As an Astros fan, thank you so much for not overrating Pena. His excellent postseason has made many fans forget that he wasn't amazing at the plate in the regular season. That said, I think he has a very high ceiling.

I think it would be cool if you had a graphic at the end to show the full list of rankings

“And that is why Ronny Mauricio is the second best shortstop in baseball, behind Fransisco Lindor of course”

Thanks for recognizing Tommy Edman for the cardinals at such a high spot. He is such a steady player whether he is playing 2nd or short with great baserunning, defense and hitting. For a guy that came up through the system with zero fanfare he has been such a delight to watch.

I played against Nico Hoerner in High School, love seeing him up on this list, and I think he'll kill it back at 2B. I hope my Giants can get Nick Madrigal since he's probably available now.

Actually a little surprised you ranked Pena where you did, I was worried you'd fall into the ALCS WS MVP trap and put him too high. 12 is solid spot for a guy who started hot, got cold when the league figured out how to pitch to him, and picked it back up at the end of the season. Super excited to see how he grows.

Day 5 already! Wow! But here.. Biggest Rise, Nico Hoerner 25 to 13 (12 spots) Biggest Drop, Trevor Story 8 to 18 (10 spots) Nothing to big and crazy at SS, but we’ll see about outfield

“Newly acquired San Francisco Giant Carlos Correa” *sigh* Spoke too soon. We’re cursed.

Kim might be ranked 15, but he ranks number 1 in putting smiles on my face.

I think you forgot about the Kyle Farmer on the Twins. He probably won’t be the starting SS once Royce Lewis comes back but still, I need my Twins to be represented 😂

0:15 Oakland A’s 0:34 C Reds 0:50 KC Royals 1:14 D Backs 1:37 LA Angles 2:05 NY Yankees 2:27 Miami Marlins 2:56 Washington Nationals 3:29 Colorado Rockies 3:55 Baltimore O’s 4:26 P Pirates 5:05 Atlanta Braves 5:34 Mariners 5:58 Boston Red Sox’s 6:34 Cleaved Gaurdians 7:08 D Tigers 7:42 Padres 8:16 White Soxs 8:44 Cubs 9:15 Astros (well placed player) 9:58 STL Cardinals 10:36 Brewers 11:04 TB Rays 11:42 Blue Rays 12:19 Cubs x2 12:54 Rangers 13:23 Padres x2 14:01 Giants 14:39 NY Mets 15:25 Padres (again?) 16:20 Phillies your welcome 🙏

Trea Turner isn’t average defensively. As a dodger fan remembering all of the errors, he sucks

As a Cards fan I was guessing 9 for Edman so def on the same page there. He may not pop off the page traditionally, but watching him day to day, the man just plays well and is incredibly consistent. His ceiling may not be amazing, but day in and day out you're always getting a good ballplayer and that's every team's dream

Padres with three top 15 shortstops and two top 5 💪💪

“And thats why this joke isn’t funny anymore”

Very bold of you to put IKF as the #1 shortstop in baseball

Respect for keeping Tatis on the list. He’s the best in ball can’t wait to see my boy back

It has to be honus Wagner his production this year is unbeaten

Bro I would take Tatis, Correa, and Bogaerts over Turner. Wouldn’t even think twice.

People are gonna come back to this video years later and wonder why Correa is shown as a Giant

I loved watching you on Mets’s Up! Great episode

Thanks Marc for making these rankings! 👍 P.S. VAMOS ARGEBTINA!

As an Astro fan I gotta say that Pena ranking is bang on, if not a little high, these rankings are about the 2023 season, and while Pena had a phenomenal playoff run, likely the best hitter on the Astros during the playoffs, he has yet to prove that he’s some top 10 guy, you need more time than that unless you’re JRod or Rutschman. Good ranking, great glove, high ceiling, wonder where he ranks in 2024 rankings

Finally I’ve been waiting for this one

Marc rating the 2023 AL MVP at six is bold 👀👀

I think O’Neil Cruz should be a corner outfielder to be honest. He’s got an absolute cannon and is very very fast. But the glove isn’t there and if he could focus almost purely on hitting he could be an MVP type player

As a Rockies fan, I am so excited to watch zeek play! He is a stud, dude has really good talent, I was at his debute game and he even replied to my Instagram message 😏😏, excited to watch him play, only thing that hurts me is if he is really good like a Story type and then the Rockies trade him

As a Padres fan, I like that they've got 3 of the top 15 shortstops in the majors. I think Kim will do just as well at 2nd base as he has at shortstop, and I hope Tatis Jr takes well to a move to the outfield (I also hope they put him mostly at CF rather than LF because of his speed and his arm, and would rather see Soto moved to LF and Tatis in RF if he isn't slotted in at CF).

I guess the Twins don’t have a shortstop

14:02 well that line aged like anything but fine wine

Understand Story is lower but putting him below Baez is criminal

Astros fan here. PERFECT Spot for Peña. Great job

As a Braves fan, I'm surprised you ranked Vaughn so high because I wouldn't even put him in my top 25 shortstops yet. He's a beast offensively, wouldn't be surprised if he hit 20 homers with a good average, but his glove needs A LOT of work. If anyone could make a bad defender into a great one Ron Washington is the guy, but Vaughn is still getting used to the big league hitters. With Ozzie's recent streak of bad luck I wouldn't be surprised if he gets hurt again and the Braves decide to put Vaughn back at second and then call up Braden Shewmake. I love me some Vaughan Grissom and I think he's going to be a star for the Braves but shortstop might not be for him. I can see him taking Ozzie's starting spot if Ozzie ends up wanting a superstar contract once his current contract ends. There's no way the Braves pay Acuna AND Ozzie, especially since Acuna's contract might be around $30 mill a year.

Greatest series on KZfaq

@GiraffeNeckMarc enjoy the videos! Curious where you would put Hoerner on the second base rankings since he will likely play there more this year?

Story should definitely be ranked as a second baseman, even with the departure of Bogaerts. The Sox are going to find a way to keep his elite glove at 2B, where he should be ranked close to the top 5 at the position with his bat/glove

Finally some respect for Willy Adames, I’m a Brewers fan and appreciate this.

Huge cards fan you nailed it Edman and Donovan are more value because you can use them for multiple positions

The funny part is that Carlos Correa is on the Twins still, he never left

Peña was fantastic to start the year but he really got figured out in the middle of the season. It’s a good sign that he hit some breaking balls hard in the postseason but 12 is a great spot for him.

Super solid list!! I would put Corey Seager in the top 5, I think his power is rising, but I am a Rangers fan, so it probably biased lol.

As a giants fan now that we have the smartest player in all of baseball in Carlos Correa, number 2 is a good spot for Correa.

As a Giants fan, I can't help but notice that JD Davis wasn't listed for any of the infield positions. I think that because Crawford projects as our new 3B he was left off of that list, but he will probably be our opening day first baseman. With that in mind Marc where would you place him on the 1B list?

I think Seager will have an even better 2nd year in Texas, if he stays healthy and he did last year, because he already has pretty good stats and he’ll be the most positively effected batter in terms of the shift ban, no player has been more negatively impacted by the shift than Seager

The thing about Vaughn Grissom is he played shortstop in the minors but the Braves had Swanson, also Albies was injured so they put him at second. He can probably be a good shortstop.

At ss Twins could go with Royce Lewis, Kyle Farmer, or Nick Gordon. Either that or they trade for one before the start of the season.

New GiraffeNeckMarc video. I’m ready! Edit: It’s amazing seeing some plays!

For future years you should make it to where the last year rankings color is the color of the team they played with last year (ex: Willy adames brewers colors for both, Dansby Swanson cubs colors for current and braves colors for past)

As a blue jays fan I can agree bo has terrible defence but a great bat😊 Also great vid❤

"He's no longer on the Braves so that makes Dansby Swanson the 4th best SS behind Lindor, Mauricio and Dan Vogelbach."

Depending on if Boston can bolster the outfield Enrique will probably play short

Check your stats, Amed Rosario played really well in the field. Was easily a top ten defensive short stop this season

Nick Allen has made some of and the best play of the entire year at ss. His glove is crazy crazy good. If he can learn to actually hit he will be much much higher next yesr

As a Trea turner fan since 2016, I loved watch him sprout into a beast and watch his 2 rings

Maybe it's my Cardinals bias, but I think that Tommy Edman could have been at least a couple spots higher. I know he played more at second base last year but he is still pretty good defensively at shortstop.

I know why he wouldn’t play short, but Ha Seong not playing short for the Padres is ridiculous strategy wise

That was an extremely accurate ranking video

Lets go great vid

the pena rating is perfect, he has a high power ceiling and has potential to break top 5 in the next few years

Crazy how on your list the Padres have 3 top 15 short stops on their roster and 2 in the top 5. I def agree it’s just wild.

Perfect timing.

15:46 nice ranking

As a Cubs fan, I am glad u put a little bit of respect on Neko Horners name even tho hes playing second base in 2023.

Tommy Edman is the most underrated shortstop in baseball

“and that’s why fransisco lindor is the best shortstop in baseball”

WS and ALCS MVP thank you very much

Astros fan here. I might have put Peña a couple of slots higher, but I'm not unhappy with your rating. He's got some room to grow - and I think he will. I think he'll eventually be top-5, but I don't think he'll ever be as good as Correa at his best.

y’all gonna remember how good Fernando is

Tatie could be one of the best ss in the game if he would start to make good decisions.

Also Jeremy Peña is definitely better than some of the other shortstops you ranked. Literally my favorite Astros player. He’s sooooo good! Putting Bogaerts, Seager, and Correa over Peña? Yeah, you’ve lost your mind. I respect all of your rankings, especially Lindor’s, but I can’t agree with Jeremy Peña 12.

Cruz reminds me a lot like tatis, some suspiciousness in defense but very great at hitting

The infield for the rangers is nasty. I truly feel that the rangers are so underrated going into this coming season

Love the ranking videos. So proud of the Giants organization for finally opening up the purse strings, and signing a superstar. My big Fellows! MyGiants! The team still needs a true CF, a solid backup catcher, and another late inning relief arm. But as presently comprised, a solid 84-88 win team, and that probably means playoffs in todays' MLB. P.S. Oneil Cruz has such a cannon! But has anyone else noticed he double-clutches on every single play? If Cruz can iron out that glitch, his defensive prowess will skyrocket.

Question: If the correa deal goes through, how would you adjust the rankings seeing he would play 3rd base for the METS.

SWANSON AND NICO MIDDLE INFIELD 🤩🤩🤩

Thank you for putting nico up their he is really underrated.

3 Mets infielders made his Top 5's at their respective positions. Lindor (3), McNeil (3), Alonso (4), with Escobar (21) and McCann(25) so far. Both Escobar and McCann could be bumped out by the Mets top 2 prospects this year (Alvarez, Baty). Remainder of Roster predictions. RF - Marte (6), CF - Nimmo (7), LF - Canha (11), DH - Vogelbach (13), SP - Verlander (1), RP - Diaz (1).

Thank you for adding Tatis. People really was acting like Kim is better or on the same level as him but it’s not even close. I love Kim but he doesn’t compare.

Tommy Edman done so dirty. How is Willy adames better than him. Smh

As a mariners fan JP Crawford needs to be lower he just doesn’t have any power but the problem is he can’t hit for contact either

Peña is only gonna go up from here, can’t wait to see what he will do

Javier Baez not being 31 is criminal. This coming from a Tigers fan

Tommy Edman is a top 10 shortstop

Tommy Edman 5th in WAR out of SS yet ranked 11th. That is just on Fangraphs. Baseball reference had him at 1st.

Expected to see Peña in the top 10. Let’s also not gloss over the fact that he won a Gold Glove his rookie year. He struggled all year with the slider but in the playoffs it wasn’t even an issue. Along with WS MVP he was ALCS MVP. Made big play after big play on the field. It’s hard to imagine the Astros win it all without him.

Hopefully the Angels are smart enough (they're not) to use Gio mainly as 1B/3B/DH. Only moving to SS/2B in a pinch.

Bo Bichette is such a viability at SS defensively it really negates his positives. Maybe 14 or 15. Thanks again for this.

hi marc thanks!

Saw Swanson and had to see it

my favorite part was when you said “newly acquired chicago cub dansby swanson” 🤩🤩🤩

As a Sox fan I may be bias but I just don’t think there is a universe we’re Willy Adames is better than Tim Anderson. Timmy I think has to be top 8 SS and I guess no one like BA but he hit .300 like come on. Dude started in the All Star Game. Kind of disrespectful

"Tim Anderson loves not playing a full season." LOL! that was fucking outstanding, sir.

Thank you for not changing the thumbnail lol

I met ha-seong Kim he was nice

Thank u for speaking good of us for a minute

Gio Urshela at 27 is just a total joke 😂😂😂 I understand having someone a bit lower due to moving positions but 27?!?!? Come on now that’s just insane

And… we need to make a slight adjustment to this video as I am just getting reports that Correa has signed with the Mets and that should move him into the #1 spot

MARC WE NOW HAVE YOUR 3 and 4 BEST SS IN OUR INFIELD

When you have 2 twins from last season on the list But no current twins on the list

It’s the Yankee rookie of course is the one rookie that broke out last year that Mark doesn’t rank high