Baseball America's Top 75 Fantasy Shortstops

[Seth Stohs]

I enjoy lists like this, especially for those who play fantasy baseball. I am in one keeper league with a 29-man roster and a 30-man minor league roster. Definitely interesting. Dynasty is a keeper league in which once you have a player on your roster, you have that player until you make the decision to let them go. You could draft Justin Verlander and have him for 1 or 2 years, or you could draft Jackson Chourio and have him on your roster for the next 20 years. 

With that background, Baseball America is in the middle of a series in which they have been ranking the top 50 players by position in terms of their value in a dynasty league today... (please click on the link for much more... but discuss here).  They ranked the top 75 shortstops. 

Here are Twins, AL Central players, and whoever is #1... I'll split these up by position so that we can get into more depth on the individuals. 

Shortstop:  
#1: Bobby Witt, Jr, Royals 
#24: Carlos Correa, Twins 
#38: Brooks Lee, Twins
#43: Brayan Rocchio, Guardians
#63: Austin Martin, Twins  
#69: Kevin McGonigle, Tigers 

Obviously there has been a major influx in high-caliber shortstops called up in the past year or so. (Think, Elly De La Cruz, O'Neil Cruz, Jackson Holliday, etc.) Those players will be around for a long time which is what matters in dynasty drafts. Similarly Brooks Lee and Austin Martin made the list. Looking around the AL Central, Bobby Witt Jr is awesome, the best all-around prospect I've ever seen in person before the big leagues. However, Javier Baez isn't on there. Is Rocchio the Guardians shortstop from Day 1 in 2024? Who will play SS for the White Sox in 2024? 

[Rik19753]

Crazy to think not a single player from the White Sox made the list. Isn't Colson Montgomery, their top rated prospect, a SS?