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
- Alex Martin (Buf)
- Grayson Ryan (Far)