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Updated Fantasy Baseball Shortstop Rankings - 2023 Roto League Drafts: ONeil Cruz, Thairo Estrada, Ezequiel Tovar

Bo Bichette - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, MLB DFS Picks, Betting Picks

Updated 2023 fantasy baseball shortstop rankings for roto 5x5 mixed leagues, as of March 17th. Use our SS rankings, tiers and analysis to win your fantasy baseball drafts.

Draft season is upon us, and we'll be releasing updated rankings constantly! In this article below, you'll find our MLB team's updated 2023 fantasy baseball shortstop rankings for roto leagues and tiers for 5x5 mixed roto leagues as of March 17th. This is an exciting time of year for MLB and fantasy baseball fans, as the MLB season is getting closer, and a full year of fantasy baseball lies ahead. We're here to ensure you crush your drafts, win your leagues, and earn those bragging rights.

Shortstop is loaded this year, as the top-15 ranked shortstops are in RotoBaller's top 100 overall rankings. Fantasy managers can find every offensive category with an impressive group of stars at the position. It's the one position managers can afford to wait on during the drafts this season. We're here to help sort it out with our 2023 fantasy baseball rankings. Let's see where key shortstops like Corey SeagerOneil CruzWander FrancoNico Hoerner, Thairo Estrada, and Ezequiel Tovar rank, among others.

Our fantasy baseball shortstop rankings are put together by Nick Mariano, Jon Anderson, JB Branson, Connelly Doan, and Ben Rosener. You can also find our other draft rankings for all league formats, continually updated throughout the preseason, in our main fantasy baseball Rankings Wizard tool. Also, make use of all our premium resources with our MLB Draft Kit. Most importantly, our brand new free mobile app is a must-have – download it and configure your notifications. We deliver all the top MLB news, injuries, and fantasy analysis 24x7 with our free push notification alerts!

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Fantasy Baseball Shortstop Rankings - Roto Leagues

The staff rankings are for roto leagues and standard 5x5 categories. They are always updated on our fantasy baseball rankings dashboard. Nick Mariano was named the #1 overall most accurate industry expert ranker for the 2018 season, and Ariel Cohen was #1 overall for the 2019 season.

Last updated on Friday 3/17 at 08:00 am ET:

 SS Tier SS Ranking Player Name Pos Overall
1 1 Trea Turner SS 4
2 2 Bobby Witt Jr. 3B/SS 14
2 3 Bo Bichette SS 16
3 4 Fernando Tatis Jr. SS/OF 23
3 5 Marcus Semien 2B/SS 28
3 6 Francisco Lindor SS 36
4 7 Corey Seager SS 51
4 8 Dansby Swanson SS 63
4 9 Tim Anderson SS 71
4 10 Xander Bogaerts SS 75
4 11 Oneil Cruz SS 77
4 12 Willy Adames SS 81
4 13 Tommy Edman 2B/SS 83
4 14 Andres Gimenez 2B/SS 85
4 15 Wander Franco SS 94
4 16 Carlos Correa SS 96
5 17 Jeremy Pena SS 101
5 18 Gunnar Henderson 3B/SS 104
5 19 Amed Rosario SS/OF 126
6 20 Nico Hoerner SS 148
6 21 Javier Baez SS 161
6 22 Thairo Estrada 2B/SS/OF 178
6 23 Jake Cronenworth 1B/2B/SS 186
7 24 Ezequiel Tovar SS 208
7 25 CJ Abrams 2B/SS 236
7 26 Bryson Stott 2B/SS 237
7 27 Christopher Morel 2B/3B/SS/OF 250
7 28 Luis Urias 2B/3B/SS 251
7 29 Adalberto Mondesi SS 252
7 30 Ha-Seong Kim 3B/SS 265
7 31 Luis Garcia (2B) 2B/SS 273
7 32 Jorge Mateo SS 293
7 33 Oswald Peraza SS 302
8 34 Jon Berti 2B/3B/SS/OF 303
8 35 Brendan Donovan 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF 319
8 36 Elvis Andrus SS 322
8 37 Luis Rengifo 2B/3B/SS 325
8 38 Kike Hernandez 2B/SS/OF 339
8 39 Eguy Rosario SS 340
8 40 Joey Wendle 2B/3B/SS 357
8 41 Brandon Crawford SS 379
8 42 Anthony Volpe SS 395
8 43 J.P. Crawford SS 397
9 44 Miguel Rojas 1B/SS 412
9 45 Rodolfo Castro 2B/3B/SS 418
9 46 Brice Turang SS 466
9 47 Santiago Espinal 2B/3B/SS 476
9 48 Royce Lewis SS 480
9 49 Isiah Kiner-Falefa SS 498
9 50 Jose Iglesias SS 524
10 51 Aledmys Diaz 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF 531
10 52 Kevin Newman 2B/SS 548
10 53 Dylan Moore 2B/SS/OF 550
10 54 Kyle Farmer 3B/SS 564
10 55 Elly De La Cruz 3B/SS 571
10 56 Maikel Garcia SS 574
10 57 Christian Arroyo 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF 591
10 58 Nicky Lopez 2B/3B/SS 607
10 59 Jose Barrero SS 643
10 60 David Fletcher 2B/SS 666
10 61 Nick Ahmed SS 691
10 62 Alan Trejo 2B/SS 693
10 63 Taylor Walls 2B/3B/SS 749
10 64 Jordan Lawlar SS 755


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