SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
03/31/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kannapolis Intimidators Don Nealon 1st Don Nealon 2nd 1st
Greensboro Grasshoppers Artie Williams 2nd Artie Williams 1st 2nd
Lexington Legends Tony Miller 3rd 4th(tied) 4th
Hickory Crawdads Josh Hughes 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Rome Hammers Lou Britt 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Lakewood BlueClaws Luis Trevino 6th Jorge López 3rd 3rd
Delmarva Shorebirds Jim Stevens 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Hagerstown Suns Dane Mosley 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Savannah Sand Gnats José Farías 9th (tied) 4th(tied) 9th(tied)
West Virginia Power Ronnie Ferguson 9th (tied) 4th(tied) 9th(tied)
Charleston RiverDogs Tomás Borges 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Augusta GreenJackets Bob Brock 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Asheville Tourists Xavier Collazo 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Greenville Drive Hyun-chul Park 14th 4th(tied) 14th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rome Hammers Juan Valle 1st Juan Valle 1st 1st
Asheville Tourists Thad Bennett 2nd Thad Bennett 2nd 2nd
Kannapolis Intimidators Dimitri Jolivet 3rd Dimitri Jolivet 3rd 3rd
Hickory Crawdads Mike Taylor 4th 5th(tied) 5th
Lakewood BlueClaws José García 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Savannah Sand Gnats Rob Allen 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Charleston RiverDogs Oliver Molina 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Augusta GreenJackets Billy Downs 8th (tied) 5th(tied) 9th(tied)
West Virginia Power Bernardo Antonio 8th (tied) 5th(tied) 9th(tied)
Delmarva Shorebirds Elton Davis 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Hagerstown Suns José Rodríguez 11th José Rodríguez 4th 4th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Alan Atkinson 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Greenville Drive Tony Barnett 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Lexington Legends Chris Paul 14th 5th(tied) 14th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lakewood BlueClaws Lou Bannatyne 1st Lou Bannatyne 3rd 2nd
Kannapolis Intimidators Juan Fernández 2nd Juan Fernández 2nd 3rd
Augusta GreenJackets Jeff Miller 3rd (tied) Jeff Miller 6th 5th
Hickory Crawdads Steve Day 3rd (tied) Steve Day 5th 4th
Greenville Drive Andy Cook 5th Andy Cook 1st 1st
Rome Hammers Jorge Mendoza 6th 7th(tied) 7th
Lexington Legends Kevin Hargrove 7th Jed Kramer 4th 6th
Savannah Sand Gnats Bobby Langevin 8th 7th(tied) 8th
West Virginia Power Jim Smith 9th 7th(tied) 9th
Asheville Tourists Tim Alexander 10th 7th(tied) 10th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Huang-fu Chang 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Hagerstown Suns Ángelo Martínez 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Delmarva Shorebirds Ken Smith 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Charleston RiverDogs 14th 7th(tied) 14th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hickory Crawdads Jerry Franklin 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Charleston RiverDogs Terrence Kidd 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Savannah Sand Gnats Jesús Rodríguez 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
West Virginia Power Lou Hale 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Hagerstown Suns Stéphane Perin 5th (tied) 2nd(tied) 6th(tied)
Lexington Legends Baghel Hakem 5th (tied) 2nd(tied) 6th(tied)
Lakewood BlueClaws José Ochoa 7th 2nd(tied) 8th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Dan Fawkes 8th Spike Abrams 1st 1st
Kannapolis Intimidators Lúcio López 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Greenville Drive Aguostinho Padia 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Asheville Tourists Steve Tardiff 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Augusta GreenJackets 12th (tied) 2nd(tied) 12th(tied)
Delmarva Shorebirds 12th (tied) 2nd(tied) 12th(tied)
Rome Hammers 12th (tied) 2nd(tied) 12th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greensboro Grasshoppers Yan Carlos Rodríguez 1st Yan Carlos Rodríguez 3rd 2nd
Augusta GreenJackets Leo Dodson 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Asheville Tourists Kevin Jackson 3rd Kevin Jackson 1st 1st
Savannah Sand Gnats Beau MacHeth 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Kannapolis Intimidators Jeff Picot 5th Jeff Picot 2nd 3rd
Delmarva Shorebirds Dave Morris 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Lakewood BlueClaws Steve Mendoza 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Greenville Drive Mario Miranda 8th 4th(tied) 8th
West Virginia Power Jeff Baker 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Charleston RiverDogs René García 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Hagerstown Suns Rob De La Rosa 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Hickory Crawdads 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
Lexington Legends 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
Rome Hammers 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hickory Crawdads Joe Howgill 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Charleston RiverDogs Dan Hines 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Lakewood BlueClaws Ben Little 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Steve Hawkins 4th Steve Hawkins 2nd 1st
West Virginia Power Víctor Macías 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Kannapolis Intimidators Joe Collins 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
Asheville Tourists Eddie Hannah 7th Eddie Hannah 1st 2nd
Hagerstown Suns Joe Browne 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Delmarva Shorebirds Horace Brantley 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Greenville Drive Edgard Flores 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Augusta GreenJackets 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
Lexington Legends 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
Rome Hammers 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
Savannah Sand Gnats 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hickory Crawdads Peter Lock 1st Orlando López 4th 2nd
Augusta GreenJackets Josh Ford 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Savannah Sand Gnats Steve Rose 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Billy Stroud 4th Billy Stroud 1st 1st
Lexington Legends Ben Kendrick 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Asheville Tourists José Bustamante 6th (tied) José Bustamante 3rd 3rd
Delmarva Shorebirds Ron Doyle 6th (tied) 5th(tied) 8th
Kannapolis Intimidators Sammy Simmons 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Rome Hammers Luis García 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Lakewood BlueClaws Zach Mills 10th 5th(tied) 11th
West Virginia Power Lou Lemus 11th 5th(tied) 12th
Hagerstown Suns Andy Sims 12th Andy Sims 2nd 4th
Greenville Drive Iván Juárez 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Charleston RiverDogs 14th 5th(tied) 14th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lakewood BlueClaws Joe Norman 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Charleston RiverDogs Pete Hunter 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Lexington Legends Eric Barnes 3rd Eric Barnes 1st 1st
Hickory Crawdads Joe Taylor 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Asheville Tourists Juan Reyes 5th Juan Barrón 4th 3rd
Greenville Drive Jeff Carney 6th Jeff Carney 2nd 2nd
Hagerstown Suns Mal James 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Delmarva Shorebirds Dave Wolfe 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Augusta GreenJackets Jesús Correa 9th Jesús Correa 3rd 4th
Rome Hammers Marlon Bender 10th 5th(tied) 10th
West Virginia Power Lou Turner 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Kannapolis Intimidators Bob Bullard 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Clarence Brawley 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Savannah Sand Gnats 14th 5th(tied) 14th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lakewood BlueClaws José Ortíz 1st Bob Williams 7th 6th
Savannah Sand Gnats Ron Moloney 2nd Loren Holmes 9th 7th
Rome Hammers Dan Jackson 3rd 10th(tied) 8th
Kannapolis Intimidators Joe Wood 4th 10th(tied) 9th
Greenville Drive Dan Bennett 5th Lonnie Williams 1st 1st
Lexington Legends Ben Tucker 6th Darryl Peters 4th 3rd
Greensboro Grasshoppers Cristián Arrocena 7th Dante López 2nd 2nd
Asheville Tourists Mike Piper 8th Greg Smith 3rd 4th
Augusta GreenJackets Joe Barker 9th Dave Allen 5th 5th
Charleston RiverDogs Juan Montalvo 10th 10th(tied) 12th
Hickory Crawdads Ernie Daniels 11th 10th(tied) 13th
Hagerstown Suns Jim Richmond 12th Ethan O'Keefe 6th 10th
West Virginia Power Alex West 13th Alex West 8th 11th
Delmarva Shorebirds Nate Hunter 14th 10th(tied) 14th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Savannah Sand Gnats Joey Burns 1st 5th(tied) 2nd
Delmarva Shorebirds Chris O'Lonargan 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
West Virginia Power Billy Martin 3rd 5th(tied) 7th
Hagerstown Suns Jorge Cruz 4th Sergio Fernández 1st 1st
Augusta GreenJackets Dave Allen 5th Dave Allen 4th 3rd
Greensboro Grasshoppers Andy Wall 6th Andy Wall 3rd 4th
Greenville Drive Bob Stewart 7th Bob Stewart 2nd 6th
Hickory Crawdads Ben Farrell 8th 5th(tied) 8th
Asheville Tourists Phil Kenney 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Lakewood BlueClaws Steve Doan 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Kannapolis Intimidators Tony Cortés 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Lexington Legends Randy Harmon 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Rome Hammers Gil Ramsey 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Charleston RiverDogs Raúl Hernández 14th 5th(tied) 14th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greensboro Grasshoppers José Sánchez 1st José Sánchez 2nd 2nd
Savannah Sand Gnats Luis Lucero 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Rome Hammers Lou Riley 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Asheville Tourists Joe Mitchell 4th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th
Greenville Drive Bob Stewart 4th (tied) Tim Lewis 1st 1st
Lexington Legends Mike McCoy 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Augusta GreenJackets Dave Allen 7th Dave Allen 4th 3rd
Charleston RiverDogs Dana Miller 8th 5th(tied) 9th
West Virginia Power Rod Hall 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Kannapolis Intimidators Chris Rasmussen 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Hickory Crawdads Rob Kennedy 11th 5th(tied) 12th
Lakewood BlueClaws Steve Doan 12th 5th(tied) 13th
Hagerstown Suns Sergio Fernández 13th Sergio Fernández 3rd 4th
Delmarva Shorebirds Carlito Dupuich 14th 5th(tied) 14th
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