Top 9 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers: Shortstops

Shortstop is no longer a position where the 3 R’s (Reyes, Rollins, Ramirez) dominate as Troy Tulowitzki is the clear top pick today and perhaps the top pick in the game. But, if you look closely, you will be able to find some diamonds in the rough at the shortstop position. Here are our 2012 fantasy baseball sleepers at the shortstop position. UPSIDE: The trade of Jesus Montero and retirement of Jorge Posada means that A-Rod and Jeter will be spending more time as DH, thus giving Eduardo Nunez more playing time in the Yankees infield. 1. Dee Gordon, Los Angeles Dodgers — Stolen bases are over-rated in the fantasy game when compared to the real game of baseball. And, Dee Gordon, son of ex-Major League reliever Flash Gordon, will light up the stolen base charts in 2012. In just 224 at bats and 56 games last year, Gordon swiped 24 bases and was caught on 7 occasions. If he plays in 156 games instead of 56 in 2012, that projects to 67 stolen bases and a possibl...