![]() 347 on-base percentage) and plays great defense up the middle. He’s first among shortstops in runs and home runs and second in strikeout to walk ratio. Since the start of the 2015 season, Frankie has the seventh-most fWAR among all position players in baseball (he is obviously first among shortstops). Originally thought of as a speed and defense prospect who wouldn’t hit for a ton of power, Lindor has blossomed into one of the best all-around players in all of baseball. Perhaps there is a little bit of recency bias with Lindor as the pick, but it’s undeniable that he has been the best shortstop in all of baseball since his 2015 debut. WAR doesn’t quite tell the whole story for all of these guys. The top tier of shortstops also has five members which is more than any other position over the last decade: Simmons, Tulo, Lindor, Elvis Andrus, and Xander Bogaerts. I actually think that neither of the above was the top shortstop of the decade-it was Francisco Lindor-and I’ll expand more on that below. What makes picking the top shortstop of the past decade so difficult is that there isn’t even a WAR consensus between the two websites Baseball Reference has Andrelton Simmons as the top shortstop of the 2010s but Fangraphs hands Troy Tulowitzki that honor. ![]() 131: SB Preview, NBA Trade Deadline, LeBron Scoring Title 51:45 ![]() ![]() 132: Super Bowl Recap, NFL Coaching Carousel, Tim McCarver, and more! 50:29 133: NFL QB Carousel, NBA All-Star Weekend, XFL, Golf, and more! 52:30 134: MLB Pitch Clock, NHL Trade Deadline, Brandon Miller, and more! 54:04 135: Daniel Jones, Lamar Jackson, Geno, Boeheim, WBC, and more! 46:56 ![]()
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