The Long and Short ”Stop” of It

The Kansas City Royals have been slightly active again this week.  They have signed all of their arbitration eligible players except for Alex Gordon.  It will be interesting to see if the Royals are able to sign to a long term contract.  There have been rumors of this in the media, but only time will tell.  This week, will start our look at the American League Central infielders by reviewing the shortstops of each team.  The following statistics will give us a view of each player’s 2011 season. Team Player Avg. OBP SLG OPS H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Chi Alexei Ramirez .269 .328 .399 .727 165 31 2 15 70 7 Cle Asdrubal Cabrera .273 .332 .460 .792 165 32 3 25 92 17 Det Jhonny Peralta .299 .345 .478 .824 157 25 3 21 86 0 KC Alicdes Escobar .254 .290 .343 .633 139 21 8 4 46 26 Min Jamey Carroll .290 .359 .347 .706 131 14 6 0 17 10 The Chicago White Sox will start one of the more proven commodities at shortstop.  Alexei Ramirez in his four full seasons with the White Sox h...