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| Top 10 Shortstops Under the age of 30 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | Jose Reyes | SS | Returned to '06 form (.356 wOBA) in '08 (.351 vs. .329 in '07); 20% LD, but only .317 BABIP | 25.3 | NYM | MLB | ||||||
| 3 | J.J. Hardy | SS | Coming off most productive yr of career (.283/.340/.478); wOBA increase in each MLB season | 26.2 | MIL | MLB | ||||||
| 4 | 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 | ||||||
| 5 | Yunel Escobar | SS | Decreased K% (12.4 to 10.6) and increased BB% (7.6 to 10.1) from 1st full season to 2nd |
25.9 | ATL | MLB | ||||||
| 6 | Stephen Drew | SS | After '07 struggles (.296 wOBA), went .348 in '08; IsoP up 79 pts, but BB rate down 3.5% | 25.6 | ARI | MLB | ||||||
| 7 | Jimmy Rollins | SS | Big power drop after MVP year (.160 IsoP in '08 vs. .235 in '07); BB rate up to 9.3% from 6.3% | 29.9 | PHI | MLB | ||||||
| 8 | Jhonny Peralta | SS | IsoP up each season since '06 struggles (.128 in '06, .160 in '07, .197 in '08); .343 wOBA | 26.4 | CLE | MLB | ||||||
| 9 | 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 | ||||||
| 10 | 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 | ||||||
| Honorables: Brandon Wood (LAA), Jed Lowrie (BOS), and Mike Aviles (KC). | ||||||||||||
| * Our rankings combine a player's ceiling with the odds that he'll reach it within a five-year period | ||||||||||||
| ** Ages are as of November 1st, 2008 | ||||||||||||
| *** Level is the highest level the player has reached | ||||||||||||
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