RotoSummit's 2012 Projections are based on advanced statistics, expected growth or regression, past performances, injury history and risk, and playing time potential. I attempt to create the most logical, realistic, and objective projections that I can, projecting what I would consider to be the average outcome for each player if the season was played out an infinite number of times. Though I did account for injury risk, I did not downgrade each player's playing time averages based on the minuscule chance that they miss the whole season (even though this would happen during infinite simulations of the season).

Here are my 2012 projections for the top 38 fantasy baseball shortstops. If you feel that I left someone out that may be useful in your league, feel free to make suggestions and I will make adjustments.

Troy Tulowitzki - Col	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	606	81	30	105	9	.302
	2012 Projected	614	90	29	102	11	.304

Hanley Ramirez - Mia	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	385	55	10	45	20	.243
	2012 Projected	607	93	21	78	29	.286

Jose Reyes - Mia	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	586	101	7	44	39	.337
	2012 Projected	600	103	9	47	38	.305

Starlin Castro - ChC	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	715	91	10	66	22	.307
	2012 Projected	685	90	10	65	21	.303

Elvis Andrus - Tex	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	665	96	5	60	37	.279
	2012 Projected	661	97	5	57	38	.278

Asdrubal Cabrera - Cle	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	667	87	25	92	17	.273
	2012 Projected	614	86	17	83	16	.282

Jimmy Rollins - Phi	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	631	87	16	63	30	.268
	2012 Projected	622	90	15	65	28	.267

Derek Jeter - NYY	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	607	95	6	61	16	.297
	2012 Projected	649	98	8	64	17	.296

Alexei Ramirez - CWS	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	684	81	15	70	7	.269
	2012 Projected	642	82	16	72	10	.276

Erick Aybar - LAA	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	605	71	10	59	30	.279
	2012 Projected	583	70	8	54	27	.277

Dee Gordon - LAD	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	233	34	0	11	24	.304
	2012 Projected	588	85	1	31	47	.268

Jhonny Peralta - Det	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	576	68	21	86	0	.299
	2012 Projected	606	64	19	83	0	.279

J.J. Hardy - Bal	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	567	76	30	80	0	.269
	2012 Projected	531	73	23	70	0	.268

Stephen Drew - Ari	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	354	44	5	45	4	.252
	2012 Projected	577	79	13	59	8	.265

Emilio Bonifacio - Mia	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	641	78	5	36	40	.296
	2012 Projected	532	72	3	31	33	.273

Yunel Escobar - Tor	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	590	77	11	48	3	.290
	2012 Projected	584	80	11	52	4	.291

Edit 1/23/12: Scutaro traded to Colorado

Marco Scutaro - Col	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	445	59	7	54	4	.299
	2012 Projected	610	84	11	59	6	.284

Ian Desmond - Was	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	639	65	8	49	25	.253
	2012 Projected	612	64	9	53	22	.258

Zack Cozart - Cin	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	38	6	2	3	0	.324
	2012 Projected	502	64	11	53	14	.253

Cliff Pennington - Oak	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	570	57	8	58	14	.264
	2012 Projected	573	61	7	54	18	.261

Alcides Escobar - KC	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	598	69	4	46	26	.254
	2012 Projected	576	66	4	45	23	.253

Alex Gonzalez - Mil	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	593	59	16	56	2	.241
	2012 Projected	578	62	18	66	2	.249

Jason Bartlett - SD	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	618	61	2	40	23	.245
	2012 Projected	570	63	4	42	21	.257

Rafael Furcal - StL	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	369	44	8	28	9	.231
	2012 Projected	457	63	8	39	12	.270

Sean Rodriguez - TB	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	436	45	8	36	11	.223
	2012 Projected	474	59	13	48	13	.239

Jed Lowrie - Hou	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	341	40	6	36	1	.252
	2012 Projected	533	63	11	59	1	.253

Clint Barmes - Pit	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	495	47	12	39	3	.244
	2012 Projected	488	53	12	48	4	.248

Tyler Pastornicky - Atl	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2012 Projected	436	43	4	34	16	.253

Jamey Carroll - Min	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	510	52	0	17	10	.290
	2012 Projected	432	47	0	18	9	.287

Alexi Casilla - Min	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	365	52	2	21	15	.260
	2012 Projected	382	49	2	25	14	.261

Ruben Tejada - NYM	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	376	31	0	36	5	.284
	2012 Projected	520	53	1	44	6	.258

Edit 1/27/12: Giants sign Theriot

Ryan Theriot - SF	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	483	46	1	47	4	.271
	2012 Projected	415	44	2	31	8	.275

Brendan Ryan - Sea	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	494	51	3	39	13	.248
	2012 Projected	466	50	3	33	12	.251

Edit 1/27/12: Trevor Plouffe added

Trevor Plouffe - Min	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	320	47	8	31	3	.238
	2012 Projected	310	36	9	35	3	.241

Robert Andino - Bal	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	511	63	5	36	13	.263
	2012 Projected	326	40	4	23	8	.247

Willie Bloomquist - Ari	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	381	44	4	26	20	.266
	2012 Projected	221	25	2	15	10	.265

Yuniesky Betancourt - KC	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	584	51	13	68	4	.259
	2012 Projected	240	21	6	29	2	.258

Edit 1/27/12: Giants sign Theriot

Brandon Crawford - SF	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	220	22	3	21	1	.228
	2012 Projected	336	35	5	29	3	.238

Reid Brignac - TB	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	264	18	1	15	3	.193
	2012 Projected	251	25	4	24	3	.231

Tsuyoshi Nishioka - Min	Year	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
	2011 Totals	240	14	0	19	2	.226
	2012 Projected	273	27	0	21	3	.239

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