The *Other* Top 500 Dynasty Baseball Rankings, March 2017
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 |
19 Comments
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
Feels like Jankowski should be much higher..
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.
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.
Mitch Haniger twice
Thanks, how about Charlie Tilson as a replacement name? As we saw Milwaukee last year, bad teams often let their players run wild.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This list helps maintain our e-friendship.
It looks like you’ve still got Anderson Espinoza listed on Boston.
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?