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The Top 500 Dynasty League Overall Ranks, May 2013 Update

The Dynasty Guru · May 15, 2013

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He who is resistant to change is destined to perish.

On one hand, it’s so simple. The whole off-season we build value-based mausoleums around all of these players, as time stands still long enough for us to construct them. But the only problem with that is that these players are not dead–they are, in fact, very alive. As as soon as you think you’ve built the perfect chamber, with statistics and narratives covering the walls, things begin to change. Quickly. And as dynasty league owners, it’s even more important to separate the signal from the noise when it comes to early season performance. If we wait too long to notice real changes, or if we refuse to accept the ones which are in front of us, it can derail a team off its course for years. So it’s in our best interest not to have static valuations, and part of that comes from placing a higher value on current season production. The future is great, but current production is king. So when Jose Reyes is out for two months, not only does his redraft league value go down, but his dynasty value does as well. Just not as much, since it’s unlikely to be something that will affect him long-term.

The risers on this list are sure to catch your attention, and in fact, there are 20 players who have jumped more than 100 spots in the rankings (including those who weren’t ranked in the top-500 last time around. Many are names which will not surprise you, like Carlos Gomez, Chris Davis and Josh Donaldson–but the important thing to note is that they are based on skill-set improvements which can be sustainable. On the other hand, you’ll find 17 players who dropped 100 spots or more, and those are even easier to spot. The vast majority of these are either older pitchers who have undergone surgery or players (closers-slash-otherwise) who have lost their roles. You won’t find healthy players drop very far based solely on performance, except in extreme circumstances. That tends to be more of a slow burn.

The Top 500 Dynasty League rankings are intended to be a snapshot of current value, as all rankings are. The list I’m posting today will look different than the one I’d post next Wednesday or the Wednesday after that. And after this ranking, I will put out another at the half-way point of the season, and the final 2013 list will come out in mid-August. Additionally, there will be a brand new Podcast For Your Eyes coming out tomorrow where Ben, Craig and I talk about these rankings in greater detail.

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And now what you came here for, the updated Top 500 list — as of May 15, 2013:

Rank	Player	Pos	Team	Prev	Diff
1	Mike Trout	OF	LAA	1	0
2	Bryce Harper	OF	WSH	4	2
3	Ryan Braun	OF	MLW	2	-1
4	Miguel Cabrera	3B	DET	3	-1
5	Giancarlo Stanton	OF	MIA	5	0
6	Justin Upton	OF	ATL	11	5
7	Robinson Cano	2B	NYY	8	1
8	Matt Kemp	OF	LAD	6	-2
9	Joey Votto	1B	CIN	9	0
10	Prince Fielder	1B	DET	10	0
11	Clayton Kershaw	SP	LAD	23	12
12	Andrew McCutchen	OF	PIT	7	-5
13	Evan Longoria	3B	TB	16	3
14	Troy Tulowitzki	SS	COL	21	7
15	Manny Machado	3B	BAL	36	21
16	Starlin Castro	SS	CHC	12	-4
17	Jason Heyward	OF	ATL	13	-4
18	Carlos Gonzalez	OF	COL	14	-4
19	Adam Jones	OF	BAL	20	1
20	Dustin Pedroia	2B	BOS	25	5
21	Buster Posey	C	SF	19	-2
22	David Wright	3B	NYM	29	7
23	Hanley Ramirez	SS	LAD	17	-6
24	Jose Reyes	SS	TOR	18	-6
25	Jose Bautista	OF	TOR	22	-3
26	Yu Darvish	SP	TEX	45	19
27	Albert Pujols	1B	LAA	15	-12
28	Adrian Beltre	3B	TEX	28	0
29	Stephen Strasburg	SP	WSH	24	-5
30	Felix Hernandez	SP	SEA	31	1
31	Paul Goldschmidt	1B	ARZ	40	9
32	Ian Kinsler	2B	TEX	34	2
33	Yoenis Cespedes	OF	OAK	26	-7
34	Allen Craig	OF	STL	33	-1
35	Edwin Encarnacion	1B	TOR	35	0
36	Justin Verlander	SP	DET	37	1
37	Adam Wainwright	SP	STL	49	12
38	Cole Hamels	SP	PHI	44	6
39	Shin Soo-Choo	OF	CIN	55	16
40	David Price	SP	TB	32	-8
41	Matt Holliday	OF	STL	41	0
42	Matt Moore	SP	TB	57	15
43	Jurickson Profar	SS	TEX	38	-5
44	Pablo Sandoval	3B	SF	50	6
45	Austin Jackson	OF	DET	56	11
46	Ryan Zimmermann	3B	WSH	43	-3
47	Jay Bruce	OF	CIN	42	-5
48	Josh Hamilton	OF	LAA	27	-21
49	Alex Gordon	OF	KC	47	-2
50	Adrian Gonzalez	1B	LAD	30	-20
51	Jordan Zimmermann	SP	WSH	67	16
52	Max Scherzer	SP	DET	60	8
53	Matt Harvey	SP	NYM	97	44
54	Billy Butler	1B	KC	52	-2
55	Ben Zobrist	SS	TB	53	-2
56	Oscar Taveras	OF	STL	62	6
57	Madison Bumgarner	SP	SF	66	9
58	Curtis Granderson	OF	NYY	46	-12
59	Zack Greinke	SP	LAD	48	-11
60	CC Sabathia	SP	NYY	59	-1
61	Carlos Santana	C	CLE	75	14
62	Carlos Gomez	OF	MLW	288	226
63	Brett Lawrie	3B	TOR	51	-12
64	Matt Cain	SP	SF	58	-6
65	David Ortiz	1B	BOS	69	4
66	Carlos Beltran	OF	STL	70	4
67	Jacoby Ellsbury	OF	BOS	77	10
68	Joe Mauer	C	MIN	68	0
69	Eric Hosmer	1B	KC	39	-30
70	Cliff Lee	SP	PHI	65	-5
71	Chris Sale	SP	CHW	73	2
72	Starling Marte	OF	PIT	104	32
73	Shelby Miller	SP	STL	106	33
74	Mat Latos	SP	CIN	88	14
75	Alex Rios	OF	CHW	92	17
76	Gio Gonzalez	SP	WSH	61	-15
77	Jose Fernandez	SP	MIA	118	41
78	Jean Segura	SS	MLW	188	110
79	Billy Hamilton	OF	CIN	63	-16
80	Wil Myers	OF	TB	84	4
81	Xander Bogaerts	SS	BOS	85	4
82	Jason Kipnis	2B	CLE	64	-18
83	Johnny Cueto	SP	CIN	71	-12
84	Anthony Rizzo	1B	CHC	76	-8
85	B.J. Upton	OF	ATL	54	-31
86	Michael Bourn	OF	CLE	78	-8
87	Yadier Molina	C	STL	80	-7
88	Jered Weaver	SP	LAA	79	-9
89	James Shields	SP	KC	94	5
90	Ike Davis	1B	NYM	81	-9
91	Elvis Andrus	SS	TEX	87	-4
92	Yovani Gallardo	SP	MLW	89	-3
93	Craig Kimbrel	RP	ATL	86	-7
94	Aroldis Chapman	RP	CIN	82	-12
95	Aramis Ramirez	3B	MLW	90	-5
96	R.A. Dickey	SP	TOR	72	-24
97	Chase Headley	3B	SD	91	-6
98	Desmond Jennings	OF	TB	93	-5
99	Brandon Morrow	SP	TOR	95	-4
100	Brandon Phillips	2B	CIN	115	15
101	Aaron Hill	2B	ARZ	99	-2
102	Matt Wieters	C	BAL	98	-4
103	Jeff Samardzija	SP	CHC	124	21
104	Zack Wheeler	SP	NYM	100	-4
105	Gerrit Cole	SP	PIT	101	-4
106	Miguel Sano	3B	MIN	134	28
107	Jon Lester	SP	BOS	128	21
108	Todd Frazier	3B	CIN	131	23
109	Wilin Rosario	C	COL	147	38
110	Ian Desmond	SS	WSH	137	27
111	Byron Buxton	OF	MIN	142	31
112	Homer Bailey	SP	CIN	123	11
113	Taijuan Walker	SP	SEA	114	1
114	Chase Utley	2B	PHI	136	22
115	Josh Johnson	SP	TOR	96	-19
116	Sal Perez	C	KC	105	-11
117	Jose Altuve	2B	HOU	122	5
118	Lance Lynn	SP	STL	145	27
119	Jimmy Rollins	SS	PHI	103	-16
120	Dylan Bundy	SP	BAL	83	-37
121	Anthony Rendon	3B	WSH	116	-5
122	Will Middlebrooks	3B	BOS	120	-2
123	Javier Baez	SS	CHC	133	10
124	Chris Davis	OF	BAL	232	108
125	Brian McCann	C	ATL	140	15
126	Travis d’Arnaud	C	NYM	112	-14
127	Anibal Sanchez	SP	DET	139	12
128	Lorenzo Cain	OF	KC	175	47
129	Archie Bradley	SP	ARZ	169	40
130	Carl Crawford	OF	LAD	162	32
131	Kris Medlen	SP	ATL	108	-23
132	Jameson Taillon	SP	PIT	130	-2
133	Hunter Pence	OF	SF	158	25
134	Christian Yelich	OF	MIA	159	25
135	Nick Castellanos	OF	DET	117	-18
136	Jake Peavy	SP	CHW	135	-1
137	Jesus Montero	C	SEA	102	-35
138	Jayson Werth	OF	WSH	126	-12
139	Miguel Montero	C	ARZ	111	-28
140	CJ Wilson	SP	LAA	113	-27
141	Carlos Correa	SS	HOU	141	0
142	Freddie Freeman	1B	ATL	174	32
143	Mike Moustakas	3B	KC	119	-24
144	Doug Fister	SP	DET	138	-6
145	Jonathan Singleton	1B	HOU	132	-13
146	Mike Zunino	C	SEA	160	14
147	A.J. Burnett	SP	PIT	178	31
148	Trevor Cahill	SP	ARZ	183	35
149	Martin Prado	3B	ARZ	149	0
150	Brett Anderson	SP	OAK	107	-43
151	Melky Cabrera	OF	TOR	143	-8
152	Hiroki Kuroda	SP	NYY	179	27
153	Kevin Gausman	SP	BAL	246	93
154	Mike Napoli	C	BOS	185	31
155	Mike Minor	SP	ATL	171	16
156	Jaime Garcia	SP	STL	150	-6
157	Yasiel Puig	OF	LAD	281	124
158	Mark Teixeira	1B	NYY	109	-49
159	Rickie Weeks	2B	MLW	156	-3
160	Nolan Arenado	3B	COL	228	68
161	Jarrod Parker	SP	OAK	125	-36
162	Dustin Ackley	2B	SEA	127	-35
163	Trevor Bauer	SP	CLE	148	-15
164	Howie Kendrick	2B	LAA	186	22
165	Jorge Soler	OF	CHC	165	0
166	Matt Garza	SP	CHC	129	-37
167	Oswaldo Arcia	OF	MIN	218	51
168	Pedro Alvarez	3B	PIT	210	42
169	Neil Walker	2B	PIT	155	-14
170	Mike Olt	3B	TEX	151	-19
171	Tyler Skaggs	SP	ARZ	152	-19
172	Nelson Cruz	OF	TEX	164	-8
173	Rafael Soriano	RP	WSH	172	-1
174	Derek Holland	SP	TEX	191	17
175	Yonder Alonso	1B	SD	173	-2
176	Yasmani Grandal	C	SD	176	0
177	Justin Morneau	1B	MIN	161	-16
178	Delino DeShields Jr	2B	HOU	157	-21
179	Jonathan Papelbon	RP	PHI	154	-25
180	Carlos Martinez	SP	STL	182	2
181	Dan Haren	SP	WSH	121	-60
182	Nick Swisher	OF	CLE	195	13
183	George Springer	OF	HOU	193	10
184	Alcides Escobar	SS	KC	196	12
185	Joe Nathan	RP	TEX	197	12
186	Addison Russell	SS	OAK	187	1
187	Michael Morse	OF	SEA	203	16
188	Aaron Sanchez	SP	TOR	221	33
189	Max Fried	SP	SD	222	33
190	Addison Reed	RP	CHW	208	18
191	Michael Cuddyer	OF	COL	204	13
192	Jeremy Hellickson	SP	TB	189	-3
193	Phil Hughes	SP	NYY	190	-3
194	Danny Hultzen	SP	SEA	180	-14
195	Gregory Polanco	OF	PIT	230	35
196	Brian Goodwin	OF	WSH	184	-12
197	Kyle Seager	3B	SEA	211	14
198	Brandon Beachy	SP	ATL	201	3
199	Adam LaRoche	1B	WSH	167	-32
200	Nick Markakis	OF	BAL	194	-6
201	Mark Trumbo	OF	LAA	198	-3
202	David Freese	3B	STL	192	-10
203	Coco Crisp	OF	OAK	215	12
204	Jonathan Lucroy	C	MLW	216	12
205	Alex Cobb	SP	TB	247	42
206	Asdrubal Cabrera	SS	CLE	220	14
207	Mark Reynolds	1B	CLE	388	181
208	Dexter Fowler	OF	COL	217	9
209	Torii Hunter	OF	DET	214	5
210	Paul Konerko	1B	CHW	168	-42
211	Tim Lincecum	SP	SF	146	-65
212	Hisashi Iwakuma	SP	SEA	447	235
213	Tony Cingrani	SP	CIN	386	173
214	Josh Reddick	OF	OAK	163	-51
215	Matt Barnes	SP	BOS	207	-8
216	Josh Willingham	OF	MIN	199	-17
217	Corey Hart	OF	MLW	200	-17
218	Ian Kennedy	SP	ARZ	223	5
219	Wade Miley	SP	ARZ	278	59
220	Clay Buchholz	SP	BOS	250	30
221	Shane Victorino	OF	BOS	205	-16
222	Andre Ethier	OF	LAD	206	-16
223	Hyun-Jin Ryu	SP	LAD	NR	N/A
224	Cory Luebke	SP	SD	202	-22
225	Dan Uggla	2B	ATL	209	-16
226	Edwin Jackson	SP	CHC	177	-49
227	Rymer Liriano	OF	SD	166	-61
228	Matt Harrison	SP	TEX	170	-58
229	Alen Hanson	SS	PIT	219	-10
230	Jedd Gyorko	2B	SD	224	-6
231	Chris Archer	SP	TB	227	-4
232	Norichika Aoki	OF	MLW	233	1
233	Bubba Starling	OF	KC	236	3
234	Kyle Zimmer	SP	KC	237	3
235	Jason Kubel	OF	ARZ	212	-23
236	Eddie Rosario	2B	MIN	242	6
237	Tyler Austin	OF	NYY	229	-8
238	Jon Niese	SP	NYM	226	-12
239	Gary Sanchez	C	NYY	264	25
240	Derek Norris	C	OAK	234	-6
241	Jim Johnson	RP	BAL	255	14
242	Mariano Rivera	RP	NYY	241	-1
243	Kaleb Cowart	3B	LAA	243	0
244	Michael Saunders	OF	SEA	302	58
245	Kenley Jansen	RP	LAD	259	14
246	David Dahl	OF	COL	239	-7
247	Casey Kelly	SP	SD	181	-66
248	Trevor Story	SS	COL	261	13
249	Francisco Lindor	SS	CLE	274	25
250	Cameron Maybin	OF	SD	213	-37
251	Matt Joyce	OF	TB	248	-3
252	Glen Perkins	RP	MIN	272	20
253	Dan Vogelbach	1B	CHC	269	16
254	Taylor Guerrieri	SP	TB	270	16
255	Greg Holland	RP	KC	249	-6
256	Zack Cozart	SS	CIN	266	10
257	Tom Wilhelmsen	RP	SEA	256	-1
258	Devin Mesoraco	C	CIN	257	-1
259	Dayan Viciedo	OF	CHW	244	-15
260	Garrett Jones	OF	PIT	245	-15
261	Jason Motte	RP	STL	144	-117
262	Anthony Gose	OF	TOR	238	-24
263	Fernando Rodney	RP	TB	225	-38
264	Brandon Belt	1B	SF	279	15
265	Colby Rasmus	OF	TOR	235	-30
266	Trevor Rosenthal	RP	STL	263	-3
267	Ryan Madson	RP	LAA	231	-36
268	Alfonso Soriano	OF	CHC	251	-17
269	Andrew Cashner	SP	SD	319	50
270	Lance Berkman	1B	TEX	320	50
271	Angel Pagan	OF	SF	253	-18
272	Mason Williams	OF	NYY	254	-18
273	Robert Stephenson	SP	CIN	334	61
274	Patrick Corbin	SP	ARZ	NR	N/A
275	Josh Rutledge	SS	COL	268	-7
276	Huston Street	RP	SD	258	-18
277	Josh Donaldson	3B	OAK	NR	N/A
278	Victor Martinez	C	DET	260	-18
279	Neftali Feliz	RP	TEX	262	-17
280	Ryan Howard	1B	PHI	313	33
281	Jake Marisnick	OF	TOR	273	-8
282	Lucas Giolito	SP	WSH	276	-6
283	Chris Carter	1B	OAK	296	13
284	Chris Tillman	SP	BAL	297	13
285	Alejandro De Aza	OF	CHW	308	23
286	Chris Perez	RP	CLE	284	-2
287	Erick Aybar	SS	LAA	275	-12
288	Noah Syndergaard	SP	NYM	267	-21
289	Josh Beckett	SP	LAD	277	-12
290	Julio Teheran	SP	ATL	283	-7
291	Jackie Bradley Jr	OF	BOS	295	4
292	Allen Webster	SP	BOS	327	35
293	Aaron Hicks	OF	MIN	328	35
294	Andrelton Simmons	SS	ATL	325	31
295	Adam Eaton	OF	ARZ	309	14
296	Alex Meyer	SP	MIN	333	37
297	Yordano Ventura	SP	KC	367	70
298	Nate McLouth	OF	BAL	470	172
299	Daniel Hudson	SP	ARZ	289	-10
300	Ryan Dempster	SP	BOS	316	16
301	Danny Espinosa	SS	WSH	300	-1
302	Ervin Santana	SP	KC	401	99
303	Nick Franklin	2B	SEA	352	49
304	Josh Bell	OF	PIT	353	49
305	Kendrys Morales	1B	SEA	280	-25
306	Derek Jeter	SS	NYY	265	-41
307	Carlos Quentin	OF	SD	299	-8
308	Stephen Drew	SS	BOS	307	-1
309	Jason Hammel	SP	BAL	304	-5
310	Dee Gordon	SS	LAD	387	77
311	Rubby de la Rosa	SP	BOS	301	-10
312	Alexi Ogando	SP	TEX	345	33
313	Wily Peralta	SP	MLW	306	-7
314	Denard Span	OF	WSH	303	-11
315	David Murphy	OF	TEX	286	-29
316	Colby Lewis	SP	TEX	324	8
317	Brett Gardner	OF	NYY	344	27
318	Marco Estrada	SP	MLW	282	-36
319	Alexei Ramirez	SS	CHW	285	-34
320	Kyle Lohse	SP	MLW	323	3
321	Kolten Wong	2B	STL	310	-11
322	Michael Pineda	SP	NYY	298	-24
323	Albert Almora	OF	CHC	330	7
324	Casey Jannsen	RP	TOR	331	7
325	Everth Cabrera	SS	SD	332	7
326	Cody Ross	OF	ARZ	329	3
327	Domonic Brown	OF	PHI	394	67
328	Tim Hudson	SP	ATL	315	-13
329	Michael Wacha	SP	STL	439	110
330	Brandon McCarthy	SP	ARZ	290	-40
331	Matt Adams	1B	STL	391	60
332	A.J. Griffin	SP	OAK	335	3
333	Peter Bourjos	OF	LAA	346	13
334	Will Venable	OF	SD	354	20
335	Rafael Betancourt	RP	COL	312	-23
336	David Robertson	RP	NYY	340	4
337	Drew Smyly	SP	DET	373	36
338	Jed Lowrie	SS	OAK	379	41
339	Sergio Romo	RP	SF	464	125
340	Edinson Volquez	SP	SD	317	-23
341	Roy Halladay	SP	PHI	74	-267
342	Justin Ruggiano	OF	MIA	NR	N/A
343	Ryan Ludwick	OF	CIN	287	-56
344	Daniel Murphy	2B	NYM	357	13
345	Emilio Bonifacio	OF	TOR	343	-2
346	Francisco Liriano	SP	PIT	384	38
347	Kyle Gibson	SP	MIN	355	8
348	Michael Brantley	OF	CLE	337	-11
349	Jake Odorizzi	SP	TB	341	-8
350	Jason Vargas	SP	LAA	322	-28
351	Wandy Rodriguez	SP	PIT	381	30
352	Zach Britton	SP	BAL	318	-34
353	Nolan Reimold	OF	BAL	359	6
354	Jonathan Schoop	2B	BAL	356	2
355	Matt Davidson	3B	ARZ	342	-13
356	Robbie Erlin	SP	SD	363	7
357	Dan Straily	SP	OAK	390	33
358	Joe Ross	SP	SD	437	79
359	Rafael de Paula	SP	NYY	NR	N/A
360	Omar Infante	2B	DET	349	-11
361	Chris Young	OF	OAK	347	-14
362	Jorge De La Rosa	SP	COL	378	16
363	Scott Baker	SP	CHC	339	-24
364	James Paxton	SP	SEA	305	-59
365	Jacob Turner	SP	MIA	311	-54
366	Kyle Crick	SP	SF	370	4
367	J.J. Hardy	SS	BAL	377	10
368	Dorssys Paulino	SS	CLE	365	-3
369	Marcell Ozuna	OF	MIA	483	114
370	Mitch Moreland	1B	TEX	395	25
371	Ben Revere	OF	PHI	293	-78
372	Shaun Marcum	SP	NYM	336	-36
373	Corey Seager	3B	LAD	368	-5
374	Adalberto Mondesi	SS	KC	446	72
375	Alex Rodriguez	3B	NYY	369	-6
376	Jarred Cosart	RP	HOU	392	16
377	Gordon Beckham	2B	CHW	321	-56
378	Blake Swihart	C	BOS	383	5
379	Marco Scutaro	SS	SF	376	-3
380	Bud Norris	SP	HOU	380	0
381	Joey Gallo	3B	TEX	463	82
382	Adam Dunn	1B	CHW	314	-68
383	Michael Choice	OF	OAK	393	10
384	Jorge Bonifacio	OF	KC	397	13
385	Luis Heredia	SP	PIT	364	-21
386	Paul Maholm	SP	ATL	409	23
387	Ross Detwiler	SP	WSH	389	2
388	Vernon Wells	OF	NYY	NR	N/A
389	Andy Pettitte	SP	NYY	414	25
390	Manny Banuelos	SP	NYY	351	-39
391	Logan Morrison	OF	MIA	358	-33
392	Lucas Duda	OF	NYM	481	89
393	Ryan Vogelsong	SP	SF	362	-31
394	Jose Ramirez	SP	NYY	NR	N/A
395	Danny Duffy	SP	KC	402	7
396	Ichiro Suzuki	OF	NYY	252	-144
397	Carlos Villanueva	SP	CHC	433	36
398	Jon Jay	OF	STL	338	-60
399	Garin Cecchini	3B	BOS	NR	N/A
400	Jesse Biddle	SP	PHI	452	52
401	Scott Kazmir	SP	CLE	NR	N/A
402	Lance McCullers Jr	SP	HOU	404	2
403	Wade Davis	SP	KC	360	-43
404	Jorge Alfaro	C	TEX	455	51
405	Lewis Brinson	OF	TEX	424	19
406	Jhoulys Chacin	SP	COL	431	25
407	J.P. Arencibia	C	TOR	422	15
408	A.J. Cole	SP	WSH	403	-5
409	Zach Lee	SP	LAD	415	6
410	Jeremy Guthrie	SP	KC	436	26
411	Clayton Blackburn	SP	SF	417	6
412	Justin Masterson	SP	CLE	NR	N/A
413	Justin Nicolino	SP	TOR	374	-39
414	Ernesto Frieri	RP	LAA	497	83
415	Kelly Johnson	2B	TB	454	39
416	Andy Dirks	OF	DET	441	25
417	Jason Grilli	RP	PIT	461	44
418	Erasmo Ramirez	SP	SEA	400	-18
419	Courtney Hawkins	OF	CHW	418	-1
420	Leonys Martin	OF	TEX	469	49
421	Martin Perez	SP	TEX	405	-16
422	Chris Capuano	SP	LAD	361	-61
423	Matthew Wisler	SP	SD	491	68
424	Blake Snell	SP	TB	493	69
425	Andrew Bailey	RP	BOS	NR	N/A
426	Stryker Trahan	C	ARZ	419	-7
427	J.R. Graham	SP	ATL	420	-7
428	A.J. Pierzynski	C	TEX	423	-5
429	Arodys Vizcaino	RP	CHC	398	-31
430	Juan Pierre	OF	MIA	396	-34
431	Jose Berrios	SP	MIN	430	-1
432	Wilson Ramos	C	WSH	457	25
433	Ricky Nolasco	SP	MIA	432	-1
434	Brandon Maurer	SP	SEA	456	22
435	Ryan Doumit	C	MIN	458	23
436	Rougned Odor	2B	TEX	453	17
437	Kevin Youkilis	3B	NYY	467	30
438	Kelvin Herrera	RP	KC	NR	N/A
439	Zach McAllister	SP	CLE	488	49
440	Steve Cishek	RP	MIA	487	47
441	Rick Porcello	SP	DET	385	-56
442	Brandon Crawford	SS	SF	NR	N/A
443	Richie Shaffer	3B	TB	429	-14
444	Brandon League	RP	LAD	477	33
445	Chris Iannetta	C	LAA	478	33
446	Tommy Milone	SP	OAK	444	-2
447	Kyle Kendrick	SP	PHI	NR	N/A
448	Brandon Moss	1B	OAK	NR	N/A
449	Chris Stratton	SP	SF	445	-4
450	Drew Storen	RP	WSH	496	46
451	Vinnie Pestano	RP	CLE	407	-44
452	Travis Hafner	DH	NYY	NR	N/A
453	Rafael Montero	SP	NYM	NR	N/A
454	Brett Jackson	OF	CHC	443	-11
455	Yunel Escobar	SS	TB	449	-6
456	Garrett Richards	SP	LAA	450	-6
457	Wei-Yin Chen	SP	BAL	451	-6
458	James McDonald	SP	PIT	427	-31
459	Jose Valverde	RP	DET	NR	N/A
460	Didi Gregorius	SS	ARZ	NR	N/A
461	Dillon Gee	SP	NYM	408	-53
462	Drew Pomeranz	SP	COL	435	-27
463	Andrew Heaney	SP	MIA	438	-25
464	Michael Young	3B	PHI	480	16
465	Jose Campos	SP	NYY	472	7
466	Felix Doubront	SP	BOS	434	-32
467	Justin Maxwell	OF	HOU	NR	N/A
468	Henry Owens	SP	BOS	NR	N/A
469	Gary Brown	OF	SF	350	-119
470	Grant Balfour	RP	OAK	462	-8
471	Jason Castro	C	HOU	NR	N/A
472	Carlos Ruiz	C	PHI	465	-7
473	Alex Wood	SP	ATL	NR	N/A
474	Marcus Stroman	RP	TOR	460	-14
475	Bryce Brentz	OF	BOS	468	-7
476	Mark Buehrle	SP	TOR	413	-63
477	Alex Avila	C	DET	459	-18
478	Chad Billingsley	SP	LAD	326	-152
479	Rajai Davis	OF	TOR	425	-54
480	Brad Miller	SS	SEA	440	-40
481	Miguel Almonte	SP	KC	NR	N/A
482	David Hernandez	RP	ARZ	486	4
483	John Lackey	SP	BOS	484	1
484	Russell Martin	C	PIT	NR	N/A
485	Ted Lilly	SP	LAD	489	4
486	John Buck	C	NYM	NR	N/A
487	Maikel Franco	3B	PHI	NR	N/A
488	Nick Travieso	SP	CIN	495	7
489	Scott Diamond	SP	MIN	490	1
490	Victor Sanchez	SP	SEA	499	9
491	Slade Heathcott	OF	NYY	500	9
492	Juan Francisco	3B	ATL	NR	N/A
493	Felipe Paulino	SP	KC	485	-8
494	Anthony Ranaudo	SP	BOS	NR	N/A
495	Gerardo Parra	OF	ARZ	NR	N/A
496	Tyrell Jenkins	SP	STL	473	-23
497	Travis Wood	SP	CHC	NR	N/A
498	Ricky Romero	SP	TOR	291	-207
499	Kevin Slowey	SP	MIA	NR	N/A
500	Kevin Gregg	RP	CHC	NR	N/A

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34 Comments

ryan

May 15, 2013 at 9:10 am

I picked up Donaldson during Spring Training after reading your thoughts on him and hve been reaping the benefits ever since. He fits nicely into my CI spot, a quick question though, my current 3rd baseman is Moose but I have been approached about trading Moose for Alvarez straight up. The league is a 14 tm dynasty league thats a 6×6 league that counts OBP and OPS. Thoughts?

Again thanks for all that you guys do.
- Craig Goldstein
  
  May 15, 2013 at 2:33 pm
  
  I still prefer Moustakas to Alvarez. I’ve been at the forefront of the Alvarez hate (with good reason I think). I’m not particularly optimistic on Moustakas, but I still think he’s better than Alvarez long term.
I love these lists

May 15, 2013 at 9:26 am

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titanzrule32

May 15, 2013 at 9:52 am

It’d be nice to have a list of players who dropped out of your top 500, possibly including their prior ranking if easily accessible.
Matt

May 15, 2013 at 11:44 am

Awesome job thanks man
Jon

May 15, 2013 at 12:18 pm

Thanks for the update. I was interested in seeing how injuries and quick starts had affected them, notably Gomez and Dylan Bundy.
Roger

May 15, 2013 at 1:03 pm

Is Freeman still a replacement level 1B? Also is Cargo a good comp to Starling Marte? Seems like K’s don’t deter his production.
- Craig Goldstein
  
  May 15, 2013 at 2:39 pm
  
  As the guy who was pushing the “Freddie Freeman isn’t any better than a lot of other guys” bandwagon, I’ll own up to the fact that Freddie has been great so far. I still maintain my theory, but he’s obviously doing extremely well and it’s going to be harder to stand that ground. All that said – I think we all acknowledged that in a deep league or dynasty format, Freeman was a very good value and worth far more than replacement level. That type of talk was more for 10-12 team leagues, and he’s been better than I anticipated there as well.
  
  Once again, I’ve never been a Starling Marte guy. I think he’s gotten off to a great start, but will come back to earth in a big way. It’s been my thought that his approach will drag down all his other abilities, and while it hasn’t thus far…we’re 5 weeks into a long season. Additionally, his stolen base rate is way up and not at all in line with career numbers. I would expect that to regress as well. All that said, if this IS the real Marte, you’re looking at a fantasy monster. You just have to decide if you believe.
RotoLando

May 15, 2013 at 1:34 pm

Miguel Almonte. What do you like about him? I don’t see a lot about him on the web.
- Craig Goldstein
  
  May 15, 2013 at 4:06 pm
  
  I’m a big Miguel Almonte fan, and will be including him in my next batch of deep dive prospects. Jason Parks recently wrote that he saw Almonte in the same discussion as that of fellow Royal Kyle Zimmer. Almonte throws in the mid 90s with some wiggle, and has a monster change up. He’s working on finding a workable breaking ball (throws both, but not much dominance out of either). He’s very raw, but there’s a lot of promise in him. One of my sleepers for sure.
Matt

May 15, 2013 at 4:06 pm

So now i can trade joey bats for machado this year?
- Craig Goldstein
  
  May 15, 2013 at 4:09 pm
  
  Probably going to be a big dropoff in home runs, but overall production should be similar.
Roger

May 15, 2013 at 5:15 pm

@Craig Goldstein, when do you think is the right time to move a guy like Choo(31 in july) and Alex Gordon(30 in Feb) in a dynasty, when do you think their skills start to diminish, also if you where proposed Jose Fernandez for Starling Marte in order to then be able to flip Fernandez for Freeman & Buckholz, would you do it? I have David Ortiz at 1B, but have been offered Max Fried & Noah Syndengaard for him, which i could then cover with Freeman. My OF is currently J Upton, A. Gordon and Choo. Marte covers my UTIL spot along with Parra, and have Profar and Rendon waiting in the wings to take over UTIL once they come up.
- Craig Goldstein
  
  May 15, 2013 at 5:48 pm
  
  Honestly, Choo and Gordon are the type of guys I expect to age well. I think in dynasty leagues older players are undervalued, PARTICULARLY players like Choo and Gordon who should remain valuable into their mid 30s. I would probably look to move then in their age 34 seasons, as I don’t think they’ll be properly valued until then, if then.
  
  As to the trade, I hate making trades with the anticipation of trading a guy later, but if it’s something that is already set up, I see where you’re coming from. You’re essentially trading Marte for Freeman/Buchholz, with I would do. I don’t know that I’d move Ortiz for Fried and Syndergaard if I’m contending, but the value is definitely there, though you’re absorbing a TON of risk in two players that are years from the big leagues. That doesn’t mean don’t do it, it just needs to be accounted for. You are going to lose a bit of offense in the Util spot, but you add some nice minors depth, while only downgrading from Ortiz to Freeman and Marte to Parra while adding Buchholz. It all works for me.
Alex

May 15, 2013 at 5:21 pm

In first in first year dynasty 5×5 by nearly 30 pts. Okay to trade Cutch for Cano? Really only lagging in AVG
- Craig Goldstein
  
  May 15, 2013 at 8:03 pm
  
  As far as I’m concerned I’d trade McCutchen for Cano in a second. I don’t want to answer for Bret, but he’s got Cano ahead in his rankings, so I’d guess he would agree.
doog

May 15, 2013 at 6:35 pm

Thanks for taking the time for this. An invaluable resource.
guru pleaase help me

May 15, 2013 at 11:15 pm

i give fernandez and cobb and get jose reyes. good deal?
- Craig Goldstein
  
  May 17, 2013 at 11:11 am
  
  I’m not a fan of this deal. Reyes injury history worries me and Fernandez is incredibly valuable in a dynasty with now and future value. Add in Cobb’s value if it’s a deep league? I’d hold.
Alex

May 17, 2013 at 2:14 am

Man Addison Russell has been bad. Okay to trade for Yonder?
- Craig Goldstein
  
  May 17, 2013 at 11:12 am
  
  Russell is 19 and playing in Hi-A. He’s also been a little better after a terrible start.There’s no way I’d trade him for Yonder Alonso if you believed in him 6 weeks ago. He’s still a top 10 prospect for me next year.
Matt

May 17, 2013 at 3:15 pm

Kepler over Mac Williamson?
Chad

May 21, 2013 at 1:46 am

Bruce and Votto or Stanton and ALonso? Dynasty league
- The Dynasty Guru
  
  May 21, 2013 at 1:34 pm
  
  I’ll take the two Reds there.
  - Fred
    
    May 22, 2013 at 9:02 am
    
    stanton alonso and price or bruce and votto?
    - The Dynasty Guru
      
      May 22, 2013 at 9:38 am
      
      Stanton/Price side.
Fred

May 22, 2013 at 10:05 am

any reason or explanation?
poppa wheelie

May 26, 2013 at 9:09 am

i have Machado and Longo, not a horrible problem, but we have no UT spot. does MM stick at third? or is JJ Hardy moving for him? i don’t mind having them both for a while, but I can’t waste a roster spot for the next 3 seasons with 1 of them on the bench. do you see Max Fried as a potential ace or more of a 2/3 starter? thanks
- The Dynasty Guru
  
  May 27, 2013 at 8:32 am
  
  I think there’s a better than 50/50 chance he gets that eligibility back. And if he does, it will be because Hardy walks next year. As for Fried, I think he’s likely a solid #2 starter, but I will not rule out the potential for him to become an ace down the line.
Snacks

May 31, 2013 at 2:22 am

Just found the site, nice, well done.

I’ve got one immediate question, Hosmer over Rizzo?

Thanks
Jason

June 9, 2013 at 7:28 am

Hi! Out of curiousity, I’m currently in #1 spot for my H2H 12 team, 30 MLB slots, 30 MILB slots, keepers league and looking to widen the distance and also compete for next few immediate years with a bit over half the season left.

I would say my top 10 MILB players are Taillon, Addison Russell, Carlos Martinez, A. Heaney, Mason WIlliams, Renato Nunez, Jorge Bonifacio, Nomar Mazara, Erik Johnson and Lucas Sims.

What would be a fair package if possible, for either Miguel Cabrera, Greinke or Weaver? The team that has each of these players isn’t competing at all and looking to sell.

Thanks!
- The Dynasty Guru
  
  June 10, 2013 at 10:33 pm
  
  I’d deal that entire farm system if I could get Miggy. If you’re looking for Greinke or Weaver, I’d offer Taillon and Williams. Or if you want to hold onto Taillon, I’d offer Martinez, Williams and a smaller third piece, like Mazara or Nunez.
  - Jason
    
    June 11, 2013 at 7:03 am
    
    Haha, thanks for the speedy reply, I forgot one huge minor detail which was the reason why I asked in the first place….if I get MIggy, I only get him for the rest of this season and 2 more years afterwards, since that’s when his current contract ends in our league for good then he heads to FA. Weaver/Greinke only for 4 years.
Sull

June 11, 2013 at 11:38 am

Did you guys forget Matt Carpenter?

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