansing Lugnuts Bob Benton 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Great Lakes Loons Rob Lilly 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Burlington Bees Dave Conner 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Beloit Snappers 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
South Bend Cubs 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
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 Chris Jones 5th 5th
Great Lakes Loons Rob Walls 5th Rob Walls 4th 2nd
Beloit Snappers Pat Hall 6th Curt Warren 3rd 3rd
Lansing Lugnuts Pepe Ortega 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Lake County Captains Donnie Robinson 8th 6th(tied) 10th
Kane County Cougars Clarence Ackerman 9th Clarence Ackerman 2nd 4th
Clinton LumberKings Bob Austin 10th 6th(tied) 11th
Peoria Chiefs Innis Haggart 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Steve Walker 12th Steve Walker 1st 1st
Dayton Dragons Nate Simms 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jamie Burnell 14th 6th(tied) 14th
Burlington Bees 15th (tied) 6th(tied) 15th(tied)
Cedar Rapids Kernels 15th (tied) 6th(tied) 15th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bowling Green Hot Rods Cristián Cabrera 1st Cristián Cabrera 4th 2nd
West Michigan Whitecaps Tim York 2nd Juan Martínez 1st 1st
Clinton LumberKings Ron Anderson 3rd 6th(tied) 6th
Kane County Cougars Caden Thompson 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Quad Cities River Bandits Juan Ruíz 5th 6th(tied) 8th
Burlington Bees Raúl Pérez 6th 6th(tied) 9th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Greg Harris 7th José Rodríguez 3rd 3rd
Lake County Captains Mike González 8th 6th(tied) 10th
Dayton Dragons Eric Moore 9th 6th(tied) 11th
South Bend Cubs Alex Davis 10th 6th(tied) 12th
Great Lakes Loons Alfredo Hernández 11th 6th(tied) 13th
Peoria Chiefs Jonathon Grimes 12th Jonathon Grimes 2nd 4th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Gaylord O'Connor 13th Gaylord O'Connor 5th 5th
Beloit Snappers Tony Castro 14th 6th(tied) 14th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Clint Soto 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Lansing Lugnuts 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
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Dominic Crow 3rd Chris Mack 6th 3rd
Great Lakes Loons Tommy Murchie 4th Joe James 8th 6th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Damian Clark 5th Cliff Apsley 9th 7th
Lake County Captains Jiro Mizuno 6th 10th(tied) 10th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Chris Peterson 7th Chris Peterson 4th 5th
Clinton LumberKings Johnny Morgan 8th 10th(tied) 11th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Daniel Ávila 9th Liam Jarvis 7th 9th
Peoria Chiefs Curt Warren 10th 10th(tied) 12th
Quad Cities River Bandits Ángelo Martínez 11th 10th(tied) 13th
Burlington Bees Ron Silva 12th 10th(tied) 14th
Lansing Lugnuts Steve Collins 13th Lou Adams 5th 8th
South Bend Cubs Alex Bartelt 14th 10th(tied) 15th
Dayton Dragons Ernie Thompson 15th 10th(tied) 16th
Kane County Cougars Jim Collins 16th Jesús Fonseca 3rd 4th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bowling Green Hot Rods Damian Clark 1st 3rd(tied) 2nd
Lake County Captains Ed Makarezos 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Burlington Bees Kevin Jenkins 3rd Kevin Jenkins 1st 1st
Beloit Snappers Joey Henderson 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Lansing Lugnuts Doug Winters 5th Doug Winters 2nd 4th
Clinton LumberKings Marlon Lyons 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
West Michigan Whitecaps Steve Hood 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Quad Cities River Bandits Randy Johnson 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
South Bend Cubs Ben Ramsey 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Fort Wayne TinCaps José Ortíz 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Great Lakes Loons Jarrod Lane 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Rudy Albert 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Kane County Cougars Duane St. Jean 13th 3rd(tied) 13th
Peoria Chiefs José Rivera 14th 3rd(tied) 14th
Dayton Dragons José Fernández 15th 3rd(tied) 15th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jorge Martínez 16th 3rd(tied) 16th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
West Michigan Whitecaps Steve Hood 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
Lake County Captains Dylan Fairchild 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Great Lakes Loons Jarrod Lane 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Peoria Chiefs Joe Sevedra 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Tim Paul 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Fort Wayne TinCaps José Ortíz 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Art Horton 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Kane County Cougars Leonardo Valéncia 13th 3rd(tied) 13th
Dayton Dragons Dave Wilson 14th 3rd(tied) 14th
Beloit Snappers Damian Kline 15th 3rd(tied) 15th
South Bend Cubs António Salazar 16th 3rd(tied) 16th
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