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2008 Fantasy Baseball Shortstop Player Rankings & Projections

(By Mike Inglett of Sport Fanatics - Developer of the Sport Fanatics Projections)

 

The rankings are based on projected statistics for the 2008 season. The player rankings were determined for a typical 5 X 5 rotisserie league by using batting average, runs, runs batted in, home runs and stolen bases for hitters.

 

Catcher   First Base   Second Base   Shortstop   Third Base   OF (1-75)   OF (76-150)   OF (151-200)   DH

Starting Pitcher (1-75)    Starting Pitcher (76-150)   Starting Pitcher (151-225) 

Relief Pitcher (1-75)   Relief Pitcher (76-150)   Relief Pitcher (151-225)

Last Updated on March 29, 2008

 

SS Rank PLAYER TEAM POS AGE FP AB  R  H  1B  2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB  K  SB  BA  OBP  SLG 
1 Hanley Ramirez FLA SS 24.3 359.6 613 106 193 116 43 7 27 76 55 98 47 .315 .371 .540
2 Jose Reyes NYM SS 24.8 358.1 642 114 187 126 31 14 16 62 63 76 68 .291 .355 .458
3 Jimmy Rollins PHI SS 29.3 341.3 673 123 197 120 39 13 25 82 49 79 36 .293 .341 .501
4 Troy Tulowitzki COL SS 23.5 286.6 604 103 175 112 34 4 25 96 59 124 9 .290 .353 .483
5 Derek Jeter NYY SS 33.7 279.6 620 109 193 140 37 3 13 75 64 102 17 .311 .376 .444
6 Carlos Guillen DET 1B/SS 32.5 270.5 530 87 162 103 34 6 19 92 57 84 10 .306 .373 .500
7 Miguel Tejada HOU SS 31.8 266.2 606 89 181 120 35 2 24 93 44 73 3 .299 .346 .482
8 Michael Young TEX SS 31.4 263.8 656 89 203 145 41 4 13 96 48 100 9 .309 .357 .444
9 Rafael Furcal LAD SS 29.6 258.5 584 100 164 118 29 6 11 53 61 76 30 .281 .349 .408
10 Orlando Cabrera CHW SS 33.4 251.1 604 95 169 121 35 2 11 76 45 59 19 .280 .330 .399
11 Edgar Renteria DET SS 32.6 240.3 545 90 161 115 33 2 11 71 52 82 12 .295 .357 .424
12 Khalil Greene SD SS 28.4 238.5 576 82 149 85 38 2 24 89 41 118 5 .259 .308 .457
13 Julio Lugo BOS SS 32.3 228.2 544 76 144 100 32 3 9 60 48 80 28 .265 .324 .384
14 Jhonny Peralta CLE SS 25.9 227.0 565 85 153 102 29 2 20 78 58 142 2 .271 .339 .435
15 J.J. Hardy MIL SS 25.6 222.5 555 81 150 102 27 1 20 74 44 70 3 .270 .324 .431
16 Stephen Drew ARI SS 25.1 220.2 563 73 151 97 32 5 17 72 63 103 10 .268 .342 .433
17 Yunel Escobar ATL SS/2B/3B 25.4 213.2 563 87 163 119 34 2 8 54 52 83 10 .290 .350 .400
18 Yuniesky Betancourt SEA SS 26.2 210.6 556 73 161 113 33 4 11 65 19 52 7 .290 .313 .423
19 Jason Bartlett TB SS 28.4 207.5 517 74 142 107 24 5 6 48 49 72 22 .275 .337 .375
20 Ryan Theriot CHC SS/2B 28.3 202.0 476 73 130 96 28 4 2 41 45 48 27 .273 .336 .361
21 David Eckstein TOR SS 33.2 183.0 494 72 145 117 22 2 4 38 36 36 9 .294 .342 .370
22 Jack Wilson PIT SS 30.2 179.7 504 64 140 101 27 2 10 51 34 53 4 .278 .323 .399
23 Bobby Crosby OAK SS 28.2 171.1 406 56 103 68 21 1 13 49 37 76 8 .254 .316 .406
24 Brendan Harris MIN 2B/SS 27.6 169.5 422 59 115 78 26 2 9 49 34 77 4 .273 .327 .408
25 Erick Aybar ANA SS/2B 24.2 168.7 380 51 102 77 17 4 4 34 21 52 20 .268 .307 .366
26 Felipe Lopez WAS SS/2B 27.9 167.0 378 52 99 69 19 4 7 35 40 72 17 .262 .333 .389
27 Alex Gonzalez CIN SS 31.1 160.9 405 51 105 66 25 1 13 53 26 75 1 .259 .304 .422
28 Omar Vizquel SF SS 40.9 158.5 498 53 129 104 19 3 3 45 47 47 13 .259 .323 .327
29 Jeff Keppinger CIN SS 28.0 155.3 325 46 96 70 18 2 6 38 28 21 2 .295 .351 .418
30 Tony Pena Jr. KC SS 27.0 150.6 467 55 123 92 23 5 3 43 13 73 7 .263 .283 .353
31 Cristian Guzman WAS SS 30.0 145.7 418 52 111 82 18 7 4 35 25 58 7 .266 .307 .371
32 Adam Everett MIN SS 31.2 145.2 452 51 110 79 23 3 5 48 28 65 8 .243 .288 .341
33 Brendan Ryan STL SS/3B 26.0 134.1 293 41 79 62 12 1 4 20 23 31 10 .270 .323 .358
34 Donnie Murphy OAK SS 25.1 131.3 293 41 72 42 20 1 9 39 23 72 3 .246 .301 .413
35 Marco Scutaro TOR SS/3B 32.4 130.8 288 40 76 54 14 2 6 33 32 41 3 .264 .338 .389
36 Mark Loretta HOU SS/2B/1B/3B 36.6 125.7 299 35 85 66 15 1 3 28 27 29 1 .284 .344 .371
37 Juan Uribe CHW SS/2B 28.7 124.7 275 32 68 42 14 1 11 38 16 54 1 .247 .289 .425
38 Cesar Izturis STL SS 28.2 123.5 414 46 106 84 18 3 1 31 25 30 5 .256 .298 .321
39 Ronny Cedeno CHC SS 25.2 122.5 237 28 63 46 9 2 6 28 12 45 5 .266 .301 .397
40 Nick Punto MIN 3B/SS/2B 30.4 120.4 331 41 81 61 15 4 1 24 34 61 12 .245 .315 .323
41 Aaron Miles STL 2B/SS 31.3 118.4 292 37 81 66 12 2 1 24 19 29 2 .277 .322 .342
42 Brent Lillibridge ATL SS 24.6 112.8 163 21 44 32 8 1 3 17 11 34 9 .270 .316 .387
43 Willie Bloomquist SEA OF/2B/3B/SS 30.3 110.7 208 28 54 45 7 1 1 15 14 35 11 .260 .306 .317
44 Luis Hernandez BAL SS 23.8 107.2 305 29 78 63 12 2 1 27 14 43 5 .256 .288 .318
45 Jed Lowrie BOS SS 23.9 101.8 141 19 39 24 10 2 3 18 16 26 1 .277 .350 .440
46 Craig Counsell MIL 3B/SS/2B 37.6 101.6 254 33 61 46 11 2 2 22 31 37 6 .240 .323 .323
47 Brian Bixler PIT SS 25.5 100.8 142 18 37 24 10 1 2 16 19 30 8 .261 .348 .387
48 Josh Wilson PIT SS/2B 27.0 97.3 185 23 47 31 11 2 3 18 13 35 4 .254 .303 .384
49 Clint Barmes COL SS 29.1 95.6 175 23 44 29 10 1 4 20 9 23 2 .251 .288 .389
50 Chin-Lung Hu LAD SS 24.2 93.9 110 17 30 21 6 1 2 15 7 23 1 .273 .316 .400
51 Alex Cora BOS 2B/SS 32.5 92.2 204 26 50 39 7 2 2 20 14 24 3 .245 .294 .328
52 Eric Bruntlett PHI SS 30.0 90.3 141 19 35 25 7 1 2 15 16 26 6 .248 .325 .355
53 Brandon Fahey BAL SS 27.2 89.4 215 30 50 40 7 2 1 17 17 37 6 .233 .289 .298
54 Ben Zobrist TB SS 26.9 87.7 164 18 41 31 7 1 2 16 14 28 4 .250 .309 .341
55 Ramon Santiago DET SS 28.6 87.6 165 21 41 31 8 1 1 14 8 26 5 .248 .283 .327
56 Anderson Hernandez NYM SS 25.4 85.8 148 16 39 31 6 2 0 10 7 24 4 .264 .297 .331
57 D'Angelo Jimenez STL SS 30.2 84.2 121 18 31 20 8 1 2 11 17 21 2 .256 .348 .388
58 Jason Smith KC SS 30.7 82.6 146 15 35 22 5 2 6 17 8 46 1 .240 .279 .425
59 John McDonald TOR SS 33.5 82.5 178 20 43 33 8 1 1 16 9 27 4 .242 .278 .315
60 Angel Berroa KC SS 30.2 77.9 132 14 33 25 5 1 2 14 6 23 1 .250 .283 .348
61 Sergio Santos TOR SS 24.8 77.3 134 14 32 20 7 0 5 14 10 23 1 .239 .292 .403
62 Royce Clayton BOS SS 38.3 77.2 146 16 37 28 9 0 0 11 10 32 2 .253 .301 .315
63 Joaquin Arias TEX SS 23.5 67.2 60 8