All Positions: C / 1B / 2B / SS / 3B / CF / OF / P
| Top 10 Shorstops Under the age of 25 | ||||||||||||
| No. | Player | Pos. | Comments | Age | Org | Lvl | ||||||
| 1 | Hanley Ramirez | SS | Followed .400 wOBA in '07 with .394 rate in '08; much improved patience (7.4% BB vs. 13.3%) | 24.8 | FLA | MLB | ||||||
| 2 | Troy Tulowitzki | SS | Injuries, struggles made for an '08 season Tulo may like to forget: .310 wOBA vs. .360 in '07 | 24.0 | COL | MLB | ||||||
| 3 | Tim Beckham | SS | No. 1 overall pick in June's draft had .287 wOBA in 189 PA; low contact: 21.7% K, .251 AVG | 18.7 | TB | R | ||||||
| 4 | Gordon Beckham | SS/2B | This Beckham had more success in pro debut: No. 8 pick went .394/.468/.652 in AFL (78 PA) | 22.1 | CHW | A | ||||||
| 5 | Brandon Wood | SS/3B | We'll ask it again: when will MiLB numbers (.410 wOBA in '08) yield big league success (.237)? | 23.6 | LAA | MLB | ||||||
| 6 | Jed Lowrie | SS/3B | Put up .258/.337/.400 vital (360 PA) in first ML season after going .272/.364/.441 (231) in AAA | 24.5 | BOS | MLB | ||||||
| 7 | Elvis Andrus | SS | Posted .321 wOBA in 534 AA PA; very little power (.072 IsoP); still, very young for level | 20.1 | TEX | AA | ||||||
| 8 | Alcides Escobar | SS | Impressive .332/.362/.440 line comes with some red flags; LD up only 2%, but BABIP up 47 pts | 21.8 | MIL | AA | ||||||
| 9 | Carlos Triunfel | SS/2B/3B | Higher BB, lower K rates in second Cal League season; .322 wOBA was highest as a pro | 18.6 | SEA | A+ | ||||||
| 10 | Grant Green | SS | Has shown power (.254 IsoP); not much patience (6.64% BB); potential '09 Top 10 overall pick | 21.0 | USC | NCAA | ||||||
| Honorables: Wilmer Flores (NYM), Erick Aybar (LAA), and Manny Burriss (SF). | ||||||||||||
| * Our rankings
combine a player's ceiling with the odds that he'll reach it within a five-year period |
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| ** Ages are as of November 1st, 2008 | ||||||||||||
| *** Level is the highest level the player has reached | ||||||||||||
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