2027 fantasy baseball shortstop rankings

Bobby Witt Jr. is the top shortstop for 2027, ahead of Elly De La Cruz and CJ Abrams, projected for 20 HR, 89 R, 70 RBI, 32 SB, .296 AVG. The list ranks 40 shortstops by 5x5 value over a replacement-level starter, from a projection of the last three MLB seasons.

2027 fantasy baseball shortstop rankings, 1 to 40
Rank	Player	Age	2027 projection	Value
1	Bobby Witt Jr. SSKC	27	20 HR, 89 R, 70 RBI, 32 SB, .296 AVG	+9.6
2	Elly De La Cruz SSCIN	25	23 HR, 88 R, 72 RBI, 34 SB, .273 AVG	+9.0
3	CJ Abrams SSWSH	26	23 HR, 83 R, 75 RBI, 28 SB, .259 AVG	+7.1
4	Zach Neto SSLAA	26	24 HR, 84 R, 71 RBI, 24 SB, .251 AVG	+6.0
5	Trea Turner SSPHI	34	17 HR, 88 R, 60 RBI, 22 SB, .266 AVG	+5.2
6	Gunnar Henderson SSBAL	26	22 HR, 84 R, 65 RBI, 17 SB, .258 AVG	+4.8
7	Otto Lopez SSMIA	28	12 HR, 75 R, 67 RBI, 23 SB, .276 AVG	+4.3
8	Geraldo Perdomo SSAZ	27	12 HR, 78 R, 67 RBI, 19 SB, .273 AVG	+4.0
9	Kevin McGonigle SSDETSS/3B	22	15 HR, 76 R, 60 RBI, 10 SB, .280 AVG	+3.4
10	Nico Hoerner 2BCHC2B/SS	30	8 HR, 71 R, 59 RBI, 23 SB, .272 AVG	+3.1
11	Bo Bichette 3BNYM3B/SS	29	16 HR, 69 R, 74 RBI, 5 SB, .269 AVG	+2.7
12	Francisco Lindor SSNYM	33	21 HR, 73 R, 59 RBI, 15 SB, .251 AVG	+2.3
13	Jeremy Peña SSHOU	29	17 HR, 68 R, 56 RBI, 14 SB, .277 AVG	+2.1
14	Colson Montgomery SSCWSSS/3B	25	28 HR, 68 R, 80 RBI, 3 SB, .221 AVG	+2.0
15	Mookie Betts SSLAD	34	19 HR, 72 R, 67 RBI, 7 SB, .258 AVG	+1.9
16	Brooks Lee 3BMIN3B/SS	26	19 HR, 60 R, 73 RBI, 7 SB, .248 AVG	+1.1
17	Willy Adames SSSF	31	22 HR, 67 R, 65 RBI, 10 SB, .234 AVG	+0.7
18	Dansby Swanson SSCHC	33	17 HR, 71 R, 62 RBI, 15 SB, .231 AVG	+0.7
19	José Caballero SSNYYSS/3B/2B	30	11 HR, 55 R, 48 RBI, 38 SB, .233 AVG	+0.6
20	Mauricio Dubón OFATLOF/SS	32	10 HR, 59 R, 59 RBI, 7 SB, .259 AVG	+0.4
21	Ezequiel Duran 3BTEX3B/SS/2B/OF	28	12 HR, 56 R, 59 RBI, 11 SB, .251 AVG	+0.3
22	Cole Carrigg OFCOLOF/SS	25	12 HR, 51 R, 52 RBI, 10 SB, .272 AVG	+0.1
23	Ernie Clement 2BTOR2B/SS	31	11 HR, 65 R, 51 RBI, 8 SB, .261 AVG	-0.3
24	Xander Bogaerts SSSD	34	13 HR, 62 R, 54 RBI, 18 SB, .244 AVG	-0.8
25	Corey Seager SSTEX	33	21 HR, 59 R, 55 RBI, 3 SB, .250 AVG	-0.9
26	Willi Castro 2BCOL2B/3B/SS	30	13 HR, 64 R, 48 RBI, 10 SB, .245 AVG	-1.1
27	Brayan Rocchio SSCLE	26	12 HR, 59 R, 61 RBI, 14 SB, .243 AVG	-1.1
28	Nasim Nuñez 2BWSH2B/SS	26	6 HR, 56 R, 41 RBI, 36 SB, .227 AVG	-1.3
29	Masyn Winn SSSTL	25	10 HR, 64 R, 53 RBI, 10 SB, .254 AVG	-1.5
30	David Hamilton 3BMIL3B/SS	29	9 HR, 54 R, 36 RBI, 31 SB, .238 AVG	-1.8
31	Matt McLain 2BCIN2B/SS	27	15 HR, 62 R, 46 RBI, 17 SB, .213 AVG	-2.1
32	Ezequiel Tovar SSCOL	25	15 HR, 58 R, 49 RBI, 7 SB, .250 AVG	-2.2
33	Jacob Wilson SSATH	25	10 HR, 50 R, 47 RBI, 5 SB, .285 AVG	-2.5
34	Konnor Griffin SSPIT	21	9 HR, 48 R, 40 RBI, 18 SB, .273 AVG	-2.5
35	Joey Ortiz SSMILSS/3B	28	10 HR, 55 R, 49 RBI, 11 SB, .248 AVG	-2.5
36	Trevor Story SSBOS	34	12 HR, 47 R, 50 RBI, 14 SB, .248 AVG	-2.9
37	Andrés Giménez SSTOR	28	9 HR, 47 R, 53 RBI, 18 SB, .241 AVG	-3.0
38	Tyler Tolbert SSKC	29	7 HR, 49 R, 26 RBI, 28 SB, .262 AVG	-3.3
39	Zach McKinstry OFDETOF/2B/SS	32	8 HR, 52 R, 38 RBI, 12 SB, .228 AVG	-3.5
40	Cooper Pratt SSMIL	22	7 HR, 42 R, 42 RBI, 16 SB, .274 AVG	-3.6

How these rankings are built

Each player's 2027 line is a Marcel style projection, the public method by Tom Tango: the last three MLB seasons weighted 5, 4 and 3 for hitters and 3, 2 and 1 for pitchers, pulled toward the league average by 1,200 plate appearances or 134 innings, then adjusted for age. Playing time is half of last season plus a tenth of the one before, plus a floor. Value is the sum of z-scores in 5x5 roto categories (R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG; W, SV, K, ERA, WHIP) against a 12-team league's drafted pool, measured over a replacement-level starter at the player's best position. Positions use 2026 games: 20 at a spot, or 5 starts or 8 relief outings for pitchers. Saves follow the role a pitcher ended2026 in on his club's depth chart. Every number comes from MLB's own Stats API.

By the Parlae deskRankings updated Oct 14, 2026 at 7:53 AM ETHow this is built Report a wrong number