Top 40 Shortstop Rankings for 2020 Fantasy Baseball

The Fantrax Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit officially kicked off on New Year’s Day but we started with our 2020 fantasy baseball rankings long before that. We started at catcher shortly after the Nationals won the 2019 World Series and we’ve been working our way around the fantasy diamond. Things started out on a bit of a down note at catcher and first base, but started to warm up at second base. Our analysts really started to get excited when they dug into third base and our shortstop rankings have them foaming at the mouth.

Don’t take it from me though. Here’s what each of our rankers had to say about the position. Evidently shortstop is no longer just for speedsters and defensive specialists.

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2020 Shortstop Outlook

Nathan Dokken – @NathanDokken – Author Archive

The way you attack Shortstop in 2020 is going to determine much of your roster construction. There are a ton of elite options, many of whom will come off the board in the first two rounds. Most of those options are huge contributors in the dwindling stolen base category.

If you choose to go SP/SP in the early rounds of your draft (a very viable option) or focus on other more scarce offensive positions, you’re going to need a contingency plan for your speed. The position as a whole is as deep as it’s been in a long time – maybe ever – so if you choose to eschew the elite options, there are plenty of strong fallback bats who will be available in the mid-to-late rounds.

Eric Cross – @EricCross04 – Author Archive

Ah, the magical shortstop position. Once known for its offensive juggernauts in the steroid era, shortstop endured a small decline in the mid-2000’s before storming back into the stacked powerhouse it is today. This position is absolutely loaded, both in terms of depth and star power. It’s so deep, guys like Carlos Correa are borderline top-10 SS options now. With the emergence of Bo Bichette and Fernando Tatis Jr., we have two more elite options to choose from, and if you want to wait until later, there’s plenty of good value to be had after pick 100 at this position. Don’t forget about guys like Kevin Newman and Nico Hoerner in the late rounds, as both can provide solid value across the board.

Mike Kurland – @Mike_Kurland – Author Archive

Shortstop is by far the deepest of the infield positions. It has the deepest pool of high-end talent. I’d feel comfortable going into the season with one of up to 20 shortstops as my starter and even beyond that, there are some lottery tickets that could be starters sooner than later for most fantasy teams as well. From top to bottom it is arguably the best position to this point. There’s a good chance I’d be targeting shortstop for my MI slot as well. If you miss on the top tiers of the shortstop rankings, the fallback options are solid and because of this shortstop has become a position I’m not stressing at all this year and I don’t make it a priority to draft. I let the best value at the position fall to me at some point throughout the draft.

Jorge Montanez – @JMontanez90 – Author Archive

I’m old enough to remember when positional scarcity was a thing when it came to the shortstop rankings. Now, we’re looking at the deepest and most exciting position in the infield. It starts at the top with Francisco Lindor, Trevor Story, Alex Bregman, Fernando Tatis Jr., and Trea Turner rounding out my first tier.

The next group can go eight to nine players deep from Xander Bogaerts to Manny Machado. Gleyber Torres is in the mix just inside the top 10. If you recall our second base rankings, Torres was a top-three option there. Can Bo Bichette build on his successful first stint in the majors? Can Carlos Correa deliver a full healthy season? Is Marcus Semien for real? All questions that I just can’t wait to see play out.

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More 2020 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | SP | RP

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2020 Shortstop Rankings for Mixed Leagues

Cons.	Player	Dokken	Cross	Kurland	Montanez	Mammino
1	Francisco Lindor	1	1	2	1	1
2	Trevor Story	3	2	1	2	2
3	Trea Turner	4	4	4	3	3
4	Alex Bregman	5	3	3	4	5
5	Fernando Tatis Jr.	2	5	6	5	4
6	Xander Bogaerts	6	6	5	6	6
7	Javier Baez	10	7	7	7	8
8	Gleyber Torres	9	9	9	8	7
9	Bo Bichette	12	8	8	10	13
10	Carlos Correa	15	10	10	9	9
10	Jonathan Villar	8	11	11	11	12
12	Adalberto Mondesi	7	12	13	12	10
13	Manny Machado	11	13	12	13	11
14	Tim Anderson	17	14	15	14	15
14	Marcus Semien	16	16	14	15	14
16	Jorge Polanco	14	15	17	18	19
16	Corey Seager	18	17	16	16	16
18	Elvis Andrus	13	18	18	19	17
19	Amed Rosario	19	23	19	17	18
20	Kevin Newman	24	20	20	20	20
21	Didi Gregorius	22	21	21	22	22
22	Jean Segura	20	22	23	23	21
23	Paul DeJong	21	19	22	28	23
24	Scott Kingery	27	24	25	24	23
24	Nico Hoerner	23	25	27	21	27
26	Dansby Swanson	28	29	24	25	25
27	Willy Adames	25	27	28	26	26
28	Carter Kieboom	26	26	26	27	40
29	Nick Ahmed	29	30	30	31	29
30	Jon Berti	33	28	36	29	28
31	David Fletcher	30	32	31	32	33
32	Luis Urias	32	35	34	30	30
33	Freddy Galvis	34	31	28	33	37
34	Andrelton Simmons	35	34	32	34	31
35	Chris Taylor	31	33	33	35	50
36	Niko Goodrum	36	50	35	36	32
37	Jose Peraza	40	39	40	40	34
38	Leury Garcia	38	36	50	37	36
39	J.P. Crawford	37	50	37	39	35
40	Tim Beckham	39	37	50	38	50
41	Jose Iglesias	50	40	39	50	38
42	Orlando Arcia	50	38	50	50	50
42	Nicky Lopez	50	50	38	50	50
44	Brandon Crawford	50	50	50	50	39

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