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2009 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 2009 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.  Final Spring Training update April 4, 2009

 

Catcher   First Base   Second Base   Shortstop   Third Base   OF (1-90)   OF (91-180)   DH

Starting Pitcher (1-100)    Starting Pitcher (101-200)   Relief Pitchers (1-100)   Relief Pitchers (101-200)

 

SS Rank PLAYER TEAM AGE POS FP AB  R  H  1B  2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB  K  SB  BA  OBP  SLG  OPS 
1 Hanley Ramirez FLA 25.3 SS 386.4 586 120 182 106 39 6 31 75 77 108 38 .311 .391 .556 .947
2 Jose Reyes NYM 25.8 SS 375.5 660 115 195 127 35 17 16 65 65 79 60 .295 .359 .473 .831
3 Jimmy Rollins PHI 30.3 SS 332.2 608 107 174 106 38 11 19 74 53 67 41 .286 .343 .479 .822
4 Derek Jeter NYY 34.7 SS 269.6 602 96 180 133 32 3 12 75 56 92 13 .299 .359 .422 .781
5 Jhonny Peralta CLE 26.9 SS 254.6 592 98 163 105 35 2 21 85 56 135 2 .275 .338 .448 .786
6 Michael Young TEX 32.4 SS 254.2 615 89 179 125 40 3 11 83 52 101 9 .291 .346 .420 .766
7 Stephen Drew ARI 26.1 SS 244.8 590 88 166 100 37 9 20 72 47 107 5 .281 .334 .476 .811
8 J.J. Hardy MIL 26.6 SS 244.3 565 81 155 98 29 2 26 78 48 86 3 .274 .331 .471 .802
9 Rafael Furcal LAD 30.6 SS 233.0 500 88 146 104 27 6 9 45 54 64 24 .292 .361 .424 .785
10 Troy Tulowitzki COL 24.5 SS 231.4 565 83 155 100 33 4 18 82 57 103 3 .274 .341 .442 .783
11 Mike Aviles KC 28.1 SS/2B 222.2 565 79 161 113 33 4 11 68 28 73 9 .285 .319 .416 .735
12 Miguel Tejada HOU 34.8 SS 218.6 575 80 161 114 30 3 14 70 36 67 4 .280 .322 .416 .738
13 Orlando Cabrera OAK 34.4 SS 209.7 565 82 157 115 32 3 7 55 45 59 15 .278 .331 .382 .713
14 Yunel Escobar ATL 26.4 SS 205.9 530 75 157 117 30 1 9 61 57 69 4 .296 .365 .408 .772
15 Ryan Theriot CHC 29.3 SS 202.7 534 81 153 121 25 6 1 40 64 53 23 .287 .363 .361 .724
16 Edgar Renteria SF 33.6 SS 200.2 508 73 144 105 27 1 11 56 44 74 9 .283 .341 .406 .746
17 Khalil Greene STL 29.4 SS 199.1 550 67 142 88 34 2 18 74 37 118 5 .258 .305 .425 .730
18 Jason Bartlett TB 29.4 SS 187.6 510 64 145 109 28 6 2 44 36 75 22 .284 .332 .375 .706
19 Yuniesky Betancourt SEA 27.2 SS 187.5 555 68 157 111 34 4 8 55 18 46 6 .283 .305 .402 .707
20 Asdrubal Cabrera CLE 23.4 2B/SS 183.9 450 74 124 86 26 2 10 57 51 83 7 .276 .349 .409 .758
21 Erick Aybar LAA 25.2 SS 165.8 445 62 123 92 21 5 5 47 22 60 13 .276 .310 .380 .690
22 Cristian Guzman WAS 31.0 SS 155.6 500 64 137 102 25 5 5 44 27 64 6 .274 .311 .374 .685
23 Jed Lowrie BOS 24.9 SS/3B 154.3 435 59 115 64 40 4 7 68 58 96 2 .265 .351 .422 .773
24 Clint Barmes COL 30.1 2B/SS 140.3 375 46 100 64 22 5 9 41 16 66 11 .267 .297 .424 .721
25 Marco Scutaro TOR 33.4 SS/2B/3B 139.3 402 59 106 80 19 1 6 48 46 55 5 .264 .339 .361 .700
26 Jack Wilson PIT 31.2 SS 139.2 459 52 128 95 26 1 6 40 27 46 3 .279 .319 .379 .698
27 Nick Punto MIN 31.4 SS/2B 138.9 442 57 113 85 21 5 2 35 45 76 18 .256 .324 .339 .664
28 Emmanuel Burriss SF 24.2 SS/2B 133.7 345 50 95 80 10 4 1 27 32 35 20 .275 .337 .336 .673
29 Cesar Izturis BAL 29.2 SS 125.5 455 51 116 99 14 2 1 27 29 28 18 .255 .300 .301 .601
30 Elvis Andrus TEX 20.6 SS 124.1 333 53 81 63 13 3 2 35 25 75 19 .243 .296 .318 .614
31 Maicer Izturis LAA 28.5 SS/2B 123.4 295 45 81 58 16 3 4 40 28 30 10 .275 .337 .390 .727
32 Alex Gonzalez CIN 32.1 SS 121.6 330 44 88 55 22 1 10 44 20 62 1 .267 .309 .430 .739
33 Jerry Hairston Jr. CIN 32.9 OF/SS 120.8 298 47 78 56 16 1 5 35 26 44 12 .262 .321 .372 .693
34 David Eckstein SD 34.2 SS/2B 118.4 445 49 123 98 23 0 2 30 32 35 4 .276 .325 .342 .667
35 Brandon Wood LAA 24.1 3B/SS 106.8 288 38 69 42 15 1 11 38 19 79 6 .240 .287 .413 .700
36 Adam Everett DET 32.2 SS 102.7 387 46 91 64 20 3 4 48 31 51 4 .235 .292 .333 .625
37 Brendan Ryan STL 27.0 2B/SS 102.1 305 43 79 62 14 0 3 27 24 42 10 .259 .313 .334 .647
38 Julio Lugo BOS 33.3 SS 100.9 300 36 78 55 19 1 3 30 29 50 12 .258 .324 .356 .680
39 Nomar Garciaparra OAK 35.7 SS 100.2 246 33 67 47 12 1 7 40 20 20 2 .272 .327 .415 .742
40 Aaron Miles CHC 32.3 2B/SS 94.7 295 38 85 69 11 2 3 24 18 30 2 .288 .329 .369 .699
41 Omar Infante ATL 27.2 3B/SS/OF 93.1 269 38 75 53 16 3 3 31 17 43 2 .279 .322 .394 .716
42 Brendan Harris MIN 28.6 SS/2B/3B 86.0 255 34 69 45 18 1 5 29 25 60 1 .271 .336 .408 .744
43 Ben Zobrist TB 27.9 SS 80.5 213 29 54 37 9 1 7 27 24 39 4 .254 .329 .404 .733
44 John McDonald TOR 34.5 SS 77.5 228 25 65 49 12 2 2 23 13 39 5 .285 .324 .382 .705
45 Jeff Keppinger HOU 29.0 SS 77.4 250 30 70 53 14 1 2 26 19 14 2 .279 .330 .362 .692
46 Luis O. Rodriguez SD 28.8 SS 71.8 308 33 80 62 14 2 2 22 25 25 1 .260 .315 .338 .653
47 Ramon Vazquez PIT 32.6 3B/SS 70.9 229 32 58 42 11 1 4 26 26 53 1 .253 .329 .362 .692
48 Ronny Cedeno SEA 26.2 SS/2B 69.8 207 28 54 41 9 1 3 23 12 40 4 .261 .301 .357 .659
49 Everth Cabrera SD 22.4 SS 66.2 173 27 43 30 8 4 1 12 14 35 13 .249 .305 .358 .663
50 Bobby Crosby OAK 29.2 SS 64.0 235 27 56 38 13 1 4 25 20 42 3 .238 .298 .353 .651
51 Ramon Santiago DET 29.6 SS/2B 63.1 165 28 44 31 8 1 4 18 15 26 2 .267 .328 .400 .728
52 Craig Counsell MIL 38.6 3B/SS 56.9 225 30 52 38 11 1 2 20 34 38 4 .231 .332 .316 .648
53 Eric Bruntlett PHI 31.0 SS/3B/OF 55.1 175 25 40 29 9 0 2 16 19 31 8 .229 .304 .314 .618
54 Brent Lillibridge CHW 25.6 SS 55.0 167 21 38 24 9 2 3 20 11 39 7 .228 .275 .359 .635
55 Alcides Escobar MIL 22.3 SS 53.7 133 20 37 30 5 1 1 16 7 14 5 .278 .314 .353 .668
56 Angel Berroa NYY 31.2 SS 47.9 175 21 43 30 9 1 3 18 14 32 1 .246 .302 .360 .662
57 Omar Vizquel TEX 41.9 SS 46.4 221 20 53 44 8 1 0 19 20 24 4 .240 .303 .285 .588
58 Alex Cora NYM 33.5 SS 41.9 162 20 41 30 7 3 1 13 12 18 2 .253 .305 .352 .656
59 Chin-lung Hu LAD 25.2 SS/2B 41.7 162 22 37 27 6 2 2 14 10 22 3 .228 .273 .327 .600
60 Augie Ojeda ARI 34.3 2B/3B/SS 38.7 173 22 42 34 6 2 0 15 20 19 1 .243 .321 .301 .622
61 Luis Rivas CHC 29.6 2B/SS 31.1 150 19 33 27 4 1 1 14 10 21 1 .220 .269 .280 .549
62 Paul Janish CIN 26.5 SS 29.6 135 13 30 21 6 0 3 13 10 29 1 .221 .277 .327 .604
63 Brian Bixler PIT 26.5 SS 27.1 110 17 24 19 3 1 1 7 8 34 3 .218 .271 .291 .562
64 Omar Quintanilla COL 27.5 2B/SS 22.1 100 12 23 15 7 0 1 8 8 22 1 .230