SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/05/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lakewood BlueClaws Jorge Acevedo 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Greenville Drive Luis Sánchez 2nd Luis Sánchez 2nd 2nd
Asheville Tourists Butch Fowler 3rd Butch Fowler 4th 3rd
Augusta GreenJackets Dave Coleman 4th Dave Coleman 1st 1st
Hickory Crawdads Dana Webb 5th Dana Webb 3rd 4th
Delmarva Shorebirds Steve Robinson 6th 6th(tied) 7th
West Virginia Power Manny Escobar 7th 6th(tied) 8th
Kannapolis Intimidators Luis Yan 8th (tied) Ben Dotson 5th 5th
Lexington Legends Tomás Soto 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 9th
Charleston RiverDogs Tomás Borges 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Hagerstown Suns Dane Mosley 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Rome Firebirds Lou Britt 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Savannah Sand Gnats Mitch Porter 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Jim McLaughlin 14th 6th(tied) 14th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rome Firebirds Juan Valle 1st Juan Valle 1st(tied) 1st
Greensboro Grasshoppers Juan Camacho 2nd Johnny Hill 5th 3rd
Savannah Sand Gnats Deron Parker 3rd Steve Hunt 1st(tied) 2nd
Asheville Tourists Thad Bennett 4th Thad Bennett 4th 4th
Greenville Drive Rusty Wilson 5th Rusty Wilson 3rd 5th
Augusta GreenJackets Billy Downs 6th 7th(tied) 7th
Charleston RiverDogs Oliver Molina 7th 7th(tied) 8th
Hagerstown Suns Jorge Olvera 8th José Rodríguez 6th 6th
West Virginia Power Mitch Winkler 9th 7th(tied) 9th
Kannapolis Intimidators Joey Hawkins 10th 7th(tied) 10th
Delmarva Shorebirds 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
Hickory Crawdads 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
Lakewood BlueClaws 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
Lexington Legends 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lakewood BlueClaws Lou Bannatyne 1st Lou Bannatyne 2nd 1st
Rome Firebirds Jorge Mendoza 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Hickory Crawdads José López 3rd José López 5th 3rd
Asheville Tourists Mike Taylor 4th Mike Taylor 4th 4th
Augusta GreenJackets Jeff Miller 5th Jeff Miller 6th 6th
Hagerstown Suns Mike Porter 6th 7th(tied) 8th
Greenville Drive Chad Baker 7th Andy Cook 1st 2nd
Savannah Sand Gnats Dave Price 8th Dave Price 3rd 5th
West Virginia Power Jim Smith 9th 7th(tied) 9th
Delmarva Shorebirds Manny Zarate 10th 7th(tied) 10th
Lexington Legends José Reyes 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Doug Brown 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Charleston RiverDogs 13th (tied) 7th(tied) 13th(tied)
Kannapolis Intimidators 13th (tied) 7th(tied) 13th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Savannah Sand Gnats Hank Howell 1st Hank Howell 1st 1st
Delmarva Shorebirds Walt Ellis 2nd Walt Ellis 3rd 3rd
Greenville Drive Don Campbell 3rd 4th(tied) 4th
Rome Firebirds Francis López 4th Dani Ruíz 2nd 2nd
Augusta GreenJackets Alan Osborne 5th 4th(tied) 5th
Hickory Crawdads José Gonzáles 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Jesús Peña 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Kannapolis Intimidators Ron Mallard 8th 4th(tied) 8th
West Virginia Power Chuck Hicks 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Charleston RiverDogs Terrence Kidd 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Hagerstown Suns Stéphane Perin 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Asheville Tourists 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
Lakewood BlueClaws 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
Lexington Legends 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rome Firebirds Adrian Lazar 1st Adrian Lazar 3rd 2nd
Greensboro Grasshoppers Yan Carlos Rodríguez 2nd Yan Carlos Rodríguez 4th 3rd
Lakewood BlueClaws Dave Glenn 3rd Brad Penn 1st 1st
Augusta GreenJackets Luis Zúñiga 4th 7th(tied) 7th
Greenville Drive José Espinoza 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Savannah Sand Gnats Rob Simpson 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Hagerstown Suns António Guerra 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Kannapolis Intimidators Jeff Picot 8th Jeff Picot 6th 5th
West Virginia Power Darren Wood 9th Darren Wood 2nd 4th
Lexington Legends Héctor Marín 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Delmarva Shorebirds Ken St. John 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Hickory Crawdads António Fernández 12th 7th(tied) 13th
Asheville Tourists Kevin Jackson 13th Kevin Jackson 5th 6th
Charleston RiverDogs René García 14th 7th(tied) 14th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston RiverDogs Dan Hines 1st Dan Hines 4th 1st
Greenville Drive Rob O'Sullivan 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Augusta GreenJackets Jon West 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Asheville Tourists Dave Norman 4th Eddie Hannah 1st 2nd
West Virginia Power Víctor Macías 5th Víctor Macías 3rd 3rd
Greensboro Grasshoppers Steve Hawkins 6th Steve Hawkins 2nd 4th
Delmarva Shorebirds Stu Gill 7th 5th(tied) 7th
Hagerstown Suns Joe Browne 8th 5th(tied) 8th
Hickory Crawdads 9th (tied) 5th(tied) 9th(tied)
Kannapolis Intimidators 9th (tied) 5th(tied) 9th(tied)
Lakewood BlueClaws 9th (tied) 5th(tied) 9th(tied)
Lexington Legends 9th (tied) 5th(tied) 9th(tied)
Rome Firebirds 9th (tied) 5th(tied) 9th(tied)
Savannah Sand Gnats 9th (tied) 5th(tied) 9th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Delmarva Shorebirds Ernesto Méndez 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Hickory Crawdads Chet Bryant 2nd Chet Bryant 3rd 1st
Greensboro Grasshoppers Juan Souza 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Augusta GreenJackets Ron White 4th Greg Hunt 2nd 2nd
Greenville Drive Ty Martin 5th Ron Lindsey 5th 3rd
Lakewood BlueClaws Jim Peterson 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Lexington Legends Ben Kendrick 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Asheville Tourists José Bustamante 8th José Bustamante 4th 5th
Savannah Sand Gnats Steve Rose 9th Sean O'Connor 1st 4th
Kannapolis Intimidators Sammy Simmons 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Rome Firebirds Luis García 11th 6th(tied) 11th
West Virginia Power Rodrigo Tovar 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Hagerstown Suns Jeff Jones 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Charleston RiverDogs 14th 6th(tied) 14th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hickory Crawdads Jesús Rodríguez 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Micheal Burns 2nd Wally Ramsey 4th 2nd
Greenville Drive Ed English 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Asheville Tourists Joe Wells 4th Chris Davis 1st 1st
Charleston RiverDogs Pete Hunter 5th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th(tied)
Delmarva Shorebirds António Guzmán 5th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th(tied)
Lexington Legends Eric Barnes 7th Eric Barnes 2nd 3rd
Hagerstown Suns Mal James 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Savannah Sand Gnats Ed Thompson 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Lakewood BlueClaws Sammy Christensen 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Augusta GreenJackets Jesús Correa 11th Jesús Correa 3rd 4th
West Virginia Power Lou Turner 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Kannapolis Intimidators 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
Rome Firebirds 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greensboro Grasshoppers Clarence Woods 1st Clarence Woods 1st 1st
Lakewood BlueClaws José Ortíz 2nd 9th(tied) 6th
Delmarva Shorebirds Rod Fitzgerald 3rd 9th(tied) 8th
Asheville Tourists Joe Scott 4th Greg Smith 3rd 3rd
Rome Firebirds Dan Jackson 5th 9th(tied) 11th
Savannah Sand Gnats Esteban García 6th Esteban García 6th 5th
West Virginia Power Jeremy Fowler 7th Andy Lang 2nd 2nd
Augusta GreenJackets Tony Mateo 8th Dave Allen 8th 7th
Kannapolis Intimidators Raúl Hernández 9th 9th(tied) 12th
Greenville Drive Esteban Quintero 10th Esteban Quintero 4th 4th
Hickory Crawdads José Jáquez 11th 9th(tied) 13th
Hagerstown Suns Waylon Cooley 12th Jim Richmond 7th 9th
Lexington Legends Darryl Peters 13th Darryl Peters 5th 10th
Charleston RiverDogs Juan Montalvo 14th 9th(tied) 14th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Asheville Tourists Joe Mitchell 1st 5th(tied) 1st
Greenville Drive Bob Stewart 2nd 5th(tied) 2nd
West Virginia Power Greg Murray 3rd 5th(tied) 3rd
Savannah Sand Gnats Ron Moloney 4th 5th(tied) 4th
Hickory Crawdads Steve Young 5th Tim Lewis 3rd 5th
Delmarva Shorebirds Tim Davis 6th 5th(tied) 9th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Andy Wall 7th Andy Wall 2nd 6th
Hagerstown Suns Jorge Cruz 8th Colm Tucker 1st 7th
Augusta GreenJackets Pete Bryan 9th Dave Allen 4th 8th
Charleston RiverDogs Juan Rivera 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Kannapolis Intimidators Juan Vázquez 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Lakewood BlueClaws Tim Moon 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Rome Firebirds Gil Ramsey 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Lexington Legends Juan Mata 14th 5th(tied) 14th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greensboro Grasshoppers José Sánchez 1st José Sánchez 1st 1st
Hagerstown Suns Colm Tucker 2nd Colm Tucker 2nd 2nd
Augusta GreenJackets Pete Bryan 3rd Dave Allen 4th 4th
Hickory Crawdads Tim Lewis 4th Tim Lewis 3rd 3rd
Rome Firebirds Lou Riley 5th 5th(tied) 5th
Greenville Drive Bob Stewart 6th 5th(tied) 6th
Asheville Tourists Joe Mitchell 7th 5th(tied) 7th
Kannapolis Intimidators Steve Stone 8th (tied) 5th(tied) 8th(tied)
Savannah Sand Gnats José Jiménez 8th (tied) 5th(tied) 8th(tied)
Delmarva Shorebirds Robinson García 10th 5th(tied) 10th
West Virginia Power Esteban Vallés 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Charleston RiverDogs Dana Miller 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Lexington Legends Jeff O'Day 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Lakewood BlueClaws Tim Moon 14th 5th(tied) 14th
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