The demand seems to always be there for shortstops in free agency though. And maybe with the shift rules teams start to value the ball in play more than power like they did in the glory years of baseball.
And Amed will be young for a free agent, which sometimes makes teams a bit more comfortable to spend on them.
He puts up another top of the league hit total season I can see someone spending for him.
I was going to shift this over to the GM offseason thread as you brought up a good point on demand ... thus try to address it here quickly (even though it isn't my strength).
Our ex-insider brought up on Rosario -- defensive isn't his best attribute and was helped in his numbers this year due to him being positioned just right (with shift going away - his defense numbers may go down due to his lack of range on what he will be credited for next year of getting to without easy ones in the shift). Gimenez is our better SS but plays 2nd due to Rosario having no other position (even though we tried LF/CF).
Rosario won't be helped by the shift in his hitting because his is right handed and per Baseball Savant he was only shifted twice (needed to keep 2nd baseman even on right side due to his speed - as Rosario beat out several even on that side).
As for teams needing SS ... it is down to
Angels (going with Urshella - biggest hole out there but Neto is a year away)
Boston (going with Story once back from elbow)
LAD (going with Lux who was a top prospect but played 2nd for Turner sake) and
maybe ATL who let Swanson go for Grissom and have Shewmake in AAA (decent prospect).
Not much of a demand. That's it (only Baez in Det gets created in FA next year if he opts out). Per FG, Rosario is 17th in league on projected Steamer WAR but every team has someone they like better for their position where Rosario is stuck in the middle (good bat but not worth $20 million) when they can get someone close to his level for cheaper. Here is the list of who each team has...
East - Tor (Bich), Yank (Torres, Volpe, Perazza), Bal(Henderson,Ortiz), TBR(Franco,Jones), Bos --Story
Central - WS - Anderson, Cle - Gimenez, Arias, Rocchio, KC - Witt, Minn - Correa and Lewis and Det - Baez and Kreidler (10th prospect)
West - Hous - Pena, Sea - Crawford, Oak -Allen, Tex - Seager and Semien, Angels - Ushella, Regifo and ???? but Neto (top 100) coming up in a year
NL E - Mets - Lindor, Phi - Turner, Atl - Grissom and Shewmake, Mia - Wendle?? but Goshans and Amaya in AAA, Wash-Abrams
NL C - Cubs- Swanson, Mil - Adams, Cin - Newman for now but Marte/Cruz about ready, Pitt- another Cruz, StL - Edmann and Winn (Donovan at 2nd),
NL W - SDP - Tatis, SFG - Crawford (only moving him to 2nd for Correa type), Dodgers - Lux & Rojas, Arz - Ahmed but Lawlar (top 50) almost ready, Col - Tovar (another top 50)