Tyler Saladino Is A Decent AL Only Shortstop For 2016

Well, as of now Tyler Saladino is still penciled in to be the starting shortstop for the White Sox in 2016. Ian Desmond is still out there with water cooler chatter around baseball painting Chicago as a likely destination, but that draft pick looms large and so for now it’s Saladino’s spot to field. Gordon Beckham is in Atlanta and Conor Gillaspie is in the San Francisco system, so the fleet-footed Saladino is really just fending off Carlos Sanchez for playing time as of now. Saladino can’t really hit that well, he won’t bring you any power spikes, but he can run and could post some decent run totals if you’re in deeper AL-only leagues. Steamer only has him logging 215 plate appearances, but if we give him 500 and assume playing time, his projection rates out to be about 60 runs, 10 homers, 50 RBIs, 20 steals and a .245 average. Obviously we’re cooking the books a bit to get him the PAs, but you get the idea from this of what kind of player he is.