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Shortstops, ah, the shallowest of all the positions. You will notice in my rankings how shallow the position is because there are only two players in Tier 1 and none in Tier 2. In fact, it is so shallow that Tier 5 starts at the 12th ranked SS, meaning at least one owner in a 12-team mixed league draft is going to be very weak at the position.
There is little hope with guys gaining shortstop eligibility outside of Sean Rodriguez and he is no guarantee to put up better numbers than anyone in the top 20.
With that, here are my rankings for shortstop:
| Rank | Player | Tier |
| 1 | Hanley Ramirez | 1 |
| 1a | Troy Tulowitzki | 1 |
| 3 | Jose Reyes | 3 |
| 4 | Jimmy Rollins | 3 |
| 5 | Derek Jeter | 3 |
| 6 | Alexei Ramirez | 3 |
| 7 | Stephen Drew | 3 |
| 8 | Rafael Furcal | 4 |
| 9 | Ian Desmond | 4 |
| 10 | Elvis Andrus | 4 |
| 11 | Starlin Castro | 4 |
| 12 | Mike Aviles | 5 |
| 13 | Asdrubal Cabrera | 5 |
| 14 | Tsuyoshi Nishioka | 5 |
| 15 | Juan Uribe | 5 |
| 16 | Jason Bartlett | 5 |
| 17 | Yunel Escobar | 5 |
| 18 | J.J. Hardy | 5 |
| 19 | Eric Aybar | 6 |
| 20 | Cliff Pennington | 6 |
| 21 | Reid Brignac | 6 |
| 22 | Alcides Escobar | 6 |
| 23 | Yuniesky Betancourt | 6 |
| 24 | Marco Scutaro | 6 |
| 25 | Miguel Tejada | 6 |
| 26 | Jhonny Peralta | 6 |
| 27 | Alex Gonzalez | 6 |
| 28 | Jed Lowrie | 6 |
| 29 | Ryan Theriot | 7 |
| 30 | Omar Infante | 7 |
| 31 | Maicer Izturis | 7 |
| 32 | Alexi Casilla | 7 |
| 33 | Dee Gordon | 7 |
| 34 | Grant Green | 7 |
| 35 | Jason Donald | 7 |
| Three I’d Reach For | Reason |
| Troy Tulowitzki | Will make a legit run at top SS. If I had the 2nd pick it the draft I’d fight between Tulo and Han-Ram. |
| Stephen Drew | Very underrated, could a monster 2011. Might take him over Jeter & Alexei if I’m feeling froggy. |
| Jason Bartlett | Career LHP splits: .318/.383/.444 and 40% LHP in NL West. I’ll take that late in a draft. |
| Three I’ll Let Pass | Reason |
| Elvis Andrus | Zero power and kills me in my OPS league. I’ll let others reach for him. |
| Alcides Escobar | A poor man’s already poor Andrus. Only if I’m desperate. Ranked WAY too high. |
| Miguel Tejada | If I have to take him then something went very very wrong. Only useful in NL-only formats. |
| Top 3 Rookie SS | Reason |
| Tsuyoshi Nishioka | Should hit for AVG and could be a double digit contributor in homers and steals. |
| Dee Gordon | With Fucal’s injury history he could be next in line and offer cheap steals. |
| Grant Green | Could be up this year and brings a good bat for the position. |
-Jonathan C. Mitchell can be found writing about the Tampa Bay Rays at his other site Figure Filbert and on twitter at @FigureFilbert
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