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20. Geraldo Perdomo, Arizona Diamondbacks
Injuries limited Perdomo to just 98 games, but he was still a 3.4-WAR player, improving on his breakout 2023 campaign when he earned an All-Star selection and tallied 2.3 WAR in 144 games. He hit .273/.344/.374 for a 101 OPS+ and produced elite defensive metrics (10 DRS, 8.4 UZR/150) after grading out as roughly a league-average defender the previous year.
19. Ha-Seong Kim, San Diego Padres
After finishing 12th in NL MVP balloting during a 5.8-WAR season in 2023, Kim wrapped up his four-year, $28 million contract with the Padres by filling up the stat sheet with 16 doubles, 11 home runs, 47 RBI, 22 steals and 2.6 WAR in 121 games. He missed the end of the season after undergoing shoulder surgery, but he will still be one of the top shortstops on the market this winter.
18. Miguel Rojas, Los Angeles Dodgers
Rojas had the best season of his career in 2024, hitting .283/.337/.410 while setting career-high marks in OPS+ (113) and WAR (3.4) in 103 games. The 35-year-old has long been a solid defender and a respective clubhouse presence, but adding above-average offensive production to the mix made him a surprise standout for the Dodgers.
17. Tyler Fitzgerald, San Francisco Giants
Fitzgerald was an afterthought in the spring battle between Nick Ahmed and Marco Luciano for the starting shortstop job, but when both of those guys struggled, he took over as the starter at the end of June. The 27-year-old rookie hit .280/.334/.497 with 19 doubles, 15 home runs, 34 RBI and 17 steals in 96 games, and while his .380 BABIP and middling batted-ball metrics make him a clear regression candidate, that does nothing to detract from his stellar 2024 performance.
16. Oneil Cruz, Pittsburgh Pirates