S1 - Best Players - Shortstop Edition

Jessica Fletcher - contributing reporter


Jessica Fletcher here, with another edition of Best Player; shifting again this time across second base over to shortstop and changing to only 3 tiers for this one. 

  • Benny 'The Jet' Rodriguez (The Sandlot)
    • Arquimedes Villanueva (Chi) - 26 yr old

    • Tanner Boyle (Bad News Bears)
      • Joe Winston (Bal) - 28 yr old
      • Oswaldo Candelaria (Swb) - 34 yr old
      • David Horton 'Hears A Who' (Tac) - 25 yr old
      • Wilfredo Melendez (Tex) - 29 yr old
    • Snoopy (Peanuts)
      • Alex Ortiz (NY) - 23 yr old
      • Junior Gonzalez (Cle) - 31 yr old
      • Allie McBride (Dur) - 22 yr old
      • Felipe Tabata (Cle) - 29 yr old
      • David Feldman (Sco) - 27 yr old
      • Edwar Gutierrez (CSP) - 30 yr old

    But let's dive into the specifics

    • Best All Around Defense
      • Omar Rodriguez (Tex) - 92 range, 91 glove, 98 arm, 97 accuracy
      • Bosco Frazier (Fre) - 89 range, 90 glove, 96 arm, 99 accuracy
      • Yeico Felix (Tre) - 93 range, 88 glove, 91 arm, 91 accuracy
      • Steve Ricarrdi (MC) - 94 range, 89 glove, 90 arm, 97 accuracy
      • Kenny Laffey (VC) - 89 range, 94 glove, 91 arm, 96 accuracy
      • Wilfredo Polanco (Mnt) - 89 range, 88 glove, 98 arm, 95 accuracy
    • Most Power
      • Wayne Wolf (Syr) - 100
      • Arquimedes Villanueva (Chi) - 94
      • Bill Gonzales (NO) - 76
      • David Horton 'Hears a Who' (Tac) - 74
    • Highest Contact Hitter
      • Raul Mendez (Bal) - 96
      • Steve Ricarrdi (MC) - 94
      • Ron House (StL) - 86
      • David Horton (Tac) & Edwar Gutierrez (CSP) - 82
    • Best Eye
      • Wilfredo Melendez (Tex) - 83
      • Rico Ambriz (Syr) - 81
      • Keith Sowders (SLC) - 80
      • Douglas Altherr (VC) - 79
    • Highest Paid
      • Oswaldo Candelaria (Swb), Junior Gonzalez (Cle), Steve Ricarrdi (MC) - $6.8M
      • Felipe Tabata (Cle) - $6.5M
      • Dwight Lane (Phi) - $6.3M
      • Otis Bryant (Swb) - $5.8M
    • Available Upcoming Free Agents