Wondering how to use Shortstops in a sentence? Below are 9 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Shortstops meaning
plural of shortstop
Using Shortstops
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of shortstop
- In the example corpus, shortstops often appears in combinations such as: shortstops in.
Context around Shortstops
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shortstops
- In this selection, "shortstops" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, agent, top and received stand out and add context to how "shortstops" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all nl shortstops in fielding and best defensive shortstops. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shortstops" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shortstops
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Do the Yankees have three shortstops, or none? (8 words)
He’s probably going to be one of the best defensive shortstops. (12 words)
Cleveland senior Matthew Chasek is one of the top shortstops in the West Valley League. (15 words)
Badly in need of one of the four star free-agent shortstops on the market this winter, it wasn't looking good for the Cubs when Trea Turner (Phillies), Xander Bogaerts (Padres) and Carlos Correa (Twins) signed elsewhere. (38 words)
At least until late February, when top prospect Nick Senzel—exclusively a third baseman through the first 182 games of his pro career—was suddenly enrolled in Larkin’s School for Shortstops to open spring training. (36 words)
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. (32 words)
Do the Yankees have three shortstops, or none? (8 words)
Example sentences (9)
Badly in need of one of the four star free-agent shortstops on the market this winter, it wasn't looking good for the Cubs when Trea Turner (Phillies), Xander Bogaerts (Padres) and Carlos Correa (Twins) signed elsewhere.
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.
Cleveland senior Matthew Chasek is one of the top shortstops in the West Valley League.
In turn, Cleveland received shortstops from Amed Rosario and Andres Jimenez, as well as prospects Josh Wolf and Isaya Green.
It's one of the reasons he's considered one of the best shortstops in the league.
Do the Yankees have three shortstops, or none?
At least until late February, when top prospect Nick Senzel—exclusively a third baseman through the first 182 games of his pro career—was suddenly enrolled in Larkin’s School for Shortstops to open spring training.
He’s probably going to be one of the best defensive shortstops.
That position is generally hard to fill with a potent batter: The number of shortstops in the majors who frighten the opposition with the bat is low.
Common combinations with shortstops
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- shortstops in 4×