INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
05/21/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Bats Raúl Bauiero 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Scranton WB RailRiders Simeon Lucas 2nd 6th(tied) 7th
Buffalo Bisons Erick Castillo 3rd 6th(tied) 8th
Durham Bulls Chris von Mayer 4th 6th(tied) 9th
Toledo Mud Hens Austin Hedges 5th Héctor Orozco 5th 4th
Columbus Clippers Jorge Acosta 6th Jon Kline 3rd 2nd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jeff Smith 7th Juan Castro 2nd 3rd
Rochester Red Wings Kevin Waddell 8th Kevin Waddell 4th 5th
Norfolk Tides Dylan Battle 9th 6th(tied) 10th
Charlotte Knights Camila Azeredo 10th Raúl Madrid 1st 1st
Gwinnett Hammers Dan Dorey 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Indianapolis Arrows Bruno Lehman 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Pawtucket Red Sox Hugh Brooks 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Syracuse Chiefs Cisco Barajas 14th 6th(tied) 14th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Indianapolis Arrows Dave Murray 1st Ernesto García 4th 4th
Rochester Red Wings Carol Westerhout 2nd Sancho Montés 7th 6th
Gwinnett Hammers Jesús Ibarra 3rd Jesús Ibarra 6th 5th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jeremy Martin 4th Walt Blair 8th 7th
Scranton WB RailRiders Dann Bilardello Jr. 5th 12th(tied) 12th
Norfolk Tides Don Dotson 6th 12th(tied) 13th
Buffalo Bisons Shoba Morse 7th 12th(tied) 14th
Durham Bulls Jorge Ortíz 8th Artie McGee 1st(tied) 1st
Louisville Bats Rusty Pratt 9th Rusty Pratt 1st(tied) 2nd
Toledo Mud Hens Alfredo Martínez 10th Alfredo Martínez 1st(tied) 3rd
Pawtucket Red Sox Álex Silva 11th Rocky Fox 11th 9th
Charlotte Knights Tony Smith 12th Tony Smith 5th 8th
Columbus Clippers Juan Alaorbar 13th Juan Alaorbar 9th 10th
Syracuse Chiefs José Macías 14th José Macías 10th 11th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Bats Dan Beggar 1st José Galindo 12th 4th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Carlos Sepulveda 2nd 13th(tied) 13th
Columbus Clippers Cecilio Aybar 3rd Ron Walker 9th 5th
Norfolk Tides José Martínez 4th José Martínez 5th 6th
Scranton WB RailRiders Al White 5th Tim Scott 7th 7th
Durham Bulls Arturo Franco 6th Arturo Franco 10th 8th
Gwinnett Hammers Jesús Bermúdez 7th Jesús Bermúdez 6th 9th
Charlotte Knights Jorge Salinas 8th Jorge Salinas 8th 10th
Buffalo Bisons Steve Johnson 9th Jody Johns 1st(tied) 1st
Indianapolis Arrows Neill Wassink 10th Juan Palmeiro 1st(tied) 2nd
Syracuse Chiefs Ken Barnes 11th Ken Barnes 1st(tied) 3rd
Toledo Mud Hens Chris Shirokata 12th Chris Shirokata 4th 11th
Rochester Red Wings Bud Swinford 13th Bud Swinford 11th 12th
Pawtucket Red Sox 14th 13th(tied) 14th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Scranton WB RailRiders Wyatt Mathisen 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Syracuse Chiefs Mathies Reuter 2nd Hugh Porter 1st 1st
Rochester Red Wings Stan Jordan 3rd Jim Espinoza 2nd 2nd
Louisville Bats Diory Paulino 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Gwinnett Hammers Ed French 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Cheslor Cuthbert 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Charlotte Knights Wes Stevens 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Norfolk Tides Ron Lilly 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Columbus Clippers Willi Castro 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Pawtucket Red Sox Jim Alberts 10th 4th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bisons José Aguilar 11th 4th(tied) 12th
Toledo Mud Hens Dave Miller 12th Dave Miller 3rd 3rd
Indianapolis Arrows José Quintana 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Durham Bulls 14th 4th(tied) 14th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Durham Bulls Tommy Miller 1st Tommy Miller 1st 1st
Charlotte Knights Waylon McFergus 2nd Waylon McFergus 2nd(tied) 2nd
Louisville Bats Jonathan Fremlin 3rd 7th(tied) 7th
Pawtucket Red Sox Doug Watkins 4th Raúl Diharce 2nd(tied) 3rd
Gwinnett Hammers Greg Reyes 5th (tied) Adrian Lazar 2nd(tied) 4th(tied)
Toledo Mud Hens Jeremy Brown 5th (tied) Jeff Lee 2nd(tied) 4th(tied)
Rochester Red Wings Lúcio Aguilar 7th Greg Boyson 6th 6th
Norfolk Tides Joey Roberts 8th 7th(tied) 8th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Andrelton Simmons 9th (tied) 7th(tied) 9th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders Tanzan Ine 9th (tied) 7th(tied) 9th(tied)
Indianapolis Arrows Joe Roberts 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bisons Sancho Marín 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Syracuse Chiefs Jerry Hendricks 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Columbus Clippers 14th 7th(tied) 14th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Indianapolis Arrows Tony Peña 1st Tony Peña 2nd 2nd
Gwinnett Hammers Joe McGrath 2nd 10th(tied) 10th
Durham Bulls Joey Bowen 3rd Joe Peterson 3rd 3rd
Toledo Mud Hens Chet Thompson 4th Chet Thompson 1st 1st
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Avisail Garcia 5th 10th(tied) 11th
Pawtucket Red Sox Daniel Ramos 6th Daniel Ramos 6th 5th
Louisville Bats Arturo Ortega 7th (tied) Arturo Ortega 4th 4th
Norfolk Tides Pete Griffin 7th (tied) 10th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bisons Luis Díaz 9th 10th(tied) 13th
Columbus Clippers Hugues Bertolucci 10th Hugues Bertolucci 7th 6th
Charlotte Knights Danny Holmes 11th Kevin Cardny 9th 8th
Syracuse Chiefs Mike McDermott 12th Mike McDermott 5th 7th
Rochester Red Wings Dave Brewer 13th Dave Brewer 8th 9th
Scranton WB RailRiders 14th 10th(tied) 14th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Mud Hens Kurt Newton 1st Jerry Smith 4th 2nd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Gus Manley 2nd Raúl López 5th 4th
Scranton WB RailRiders Randy González 3rd Randy González 3rd 3rd
Gwinnett Hammers Jeff O'Brien 4th 8th(tied) 8th
Indianapolis Arrows José Hernández 5th José Hernández 7th 6th
Louisville Bats Dan Sheehan 6th 8th(tied) 9th
Durham Bulls Pat Daniels 7th Pat Daniels 6th 7th
Columbus Clippers Joe Young 8th 8th(tied) 10th
Charlotte Knights Rubén Fabián 9th Rubén Fabián 2nd 5th
Buffalo Bisons Tomás Biester 10th 8th(tied) 11th
Rochester Red Wings Héctor Miranda 11th Luis Espinoza 1st 1st
Norfolk Tides Doug Murdock 12th 8th(tied) 12th
Syracuse Chiefs Ernesto García 13th 8th(tied) 13th
Pawtucket Red Sox 14th 8th(tied) 14th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pawtucket Red Sox Cristián Colón 1st Tim Myers 2nd 1st
Gwinnett Hammers Desi Godfrey 2nd Jeff Abbott 7th 5th
Toledo Mud Hens Jonathan Jacobson 3rd Dax Johnson 8th 6th
Louisville Bats Josh Anderson 4th Josh Anderson 4th 3rd
Scranton WB RailRiders Manny Sanchez 5th 9th(tied) 9th
Columbus Clippers Joaquín López 6th 9th(tied) 10th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jorge Rodríguez 7th Sam MacFadden 6th 8th
Durham Bulls Lonnie Burke 8th Lonnie Burke 3rd 4th
Rochester Red Wings Dan Mason 9th Dan Mason 5th 7th
Indianapolis Arrows Jorge Tavárez 10th Luis Muñóz 1st 2nd
Charlotte Knights Ed Washington 11th 9th(tied) 11th
Syracuse Chiefs Erik Watkins 12th 9th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bisons 13th (tied) 9th(tied) 13th(tied)
Norfolk Tides 13th (tied) 9th(tied) 13th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Mud Hens Jon Dwight 1st Juan López 1st 1st
Buffalo Bisons Pierce Johnson 2nd Ernie Ramírez 13th 12th
Syracuse Chiefs Clarence Jackson 3rd Ismael García 3rd 2nd
Charlotte Knights Jesús Martínez 4th Ron Stewart 5th 4th
Gwinnett Hammers Ed Ford 5th Jeff Reid 6th 5th
Pawtucket Red Sox Ryoma Endo 6th Juan Aguilar 9th 8th
Rochester Red Wings Bob McDonald 7th Curt Boyd 7th 6th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Matt Andriese 8th Miguel Angel Martínez 11th 9th
Indianapolis Arrows Ernesto Mendoza 9th Jesús Vásquez 2nd 3rd
Columbus Clippers Mauro Salazar 10th Lou Williams 8th 10th
Norfolk Tides Christian Flores 11th Brad Johnson 12th 11th
Louisville Bats Chris Kohler 12th Chad Johnson 14th 14th
Scranton WB RailRiders Luis Fuentes 13th Eric Bernier 4th 7th
Durham Bulls Chuck Bowers 14th Brad Thompson 10th 13th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Clippers Heath Hembree 1st 10th(tied) 3rd
Charlotte Knights Monte Young 2nd Joe Dyer 3rd(tied) 1st
Rochester Red Wings Adrián Cruz 3rd Cristóbal Méndez 8th 2nd
Louisville Bats Joel York 4th 10th(tied) 7th
Norfolk Tides Nelson Castillo 5th Randy Delgado 3rd(tied) 4th
Pawtucket Red Sox Sam Taylor 6th Sam Taylor 7th 6th
Indianapolis Arrows Ernesto Paredes 7th Jesús Vásquez 2nd 5th
Durham Bulls Brendan Cline 8th 10th(tied) 11th
Toledo Mud Hens Jorge Domínguez 9th Artie Brown 9th 10th
Scranton WB RailRiders Addison Reed 10th 10th(tied) 12th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Robby Davis 11th Miguel Angel Martínez 3rd(tied) 8th
Buffalo Bisons Jeurys Familia 12th 10th(tied) 14th
Syracuse Chiefs Michal Bauerewski 13th Chad Abbasi 1st 9th
Gwinnett Hammers Don Forrest 14th Artie Hall 3rd(tied) 13th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Clippers Heath Hembree 1st 10th(tied) 9th
Toledo Mud Hens Dylan Nash 2nd Dylan Nash 1st 1st
Charlotte Knights Monte Young 3rd Joe Dyer 3rd(tied) 2nd
Pawtucket Red Sox Sam Taylor 4th Sam Taylor 7th 6th
Louisville Bats Carlos Contreras 5th 10th(tied) 10th
Gwinnett Hammers Ed Ford 6th Artie Hall 3rd(tied) 3rd
Buffalo Bisons Logan Webb 7th 10th(tied) 12th
Rochester Red Wings Rob Williams 8th Cristóbal Méndez 8th 7th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Ron Boyer 9th Miguel Angel Martínez 3rd(tied) 5th
Scranton WB RailRiders Addison Reed 10th 10th(tied) 13th
Durham Bulls Brendan Cline 11th 10th(tied) 14th
Indianapolis Arrows Jesús Vásquez 12th Jesús Vásquez 2nd 4th
Norfolk Tides Randy Delgado 13th Randy Delgado 6th 8th
Syracuse Chiefs Edgardo González 14th Edgardo González 9th 11th
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