By means of a quick review, here are the top shortstops in 2011
Who are my top shortstop candidates for 2012? Well Tulo is still at the top of the list but the old and the new in Miami may have to switch places.
While I still think Hanley Ramirez is more likely to put up better fantasy stats than Jose Reyes, I am listing a mental reservation here…..my reservation about Hanley’s mental outlook that is – IF he is still in Miami to start the season will his move to third base hinder his approach and cost you stats if you draft him?
Okay, here are my Top 12 shortstops for 2012 as of December 26
<Note that all of them have some question marks on playing time, injury reliability, or just matching last year’s numbers (which Cabrera won’t likely do, but I don’t see as much of a drop in home runs as many do). Because of that by my standards it is weaker than second base heading into 2012.
Now we want to pick out the next twelve from either second base or shortstop to populate our MI list.