Shortstop in a sentence

Teams can afford more offense at shortstop, once a defense-first position, because of the confluence of the rise in strikeouts, home runs and defensive shifts: Shortstop is one of many positionsfewer and fewer defensive opportunities.

The most interesting aspect of the roster is it contains no pure shortstop; what makes this more unusual is major league scouting programs consider shortstop the most talented and deepest position in the Twins minor league system.

After a fielder’s choice grounder to shortstop advanced both runners and scored Thaxton, Ella Miller drove in Brooks with the third run on a sacrifice fly to center field.

After a pop-out, catcher Kaylee Moore recorded her second of three singles on the day and drove in her shortstop to tie the game at four.

After Pillar hit a weak pop up to shortstop and Rosario hit a weak fly ball to left, utility infielder Vaughn Grissom was the Braves last hope of continuing their historic season.

Although second and shortstop are often put together as middle infield, they are definitely two far different positions.

Angels shortstop Zach Neto, left, is unable to field a ground ball hit by the Houston Astros’ Chas McCormick during the fourth inning on Friday night in Houston.

Anthony Volpe, who turns 22 on April 28, was named to New York’s Opening Day roster and will start at shortstop against the San Francisco Giants at Yankee Stadium.

Astros' shortstop Jeremy Peña hit a two-run home run in his first at-bat since getting a planned day off, backing another solid outing from Framber Valdez as Houston sent the Oakland Athletics to their 10th consecutive loss with a 6-3 win Saturday.

Atkins said the Blue Jays are committed to their star shortstop.

A two-sport standout who also ranks as a three-star quarterback on the gridiron, Houck is another highly regarded high school shortstop who can impact the game at the plate, in the field and on the base paths.

Bae was one of the first names Shelton mentioned as a candidate to back up Cruz at shortstop, although the Pirates have since had veteran Chris Owings emerge and added Mark Mathias to the mix through a trade.

Báez added a highlight-worthy play at shortstop, throwing out a runner from his knees after a backhand stop.

Boston doesn’t have a healthy full-time shortstop on its roster after Trevor Story underwent elbow surgery and could miss the entire season.

Boston’s chief baseball officer acknowledged it a number of times, even after the December departure of homegrown shortstop Xander Bogaerts.

Braves shortstop Vaughn Grissom’s sixth error in 18 games this season led to a costly run in the sixth inning.

But Bader popped up to shortstop, and Isiah Kiner-Falefa, pinch-hitting for the left-handed hitting Bauers against left-hander Colin Poche, struck out to leave the tying run 90 feet away.

But left fielder Ben Zeigler-Namoa and shortstop Jordan Donahue each had three hits.

But l know the caliber of shortstop that Tovar is and he came right up to me and apologized.

Cabrera hit a ball toward Cubs shortstop Gonzalez, who led all NL shortstops in fielding percentage, but Gonzalez let it hit off the heel of his glove while trying to backhand it.