CAROLINA LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
05/21/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Wilmington Blue Rocks Bret Muldoon 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Ken Clark 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Frederick Keys Jon Ramos 3rd Jon Ramos 2nd 1st
Carolina Mudcats Jorge López 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Salem Red Sox Manny García 5th Manny García 1st 2nd
Potomac Nationals Mike Ludwick 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Winston-Salem Dash Joe Bailey 7th Dave Brewer 3rd 3rd
Lynchburg Hillcats Geoff Mann 8th 4th(tied) 8th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Ron Crotty 1st Ron Crotty 3rd 1st
Salem Red Sox Tommy Robinson 2nd Rusty Wilson 2nd 3rd
Winston-Salem Dash António Bruno 3rd José Medina 1st 2nd
Potomac Nationals Daniel Michel 4th 4th(tied) 4th
Frederick Keys Rob Forrest 5th 4th(tied) 5th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Steve Crow 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Carolina Mudcats 7th (tied) 4th(tied) 7th(tied)
Lynchburg Hillcats 7th (tied) 4th(tied) 7th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lynchburg Hillcats Danny Griffin 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Carolina Mudcats Joe Allison 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Frederick Keys José Hernández 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Winston-Salem Dash Beau Nicholson 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Potomac Nationals César Paredes 5th César Paredes 1st 1st
Wilmington Blue Rocks Geoff Snyder 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Myrtle Beach Pelicans 7th (tied) 2nd(tied) 7th(tied)
Salem Red Sox 7th (tied) 2nd(tied) 7th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Carolina Mudcats Ben Stevenson 1st Dani Ruíz 2nd 1st
Winston-Salem Dash Te Le 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Arend Kooiman 3rd Arend Kooiman 1st 2nd
Salem Red Sox Don Campbell 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Frederick Keys Mike Griffin 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Chris Miyasaka 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Potomac Nationals Jesús Pérez 7th Jesús Pérez 3rd 3rd
Lynchburg Hillcats 8th 4th(tied) 8th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Winston-Salem Dash Jarred Pierson 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Salem Red Sox Johnathan Simpson 2nd Johnathan Simpson 2nd 2nd
Wilmington Blue Rocks Jim Reed 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Lynchburg Hillcats Bret Carlson 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Frederick Keys Cris González 5th Cris González 1st 1st
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Don Burns 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Potomac Nationals Joe Farley 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Carolina Mudcats 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lynchburg Hillcats Len Carter 1st Dwayne Wilson 4th 2nd
Winston-Salem Dash Rob Larson 2nd Brent Knutsen 2nd 3rd
Carolina Mudcats Jeff Cleeve 3rd Jeff Cleeve 3rd 4th
Potomac Nationals Steve McGuffie 4th 5th(tied) 5th
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Joe McDonald 5th (tied) 5th(tied) 6th
Salem Red Sox Ethan Lockyer 5th (tied) Ethan Lockyer 1st 1st
Frederick Keys Jerry Horne 7th 5th(tied) 7th
Wilmington Blue Rocks 8th 5th(tied) 8th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Wilmington Blue Rocks Chris Huggins 1st Chris Huggins 4th 3rd
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Steve Bender 2nd Steve Bender 1st(tied) 1st
Salem Red Sox Ron Lindsey 3rd Ron Lindsey 3rd 4th
Lynchburg Hillcats Donnie Robinson 4th 5th(tied) 5th
Winston-Salem Dash Vince Cleveland 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Carolina Mudcats Brad Wright 6th Brad Wright 1st(tied) 2nd
Frederick Keys Manny Ortíz 7th 5th(tied) 7th
Potomac Nationals Chad MacIntyre 8th 5th(tied) 8th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Carolina Mudcats Rob Hickman 1st Jeff Harris 3rd 2nd
Frederick Keys Tony Castro 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Potomac Nationals Chris Sampson 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Lynchburg Hillcats Jorge Hijar 4th Jesús Hernández 1st 1st
Salem Red Sox Ed English 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Jeff Kilkenny 6th Jeff Kilkenny 4th 4th
Winston-Salem Dash Sammy Simmons 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Eric Barnes 8th Eric Barnes 2nd 3rd
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lynchburg Hillcats José Nájera 1st Jon Kline 3rd(tied) 3rd
Winston-Salem Dash Rob Vizcaino Jr. 2nd Luis Manuel Navarro 1st 1st
Wilmington Blue Rocks Dave Irving 3rd Kevin Todd 2nd 2nd
Carolina Mudcats Sergio Martínez 4th Chris Holtzhouser 3rd(tied) 4th
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Ty Wall 5th 6th(tied) 6th
Potomac Nationals Don Jensen 6th 6th(tied) 7th
Frederick Keys Raúl Hernández 7th Bob Bedser 5th 5th
Salem Red Sox Ben Ballard 8th 6th(tied) 8th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Frederick Keys Raúl Hernández 1st 3rd(tied) 1st
Winston-Salem Dash Joe Nelson 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Carolina Mudcats Josh Olsen 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Lynchburg Hillcats Kevin Dudley 4th Kevin Dudley 1st 2nd
Salem Red Sox Gene Cross 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Potomac Nationals Dave Daniels 6th Sergio Fernández 2nd 4th
Wilmington Blue Rocks Rob Henderson 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Myrtle Beach Pelicans 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lynchburg Hillcats Bert Riggs 1st Kevin Dudley 1st 1st
Winston-Salem Dash Dave Cobb 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Carolina Mudcats Don Stephens 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Potomac Nationals Edgardo Souza 4th Sergio Fernández 2nd 2nd
Wilmington Blue Rocks Pete Mousset 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Salem Red Sox Gene Cross 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Frederick Keys Raúl Hernández 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Myrtle Beach Pelicans 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
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