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The Other Top 500 Dynasty Baseball Rankings, March 2017

Tom Trudeau · March 8, 2017

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I’ll make it clear off the top – these aren’t the Official Dynasty Guru Top 500 Rankings. But you’re already here, aren’t you? So stay a while and make yourself at home. Comment about where I’m wrong, won’t you? Bret’s rankings aren’t going anywhere. Besides, who has ever said, “I don’t need to see these rankings – I’ve already seen another?”

You’ll notice as compared to the consensus positional dynasty rankings and even Bret Sayre’s top 500 that I tend to skew younger. For those of you who found it unfathomable that Troy Tulowitzki could be ranked ahead of Trevor Story you’ll likely find this list cathartic. On the other hand, if you’re someone who would never rank Gary Sanchez ahead of Buster Posey (as I have) until Sanchez “proves it,” then you might not agree with this particular list. (Ditto Bregman over Seager, etc.) I also tend to fade pitchers a little more than most – this is my fourth dynasty top 500 (I used to post them on MLB.com) and I’ve yet to rank a pitcher in any top ten.

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Rank	Player	Team	POS
1	Mike Trout	LAA	OF
2	Bryce Harper	WAS	OF
3	Mookie Betts	BOS	OF
4	Carlos Correa	HOU	SS
5	Kris Bryant	CHN	3B
6	Manny Machado	BAL	SS
7	Nolan Arenado	COL	3B
8	Jose Altuve	HOU	2B
9	Corey Seager	LAD	SS
10	Xander Bogaerts	BOS	SS
11	Paul Goldschmidt	ARI	1B
12	Anthony Rizzo	CHC	1B
13	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	SP
14	Trea Turner	WAS	2B
15	Francisco Lindor	CLE	SS
16	Josh Donaldson	TOR	3B
17	Miguel Cabrera	DET	1B
18	Noah Syndergaard	NYM	SP
19	Giancarlo Stanton	MIA	OF
20	Starling Marte	PIT	OF
21	Christian Yelich	MIA	OF
22	Gregory Polanco	PIT	OF
23	Madison Bumgarner	SFG	SP
24	George Springer	HOU	OF
25	Chris Sale	BOS	SP
26	Max Scherzer	WAS	SP
27	Andrew Benintendi	BOS	OF
28	Gary Sanchez	NYY	C
29	Yoan Moncada	CHW	3B
30	Jonathan Villar	MIL	SS
31	Nomar Mazara	TEX	OF
32	Alex Bregman	HOU	3B
33	Rougned Odor	TEX	2B
34	Kyle Schwarber	CHC	OF
35	Anthony Rendon	WAS	3B
36	Freddie Freeman	ATL	1B
37	Kyle Seager	SEA	3B
38	Robinson Cano	SEA	2B
39	Charlie Blackmon	COL	OF
40	Byron Buxton	MIN	OF
41	David Dahl	COL	OF
42	Addison Russell	CHC	SS
43	Trevor Story	COL	SS
44	Corey Kluber	CLE	SP
45	Billy Hamilton	CIN	OF
46	Brendan Rodgers	COL	SS
47	Miguel Sano	MIN	3B
48	Dansby Swanson	ATL	SS
49	Julio Urias	LAD	SP
50	A.J. Pollock	ARI	OF
51	Joey Votto	CIN	1B
52	Andrew McCutchen	PIT	OF
53	Buster Posey	SFN	C
54	J.D. Martinez	DET	OF
55	David Price	BOS	SP
56	Ryan Braun	MIL	OF
57	Carlos Gonzalez	COL	OF
58	Stephen Strasburg	WAS	SP
59	Yu Darvish	TEX	SP
60	Jose Abreu	CHW	1B
61	Chris Archer	TAM	SP
62	Jake Arrieta	CHC	SP
63	Johnny Cueto	SFN	SP
64	Edwin Encarnacion	CLE	1B
65	Justin Upton	DET	OF
66	Evan Longoria	TAM	3B
67	Brian Dozier	MIN	2B
68	Jacob deGrom	NYM	SP
69	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	SP
70	Javier Baez	CHC	SS
71	Victor Robles	WAS	OF
72	Gerrit Cole	PIT	SP
73	Tim Anderson	CHW	SS
74	Dee Gordon	MIA	2B
75	Amed Rosario	NYM	SS
76	Austin Meadows	PIT	OF
77	Jon Lester	CHC	SP
78	Kenley Jansen	LAD	RP
79	Aroldis Chapman	NYY	RP
80	Willson Contreras	CHC	C
81	Wil Myers	SDN	1B
82	Ian Desmond	COL	OF
83	Jonathan Lucroy	TEX	C
84	Yoenis Cespedes	NYM	OF
85	Zach Britton	BAL	RP
86	Craig Kimbrel	BOS	RP
87	Eric Hosmer	KCR	1B
88	Zack Greinke	ARI	SP
89	Hanley Ramirez	BOS	1B
90	Matt Harvey	NYM	SP
91	Masahiro Tanaka	NYY	SP
92	Justin Verlander	DET	SP
93	Carlos Martinez	STL	SP
94	Edwin Diaz	SEA	RP
95	Jose Quintana	CHW	SP
96	J.P. Crawford	PHI	SS
97	Marcell Ozuna	MIA	OF
98	Jason Kipnis	CLE	2B
99	Adam Eaton	WAS	OF
100	Maikel Franco	PHI	3B
101	Jean Segura	SEA	SS
102	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	SP
103	Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B
104	Eloy Jimenez	CHC	OF
105	Gleyber Torres	NYY	SS
106	Clint Frazier	NYY	OF
107	Nick Senzel	CIN	3B
108	Josh Bell	PIT	1B
109	Cody Bellinger	LAD	OF
110	Daniel Murphy	WAS	2B
111	Nelson Cruz	SEA	OF
112	Chris Davis	BAL	1B
113	Odubel Herrera	PHI	OF
114	Stephen Piscotty	STL	OF
115	Adam Jones	BAL	OF
116	Carlos Santana	CLE	1B
117	Ken Giles	HOU	RP
118	DJ LeMahieu	COL	2B
119	Jackie Bradley Jr.	BOS	OF
120	Todd Frazier	CHW	3B
121	Adrian Beltre	TEX	3B
122	Matt Carpenter	STL	2B
123	Jose Peraza	CIN	SS
124	Khris Davis	OAK	OF
125	Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B
126	Mark Trumbo	BAL	OF
127	Roberto Osuna	TOR	RP
128	Wade Davis	CHC	RP
129	Joc Pederson	LAD	OF
130	Dustin Pedroia	BOS	2B
131	Ian Kinsler	DET	2B
132	Jose Bautista	TOR	OF
133	Jameson Taillon	PIT	SP
134	Rafael Devers	BOS	3B
135	Nick Castellanos	DET	3B
136	Mark Melancon	SFG	RP
137	Franklin Barreto	OAK	SS
138	Raimel Tapia	COL	OF
139	Danny Salazar	CLE	SP
140	Kenta Maeda	LAD	SP
141	Troy Tulowitzki	TOR	SS
142	Marcus Stroman	TOR	SP
143	Cole Hamels	TEX	SP
144	Lance McCullers	HOU	SP
145	Danny Duffy	KCR	SP
146	Dallas Keuchel	HOU	SP
147	Steven Matz	NYM	SP
148	Aaron Sanchez	TOR	SP
149	Yasiel Puig	LAD	OF
150	Jeurys Familia	NYM	RP
151	Lewis Brinson	MIL	OF
152	Andrew Miller	CLE	RP
153	Blake Snell	TBR	SP
154	Matt Kemp	ATL	OF
155	James Paxton	SEA	SP
156	Justin Turner	LAD	3B
157	Joey Gallo	TEX	3B
158	Max Kepler	MIN	OF
159	Felix Hernandez	SEA	SP
160	Aaron Nola	PHI	SP
161	Rich Hill	LAD	SP
162	Carlos Rodon	CHW	SP
163	Michael Fulmer	DET	SP
164	Rick Porcello	BOS	SP
165	Willy Adames	TAM	SS
166	Julio Teheran	ATL	SP
167	Cody Allen	CLE	RP
168	Brad Miller	TBR	SS
169	Ronald Acuna	ATL	OF
170	Alex Reyes	STL	SP
171	Jung-ho Kang	PIT	3B
172	Vince Velasquez	PHI	SP
173	Dexter Fowler	STL	OF
174	Tyler Glasnow	PIT	SP
175	Lorenzo Cain	KCR	OF
176	Michael Conforto	NYM	OF
177	Kyle Tucker	HOU	OF
178	Anderson Espinoza	BOS	SP
179	Jake Lamb	ARI	3B
180	Jake Odorizzi	TAM	SP
181	Mike Moustakas	KCR	3B
182	Marcus Semien	OAK	SS
183	Aledmys Diaz	STL	SS
184	Sean Manaea	OAK	SP
185	Sonny Gray	OAK	SP
186	Jorge Soler	KCR	OF
187	Jorge Mateo	NYY	SS
188	Alex Colome	TAM	RP
189	David Robertson	CHW	RP
190	Joe Ross	WAS	SP
191	Kevin Gausman	BAL	SP
192	Drew Smyly	SEA	SP
193	Garrett Richards	LAA	SP
194	Brandon Belt	SFG	1B
195	Elvis Andrus	TEX	SS
196	Ben Zobrist	CHC	2B
197	Jonathan Schoop	BAL	2B
198	Zack Collins	CHW	C
199	Corey Ray	MIL	OF
200	Mickey Moniak	PHI	OF
201	Raul Mondesi	KCR	2B
202	Jurickson Profar	TEX	3B
203	Nick Williams	PHI	OF
204	Devon Travis	TOR	2B
205	Seung-hwan Oh	STL	RP
206	Kole Calhoun	LAA	OF
207	Greg Bird	NYY	1B
208	Taijuan Walker	ARI	SP
209	Jon Gray	COL	SP
210	Tyler O’Neill	SEA	OF
211	Hunter Pence	SFG	OF
212	Brandon Drury	ARI	2B
213	Kelvin Herrera	KCR	RP
214	Yasmani Grandal	LAD	C
215	Jorge Alfaro	PHI	C
216	Bradley Zimmer	CLE	OF
217	Manuel Margot	SDP	OF
218	Aaron Judge	NYY	OF
219	Jason Groome	BOS	SP
220	Robert Gsellman	NYM	SP
221	Blake Rutherford	NYY	OF
222	Matt Moore	SFG	SP
223	Ryon Healy	OAK	3B
224	JT Realmuto	MIA	C
225	Yadier Alvarez	LAD	SP
226	Lucas Giolito	CHW	SP
227	Carlos Gomez	TEX	OF
228	Salvador Perez	KCR	C
229	Dellin Betances	NYY	RP
230	Keon Broxton	MIL	OF
231	Jay Bruce	NYM	OF
232	Neil Walker	NYM	2B
233	Albert Pujols	LAA	1B
234	Francisco Mejia	CLE	C
235	Travis d’Arnaud	NYM	C
236	Blake Swihart	BOS	C
237	Michael Pineda	NYY	SP
238	A.J. Reed	HOU	1B
239	Jason Heyward	CHC	OF
240	Ender Inciarte	ATL	OF
241	Robbie Ray	ARI	SP
242	Kyle Lewis	SEA	OF
243	Michael Kopech	CHW	SP
244	Tyler Skaggs	LAA	SP
245	Kevin Maitan	ATL	SS
246	Ian happ	CHC	2B
247	Brent Honeywell	TAM	SP
248	Evan Gattis	HOU	C
249	Kevin Kiermaier	TAM	OF
250	Josh Reddick	HOU	OF
251	Adrian Gonzalez	LAD	1B
252	Dan Vogelbach	SEA	1B
253	Josh Hader	MIL	SP
254	John Lackey	CHC	SP
255	Wilson Ramos	TAM	C
256	Jacoby Ellsbury	NYY	OF
257	Brett Phillips	MIL	OF
258	Michael Brantley	CLE	OF
259	C.J. Cron	LAA	1B
260	Francis Martes	HOU	SP
261	Drew Pomeranz	BOS	SP
262	Isan Diaz	MIL	SS
263	Dom Smith	NYM	1B
264	Mitch Keller	PIT	SP
265	Leodys Tavares	TEX	OF
266	Juan Soto	WAS	OF
267	Michael Wacha	STL	SP
268	Russell Martin	TOR	C
269	Eugenio Suarez	CIN	3B
270	Brian McCann	HOU	C
271	Tommy Joseph	PHI	1B
272	Alex Gordon	KCR	OF
273	Eduardo Nunez	SFG	SS
274	Jeff Samardzija	SFG	SP
275	Raisel Iglesias	CIN	RP
276	David Peralta	ARI	OF
277	Shin-Soo Choo	TEX	OF
278	Lucas Duda	NYM	1B
279	Victor Martinez	DET	1B
280	Adam Duvall	CIN	OF
281	Curtis Granderson	NYM	OF
282	Jerad Eickhoff	PHI	SP
283	Jose De Leon	TAM	SP
284	Hunter Renfroe	SDP	OF
285	Trent Clark	MIL	OF
286	Brandon Crawford	SFG	SS
287	Alex Wood	LAD	SP
288	Matt Holliday	NYY	OF
289	Sean Newcomb	ATL	SP
290	Jose Berrios	MIN	SP
291	Zack Wheeler	NYM	SP
292	Logan Forsythe	LAD	2B
293	Anthony DeSclafani	CIN	SP
294	Eduardo Rodriguez	BOS	SP
295	Brett Gardner	NYY	OF
296	Orlando Arcia	MIL	SS
297	Jesse Winker	CIN	OF
298	Derek Fisher	HOU	OF
299	Tom Murphy	COL	C
300	Welington Castillo	BAL	C
301	Corey Dickerson	TAM	OF
302	Tyson Ross	TEX	SP
303	Alex Cobb	TAM	SP
304	Wei-Yin Chen	MIA	SP
305	Jharel Cotton	OAK	SP
306	Roman Quinn	PHI	OF
307	Luis Severino	NYY	SP
308	Dylan Bundy	BAL	SP
309	Alex Verdugo	LAD	OF
310	Matt Wieters	WAS	C
311	Yasmany Tomas	ARI	OF
312	Chris Carter	NYY	1B
313	Vladimir Guerrero Jr	TOR	3B
314	Jaime Garcia	ATL	SP
315	Leonys Martin	SEA	OF
316	Ketel Marte	ARI	SS
317	Lucas Erceg	MIL	3B
318	Matt Thaiss	LAA	1B
319	Daniel Norris	DET	SP
320	Starlin Castro	NYY	2B
321	Joe Panik	SFG	2B
322	Yulieski Gurriel	HOU	3B
323	Didi Gregorius	NYY	SS
324	Stephen Vogt	OAK	C
325	Nick Gordon	MIN	SS
326	Carlos Beltran	HOU	OF
327	Rajai Davis	OAK	OF
328	Matt Shoemaker	LAA	SP
329	Domingo Santana	MIL	OF
330	Mike Napoli	TEX	1B
331	Randal Grichuk	STL	OF
332	Jedd Gyorko	STL	SS
333	Jorge Polanco	MIN	SS
334	Ryan McMahon	COL	3B
335	Lourdes Gurriel	TOR	2B
336	J.A. Happ	TOR	SP
337	Marco Estrada	TOR	SP
338	Collin McHugh	HOU	SP
339	Tyler Naquin	CLE	OF
340	Luis Alexander Basabe	CHW	OF
341	Trevor Bauer	CLE	SP
342	Chance Sisco	BAL	C
343	Ian Kennedy	KCR	SP
344	Yohander Mendez	TEX	SP
345	Eric Thames	MIL	OF
346	Hernan Perez	MIL	2B
347	Ivan Nova	PIT	SP
348	Mallex Smith	TAM	OF
349	Justin Bour	MIA	1B
350	Lance Lynn	STL	SP
351	Alex Kirilloff	MIN	OF
352	Dilson Herrera	CIN	2B
353	Willie Calhoun	LAD	2B
354	Travis Demeritte	TOR	3B
355	Roman Laureano	HOU	OF
356	Shelby Miller	ARI	SP
357	Melky Cabrera	CHW	OF
358	Matt Chapman	OAK	3B
359	Amir Garrett	CIN	SP
360	Tanner Roark	WAS	SP
361	Forrest Wall	COL	2B
362	Cody Reed	CIN	SP
363	Triston McKenzie	CLE	SP
364	Archie Bradley	ARI	SP
365	A.J. Puk	OAK	SP
366	Adam Wainwright	STL	SP
367	Patrick Corbin	ARI	SP
368	Anthony Alford	TOR	OF
369	Mitch Haniger	SEA	OF
370	Hyun Soo Kim	BAL	OF
371	Scott Kazmir	LAD	SP
372	Devin Mesoraco	CIN	C
373	Reynaldo Lopez	CHW	SP
374	Matt Manning	DET	SP
375	Luis Ortiz	MIL	SP
376	Matt Duffy	TAM	3B
377	Dalton Pompey	TOR	OF
378	Sandy Alcantara	STL	SP
379	Cam Bedrosian	LAA	RP
380	Andrew Toles	LAD	OF
381	Mike Zunino	SEA	C
382	Kevin Newman	PIT	SS
383	Junior Guerra	MIL	SP
384	Mike Foltynewicz	ATL	SP
385	Kolby Allard	ATL	SP
386	Grant Holmes	OAK	SP
387	Hisashi Iwakuma	SEA	SP
388	Ryan Schimpf	SDP	2B
389	Brady Aiken	CLE	SP
390	Dylan Cease	CHC	SP
391	Danny Valencia	SEA	3B
392	Mike Montgomery	CHC	SP
393	Jeff Hoffman	COL	SP
394	Riley Pint	COL	SP
395	Francisco Rodriguez	DET	RP
396	Shawn Kelley	WAS	RP
397	Zach Davies	MIL	SP
398	Mitch Moreland	BOS	1B
399	Ben Revere	LAA	OF
400	Asdrubal Cabrera	NYM	SS
401	Josh Harrison	PIT	2B
402	Kevin Pillar	TOR	OF
403	Adrian Morejon	SDP	SP
404	Braxton Garrett	MIA	SP
405	Jose Reyes	NYM	3B
406	Joe Musgrove	HOU	SP
407	Trayce Thompson	LAD	OF
408	Stephen Gonslaves	MIN	SP
409	Yangervis Solarte	SDP	3B
410	Franklyn Kilome	PHI	SP
411	Mitch Haniger	SEA	OF
412	Justus Sheffield	NYY	SP
413	Greg Allen	CLE	OF
414	Rowdy Tellez	TOR	1B
415	Bobby Bradley	CLE	1B
416	Alcides Escobar	KCR	SS
417	Joe Mauer	MIN	1B
418	Pablo Sandoval	BOS	3B
419	Jhonny Peralta	STL	3B
420	Jeremy Hellickson	PHI	SP
421	Adam Conley	MIA	SP
422	Jake Bauers	TAM	OF
423	Luis Urias	SDP	SS
424	Chris Shaw	SFG	1B
425	Erick Fedde	WAS	SP
426	Christian Arroyo	SFG	3B
427	Kennys Vargas	MIN	1B
428	Gio Gonzalez	WAS	SP
429	A.J. Ramos	MIA	RP
430	Christin Stewart	DET	OF
431	Taylor Trammell	CIN	OF
432	Jahmai Jones	LAA	OF
433	Jorge Ona	SDP	OF
434	Martin Prado	MIA	3B
435	Travis Jankowski	SDP	OF
436	Andrew Susac	MIL	C
437	Chance Adams	NYY	SP
438	Fernando Tatis Jr	SDP	SS
439	Dylan Cozens	PHI	OF
440	Hector Neris	PHI	RP
441	Nate Jones	CHW	RP
442	Carter Capps	SDP	RP
443	Tony Watson	PIT	RP
444	Justin Dunn	NYM	SP
445	Jarrod Dyson	SEA	OF
446	Thomas Szapucki	NYM	SP
447	James Kaprelian	NYY	SP
448	Kolten Wong	STL	2B
449	Brandon Maurer	SDP	RP
450	Steven Wright	BOS	SP
451	Travis Shaw	MIL	3B
452	Jacob Nottingham	MIL	C
453	Sam Dyson	TEX	RP
454	Arodys Vizcaino	ATL	RP
455	Andres Gimenez	NYM	SS
456	Cesar Hernandez	PHI	2B
457	Yadier Molina	STL	C
458	Luke Weaver	STL	SP
459	Ryan Zimmerman	WAS	1B
460	Jose Iglesias	DET	SS
461	Fernando Romero	MIN	SP
462	Scott Schebler	CIN	OF
463	Yusniel Diaz	LAD	OF
464	Cornelius Randolph	PHI	OF
465	Steven Souza	TAM	OF
466	Cal Quantrill	SDP	SP
467	Trevor Clifton	CHC	SP
468	Brandon Finnegan	CIN	SP
469	Chris Owings	ARI	SS
470	Trey Mancini	BAL	1B
471	Dan Straily	MIA	SP
472	Steve Pearce	TOR	1B
473	Wilmer Flores	NYM	3B
474	Kendrys Morales	TOR	1B
475	Hunter Strickland	SFG	RP
476	Mike Fiers	HOU	SP
477	Jordan Zimmermann	DET	SP
478	Cameron Rupp	PHI	C
479	Anderson Tejeda	TEX	SS
480	Austin Riley	ATL	3B
481	Mike Leake	STL	SP
482	Miguelangel Sierra	HOU	SS
483	Michael Gettys	SDP	OF
484	Matt Strahm	KCR	RP
485	Brett Lawrie	CHW	2B
486	Jeimer Candelario	CHC	3B
487	Bobby Dalbec	BOS	3B
488	Brandon Moss	KCR	OF
489	Luis Arraez	MIN	2B
490	Neftali Feliz	MIL	RP
491	Andrew Heaney	LAA	SP
492	Adrian Rondon	TAM	SS
493	Denard Span	SFG	OF
494	Alex Dickerson	SDP	OF
495	Delvin Perez	STL	SS
496	Francisco Liriano	TOR	SP
497	Adam Ottavino	COL	RP
498	Yu-Cheng Chang	CLE	SS
499	Albert Almora	CHC	OF
500	Corey Knebel	MIL	RP

The Author

Tom Trudeau

19 Comments

JayB

March 8, 2017 at 9:55 am

Hi Tom, GREAT job on the list. Thanks for doing this. We all appreciate it

I have a question for you. This is the closest I’ve seen JD Martinez and Strasburg ranked. The reason I bring it up is that I was offered Stras in a trade for JD.

I’m in a deep 12-team H2H keep forever league. We keep 20 MLB guys and have a 12 round draft (144 picks) each year. We draft the 2016 draftees and scrubs who didn’t make the keeper cut.

The scoring categories are:
R H HR RBI SB BB K TB AVG OPS and IP QS W ERA WHIP SV+HLD HRA K/9 K/BB

I want to improve my pitching. I received a trade offer where I trade JDMart for
Strasburg + the 6th overall pick

At OF I have – Thames/Pollock/JD/Cruz/Bautista/Broxton/Conforto (we start a LF/CF/RF+2OF)
At SP I have – Arrieta/Greinke/Hill/Lackey/Gsellman + Allen/Miller/Diaz@ RP

Keep JD for depth or grab risky Stras? Which side would you want? Your rankings seem to suggest I should take the chance on Strasburg…
- Tom Trudeau
  
  March 8, 2017 at 11:02 am
  
  I’m going to ignore your categories, because I’m no good at “converting” value outside of standard format, but that strikes me as a sensible trade to make if you need pitching. I do have a very firm preference of JD Martinez, but + pick 1.6 means the value is there and the utility is there, too.
- matthewvroberson
  
  March 10, 2017 at 3:46 am
  
  Keep JD. Your outfield would take a serious hit. Pitching is hard to predict and Strasburg is an injury time bomb waiting to explode and unravel your whole season. At least that’s what I would do. Besides, your pitching is good enough.
David H

March 8, 2017 at 10:41 am

Tom we think alike. This list is more where I’m at in the overall rankings. Great job and thanks for taking the time to put this together.
- Tom Trudeau
  
  March 8, 2017 at 11:01 am
  
  Word. It’s certainly more in line with the *prices* I’ve seen. Whether these are “correct” is subjective. I don’t necessarily go crazy for prospects, but if you’re a very good prospect that has also flashed productivity in the Majors (Mazara, Benintendi, Sanchez, etc.) I’m not going to wait for that player to become fully proven to buy in, because then you never have access to next gen superstars.
  
  The hope is you get more Corey Seager’s and Lindors than Puig and Solers (young players that flashed and then locked in that value vs. lost value).
  
  I often hear that Sanchez types have too much risk to rank them this highly, but Troy Tulowitzki was “proven” and showed that veterans also have risk associated with holding them too long.
Alex

March 8, 2017 at 5:40 pm

Feels like Jankowski should be much higher..
Brett

March 8, 2017 at 8:56 pm

Great job on the list. I would like to see a list that included International, College, & High School players in it. We play in a 16 team Dynasty Keeper League, and you can draft pretty much anybody.
- Tom Trudeau
  
  March 8, 2017 at 9:52 pm
  
  I play in such a league with Bret. It’d be challenging for me to make such a list and not sure how many other crazies are out there. I have four 2028 ama kids on my team… Turang, Kelesic… kelenic? Forget.
  
  You should join the fb group and crowd source Q’s related to that format.
lotw29

March 8, 2017 at 9:56 pm

Mitch Haniger twice
- Tom Trudeau
  
  March 9, 2017 at 7:44 am
  
  Thanks, how about Charlie Tilson as a replacement name? As we saw Milwaukee last year, bad teams often let their players run wild.
Sean Murphy

March 9, 2017 at 2:35 pm

Love these lists! Thank you.

One list I rarely see that would be particularly useful would be a 1st year player top 50 or 100 that includes previous year draftees, international signees etc. in a dynasty context.

Anything like that in the works? Could it be?
- Tom Trudeau
  
  March 9, 2017 at 2:39 pm
  
  I would be surprised if such a list doesn’t exist next year.
  
  We’re currently doing a top 200 fantasy prospects that we will release soon.
Tom Trudeau

March 9, 2017 at 3:04 pm

Two people I’ve been drafting that aren’t on this list, because they’re more deep league, probability guys – Max Schrock and Shedrick Long. Easily could have been in 400-500 range.
matthewvroberson

March 9, 2017 at 3:36 pm

Now this is a list that I can agree with (for the most part)!

Trevor Story, shockingly, clocks in at #43 and Tulo is at #141. Amazing! Shocking! Unbelievable!

I also appreciate your aggressiveness with some younger players like Benintendi and Urias. I’m a little skeptical of Nomar Mazara at #31 based on his second half fade. However, I can’t fully disagree with you there either.

Love the list. Much more in line with how dynasty is meant to be played. Well done Tom.
Matt M

March 9, 2017 at 5:11 pm

12 team H2H 8×8 dynasty. 14 keepers. Definitely keeping Goldy, Dozier, Seager, Frazier, Dahl, Trout, Springer, Sano, Mazara, J. Baez, Carrasco, G.Cole… Now I need to pick 2 of these 4: Betances (Holds is a category), Edwin diaz, Kevin Gausman, Tyler Glasnow. Just curious who you would keep, I think I have my 2, but curious to hear another opinion or two.
- matthewvroberson
  
  March 10, 2017 at 12:13 am
  
  I’d be keeping Diaz and Gausman. I’m not saying Betances isn’t worth keeping because he is, especially with the other categories he impacts over the entire season. But, in a week-to-week H2H league, his impact is really just one category (holds), maybe two with strikeouts. I think that tips the scales to an improving Gausman. He’ll give you 6-12 innings a week impact. Glasnow may not even be in the rotation for the Pirates, so he’s an easy dump.
Jack Cecil

March 9, 2017 at 8:06 pm

This list helps maintain our e-friendship.
Tony

March 9, 2017 at 11:13 pm

It looks like you’ve still got Anderson Espinoza listed on Boston.
matthewvroberson

March 10, 2017 at 12:18 am

Lance Lynn at #350? This guy was highly successful and a workhorse before the TJS. I expect him to come back and be the same guy, much like Waino did after his TJS. Why no Lance Lynn from the Tomster?

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