SkillShow All-Century Team: Shortstop Edition

October 28, 2025

Shortstop is the position that demands everything: speed, defense, leadership, and instincts you can’t teach.


Since 2000, high school baseball has produced shortstops who didn’t just play the game, they helped define it. With the All-Century Team series, we’re revisiting the players who made scouts stop and stare long before draft day. The question is simple: who was the best high school shortstop of the last 25 years?


Let’s take a look.

Bobby Witt Jr.  (Colleyville Heritage, Texas)

At Colleyville Heritage, Bobby Witt Jr. looked like he had been built in a baseball lab. In 2019, he hit .515 with 15 home runs, 54 RBIs, and 17 stolen bases in just 38 games. Every tool was elite, and he played with the confidence of someone who knew he was different.


Scouts called him the total package. He had pop in his bat, a rocket for an arm, and smooth actions in the field. That season he was named Gatorade National Player of the Year and went second overall in the draft.


Witt didn’t just have potential. He had proof.

Carlos Correa  (Puerto Rico Baseball Academy)

Carlos Correa looked like the future of the position.


At the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy, he stood 6-foot-4 with a 97-mile-per-hour arm and effortless athleticism. His game had power and polish, and his maturity stood out just as much as his physical gifts.


In 2012, the Houston Astros made him the first overall pick, the first Puerto Rican-born player to ever be drafted number one. Correa showed that a big shortstop could still be graceful, and that power and defense didn’t have to live in separate worlds.

Francisco Lindor  (Montverde Academy, Florida)

Francisco Lindor was the most complete high school shortstop of his generation.


At Montverde Academy, he wasn’t the biggest or strongest, but he had a presence that was impossible to miss. His glove was major league ready before he graduated, his switch-hitting smooth from both sides, and his leadership stood out on every field he played on.


He made difficult plays look easy, carried himself with maturity beyond his years, and set the tone for everyone around him. Lindor was drafted eighth overall in 2011, and from the start, he looked like he was born to play shortstop.

OUR WINNER: Francisco Lindor

Witt had the tools.
Correa had the frame.
Lindor had the instincts and command that make shortstop the heartbeat of the team.



He didn’t need flash or size to dominate. He led with precision, grace, and quiet confidence. That’s why Francisco Lindor is our choice for the All-Century Team shortstop.

Why Lindor Wins the Debate

Witt brought the electricity. Correa brought the blueprint. Lindor brought the balance.


He could hit, he could lead, and he could control a game with his glove. Every team needs a player who steadies the field and sets the tone. That was Lindor.


He wasn’t just a shortstop. He was the standard.

Think we nailed it? Or would you pick someone else? Let us know your choice and tag us.


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