Early 2025 Fantasy Baseball Shortstop Rankings

An All-Star break tradition, here are my mostly-for-fun 2025 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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Early 2025 Shortstop rankings

2025	Shortstops	Team	2024	July
1	Bobby Witt Jr.	Royals	1	1
2	Gunnar Henderson	Orioles	7	2
3	Elly De La Cruz	Reds	4	3
4	Mookie Betts	Dodgers	1 2B	14
5	CJ Abrams	Nationals	6	4
6	Trea Turner	Phillies	2	6
7	Corey Seager	Rangers	5	5
8	Francisco Lindor	Mets	9	7
9	Oneil Cruz	Pirates	8	8
10	Bo Bichette	Blue Jays	3	9
11	Ezequiel Tovar	Rockies	14	11
12	Anthony Volpe	Yankees	13	10
13	Willy Adames		18	16
14	Zach Neto	Angels	17	22
15	Jeremy Pena	Astros	16	19
16	Masyn Winn	Cardinals	27	23
17	Carlos Correa	Twins	19	13
18	Ceddanne Rafaela	Red Sox	68 OF	24
19	Ha-Seong Kim	Padres*	20	17
20	Trevor Story	Red Sox	12	NR
21	Dansby Swanson	Cubs	15	20
22	David Hamilton	Red Sox	49	28
23	Willi Castro	Twins	36 3B	26
24	Amed Rosario		33	32
25	J.P. Crawford	Mariners	26	34
26	Jacob Wilson	Athletics	NR	NR
27	Jordan Lawlar	Diamondbacks	43	51
28	Xavier Edwards	Marlins	40 2B	45 2B
29	Carson Williams	Rays	94	NR
30	Jose Caballero	Rays	31	30
31	Brayan Rocchio	Guardians	41	42
32	Josh H. Smith	Rangers	75	41
33	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	Blue Jays	NR	NR
34	Colson Montgomery	White Sox	65	NR
35	Dylan Moore	Mariners	42 2B	33
36	Nacho Alvarez Jr.	Braves	NR	NR
37	Osleivis Basabe	Rays	62	NR
38	Orlando Arcia	Braves	32	38
39	Marcelo Meyer	Red Sox	93	NR
40	Javier Baez	Tigers	34	45
41	Blaze Alexander	Diamondbacks	57	NR
42	Casey Schmitt	Giants	61	NR
43	Edmundo Sosa	Phillies	61 3B	48
44	Romy Gonzalez	Red Sox	55 2B	NR
45	Trey Sweeney	Dodgers	108	NR
46	Javier Sanoja	Marlins	NR	NR
47	Miguel Rojas	Dodgers*	71	NR
48	Marco Luciano	Giants	48	55
49	Adalberto Mondesi		36	NR
50	Cole Young	Mariners	NR	NR

• There’s a huge drop-off after Dansby Swanson at No. 20; I have Swanson ranked 124th among position players and No. 21 shortstop David Hamilton 186th. Of course, some of those youngsters in the 20s and 30s could move up quickly if they get second half auditions and impress.

• I’m guessing Amed Rosario will get a starting job in free agency this time around; he should have last winter, but the Rays ended up landing him on a bargain $1.5 million contract. He belongs at second base, not shortstop, these days, but that’s fine. He’s hit .308/.332/.418 for a 115 OPS+, which ranks third on the Rays.

• The bottom of the list is weak enough that I even had some room for Adalberto Mondesi, even though he hasn’t played since suffering a torn ACL in Apr. 2022. He’s still just 29, incredibly enough.