End of Season Rankings: Shortstop

The 2012 fantasy baseball season has come to a close, so it is time to look back at the season past and determine which players were the most valuable at each position. This week focuses on shortstops.

The players were ranked based on their 2012 production, using the evaluation system explained and updated on this site some time ago. To keep things manageable and avoid skewing the numbers, players were only considered if they amassed 350 plate appearances over the course of the year. The replacement level was also adjusted to account for players eligible at multiple positions. The valuations are built for $260 budgets and traditional 5×5 roto fantasy leagues.

One important thing to note is the premium (or lack thereof) placed on the position a player occupies in your lineup. For example, while a first baseman may be able to accumulate superior overall numbers, the availability of such production lower in the rankings severely dampers the amount the player was worth.

These rankings are meant to reflect a player’s value should he have occupied this spot in your lineup for the entire year. So, a player who missed time due to injury but put up great numbers during his time on the field would be worth less.

With all this in mind, here are your rankings.

Rnk	Name	Pos	AB	HR	R	RBI	SB	BA	$$$
1	Jimmy Rollins	SS	632	23	102	68	30	0.250	22
2	Jose Reyes	SS	642	11	86	57	40	0.287	20
3	Ian Desmond	SS	513	25	72	73	21	0.292	20
4	Hanley Ramirez	SS	604	24	79	92	21	0.257	19
5	Starlin Castro	SS	646	14	78	78	25	0.283	18
6	Derek Jeter	SS	683	15	99	58	9	0.316	18
7	Ben Zobrist	SS	560	20	88	74	14	0.270	16
8	Martin Prado	SS	617	10	81	70	17	0.301	16
9	Marco Scutaro	SS	620	7	87	74	9	0.306	14
10	Alcides Escobar	SS	605	5	68	52	35	0.293	14
11	Elvis Andrus	SS	629	3	85	62	21	0.286	12
12	Kyle Seager	SS	594	20	62	86	13	0.259	12
13	Danny Espinosa	SS	594	17	82	56	20	0.247	11
14	Asdrubal Cabrera	SS	555	16	70	68	9	0.270	10
15	Alexei Ramirez	SS	593	9	59	73	20	0.265	9
16	Erick Aybar	SS	517	8	67	45	20	0.290	9
17	J.J. Hardy	SS	663	22	85	68	0	0.238	8
18	Mike Aviles	SS	512	13	57	60	14	0.250	5
19	Everth Cabrera	SS	398	2	49	24	44	0.246	4
20	Rafael Furcal	SS	477	5	69	49	12	0.264	4
21	Trevor Plouffe	SS	422	24	56	55	1	0.235	2
22	Zack Cozart	SS	561	15	72	35	4	0.246	1
23	Jhonny Peralta	SS	531	13	58	63	1	0.239	0
24	Yunel Escobar	SS	558	9	58	51	5	0.253	0
25	Jamey Carroll	SS	470	1	65	40	9	0.268	0
26	Jed Lowrie	SS	340	16	43	42	2	0.244	-3
27	Ruben Tejada	SS	464	1	53	25	4	0.289	-4
28	Ryan Theriot	SS	352	0	45	28	13	0.270	-4
29	Cliff Pennington	SS	418	6	50	28	15	0.215	-6
30	Brandon Crawford	SS	435	4	44	45	1	0.248	-7
31	Clint Barmes	SS	455	8	34	45	0	0.229	-9
32	Daniel Descalso	SS	374	4	41	26	6	0.227	-10
33	Robert Andino	SS	384	7	41	28	5	0.211	-11
34	Brendan Ryan	SS	407	3	42	31	11	0.194	-12