Grey's recap of the top 20 shortstops according to ESPN's player rater:

http://razzball.com/top-20-shortstops-2011-fantasy-baseball/

The table below shows Grey's preseason ranking, # of leagues they were drafted in, the average draft position of those selected in all 38 leagues, and the earliest and latest each was selected (ND = Not Drafted).

Wow, Asdrubal wasn't even drafted in one league? Also, I wonder if the person who drafted Hardy held them all year. Seems doubtful or they weren't paying attention in April.

It was actually the #1 league, ECFBL, who didn't draft Asdrubal, but he was picked up before the season started. Worse, I had him in 1 league, and dropped him.

As for Hardy, he was dropped in most leagues before he had 20 ABs. The teams that held on to him were teams that were not making many moves.

Here are the first 12 drafted shortstops, showing where the teams that drafted them finished in the standings. Not 1 team overcame the early drafting of Hanley to finish first.



And here are the Asdrubal Cabrera results, including the team that picked him up right after the draft:

1st: 1
2nd: 2
3rd: 6
4th: 7
5th: 3
6th: 4
7th: 2
8th: 4
9th: 4
10th: 2
11th: 1
12th: 2

Wow, Hanley really killed teams. Thanks again for doing this research, it really is fascinating.

I guess a first round total bust CAN affect a team... When a guy you're counting on to produce across the board winds up not doing anything whatsoever, it's painful. Thanks, Hanley!!