This is the fourth article in the series examining the current 2011 fantasy baseball ADP (average draft position) for the position of shortstop. The data used for this article is from Mock Draft Central using the NFBC scoring system which has 15 teams per league in a mixed format with two catchers needed per team.
The grid below has the players listed based on my 2011 fantasy baseball rankings with the current ADP shown for where a player would fall in either a 12 or 15 team mixed league. The rounds for a 12 team league may vary slightly as shortstops may slide a little bit later with fewer teams in the league, but it will still give you a good ballpark range for what round you should be looking to take that certain player that you have an eye on.
It is interesting to look at the fantasy baseball ADP for this position as there are three kind of distinct fantasy baseball tiers with the top eight players going in the first eight round, then another four players going in rounds 10-12 and then the rest of the players going in the latter stages of the draft.
Those people drafting at the end of round three are going to have to make a tough call as to whether they want Derek Jeter at shortstop or Jimmy Rollins. Though Jeter’s dropped off last year, the one thing you can say about him is that you know he is going to play in almost every game. Rollins only played in 88 games last year and is headed toward free agency so one would hope he comes into camp in great shape this year so that is news to be watching for when players report.
I don’t have Alex Gonzalez in my top 20 shortstops, but based on ADP it looks like he is going as the 11th shortstop off the board. I am hoping that is some type of data discrepancy as I can’t believe he would be going that high. Again, don’t pay for last year’s numbers as regression always tends to counter balance ups and downs from season to season. Also remember that most of his damage came in Toronto where it seemed like everyone was swinging for the fences last season.
| 12 Teams | 15 Teams | ||||||
| Rank | Name | ADP | Round | Pick | Round | Pick | |
| 1 | Hanley Ramirez | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2 | Troy Tulowitzki | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Jose Reyes | 25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| 4 | Derek Jeter | 53 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | |
| 5 | Jimmy Rollins | 43 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | |
| 6 | Alexei Ramirez | 81 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | |
| 7 | Rafael Furcal | 143 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | |
| 8 | Elvis Andrus | 75 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | |
| 9 | Stephen Drew | 112 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 7 | |
| 10 | Starlin Castro | 153 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 3 | |
| 11 | Ian Desmond | 168 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | |
| 12 | Miguel Tejada | 211 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 1 | |
| 13 | Jhonny Peralta | 269 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 14 | |
| 14 | Asdrubal Cabrera | 180 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 15 | |
| 15 | Marco Scutaro | 202 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 7 | |
| 16 | Yunel Escobar | 329 | 28 | 5 | 22 | 14 | |
| 17 | Jason Bartlett | 283 | 24 | 7 | 19 | 13 | |
| 18 | J.J. Hardy | 311 | 26 | 11 | 21 | 11 | |
| 19 | Reid Brignac | 299 | 25 | 11 | 20 | 14 | |
| 20 | Erick Aybar | 282 | 24 | 6 | 19 | 12 | |
