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Shortstop (SS) Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Points Leagues - February Updates (2025)

Gunnar Henderson - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, MLB Prospects, Draft Sleepers

RotoBaller's shortstop (SS) points league fantasy baseball rankings, updated for February 2025. Win your drafts with our points league and H2H points rankings.

The fantasy baseball offseason is starting to heat up as we are getting closer to the heart of it. At RotoBaller HQ, we have been providing fantasy baseball content daily and are back with more rankings. Today, our MLB team breaks down the shortstop position with our 2025 fantasy baseball shortstop rankings and tiers for points leagues and H2H points leagues.

Shortstop is loaded with talent, with Bobby Witt Jr. leading the way as the top overall player. At the same time, Gunnar Henderson, Mookie Betts, Elly De La Cruz, Francisco Lindor, and Trea Turner are all ranked within the top 25 overall in our points rankings. The position is loaded from top to bottom, as 12 shortstops hit 20-plus home runs last year while 15 shortstops swiped 20 bags or more. If you miss out on the top shortstops, there are still plenty of viable starting options in middle to late rounds in upcoming fantasy drafts.

The SS rankings below are specifically designed for fantasy baseball points leagues, put together by RotoBaller's MLB points expert Nicklaus Gaut. We also have many other fantasy baseball rankings, tools, and resources to help you win in 2025, including our constantly-updated fantasy baseball points rankings for all positions. Be sure to also download our free fantasy baseball mobile app so you can stay on top of all the MLB news and analysis articles.

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SS Points Rankings for Fantasy Baseball (February)

These shortstop rankings are for points and head-to-head points leagues. You can also see our roto fantasy baseball rankings.

Before we get to the rankings, let's quickly review points leagues and how they differ from other formats. Typically, points leagues have different league settings and scoring formats than other fantasy baseball leagues. Different MLB stats and categories are assigned different point values, and those can vary by individual league settings. Those different point buckets are then added up over the course of a scoring period or season.

In many cases, hitters who walk more and strike out less are preferred for points leagues. Also, many league formats tend to give more weight to pitchers than normal, as they can easily accrue points through categories like Innings Pitched. These are the general frameworks that we use for our points league rankings below, and explain why they look different than more standard 5x5 roto fantasy baseball rankings.

Ranking Tier Player Position
1 1 Bobby Witt Jr. SS
2 1 Gunnar Henderson SS
3 1 Francisco Lindor SS
4 1 Elly De La Cruz SS
5 2 Mookie Betts 2B/SS/OF
6 2 Trea Turner SS
7 2 Corey Seager SS
8 2 Willy Adames SS
9 3 CJ Abrams SS
10 3 Dansby Swanson SS
11 3 Oneil Cruz SS/OF
12 3 Ezequiel Tovar SS
13 3 Jeremy Pena SS
14 3 Bo Bichette SS
15 3 Xavier Edwards SS
16 4 Masyn Winn SS
17 4 Anthony Volpe SS
18 4 Bryson Stott 2B/SS
19 4 Xander Bogaerts 2B/SS
20 4 Matt McLain 2B/SS
21 4 Zach Neto SS
22 4 Carlos Correa SS
23 4 Luis Rengifo 2B/3B/SS/OF
24 4 Nico Hoerner 2B/SS
25 5 Tyler Fitzgerald SS/OF
26 5 Tommy Edman SS/OF
27 5 Joey Ortiz 3B/SS
28 5 Willi Castro 2B/3B/SS/OF
29 5 J.P. Crawford SS
30 5 Ha-Seong Kim SS
31 5 Matt Shaw 2B/3B/SS
32 5 Trevor Story SS
33 5 Jacob Wilson SS
34 5 Brayan Rocchio SS
35 5 Geraldo Perdomo 2B/3B/SS
36 6 Thairo Estrada 2B/SS
37 6 Orlando Arcia SS
38 6 Nick Gonzales 2B/SS
39 6 Isiah Kiner-Falefa 2B/3B/SS
40 6 Otto Lopez 2B/SS
41 6 Ceddanne Rafaela 2B/SS/OF
42 6 Brooks Lee 2B/3B/SS
43 6 Dylan Moore 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF
44 6 Josh Smith 3B/SS/OF
45 6 Ernie Clement 3B/SS
46 6 Colson Montgomery SS
47 6 Jose Caballero 2B/3B/SS
48 6 Javier Baez SS
49 6 Jordan Lawlar SS
50 6 Trey Sweeney SS
51 6 Paul DeJong 3B/SS
52 6 Jose Iglesias SS
53 6 Chase Meidroth 2B/3B/SS
54 7 Kyle Farmer 2B/3B/SS
55 7 Miguel Rojas 2B/3B/SS
56 7 Amed Rosario 2B/3B/SS/OF
57 7 Taylor Walls SS
58 7 Jared Triolo 2B/3B/SS
59 7 Luisangel Acuna SS
60 7 Jon Berti 2B/3B/SS/OF
61 7 David Hamilton 2B/SS
62 7 Kevin Newman 1B/2B/SS
63 7 Zach McKinstry 2B/3B/SS/OF
64 7 Brooks Baldwin 2B/SS
65 7 Carson WIlliams SS
66 7 Ezequiel Duran 1B/3B/SS/OF
67 7 Max Schuemann 2B/3B/SS/OF
68 7 Edmundo Sosa 2B/3B/SS
69 7 Gabriel Arias 3B/SS
70 8 Cole Young SS
71 8 Blaze Alexander 2B/SS
72 8 Romy Gonzalez 1B/2B/3B/SS
73 8 Jorge Mateo SS
74 8 Austin Martin SS
75 8 Darell Hernaiz SS
76 8 Ildemaro Vargas 2B/3B/SS/OF
77 8 Nick Allen SS
78 8 Angel Martinez 2B/3B/SS
79 8 Brett Wisely 2B/SS
80 8 Tyler Freeman SS/OF
81 8 Aledmys Diaz 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF
82 8 Tim Anderson SS
83 8 Tyler Wade SS
84 8 Daniel Schneemann 3B/SS/OF
85 9 Vidal Brujan 2B/3B/SS/OF
86 9 Liover Peguero 2B/SS
87 9 Leo Jimenez 2B/SS
88 9 Marco Luciano 2B/SS
89 9 Nick Ahmed SS
90 9 Casey Schmitt 2B/3B/SS
91 9 Joey Wendle SS
92 9 Nicky Lopez 2B/SS


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