INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
02/16/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Clippers Adrián López 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Louisville Bats Raúl Bauiero 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Durham Bulls Chris von Mayer 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
Charlotte Knights Kevin Perry 4th Kevin Perry 1st 1st
Gwinnett Firebirds Dan Dorey 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Rochester Red Wings Kevin Waddell 6th Kevin Waddell 3rd 3rd
Pawtucket Red Sox Hugh Brooks 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Buffalo Bisons Juan Gonzáles 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Scranton WB RailRiders Randy Bowers 9th Jon Kline 2nd 2nd
Norfolk Tides Dylan Battle 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Indianapolis Arrows Pat House 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Syracuse Chiefs Ken Ochoa 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
Toledo Mud Hens 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Gwinnett Firebirds Jesús Ibarra 1st Jesús Ibarra 4th 3rd
Rochester Red Wings Sancho Montés 2nd Sancho Montés 5th 4th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Edwin Little 3rd 11th(tied) 11th
Syracuse Chiefs Santiago Rincon 4th 11th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bisons Shoba Morse 5th Phil Norris 8th 7th
Durham Bulls Jorge Ortíz 6th Artie McGee 1st(tied) 1st
Toledo Mud Hens Robbie Lambright 7th 11th(tied) 13th
Norfolk Tides Mike Edwards 8th Elwiin Gelderblom 7th 6th
Scranton WB RailRiders Jim Cobb 9th 11th(tied) 14th
Louisville Bats Dana Jones 10th Rusty Pratt 1st(tied) 2nd
Indianapolis Arrows Bob Dawson 11th Ernesto García 3rd 5th
Charlotte Knights Tony Smith 12th Tony Smith 6th 8th
Pawtucket Red Sox Álex Silva 13th Rocky Fox 9th 9th
Columbus Clippers Cisco Vargas 14th Cisco Vargas 10th 10th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Clippers Gleyber Torres 1st Ron Walker 3rd 2nd
Norfolk Tides Wilbert Austin 2nd Wilbert Austin 1st 1st
Indianapolis Arrows Arquimedes Gamboa 3rd Neill Wassink 7th(tied) 4th
Toledo Mud Hens Raúl Lozano 4th Jeff Lee 7th(tied) 5th
Charlotte Knights Waylon McFergus 5th Waylon McFergus 2nd 3rd
Rochester Red Wings Greg Boyson 6th Greg Boyson 5th 6th
Syracuse Chiefs Alex Myers 7th Alex Myers 6th 7th
Gwinnett Firebirds Jesús Bermúdez 8th Jesús Bermúdez 4th 8th
Louisville Bats José Galindo 9th José Galindo 9th 9th
Buffalo Bisons Jake Conley 10th 10th(tied) 10th
Durham Bulls 11th (tied) 10th(tied) 11th(tied)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 11th (tied) 10th(tied) 11th(tied)
Pawtucket Red Sox 11th (tied) 10th(tied) 11th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders 11th (tied) 10th(tied) 11th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Gwinnett Firebirds Ed French 1st Hank Hembrow 2nd 1st
Rochester Red Wings Jared Simpson 2nd Jared Simpson 1st 2nd
Norfolk Tides Ron Lilly 3rd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Buffalo Bisons José Aguilar 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
Scranton WB RailRiders D.J. Peterson 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Louisville Bats Steve Erwin 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Columbus Clippers Steve Moore 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Charlotte Knights Felix Mercedes 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Syracuse Chiefs Ron Clark 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Toledo Mud Hens Jake Bray 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Durham Bulls 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
Indianapolis Arrows 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
Pawtucket Red Sox 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Mud Hens Alfredo Martínez 1st Alfredo Martínez 2nd 1st
Norfolk Tides Giacomino Barbarigo 2nd Jeff Gillespie 7th 3rd
Charlotte Knights José Camacho 3rd José Camacho 5th 4th
Durham Bulls Dan Stevenson 4th Dan Stevenson 6th 5th
Buffalo Bisons Sancho Marín 5th (tied) 8th(tied) 8th(tied)
Indianapolis Arrows Juan Chávez 5th (tied) 8th(tied) 8th(tied)
Syracuse Chiefs Ken Barnes 7th Ken Barnes 3rd 6th
Pawtucket Red Sox Phil Hopkins 8th Raúl Diharce 1st 2nd
Gwinnett Firebirds Adrian Lazar 9th Adrian Lazar 4th 7th
Rochester Red Wings Jon Adams 10th 8th(tied) 10th
Columbus Clippers 11th (tied) 8th(tied) 11th(tied)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 11th (tied) 8th(tied) 11th(tied)
Louisville Bats 11th (tied) 8th(tied) 11th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders 11th (tied) 8th(tied) 11th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Mud Hens Jonathan Jacobson 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Durham Bulls Dave Lacy 2nd 7th(tied) 8th
Columbus Clippers Hermengildo Forte 3rd Hermengildo Forte 2nd 1st
Indianapolis Arrows Thad Brown 4th Thad Brown 3rd 3rd
Buffalo Bisons Luis Díaz 5th 7th(tied) 9th
Louisville Bats Arturo Ortega 6th Arturo Ortega 4th 4th
Norfolk Tides Pete Griffin 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Scranton WB RailRiders Don Desjardins 8th 7th(tied) 11th
Rochester Red Wings Tulio Garcia 9th 7th(tied) 12th
Charlotte Knights Ben Cross 10th Rubén Fabián 1st 2nd
Pawtucket Red Sox Daniel Ramos 11th Daniel Ramos 6th 6th
Syracuse Chiefs Sean Daniels 12th Sean Daniels 5th 5th
Gwinnett Firebirds 13th (tied) 7th(tied) 13th(tied)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 13th (tied) 7th(tied) 13th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Clippers Tyrone Taylor 1st Ronnie Matthews 8th 4th
Buffalo Bisons Max Kepler 2nd Sancho Rosário 4th 3rd
Indianapolis Arrows Jorge Tavárez 3rd Jorge Tavárez 1st(tied) 1st
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Raúl López 4th Raúl López 5th 6th
Charlotte Knights Juan Ramos 5th Danny Holmes 7th 7th
Gwinnett Firebirds Jorge Ferrer 6th Brad Wright 1st(tied) 2nd
Toledo Mud Hens Jerry Smith 7th Jerry Smith 6th 8th
Louisville Bats Dan Sheehan 8th Greg Jones 3rd 5th
Norfolk Tides Doug Murdock 9th 10th(tied) 10th
Durham Bulls Luis Cardenas 10th 10th(tied) 11th
Scranton WB RailRiders Stan Roberts 11th 10th(tied) 12th
Syracuse Chiefs Mike McDermott 12th Mike McDermott 9th 9th
Pawtucket Red Sox 13th (tied) 10th(tied) 13th(tied)
Rochester Red Wings 13th (tied) 10th(tied) 13th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Bats Josh Anderson 1st Josh Anderson 3rd 3rd
Columbus Clippers Jesús Castro 2nd (tied) 8th(tied) 8th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders Jose V. Almonte 2nd (tied) 8th(tied) 8th(tied)
Toledo Mud Hens Mookie Betts 4th 8th(tied) 10th
Gwinnett Firebirds Jeff Abbott 5th Jeff Abbott 5th 4th
Pawtucket Red Sox Tim Myers 6th Tim Myers 1st(tied) 1st
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Sam MacFadden 7th Sam MacFadden 4th 5th
Indianapolis Arrows Luis Muñóz 8th Luis Muñóz 6th 6th
Charlotte Knights Greg Battle 9th Greg Battle 1st(tied) 2nd
Syracuse Chiefs Erik Watkins 10th Erik Watkins 7th 7th
Durham Bulls Bob Hoffman 11th 8th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bisons 12th (tied) 8th(tied) 12th(tied)
Norfolk Tides 12th (tied) 8th(tied) 12th(tied)
Rochester Red Wings 12th (tied) 8th(tied) 12th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Gwinnett Firebirds Joe Lane 1st Joe Byrd 1st 1st
Pawtucket Red Sox Héctor Pérez 2nd Jim Jones 5th 5th
Syracuse Chiefs Chris Brown 3rd Chris Brown 3rd 2nd
Scranton WB RailRiders Matt Tenuta 4th Eric Bernier 6th(tied) 6th
Buffalo Bisons Matt Barnes 5th Ernie Ramírez 6th(tied) 7th
Columbus Clippers Severino Gonzalez 6th Ron Reinert 12th 11th
Toledo Mud Hens Pedro Baez 7th Dylan Nash 6th(tied) 8th
Indianapolis Arrows Erick Fedde 8th Jesús Vásquez 2nd 3rd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Dan Chase 9th Tony Smith 13th 12th
Durham Bulls Chuck Bowers 10th Héctor Menjivar 6th(tied) 9th
Rochester Red Wings Adrián Cruz 11th 14th 14th
Louisville Bats Jameson Taillon 12th Chad Johnson 6th(tied) 10th
Charlotte Knights Ron Stewart 13th Ron Stewart 11th 13th
Norfolk Tides Christian Flores 14th Al Rucker 4th 4th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Clippers Angel Heredia 1st 8th(tied) 3rd
Louisville Bats Joel York 2nd 8th(tied) 4th
Gwinnett Firebirds Dave Norwood 3rd Dave Norwood 2nd(tied) 1st
Durham Bulls Jon Carver 4th 8th(tied) 5th
Pawtucket Red Sox Sam Taylor 5th 8th(tied) 6th
Indianapolis Arrows Sam Scott 6th Tad Miller 1st 2nd
Buffalo Bisons Jeurys Familia 7th 8th(tied) 8th
Rochester Red Wings Steve Becker 8th Steve Becker 6th 7th
Syracuse Chiefs Al Adams 9th Steve Strouse 7th 9th
Charlotte Knights Pat Poe 10th 8th(tied) 10th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Robby Davis 11th Tony Smith 5th 11th
Norfolk Tides P.J. Jackson 12th Randy Delgado 2nd(tied) 12th
Toledo Mud Hens Yasunobu Hayagawa 13th Dylan Nash 4th 13th
Scranton WB RailRiders 14th 8th(tied) 14th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Clippers Angel Heredia 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Louisville Bats Joel York 2nd 8th(tied) 9th
Indianapolis Arrows Sam Scott 3rd Tad Miller 1st 1st
Buffalo Bisons Jeurys Familia 4th 8th(tied) 10th
Rochester Red Wings Steve Becker 5th Steve Becker 6th 4th
Toledo Mud Hens Dylan Nash 6th Dylan Nash 4th 3rd
Gwinnett Firebirds Dave Norwood 7th Dave Norwood 2nd 2nd
Durham Bulls Chad Maynard 8th 8th(tied) 11th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Ron Boyer 9th Tony Smith 5th 5th
Pawtucket Red Sox Sam Taylor 10th 8th(tied) 12th
Syracuse Chiefs Al Adams 11th Steve Strouse 7th 7th
Norfolk Tides Randy Delgado 12th Randy Delgado 3rd 6th
Charlotte Knights Dave Cobb 13th 8th(tied) 13th
Scranton WB RailRiders 14th 8th(tied) 14th
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