The season is about one-quarter over and guess who’s the best shortstop in baseball? If you guessed Francisco Lindor you’d be wrong. If you guessed Xander Bogaerts you’d be wrong. If you guessed Corey Seager or Dansby Swanson, you’d be wrong. If you’d guessed Carlos Correa, wrong again.
According to Baseball Reference the leading shortstop in baseball by Wins Above Replacement is Jeremy Pena. Jeremy Pena, rookie, Houston Astros.
His 2.2 bWAR is tops, just above J.P. Crawford at 2.0 and Tim Anderson at 1.9.
OK, it’s only one-quarter of the season, and Tim Anderson leads in fWAR, 2.