NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
12/21/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Connecticut Tigers Don Nealon 1st Don Nealon 1st 1st
Batavia Muckdogs Artie Williams 2nd Artie Williams 3rd 2nd
Brooklyn Cyclones Greg Hood 3rd 5th(tied) 5th
Williamsport Crosscutters Kurt Ross 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Hudson Valley Renegades Steve Johnston 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Greg McAllister 6th 5th(tied) 8th
State College Spikes Jorge Arroyo 7th 5th(tied) 9th
Staten Island Yankees Kevin Pitts 8th 5th(tied) 10th
West Virginia Black Bears Noburo Nomura 9th 5th(tied) 11th
Vermont Lake Monsters Joe Harrington 10th 5th(tied) 12th
Tri-City ValleyCats Nate Dyer 11th 5th(tied) 13th
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Eric Wisser 12th Tim Lange 4th 4th
Auburn Doubledays Leonardo Estrada 13th David Vega 2nd 3rd
Lowell Spinners Hyun-chul Park 14th 5th(tied) 14th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Brooklyn Cyclones Rob Allen 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
State College Spikes Mike Meyer 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
West Virginia Black Bears Bernardo Antonio 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Marc Smith 4th Anastasio Borras 1st 1st
Hudson Valley Renegades Alvin Scott 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Staten Island Yankees Jorge Rivera 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
Auburn Doubledays Rod Flynn 7th Jesús Garza 2nd 2nd
Aberdeen Ironbirds 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Batavia Muckdogs 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Connecticut Tigers 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Lowell Spinners 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Tri-City ValleyCats 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Vermont Lake Monsters 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Williamsport Crosscutters 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Staten Island Yankees Dan Smith 1st Dan Smith 2nd 2nd
Williamsport Crosscutters Brad Howe 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Connecticut Tigers Jon McDonald 3rd Orlando Gutiérrez 1st 1st
Tri-City ValleyCats Mike Wilson 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
Hudson Valley Renegades Orlando Quintana 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
West Virginia Black Bears Nelson Silva 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Brooklyn Cyclones Bobby Langevin 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Vermont Lake Monsters Sean Taylor 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
State College Spikes Joe May 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Lowell Spinners Mike Lewis 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Luis Garduque 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Batavia Muckdogs Joaquín Hidalgo 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Auburn Doubledays Ángelo Martínez 13th 3rd(tied) 13th
Aberdeen Ironbirds 14th 3rd(tied) 14th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
State College Spikes Dave Barton 1st Ron Sharpe 1st 1st
Connecticut Tigers Sergio Jara 2nd 2nd(tied) 2nd
West Virginia Black Bears Ernie Griffin 3rd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Staten Island Yankees Jeremy Herman 4th 2nd(tied) 4th
Batavia Muckdogs Dan Fawkes 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Vern Calhoun 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Brooklyn Cyclones Hank Johnson 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Williamsport Crosscutters José Ochoa 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Auburn Doubledays Leonardo Rodríguez 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Lowell Spinners Aguostinho Padia 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Hudson Valley Renegades 11th (tied) 2nd(tied) 11th(tied)
Mahoning Valley Scrappers 11th (tied) 2nd(tied) 11th(tied)
Tri-City ValleyCats 11th (tied) 2nd(tied) 11th(tied)
Vermont Lake Monsters 11th (tied) 2nd(tied) 11th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hudson Valley Renegades Tyrone Edwards 1st Steve McVeagh 2nd 1st
Brooklyn Cyclones Beau MacHeth 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
State College Spikes Luis Aragón 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Staten Island Yankees Kevin Reece 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Dave Morris 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Vermont Lake Monsters Dave Merritt 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
Williamsport Crosscutters Steve Mendoza 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
Tri-City ValleyCats Rubén Jiménez 8th 3rd(tied) 9th
Connecticut Tigers José Ramírez 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 2nd 1st
Brooklyn Cyclones Lou Graham 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Tri-City ValleyCats Joe Parsons 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Williamsport Crosscutters Ben Little 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Hudson Valley Renegades Hugh Webb 5th Hugh Webb 1st 2nd
Batavia Muckdogs Dan White 6th Dan White 3rd 3rd
Staten Island Yankees Jorge Cantú 7th 4th(tied) 7th
State College Spikes Dave Kelly 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Joe Hardy 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Lowell Spinners Andy Hendrick 10th 4th(tied) 10th
West Virginia Black Bears Dave Sandoval 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Horace Brantley 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Auburn Doubledays Luis Fernández 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Vermont Lake Monsters 14th 4th(tied) 14th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Brooklyn Cyclones Al Hawkins 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Connecticut Tigers Chip Wurzburg 2nd Chris Gibson 1st 1st
Williamsport Crosscutters Tim Patton 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Batavia Muckdogs Steve Bishop 4th Steve Bishop 3rd 2nd
Tri-City ValleyCats Dave Wright 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
Hudson Valley Renegades Alex Johnson 9th (tied) 4th(tied) 10th(tied)
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Lou Weber 9th (tied) 4th(tied) 10th(tied)
Staten Island Yankees Dave MacNamara 11th 4th(tied) 12th
Auburn Doubledays Andy Sims 12th Andy Sims 2nd 3rd
Lowell Spinners Iván Juárez 13th 4th(tied) 13th
State College Spikes 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 2nd 2nd
Tri-City ValleyCats Jesús Rodríguez 2nd Bobby O'Day 1st 1st
Staten Island Yankees Jorge Alvarado 3rd Jorge Alvarado 3rd 3rd
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Zak Vanstone 4th 5th(tied) 5th
Williamsport Crosscutters Joe Norman 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Hudson Valley Renegades Jim Marshall 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Mario Tamayo 7th António García 4th 4th
State College Spikes José Coronado 8th 5th(tied) 8th
Auburn Doubledays Pat Cherry 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Vermont Lake Monsters Tony Castro 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Batavia Muckdogs Clarence Brawley 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Lowell Spinners Phil Bancroft 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Brooklyn Cyclones 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
Connecticut Tigers 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(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 2nd 2nd
Vermont Lake Monsters Manny Gómez 3rd 9th(tied) 8th
Tri-City ValleyCats José Zamora 4th José Zamora 4th 4th
Staten Island Yankees Walt Holman 5th 9th(tied) 9th
Williamsport Crosscutters Eric Robinson 6th 9th(tied) 11th
Lowell Spinners Robby Graves 7th Robby Graves 3rd 3rd
Batavia Muckdogs Tony Grant 8th Dante López 8th 6th
State College Spikes Jim Sandberg 9th Fred Marcel 6th 5th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Jesús Aragón 10th Cal Jackson 7th 7th
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Ed Makarezos 11th 9th(tied) 12th
Brooklyn Cyclones Ollie Benjamin 12th 9th(tied) 13th
Auburn Doubledays Jaymes Blackwell 13th Jaymes Blackwell 5th 10th
West Virginia Black Bears Tim Dalton 14th 9th(tied) 14th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Ty Allen 1st Ty Allen 3rd 1st
Staten Island Yankees Derek Wade 2nd Derek Wade 1st 2nd
Aberdeen Ironbirds Juan Cruz 3rd 4th(tied) 3rd
Connecticut Tigers Rory Briggs 4th 4th(tied) 4th
Lowell Spinners Isaac Roberson 5th 4th(tied) 5th
Brooklyn Cyclones Ollie Benjamin 6th 4th(tied) 6th
West Virginia Black Bears Billy Martin 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Batavia Muckdogs Phil Whitfield 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Tri-City ValleyCats Jorge Colón 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Auburn Doubledays Rob Raines 10th Jaymes Blackwell 2nd 8th
State College Spikes Cliff Silver 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Vermont Lake Monsters Joe Allen 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Hudson Valley Renegades Héctor Díaz 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Williamsport Crosscutters 14th 4th(tied) 14th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Brooklyn Cyclones Ollie Benjamin 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Connecticut Tigers Rory Briggs 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Staten Island Yankees Derek Wade 3rd Derek Wade 1st 1st
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Ty Allen 4th Ty Allen 3rd 3rd
Batavia Muckdogs Phil Whitfield 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Aberdeen Ironbirds Juan Cruz 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Lowell Spinners Isaac Roberson 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Tri-City ValleyCats Jorge Colón 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Hudson Valley Renegades Mike Barry 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Auburn Doubledays Jaymes Blackwell 10th Jaymes Blackwell 2nd 2nd
West Virginia Black Bears Billy Martin 11th 4th(tied) 11th
State College Spikes Greg Barton 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Vermont Lake Monsters Randy Hernández 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Williamsport Crosscutters 14th 4th(tied) 14th
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