Key Stats: Elvis Andrus finished tied for 9th in batting average, 7th in OBP, and 13 in OPS among shortstops last season. Where he gets drafted should depend on if your league is progressive or traditional in the stat categories.
Skeptics Say: As the OPS above would indicate, Andrus does not get very many hits for extra base hits. Last season was actually a vast improvement compared to 2010. Andrus went from only 18 extra base hits to 35 extra base hits in almost the exact same number of at-bats. Still – 35 extra base hits is nothing when you consider that some of the players being taken off the board when he is jumping off the board could get 35 home runs. And when you look at his run in the playoffs (one double in 68 at-bats) all the growth from the regular season is easy to ignore.
Peer Comparison: The last shortstop to go to two World Series in his first three seasons was Derek Jeter. Andrus isn’t going to be in the same class as Jeter for his career (who is?), but he’s on...
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