Here is the May edition of my rest-of-season position rankings and overall top 300 for 5x5 leagues. As you might have noticed, the weekly Strike Zone is off the menu for load management reasons this year. However, I plan to continue to present monthly rankings updates in this spot.
As always, players are ranked by position and then combined into an overall top 300 list.
Click to see other May rankings:
Top 300 | SP | RP | OF | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | C
Shortstop Rankings
| May | Shortstops | Team | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bo Bichette | Blue Jays | 2 |
| 2 | Trea Turner | Phillies | 1 |
| 3 | Fernando Tatis Jr. | Padres | 3 |
| 4 | Mookie Betts | Dodgers | n/a |
| 5 | Bobby Witt Jr. | Royals | 4 |
| 6 | Wander Franco | Rays | 9 |
| 7 | Willy Adames | Brewers | 7 |
| 8 | Nico Hoerner | Cubs | 15 |
| 9 | Corey Seager | Rangers | 6 |
| 10 | Tim Anderson | White Sox | 8 |
| 11 | Gunnar Henderson | Orioles | n/a |
| 12 | Francisco Lindor | Mets | 11 |
| 13 | Anthony Volpe | Yankees | 14 |
| 14 | Jorge Mateo | Orioles | 23 |
| 15 | Tommy Edman | Cardinals | 10 |
| 16 | Dansby Swanson | Cubs | 16 |
| 17 | Xander Bogaerts | Padres | 21 |
| 18 | Amed Rosario | Guardians | 12 |
| 19 | Jeremy Peña | Astros | 13 |
| 20 | Carlos Correa | Twins | 17 |
| 21 | Adalberto Mondesi | Red Sox | 20 |
| 22 | Thairo Estrada | Giants | 28 |
| 23 | Javier Báez | Tigers | 19 |
| 24 | Ezequiel Tovar | Rockies | 18 |
| 25 | Bryson Stott | Phillies | 25 |
| 26 | Luis Garcia | Nationals | 24 |
| 27 | Ha-Seong Kim | Padres | 26 |
| 28 | CJ Abrams | Nationals | 22 |
| 29 | Jon Berti | Marlins | n/a |
| 30 | Vaughn Grissom | Braves | n/a |
| 31 | Zach Neto | Angels | NR |
| 32 | Brice Turang | Brewers | 33 |
| 33 | Rodolfo Castro | Pirates | n/a |
| 34 | Elvis Andrus | White Sox | 29 |
| 35 | Gio Urshela | Angels | n/a |
| 36 | Elly De La Cruz | Reds | 31 |
| 37 | Oneil Cruz | Pirates | 5 |
| 38 | Luis Urías | Brewers | 27 |
| 39 | J.P. Crawford | Mariners | 40 |
| 40 | Dylan Moore | Mariners | 32 |
| 41 | Miguel Rojas | Dodgers | 30 |
| 42 | Alan Trejo | Rockies | 43 |
| 43 | Royce Lewis | Twins | 35 |
| 44 | Orlando Arcia | Braves | n/a |
| 45 | Mauricio Dubón | Astros | 44 |
| 46 | Edmundo Sosa | Phillies | 42 |
| 47 | Enrique Hernandez | Red Sox | n/a |
| 48 | Oswald Peraza | Yankees | 37 |
| 49 | Matt McLain | Reds | 55 |
| 50 | Jordan Westburg | Orioles | 38 |
| 51 | Joey Ortiz | Orioles | NR |
| 52 | Isiah Kiner-Falefa | Yankees | 34 |
| 53 | Chris Taylor | Dodgers | n/a |
| 54 | Taylor Walls | Rays | 52 |
| 55 | Jose Barrero | Reds | 45 |
| 56 | Geraldo Perdomo | Diamondbacks | NR |
| 57 | Joey Wendle | Marlins | 36 |
| 58 | Paul DeJong | Cardinals | 48 |
| 59 | Ezequiel Duran | Rangers | n/a |
| 60 | Maikel Garcia | Royals | NR |
| 61 | Brandon Crawford | Giants | 39 |
| 62 | Nick Ahmed | Diamondbacks | NR |
| 63 | Masyn Winn | Cardinals | 46 |
| 64 | Josh H. Smith | Rangers | n/a |
| 65 | Noelvi Marte | Reds | 51 |
Dropping off: Kevin Newman (41st), Otto Lopez (47th), Braden Shewmake (49th), Nicky Lopez (50th), Jose Iglesias (53rd), Andrew Velazquez (54th)
- One of my biggest errors this spring was dropping Jorge Mateo some in the rankings. I didn’t think playing time would be an issue for him initially, but I was worried about Jordan Westburg or Joey Ortiz overtaking him at shortstop. Perhaps that still might happen later on if Mateo falls back into bad habits, but his start has been incredible; he’s striking out at half his career rate while showing substantially more power anyway. There’s still a lot to like about the Orioles’ prospects behind him, but it doesn’t seem worth worrying about at the moment.
