MLB Network ranked its top 10 National League Most Valuable Player candidates on Monday with five weeks to play this season, and the list started with Arizona Diamondbacks shortstop Geraldo Perdomo at No. 10.
Perdomo was the only Diamondbacks player on the list. That is consistent with his team lead in terms of WAR at 5.5 on FanGraphs and 5.3 on Baseball Reference, ahead of All-Stars Corbin Carroll and Ketel Marte.
Speaking of, Baseball Reference reposted a photo on social media of Perdomo’s, Stephen Drew’s and Nick Ahmed’s stats side-by-side. from the account “MLB Hall of Pretty Good” makes the argument that Perdomo has a good shot to become the best shortstop in team history.
Here are Nick Ahmed, Stephen Drew, and Geraldo Perdomo’s career stats with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
While shortstop hasn’t been a particularly deep position in the franchise’s history, I genuinely believe Geraldo Perdomo is on track to become the greatest shortstop in D-backs… pic.twitter.com/lgRxT9bSKW
— MLB Hall of Pretty Good (@hallofgoodpod) August 24, 2025
The buzz is stemming from Perdomo’s breakout season at 25 years old, especially his recent success.
He is competing for NL Player of the Month in August, as he has reached base in 21 of 23 games entering Tuesday while hitting .357 and leading the league in runs and on-base percentage. He was an All-Star snub but has put together back-to-back stellar months for the Diamondbacks despite playing through a bone bruise on his hand.
And the buzz brings some worthwhile questions of how special a season he is having compared to others:
Is Geraldo Perdomo having the best season by a Diamondbacks shortstop ever?
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Perdomo is putting together the most well-rounded offensive campaign by a shortstop in Diamondbacks history.
He’s already stolen more bases than any other D-backs shortstop with 23, and his .393 on-base percentage blows out those who came before him.
This past weekend at Chase Field, Perdomo overtook Ahmed for the most runs batted in by a shortstop in team history with 84. Despite batting ninth and first for much of the season, Perdomo is on pace for 100 RBIs, a mark that has been reached by major league shortstops only 10 times since 2010.
By OPS+, a park-adjusted metric to compare hitters with 100 the average, Perdomo blows all other shortstops in franchise history away at 133. Drew (2010) is next on the list at 113, followed by Alex Cintron (2003) at 112.
Perdomo is no longer the light-hitting infielder in a skinny frame he arrived as. A tall shortstop at 6-foot-2, Perdomo has built strength and uses his leverage to generate more power, along with working in a hanging leg kick.
“He’s very intentional with his work but also very consistent,” hitting coach Joe Mather said. “So when I say maturity and experience … he’s a very tall kid. For all guys that are long like that, sometimes it takes a little bit longer to sync it all up. And once you do, it’s leverage that you can use.”
Perdomo is no Marte in terms of exit velocity, but he is striking the baseball harder and finding more barrels than he had previously. It has led to a slugging percentage jump from .374 last year to .449 and a career-high 14 home runs. He could become the first shortstop in team history with a 20-20 season if he runs into a half-dozen more baseballs.
He’s built on his game without sacrificing what made him successful before. He still makes pitchers work with elite walk (14%), chase (19%), whiff (12%) and strikeout (10.8%) rates, somehow getting better at those elements to his game.
Perdomo had never homered while hitting right-handed from 2021-24. On Saturday, he clubbed a 423-foot bomb while batting right-handed, and after the game, he revealed that he is still playing through a bone bruise on his left hand.
He’s been dealing with it since well before the All-Star break, and yet he has shown few if any signs of impairment.
Geraldo Perdomo blasts a 2-run shot to add on to the @Dbacks lead ? pic.twitter.com/NqTma5vwuL
— MLB (@MLB) August 24, 2025
“Just having a gritty mindset and understanding from the medical team that once the evaluation happened, he wasn’t gonna do any more damage to that area,” manager Torey Lovullo said. “I love that mindset. That’s why we look at him as a core player on this team and a true Diamondback. … The fact that he’s able to fight through that is a lot of mental toughness and a desire to help his team win.”
Defensively, this season has been a bit more uneven for Perdomo. He committed nine errors over the past two seasons combined and has 11 this year. His 10 defensive runs saved last year were a career high, and this season he is down to -1.
Lovullo said Perdomo is having an elite defensive month after a rough start to the year, saying they’ve had many challenging conversations. First-step quickness and lateral quickness are areas of focus.
The Diamondbacks have had better defensive shortstops, namely Ahmed, who won two Gold Gloves.
That said, when looking at the best offensive season from the position paired with decent defense, Perdomo has made a strong case for the best shortstop season in team history if he can finish strong.
“He’s having a pretty complete year,” Lovullo said. “I want him to continue working defensively and improving his lateral movements. … It’d be an accomplishment if you got 100 RBIs. I think that’s always a magic number.
“He has a chance to close in on something that is not easy to do. It means you play a lot, you play every day. You’re in the middle of everything and you know how to hit in any situation.”
That’s another argument in favor of Perdomo, that he has taken on a myriad of roles and performed. Perdomo started the year hitting ninth, and he is batting .353 from that spot. He has since been moved up to leadoff, and he is hitting .346 from there.
Plus, he posts, playing in 131 of 132 games this season despite the hand injury.
Whether he is the greatest shortstop in franchise history overall is another question, but he appears to be on track if he can build on or at least maintain what he’s put together this season. He’s already made an All-Star team and contributed to one of the most awe-inspiring performances the team has ever had, with the first of four home runs in an inning against the Dodgers during Game 3 of the 2023 NLDS.
Where does Perdomo stack up against fellow shortstops?
Before the season started, MLB Network revealed its top 10 shortstops entering 2025. Perdomo was absent from the list.
With five weeks left to play, Perdomo’s 5.5 fWAR trails only Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr. (6.5) and Philadelphia’s Trea Turner (5.9). Perdomo’s .842 OPS trails only Witt (.858) among shortstops, while he leads the group in on-base percentage and RBIs.
Perdomo ranks sixth among all MLB players in fWAR — the D-backs have three players in the top 16 with Carroll (5.3) and Marte (4.3). He is second in Major League Baseball with a .393 OBP, behind Dodgers catcher Will Smith. His 84 RBIs rank sixth, tied with Shohei Ohtani.
Witt is having the best season by a shortstop in the league, and from there, Perdomo is in a class with Turner, Francisco Lindor, Jeremy Peña, Gunnar Henderson and Elly De La Cruz for the next spot.
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