INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/02/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buffalo Bisons Erick Castillo 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Columbus Clippers Adrián López 2nd Jon Kline 1st 1st
Durham Bulls Chris von Mayer 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jeff Smith 4th 6th(tied) 8th
Charlotte Knights Raúl Ruíz 5th (tied) Raúl Madrid 3rd 2nd
Scranton WB RailRiders Mac James 5th (tied) Jorge Colon 4th 3rd
Louisville Bats Teddy Hickman 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Rochester Red Wings Kevin Waddell 8th Kevin Waddell 2nd 4th
Gwinnett Hammers Dan Dorey 9th 6th(tied) 10th
Norfolk Tides Dylan Battle 10th Jon Ramos 5th 5th
Indianapolis Arrows Bruno Lehman 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Pawtucket Red Sox Hugh Brooks 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Syracuse Chiefs Mike Norris 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Toledo Mud Hens 14th 6th(tied) 14th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Mud Hens Kurt Newton 1st 11th(tied) 11th
Rochester Red Wings Carol Westerhout 2nd Sancho Montés 8th 6th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Edwin Little 3rd Walt Blair 9th 7th
Gwinnett Hammers Jesús Ibarra 4th Jesús Ibarra 6th 5th
Buffalo Bisons Shoba Morse 5th 11th(tied) 12th
Charlotte Knights Jeff Morrison 6th Tony Smith 1st(tied) 1st
Scranton WB RailRiders Cody Bellinger 7th 11th(tied) 13th
Durham Bulls Jorge Ortíz 8th Artie McGee 1st(tied) 2nd
Louisville Bats Rusty Pratt 9th Rusty Pratt 1st(tied) 3rd
Norfolk Tides Mike Edwards 10th Elwiin Gelderblom 7th 9th
Indianapolis Arrows Ernesto García 11th Ernesto García 5th 8th
Pawtucket Red Sox Álex Silva 12th Rocky Fox 10th 10th
Syracuse Chiefs Don Morgan 13th 11th(tied) 14th
Columbus Clippers Cisco Vargas 14th Cisco Vargas 1st(tied) 4th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pawtucket Red Sox Bo Dawson 1st 10th(tied) 10th
Norfolk Tides Wilbert Austin 2nd Emmitt Shiplack 1st 1st
Charlotte Knights Waylon McFergus 3rd Waylon McFergus 4th 4th
Louisville Bats Dan Beggar 4th José Galindo 6th 5th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Carlos Sepulveda 5th 10th(tied) 11th
Rochester Red Wings Greg Watts 6th 10th(tied) 12th
Columbus Clippers Ethan Watson 7th Ron Walker 7th 6th
Indianapolis Arrows Brandon Martin 8th Neill Wassink 9th 7th
Durham Bulls Ian Gustafson 9th 10th(tied) 13th
Gwinnett Hammers Jesús Bermúdez 10th Jesús Bermúdez 5th 8th
Syracuse Chiefs Alex Myers 11th (tied) Alex Myers 8th 9th
Toledo Mud Hens Jeff Lee 11th (tied) Chris Shirokata 2nd(tied) 2nd
Buffalo Bisons Steve Johnson 13th Jody Johns 2nd(tied) 3rd
Scranton WB RailRiders António De La Torre 14th 10th(tied) 14th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Syracuse Chiefs Mathies Reuter 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Columbus Clippers Elio Castillo 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Rochester Red Wings Stan Jordan 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Cheslor Cuthbert 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Gwinnett Hammers Ed French 5th (tied) Hank Hembrow 1st 1st
Louisville Bats Diory Paulino 5th (tied) 2nd(tied) 6th
Toledo Mud Hens Jimmy O'Molloy 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Scranton WB RailRiders Colin Moran 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Buffalo Bisons José Aguilar 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Indianapolis Arrows Frank Mayer 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Charlotte Knights 11th (tied) 2nd(tied) 11th(tied)
Durham Bulls 11th (tied) 2nd(tied) 11th(tied)
Norfolk Tides 11th (tied) 2nd(tied) 11th(tied)
Pawtucket Red Sox 11th (tied) 2nd(tied) 11th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Durham Bulls Tommy Miller 1st Tommy Miller 1st 1st
Louisville Bats Jonathan Fremlin 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Pawtucket Red Sox Doug Watkins 3rd Raúl Diharce 2nd(tied) 2nd
Columbus Clippers Pete Moore 4th 7th(tied) 8th
Toledo Mud Hens Alfredo Martínez 5th Alfredo Martínez 2nd(tied) 3rd
Scranton WB RailRiders Ben Simmons 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Charlotte Knights Jarred Pierson 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Andrelton Simmons 8th 7th(tied) 11th
Norfolk Tides Joey Roberts 9th 7th(tied) 12th
Gwinnett Hammers Adrian Lazar 10th Adrian Lazar 5th 5th
Syracuse Chiefs Ken Barnes 11th Ken Barnes 4th 4th
Rochester Red Wings Greg Boyson 12th Greg Boyson 6th 6th
Buffalo Bisons Sancho Marín 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Indianapolis Arrows Jorge Aguilar 14th 7th(tied) 14th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Syracuse Chiefs Jeremy Austin 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Toledo Mud Hens Jonathan Jacobson 2nd Tyrone Hanna 3rd 2nd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Avisail Garcia 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Durham Bulls Joey Bowen 4th Joe Peterson 2nd 3rd
Louisville Bats Arturo Ortega 5th Arturo Ortega 4th 4th
Gwinnett Hammers Al Johnson 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Buffalo Bisons Luis Díaz 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Columbus Clippers Dane Jackson 8th Hugues Bertolucci 5th 5th
Charlotte Knights Danny Holmes 9th Jorge Salinas 1st 1st
Indianapolis Arrows Jesús Gutiérrez 10th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders Don Desjardins 10th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
Rochester Red Wings Dave Brewer 12th Dave Brewer 6th 6th
Norfolk Tides Wally Clark 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Pawtucket Red Sox 14th 7th(tied) 14th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Brandon Nimmo 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Norfolk Tides Roger Villalobos 2nd Roger Villalobos 3rd 3rd
Toledo Mud Hens Chris Welch 3rd Jerry Smith 4th 4th
Buffalo Bisons Max Kepler 4th 7th(tied) 8th
Indianapolis Arrows Stan Marshall 5th (tied) Djoka Uskokovic 1st(tied) 1st
Louisville Bats Dan Sheehan 5th (tied) 7th(tied) 9th
Columbus Clippers Joe Young 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Gwinnett Hammers Jorge Ferrer 8th Brad Wright 1st(tied) 2nd
Syracuse Chiefs Mike McDermott 9th Mike McDermott 6th 5th
Durham Bulls Pat Daniels 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Rochester Red Wings Luis Espinoza 11th Luis Espinoza 5th 6th
Scranton WB RailRiders Mike Starks 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Charlotte Knights 13th (tied) 7th(tied) 13th(tied)
Pawtucket Red Sox 13th (tied) 7th(tied) 13th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pawtucket Red Sox Mal Bickerton 1st Tim Myers 7th 4th
Indianapolis Arrows Dave Murray 2nd Luis Muñóz 5th 3rd
Columbus Clippers Jesús Castro 3rd 9th(tied) 9th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Jorge Rodríguez 4th (tied) Sam MacFadden 4th 6th
Toledo Mud Hens Luis Provolone 4th (tied) Gene Wonnacott 1st 1st
Gwinnett Hammers Jeff Abbott 6th Jeff Abbott 6th 7th
Durham Bulls Lonnie Burke 7th Lonnie Burke 2nd 2nd
Rochester Red Wings Dan Mason 8th Dan Mason 3rd 5th
Scranton WB RailRiders Joe Wallace 9th 9th(tied) 10th
Syracuse Chiefs Erik Watkins 10th Erik Watkins 8th 8th
Buffalo Bisons 11th (tied) 9th(tied) 11th(tied)
Charlotte Knights 11th (tied) 9th(tied) 11th(tied)
Louisville Bats 11th (tied) 9th(tied) 11th(tied)
Norfolk Tides 11th (tied) 9th(tied) 11th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buffalo Bisons Shelby Miller 1st Ernie Ramírez 11th(tied) 11th
Columbus Clippers Chris Watts 2nd Ron Reinert 8th 8th
Toledo Mud Hens Curt Nance 3rd Spike Kimball 1st 1st
Gwinnett Hammers Ed Ford 4th Jeff Reid 2nd 2nd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Matt Andriese 5th José López 9th 9th
Rochester Red Wings Bob McDonald 6th Pete Lambert 4th 3rd
Charlotte Knights Phil Childress 7th Ron Stewart 5th 5th
Scranton WB RailRiders Stephen Gonsalves 8th Eric Bernier 11th(tied) 12th
Pawtucket Red Sox Tyler Skaggs 9th Juan Aguilar 10th 10th
Syracuse Chiefs Chris Brown 10th Ismael García 3rd 4th
Indianapolis Arrows Ernesto Mendoza 11th Ben Brown 7th 6th
Louisville Bats Jameson Taillon 12th Chad Johnson 14th 14th
Norfolk Tides Brad Johnson 13th Dan Thompson 6th 7th
Durham Bulls Eric Cartwright 14th Ben Lake 11th(tied) 13th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Bats Carlos Contreras 1st 9th(tied) 1st
Columbus Clippers Kevin Quackenbush 2nd 9th(tied) 3rd
Pawtucket Red Sox Sam Taylor 3rd Sam Taylor 5th 2nd
Charlotte Knights T.J. Adams 4th Cristiano Rodríguez 7th 4th
Scranton WB RailRiders Pat Kaminska 5th 9th(tied) 5th
Indianapolis Arrows Trent Szkutnik 6th 9th(tied) 6th
Durham Bulls Brendan Cline 7th 9th(tied) 9th
Syracuse Chiefs Michal Bauerewski 8th Tim Kinzer 6th 8th
Toledo Mud Hens Jorge Domínguez 9th Artie Brown 8th 10th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Robby Davis 10th Miguel Angel Martínez 4th 11th
Norfolk Tides Norm Strickland 11th Randy Delgado 1st 7th
Buffalo Bisons Jeurys Familia 12th 9th(tied) 14th
Gwinnett Hammers Don Forrest 13th Dave Norwood 2nd(tied) 12th
Rochester Red Wings Harry Stuckey 14th Luis Pagán 2nd(tied) 13th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Mud Hens Dylan Nash 1st Dylan Nash 1st 1st
Gwinnett Hammers Mitch Keller 2nd Dave Norwood 2nd(tied) 2nd
Pawtucket Red Sox Sam Taylor 3rd Sam Taylor 6th 4th
Rochester Red Wings Adrián Cruz 4th Luis Pagán 2nd(tied) 3rd
Columbus Clippers Kevin Quackenbush 5th 9th(tied) 9th
Louisville Bats Carlos Contreras 6th 9th(tied) 10th
Durham Bulls Brendan Cline 7th 9th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bisons Logan Webb 8th 9th(tied) 12th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Ron Boyer 9th Miguel Angel Martínez 5th 5th
Scranton WB RailRiders Pat Kaminska 10th 9th(tied) 13th
Charlotte Knights T.J. Adams 11th Cristiano Rodríguez 8th 6th
Indianapolis Arrows Dan Conner 12th 9th(tied) 14th
Norfolk Tides Randy Delgado 13th Randy Delgado 4th 7th
Syracuse Chiefs Aurelio Flores 14th Tim Kinzer 7th 8th
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