2024 Shortstop Rankings

An All-Star break tradition, here are my mostly-for-fun 2024 player rankings. I’ve done my best to list players where they’ll be 20-game eligible next year, and the free agents-to-be are listed without teams. Players with contract options for next year have an asterisk included with their team names.

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Shortstop rankings

2024	Shortstops	Team	2023	July
1	Trea Turner	Phillies	1	3
2	Bo Bichette	Blue Jays	2	2
3	Mookie Betts	Dodgers	10 OF	4
4	Bobby Witt Jr.	Royals	4	7
5	Wander Franco	Rays	9	6
6	Elly De La Cruz	Reds	31	12
7	Corey Seager	Rangers	6	5
8	Gunnar Henderson	Orioles	7 3B	9
9	Oneil Cruz	Pirates	5	33
10	Trevor Story	Red Sox	17 2B	22 2B
11	Francisco Lindor	Mets	11	11
12	Willy Adames	Brewers	7	10
13	Anthony Volpe	Yankees	14	20
14	Dansby Swanson	Cubs	16	13
15	Matt McLain	Reds	55	14
16	Tim Anderson	White Sox*	8	22
17	Jeremy Pena	Astros	13	15
18	Ezequiel Tovar	Rockies	18	24
19	Tommy Edman	Cardinals	10	16
20	Xander Bogaerts	Padres	21	17
21	Carlos Correa	Twins	17	21
22	Ezequiel Duran	Rangers	58 3B	25
23	Thairo Estrada	Giants	28	19
24	Luis Garcia	Nationals	24	27
25	Jorge Mateo	Orioles	23	26
26	Zach Neto	Angels	NR	36
27	Amed Rosario		12	23
28	Ha-Seong Kim	Padres	26	28
29	CJ Abrams	Nationals	22	37
30	Adalberto Mondesi		20	48
31	Javier Baez	Tigers*	19	35
32	Vaughn Grissom	Braves	29 2B	56
33	J.P. Crawford	Mariners	40	38
34	Ronny Mauricio	Mets	NR	54
35	Orlando Arcia	Braves	47 2B	32
36	Brayan Rocchio	Guardians	NR	NR
37	Geraldo Perdomo	Diamondbacks	NR	39
38	Casey Schmitt	Giants	NR	44
39	Jon Berti	Marlins	23 3B	40
40	Brooks Lee	Twins	NR	NR
41	Chris Taylor	Dodgers	35 2B	45
42	Jordan Lawlar	Diamondbacks	NR	NR
43	Nick Gonzales	Pirates	NR	NR
44	Paul DeJong	Cardinals*	48	51
45	Elvis Andrus		29	43
46	Noelvi Marte	Reds	51	NR
47	Jose Caballero	Mariners	NR	47
48	Gio Urshela		32 3B	NR
49	Masyn Winn	Cardinals	46	NR
50	Jacob Amaya	Marlins	NR	NR
51	Diego Castillo	Diamondbacks	59	NR
52	Tucupita Marcano	Pirates	n/a	53
53	Taylor Walls	Rays	52	52
54	Enrique Hernandez		139 OF	57
55	Gabriel Arias	Guardians	NR	64
56	Miguel Rojas	Dodgers	30	46
57	David Hamilton	Red Sox	57 2B	65
58	Kyle Farmer	Twins	NR	NR
59	Kevin Newman	Reds	41	NR
60	Mauricio Dubon	Astros	44	58
61	Rodolfo Castro	Pirates	n/a	55
62	Luisangel Acuna	Rangers	NR	NR
63	Jackson Holliday	Orioles	NR	NR
64	Marcelo Mayer	Red Sox	NR	NR
65	Liover Peguero	Pirates	NR	NR

• Once again, it’s not a strong free agent class. As poorly as Tim Anderson has played this year, I still imagine his $14 million option ($1 million buyout) will get picked up by the White Sox, or maybe by another team if he’s moved at the deadline. Amed Rosario will likely exit Cleveland for a team that won’t bat him second, so he’s not as highly ranked as usual. Paul DeJong ($12.5 million club option, $2 million buyout) could also move on from St. Louis. Javier Baez can opt out of the four years and $98 million left on his contract, but he will surely stay put.
• It’s tempting to be more aggressive on Elly De La Cruz , but his 60% groundball rate is a problem. Also, as impressive as it is when he gets into one, he’s simply not doing it all that often yet. The caveat here is that he clearly has 50-steal ability, so even if he does disappoint some offensively, he’ll likely remain very valuable. I reserve the right to go higher later, but for now, I have him a third-rounder in 2024.
• I wasn’t sure which Blue Jays prospect to include from the group of Addison Barger , Leo Jimenez and Orelvis Martinez , so none of them made the cut here, even though all are fairly interesting as potential second basemen next to Bo Bichette .