2012 Fantasy Baseball: Shortstop Tiers

Your fantasy baseball draft(s) are right around the corner.  Here’s my attempt at separating 25 shortstops into six tiers. Tiers are very subjective and one player could easily be considered just good enough or just bad enough to be in the next higher or lower tier. Let me know what you think.  Also check out my: first basemen tiers and second basemen tiers. Tier 1: Troy Tulowitzki, Hanley Ramirez*, Jose Reyes   Ramirez and Reyes had short seasons in 2011 but I think they will both benefit from Reyes joining the Marlins. Tier 2: Elvis Andrus, Asdrubal Cabrera, Starlin Castro, Jimmy Rollins Cabrera doesn’t get enough credit for what he did in 2011- 25 HR & 92 RBI, both career highs by far. Tier 3: Alexei Ramirez, Jhonny Peralta, J.J. Hardy, Derek Jeter Hardy and Tulo were the only shortstops with 30 HR last season.  Peralta had one of the best seasons of his career while helping the Tigers to the playoffs. He eclipsed 20-plus HRs and 80-plus RBIs in the same season f...