Fantasy Baseball 2012 - Shortstop Rankings (End of Season Update)

• 2 of the top 3 SS in baseball are are the backside of their careers
• SS continues to prove to be such a weak fantasy position

How Fantasy Points Are Scored:

Singles - 1pt

Doubles - 2pts

Triples - 3pts

Homeruns - 2pts

RBI - 2pts

Runs Scored - 2pts

Walks - 1pt

Stolen Bases - 1pt

Pre Season Rank	End of Season Rank	Name	Team	Fantasy Points
10	1	Jimmy Rollins	PHI	656
2	2	José Reyes	MIA	645
7	3	Derek Jeter	NYY	631
9	4	Starlin Castro	CHC	623
4	5	Elvis Andrus	TEX	604
12	6	J.J. Hardy	BAL	558
22	7	Ian Desmond	WAS	553
5	8	Asdrubal Cabrera	CLE	540
14	9	Alcides Escobar	KC	528
6	10	Alexei Ramírez	CWS	498
8	11	Jhonny Peralta	DET	470
11	12	Erick Aybar	LAA	465
16	13	Rafael Furcal	STL	447
20	14	Zack Cozart	CIN	443
#N/A	15	Mike Aviles	BOS	440
19	16	Yunel Escobar	TOR	432
30	17	Jamey Carroll	MIN	418
#N/A	18	Everth Cabrera	SD	358
25	19	Brandon Crawford	SF	356
15	20	Ruben Tejada	NYM	348

All Star Break

I wish I could remember why we had Nick Punto as the Red Sox starter SS but I can't. Mike Aviles has been a huge surpise this season so even if we had ranked him, we would not have had him in our top 10. Other suprises here are Ian Desmond who is finally living up to his potential, and Jed Lowrie who never settled down in Boston. Aviles is my pick to not be on this list in September.

Pre Season Rank	All Star Rank	Name	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Fantasy Points
22	1	Ian Desmond	WAS	82	344	46	98	24	2	17	51	16	69	11	4	0.285	0.316	0.515	0.830	364
4	2	Elvis Andrus	TEX	83	331	51	97	20	5	1	35	38	47	16	6	0.293	0.368	0.393	0.761	354
19	3	Rafael Furcal	STL	83	335	54	92	13	1	5	36	32	39	9	3	0.275	0.337	0.364	0.701	333
9	4	Starlin Castro	CHC	85	344	41	100	10	7	7	43	12	61	16	10	0.291	0.314	0.422	0.736	327
5	5	Asdrubal Cabrera	CLE	76	304	43	87	20	1	11	42	34	45	2	3	0.286	0.364	0.467	0.832	326
10	6	Jimmy Rollins	PHI	84	348	48	89	19	4	8	32	28	53	14	4	0.256	0.310	0.402	0.713	326
7	7	Derek Jeter	NYY	83	360	47	111	16	0	7	25	24	49	7	2	0.308	0.354	0.411	0.765	309
2	8	José Reyes	MIA	84	341	41	90	18	6	3	22	38	34	20	4	0.264	0.336	0.378	0.714	307
#N/A	9	Mike Aviles	BOS	84	327	40	85	22	0	9	44	12	49	9	4	0.260	0.283	0.410	0.693	305
21	10	Jed Lowrie	HOU	78	280	38	71	16	0	14	36	38	56	2	0	0.254	0.343	0.461	0.803	289
Excludes: Hanley Ramirez (3B)

Preseason Ranking

Projected Starting Shortstops courtesy of MLB Depth Charts
** - Breakout Season Candidate

Who Would You Rather Have? Jimmy Rollins vs Derek Jeter

Name	Team	Preseason Ranking
Troy Tulowitzki	COL	1
José Reyes	MIA	2
Stephen Drew	ARI	3
Elvis Andrus	TEX	4
Asdrubal Cabrera	CLE	5
Alexei Ramírez	CWS	6
Derek Jeter	NYY	7
Jhonny Peralta	DET	8
Starlin Castro	CHC	9
Jimmy Rollins	PHI	10

Name	Team	Preseason Ranking
Erick Aybar	LAA	11
J.J. Hardy	BAL	12
Cliff Pennington	OAK	13
Alcides Escobar	KC	14
Dee Gordon	LAD	15
Yunel Escobar	TOR	16
Ruben Tejada	NYM	17
Sean Rodriguez	TB	18
Rafael Furcal	STL	19
Zach Cozart**	CIN	20
Jed Lowrie	HOU	21
Ian Desmond	WAS	22
Clint Barmes	PIT	23
Nick Punto	BOS	24
Brandon Crawford	SF	25
Tyler Pastornicky	ATL	26
Alex Gonzalez	MIL	27
Brendan Ryan	SEA	28
Jason Bartlett	SD	29
Jamey Carroll	MIN	30

Stats from last season

• 3 short stops hit over .300
• 9 others hit over .275
• 6 short stops hit 30+ doubles
• 3 short stops hit 25+ home runs
• 9 others hits at least 10
• 4 short stops had 80+ RBI
• 6 had at least 60
• 4 short stops struck out at least 100 times
• 10 others struck out at least 80 times
• 11 short stops stole at least 20 bases

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