SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
02/16/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Asheville Tourists Butch Fowler 1st Butch Fowler 3rd 3rd
Greensboro Grasshoppers Artie Williams 2nd Artie Williams 2nd 2nd
Charleston RiverDogs Tomás Borges 3rd 5th(tied) 5th
West Virginia Power Daryl Russell 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Lexington Legends Tony Miller 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Hagerstown Suns Dane Mosley 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Lakewood BlueClaws Kurt Ross 7th 5th(tied) 9th
Rome Firebirds Lou Britt 8th 5th(tied) 10th
Augusta GreenJackets Mario Gutiérrez 9th Mario Gutiérrez 1st 1st
Kannapolis Intimidators Curt Craig 10th Ben Dotson 4th 4th
Savannah Sand Gnats Shawn Allen 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Delmarva Shorebirds Jim Stevens 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Hickory Crawdads Josh Hughes 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Greenville Drive Hyun-chul Park 14th 5th(tied) 14th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rome Firebirds Juan Valle 1st Juan Valle 1st 1st
Greensboro Grasshoppers Juan Camacho 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Savannah Sand Gnats Rob Allen 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Asheville Tourists Thad Bennett 4th Thad Bennett 2nd 2nd
Hickory Crawdads Dana Webb 5th Dana Webb 3rd 3rd
West Virginia Power Bernardo Antonio 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Kannapolis Intimidators Dimitri Jolivet 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Charleston RiverDogs Oliver Molina 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Hagerstown Suns José Rodríguez 9th José Rodríguez 4th 4th
Augusta GreenJackets Jesús Gonzáles 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Greenville Drive Tony Barnett 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Lexington Legends Chris Paul 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Delmarva Shorebirds 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
Lakewood BlueClaws 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(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 4th(tied) 4th
Augusta GreenJackets Jeff Miller 3rd Jeff Miller 3rd 2nd
Savannah Sand Gnats Bobby Langevin 4th 4th(tied) 5th
West Virginia Power Jim Smith 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Delmarva Shorebirds Manolo Rosales 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Hickory Crawdads Arturo Reyes 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Lexington Legends Kevin Hargrove 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Asheville Tourists Tim Alexander 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Doug Brown 10th 4th(tied) 11th
Greenville Drive Andy Cook 11th Andy Cook 1st 3rd
Kannapolis Intimidators Gary Pitcher 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Charleston RiverDogs 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
Hagerstown Suns 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hickory Crawdads Jerry Franklin 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Delmarva Shorebirds Walt Ellis 2nd Walt Ellis 2nd 1st
Rome Firebirds Dani Ruíz 3rd Dani Ruíz 1st 2nd
Augusta GreenJackets Jose Alj. Sharp 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
West Virginia Power Chuck Hicks 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Charleston RiverDogs Terrence Kidd 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Eric Anderson 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Hagerstown Suns Stéphane Perin 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Savannah Sand Gnats Ismael Romo 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Lexington Legends Baghel Hakem 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Lakewood BlueClaws José Ochoa 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Asheville Tourists Steve Tardiff 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Greenville Drive Aguostinho Padia 13th 3rd(tied) 13th
Kannapolis Intimidators Lúcio López 14th 3rd(tied) 14th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greensboro Grasshoppers Yan Carlos Rodríguez 1st Yan Carlos Rodríguez 2nd 1st
Savannah Sand Gnats Beau MacHeth 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Kannapolis Intimidators Jeff Picot 3rd Jeff Picot 4th 3rd
Augusta GreenJackets Jeremy Bennett 4th 5th(tied) 6th
West Virginia Power Darren Wood 5th Darren Wood 1st 2nd
Asheville Tourists Kevin Jackson 6th Kevin Jackson 3rd 4th
Hickory Crawdads Joel Brown 7th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th(tied)
Lakewood BlueClaws Steve Mendoza 7th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th(tied)
Greenville Drive Mario Miranda 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Charleston RiverDogs René García 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Hagerstown Suns Rob De La Rosa 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Delmarva Shorebirds 12th (tied) 5th(tied) 12th(tied)
Lexington Legends 12th (tied) 5th(tied) 12th(tied)
Rome Firebirds 12th (tied) 5th(tied) 12th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston RiverDogs Dan Hines 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Kannapolis Intimidators Sammy Simmons 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Hickory Crawdads Bob Jennings 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
West Virginia Power Víctor Macías 4th Víctor Macías 3rd 1st
Augusta GreenJackets Jon West 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Steve Hawkins 6th Steve Hawkins 2nd 2nd
Delmarva Shorebirds Stu Gill 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Hagerstown Suns Joe Browne 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Asheville Tourists Eddie Hannah 9th Eddie Hannah 1st 3rd
Greenville Drive Edgard Flores 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Lakewood BlueClaws 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
Lexington Legends 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
Rome Firebirds 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
Savannah Sand Gnats 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Delmarva Shorebirds Ernesto Méndez 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Savannah Sand Gnats Al Hawkins 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Augusta GreenJackets Ron White 3rd Greg Hunt 1st 1st
Greensboro Grasshoppers Billy Stroud 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Lexington Legends Ben Kendrick 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Asheville Tourists José Bustamante 6th José Bustamante 2nd 2nd
Rome Firebirds Luis García 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Hickory Crawdads Orlando López 8th Orlando López 3rd 3rd
Lakewood BlueClaws Zach Mills 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Kannapolis Intimidators Joe Collins 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Greenville Drive Iván Juárez 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Hagerstown Suns Jeff Jones 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Charleston RiverDogs 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
West Virginia Power 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greensboro Grasshoppers Wally Ramsey 1st Wally Ramsey 2nd 1st
Asheville Tourists Joe Wells 2nd (tied) Juan Barrón 4th 3rd
Charleston RiverDogs Pete Hunter 2nd (tied) 5th(tied) 5th
Delmarva Shorebirds António Guzmán 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Hickory Crawdads Joe Taylor 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Lexington Legends Eric Barnes 6th Eric Barnes 1st 2nd
Lakewood BlueClaws Joe Norman 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Hagerstown Suns Mal James 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Rome Firebirds Marlon Bender 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Greenville Drive Jeff Carney 10th Jeff Carney 3rd 4th
West Virginia Power Lou Turner 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Kannapolis Intimidators Bob Bullard 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Augusta GreenJackets 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
Savannah Sand Gnats 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lakewood BlueClaws José Ortíz 1st 10th(tied) 9th
Delmarva Shorebirds Rod Fitzgerald 2nd Alfredo González 9th 7th
Savannah Sand Gnats Rudy Alexander 3rd Esteban García 8th 8th
Greenville Drive Dan Bennett 4th Lonnie Williams 1st 1st
Rome Firebirds Dan Jackson 5th 10th(tied) 11th
West Virginia Power Jeremy Fowler 6th Andy Lang 2nd 2nd
Greensboro Grasshoppers Eric Comerford 7th Dante López 4th(tied) 4th
Asheville Tourists Mike Piper 8th Greg Smith 3rd 3rd
Lexington Legends Mike McCoy 9th Darryl Peters 4th(tied) 5th
Augusta GreenJackets Alan Melvey 10th Chris Metcalf 7th 10th
Kannapolis Intimidators Joe Wood 11th 10th(tied) 12th
Hagerstown Suns Mac Anderson 12th Ethan O'Keefe 4th(tied) 6th
Charleston RiverDogs Juan Montalvo 13th 10th(tied) 13th
Hickory Crawdads Víctor Sánchez 14th 10th(tied) 14th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lexington Legends Mike McCoy 1st 4th(tied) 1st
Asheville Tourists Joe Mitchell 2nd 4th(tied) 2nd
Hickory Crawdads Joe Hicks 3rd Tim Lewis 1st 3rd
Savannah Sand Gnats Joey Burns 4th 4th(tied) 4th
West Virginia Power Mike James 5th 4th(tied) 5th
Delmarva Shorebirds Tim Davis 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Greensboro Grasshoppers Andy Wall 7th Andy Wall 2nd 6th
Augusta GreenJackets Pete Bryan 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Hagerstown Suns Don Shoemake 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Greenville Drive Norm Ellis 10th Tim Lewis 3rd 8th
Rome Firebirds Gil Ramsey 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Charleston RiverDogs Raúl Hernández 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Kannapolis Intimidators Tony Cortés 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Lakewood BlueClaws 14th 4th(tied) 14th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greensboro Grasshoppers José Sánchez 1st José Sánchez 1st 1st
Savannah Sand Gnats Luis Lucero 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Augusta GreenJackets Pete Bryan 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Hickory Crawdads Tim Lewis 4th Tim Lewis 2nd 2nd
Rome Firebirds Lou Riley 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Lexington Legends Mike McCoy 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Greenville Drive Bob Stewart 7th Tim Lewis 3rd 3rd
Asheville Tourists Joe Mitchell 8th 4th(tied) 8th
West Virginia Power Greg Murray 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Kannapolis Intimidators Chris Rasmussen 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Delmarva Shorebirds Robinson García 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Charleston RiverDogs Dana Miller 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Hagerstown Suns Rob Raines 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Lakewood BlueClaws 14th 4th(tied) 14th
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