June Shortstop Rankings
Welcome to the June shortstop rankings update. Players are ranked for the rest of the season based on a 5x5 scoring format. Included along with the position rankings is an updated top 300. Players are listed wherever they’re most valuable, so if you don’t see that third baseman you’re looking for, he’s probably listed at second or short.
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Top 300 | SP | RP | OF | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | C | DH
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Shortstop Rankings
June | Shortstop | Team | 2015 | May |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hanley Ramirez | Red Sox | 1 | 1 |
2 | Troy Tulowitzki | Rockies | 2 | 2 |
3 | Ian Desmond | Nationals | 4 | 3 |
4 | Jose Reyes | Blue Jays | 3 | 5 |
5 | Starlin Castro | Cubs | 5 | 4 |
6 | Jhonny Peralta | Cardinals | 18 | 16 |
7 | Marcus Semien | Athletics | 22 2B | 11 |
8 | Ben Zobrist | Athletics | 7 | 13 |
9 | Jean Segura | Brewers | 14 | 8 |
10 | Alexei Ramirez | White Sox | 9 | 6 |
11 | Xander Bogaerts | Red Sox | 11 | 10 |
12 | Erick Aybar | Angels | 12 | 14 |
13 | Alcides Escobar | Royals | 10 | 9 |
14 | Carlos Correa | Astros | 51 | 31 |
15 | Jimmy Rollins | Dodgers | 13 | 7 |
16 | Jung-Ho Kang | Pirates | 26 | 41 |
17 | Elvis Andrus | Rangers | 6 | 12 |
18 | Addison Russell | Cubs | 50 | 15 |
19 | Andrelton Simmons | Braves | 15 | 17 |
20 | Brandon Crawford | Giants | 29 | 25 |
21 | Brad Miller | Mariners | 16 | 18 |
22 | J.J. Hardy | Orioles | 20 | 20 |
23 | Wilmer Flores | Mets | 22 | 28 |
24 | Danny Santana | Twins | 8 | 22 |
25 | Zack Cozart | Reds | 25 | 24 |
26 | Asdrubal Cabrera | Rays | 19 | 23 |
27 | Adeiny Hechavarria | Marlins | 27 | 19 |
28 | Chris Owings | Diamondbacks | 21 | 21 |
29 | Stephen Drew | Yankees | 24 | 27 |
30 | Jose Iglesias | Tigers | 36 | 26 |
31 | Didi Gregorius | Yankees | 28 | 29 |
32 | Freddy Galvis | Phillies | 30 | 32 |
33 | Mike Aviles | Indians | 39 2B | 37 2B |
34 | Yunel Escobar | Nationals | 32 | 34 |
35 | Jed Lowrie | Astros | 17 | 33 |
36 | Francisco Lindor | Indians | 37 | 35 |
37 | Eduardo Escobar | Twins | 46 | 46 |
38 | Christian Colon | Royals | 34 2B | 40 |
39 | Javier Baez | Cubs | 23 | 44 |
40 | Alexi Amarista | Padres | 34 | 39 |
41 | Ryan Flaherty | Orioles | 38 | 43 |
42 | Jose Ramirez | Indians | 35 | 45 |
43 | Chris Taylor | Mariners | 44 | 52 |
44 | Jonathan Villar | Astros | 47 | 50 |
45 | Luis Sardinas | Brewers | 52 2B | NR |
46 | Nick Ahmed | Diamondbacks | 40 | 48 |
47 | Eduardo Nunez | Twins | 41 | 42 |
48 | Everth Cabrera | Orioles | 33 | 36 |
49 | Jordy Mercer | Pirates | 31 | 37 |
50 | Marwin Gonzalez | Astros | 45 | 38 |
Dropping off: Tim Beckham (30th), Eugenio Suarez (47th), Ruben Tejada (49th)
o Once again this month, I pretty much hate everything apart from the top four here. I wouldn’t be stunned if my No. 21 shortstop, Brad Miller, outproduced my No. 5, Starlin Castro, over the rest of the season. Crawford has been the game’s best shortstop of late, but we’re talking about a guy whose career highs in his first three seasons were a .248 average, 10 homers and five steals. Kang is the biggest riser, after I had to drop him a bunch in the May rankings because he was given all of 26 at-bats in April. Especially nice is that Kang went 3-for-3 stealing bases in May. Since he didn’t do much running in Korea, I had him projected to steal three bases all season.
o Rollins would have remained in the top 10, except the Dodgers’ offensive struggles prompted manager Don Mattingly to suddenly drop him to the eighth spot in the order Saturday. I don’t really have a problem with that; Rollins should bat in the bottom half of the order. Rollins, though, was one of the few Dodgers’ hitting during the recent rough patch. He came in at .282/.329/.423 in the three weeks prior to the switch.
o I gave some thought to sticking Correa in the top 10, but he has cooled off of late in Triple-A, and while I still think he’ll get the call soon, it’s possible the Astros will leave him down longer with Villar stepping it up of late. Correa is currently at .237/.306/.408 with three homers in 18 games for Fresno. I’d be more concerned if he didn’t have a nice 11/8 K/BB ratio in his 76 at-bats.
