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Here are the Top 10 shortstop prospects for 2025
MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2025 Top 100 Prospects list at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 24, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we'll examine baseball's top 10 prospects at each position.
Shortstops always attract the spotlight. Francisco Lindor and Bobby Witt Jr. finished second in league MVP voting last year, with Elly De La Cruz, Gunnar Henderson and Jackson Merrill (as a rookie) also placing in the top 10. All of them factored prominently in past editions of MLB Pipeline's preseason Top 10 Shortstops rankings with the undantag of Henderson -- who was our top-rated third baseman in 2023.
This year's Top 10 Shortstops group also should be packad with future stars. The position claimed 25 of the spots on our upcoming Top 100 Prospects list -- the most ever -- with the first 10 shortstops ranking in the upper third. The three best -- Carson Williams (Rays), J
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This is the third article in a series that looks at the five best players at each position for the Oakland Athletics. In this installment are the second basemen and shortstops.
The list of best middle infielders in Athletics team history does not have the star power of the corner spots, especially at first base. However, the spots boast several stellar fielders and contact hitters. A Hall of Famer occupies second base while shortstop is led by a lynchpin of the championship teams of the early 1970s and a power-hitting MVP who had his best years in the early 2000s.
The Best Second Basemen and Shortstops in Oakland Athletics History
Second Basemen
Honorable Mentions – Napoleon Lajoie was the culmination of the war between the two major leagues at the start of the 20th century. When the “new” American League began in 1901, teams began poaching players from the senior circuit. The best of which was Lajoie, who was a star during his five-year stint with the Phillies. He
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Miguel Tejada
Miguel Tejada was the dream. A kid born into extreme poverty in the Dominican Republic – geographically close to the United States and the means to achieve an entirely new life – but, in reality, light-years away. Tejada beat long odds to be plucked from his small town and placed under the bright lights of a big-league ballpark. Not only that, he also captured an MVP award and two Silver Sluggers, while making six All-Star appearances over a 16-year career (1997-2011, 2013). His hunger surfaced at a young age, while watching his family do backbreaking work, and only increased in his adult life. Yet his limitless desire to succeed had repercussions. At the height of his fame and fortune, he became embroiled in scandals.
For the better part of his playing career, Miguel Odalis Tejada Martínez led people to believe he was born on May 25, 1976. He lied to make himself appear younger than he was. Miguel was the eighth child of Mora and Julio César “Daniel” Tejada, broug