Projected 2010 Starting Shortstops and Their Benchwarmer Salaries

Once again, one man stands alone at the top. Undoubtedly Desmond isn't as good as that number, but the salary means he is risk free. Noticing a few of the bigger gaps between career OPS and 2009 OPS leads to some questions: Was Jason Bartlett just lucky last year, or is he on the way up? J.J. Hardy: overmatched, or ready to rebound?

Updated 2/6/10 - Guzzie back at SS in Was, O-Cab takes over in Cin

Team	Starter	2010 Salary	Career OPS	2009 OPS	Bang	Other Pos
Fla	Hanley Ramirez	6604	917	954	.138855
NYY	Derek Jeter	5686	847	871	.148962
Col	Troy Tulowitzki	4000	831	930	.207750
Atl	Yunel Escobar	2025	801	812	.395556
NYM	Jose Reyes	1827	772	750	.422551
Ari	Stephen Drew	2330	771	748	.330901
Phi	Jimmy Rollins	4600	768	719	.166957
Cle	Asdrubal Cabrera	1661	766	799	.461168	2B
LAD	Rafael Furcal	2263	758	711	.334954
ChW	Alexei Ramirez	1726	755	723	.437428
Min	J.J. Hardy	1735	751	659	.432853
SF	Edgar Renteria	1452	746	635	.513774
TB	Jason Bartlett	1928	744	879	.385892
ChC	Ryan Theriot	2537	726	712	.286165
Hou	Jeff Keppinger	753	723	707	.960159	2B, 3B
Bos	Marco Scutaro	2609	721	789	.276351
Cin	Orlando Cabrera	3655	719	705	.196717
Oak	Clifton Pennington	271	719	760	2.653137
Mil	Alcides Escobar	147	710	701	4.829932
LAA	Erick Aybar	1465	707	776	.482594
StL	Brendan Ryan	806	706	740	.875931	2B
SD	Everth Cabrera	672	703	703	1.046131
Tex	Elvis Andrus	995	702	702	.705528
Was	Cristian Guzman	1882	693	696	.368225
KC	Yuniesky Betancourt	1373	689	639	.501821
Tor	Alex L. Gonzalez	779	689	769	.884467
Sea	Jack Wilson	907	684	654	.754135
Det	Adam A. Everett	654	648	613	.990826
Bal	Cesar Izturis	820	629	622	.767073
Pit	Ronny Cedeno	596	626	701	1.050336	2B, OF