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The next installment of the MLB Network’s Top 9 players at each position from this decade comes from the shortstop position. Over recent years, we have seen the position become one of the best in all of baseball with some exciting new talent. Let’s get right to it: 9. Omar Vizquel – Vizquel finds his name on this list mostly due to his stellar defense. He was arguably the best defensive shortstop over the past decade as he added 4 Gold Gloves to his collection. For his career, he is an 11-time Gold Glove Award winner and is a true joy to watch play the infield. Offensively, Vizquel had a .270 AVG, .698 OPS, 644 Runs, and 151 SB for [...]

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• Category: Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, Teams, Texas Rangers
• Tagged as Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Edgar Renteria, Hanley Ramirez, Jimmy Rollins, Michael Young, Miguel Tejada, Nomar Garciaparra, Omar Vizquel

Joe Posnanski of SI.com recently complied his list of “anti-award” winners for both the American and National Leagues. The AL Least Valuable Player (LVP) was Toronto Blue Jays’ centerfielder Vernon Wells.  Runners-up for this designation included Yuniesky Betancourt, Kansas City Royals; Jhonny Peralta, Cleveland Indians; Alex Rios, Blue Jays/Chicago White Sox; and Jose Guillen, Royals. Milton Bradley, rightfielder for the Chicago Cubs, was the National League LVP.  Other names mentioned for the NL LVP included Emilio Bonifacio, Florida Marlins; Jeff Francoeur, Atlanta Braves/New York Mets; Jason Kendall, Milwaukee Brewers; Russell Martin, Los Angeles Dodgers; Edgar Renteria, San Francisco Giants; and Alfonso Soriano, Chicago Cubs. Posnanski’s analysis was based mostly on the players production in relation to their salary, which is [...]

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• Category: Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, San Francisco Giants, Teams, Toronto Blue Jays
• Tagged as Alex Rios, Alfonso Soriano, Barry Zito, Edgar Renteria, Emilio Bonifacio, Jason Kendall, Jeff Francoeur, Jhonny Peralta, Jose Guillen, Milton Bradley, Russell Martin, Scott Oleniczak, vernon wells, Yuniesky Betancourt

Jim Callis of Baseball America recently released his Chicago Cubs Top 10 Prospects list for the 2010 season.  The biggest change on the Cubs’ list is the rise of 19 year old shortstop Starlin Castro. Castro has risen through the Cubs’ system this past year and is currently the talk of the Arizona Fall League. Castro has drawn comparisons to Edgar Renteria and a young Alfonso Soriano. Baseball America lists Castro as the best defensive infielder in the system. The Cubs currently envisions Castro as their shortstop of the future, possibly by 2011. Other players of note include No. 2 prospect, Brett Jackson (of), the Cubs top pick in the 2009 draft and No. 3 prospect, Josh Vitters (3b), the [...]

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• Category: Chicago Cubs, Miami Marlins, Tampa Bay Rays, Teams
• Tagged as Alfonso Soriano, Andrew Cashner, Angel Guzman, Baseball America, Brett Jackson, Chris Carpenter, Corey Patterson, D.J. LeMahieu, Edgar Renteria, Felix Pie, Hak-Ju Lee, Jay Jackson, Jim Callis, Josh Vitters, Logan Watkins, Mark Prior, Ryan Flaherty, Starlin Castro, Tom Ricketts