2020 Shortstop Rankings

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March 6, 2020

Shortstop is regarded as the deepest position on the diamond and I agree with that. It is remarkably rich with talent and you might wind up with your SS, MI, and UT from the position in some drafts. I can’t recall a time where that was ever the case.

Any of the top 26 could feasibly be your starter at the position and it wouldn’t be awful. Those guys in the 19-26 range have either already done it or have real upside to be strong starters. That kind of depth is usually reserved for 1B!

The blue bar starts a new tier. I included guys with at least 10 appearances/5 starts at SS to accommodate Yahoo!’s eligibility rules. Please let me know if I forgot to include anyone who definitely belongs on the list (meaning like an obvious top 25 type… there are some guys toward the end you might like but I likely didn’t include them because they’re not good enough)

If you want to check out my list from September with some commentary on the Top 30, you can still find that here.

Let me know what you think in the comments! What’s your gameplan at SS? Are you looking to pile up multiple studs at the position or are you going to push you luck and wait for the depth to come to you?

SS Rankings for 2020
PLAYER TM
1 Trevor Story COL
2 Francisco Lindor CLE
3 Trea Turner WAS
4 Xander Bogaerts BOS
5 Ketel Marte ARI
6 Fernando Tatis Jr. SD
7 Alex Bregman HOU
8 Adalberto Mondesi KC
9 Javier Báez CHC
10 Gleyber Torres NYY
11 Marcus Semien OAK
12 Tim Anderson CWS
13 Carlos Correa HOU
14 Bo Bichette TOR
15 Jonathan Villar MIA
16 Manny Machado SD
17 Corey Seager LAD
18 Jorge Polanco MIN
19 Scott Kingery PHI
20 Paul DeJong STL
21 Didi Gregorius PHI
22 Kevin Newman PIT
23 Elvis Andrus TEX
24 Amed Rosario NYM
25 Willy Adames TB
26 Jean Segura PHI
27 Garrett Hampson COL
28 Jon Berti MIA
29 Nick Ahmed ARI
30 Niko Goodrum DET
31 Andrelton Simmons LAA
32 Dansby Swanson ATL
33 Freddy Galvis CIN
34 Jose Peraza BOS
35 Brendan Rodgers COL
36 Carter Kieboom WAS
37 David Fletcher LAA
38 Chris Taylor LAD
39 Nico Hoerner CHC
40 Luis Urías MIL
41 Orlando Arcia MIL
42 José Iglesias BAL
43 Cole Tucker PIT
44 Josh VanMeter CIN
45 Nicky Lopez KC
46 Jorge Mateo OAK
47 Mauricio Dubón SF
48 Brandon Crawford SF
49 Royce Lewis MIN
50 Wander Franco TB
51 Hanser Alberto BAL
52 Joey Wendle TB
53 Luis Rengifo LAA
54 Johan Camargo ATL
55 J.P. Crawford SEA
56 Myles Straw HOU
57 Ronny Rodríguez MIL
58 Dylan Moore SEA
59 Willi Castro DET
60 Richie Martin BAL
61 Andrés Giménez NYM
62 Jazz Chisholm MIA
63 Jake Cronenworth SD
min. of 5 starts to qualify in accordance with Yahoo! requirements





 

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Mason
4 years ago

Surprised to see JP Crawford at 55. What turns you off from him? Seems like he would fit in around Orlando Arcia seeing they are the same age and JP posted a better wRC+ last year? Plus JP is going to have that shortstop job all year? Thanks!

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Paul Sporermember
4 years ago
Reply to  Mason

Ah dang, that was a mistake, tbh. He should be in the 33-48 tier for sure. I was doing my sweep on the bottom tiers adjusting a buncha guys and just forgot Crawford. Thanks for the heads up. I’m not a superfan, but he definitely deserves a higher slotting, probably 45 right behind Tucker & VanMeter.

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