Corey Seager ranks 1st on MLB Network's Top 10 Shortstops Right Now list after posting a career-best 1.013 OPS in 2023
Top 10 shortstops Thanks to two position changes by star players, shortstop is even more loaded entering 2025. Orioles standout Gunnar Henderson, who entered 2024 ranked as the No. 6 third baseman, tops this year’s list at short, while Mookie Betts (last year’s top-ranked second baseman...
but we’d suggest betting against Ronald Acuña Jr doing it. While he should have some of the best MLB stats in 2024, a player hasn’t won consecutive MVP awards since Miguel Cabrera (2012-’13). While the decades-long stretch may end this year, it seems unlikely based on the loaded...
Juan Soto joined Shohei Ohtani as the only two players in MLB history to sign a $700 million contract. Ohtani, age 26 when he entered MLB free agency, signed a 15-year contract with the New York Mets worth $765 million. Unlike Ohtani, the entirety of the total value will be paid out...
All-Time #MLBRank: The 10 greatest shortstopsJul 11, 2016, 09:29 AM ETEmailPrintDo you want big names? Big numbers? Big personalities? Welcome to All-Time #MLBRank, our ranking of the top 100 players in baseball history.To create our list, an ESPN expert panel voted on thousands of...
and Jordan Lawlar, two other recent over-age shortstops who nonetheless were plucked early in the draft. 9. Konnor Griffin, CF/SS, Jackson Prep HS (MI) The quick hook: Star-caliber tools, but sketchy hit-tool projection. Griffin, who reclassified from the 202...
Bogaerts solidified his place among the game's best shortstops in a contract season, hitting .307/.377/.456 with 15 homers and a 5.7 bWAR. Since he entered the majors in 2013, he ranks second in fWAR among all shortstops, trailing just Lindor and ahead of Trea Turner and Correa. ...
A significant amount of money changes hands each offseason in MLB free agency, and this year's crop of available talent led by superstar outfielder Juan Soto…
His defensive numbers, typically very good in 2022 and ’23, took quite a hit, with some suggesting he was among the game’s worst shortstops. It’ll be interesting to see how teams view him there; he’s certainly going to remain at shortstop for now, but it’s going to cut into...
In this case, we might sum up that first take as, ‘It's a poor class.’ There’s truth to that. This is most evidenced by the shortstop and prep bat demographics. In 2023, there were 22 shortstops with top-100 profiles on the consensus board. In 2024, tha...