SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
11/13/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kannapolis Intimidators Ben Dotson 1st Ben Dotson 4th 3rd
Lakewood BlueClaws Steve Orange 2nd Steve Orange 1st(tied) 1st
Hickory Crawdads Josh Hughes 3rd 6th(tied) 6th
Augusta GreenJackets Mario Gutiérrez 4th Mario Gutiérrez 3rd 4th
Rome Hammers Lou Britt 5th 6th(tied) 7th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Steve Blackburn 6th Rusty Davis 1st(tied) 2nd
West Virginia Power Ron Turner 7th Ron Turner 5th 5th
Delmarva Shorebirds Jean-Marie Ménard 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
Lexington Legends Daniel De Jesús 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
Savannah Sand Gnats Kevin Richardson 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Asheville Tourists Bob Pollock 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Charleston RiverDogs Pete Lger 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Hagerstown Suns Leonardo Estrada 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Greenville Drive Hyun-chul Park 14th 6th(tied) 14th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rome Hammers Juan Valle 1st Juan Valle 1st(tied) 1st
Greenville Drive Rob Barber 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Hickory Crawdads Mike Taylor 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Lakewood BlueClaws José García 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Savannah Sand Gnats Bob Collins 5th Bob Collins 3rd 3rd
Kannapolis Intimidators Clarence Scott 6th Robinson Durán 1st(tied) 2nd
Lexington Legends Thom Tracy 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Augusta GreenJackets Billy Downs 8th 4th(tied) 8th
West Virginia Power Mike Jackson 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Hagerstown Suns José Rodríguez 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Charleston RiverDogs Jorge Rivera 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Delmarva Shorebirds Joe Schmitt 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Asheville Tourists Tim McIlwhom 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Ed Castle 14th 4th(tied) 14th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rome Hammers Jerry Jones 1st Jerry Jones 1st 1st
Charleston RiverDogs Dan Smith 2nd Dan Smith 2nd 2nd
Kannapolis Intimidators Lou Wilson 3rd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Lexington Legends Kevin Hargrove 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
Augusta GreenJackets Brad Bernard 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Delmarva Shorebirds Manny Zarate 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Hickory Crawdads Arturo Reyes 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Greenville Drive Juan Hernández 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
West Virginia Power José Jiménez 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Hagerstown Suns Ted Wood 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Asheville Tourists Josh Lake 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Savannah Sand Gnats Norman Puescu 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Thad Dundee 13th 3rd(tied) 13th
Lakewood BlueClaws 14th 3rd(tied) 14th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rome Hammers Jon Holder 1st Jon Holder 5th 2nd
Lakewood BlueClaws Adrián Montepeque 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Delmarva Shorebirds Walt Ellis 3rd Walt Ellis 1st 1st
Savannah Sand Gnats Mike Nance 4th 7th(tied) 8th
West Virginia Power Curt Adams 5th Curt Adams 4th 4th
Lexington Legends Mike Owens 6th Mike Owens 2nd 3rd
Greensboro Grasshoppers Dan Fawkes 7th Spike Abrams 6th 6th
Hickory Crawdads Pete White 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Kannapolis Intimidators Mike Griffith 9th Mike Griffith 3rd 5th
Charleston RiverDogs Jeremy Herman 10th 7th(tied) 10th
Hagerstown Suns Greg White 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Greenville Drive Steve Green 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Asheville Tourists Chris Boucher 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Augusta GreenJackets 14th 7th(tied) 14th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rome Hammers Chip Lutz 1st Albert López 1st 1st
Kannapolis Intimidators Jeff Picot 2nd Jeff Picot 5th 3rd
Lakewood BlueClaws Augusto Hernández 3rd Augusto Hernández 3rd 2nd
Augusta GreenJackets Jeremy Bennett 4th 7th(tied) 7th
Delmarva Shorebirds Dave Morris 5th Jimmy Koch 6th 4th
Savannah Sand Gnats Mitch McLaughlin 6th 7th(tied) 8th
Asheville Tourists Freddie Daugherty 7th Jared Murphy 4th 5th
Lexington Legends Tim Barnett 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Hickory Crawdads Norm Rainey 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Dan McKnight 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Greenville Drive Mario Miranda 11th Bob Blair 2nd 6th
West Virginia Power Tony Moore 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Hagerstown Suns Tomás Garza 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Charleston RiverDogs José Carlos Mendoza 14th 7th(tied) 14th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hickory Crawdads Joe Howgill 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Rome Hammers José García 2nd José García 1st 1st
Augusta GreenJackets Jon West 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Charleston RiverDogs Badar Kuchelai 4th 4th(tied) 6th
West Virginia Power Víctor Macías 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Kannapolis Intimidators Don Reynolds 6th Don Reynolds 3rd 2nd
Delmarva Shorebirds Horace Brantley 7th (tied) 4th(tied) 8th
Hagerstown Suns Andy Sims 7th (tied) Andy Sims 2nd 3rd
Lakewood BlueClaws Ed Moore 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Savannah Sand Gnats Leo Pollard 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Greenville Drive Edgard Flores 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Asheville Tourists 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
Greensboro Grasshoppers 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
Lexington Legends 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Delmarva Shorebirds Ernesto Méndez 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Lexington Legends Edgardo Pumayugra 2nd Edgardo Pumayugra 4th 4th
Savannah Sand Gnats Steve Rose 3rd Liam MacIntyre 1st(tied) 1st
Greensboro Grasshoppers Daniel Yan 4th Tony Robertson 1st(tied) 2nd
Hickory Crawdads Orlando López 5th Orlando López 5th 5th
Lakewood BlueClaws Zach Mills 6th 7th(tied) 8th
Rome Hammers Patrick Boulay 7th Dave Steele 6th 6th
Augusta GreenJackets Ron White 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Kannapolis Intimidators Tony Davis 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Asheville Tourists Kevin DeRenzo 10th Jonathan Carter 1st(tied) 3rd
West Virginia Power Julián Anquilo 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Hagerstown Suns Joe Browne 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Greenville Drive Iván Juárez 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Charleston RiverDogs Daron Miller 14th 7th(tied) 14th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston RiverDogs Jorge Alvarado 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Hagerstown Suns Mal James 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Delmarva Shorebirds António Guzmán 3rd 5th(tied) 7th
Savannah Sand Gnats Joe Adams 4th Joe Adams 3rd 1st
Rome Hammers Edwin Huff 5th Edwin Huff 4th 3rd
Greenville Drive Ron Morrow 6th Ron Morrow 1st 2nd
Augusta GreenJackets Jesús Correa 7th Jesús Correa 2nd 4th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Jake Jackson 8th 5th(tied) 8th
West Virginia Power Ken Webb 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Lexington Legends César Estrada 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Kannapolis Intimidators Bob Bullard 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Asheville Tourists 12th (tied) 5th(tied) 12th(tied)
Hickory Crawdads 12th (tied) 5th(tied) 12th(tied)
Lakewood BlueClaws 12th (tied) 5th(tied) 12th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lakewood BlueClaws Robbie Christopher 1st Robbie Christopher 3rd 2nd
West Virginia Power Jim Singleton 2nd Jim Singleton 1st 1st
Charleston RiverDogs Omar Padua 3rd José Cruz 4th(tied) 4th
Greenville Drive Dan Bennett 4th Steve Foster 4th(tied) 5th
Delmarva Shorebirds Alfredo González 5th Alfredo González 9th 7th
Rome Hammers Jesús Martínez 6th Theron Ryan 4th(tied) 6th
Augusta GreenJackets Ken Cleland 7th Ken Cleland 2nd 3rd
Savannah Sand Gnats Tim Walwyn 8th Greg May 10th 9th
Kannapolis Intimidators Tim Reyes 9th Tim Reyes 11th 10th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Ed Weber 10th 12th(tied) 12th
Lexington Legends Artie Barton 11th Artie Barton 8th 8th
Hickory Crawdads Dave Rankin 12th 12th(tied) 13th
Asheville Tourists Alan Parker 13th 12th(tied) 14th
Hagerstown Suns Bob Roberts 14th Bob Roberts 7th 11th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston RiverDogs Mario Aguilar 1st 5th(tied) 1st
Delmarva Shorebirds Tim Davis 2nd 5th(tied) 3rd
Asheville Tourists Derek Wade 3rd Derek Wade 2nd 2nd
Augusta GreenJackets Dave Allen 4th Dave Allen 3rd 5th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Phil Whitfield 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Rome Hammers Joe Burton 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Kannapolis Intimidators Charlie Burks 7th 5th(tied) 9th
Lexington Legends Steve Parker 8th 5th(tied) 10th
Savannah Sand Gnats Hugh Farrell 9th Steve Hodge 4th 7th
West Virginia Power Mike James 10th Reggie McClain 1st 4th
Hagerstown Suns Ron Cooper 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Lakewood BlueClaws Noah Brousse 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Hickory Crawdads Ben Farrell 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Greenville Drive Norm Ellis 14th 5th(tied) 14th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hickory Crawdads Tim Lewis 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Savannah Sand Gnats Steve Hodge 2nd Steve Hodge 4th 2nd
Greensboro Grasshoppers Phil Whitfield 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Asheville Tourists Alan Parker 4th Derek Wade 1st 1st
Lexington Legends Steve Parker 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Augusta GreenJackets Dave Allen 6th Dave Allen 2nd 3rd
Rome Hammers Butch Anderson 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Delmarva Shorebirds Robinson García 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Lakewood BlueClaws Noah Brousse 9th 5th(tied) 10th
West Virginia Power Rhett Fuller 10th Rhett Fuller 3rd 4th
Charleston RiverDogs Edgar López 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Greenville Drive Orlando Orosco 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Hagerstown Suns Beau Brooks 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Kannapolis Intimidators Obiniana Vega 14th 5th(tied) 14th
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