MIDWEST LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
06/08/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Peoria Chiefs Nick Raposo 1st Sammy Hernandez 10th 9th
Dayton Dragons Michael Trautwein 2nd Logan Tanner 9th 1st
West Michigan Whitecaps Colin Burgess 3rd Josue Briceno 1st 2nd
Lake County Captains David Leon 4th Jacob Cozart 8th 3rd
South Bend Cubs Michael Carico 5th Michael Carico 5th 4th
Great Lakes Loons Miguel Dominguez 6th Edgar Gamargo 6th 5th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Brayan Oropeza 7th Brayan Oropeza 12th 11th
Lansing Lugnuts Matheus Lelis 8th Matheus Lelis 2nd 6th
Quad Cities River Bandits Angel Acosta 9th Juan Olmos 3rd 7th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Lamar King Jr. 10th Lamar King Jr. 4th 8th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Carlos Silva 11th Carlos Silva 11th 12th
Beloit Sky Carp Douggie Carnel 12th Douggie Carnel 7th 10th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Peoria Chiefs Osvaldo Tovalin 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Dayton Dragons Jack Rogers 2nd 6th(tied) 7th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Ethan Long 3rd Nick Kurtz 1st 1st
Lake County Captains Reyden Hidalgo 4th Reyden Hidalgo 5th 5th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Edgardo Ordonez 5th Edgardo Ordonez 2nd(tied) 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Javier Roman 6th Jayson Bass 2nd(tied) 3rd
Quad Cities River Bandits Manuel German 7th Manuel German 2nd(tied) 4th
Beloit Sky Carp 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
Great Lakes Loons 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
Lansing Lugnuts 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
South Bend Cubs 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
West Michigan Whitecaps 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
West Michigan Whitecaps Cristian Santana 1st Kevin McGonigle 2nd 1st
Dayton Dragons Carlos Jorge 2nd Carlos Jorge 5th(tied) 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kernels Griff O'Ferrall 3rd Griff O'Ferrall 1st 3rd
Lake County Captains Christian Knapczyk 4th Christian Knapczyk 9th 9th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Demetrio Nadal 5th Demetrio Nadal 10th 10th
Lansing Lugnuts Erubiel Fuentes 6th Erubiel Fuentes 11th 11th
Peoria Chiefs Jonathan Mejia 7th Jonathan Mejia 4th 5th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Adrian Perez 8th Adrian Perez 5th(tied) 6th
Beloit Sky Carp Kendry Feliz 9th Yoffry Solano 3rd 4th
South Bend Cubs Jefferson Rojas 10th Jefferson Rojas 5th(tied) 7th
Great Lakes Loons Eduardo Guerrero 11th Luis Castaneda 5th(tied) 8th
Quad Cities River Bandits Pedro Roque 12th Pedro Roque 12th 12th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
West Michigan Whitecaps Izaac Pacheco 1st Izaac Pacheco 2nd 1st
Lake County Captains Maick Collado 2nd Maick Collado 6th 5th
South Bend Cubs Tommy White 3rd Tommy White 1st 2nd
Lansing Lugnuts Myles Naylor 4th Myles Naylor 7th 7th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Filippo Di Turi 5th Filippo Di Turi 5th 6th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Hugo Sanchez 6th Hugo Sanchez 3rd(tied) 3rd
Great Lakes Loons Mairoshendrick Martinus 7th Mairoshendrick Martinus 3rd(tied) 4th
Quad Cities River Bandits Alexander Orasma 8th Alexander Orasma 8th 8th
Dayton Dragons Yan Contreras 9th Yan Contreras 9th 9th
Beloit Sky Carp 10th (tied) 10th(tied) 10th(tied)
Cedar Rapids Kernels 10th (tied) 10th(tied) 10th(tied)
Peoria Chiefs 10th (tied) 10th(tied) 10th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dayton Dragons Jose Torres 1st 11th(tied) 9th
West Michigan Whitecaps Austin Schultz 2nd 11th(tied) 11th
Lake County Captains Juan Benjamin 3rd Alex Mooney 2nd 1st
Fort Wayne TinCaps Chase Valentine 4th Cristian Hernandez 3rd(tied) 2nd
South Bend Cubs Ed Howard 5th Ed Howard 9th 7th
Lansing Lugnuts Dayker Baldallo 6th Ray Garrett 1st 3rd
Great Lakes Loons Joendry Vargas 7th Joendry Vargas 6th 6th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Juan Baez 8th Juan Baez 7th 8th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Dameury Pena 9th Dameury Pena 8th 10th
Beloit Sky Carp Ali Camarillo 10th Ali Camarillo 10th 12th
Quad Cities River Bandits Yefri Rivera 11th Yefri Rivera 3rd(tied) 4th
Peoria Chiefs Yancel Guerrero 12th Anyelo Encarnacion 3rd(tied) 5th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dayton Dragons Hector Rodriguez 1st Hector Rodriguez 3rd(tied) 1st
Peoria Chiefs Chris Rotondo 2nd 10th(tied) 9th
South Bend Cubs Ismael Mena 3rd Ismael Mena 8th 8th
West Michigan Whitecaps David Smith 4th David Smith 1st 2nd
Lake County Captains Luis Aparicio 5th Luis Aparicio 2nd 3rd
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Yophery Rodriguez 6th Yophery Rodriguez 3rd(tied) 4th
Great Lakes Loons Edwin Sanchez 7th Edwin Sanchez 3rd(tied) 5th
Beloit Sky Carp Mark Coley 8th Mark Coley 3rd(tied) 6th
Quad Cities River Bandits Daniel Lopez 9th Daniel Lopez 3rd(tied) 7th
Lansing Lugnuts Kendal Ewell 10th Kendal Ewell 9th 10th
Cedar Rapids Kernels 11th (tied) 10th(tied) 11th(tied)
Fort Wayne TinCaps 11th (tied) 10th(tied) 11th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dayton Dragons Jay Allen II 1st Jay Allen II 3rd(tied) 1st
South Bend Cubs Brett Bateman 2nd Brett Bateman 3rd(tied) 2nd
Peoria Chiefs John Spikerman 3rd Brando Mayea 1st 3rd
Lake County Captains Jaison Chourio 4th Jaison Chourio 2nd 4th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Byron Chourio 5th Byron Chourio 3rd(tied) 5th
West Michigan Whitecaps Dom Johnson 6th Dom Johnson 11th 11th
Beloit Sky Carp Jake DeLeo 7th Erick Torres 3rd(tied) 6th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Robert Calaz 8th Robert Calaz 3rd(tied) 7th
Great Lakes Loons Agustin Acosta 9th Agustin Acosta 3rd(tied) 8th
Lansing Lugnuts Pedro Pineda 10th Nick McLain 3rd(tied) 9th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Kevin Santos 11th Kevin Santos 12th 12th
Quad Cities River Bandits Darvin Cruz 12th Darvin Cruz 3rd(tied) 10th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Peoria Chiefs Carter Howell 1st Yordalin Pena 9th 9th
Dayton Dragons Yerlin Confidan 2nd Yerlin Confidan 2nd(tied) 1st
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Luis Castillo 3rd Andres Lacruz 1st 2nd
Lake County Captains Guy Lipscomb 4th Guy Lipscomb 10th 10th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Gregory Duran 5th Jose Rodriguez 2nd(tied) 3rd
Great Lakes Loons Roger Lasso 6th Roger Lasso 2nd(tied) 4th
South Bend Cubs Derik Alcantara 7th Derik Alcantara 2nd(tied) 5th
Fort Wayne TinCaps Braedon Karpathios 8th Dylan Dreiling 2nd(tied) 6th
Beloit Sky Carp Ryan Ignoffo 9th Ryan Ignoffo 12th 12th
Lansing Lugnuts Nate Nankil 10th Nate Nankil 2nd(tied) 7th
West Michigan Whitecaps Samuel Rojas 11th Peyton Graham 2nd(tied) 8th
Quad Cities River Bandits Henry Ramos 12th Henry Ramos 11th 11th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Fort Wayne TinCaps Victor Lizarraga 1st Victor Lizarraga 9th 3rd
Peoria Chiefs Brycen Mautz 2nd Brycen Mautz 3rd 1st
Lake County Captains Tommy Mace 3rd Jackson Humphries 5th 2nd
West Michigan Whitecaps Dylan Smith 4th Troy Melton 12th 12th
Beloit Sky Carp Dameivi Tineo 5th Jac Caglianone 11th 4th
Dayton Dragons Jose Acuna 6th Jose Acuna 10th 5th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Alejandro Hidalgo 7th Paulshawn Pasqualotto 2nd 6th
Great Lakes Loons Kinn Omosako 8th Eriq Swan 4th 8th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Anfernny Reyes 9th Ryan Birchard 1st 7th
South Bend Cubs Tyler Schlaffer 10th Tyler Schlaffer 6th 9th
Lansing Lugnuts Cade Obermueller 11th Cade Obermueller 8th 10th
Quad Cities River Bandits Yeri Perez 12th Carlos Mateo 7th 11th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Fort Wayne TinCaps Cole Paplham 1st Juan Arias 10th 6th
Dayton Dragons Owen Holt 2nd Alexander Johnson 8th 7th
Lake County Captains Jaime Arias 3rd Shawn Rapp 12th 11th
South Bend Cubs Jose Romero 4th Jose Romero 4th(tied) 3rd
Great Lakes Loons Roque Gutierrez 5th Osiris Santana 4th(tied) 4th
West Michigan Whitecaps Aaron Holiday 6th Ignacio Briceno 6th 5th
Lansing Lugnuts Ryan Brown 7th Franyelson Rodriguez 2nd 1st
Beloit Sky Carp Justin Evans 8th Franklin Sanchez 9th 9th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Caden Vire 9th Caden Vire 3rd 8th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Juan Mercedes 10th Juan Mercedes 7th 10th
Quad Cities River Bandits Wilson Betemit Jr. 11th Adrian Almonte 1st 2nd
Peoria Chiefs Andrew Marrero 12th Jack Lynch 11th 12th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lake County Captains Davis Sharpe 1st Shawn Rapp 1st 1st
Beloit Sky Carp Manuel Medina 2nd Manuel Medina 4th 4th
Dayton Dragons Donovan Benoit 3rd Alexander Johnson 3rd 2nd
West Michigan Whitecaps Ronny Chalas 4th Ronny Chalas 5th 5th
Cedar Rapids Kernels Cesar Lares 5th Cesar Lares 8th 6th
Peoria Chiefs Charles Harrison 6th Charles Harrison 7th 7th
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Caden Vire 7th Jose Gonzalez 2nd 3rd
Fort Wayne TinCaps Javier Chacon 8th Javier Chacon 10th 8th
Quad Cities River Bandits Edwin Rodriguez 9th Edwin Rodriguez 12th 10th
Great Lakes Loons Domingo Geronimo 10th Domingo Geronimo 6th 9th
Lansing Lugnuts Camilo Hernandez 11th (tied) Camilo Hernandez 11th 12th
South Bend Cubs Nazier Mule 11th (tied) Nazier Mule 9th 11th
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