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Best Shortstops in MLB 2026

Bobby Witt Jr. is the highest-rated shortstop in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Bobby Witt Jr., Elly De La Cruz, Kevin McGonigle, ranked by a percentile transform of real 2026 Statcast data from Baseball Savant.

Every active MLB shortstop ranked by Legends Deck card rating — built from real 2026 Statcast data from Baseball Savant through the same calibrated pipeline for every player. Ratings refresh nightly.

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#	OVR	Player	Team	AVG	OPS	HR	RBI	SB	Barrel%	Exit Velo
1	92	Bobby Witt Jr.	Royals	0.282	0.814	18	54	39	12.2%	92.2
2	90	Elly De La Cruz	Reds	0.283	0.873	26	70	25	16.0%	94.5
3	89	Kevin McGonigle	Tigers	0.273	0.793	16	62	12	7.0%	88.0
4	85	Mookie Betts	Dodgers	0.249	0.742	19	60	1	7.6%	90.1
5	85	Sam Antonacci	White Sox	0.267	0.755	8	44	17	5.1%	87.3
6	83	JJ Wetherholt	Cardinals	0.242	0.713	17	48	14	7.6%	89.9
7	82	Geraldo Perdomo	Diamondbacks	0.250	0.723	9	50	20	2.7%	87.4
8	82	Corey Seager	Rangers	0.230	0.760	17	40	1	15.4%	91.6
9	81	Francisco Lindor	Mets	0.229	0.747	18	42	3	9.2%	91.0
10	80	CJ Abrams	Nationals	0.259	0.827	30	95	28	10.1%	89.6
11	80	Carlos Correa	Astros	0.279	0.787	3	16	1	10.3%	89.2
12	79	Xavier Edwards	Marlins	0.282	0.737	6	51	20	3.2%	86.7
13	79	Zach Neto	Angels	0.244	0.767	25	72	19	11.6%	89.7
14	79	Blaze Alexander	Orioles	0.303	0.772	4	31	10	6.6%	92.3
15	79	Jeremy Peña	Astros	0.272	0.782	17	47	9	6.5%	88.5
16	78	Gunnar Henderson	Orioles	0.219	0.698	22	57	10	6.9%	89.2
17	76	Bo Bichette	Mets	0.265	0.716	16	73	2	6.7%	89.5
18	76	Ezequiel Duran	Rangers	0.272	0.782	17	78	11	6.4%	88.9
19	74	Chase Meidroth	White Sox	0.268	0.734	12	51	3	4.1%	87.3
20	74	Colson Montgomery	White Sox	0.208	0.719	31	83	1	12.6%	88.7
21	73	Dansby Swanson	Cubs	0.216	0.704	18	66	17	7.6%	89.5
22	73	Konnor Griffin	Pirates	0.266	0.714	5	27	22	8.0%	87.9
23	72	J.P. Crawford	Mariners	0.221	0.685	10	33	1	5.6%	87.9
24	72	Cooper Pratt	Brewers	0.263	0.693	3	29	13	3.3%	86.8
25	71	Joey Ortiz	Brewers	0.255	0.703	8	42	9	4.1%	88.9
26	71	Trea Turner	Phillies	0.243	0.686	19	56	19	6.4%	88.5
27	71	Jordan Lawlar	Diamondbacks	0.258	0.743	4	10	4	4.9%	87.8
28	68	Xander Bogaerts	Padres	0.218	0.638	11	52	20	5.8%	89.3
29	68	Willy Adames	Giants	0.230	0.713	21	51	5	8.9%	87.4
30	67	Christian Cairo	Phillies	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	65	Masyn Winn	Cardinals	0.236	0.635	5	51	10	3.6%	88.2
32	65	Brayan Rocchio	Guardians	0.247	0.681	13	62	18	3.1%	86.9
33	65	Andruw Monasterio	Red Sox	0.241	0.687	6	40	4	6.7%	87.7
34	64	Josh Smith	Blue Jays	0.226	0.671	6	15	4	7.4%	85.7
35	63	Anthony Volpe	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	0.240	0.647	1	19	7	4.0%	87.8
36	63	Jacob Wilson	Athletics	0.266	0.686	7	37	4	2.5%	84.1
37	63	Jared Triolo	Pirates	0.247	0.635	3	29	11	2.5%	86.7
38	63	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	Red Sox	0.269	0.693	2	16	8	2.6%	82.8
39	63	Jose Fernandez	Reno Aces	0.262	0.661	3	16	9	4.0%	87.8
40	59	Leo Jiménez	Marlins	0.199	0.565	2	14	1	3.9%	90.0
41	59	Maximo Acosta	Marlins	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
42	58	José Caballero	Yankees	0.233	0.658	13	47	31	4.2%	83.9
43	57	Tsung-Che Cheng	Worcester Red Sox	0.256	0.600	0	5	0	7.7%	86.6
44	57	Juan Brito	Reds	0.197	0.588	1	8	1	4.3%	84.2
45	56	Ezequiel Tovar	Rockies	0.210	0.588	10	41	7	6.4%	87.4
46	56	Jared Serna	Marlins	0.375	1.025	0	2	0	12.5%	92.6
47	55	Nasim Nuñez	Nationals	0.210	0.534	1	35	46	0.9%	85.1
48	54	Trevor Story	Red Sox	0.233	0.598	3	23	4	4.3%	87.7
49	54	Edwin Arroyo	Louisville Bats	0.223	0.530	0	5	1	2.7%	88.0
50	53	Jorge Mateo	Rays	0.216	0.602	5	18	17	8.1%	88.0
51	53	Gabriel Arias	Cubs	0.245	0.660	5	13	4	10.1%	89.6
52	53	Ha-Seong Kim	Braves	0.110	0.318	0	6	2	2.9%	86.0
53	52	Taylor Walls	Rays	0.218	0.596	2	33	21	1.9%	85.6
54	52	Denzer Guzman	Angels	0.227	0.625	7	25	2	6.1%	86.7
55	50	Nick Allen	Astros	0.275	0.678	2	13	2	1.9%	86.0
56	49	Brice Matthews	Astros	0.197	0.582	7	22	4	8.6%	86.8
57	47	Carson Williams	Durham Bulls	0.108	0.370	1	6	0	4.0%	84.5
58	47	Colt Emerson	Mariners	0.190	0.581	8	23	3	5.0%	86.7
59	45	Trey Sweeney	Tigers	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
60	45	Paul DeJong	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
61	45	Liover Peguero	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
62	45	Nacho Alvarez Jr.	Angels	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
63	45	Ryan Ritter	Albuquerque Isotopes	0.158	0.358	0	1	0	0.0%	89.2
64	45	Braden Shewmake	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	0.259	0.694	3	10	1	6.9%	89.9

How this leaderboard is built

Legends Deck rates every shortstop using real 2026 Statcast data. For hitters, that means the key inputs are exit velocity, barrel rate, xwOBA, sprint speed, whiff rate, and chase rate. No scout opinions, no card-by-card tuning — the same fixed pipeline for every player.

Full methodology: How Legends Deck card ratings work. Or read the ranked breakdown: Best Shortstops in MLB 2026.

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