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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
If Correa is still in the running, isn't Lindor?
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I think Correa and Lindor are both in the conversation (see post #2).
I think people forget how rare it is to be a good fielding shortstop who can hit.
Correa has the 4th highest OPS+ of any shortstop ever at 127. Wagner is #1 at 151, ARod is 140, Arky Vaughan is 136, then Correa. Ripken and Yount are at 115. Correa is having a down year and his rate statistics will probably deteriorate with age, but he is only 28 and already has a WAR of 39.8.
Lindor has 4 top 10 MVP finishes and a WAR of 38 and is only 29 years old.
Neither of the Puerto Rican shortstops are shoe-ins by any means, but if they have solid years into their mid-30s they have a serious chance of getting in.