30-year old righty swinging Jason Bartlett is coming off an outstanding season with the bat in his hands. He played in 137 games for the Rays last season and he was 160 for 500 (.320 avg, .879 OPS) with 90 runs scored, 14 homers, 66 RBIs and 30 stolen bases. It will be interesting to see if Bartlett can put up huge numbers like he did in 2009 again. After all he has a career batting average of .287 with a .744 OPS. Bartlett will have to hit to make himself useful to the Rays as he made 20 errors in 134 games at shortstop while showing poor range. He makes the highlight reel play once in a while but he is not a consistent fielder.

24-year old lefty swinging Reid Brignac will likely make the Rays in 2010 as a backup infielder. He played in 31 games for the Rays last season and he was 25 for 90 (.278 avg, .745 OPS) with 6 runs scored, 1 homer, 10 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. Brignac made 2 errors in 28 games at shortstop for the Rays last season but he also showed poor range.

28-year old switch-hitting Ben Zobrist will likely get most of his P.T. in 2010 at 2B and RF for the Rays but he is a natural shortstop. Zobrist made 2 errors in 13 games at shortstop for the Rays last season while showing poor range.

PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE SHORTSTOPS IN 2010: B