Shortstop Rankings: RotoGraphs Consensus

by Eno Sarris - March 13, 2012

Consensus Ranks: OF, C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, and RP and SP.

Tiered Ranks: C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, NL OF, AL SP, NL SP, Holds.

Oh Dee Gordon! Expect more Dee Gordon coverage. Because that guy is a buck-twenty-five soaking wet, can’t take a walk to save his life, and might have problems getting out of a paper bag with a bat. But he’s got elite speed and plays shortstop, so he’ll be an important player worth considering from different angles. Emilio Bonifacio might not actually play the position in real life, but he can join this particular party.

The rest of the list features a lot of agreement, even if some of us like Tyler Pastornicky a little more than others. Jhonny Peralta could regress and still be pretty valuable, so it’s not surprising that he showed up in different slots on the list. Oh, and look at this — the Mets fan once again hates on the Mets guy on the rankings. Something something self-hatred. But Ruben Tejada has maybe .280/20 upside, and even if Ryan Theriot (lite) with a glove is useful for a Major League team, it might not be great for your fantasy team.

The shortstops!

Player Name	Eno Sarris	Mike Podhorzer	Jeff Zimmerman	Zach Sanders	Staff Consensus	FantasyPros All Experts
Troy Tulowitzki	1	1	1	1	1	view
Jose Reyes	2	3	3	2	2	view
Hanley Ramirez	3	2	2	5	3	view
Starlin Castro	5	4	4	3	4	view
Elvis Andrus	6	8	5	4	5	view
Asdrubal Cabrera	4	6	7	6	5	view
Jimmy Rollins	7	5	9	7	6	view
Dee Gordon	12	7	6	8	7	view
Alexei Ramirez	8	10	8	9	8	view
Derek Jeter	11	9	10	11	9	view
Erick Aybar	15	11	12	10	10	view
Jhonny Peralta	9	12	17	12	11	view
J.J. Hardy	10	13	15	14	12	view
Yunel Escobar	14	14	13	13	13	view
Emilio Bonifacio	13	22	11	16	14	view
Ian Desmond	18	17	14	18	15	view
Zack Cozart	17	19	16	15	15	view
Marco Scutaro	16	15	19	17	15	view
Stephen Drew	19	23	18	19	16	view
Alcides Escobar	23	16	21	20	17	view
Cliff Pennington	22	21	20	21	18	view
Rafael Furcal	25	20	22	29	19	view
Tyler Pastornicky	28	18	29	23	20	view
Jason Bartlett	26	25	24	26	21	view
Jed Lowrie	20	24	30	30	22	view
Mike Aviles	21	–	31	22	23	view
Sean Rodriguez	30	27	23	28	24	view
Jamey Carroll	27	–	25	25	24	view
Ruben Tejada	–	30	26	24	25	view
Alexi Casilla	24	26	–	–	26	view
Alex Gonzalez	–	28	28	27	27	view
Clint Barmes	–	29	27	32	28	view
Ryan Theriot	29	–	–	–	29	view

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Eno Sarris manages the RotoGraphs blog when he's not asking players about stats. Follow his misadventures in writing on Twitter @enosarris or www.enosarris.com. You can chat with him here about baseball (real and fantasy) and beer at FanGraphs most Thursdays at noon eastern time, if you like.

8 Responses to “Shortstop Rankings: RotoGraphs Consensus”

1. TheGrandslamwich says:

   March 13, 2012 at 1:45 pm

   For the love of god stop hyping Dee Gordon! Stop it! I want my steals cheaper.
   

   

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2. kid says:

   March 13, 2012 at 3:45 pm

   I’m too scared to take Tulo, Hanley or Reyes, yet too prideful to take Alexei, Jeets or Peralta. Thus, I own Yunel.
   

   

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3. Rorish says:

   March 13, 2012 at 9:11 pm

   Guys, Gordon is trendy – hype him so people pay a lot for him. He is a very fast kid, but besides speed (plenty) theres is nothing else, maybe a 290 average but even that is optimistic. He is a 1 category player. Some of you ranked him ahead of Cabrera, who even with a 70-15-65-15 270 line is better then him. I even prefer J.J.Hardy then him. Anyway, thats the beauty of it, otherwise we would all dress yellow.
   Cheers
   

   

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4. j-bones says:

   March 14, 2012 at 1:23 am

   I on the other hand waited until the end, and spent $1 on Zach Cozart. Will it pay off? Most definitely not
   

   

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5. Ender says:

   March 14, 2012 at 9:12 am

   I think Gordon could easily be the biggest bust in fantasy baseball this year since he is being drafted so aggressively. Even if he does end up stealing 60 it won’t come with all that much value since he will hurt you in RBI/HR and quite possibly AVG.

   I don’t think SS is shallow at all either. It is just bottom heavy. Just like C in a 12 team league being bottom heavy means you can let it slide until late rounds. To me I absolutely hate going out of the top 6 rounds without filling my 1B/3B this season because the talent just dries up so fast after the early rounds. There is always a fairly valued SS sitting there at almost every round, the talent just isn’t top heavy like the CI are.
   

   

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   • The Kid says:

     March 22, 2012 at 2:36 pm

     So you’d rather have Erick Aybar and Alcedis Escobar than Billy Butler, Ike Davis, Mark Reynolds, David Freese etc. Cool
     

     

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6. Keystone Heavy says:

   March 22, 2012 at 12:52 am

   Is there a chance that Hanley totally gives up the SS label on ESPN/Yahoo if Reyes never budges from the spot? I’m not really familiar with how they do that.
   

   

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   • Ray says:

     March 22, 2012 at 3:05 pm

     He’ll be a SS the whole year. Probably not next year unless Reyes gets hurt but this year he’s good
     

     

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