MIDWEST LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
12/31/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Plumstead Eagles Kolomon Meise 1st Kolomon Meise 1st 1st
Wisconsin Rapids Rangers Forest Cruz 2nd Kevin Smith 4th 3rd
Lee's Summit Tigers Michael Hall 3rd Michael Hall 3rd 2nd
Columbia 08s Nicoli Turina 4th Nicoli Turina 2nd 4th
Barry's Bay Orioles Guy Morrison 5th Tied for 9th 6th
Manhatten Meatheads Adrián López 6th Brent Haynes 7th 5th
Erie Jaxx Steve Clifton 7th Steve Clifton 8th 7th
Cincinnati Pride Jorge Silva 8th Jeremy Davis 6th 9th
Bemidji Benders Francisco Varela 9th Gary Williams 5th 8th
Minnesota Death Stars 10th Tied for 9th 10th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lee's Summit Tigers Edward Rose 1st Edward Rose 1st 1st
Erie Jaxx Ken Longoria 2nd Ken Longoria 4th 2nd
Wisconsin Rapids Rangers Luis Rodríguez 3rd Juan García 2nd 3rd
Minnesota Death Stars Gabriel Ángel 4th Gabriel Ángel 6th 5th
Columbia 08s Chris Burrell 5th Chris Burrell 5th 4th
Cincinnati Pride Tony Long 6th Tony Long 3rd 6th
Barry's Bay Orioles Santiago Rivera 7th Tied for 9th 8th
Bemidji Benders Julián Díaz 8th Pat Carroll 7th 7th
Manhatten Meatheads Tim Bonner 9th Lúcio Sánchez 8th 9th
Plumstead Eagles 10th Tied for 9th 10th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lee's Summit Tigers Juan Glaviz 1st Steven Wright 3rd 2nd
Manhatten Meatheads Craig Chapman 2nd Craig Chapman 5th 3rd
Columbia 08s Tom Hicks 3rd Tom Hicks 1st 1st
Barry's Bay Orioles Kelly Graham 4th Kelly Graham 4th 4th
Erie Jaxx Cristián Cauozos 5th Alfredo Ramírez 6th 6th
Minnesota Death Stars Huub Stolk 6th Huub Stolk 7th 7th
Bemidji Benders John Jones 7th John Jones 8th 8th
Cincinnati Pride Matt Cole 8th Matt Cole 2nd 5th
Plumstead Eagles Tied for 9th Tied for 9th Tied for 9th
Wisconsin Rapids Rangers Tied for 9th Tied for 9th Tied for 9th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Barry's Bay Orioles Howard Evans 1st Howard Evans 2nd 2nd
Plumstead Eagles Juan Caceres 2nd Arturo Sánchez 1st 1st
Wisconsin Rapids Rangers Eric Thompson 3rd Eric Thompson 4th 3rd
Erie Jaxx Júlio Hernández 4th Júlio Hernández 5th 5th
Cincinnati Pride Roger Rush 5th Dan McKay 3rd 4th
Columbia 08s James Hunter 6th James Hunter 7th 6th
Lee's Summit Tigers Ricardo Rodríguez 7th Tied for 9th 8th
Minnesota Death Stars Octávio Ramos 8th Sidney Smith 8th 9th
Bemidji Benders Frank Grant 9th Frank Grant 6th 7th
Manhatten Meatheads 10th Tied for 9th 10th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Plumstead Eagles Pablo Villarreal 1st Pablo Villarreal 1st 1st
Barry's Bay Orioles Jesús Villalobos 2nd Manuel Pérez 2nd 2nd
Wisconsin Rapids Rangers José González 3rd José González 5th 4th
Lee's Summit Tigers Rusty Bennett 4th Rusty Bennett 4th 3rd
Minnesota Death Stars Jason Mason 5th Tony Estrada Tied for 6th 6th
Columbia 08s Ernesto Villa 6th Ernesto Villa Tied for 6th 7th
Manhatten Meatheads Santiago Díaz 7th Ramiro Santana 3rd 5th
Erie Jaxx Guaspar Vasche 8th Tied for 9th 9th
Bemidji Benders Javier Hernández 9th Arturo Franco 8th 8th
Cincinnati Pride Amaro Chucha 10th Tied for 9th 10th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lee's Summit Tigers José López 1st Milo Powers 1st 1st
Erie Jaxx Michael Field 2nd Michael Field 4th 2nd
Manhatten Meatheads Robbie Turner 3rd Robbie Turner 3rd 3rd
Wisconsin Rapids Rangers Ralph Cobb 4th Ralph Cobb 5th 5th
Cincinnati Pride John Clark 5th John Clark 2nd 4th
Bemidji Benders Ramón Juárez 6th Tied for 6th 6th
Barry's Bay Orioles Tied for 7th Tied for 6th Tied for 7th
Columbia 08s Tied for 7th Tied for 6th Tied for 7th
Minnesota Death Stars Tied for 7th Tied for 6th Tied for 7th
Plumstead Eagles Tied for 7th Tied for 6th Tied for 7th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Plumstead Eagles António Salazar 1st Jason Powers 3rd 2nd
Manhatten Meatheads Juan Hernández 2nd Juan Hernández 4th 3rd
Wisconsin Rapids Rangers Aurelio Cruz 3rd Aurelio Cruz 1st 1st
Barry's Bay Orioles Sergio Solíz 4th Sergio Solíz 2nd 4th
Erie Jaxx Luis Fuentes 5th Luis Fuentes 5th 5th
Columbia 08s Francisco Gonzáles 6th Francisco Gonzáles 6th 6th
Minnesota Death Stars Emílio Montoya 7th Emílio Montoya 8th 7th
Bemidji Benders Pedro López 8th Jorge Aguilar 7th 8th
Cincinnati Pride Roberto Quiñones 9th 10th 10th
Lee's Summit Tigers Dale Miller 10th Dale Miller 9th 9th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Erie Jaxx Milton Watson 1st Bobby Murdock 1st 1st
Manhatten Meatheads Denver Baker 2nd Denver Baker 2nd 2nd
Lee's Summit Tigers Darren Holland 3rd Darren Holland 6th 3rd
Columbia 08s Pablo Díaz 4th Pablo Díaz 9th 7th
Barry's Bay Orioles José Rodríguez 5th 10th 8th
Plumstead Eagles Howard Johnson 6th Howard Johnson 7th 6th
Minnesota Death Stars Mario Solís 7th Sergio Luna 3rd 4th
Bemidji Benders Greg Carpenter 8th Roberto Villela 5th 5th
Wisconsin Rapids Rangers Luis López 9th Luis López 8th 10th
Cincinnati Pride Oliver Cruz 10th Will O'Dell 4th 9th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lee's Summit Tigers Jeff Sandusky 1st John Drake 1st 1st
Columbia 08s Sancho Mendoza 2nd Errol Murphy 2nd 2nd
Plumstead Eagles Lane Lund 3rd Lane Lund 6th 5th
Erie Jaxx Eric Wilson 4th Jerry Martin 3rd 3rd
Wisconsin Rapids Rangers Juan Contreras 5th Ron Huggins 5th 4th
Manhatten Meatheads Tom Cunningham 6th Tom Cunningham 4th 6th
Barry's Bay Orioles Miguel Muñíz 7th Miguel Muñíz 10th 7th
Cincinnati Pride Bart Brown 8th Bart Brown 8th 8th
Bemidji Benders Paço Boda 9th Jaime Torres 9th 9th
Minnesota Death Stars Alfredo Cabral 10th Roy Jordan 7th 10th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Barry's Bay Orioles Miguel Muñíz 1st Tied for 6th 1st
Lee's Summit Tigers Javier Pacheco 2nd Robinson Vásquez 1st 2nd
Bemidji Benders Ángel Germán 3rd Esteban Ramírez 3rd 3rd
Manhatten Meatheads Aaron Gibbs 4th Aaron Gibbs 2nd 4th
Plumstead Eagles Pat Bruce 5th Tied for 6th 5th
Erie Jaxx Archie Summers 6th Tied for 6th 6th
Cincinnati Pride Ángel Árias 7th Tied for 6th 7th
Columbia 08s Irwin Conway 8th Tied for 6th 8th
Minnesota Death Stars Tracy Key 9th Kurt Brown 5th 9th
Wisconsin Rapids Rangers Jack Hampton 10th Jack Hampton 4th 10th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Manhatten Meatheads Aaron Gibbs 1st Aaron Gibbs 2nd 1st
Lee's Summit Tigers Javier Pacheco 2nd Robinson Vásquez 4th 2nd
Plumstead Eagles Pat Bruce 3rd Joe Cates 3rd 3rd
Erie Jaxx Archie Summers 4th Tied for 8th 5th
Columbia 08s José Peña 5th Tied for 8th 6th
Wisconsin Rapids Rangers Jack Hampton 6th Jack Hampton 7th 7th
Cincinnati Pride Josh Wall 7th Kent Smith 5th 8th
Bemidji Benders Ángel Germán 8th Esteban Ramírez 6th 9th
Barry's Bay Orioles Ralph Marks 9th Tied for 8th 10th
Minnesota Death Stars Alfredo Cabral 10th Roy Jordan 1st 4th
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