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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	0.280	0.808	18	54	40	12.0%	92.3
2	90	Elly De La Cruz	Reds	0.284	0.871	26	71	25	16.2%	94.6
3	89	Kevin McGonigle	Tigers	0.272	0.798	17	65	12	7.3%	88.0
4	86	Sam Antonacci	White Sox	0.269	0.759	8	44	17	4.9%	87.3
5	85	Mookie Betts	Dodgers	0.250	0.751	20	62	2	7.9%	90.2
6	83	JJ Wetherholt	Cardinals	0.242	0.713	17	48	14	7.6%	89.9
7	82	Geraldo Perdomo	Diamondbacks	0.252	0.722	9	50	20	2.6%	87.4
8	82	Corey Seager	Rangers	0.231	0.760	18	43	1	14.9%	91.8
9	82	Francisco Lindor	Mets	0.232	0.760	20	47	3	9.3%	91.2
10	81	CJ Abrams	Nationals	0.264	0.833	30	96	29	10.1%	89.7
11	80	Carlos Correa	Astros	0.279	0.787	3	16	1	10.3%	89.2
12	79	Gunnar Henderson	Orioles	0.223	0.706	22	57	10	7.0%	89.2
13	79	Xavier Edwards	Marlins	0.282	0.738	6	51	20	3.2%	86.8
14	79	Zach Neto	Angels	0.240	0.760	26	73	20	11.6%	89.6
15	79	Blaze Alexander	Orioles	0.303	0.772	4	31	10	6.6%	92.3
16	79	Jeremy Peña	Astros	0.268	0.768	17	47	9	6.4%	88.3
17	76	Jordan Lawlar	Diamondbacks	0.258	0.756	4	11	4	7.4%	87.7
18	76	Ezequiel Duran	Rangers	0.268	0.770	17	80	11	6.2%	88.9
19	76	Chase Meidroth	White Sox	0.267	0.742	14	54	3	4.5%	87.4
20	75	Bo Bichette	Mets	0.263	0.706	16	73	2	6.6%	89.6
21	74	Joey Ortiz	Brewers	0.264	0.725	9	44	9	4.3%	88.9
22	74	Colson Montgomery	White Sox	0.206	0.716	31	84	1	12.7%	88.7
23	74	Cooper Pratt	Brewers	0.273	0.710	3	30	13	3.7%	87.1
24	73	Dansby Swanson	Cubs	0.216	0.704	18	66	17	7.6%	89.5
25	72	J.P. Crawford	Mariners	0.223	0.690	11	36	1	5.6%	87.6
26	70	Trea Turner	Phillies	0.241	0.678	19	57	19	6.5%	88.3
27	70	Konnor Griffin	Pirates	0.261	0.699	5	27	22	7.5%	87.6
28	68	Xander Bogaerts	Padres	0.222	0.644	11	54	21	5.7%	89.2
29	68	Willy Adames	Giants	0.230	0.713	21	51	5	8.9%	87.4
30	67	Christian Cairo	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	66	Anthony Volpe	Yankees	0.245	0.664	2	24	8	4.3%	88.0
32	65	Masyn Winn	Cardinals	0.237	0.635	5	54	10	3.5%	88.3
33	65	Andruw Monasterio	Red Sox	0.240	0.685	6	40	4	6.7%	87.7
34	64	Brayan Rocchio	Guardians	0.246	0.680	13	65	19	3.1%	86.9
35	64	Josh Smith	Blue Jays	0.227	0.671	6	15	4	7.2%	85.8
36	64	Jose Fernandez	Diamondbacks	0.262	0.661	3	16	9	4.0%	87.8
37	64	Juan Brito	Reds	0.230	0.685	2	11	1	7.5%	85.3
38	63	Jacob Wilson	Athletics	0.266	0.686	7	37	4	2.5%	84.1
39	63	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	Red Sox	0.268	0.692	2	16	8	2.5%	82.7
40	62	Jared Triolo	Pirates	0.243	0.626	3	29	13	2.5%	86.4
41	59	Leo Jiménez	Marlins	0.199	0.565	2	14	1	3.9%	90.0
42	59	Maximo Acosta	Marlins	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
43	58	José Caballero	Yankees	0.232	0.657	13	47	31	4.2%	83.9
44	57	Ezequiel Tovar	Rockies	0.213	0.599	11	42	7	6.6%	87.4
45	57	Tsung-Che Cheng	Worcester Red Sox	0.256	0.600	0	5	0	7.7%	86.6
46	56	Jared Serna	Marlins	0.250	0.703	0	2	0	11.1%	90.1
47	55	Trevor Story	Red Sox	0.239	0.610	3	25	4	4.8%	87.2
48	55	Nasim Nuñez	Nationals	0.210	0.534	1	35	46	0.9%	85.1
49	54	Edwin Arroyo	Louisville Bats	0.223	0.530	0	5	1	2.7%	88.0
50	53	Gabriel Arias	Cubs	0.245	0.660	5	13	4	10.1%	89.6
51	52	Taylor Walls	Rays	0.218	0.596	2	33	21	1.9%	85.6
52	52	Nick Allen	Astros	0.279	0.709	3	14	2	1.8%	86.0
53	51	Denzer Guzman	Angels	0.221	0.614	7	26	2	5.9%	86.6
54	50	Jorge Mateo	Rays	0.207	0.580	5	18	17	7.8%	87.6
55	49	Brice Matthews	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	0.197	0.582	7	22	4	8.6%	86.8
56	48	Ha-Seong Kim	Braves	0.128	0.366	0	9	2	2.6%	86.2
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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