SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/10/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kannapolis Intimidators Ben Dotson 1st Ben Dotson 3rd 2nd
Asheville Tourists Butch Fowler 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Artie Williams 3rd Artie Williams 1st 1st
Hickory Crawdads Josh Hughes 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Augusta GreenJackets Mario Gutiérrez 5th Mario Gutiérrez 2nd 3rd
Rome Hammers Lou Britt 6th 6th(tied) 8th
West Virginia Power Mike Crocker 7th Ron Turner 4th 4th
Lakewood BlueClaws Luis Trevino 8th Jorge López 5th 5th
Delmarva Shorebirds Jim Stevens 9th 6th(tied) 9th
Hagerstown Suns Dane Mosley 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Savannah Sand Gnats José Farías 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Lexington Legends César Germán 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Charleston RiverDogs José Sánchez 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 2nd 1st
Asheville Tourists Thad Bennett 2nd Thad Bennett 3rd 3rd
Kannapolis Intimidators Dimitri Jolivet 3rd Clarence Scott 1st 2nd
Hickory Crawdads Mike Taylor 4th 5th(tied) 5th
Lakewood BlueClaws José García 5th 5th(tied) 6th
West Virginia Power Jim Sutton 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Augusta GreenJackets Billy Downs 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Hagerstown Suns José Rodríguez 8th José Rodríguez 4th 4th
Charleston RiverDogs Jorge Rivera 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Alan Atkinson 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Delmarva Shorebirds Joe Schmitt 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Greenville Drive Tony Barnett 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Lexington Legends 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
Savannah Sand Gnats 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rome Hammers Jerry Jones 1st Jerry Jones 2nd 1st
Lakewood BlueClaws Lou Bannatyne 2nd Lou Bannatyne 4th 3rd
Charleston RiverDogs Dan Smith 3rd 7th(tied) 7th
Augusta GreenJackets Jeff Miller 4th (tied) Jeff Miller 6th 6th
Hickory Crawdads Steve Day 4th (tied) Steve Day 5th 4th
Greenville Drive Andy Cook 6th Andy Cook 1st 2nd
Delmarva Shorebirds Manny Zarate 7th 7th(tied) 8th
Kannapolis Intimidators Mike Evans 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Lexington Legends Kevin Hargrove 9th 7th(tied) 10th
West Virginia Power Darren Wood 10th Darren Wood 3rd 5th
Savannah Sand Gnats Geoffrey Lee 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Doug Brown 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Hagerstown Suns Stéphane Perin 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Asheville Tourists Tim Alexander 14th 7th(tied) 14th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rome Hammers Jon Holder 1st Jon Holder 3rd 3rd
Hickory Crawdads Jerry Franklin 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Delmarva Shorebirds Walt Ellis 3rd Walt Ellis 1st(tied) 1st
Savannah Sand Gnats Curt Thompson 4th 6th(tied) 7th
West Virginia Power Curt Adams 5th Curt Adams 4th 4th
Kannapolis Intimidators Jim O'Loman 6th Mike Griffith 1st(tied) 2nd
Lexington Legends Baghel Hakem 7th 6th(tied) 8th
Lakewood BlueClaws José Ochoa 8th 6th(tied) 9th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Dan Fawkes 9th Spike Abrams 5th 5th
Charleston RiverDogs Jeremy Herman 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Greenville Drive Aguostinho Padia 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Hagerstown Suns Leonardo Rodríguez 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Asheville Tourists Steve Tardiff 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Augusta GreenJackets 14th 6th(tied) 14th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greensboro Grasshoppers Yan Carlos Rodríguez 1st Yan Carlos Rodríguez 4th 2nd
Asheville Tourists Kevin Jackson 2nd Kevin Jackson 2nd 1st
West Virginia Power Alec Parkinson 3rd 5th(tied) 5th
Kannapolis Intimidators Jeff Picot 4th Jeff Picot 3rd 4th
Augusta GreenJackets Jeremy Bennett 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Delmarva Shorebirds Dave Morris 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Rome Hammers Chip Lutz 7th Chip Lutz 1st 3rd
Savannah Sand Gnats Mitch McLaughlin 8th 5th(tied) 8th
Lakewood BlueClaws Steve Mendoza 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Hagerstown Suns Ted Wood 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Greenville Drive Mario Miranda 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Charleston RiverDogs José Carlos Mendoza 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Hickory Crawdads 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
Lexington Legends 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hickory Crawdads Joe Howgill 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Augusta GreenJackets Jon West 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Rome Hammers José García 3rd José García 1st 1st
Charleston RiverDogs Badar Kuchelai 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Lakewood BlueClaws Ben Little 5th (tied) 5th(tied) 8th(tied)
West Virginia Power Víctor Macías 5th (tied) 5th(tied) 8th(tied)
Greensboro Grasshoppers Steve Hawkins 7th Steve Hawkins 4th 2nd
Kannapolis Intimidators Joe Collins 8th 5th(tied) 10th
Delmarva Shorebirds Stu Gill 9th 5th(tied) 11th
Asheville Tourists Eddie Hannah 10th Eddie Hannah 2nd 3rd
Hagerstown Suns Andy Sims 11th Andy Sims 3rd 4th
Savannah Sand Gnats Leo Pollard 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Greenville Drive Edgard Flores 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Lexington Legends 14th 5th(tied) 14th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hickory Crawdads Peter Lock 1st Orlando López 4th 1st
Delmarva Shorebirds Ernesto Méndez 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Savannah Sand Gnats Steve Rose 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Asheville Tourists José Bustamante 4th José Bustamante 3rd 3rd
Greensboro Grasshoppers Daniel Yan 5th Daniel Yan 5th 4th
Rome Hammers Luis García 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Lakewood BlueClaws Zach Mills 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Lexington Legends Rubén Sánchez 8th Juan Carlos Pérez 2nd 2nd
Augusta GreenJackets Ron White 9th 6th(tied) 10th
West Virginia Power Lou Hale 10th 6th(tied) 11th
Charleston RiverDogs Tony Reynolds 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Hagerstown Suns Tomás Garza 12th 6th(tied) 13th
Kannapolis Intimidators Robinson Durán 13th Robinson Durán 1st 5th
Greenville Drive Iván Juárez 14th 6th(tied) 14th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greensboro Grasshoppers Wally Ramsey 1st Wally Ramsey 2nd 2nd
Savannah Sand Gnats Kevin Burke 2nd Kevin Burke 1st 1st
Kannapolis Intimidators Sammy Simmons 3rd 9th(tied) 9th
Lakewood BlueClaws Joe Norman 4th 9th(tied) 10th
Charleston RiverDogs Jorge Alvarado 5th 9th(tied) 11th
Rome Hammers Edwin Huff 6th Edwin Huff 8th 7th
West Virginia Power Joe Calderón 7th Joe Calderón 6th 5th
Delmarva Shorebirds António Guzmán 8th 9th(tied) 12th
Asheville Tourists Juan Reyes 9th Juan Barrón 7th 6th
Greenville Drive Jeff Carney 10th Jeff Carney 4th 3rd
Hagerstown Suns Mal James 11th 9th(tied) 13th
Lexington Legends Jon Bates 12th Jon Bates 3rd 4th
Augusta GreenJackets Jesús Correa 13th Jesús Correa 5th 8th
Hickory Crawdads 14th 9th(tied) 14th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Delmarva Shorebirds Rod Fitzgerald 1st Alfredo González 9th 9th
Lakewood BlueClaws José Ortíz 2nd Bob Williams 10th 10th
Greenville Drive Dan Bennett 3rd Lonnie Williams 1st 1st
Savannah Sand Gnats Ron Moloney 4th 11th(tied) 11th
Charleston RiverDogs Walt Holman 5th 11th(tied) 12th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Cristián Arrocena 6th Dante López 2nd 2nd
Rome Hammers Jesús Martínez 7th Theron Ryan 4th(tied) 4th
Augusta GreenJackets Joe Barker 8th Joe Barker 4th(tied) 5th
Asheville Tourists Jesús Luna 9th Greg Smith 4th(tied) 6th
West Virginia Power Darryl Jones 10th Darryl Jones 3rd 3rd
Kannapolis Intimidators Freddy Martínez 11th Tim Reyes 4th(tied) 7th
Lexington Legends Darryl Peters 12th Darryl Peters 4th(tied) 8th
Hagerstown Suns Jim Richmond 13th 11th(tied) 13th
Hickory Crawdads Rob Kennedy 14th 11th(tied) 14th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lexington Legends Jack Masson 1st Jack Masson 1st 1st
Charleston RiverDogs Erik Green 2nd 7th(tied) 2nd
Asheville Tourists Joe Mitchell 3rd 7th(tied) 3rd
Delmarva Shorebirds Robinson García 4th 7th(tied) 4th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Andy Wall 5th Andy Wall 4th 5th
Greenville Drive Bob Stewart 6th Bob Stewart 3rd 6th
West Virginia Power Mike James 7th Rhett Fuller 5th 7th
Augusta GreenJackets Dave Allen 8th Dave Allen 6th 8th
Savannah Sand Gnats Joey Burns 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Hagerstown Suns Jorge Cruz 10th Sergio Fernández 2nd 9th
Hickory Crawdads Ben Farrell 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Kannapolis Intimidators Luis Silva 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Rome Hammers Bob McCarty 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Lakewood BlueClaws Steve Doan 14th 7th(tied) 14th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greensboro Grasshoppers Andy Wall 1st Curt Zigay 1st(tied) 1st
Savannah Sand Gnats Luis Lucero 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Delmarva Shorebirds Waylon Ellis 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Rome Hammers Lou Riley 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Asheville Tourists Joe Mitchell 5th 7th(tied) 10th
Lexington Legends Jack Masson 6th Jack Masson 3rd 3rd
Greenville Drive Bob Stewart 7th Tim Lewis 1st(tied) 2nd
Kannapolis Intimidators Freddy Martínez 8th 7th(tied) 11th
Augusta GreenJackets Dave Allen 9th Dave Allen 6th 4th
Hickory Crawdads Rob Kennedy 10th 7th(tied) 12th
West Virginia Power Rhett Fuller 11th Rhett Fuller 5th 5th
Charleston RiverDogs Edgar López 12th 7th(tied) 13th
Lakewood BlueClaws Steve Doan 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Hagerstown Suns Sergio Fernández 14th Sergio Fernández 4th 6th
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