July Shortstop Rankings

Presented here are the July rest-of-season position rankings and overall top 300. Players are ranked based on 5x5 value in mixed leagues.

I’ll be back with my way-too-early 2024 rankings at the All-Star break.

Click to see other July rankings:
Top 300 | SP | RP | OF | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | C

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Shortstop Rankings

July	Shortstops	Team	2023	May	June
1	Fernando Tatis Jr.	Padres	3	3	3
2	Bo Bichette	Blue Jays	2	1	1
3	Trea Turner	Phillies	1	2	2
4	Mookie Betts	Dodgers	n/a	4	4
5	Corey Seager	Rangers	6	9	7
6	Wander Franco	Rays	9	6	5
7	Bobby Witt Jr.	Royals	4	5	6
8	Nico Hoerner	Cubs	15	8	8
9	Gunnar Henderson	Orioles	n/a	11	12
10	Willy Adames	Brewers	7	7	10
11	Francisco Lindor	Mets	11	12	11
12	Elly De La Cruz	Reds	31	36	17
13	Dansby Swanson	Cubs	16	16	14
14	Matt McLain	Reds	55	49	22
15	Jeremy Pena	Astros	13	19	16
16	Tommy Edman	Cardinals	10	15	13
17	Xander Bogaerts	Padres	21	17	18
18	Bryson Stott	Phillies	25	25	23
19	Thairo Estrada	Giants	28	22	26
20	Anthony Volpe	Yankees	14	13	15
21	Carlos Correa	Twins	17	20	20
22	Tim Anderson	White Sox	8	10	9
23	Amed Rosario	Guardians	12	18	21
24	Ezequiel Tovar	Rockies	18	24	25
25	Ezequiel Duran	Rangers	n/a	59	40
26	Jorge Mateo	Orioles	23	14	19
27	Luis Garcia	Nationals	24	26	24
28	Ha-Seong Kim	Padres	26	27	30
29	Jordan Westburg	Orioles	38	50	50
30	Royce Lewis	Twins	35	43	27
31	Maikel Garcia	Royals	NR	60	47
32	Orlando Arcia	Braves	n/a	44	36
33	Oneil Cruz	Pirates	5	37	39
34	Luis Urias	Brewers	27	38	33
35	Javier Baez	Tigers	19	23	31
36	Zach Neto	Angels	NR	31	35
37	CJ Abrams	Nationals	22	28	28
38	J.P. Crawford	Mariners	40	39	37
39	Geraldo Perdomo	Diamondbacks	NR	56	46
40	Jon Berti	Marlins	n/a	29	34
41	Dylan Moore	Mariners	32	40	38
42	Willi Castro	Twins	n/a	n/a	42
43	Elvis Andrus	White Sox	29	34	43
44	Casey Schmitt	Giants	n/a	n/a	29
45	Chris Taylor	Dodgers	n/a	53	53
46	Miguel Rojas	Dodgers	30	41	52
47	Jose Caballero	Mariners	NR	NR	41
48	Adalberto Mondesi	Red Sox	20	21	32
49	Oswald Peraza	Yankees	37	48	56
50	Brice Turang	Brewers	33	32	44
51	Paul DeJong	Cardinals	48	58	51
52	Taylor Walls	Rays	52	54	58
53	Tucupita Marcano	Pirates	n/a	n/a	49
54	Ronny Mauricio	Mets	NR	NR	55
55	Rodolfo Castro	Pirates	n/a	33	54
56	Vaughn Grissom	Braves	n/a	30	45
57	Enrique Hernandez	Red Sox	n/a	47	57
58	Mauricio Dubon	Astros	44	45	61
59	Joey Wendle	Marlins	36	57	NR
60	Brandon Crawford	Giants	39	61	NR
61	Edmundo Sosa	Phillies	42	46	62
62	Zack Short	Tigers	NR	NR	NR
63	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	Yankees	34	52	64
64	Gabriel Arias	Guardians	n/a	n/a	59
65	David Hamilton	Red Sox	n/a	n/a	n/a

Dropping off: Gio Urshela (48th), Alan Trejo (60th), Joey Ortiz (63nd), Brayan Rocchio (65th)

• I know some will argue that Elly De La Cruz is already a top 20 fantasy bat, maybe even top 10. Still, what scares me quite a bit more than his 31% strikeout rate is his 63% groundball rate. De La Cruz has about as much top-end power as anyone in the NL, but he’s not making the most of it with his 32 grounders, seven flies and 12 liners through 19 games. Maybe he’ll get it fixed in short order - he was pretty much average in the GB/FB department in the minors - but if not, he’s going to run into issues.
• The Orioles haven’t committed to playing the newly recalled Jordan Westburg regularly against right-handers, but it seems like a good sign that he got the nod over Jorge Mateo on Wednesday. He checks in at No. 258 on the top 300, though I’d have him a good 30-40 spots higher if I knew for sure that he’d be a full-timer. Mateo is down to No. 228. He still has plenty of fantasy upside, but his .618 OPS doesn’t warrant a lineup spot at the moment.