MIDWEST LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
07/07/2110
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Burlington Bees Eric Messner 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Lake County Captains Javy Ayala 2nd Jordan Randle 1st(tied) 1st
Great Lakes Loons Carlos Cortez 3rd Carlos Cortez 1st(tied) 2nd
Bowling Green Hot Rods David Buckner 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Lansing Lugnuts Devon Smith 5th 6th(tied) 8th
Quad Cities River Bandits Luis Rodriguez 6th 6th(tied) 9th
South Bend Cubs Peter Welde 7th Peter Welde 3rd 3rd
Dayton Dragons John Michael 8th 6th(tied) 10th
West Michigan Whitecaps Matt Klepper 9th Matt Klepper 4th 4th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Sergio Cordoves 10th 6th(tied) 11th
Beloit Snappers Jeff Sparks 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Clinton LumberKings Aaron Ploeckelman 12th 6th(tied) 13th
Peoria Chiefs Paul Emmons 13th Tim Moser 5th 5th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Danny Chacon 14th 6th(tied) 14th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Elias Ortiz 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Kane County Cougars 16th 6th(tied) 16th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kane County Cougars Mike Rubi 1st Mike Rubi 5th 4th
Great Lakes Loons Roberto Sifuentes 2nd Nick Griffin 2nd(tied) 1st
West Michigan Whitecaps B.J. McRitchie 3rd B.J. McRitchie 2nd(tied) 2nd
Fort Wayne TinCaps Alex Sagastume 4th 8th(tied) 8th
Lake County Captains Rob Brown 5th 8th(tied) 9th
Dayton Dragons Brad Snow 6th 8th(tied) 10th
Peoria Chiefs John Davis 7th Steve Byland 1st 3rd
Bowling Green Hot Rods Larry McCloud 8th Larry McCloud 4th 5th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Kyle Cody 9th Kyle Cody 6th 6th
Lansing Lugnuts Ramon Quinones 10th 8th(tied) 11th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Nick Sheets 11th Nick Sheets 7th 7th
Beloit Snappers 12th (tied) 8th(tied) 12th(tied)
Burlington Bees 12th (tied) 8th(tied) 12th(tied)
Clinton LumberKings 12th (tied) 8th(tied) 12th(tied)
Quad Cities River Bandits 12th (tied) 8th(tied) 12th(tied)
South Bend Cubs 12th (tied) 8th(tied) 12th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Peoria Chiefs Jamie Webb 1st Jamie Webb 1st 1st
West Michigan Whitecaps Steve Wray 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Kane County Cougars Jeremy Adams 3rd Jeremy Adams 3rd 2nd
Quad Cities River Bandits Eddie Miller 4th 4th(tied) 5th
South Bend Cubs Ed Medina 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Beloit Snappers Mike Steinman 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Lake County Captains Adam Wages 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Jim Taylor 8th Jim Taylor 2nd 3rd
Bowling Green Hot Rods Ryan Sassoon 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Carlos Fuster 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Burlington Bees Casey Kish 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Ramon Ramirez 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Clinton LumberKings 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
Dayton Dragons 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
Great Lakes Loons 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
Lansing Lugnuts 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
West Michigan Whitecaps Rick Roberts 1st Rick Roberts 2nd 2nd
Kane County Cougars Joe McNerny 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Great Lakes Loons Adam Tudor 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Peoria Chiefs Willy Martinez 4th Tim Zavala 1st 1st
Dayton Dragons Caleb Wrightson 5th 7th(tied) 9th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Raul Hernandez 6th Raul Hernandez 4th 3rd
Lake County Captains Mike Reed 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Lansing Lugnuts Mike Goodis 8th (tied) Erik Stewart 5th 5th
Quad Cities River Bandits Katsukuni Matsumoto 8th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th
Beloit Snappers Kyle Russo 10th 7th(tied) 12th
Burlington Bees Eddie Saldana 11th Eddie Saldana 3rd 4th
South Bend Cubs Danny Mercedes 12th Danny Mercedes 6th 6th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Alfonso Florentino 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Frank Carrasquillo 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Clinton LumberKings Gabriel Martinez 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Bowling Green Hot Rods 16th 7th(tied) 16th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bowling Green Hot Rods Pat Eteldrum 1st Pat Eteldrum 5th 3rd
West Michigan Whitecaps Collin Dean 2nd 10th(tied) 9th
Great Lakes Loons Josh Guess 3rd 10th(tied) 10th
Kane County Cougars Mike Lowery 4th Mike Lowery 1st(tied) 1st
Beloit Snappers Erick Soto 5th Erick Soto 4th 4th
South Bend Cubs Phil Stirling 6th Gabe Nesmith 8th 6th
Fort Wayne TinCaps John Krueger 7th 10th(tied) 12th
Dayton Dragons Ramon Alvarez 8th Jon Macias 7th 7th
Peoria Chiefs Bobby Nagel 9th Bobby Nagel 1st(tied) 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Vítor Lamorr 10th Vítor Lamorr 3rd 5th
Burlington Bees Hunter Talbott 11th 10th(tied) 13th
Lansing Lugnuts Jason Micheals 12th Jason Micheals 6th 8th
Lake County Captains Josh Rautmann 13th 10th(tied) 14th
Clinton LumberKings Daniel Chrisos 14th 10th(tied) 15th
Quad Cities River Bandits Bruce Ruzicka 15th Bruce Ruzicka 9th 11th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Chris Drouin 16th 10th(tied) 16th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kane County Cougars Luke Russell 1st Luke Russell 2nd 1st
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jerry Jackson 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Lake County Captains Bill Serrano 3rd Josh Mills 5th 3rd
Lansing Lugnuts Matt Fairley 4th Alex Palafox 1st 2nd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Josh DuTremble 5th Josh DuTremble 4th 4th
Peoria Chiefs Cesar Rojas 6th Cesar Rojas 3rd 5th
Great Lakes Loons Stan Rowe 7th 6th(tied) 7th
Dayton Dragons Miguel Gutierrez 8th 6th(tied) 8th
Quad Cities River Bandits Rocco Robbins 9th 6th(tied) 9th
Beloit Snappers Josh Varner 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Clinton LumberKings Luis Serna 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Jose Navarro 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Bowling Green Hot Rods 13th (tied) 6th(tied) 13th(tied)
Burlington Bees 13th (tied) 6th(tied) 13th(tied)
South Bend Cubs 13th (tied) 6th(tied) 13th(tied)
West Michigan Whitecaps 13th (tied) 6th(tied) 13th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Great Lakes Loons Tyler Swan 1st Tyler Swan 7th 3rd
West Michigan Whitecaps Denny Ellington 2nd 10th(tied) 10th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Parker Oubre 3rd 10th(tied) 11th
Lake County Captains Roberto Avila 4th Mark Reilly 1st(tied) 1st
South Bend Cubs Anthony James 5th Andy Rustay 8th 5th
Kane County Cougars Tim Kwarciany 6th 10th(tied) 12th
Burlington Bees Mario Sandoval 7th Mario Sandoval 1st(tied) 2nd
Bowling Green Hot Rods Travis Reynolds 8th (tied) 10th(tied) 13th(tied)
Dayton Dragons John Meador 8th (tied) 10th(tied) 13th(tied)
Peoria Chiefs Tony Ojeda 10th Jouni Ahtisaari 3rd 4th
Clinton LumberKings Bob Beardsley 11th Sean Laliberty 9th 8th
Beloit Snappers Alvaro Rodriguez 12th Bill Oien 6th 6th
Quad Cities River Bandits Chris Parrish 13th 10th(tied) 15th
Lansing Lugnuts Jesus Ceniceros 14th Jesus Ceniceros 4th 7th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Justin Ballantine 15th Justin Ballantine 5th 9th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Danny Gutierrez 16th 10th(tied) 16th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kane County Cougars Ramon Estrada 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Fort Wayne TinCaps Jim Turner 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
West Michigan Whitecaps Kevin Silvers 3rd Zachary Burgess 2nd 1st
Lake County Captains Larry Seiger 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Great Lakes Loons Juan Sanchez 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Dayton Dragons Jack Clawson 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
Quad Cities River Bandits Fred Grabosky 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
Lansing Lugnuts Alex Munoz 8th 3rd(tied) 9th
Burlington Bees Josh McCallister 9th Josh McCallister 1st 2nd
South Bend Cubs Rickey Tucker 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Adam Wakefield 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Beloit Snappers John Jenkins 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Clinton LumberKings Travis Scott 13th 3rd(tied) 13th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Michael Anthony 14th 3rd(tied) 14th
Bowling Green Hot Rods 15th (tied) 3rd(tied) 15th(tied)
Peoria Chiefs 15th (tied) 3rd(tied) 15th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Clinton LumberKings J.J. Rasche 1st J.J. Rasche 10th 6th
Peoria Chiefs Mario Delgado 2nd Angel Penunuri 6th 7th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Jonathan Kruse 3rd Doug Taub 4th(tied) 3rd
Great Lakes Loons Felix Ramos 4th Edwin de Leon 2nd 2nd
Lake County Captains Ben Tourville 5th Ben Tourville 1st 1st
Cedar Rapids Kernels Willie de Jesus 6th Jon Sotelo 7th 8th
Kane County Cougars Jon Figueroa 7th Adan Silva 8th 9th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Joe Mills 8th Robbie Castro 4th(tied) 5th
Lansing Lugnuts Denny Gurganus 9th Chris Daniels 3rd 4th
Quad Cities River Bandits Jody Pascoe 10th Luis Castillo 16th 13th
Dayton Dragons Omar Jamie 11th Dave Vallejo 9th 10th
West Michigan Whitecaps Tim Wood 12th Tim Wood 13th 12th
South Bend Cubs Francisco Barrientos 13th Vicente Villanueva 11th 11th
Beloit Snappers Richard Rosenzweig 14th Richard Rosenzweig 15th 15th
Burlington Bees Mike Beall 15th Joey Shelton 12th 14th
Bowling Green Hot Rods Miguel Galvez 16th Miguel Galvez 14th 16th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dayton Dragons Rocco Barry 1st Rocco Barry 10th 5th
Great Lakes Loons Justin Tieken 2nd Edwin de Leon 3rd(tied) 3rd
Bowling Green Hot Rods Brent Watson 3rd Sam Winston 3rd(tied) 4th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Kaliu Tutu 4th Jon Sotelo 2nd 2nd
Fort Wayne TinCaps Matt Harper 5th Robbie Castro 1st 1st
Lansing Lugnuts Andres Salas 6th Ramiro Pena 3rd(tied) 6th
Peoria Chiefs Jorge Barajas 7th Jonathan Saiz 9th 7th
Beloit Snappers John Grover 8th 11th(tied) 10th
Burlington Bees Jonathan Serrano 9th Mike James 7th 9th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Justin Compton 10th Yukinobu Kanno 3rd(tied) 8th
Kane County Cougars Jim Taylor 11th 11th(tied) 12th
West Michigan Whitecaps Jason Harris 12th Ryan Cardone 8th 11th
Clinton LumberKings Josh Frazier 13th 11th(tied) 13th
Lake County Captains Devin Cain 14th 11th(tied) 14th
South Bend Cubs Fernando Ramos 15th 11th(tied) 15th
Quad Cities River Bandits Shungo Shimizu 16th 11th(tied) 16th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Yukinobu Kanno 1st Yukinobu Kanno 5th 4th
Burlington Bees Mike James 2nd Mike James 6th 5th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Trenton Light 3rd Trenton Light 9th 7th
Dayton Dragons Rocco Barry 4th Rocco Barry 8th 6th
Clinton LumberKings Nazih bin Burhan 5th 11th(tied) 11th
Kane County Cougars Roberto Perez 6th 11th(tied) 12th
Lansing Lugnuts Andres Salas 7th Ramiro Pena 1st(tied) 1st
West Michigan Whitecaps Ryan Cardone 8th Ryan Cardone 7th 8th
Lake County Captains Dave Barbee 9th 11th(tied) 13th
Great Lakes Loons Lee Lewis 10th Edwin de Leon 1st(tied) 2nd
Peoria Chiefs John Dunn 11th John Dunn 1st(tied) 3rd
Bowling Green Hot Rods Dave Ralph 12th Dave Ralph 4th 9th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Kevin Hair 13th Kevin Hair 10th 10th
Beloit Snappers Mike Zadrozny 14th 11th(tied) 14th
Quad Cities River Bandits Rich Liverman 15th 11th(tied) 15th
South Bend Cubs Ryan LaBrasca 16th 11th(tied) 16th
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