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2021 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Top 40 shortstops

The Fake Teams writers rank the shortstop position for fantasy baseball in 2021.

By Heath Capps
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It’s an entire week devoted to shortstops, so it’s sure to have some fireworks. We begin said week, as always, with a refreshed pass at our rankings for 2021 fantasy baseball.

There’s room for haggling in the comments—and we’ll be unpacking these guys all week—but one short story is that this is apparently not a site where we are fond of Adalberto Mondesi’s volatility...

Top 40 Shortstops for 2021

RANK PLAYER NAME TEAM HEATH MARK ANDRES JOE GARRETT Avg Rank
RANK PLAYER NAME TEAM HEATH MARK ANDRES JOE GARRETT Avg Rank
1 Fernando Tatis Jr. SDP 1 4 1 1 1 1.6
2 Trea Turner WAS 2 3 2 3 2 2.4
3 Trevor Story COL 3 2 3 2 3 2.6
4 Francisco Lindor NYM 5 1 4 4 4 3.6
5 Xander Bogaerts BOS 6 5 5 5 7 5.6
6 Corey Seager LAD 8 6 6 6 6 6.4
7 Bo Bichette TOR 4 7 8 7 8 6.8
8 Gleyber Torres NYY 10 8 7 8 10 8.6
9 Tim Anderson CWS 7 11 11 13 5 9.4
10 Carlos Correa HOU 13 9 9 9 12 10.4
11 Javier Baez CHC 11 12 10 10 11 10.8
12 Adalberto Mondesi KC 9 11 12 14 9 11
13 Dansby Swanson ATL 12 13 13 15 13 13.2
14 Tommy Edman STL 15 15 17 12 14 14.6
15 Didi Gregorius PHI 16 14 14 21 15 16
16 Marcus Semien TOR 14 17 16 20 16 16.6
17 Jake Cronenworth SD 25 10 20 11 17 16.6
18 Jorge Polanco MIN 20 18 18 17 20 18.6
19 Chris Taylor LAD 19 21 19 24 19 20.4
20 Paul DeJong STL 18 27 23 19 24 22.2
21 Ha-seong Kim SD 26 34 15 16 21 22.4
22 Andres Gimenez CLE 17 19 35 23 23 23.4
23 David Fletcher LAA 21 22 24 26 28 24.2
24 Willy Adames TB 22 23 22 22 32 24.2
25 Amed Rosario CLE 29 24 21 18 33 25
26 Jonathan Villar NYM 27 16 34 28 25 26
27 Mauricio Dubon SF 23 26 25 33 29 27.2
28 Willi Castro DET 28 30 26 35 22 28.2
29 Wander Franco TB 40 20 38 32 18 29.6
30 Isiah Kiner-Falefa TEX 24 36 27 36 27 30
31 Joey Wendle TB 37 28 31 30 26 30.4
32 Elvis Andrus OAK 30 29 29 34 35 31.4
33 JP Crawford SEA 32 31 30 27 37 31.4
34 Nico Hoerner CHC 41 25 32 25 39 32.4
35 Luis Urias MLW 34 41 28 29 40 34.4
36 Miguel Rojas MIA 33 35 33 41 31 34.6
37 Andrelton Simmons MIN 35 37 36 31 34 34.6
38 Niko Goodrum DET 31 39 37 38 30 35
39 Nick Ahmed ARI 36 40 32 36 36
40 Jose Iglesias LAA 38 38 43 37 38 38.8

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