NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
03/12/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Connecticut Tigers Héctor Orozco 1st Héctor Orozco 1st 1st
West Virginia Black Bears Daryl Russell 2nd 2nd(tied) 2nd
Aberdeen Ironbirds Greg McAllister 3rd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Hudson Valley Renegades Steve Johnston 4th 2nd(tied) 4th
Vermont Lake Monsters Jon Mobley 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Staten Island Yankees Kevin Pitts 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Brooklyn Cyclones Nelson Valentín 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
State College Spikes Tex Berry 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Williamsport Crosscutters Jorge López 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Batavia Muckdogs Don Ramsey 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Lowell Spinners Jim Morris 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Auburn Doubledays Ed O'Neil 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
Mahoning Valley Scrappers 13th (tied) 2nd(tied) 13th(tied)
Tri-City ValleyCats 13th (tied) 2nd(tied) 13th(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tri-City ValleyCats Bobby O'Day 1st Bobby O'Day 2nd 1st
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Marc Smith 2nd Anastasio Borras 1st 2nd
Williamsport Crosscutters Tony Lewis 3rd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Brooklyn Cyclones Jared Lee 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
Lowell Spinners Rob Barber 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
West Virginia Black Bears Mitch Winkler 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
State College Spikes Héctor Arrojo 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Staten Island Yankees Jorge Rivera 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Auburn Doubledays Cliff Moore 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Batavia Muckdogs Brendan Flannery 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Aberdeen Ironbirds 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
Connecticut Tigers 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
Hudson Valley Renegades 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
Vermont Lake Monsters 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Brooklyn Cyclones Shawn Simons 1st Shawn Simons 2nd 1st
Staten Island Yankees Dan Smith 2nd Dan Smith 4th 3rd
Connecticut Tigers Jon McDonald 3rd Ted Garland 1st 2nd
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Víctor Díaz 4th Víctor Díaz 3rd 4th
Williamsport Crosscutters Bob Hodges 5th 5th(tied) 5th
Tri-City ValleyCats António Méndez 6th 5th(tied) 6th
Vermont Lake Monsters Sean Taylor 7th 5th(tied) 7th
State College Spikes Joe May 8th 5th(tied) 8th
Lowell Spinners Mike Lewis 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Batavia Muckdogs António Ríos 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Aberdeen Ironbirds 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
Auburn Doubledays 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
Hudson Valley Renegades 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
West Virginia Black Bears 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
State College Spikes Ron Seeberg 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Connecticut Tigers Jesús Ruíz 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Brooklyn Cyclones Curt Thompson 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
West Virginia Black Bears Chuck Hicks 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Lou Wilson 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Tri-City ValleyCats Ken Farmer 6th 2nd(tied) 7th
Staten Island Yankees Jeremy Herman 7th 2nd(tied) 8th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Vern Calhoun 8th (tied) 2nd(tied) 9th(tied)
Hudson Valley Renegades Greg Lewis 8th (tied) 2nd(tied) 9th(tied)
Batavia Muckdogs Spike Abrams 10th Spike Abrams 1st 1st
Williamsport Crosscutters Chip Jordan 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Auburn Doubledays Leonardo Rodríguez 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
Lowell Spinners 13th (tied) 2nd(tied) 13th(tied)
Vermont Lake Monsters 13th (tied) 2nd(tied) 13th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hudson Valley Renegades Tyrone Edwards 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Staten Island Yankees Kevin Reece 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Brooklyn Cyclones Mitch McLaughlin 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Dave Morris 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Vermont Lake Monsters Dave Merritt 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
West Virginia Black Bears Darren Wood 6th Darren Wood 1st 1st
State College Spikes Chris Billings 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Williamsport Crosscutters Ed Brooks 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Connecticut Tigers Bob Lewis 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Batavia Muckdogs Joe Collins 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Auburn Doubledays Rob De La Rosa 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Lowell Spinners 12th (tied) 2nd(tied) 12th(tied)
Mahoning Valley Scrappers 12th (tied) 2nd(tied) 12th(tied)
Tri-City ValleyCats 12th (tied) 2nd(tied) 12th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Connecticut Tigers Chet Thompson 1st Chet Thompson 1st 1st
Williamsport Crosscutters Ben Little 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Batavia Muckdogs Dan White 3rd Dan White 3rd 2nd
Staten Island Yankees Jorge Cantú 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Hudson Valley Renegades Brad Bell 5th 4th(tied) 6th
State College Spikes Sean Duncan 6th Dave Campbell 2nd 3rd
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Milo Lewis 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Lowell Spinners Andy Hendrick 8th 4th(tied) 8th
West Virginia Black Bears Dave Sandoval 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Brooklyn Cyclones Leo Pollard 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Horace Brantley 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Tri-City ValleyCats Jerry Hood 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Vermont Lake Monsters Manny Reza 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Auburn Doubledays Bobby Hill 14th 4th(tied) 14th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Williamsport Crosscutters Tim Patton 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Connecticut Tigers Chip Wurzburg 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Batavia Muckdogs Steve Bishop 3rd Steve Bishop 2nd 1st
Tri-City ValleyCats Byron Thistle 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Hudson Valley Renegades Jon Jordan 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Vermont Lake Monsters Joe Britten 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
State College Spikes Dave Kelly 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Luis Pérez 8th 3rd(tied) 9th
Staten Island Yankees Dave MacNamara 9th 3rd(tied) 10th
Auburn Doubledays Andy Sims 10th Andy Sims 1st 2nd
Brooklyn Cyclones Kijuro Yamaguchi 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
West Virginia Black Bears Kevin Blevins 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Lowell Spinners Ben Jones 13th 3rd(tied) 13th
Mahoning Valley Scrappers 14th 3rd(tied) 14th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Brooklyn Cyclones Tyrone Jackson 1st Kevin Burke 1st 1st
Staten Island Yankees Jorge Alvarado 2nd Jorge Alvarado 3rd 2nd
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Hank Carter 3rd 5th(tied) 5th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Mario Tamayo 4th António García 4th 3rd
State College Spikes Don Smith 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Williamsport Crosscutters Víctor Gavaldón 6th 5th(tied) 7th
West Virginia Black Bears Lou Turner 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Lowell Spinners Ron Morrow 8th Ron Morrow 2nd 4th
Auburn Doubledays Pat Cherry 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Batavia Muckdogs Clarence Brawley 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Connecticut Tigers 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
Hudson Valley Renegades 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
Tri-City ValleyCats 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
Vermont Lake Monsters 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Connecticut Tigers Mario López 1st António Quiñones 1st 1st
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Ron Lyons 2nd 11th(tied) 10th
Staten Island Yankees Walt Holman 3rd Derek Wade 4th 4th
Vermont Lake Monsters Manny Gómez 4th 11th(tied) 11th
Williamsport Crosscutters Chris Rivas 5th Bob Williams 8th 5th
Brooklyn Cyclones Tim Walwyn 6th Carlos Hanson 9th 6th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Jesús Aragón 7th Cal Jackson 6th 7th
Hudson Valley Renegades Steve Brown 8th Steve Brown 7th 8th
State College Spikes Víctor Márquez 9th Fred Marcel 5th 9th
Batavia Muckdogs Phil Neal 10th Bubba Shoemaker 3rd 3rd
Lowell Spinners Valentin Belas 11th Valentin Belas 2nd 2nd
West Virginia Black Bears Darryl Jones 12th Darryl Jones 10th 12th
Auburn Doubledays Jake Puentenueva 13th 11th(tied) 13th
Tri-City ValleyCats Ken Owens 14th 11th(tied) 14th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Staten Island Yankees Derek Wade 1st Derek Wade 1st 1st
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Ty Allen 2nd Ty Allen 3rd 2nd
Brooklyn Cyclones José Jiménez 3rd 4th(tied) 3rd
Aberdeen Ironbirds Cisco Ortíz 4th 4th(tied) 4th
Auburn Doubledays Rob Raines 5th Sergio Fernández 2nd 5th
State College Spikes Yordy Alejo 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Batavia Muckdogs Phil Whitfield 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Lowell Spinners José Pérez 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Williamsport Crosscutters Steve Doan 9th 4th(tied) 9th
West Virginia Black Bears Jeff Johns 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Hudson Valley Renegades Sergio Pérez 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Vermont Lake Monsters Joe Allen 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Connecticut Tigers 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
Tri-City ValleyCats 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Ty Allen 1st Ty Allen 3rd 1st
State College Spikes Yordy Alejo 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Brooklyn Cyclones José Jiménez 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Hudson Valley Renegades Sam Bond 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Batavia Muckdogs Phil Whitfield 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Cisco Ortíz 6th 4th(tied) 8th
Vermont Lake Monsters Randy Hernández 7th 4th(tied) 9th
Lowell Spinners José Pérez 8th 4th(tied) 10th
Williamsport Crosscutters Steve Doan 9th 4th(tied) 11th
Staten Island Yankees Edgar López 10th Derek Wade 1st 2nd
Auburn Doubledays Rob Raines 11th Sergio Fernández 2nd 3rd
West Virginia Black Bears Jorge Escobedo 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Connecticut Tigers 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
Tri-City ValleyCats 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
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