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February 20, 2013

Pre-Season Positional Rankings

Top 15 Fantasy Shortstops

by Paul Singman

In the coming weeks, the fantasy team here at Baseball Prospectus will be rolling out its positional rankings. Each team member assigned to cover a position will create an initial top 15 (more for outfielders and starting pitchers) on his own. He will then send that list to the rest of the team for discussion, at which point we will debate the rankings, both in terms of each player’s specific placement and the merits on which he was included in the top 15. This back-and-forth debate will yield the final list, which will be presented by the original author with notes on the pertinent players. We encourage you to bring your opinions into the fray using the comment section below.

Today, we continue the rankings with a look at our top 15 shortstops.

Pinning your fantasy team’s hopes on the back on an elite shortstop is a scary proposition. Although the top guys have produced some monster seasons in their careers, it seems they’ve led us on as many times as they’ve led us to titles in recent years. The sort of risk associated with those players causes many gamers to avoid the top tier of shortstops and opt instead to take a late-round flier on a Zack Cozart-type; personally, I think this strategy has merit. Not everyone can be in the Zack Cozart-takin’-business, though, so here’s our list of the top 15 players at the position...

1. Troy Tulowitzki, COL
2. Jose Reyes, TOR
3. Hanley Ramirez, LAD
4. Starlin Castro, CHC
5. Jimmy Rollins, PHI
6. Ian Desmond, WSH
7. Elvis Andrus, TEX
8. Ben Zobrist

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