2024 Shortstop Rankings

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An All-Star break tradition, here are my mostly-for-fun 2024 player rankings. I’ve done my best to list players where they’ll be 20-game eligible next year, and the free agents-to-be are listed without teams. Players with contract options for next year have an asterisk included with their team names.

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Shortstop rankings

• Once again, it's not a strong free agent class. As poorly as Tim Anderson has played this year, I still imagine his $14 million option ($1 million buyout) will get picked up by the White Sox, or maybe by another team if he’s moved at the deadline. Amed Rosario will likely exit Cleveland for a team that won’t bat him second, so he’s not as highly ranked as usual. Paul DeJong ($12.5 million club option, $2 million buyout) could also move on from St. Louis. Javier Baez can opt out of the four years and $98 million left on his contract, but he will surely stay put.

• It’s tempting to be more aggressive on Elly De La Cruz , but his 60% groundball rate is a problem. Also, as impressive as it is when he gets into one, he’s simply not doing it all that often yet. The caveat here is that he clearly has 50-steal ability, so even if he does disappoint some offensively, he’ll likely remain very valuable. I reserve the right to go higher later, but for now, I have him a third-rounder in 2024.

• I wasn’t sure which Blue Jays prospect to include from the group of Addison Barger , Leo Jimenez and Orelvis Martinez , so none of them made the cut here, even though all are fairly interesting as potential second basemen next to Bo Bichette .