Growing up, I developed an infatuation for shortstops. That’s reasonable enough, plenty of people have an admiration for that position. But my favorite shortstops generally weren’t all that good; they were fine players, average, nothing to write home about — in other words, they were accessible. I’ve got a childhood best friend who follows that same mantra. Being a Cubs fan, one of his favorite North-siders of all-time — or at least, for a period of time — was Ronny Cedeno, the career -0.7 fWAR shortstop who actually had his best seasons in Pittsburgh. We were/are odd.
Jordy Mercer, a retrospective
