NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
02/17/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Connecticut Tigers Héctor Orozco 1st Héctor Orozco 2nd 1st
Aberdeen Ironbirds Greg McAllister 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Hudson Valley Renegades Steve Johnston 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Vermont Lake Monsters Jon Mobley 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Staten Island Yankees Kevin Pitts 5th 4th(tied) 7th
West Virginia Black Bears Eric Daniels 6th 4th(tied) 8th
Tri-City ValleyCats Nate Dyer 7th 4th(tied) 9th
Brooklyn Cyclones Nelson Valentín 8th 4th(tied) 10th
State College Spikes Tex Berry 9th 4th(tied) 11th
Williamsport Crosscutters Jorge López 10th Jorge López 3rd 3rd
Batavia Muckdogs Don Ramsey 11th 4th(tied) 12th
Lowell Spinners Jim Morris 12th 4th(tied) 13th
Auburn Doubledays David Vega 13th David Vega 1st 2nd
Mahoning Valley Scrappers 14th 4th(tied) 14th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Marc Smith 1st Anastasio Borras 1st 1st
Williamsport Crosscutters Tony Lewis 2nd 2nd(tied) 2nd
Brooklyn Cyclones Jared Lee 3rd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Lowell Spinners Rob Barber 4th 2nd(tied) 4th
State College Spikes Héctor Arrojo 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Staten Island Yankees Jorge Rivera 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Auburn Doubledays Cliff Moore 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Batavia Muckdogs Brendan Flannery 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Aberdeen Ironbirds 9th (tied) 2nd(tied) 9th(tied)
Connecticut Tigers 9th (tied) 2nd(tied) 9th(tied)
Hudson Valley Renegades 9th (tied) 2nd(tied) 9th(tied)
Tri-City ValleyCats 9th (tied) 2nd(tied) 9th(tied)
Vermont Lake Monsters 9th (tied) 2nd(tied) 9th(tied)
West Virginia Black Bears 9th (tied) 2nd(tied) 9th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Brooklyn Cyclones Shawn Simons 1st Shawn Simons 2nd 2nd
Staten Island Yankees Dan Smith 2nd Dan Smith 4th 3rd
Connecticut Tigers Jon McDonald 3rd Orlando Gutiérrez 1st 1st
Tri-City ValleyCats Mike Wilson 4th 5th(tied) 5th
West Virginia Black Bears Nelson Silva 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Víctor Díaz 6th Víctor Díaz 3rd 4th
Williamsport Crosscutters Bob Hodges 7th 5th(tied) 7th
Vermont Lake Monsters Sean Taylor 8th 5th(tied) 8th
State College Spikes Joe May 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Lowell Spinners Mike Lewis 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Batavia Muckdogs António Ríos 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Auburn Doubledays Ángelo Martínez 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Aberdeen Ironbirds 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
Hudson Valley Renegades 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Connecticut Tigers Jesús Ruíz 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Brooklyn Cyclones Curt Thompson 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
State College Spikes Alec Parkinson 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
West Virginia Black Bears Lou Hale 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Lou Wilson 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Staten Island Yankees Jeremy Herman 6th 2nd(tied) 7th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Vern Calhoun 7th (tied) 2nd(tied) 8th(tied)
Hudson Valley Renegades Greg Lewis 7th (tied) 2nd(tied) 8th(tied)
Batavia Muckdogs Spike Abrams 9th Spike Abrams 1st 1st
Williamsport Crosscutters Chip Jordan 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Auburn Doubledays Leonardo Rodríguez 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Lowell Spinners 12th (tied) 2nd(tied) 12th(tied)
Tri-City ValleyCats 12th (tied) 2nd(tied) 12th(tied)
Vermont Lake Monsters 12th (tied) 2nd(tied) 12th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hudson Valley Renegades Tyrone Edwards 1st Steve McVeagh 2nd 1st
Staten Island Yankees Kevin Reece 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Brooklyn Cyclones Mitch McLaughlin 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Dave Morris 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Vermont Lake Monsters Dave Merritt 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
State College Spikes Chris Billings 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
Tri-City ValleyCats Rubén Jiménez 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
Williamsport Crosscutters Ed Brooks 8th 3rd(tied) 9th
Connecticut Tigers Bob Lewis 9th José Ramírez 1st 2nd
Batavia Muckdogs Joe Collins 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Auburn Doubledays Jerry Wilder 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Lowell Spinners 12th (tied) 3rd(tied) 12th(tied)
Mahoning Valley Scrappers 12th (tied) 3rd(tied) 12th(tied)
West Virginia Black Bears 12th (tied) 3rd(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
Tri-City ValleyCats Joe Parsons 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Williamsport Crosscutters Ben Little 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Batavia Muckdogs Dan White 4th Dan White 3rd 2nd
Staten Island Yankees Jorge Cantú 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Hudson Valley Renegades Brad Bell 6th 4th(tied) 7th
State College Spikes Sean Duncan 7th Dave Campbell 2nd 3rd
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Milo Lewis 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Lowell Spinners Andy Hendrick 9th 4th(tied) 9th
West Virginia Black Bears Dave Sandoval 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Brooklyn Cyclones Leo Pollard 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Horace Brantley 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 4th(tied) 4th
Connecticut Tigers Chip Wurzburg 2nd Chris Gibson 1st 1st
Batavia Muckdogs Steve Bishop 3rd Steve Bishop 3rd 2nd
Tri-City ValleyCats Dave Wright 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Hudson Valley Renegades Jon Jordan 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Vermont Lake Monsters Joe Britten 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Luis Pérez 7th 4th(tied) 8th
West Virginia Black Bears Lou Lemus 8th 4th(tied) 9th
State College Spikes Innis Haggart 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Staten Island Yankees Dave MacNamara 10th 4th(tied) 11th
Auburn Doubledays Andy Sims 11th Andy Sims 2nd 3rd
Brooklyn Cyclones Kijuro Yamaguchi 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Lowell Spinners Ben Jones 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Mahoning Valley Scrappers 14th 4th(tied) 14th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
West Virginia Black Bears Joe Calderón 1st Joe Calderón 3rd 3rd
Brooklyn Cyclones Tyrone Jackson 2nd Kevin Burke 1st(tied) 1st
Tri-City ValleyCats Jesús Rodríguez 3rd Bobby O'Day 1st(tied) 2nd
Staten Island Yankees Jorge Alvarado 4th Jorge Alvarado 5th 4th
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Hank Carter 5th 7th(tied) 7th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Mario Tamayo 6th António García 6th 5th
Williamsport Crosscutters Víctor Gavaldón 7th 7th(tied) 8th
State College Spikes José Coronado 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Lowell Spinners Ron Morrow 9th Ron Morrow 4th 6th
Auburn Doubledays Pat Cherry 10th 7th(tied) 10th
Batavia Muckdogs Clarence Brawley 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Connecticut Tigers 12th (tied) 7th(tied) 12th(tied)
Hudson Valley Renegades 12th (tied) 7th(tied) 12th(tied)
Vermont Lake Monsters 12th (tied) 7th(tied) 12th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Connecticut Tigers Mario López 1st Joe Gibbs 1st 1st
Hudson Valley Renegades Rubén González 2nd Rubén González 3rd(tied) 3rd
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Ron Lyons 3rd 11th(tied) 10th
Staten Island Yankees Walt Holman 4th Derek Wade 6th 6th
Vermont Lake Monsters Manny Gómez 5th 11th(tied) 12th
Tri-City ValleyCats José Zamora 6th José Zamora 3rd(tied) 4th
Williamsport Crosscutters Chris Rivas 7th Bob Williams 9th 7th
Brooklyn Cyclones Tim Walwyn 8th Carlos Hanson 10th 8th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Jesús Aragón 9th Cal Jackson 8th 9th
Batavia Muckdogs Phil Neal 10th Bubba Shoemaker 3rd(tied) 5th
State College Spikes Doug Peterson 11th Fred Marcel 7th 11th
Lowell Spinners Valentin Belas 12th Valentin Belas 2nd 2nd
West Virginia Black Bears Robinson Camacho 13th 11th(tied) 13th
Auburn Doubledays Jake Puentenueva 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 5th(tied) 3rd
Aberdeen Ironbirds Cisco Ortíz 4th 5th(tied) 4th
West Virginia Black Bears Jeff Johns 5th Rhett Fuller 4th 5th
Auburn Doubledays Sergio Fernández 6th Sergio Fernández 2nd 6th
State College Spikes Yordy Alejo 7th 5th(tied) 7th
Batavia Muckdogs Phil Whitfield 8th 5th(tied) 8th
Tri-City ValleyCats Jorge Colón 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Lowell Spinners José Pérez 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Williamsport Crosscutters Steve Doan 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Hudson Valley Renegades Sergio Pérez 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Vermont Lake Monsters Joe Allen 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Connecticut Tigers 14th 5th(tied) 14th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Ty Allen 1st Ty Allen 3rd 2nd
State College Spikes Yordy Alejo 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Brooklyn Cyclones José Jiménez 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Hudson Valley Renegades Sam Bond 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Batavia Muckdogs Phil Whitfield 5th 5th(tied) 8th
Tri-City ValleyCats Noah van Bladel 6th 5th(tied) 9th
Auburn Doubledays Jaymes Blackwell 7th Jaymes Blackwell 2nd 1st
Aberdeen Ironbirds Cisco Ortíz 8th 5th(tied) 10th
Vermont Lake Monsters Randy Hernández 9th 5th(tied) 11th
Lowell Spinners José Pérez 10th 5th(tied) 12th
Williamsport Crosscutters Steve Doan 11th 5th(tied) 13th
West Virginia Black Bears Rhett Fuller 12th Rhett Fuller 4th 4th
Staten Island Yankees Edgar López 13th Derek Wade 1st 3rd
Connecticut Tigers 14th 5th(tied) 14th
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