We are now officially past the half-way mark in the season--and more than halfway through our rankings. Below are the shortstop rankings, anyone who qualifies at short in Yahoo, ESPN or CBS leagues qualifies.
Rank | Player | Ray | Jason | Brian | Seth | Average |
1 | Hanley Ramirez | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Jose Reyes | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.25 |
3 | Derek Jeter | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.25 |
4 | Jimmy Rollins | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 |
5 | Elvis Andrus | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.5 |
6 | Rafael Furcal | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6.75 |
7 | Ben Zobrist | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 |
8 | Stephen Drew | 8 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
T-9 | Troy Tulowitzki | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10.75 |
T-9 | Yunel Escobar | 13 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 10.75 |
T-11 | Alexei Ramirez | 11 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 12.25 |
T-11 | Marco Scutaro | 16 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 12.25 |
13 | Ryan Theriot | 14 | 8 | 14 | NR | 14.25 |
14 | Erick Aybar | 10 | 15 | NR | 12 | 14.5 |
15 | Sean Rodriguez | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 |
16 | Miguel Tejada | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16.25 |
17 | Orlando Cabrera | 9 | 20 | NR | 19 | 17.25 |
18 | Jason Bartlett | NR | 9 | NR | NR | 18 |
19 | Juan Uribe | NR | 18 | NR | 13 | 18.25 |
20 | Asdrubal Cabrera | NR | 19 | 13 | NR | 18.5 |
T-21 | Alex Gonzalez | NR | NR | NR | 14 | 19.25 |
T-21 | Jhonny Peralta | 17 | NR | 18 | NR | 19.25 |
23 | Alcides Escobar | NR | NR | 15 | NR | 19.5 |
24 | Cliff Pennington | 20 | NR | 20 | 18 | 19.75 |
25 | Starlin Castro | 19 | NR | 19 | NR | 20 |
26 | Clint Barmes | 18 | NR | NR | NR | 20.25 |
27 | Christian Guzman | NR | NR | NR | 20 | 20.75 |
In most cases I think our rankings came down to who we felt would rebound, or would be more likely to rebound. Most of us have one or two players that we ranked way ahead of the pack, and in most cases its a player that has been underperforming and we think will improve, or an injured player that may have more of an impact on his return.
Obviously placing Troy Tulowitzki was hard, but he fell in what I felt was a similar area that other injured players have been falling to in our rankings. Interesting that Clint Barmes, Tulo's replacement, made the list as well--he's been red hot since starting at short.
As always, the best part of rankings is that people feel differently and question them, so question away! Particularly if you're wondering about one person's ranking, ask in the comments below and we'll do our best to respond.