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    Tim Kanak | Mon, Dec 23rd 2024, 7:09am EST

2025 Fantasy Baseball Rankings & Tiers: Shortstop fScores

If you have been reading or listening to my content, you have likely heard me reference fScores (named fScores for “fantasy scores”) or use them to compare players. This is a custom fantasy stat I created that aggregates other stats into core skills, weighted against the average player where 100 is average, similar to wRC+ or OPS+.

Drafting based on core skills, rather than attempting a “one size fits all” ranking allows for more customization in team building and team design to target the weak points of your team and allows for more balance.

Please read the article “What is fScore?” for a better understanding before going through the below rankings. The shortstops listed at the top of each tier are where the tier starts and ends.

2025 Shortstop fScores (Fantasy Baseball)

You will find a complete set of shortstop rankings at the end of this article.

Additional Positions and fScores

Tier 1 & Notes

Bobby Witt Jr. ranks third after Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge in overall fScores. I would still pick Witt ahead of Judge in any three-outfielder leagues or in categories leagues to get the power/speed combo at a higher value position. As long as Witt is healthy, he should be a lock for a 30/30 season or better, which is exactly what you want from a first-round pick.

Elly De La Cruz might have a higher ceiling than Witt in categories leagues because he’s one of the only players in the league I could see netting more than 30 homers and more than 80 steals. He’s slightly less valuable in points leagues and would drop down to the bottom of Tier 2 due to his volatility in regard to plate skills.

Tier 2 & Notes

Francisco Lindor was incredibly underrated going into last season, as there were fears he was starting the downtrend on his aging curve. I believe Lindor has proven he’s part of that upper-echelon tier of baseball players who won’t start declining until their mid-30s. He, like Witt, looks like your best bet for a surefire 30/30 season.

I love Gunnar Henderson. He has phenomenal plate skills. He would rank second at shortstop in points leagues. However, I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s already kind of peaked out at the top of his skill level. We could see an increase in plate skills, but the power/speed likely tops out at around 40/20.

Check out my 2B fScores rankings for more on Mookie Betts.

Tier 3 & Notes

Oneil Cruz will spend a good amount of time in the outfield in 2025, but lucky for us he already netted enough games for shortstop eligibility in 2025. The power and speed are legit and we could see 30/30 from him if he hits his stride. The issues with Cruz are his sub-par hit tool and his plate skills have led to inconsistencies.

Willy Adames is coming off a career year, but he’s had multiple very good seasons. At worst, he is an All-Star-level shortstop. Naturally, moving out of a good stadium in Milwaukee and entering a bad stadium in San Francisco would have me concerned about a large drop-off, especially after a contract season, but the success of Matt Chapman gives me a little more hope we won’t see such a large drop-off in his production.

CJ Abrams has shown similar inconsistencies in hit tool and plate skills to Cruz, but he has less power upside and more speed upside. He has 20/60 upside if he can get on base enough to steal those bags.

Corey Seager is the best pure hitter at the position. If he stays healthy he has the highest power upside at the position. This is a position in categories leagues you would like to get some steals from, though, and Seager has a track record of not being able to go 162 games without an injury, so he gets slightly dinged for these reasons.

Trea Turner is a speed-based player who is now 32 years old. I’m not concerned about the hit tool slowing down for a few more years, but I am concerned the wheels might start slowing down. I think 20/25 might be his new ceiling for the next few years. Even though he will probably hit 40-50 points higher than Abrams, I’ll take the stolen base upside in categories leagues.

Tier 4 & Notes

Zach Neto had an incredibly underrated season in 2024 (probably because he’s on the Angels). He hit 23 homers and 30 steals. He’s still not 100% healthy after getting right shoulder surgery at the end of the season, so be a little wary before drafting him and look for updates going into the season. We just saw Matt McLain miss about six months from the same surgery, so it’s possible we won’t see him until May.

Dansby Swanson is above average all around and is a nice fallback option at the position in the event you miss out on higher-tiered players. He will provide slightly above-average numbers across the board for you.

Jackson Holliday is only going to be 21 years old in 2025 and has major upside. He could be in line for a breakout season. In points leagues, he’s a must-draft, even though he might only be a 15/15 player this year. There’s room for significant growth in a young player who already possesses way-above-league-average plate skills and a slightly above-league-average hit tool.

Ha-Seong Kim didn’t follow up on his killer 2023 season and is still a free agent at the time of this writing. His value may change depending on his destination, but he will end up in this same tier regardless. His value is more in line with 12-ish homers and 20-25 steals than what we saw in 2023.

Anthony Volpe is a poor man’s CJ Abrams. The good news is the Yankees have a better lineup than the Nationals, but will Volpe be at the top or the bottom of that lineup?

Tyler Fitzgerald had a big-time breakout last season at 26. All the underlying data backs up his breakout, but will it stick like it did for Justin Turner and J.D. Martinez when they broke out at a later age? Or was it a one-time blip like Brandon Drury? There is risk here, but at this value, there is also some very nice upside.

Tommy Edman signing long-term with the Dodgers makes me want him more. The big question with Edman is if he’s fully healed because he should be a 15-homer, 30-steal guy if he’s healthy. He will put up nice counting stats in the Dodgers’ lineup.

David Hamilton‘s fScores are actually better than Volpe’s, but he doesn’t have the same pedigree and is an older breakout player like Fitzgerald. Will he get consistent playing time with the young stars coming up?

Masyn Winn is a poor man’s Dansby Swanson. He can do a little bit of everything and will be leading off for the Cardinals. He has the speed to steal more bags if the Cardinals let him run.

Tier 5 & Notes

I’m not going to touch on every name in this tier just to keep things brief.

Xavier Edwards could be interesting in a points league because he will get a lot of run and could get a ton of hits. There’s a little bit of a Steven Kwan profile here with much less power. The big question is if the power tool is so light will he end up like Billy Hamilton having to leg out dribblers just to get on base?

Jeremy Pena is a poor man’s Masyn Winn, which makes him your homeless man’s Dansby Swanson, I guess.

Carlos Correa can be a lighter version of Corey Seager when healthy, but his health issues are even worse than Seager’s. He’s solid for points leagues as long as you have a good backup.

Ezequiel Tovar has horrendous plate skills. He could still go 25/8 in categories leagues, but in points leagues, he’s an avoid.

Jordan Lawlar could be primed for a breakout season if he can stay healthy. The tools are all there, we just need him to be in the lineup every day.

Tier 6 & Notes

I’m only going to hit some of the interesting names in the next two tiers. First off is Brice Matthews. He doesn’t have an open spot unless there’s an injury, which is good, as it gives him time to work on a pretty bad hit tool.

Carson Williams could and should be up relatively early, so this is one of the rookies I would like to buy in deep leagues. He has a nice power/speed combo with fantastic defense, but the inconsistent hit tool and plate skills could hold him back. You might get a little more Taylor Walls in Williams’ rookie year than you want to think about.

Jose Tena is an interesting name for a breakout if the Nationals start him every day. He has enough power and speed to put up a 15/15 season and could be the 2025 version of Tyler Fitzgerald.

Brooks Lee has to develop more power for me to be interested in him for fantasy in 2025.

Jacob Wilson will get a ton of run and is super interesting to me in points leagues because he has a very Luis Arraez profile. He could be a hits machine.

Tier 7 & Notes

Colson Montgomery has kind of an Isaac Paredes profile to him with much better exit velocities. The only issue is he hits the ball on the ground too much and the hit tool needs to improve to end up with Paredes outcomes.

Marcelo Mayer could be the last of the new “Big 3” to come up since the Red Sox have David Hamilton and Trevor Story starting the year up the middle. His production in 2025 will all depend on his health and the health of Story.

I like Cole Young – he’s always been way ahead on an age-to-level basis, but now he’s at a point where he needs to develop some power to become more than just the next Geraldo Perdomo.

2025 fScores Shortstop Rankings

Name Age fContact fDiscipline fPower fSpeed fDurability TOTAL FUTURE BETA
Bobby Witt Jr. 25 109 102 142 135 145 133 155 5.46
Elly De La Cruz 23 103 94 129 216 139 141 146 –
Francisco Lindor 31 105 108 135 142 152 130 136 2.75
Gunnar Henderson 24 105 115 128 100 142 124 130 –
Mookie Betts 32 107 145 129 118 105 119 114 4.41
Oneil Cruz 26 94 94 139 164 108 118 131 –
Willy Adames 29 100 105 131 106 140 120 123 8.4
CJ Abrams 24 97 84 90 183 121 114 122 –
Corey Seager 31 123 110 155 64 110 113 116 –
Trea Turner 32 108 81 105 137 140 114 115 5.51
Zach Neto 24 97 88 106 146 119 113 119 –
Dansby Swanson 31 102 105 105 126 137 113 112 0.15
Jackson Holliday 21 101 132 92 116 96 102 119 –
Ha-Seong Kim 29 98 142 71 139 97 102 106 –
Anthony Volpe 24 93 89 80 157 141 110 113 –
Tyler Fitzgerald 27 103 79 112 157 111 108 115 –
Tommy Edman 30 100 103 84 168 76 94 106 13.95
David Hamilton 27 94 101 80 260 81 114 117 –
Masyn Winn 23 97 99 78 107 138 102 109 –
Maikel Garcia 25 99 113 59 193 126 113 115 –
Xavier Edwards 25 118 120 45 215 97 110 125 –
Andres Gimenez 26 100 78 65 169 137 107 111 3.33
Jeremy Pena 27 102 75 85 116 139 103 107 –
Carlos Correa 30 105 124 115 67 79 96 99 16.83
Brice Turang 25 96 112 53 219 98 112 115 –
Ezequiel Tovar 23 104 56 110 81 135 100 105 –
Jordan Lawlar 22 100 104 93 168 60 92 106 –
Ceddanne Rafaela 24 98 52 93 121 127 97 103 –
Bo Bichette 27 108 82 85 87 75 83 76 –
Trevor Story 32 100 88 97 151 43 86 85 –
Brice Matthews 23 89 108 98 171 88 102 108 –
Luis Rengifo 28 104 90 79 138 66 93 93 –
Josh H. Smith 27 97 109 76 98 116 97 110 –
Trey Sweeney 25 91 88 87 130 91 94 106
Carson Williams 22 86 91 100 133 109 101 105 –
Joey Ortiz 26 93 113 77 96 113 94 103 –
Geraldo Perdomo 25 97 150 58 113 114 97 109 10.8
Jose Tena 24 98 73 80 112 100 92 102 –
Orlando Arcia 30 95 100 87 75 122 92 100 25.9
J.P. Crawford 30 93 140 73 88 101 93 94 11.92
Hyeseong Kim 26 95 91 54 157 120 98 113
Brendan Rodgers 28 111 87 92 67 109 91 96 24.25
Ernie Clement 29 104 97 68 109 98 91 106 –
Brayan Rocchio 24 98 94 67 87 115 87 94 –
Brooks Lee 24 100 90 79 89 82 83 95 –
Jacob Wilson 23 106 114 60 77 63 80 95 –
Oswald Peraza 25 91 89 78 140 54 87 100 –
Isiah Kiner-Falefa 30 99 93 55 129 106 92 94 4.52
Colson Montgomery 23 87 111 86 79 101 88 91 –
Paul DeJong 31 94 73 114 64 98 88 93 –
Marcelo Mayer 22 99 86 86 116 57 83 92 –
Brooks Baldwin 24 94 80 65 147 80 82 89
Miguel Rojas 36 103 121 59 97 87 86 83 –
Blaze Alexander 26 96 84 72 90 90 78 87 –
Leo Jimenez 24 96 95 80 83 90 80 85 –
Amed Rosario 29 106 64 63 139 94 86 79 5.57
Casey Schmitt 26 101 71 108 71 63 76 86 –
Darell Hernaiz 23 98 92 58 104 84 79 89 –
Cole Young 21 95 121 65 110 102 92 94 –
Edmundo Sosa 29 98 61 88 125 67 82 84 53.26
Marco Luciano 23 92 106 77 78 65 78 88 11.62
Ezequiel Duran 26 95 71 73 70 77 71 73 –
Vaughn Grissom 24 110 83 59 88 34 66 64 –
12 Teamers 121.00
15 Teamers (Top 30) 109.43
Total 97.81


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