2018 Dynasty Baseball RankingsDynasty Baseball

The Top 500 Dynasty League Players, March 2018

It’s the culmination of countless hours of work from more people than you probably even realize. And it’s when the great staff here lets me show up and be a part of it. As a reminder, this is my list and my list alone, so if you see differences between the rankings on the 500 and the positional rankings, that is why.

The landscape in the majors continues to change, and it continues to show itself in ways that I would not have anticipated when I first created this list five years ago. Pitching is the most obvious place where this will be noticed, as there are no mound dwellers in the top-25 on this list. However, with the very top guys, it’s more of a matter of the league being ripe with young hitters and not so ripe with young pitchers. Age matters less on the mound, but it still matters enough. With the rest of the list, it’s how starters are being devalued every day by the reduction in innings they are throwing. Sure, the high rate of strikeouts across the league is great, but it’s not helping the wide disparity.

By now you know what the disclaimers are, and I don’t need to copy and paste them from previous lists. You just want to see the Top 500. I don’t blame you. You probably blew past this intro anyway despite the fact that I’m keeping it short.

However, before we get to what you came to see, we sincerely hope you enjoy the package that the TDG team has put together here. If you’re looking for all of our rankings in one easy-to-use spreadsheet format, you can donate a minimum of $10 to receive a downloadable version of the entirety of our ultra-deep dynasty rankings. That includes this Top 500 for standard leagues, Tom Trudeau’s Top 500 for OBP leagues, Jesse Roche’s Top 200 prospects, and our entire rankings series in downloadable form. For more information, click below.

See the complete 2018 Baseball Rankings

Join The Dynasty Guru Facebook group and follow us on Twitter

Subscribe to The Dynasty Guru Podcast in iTunes or your favorite podcast app

 Now, enough with the formalities. Here are 500 players ranked in the order I like them:

Searchable Rankings

RkFirstLastPosTeam
1MikeTroutCFLAA
2CarlosCorreaSSHOU
3BryceHarperRFWAS
4TreaTurnerSSWAS
5KrisBryant3BCHC
6FranciscoLindorSSCLE
7JoseAltuve2BHOU
8MookieBettsRFBOS
9NolanArenado3BCOL
10CoreySeagerSSLAD
11MannyMachado3BBAL
12AlexBregman3BHOU
13RonaldAcunaCFATL
14PaulGoldschmidt1BARI
15CodyBellingerOFLAD
16GarySanchezCNYY
17JoseRamirez3BCLE
18AaronJudgeRFNYY
19AnthonyRendon3BWAS
20ByronBuxtonCFMIN
21RafaelDevers3BBOS
22YoanMoncada2BCHW
23VictorRoblesRFWAS
24GiancarloStantonRFNYY
25VladimirGuerrero3BTOR
26ClaytonKershawSPLAD
27NoahSyndergaardSPNYM
28FreddieFreeman1BATL
29AnthonyRizzo1BCHC
30GeorgeSpringerCFHOU
31ChrisSaleSPBOS
32CharlieBlackmonCFCOL
33ChristianYelichCFMIA
34XanderBogaertsSSBOS
35JoeyVotto1BCIN
36MaxScherzerSPWAS
37AndrewBenintendiLFBOS
38MarcellOzunaLFSTL
39NomarMazaraRFTEX
40MiguelSano3BMIN
41EloyJimenezRFCHW
42JoshDonaldson3BTOR
43CoreyKluberSPCLE
44WillsonContrerasCCHC
45J.D.MartinezRFARI
46RhysHoskinsLFPHI
47StephenStrasburgSPWAS
48AmedRosarioSSNYM
49OzzieAlbies2BATL
50BrendanRodgersSSCOL
51GleyberTorresSSNYY
52FernandoTatisSSSD
53DeeGordon2BSEA
54MadisonBumgarnerSPSF
55ShoheiOhtaniSPLAA
56BillyHamiltonCFCIN
57StarlingMarteLFPIT
58JustinUptonLFLAA
59LuisSeverinoSPNYY
60CarlosCarrascoSPCLE
61JoseAbreu1BCHW
62JacobdeGromSPNYM
63CarlosMartinezSPSTL
64KyleSchwarberLFCHC
65YasielPuigRFLAD
66NickSenzel3BCIN
67JonathanSchoop2BBAL
68JavierBaez2BCHC
69KenleyJansenRPLAD
70MichaelConfortoLFNYM
71AaronNolaSPPHI
72RobbieRaySPARI
73JustinTurner3BLAD
74WilMyers1BSD
75EricHosmer1BKC
76YuDarvishSPLAD
77IanHapp2BCHC
78KyleTuckerCFHOU
79JoseQuintanaSPCHC
80GerritColeSPHOU
81BusterPoseyCSF
82RougnedOdor2BTEX
83ChrisArcherSPTB
84AlexReyesSPSTL
85GregoryPolancoRFPIT
86KestonHiura2BMIL
87ChrisTaylorCFLAD
88ZackGreinkeSPARI
89MarcusStromanSPTOR
90FranciscoMejiaCCLE
91JoseBerriosSPMIN
92CraigKimbrelRPBOS
93EdwinEncarnacionDHCLE
94JeanSeguraSSSEA
95ElvisAndrusSSTEX
96JoshBell1BPIT
97JoeyGallo3BTEX
98KhrisDavisLFOAK
99BoBichetteSSTOR
100JamesonTaillonSPPIT
101WillieCalhounLFTEX
102ScottKingery2BPHI
103MikeMoustakas3BKC
104ManuelMargotCFSD
105MichaelKopechSPCHW
106BrianDozier2BMIN
107KyleSeager3BSEA
108JakeLamb3BARI
109A.J.PollockCFARI
110EnderInciarteCFATL
111LanceMcCullersSPHOU
112JamesPaxtonSPSEA
113LewisBrinsonCFMIL
114AdamEatonCFWAS
115JonGraySPCOL
116LorenzoCainCFKC
117DavidDahlLFCOL
118LuisCastilloSPCIN
119CoreyKnebelRPMIL
120RobertoOsunaRPTOR
121TommyPhamLFSTL
122AndrewMcCutchenCFSF
123JustinVerlanderSPHOU
124BradleyZimmerCFCLE
125DanielMurphy2BWAS
126TravisShaw3BMIL
127DomingoSantanaRFMIL
128KyleHendricksSPCHC
129DallasKeuchelSPHOU
130MasahiroTanakaSPNYY
131JuanSotoRFWAS
132LuisRobertCFCHW
133OdubelHerreraCFPHI
134ClintFrazierLFNYY
135ForrestWhitleySPHOU
136JustinSmoak1BTOR
137NicholasCastellanos3BDET
138MichaelFulmerSPDET
139SonnyGraySPNYY
140YoenisCespedesLFNYM
141OrlandoArciaSSMIL
142J.T.RealmutoCMIA
143RoyceLewisSSMIN
144AroldisChapmanRPNYY
145IanDesmondLFCOL
146AlexWoodSPLAD
147TimAndersonSSCHW
148NickWilliamsRFPHI
149RyanBraunLFMIL
150FelipeRiveroRPPIT
151RaimelTapiaRFCOL
152RyanMcMahon1BCOL
153TaylorTrammellLFCIN
154JustinBour1BMIA
155GregBird1BNYY
156WhitMerrifield2BKC
157DidiGregoriusSSNYY
158CarlosSantana1BPHI
159DavidPriceSPBOS
160MiguelCabrera1BDET
161WalkerBuehlerRPLAD
162EddieRosarioLFMIN
163MattOlson1BOAK
164JakeArrietaSPCHC
165MarwinGonzalezLFHOU
166BrentHoneywellSPTB
167JorgeMateoSSOAK
168EugenioSuarez3BCIN
169SalvadorPerezCKC
170GarrettRichardsSPLAA
171BlakeSnellSPTB
172EstevanFlorialCFNYY
173ZackGodleySPARI
174JonLesterSPCHC
175FranklinBarretoSSOAK
176TrevorStorySSCOL
177NelsonCruzDHSEA
178RobinsonCano2BSEA
179MitchKellerSPPIT
180AdamJonesCFBAL
181MitchHanigerRFSEA
182JulioTeheranSPATL
183JeffSamardzijaSPSF
184JesseWinkerRFCIN
185AustinHaysRFBAL
186AaronSanchezSPTOR
187AddisonRussellSSCHC
188RyanMountcastleSSBAL
189RyanZimmerman1BWAS
190DannySalazarSPCLE
191ArchieBradleyRPARI
192JocPedersonCFLAD
193A.J.PukSPOAK
194MattCarpenter1BSTL
195DJLeMahieu2BCOL
196WillyAdamesSSTB
197SeanManaeaSPOAK
198JayBruceRFNYM
199MichaelBrantleyLFCLE
200RaulMondesi2BKC
201DansbySwansonSSATL
202RaiselIglesiasRPCIN
203EdwinDiazRPSEA
204J.P.Crawford3BPHI
205TreyManciniLFBAL
206JonathanVillar2BMIL
207TaijuanWalkerSPARI
208DannyDuffySPKC
209MichaelChavis3BBOS
210LeodyTaverasCFTEX
211AaronHicksCFNYY
212LucasGiolitoSPCHW
213CodyAllenRPCLE
214SixtoSanchezSPPHI
215JordonAdellLFLAA
216CarterKieboomSSWAS
217MikeZuninoCSEA
218JorgeAlfaroCPHI
219DelinoDeShieldsLFTEX
220JohnnyCuetoSPSF
221EduardoNunez3BBOS
222LukeWeaverSPSTL
223DrewPomeranzSPBOS
224MarcusSemienSSOAK
225RichHillSPLAD
226MiguelAndujar3BNYY
227MichaelTaylorCFWAS
228AustinRiley3BATL
229MaxKeplerRFMIN
230KenGilesRPHOU
231DustinFowlerRFOAK
232AlexColomeRPTB
233MaikelFranco3BPHI
234StevenSouzaRFTB
235MacKenzieGoreSPSD
236EduardoRodriguezSPBOS
237WilmerFlores3BNYM
238JackieBradleyCFBOS
239AvisailGarciaRFCHW
240TrevorBauerSPCLE
241JahmaiJonesCFLAA
242KentaMaedaSPLAD
243AlexVerdugoCFLAD
244YuliGurriel1BHOU
245StarlinCastro2BMIA
246StephenPiscottyRFOAK
247HeliotRamosCFSF
248KevinKiermaierCFTB
249GioGonzalezSPWAS
250JorgePolancoSSMIN
251KeibertRuizCLAD
252JhailynOrtizRFPHI
253CoreyDickersonLFTB
254EricThamesOFMIL
255FrancisMartesRPHOU
256MonteHarrisonCFMIL
257AustinMeadowsCFPIT
258PaulDeJongSSSTL
259AnthonyAlfordLFTOR
260SeanDoolittleRPWAS
261TristonMcKenzieSPCLE
262AdrianBeltre3BTEX
263JosePeraza2BCIN
264JasonKipnis2BCLE
265ColeHamelsSPTEX
266YordanAlvarezLFHOU
267CesarHernandez2BPHI
268BradHandRPSD
269MikeClevingerSPCLE
270EvanLongoria3BSF
271IanKinsler2BLAA
272KevinGausmanSPBAL
273DylanBundySPBAL
274BrettPhillipsCFMIL
275BrettGardnerLFNYY
276BradPeacockRPHOU
277LuizGoharaSPATL
278KetelMarteSSARI
279ScooterGennett2BCIN
280WadeDavisRPCOL
281JeimerCandelario3BDET
282LuisUriasSSSD
283PatrickCorbinSPARI
284LanceLynnSPSTL
285DinelsonLametSPSD
286MichaelWachaSPSTL
287JesusSanchezLFTB
288DexterFowlerCFSTL
289JimmyNelsonSPMIL
290ChaseAndersonSPMIL
291KoltenWong2BSTL
292HunterGreeneSPCIN
293WilsonRamosCTB
294CarlosRodonSPCHW
295FelixHernandezSPSEA
296ZackCozartSSLAA
297JoshReddickRFHOU
298EvanGattisCHOU
299TimBeckhamSSBAL
300ZachBrittonRPBAL
301YusnielDiazRFLAD
302JoshHaderRPMIL
303JasonHeywardRFCHC
304TylerGlasnowSPPIT
305SeanNewcombSPATL
306YasmaniGrandalCLAD
307AdamDuvallLFCIN
308ScottScheblerRFCIN
309ChrisOwingsSSARI
310AndreltonSimmonsSSLAA
311ZachDaviesSPMIL
312BobbyBradley1BCLE
313HunterRenfroeRFSD
314KolbyAllardSPATL
315AustinBarnesCLAD
316WanderJavierSSMIN
317AndrewMillerRPCLE
318MattChapman3BOAK
319CharlieMortonSPHOU
320JacobFariaSPTB
321DavidPeraltaRFARI
322JoshHarrison2BPIT
323NickGordonSSMIN
324BrandonBelt1BSF
325MichelBaezSPSD
326JasonGroomeSPBOS
327VinceVelasquezSPPHI
328AlexCobbSPTB
329AlecHansenSPCHW
330ChrisDavis1BBAL
331RandalGrichukLFTOR
332TylerSkaggsSPLAA
333ShaneBazSPPIT
334WilmerDifoSSWAS
335MarkMelanconRPSF
336BrendanMcKay1BTB
337JackFlahertySPSTL
338KelvinHerreraRPKC
339AdrianMorejonSPSD
340DerekFisherLFHOU
341ErvinSantanaSPMIN
342YonderAlonso1BCLE
343NeilWalker2BMIL
344JakeBurger3BCHW
345JorgeBonifacioRFKC
346BrandonDrury2BARI
347RonaldGuzman1BTEX
348FranklinPerezSPHOU
349YadierAlvarezSPLAD
350IsanDiaz2BMIL
351RyonHealyDHSEA
352StevenMatzSPNYM
353JeddGyorko3BSTL
354JorgeSolerRFKC
355KoleCalhounRFLAA
356DylanCeaseSPCHW
357JordanMontgomerySPNYY
358JulioUriasSPLAD
359KyleLewisCFSEA
360KyleWrightSPATL
361CarlosGonzalezRFCOL
362GarrettHampson2BCOL
363WelingtonCastilloCCHW
364BrandonMorrowRPCHC
365RickPorcelloSPBOS
366GregHollandRPCOL
367ArodysVizcainoRPATL
368DominicSmith1BNYM
369KeonBroxtonCFMIL
370GermanMarquezSPCOL
371CarlosGomezCFTEX
372MagneurisSierraRFMIA
373JerenKendallCFLAD
374JesusLuzardoSPOAK
375AaronAltherrLFPHI
376LuisGarcia2BWAS
377AlexJacksonCATL
378SandyAlcantaraRPMIA
379HanleyRamirezDHBOS
380JakeOdorizziSPTB
381FranklynKilomeSPPHI
382LucasErceg3BMIL
383TrevorWilliamsSPPIT
384IvanNovaSPPIT
385SeulyMatiasRFKC
386EsteuryRuiz2BSD
387BrandonCrawfordSSSF
388Shin-SooChooRFTEX
389KevinMaitanSSATL
390JoeRossSPWAS
391TannerRoarkSPWAS
392MarkTrumboOFBAL
393TylerChatwoodSPCHC
394AkilBaddooCFMIN
395CristianPacheCFATL
396AlbertAlmoraCFCHC
397AndersonEspinozaSPSD
398LoganMorrison1BTB
399BrandonMarshRFLAA
400JustusSheffieldSPNYY
401ColtonWelker3BCOL
402DustinMaySPLAD
403CoreyRayCFMIL
404JeradEickhoffSPPHI
405CalQuantrillSPSD
406ChanceSiscoCBAL
407JoeyWentzSPATL
408NickPratto1BKC
409AlbertAbreuSPNYY
410ZackCollinsCCHW
411LoganForsythe2BLAD
412Hyun-JinRyuSPLAD
413SethRomeroSPWAS
414MichaelSorokaSPATL
415BrandonWoodruffSPMIL
416MikeFoltynewiczSPATL
417JonathanLucroyCCOL
418JoseMartinezLFSTL
419AJRamosRPNYM
420ChadKuhlSPPIT
421LucasDuda1BTB
422HunterPenceRFSF
423AustinBeckCFOAK
424MelkyCabreraLFKC
425DanielNorrisSPDET
426MattKempLFLAD
427HectorNerisRPPHI
428J.A.HappSPTOR
429JeurysFamiliaRPNYM
430YadierMolinaCSTL
431TeoscarHernandezLFTOR
432TroyTulowitzkiSSTOR
433JoePanik2BSF
434ReynaldoLopezSPCHW
435AsdrubalCabreraSSNYM
436JacobyEllsburyCFNYY
437JonDuplantierSPARI
438AndrewTolesLFLAD
439BlakeSwihartCBOS
440BlakeParkerRPLAA
441BlakeTreinenRPOAK
442YangervisSolarte2BTOR
443BrianAnderson3BMIA
444ColinMoran1BPIT
445YasmanyTomasLFARI
446KendrysMoralesDHTOR
447LuisAlmanzarSSSD
448BubbaThompsonCFTEX
449ChanceAdamsSPNYY
450MallexSmithCFTB
451AndrewHeaneySPLAA
452JoshNaylor1BSD
453AdonisMedinaSPPHI
454KhalilLeeCFKC
455BrianMcCannCHOU
456GerardoParraLFCOL
457BrentRookerLFMIN
458BlakeRutherfordCFCHW
459YaselAntunaSSWAS
460PeterAlonso1BNYM
461BenZobrist2BCHC
462KeoneKelaRPTEX
463MickeyMoniakCFPHI
464NickyDelmonicoLFCHW
465DustinPedroia2BBOS
466DanStrailySPMIA
467AnthonyDeSclafaniSPCIN
468AlexFaedoSPDET
469BrandonPhillips2BLAA
470MikeMinorRPTEX
471ToddFrazier3BNYY
472JoshuaLoweCFTB
473JoseBautistaRFTOR
474LourdesGurrielSSTOR
475CorySpangenberg3BSD
476HarrisonBaderCFSTL
477FreudisNovaSSHOU
478MichaelPinedaSPMIN
479RobinsonChirinosCTEX
480AdbertAlzolaySPCHC
481MattHarveySPNYM
482ColeTuckerSSPIT
483JohanCamargo3BATL
484JoeMauer1BMIN
485CameronMaybinCFHOU
486JoseSiriCFCIN
487FranchyCorderoCFSD
488JuricksonProfarLFTEX
489ChrisShawLFSF
490LonnieChisenhallRFCLE
491ErickFeddeSPWAS
492SheldonNeuse3BOAK
493KevinPillarCFTOR
494ShedricLong2BCIN
495IanAndersonSPATL
496AdamFrazierLFPIT
497JakeBauersLFTB
498JamesKaprielianSPOAK
499ShelbyMillerSPARI
500MitchMoreland1BBOS
500JoyceRFOAK

Full Rankings

Rank First Name Last Name Position Team
1 Mike Trout CF LAA
2 Carlos Correa SS HOU
3 Bryce Harper RF WAS
4 Trea Turner SS WAS
5 Kris Bryant 3B CHC
6 Francisco Lindor SS CLE
7 Jose Altuve 2B HOU
8 Mookie Betts RF BOS
9 Nolan Arenado 3B COL
10 Corey Seager SS LAD
11 Manny Machado 3B BAL
12 Alex Bregman 3B HOU
13 Ronald Acuna CF ATL
14 Paul Goldschmidt 1B ARI
15 Cody Bellinger OF LAD
16 Gary Sanchez C NYY
17 Jose Ramirez 3B CLE
18 Aaron Judge RF NYY
19 Anthony Rendon 3B WAS
20 Byron Buxton CF MIN
21 Rafael Devers 3B BOS
22 Yoan Moncada 2B CHW
23 Victor Robles RF WAS
24 Giancarlo Stanton RF NYY
25 Vladimir Guerrero 3B TOR
26 Clayton Kershaw SP LAD
27 Noah Syndergaard SP NYM
28 Freddie Freeman 1B ATL
29 Anthony Rizzo 1B CHC
30 George Springer CF HOU
31 Chris Sale SP BOS
32 Charlie Blackmon CF COL
33 Christian Yelich CF MIA
34 Xander Bogaerts SS BOS
35 Joey Votto 1B CIN
36 Max Scherzer SP WAS
37 Andrew Benintendi LF BOS
38 Marcell Ozuna LF STL
39 Nomar Mazara RF TEX
40 Miguel Sano 3B MIN
41 Eloy Jimenez RF CHW
42 Josh Donaldson 3B TOR
43 Corey Kluber SP CLE
44 Willson Contreras C CHC
45 J.D. Martinez RF ARI
46 Rhys Hoskins LF PHI
47 Stephen Strasburg SP WAS
48 Amed Rosario SS NYM
49 Ozzie Albies 2B ATL
50 Brendan Rodgers SS COL
51 Gleyber Torres SS NYY
52 Fernando Tatis SS SD
53 Dee Gordon 2B SEA
54 Madison Bumgarner SP SF
55 Shohei Ohtani SP LAA
56 Billy Hamilton CF CIN
57 Starling Marte LF PIT
58 Justin Upton LF LAA
59 Luis Severino SP NYY
60 Carlos Carrasco SP CLE
61 Jose Abreu 1B CHW
62 Jacob deGrom SP NYM
63 Carlos Martinez SP STL
64 Kyle Schwarber LF CHC
65 Yasiel Puig RF LAD
66 Nick Senzel 3B CIN
67 Jonathan Schoop 2B BAL
68 Javier Baez 2B CHC
69 Kenley Jansen RP LAD
70 Michael Conforto LF NYM
71 Aaron Nola SP PHI
72 Robbie Ray SP ARI
73 Justin Turner 3B LAD
74 Wil Myers 1B SD
75 Eric Hosmer 1B KC
76 Yu Darvish SP LAD
77 Ian Happ 2B CHC
78 Kyle Tucker CF HOU
79 Jose Quintana SP CHC
80 Gerrit Cole SP HOU
81 Buster Posey C SF
82 Rougned Odor 2B TEX
83 Chris Archer SP TB
84 Alex Reyes SP STL
85 Gregory Polanco RF PIT
86 Keston Hiura 2B MIL
87 Chris Taylor CF LAD
88 Zack Greinke SP ARI
89 Marcus Stroman SP TOR
90 Francisco Mejia C CLE
91 Jose Berrios SP MIN
92 Craig Kimbrel RP BOS
93 Edwin Encarnacion DH CLE
94 Jean Segura SS SEA
95 Elvis Andrus SS TEX
96 Josh Bell 1B PIT
97 Joey Gallo 3B TEX
98 Khris Davis LF OAK
99 Bo Bichette SS TOR
100 Jameson Taillon SP PIT
101 Willie Calhoun LF TEX
102 Scott Kingery 2B PHI
103 Mike Moustakas 3B KC
104 Manuel Margot CF SD
105 Michael Kopech SP CHW
106 Brian Dozier 2B MIN
107 Kyle Seager 3B SEA
108 Jake Lamb 3B ARI
109 A.J. Pollock CF ARI
110 Ender Inciarte CF ATL
111 Lance McCullers SP HOU
112 James Paxton SP SEA
113 Lewis Brinson CF MIL
114 Adam Eaton CF WAS
115 Jon Gray SP COL
116 Lorenzo Cain CF KC
117 David Dahl LF COL
118 Luis Castillo SP CIN
119 Corey Knebel RP MIL
120 Roberto Osuna RP TOR
121 Tommy Pham LF STL
122 Andrew McCutchen CF SF
123 Justin Verlander SP HOU
124 Bradley Zimmer CF CLE
125 Daniel Murphy 2B WAS
126 Travis Shaw 3B MIL
127 Domingo Santana RF MIL
128 Kyle Hendricks SP CHC
129 Dallas Keuchel SP HOU
130 Masahiro Tanaka SP NYY
131 Juan Soto RF WAS
132 Luis Robert CF CHW
133 Odubel Herrera CF PHI
134 Clint Frazier LF NYY
135 Forrest Whitley SP HOU
136 Justin Smoak 1B TOR
137 Nicholas Castellanos 3B DET
138 Michael Fulmer SP DET
139 Sonny Gray SP NYY
140 Yoenis Cespedes LF NYM
141 Orlando Arcia SS MIL
142 J.T. Realmuto C MIA
143 Royce Lewis SS MIN
144 Aroldis Chapman RP NYY
145 Ian Desmond LF COL
146 Alex Wood SP LAD
147 Tim Anderson SS CHW
148 Nick Williams RF PHI
149 Ryan Braun LF MIL
150 Felipe Rivero RP PIT
151 Raimel Tapia RF COL
152 Ryan McMahon 1B COL
153 Taylor Trammell LF CIN
154 Justin Bour 1B MIA
155 Greg Bird 1B NYY
156 Whit Merrifield 2B KC
157 Didi Gregorius SS NYY
158 Carlos Santana 1B PHI
159 David Price SP BOS
160 Miguel Cabrera 1B DET
161 Walker Buehler RP LAD
162 Eddie Rosario LF MIN
163 Matt Olson 1B OAK
164 Jake Arrieta SP CHC
165 Marwin Gonzalez LF HOU
166 Brent Honeywell SP TB
167 Jorge Mateo SS OAK
168 Eugenio Suarez 3B CIN
169 Salvador Perez C KC
170 Garrett Richards SP LAA
171 Blake Snell SP TB
172 Estevan Florial CF NYY
173 Zack Godley SP ARI
174 Jon Lester SP CHC
175 Franklin Barreto SS OAK
176 Trevor Story SS COL
177 Nelson Cruz DH SEA
178 Robinson Cano 2B SEA
179 Mitch Keller SP PIT
180 Adam Jones CF BAL
181 Mitch Haniger RF SEA
182 Julio Teheran SP ATL
183 Jeff Samardzija SP SF
184 Jesse Winker RF CIN
185 Austin Hays RF BAL
186 Aaron Sanchez SP TOR
187 Addison Russell SS CHC
188 Ryan Mountcastle SS BAL
189 Ryan Zimmerman 1B WAS
190 Danny Salazar SP CLE
191 Archie Bradley RP ARI
192 Joc Pederson CF LAD
193 A.J. Puk SP OAK
194 Matt Carpenter 1B STL
195 DJ LeMahieu 2B COL
196 Willy Adames SS TB
197 Sean Manaea SP OAK
198 Jay Bruce RF NYM
199 Michael Brantley LF CLE
200 Raul Mondesi 2B KC
201 Dansby Swanson SS ATL
202 Raisel Iglesias RP CIN
203 Edwin Diaz RP SEA
204 J.P. Crawford 3B PHI
205 Trey Mancini LF BAL
206 Jonathan Villar 2B MIL
207 Taijuan Walker SP ARI
208 Danny Duffy SP KC
209 Michael Chavis 3B BOS
210 Leody Taveras CF TEX
211 Aaron Hicks CF NYY
212 Lucas Giolito SP CHW
213 Cody Allen RP CLE
214 Sixto Sanchez SP PHI
215 Jordon Adell LF LAA
216 Carter Kieboom SS WAS
217 Mike Zunino C SEA
218 Jorge Alfaro C PHI
219 Delino DeShields LF TEX
220 Johnny Cueto SP SF
221 Eduardo Nunez 3B BOS
222 Luke Weaver SP STL
223 Drew Pomeranz SP BOS
224 Marcus Semien SS OAK
225 Rich Hill SP LAD
226 Miguel Andujar 3B NYY
227 Michael Taylor CF WAS
228 Austin Riley 3B ATL
229 Max Kepler RF MIN
230 Ken Giles RP HOU
231 Dustin Fowler RF OAK
232 Alex Colome RP TB
233 Maikel Franco 3B PHI
234 Steven Souza RF TB
235 MacKenzie Gore SP SD
236 Eduardo Rodriguez SP BOS
237 Wilmer Flores 3B NYM
238 Jackie Bradley CF BOS
239 Avisail Garcia RF CHW
240 Trevor Bauer SP CLE
241 Jahmai Jones CF LAA
242 Kenta Maeda SP LAD
243 Alex Verdugo CF LAD
244 Yuli Gurriel 1B HOU
245 Starlin Castro 2B MIA
246 Stephen Piscotty RF OAK
247 Heliot Ramos CF SF
248 Kevin Kiermaier CF TB
249 Gio Gonzalez SP WAS
250 Jorge Polanco SS MIN
251 Keibert Ruiz C LAD
252 Jhailyn Ortiz RF PHI
253 Corey Dickerson LF TB
254 Eric Thames OF MIL
255 Francis Martes RP HOU
256 Monte Harrison CF MIL
257 Austin Meadows CF PIT
258 Paul DeJong SS STL
259 Anthony Alford LF TOR
260 Sean Doolittle RP WAS
261 Triston McKenzie SP CLE
262 Adrian Beltre 3B TEX
263 Jose Peraza 2B CIN
264 Jason Kipnis 2B CLE
265 Cole Hamels SP TEX
266 Yordan Alvarez LF HOU
267 Cesar Hernandez 2B PHI
268 Brad Hand RP SD
269 Mike Clevinger SP CLE
270 Evan Longoria 3B SF
271 Ian Kinsler 2B LAA
272 Kevin Gausman SP BAL
273 Dylan Bundy SP BAL
274 Brett Phillips CF MIL
275 Brett Gardner LF NYY
276 Brad Peacock RP HOU
277 Luiz Gohara SP ATL
278 Ketel Marte SS ARI
279 Scooter Gennett 2B CIN
280 Wade Davis RP COL
281 Jeimer Candelario 3B DET
282 Luis Urias SS SD
283 Patrick Corbin SP ARI
284 Lance Lynn SP STL
285 Dinelson Lamet SP SD
286 Michael Wacha SP STL
287 Jesus Sanchez LF TB
288 Dexter Fowler CF STL
289 Jimmy Nelson SP MIL
290 Chase Anderson SP MIL
291 Kolten Wong 2B STL
292 Hunter Greene SP CIN
293 Wilson Ramos C TB
294 Carlos Rodon SP CHW
295 Felix Hernandez SP SEA
296 Zack Cozart SS LAA
297 Josh Reddick RF HOU
298 Evan Gattis C HOU
299 Tim Beckham SS BAL
300 Zach Britton RP BAL
301 Yusniel Diaz RF LAD
302 Josh Hader RP MIL
303 Jason Heyward RF CHC
304 Tyler Glasnow SP PIT
305 Sean Newcomb SP ATL
306 Yasmani Grandal C LAD
307 Adam Duvall LF CIN
308 Scott Schebler RF CIN
309 Chris Owings SS ARI
310 Andrelton Simmons SS LAA
311 Zach Davies SP MIL
312 Bobby Bradley 1B CLE
313 Hunter Renfroe RF SD
314 Kolby Allard SP ATL
315 Austin Barnes C LAD
316 Wander Javier SS MIN
317 Andrew Miller RP CLE
318 Matt Chapman 3B OAK
319 Charlie Morton SP HOU
320 Jacob Faria SP TB
321 David Peralta RF ARI
322 Josh Harrison 2B PIT
323 Nick Gordon SS MIN
324 Brandon Belt 1B SF
325 Michel Baez SP SD
326 Jason Groome SP BOS
327 Vince Velasquez SP PHI
328 Alex Cobb SP TB
329 Alec Hansen SP CHW
330 Chris Davis 1B BAL
331 Randal Grichuk LF TOR
332 Tyler Skaggs SP LAA
333 Shane Baz SP PIT
334 Wilmer Difo SS WAS
335 Mark Melancon RP SF
336 Brendan McKay 1B TB
337 Jack Flaherty SP STL
338 Kelvin Herrera RP KC
339 Adrian Morejon SP SD
340 Derek Fisher LF HOU
341 Ervin Santana SP MIN
342 Yonder Alonso 1B CLE
343 Neil Walker 2B MIL
344 Jake Burger 3B CHW
345 Jorge Bonifacio RF KC
346 Brandon Drury 2B ARI
347 Ronald Guzman 1B TEX
348 Franklin Perez SP HOU
349 Yadier Alvarez SP LAD
350 Isan Diaz 2B MIL
351 Ryon Healy DH SEA
352 Steven Matz SP NYM
353 Jedd Gyorko 3B STL
354 Jorge Soler RF KC
355 Kole Calhoun RF LAA
356 Dylan Cease SP CHW
357 Jordan Montgomery SP NYY
358 Julio Urias SP LAD
359 Kyle Lewis CF SEA
360 Kyle Wright SP ATL
361 Carlos Gonzalez RF COL
362 Garrett Hampson 2B COL
363 Welington Castillo C CHW
364 Brandon Morrow RP CHC
365 Rick Porcello SP BOS
366 Greg Holland RP COL
367 Arodys Vizcaino RP ATL
368 Dominic Smith 1B NYM
369 Keon Broxton CF MIL
370 German Marquez SP COL
371 Carlos Gomez CF TEX
372 Magneuris Sierra RF MIA
373 Jeren Kendall CF LAD
374 Jesus Luzardo SP OAK
375 Aaron Altherr LF PHI
376 Luis Garcia 2B WAS
377 Alex Jackson C ATL
378 Sandy Alcantara RP MIA
379 Hanley Ramirez DH BOS
380 Jake Odorizzi SP TB
381 Franklyn Kilome SP PHI
382 Lucas Erceg 3B MIL
383 Trevor Williams SP PIT
384 Ivan Nova SP PIT
385 Seuly Matias RF KC
386 Esteury Ruiz 2B SD
387 Brandon Crawford SS SF
388 Shin-Soo Choo RF TEX
389 Kevin Maitan SS ATL
390 Joe Ross SP WAS
391 Tanner Roark SP WAS
392 Mark Trumbo OF BAL
393 Tyler Chatwood SP CHC
394 Akil Baddoo CF MIN
395 Cristian Pache CF ATL
396 Albert Almora CF CHC
397 Anderson Espinoza SP SD
398 Logan Morrison 1B TB
399 Brandon Marsh RF LAA
400 Justus Sheffield SP NYY
401 Colton Welker 3B COL
402 Dustin May SP LAD
403 Corey Ray CF MIL
404 Jerad Eickhoff SP PHI
405 Cal Quantrill SP SD
406 Chance Sisco C BAL
407 Joey Wentz SP ATL
408 Nick Pratto 1B KC
409 Albert Abreu SP NYY
410 Zack Collins C CHW
411 Logan Forsythe 2B LAD
412 Hyun-Jin Ryu SP LAD
413 Seth Romero SP WAS
414 Michael Soroka SP ATL
415 Brandon Woodruff SP MIL
416 Mike Foltynewicz SP ATL
417 Jonathan Lucroy C COL
418 Jose Martinez LF STL
419 AJ Ramos RP NYM
420 Chad Kuhl SP PIT
421 Lucas Duda 1B TB
422 Hunter Pence RF SF
423 Austin Beck CF OAK
424 Melky Cabrera LF KC
425 Daniel Norris SP DET
426 Matt Kemp LF LAD
427 Hector Neris RP PHI
428 J.A. Happ SP TOR
429 Jeurys Familia RP NYM
430 Yadier Molina C STL
431 Teoscar Hernandez LF TOR
432 Troy Tulowitzki SS TOR
433 Joe Panik 2B SF
434 Reynaldo Lopez SP CHW
435 Asdrubal Cabrera SS NYM
436 Jacoby Ellsbury CF NYY
437 Jon Duplantier SP ARI
438 Andrew Toles LF LAD
439 Blake Swihart C BOS
440 Blake Parker RP LAA
441 Blake Treinen RP OAK
442 Yangervis Solarte 2B TOR
443 Brian Anderson 3B MIA
444 Colin Moran 1B PIT
445 Yasmany Tomas LF ARI
446 Kendrys Morales DH TOR
447 Luis Almanzar SS SD
448 Bubba Thompson CF TEX
449 Chance Adams SP NYY
450 Mallex Smith CF TB
451 Andrew Heaney SP LAA
452 Josh Naylor 1B SD
453 Adonis Medina SP PHI
454 Khalil Lee CF KC
455 Brian McCann C HOU
456 Gerardo Parra LF COL
457 Brent Rooker LF MIN
458 Blake Rutherford CF CHW
459 Yasel Antuna SS WAS
460 Peter Alonso 1B NYM
461 Ben Zobrist 2B CHC
462 Keone Kela RP TEX
463 Mickey Moniak CF PHI
464 Nicky Delmonico LF CHW
465 Dustin Pedroia 2B BOS
466 Dan Straily SP MIA
467 Anthony DeSclafani SP CIN
468 Alex Faedo SP DET
469 Brandon Phillips 2B LAA
470 Mike Minor RP TEX
471 Todd Frazier 3B NYY
472 Joshua Lowe CF TB
473 Jose Bautista RF TOR
474 Lourdes Gurriel SS TOR
475 Cory Spangenberg 3B SD
476 Harrison Bader CF STL
477 Freudis Nova SS HOU
478 Michael Pineda SP MIN
479 Robinson Chirinos C TEX
480 Adbert Alzolay SP CHC
481 Matt Harvey SP NYM
482 Cole Tucker SS PIT
483 Johan Camargo 3B ATL
484 Joe Mauer 1B MIN
485 Cameron Maybin CF HOU
486 Jose Siri CF CIN
487 Franchy Cordero CF SD
488 Jurickson Profar LF TEX
489 Chris Shaw LF SF
490 Lonnie Chisenhall RF CLE
491 Erick Fedde SP WAS
492 Sheldon Neuse 3B OAK
493 Kevin Pillar CF TOR
494 Shedric Long 2B CIN
495 Ian Anderson SP ATL
496 Adam Frazier LF PIT
497 Jake Bauers LF TB
498 James Kaprielian SP OAK
499 Shelby Miller SP ARI
500 Mitch Moreland 1B BOS

The Author

The Dynasty Guru

The Dynasty Guru

20 Comments

  1. Scott M
    March 2, 2018 at 7:09 am

    Hot take: the player ranked between #491 and #492 probably shouldn’t be #438

    • March 2, 2018 at 8:57 am

      Truth! This is fixed, thanks for catching it.

  2. […] 2018 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: TheDynastyGuru.com updates their rankings of the top 500 overall players for dynasty/keeper leagues. […]

  3. FENAM
    March 2, 2018 at 10:43 am

    Any chance we can get the player blurbs from the staff rankings added to the donor spreadsheets?

    Thanks for the great work and great site!!! I come here everyday, donated, and even turned off my ad-blocker lol.

    • March 2, 2018 at 12:48 pm

      For now, the best way to get the individual blurbs is still through the ranking pages. I can add links to the posts to the spreadsheet (tonight or over the weekend) for quick access, but unfortunately blurbs into the spreadsheet would be a 100% manual effort right now.

      We’re exploring ways to make the download access better for the future, so if there are things you’d like to see definitely jump in on twitter or the facebook group. We’ve been overwhelmed with the interest in the download rankings, and would love to give our loyal readers the best bang for their buck going forward.

  4. March 2, 2018 at 10:47 am

    These rankings are invalid, because I offered you stuff that is ranked higher than your stuff, but you declined. Fake ranks.

    • March 2, 2018 at 12:06 pm

      These Russian bots have really gotten a lot more advanced of late.

  5. Brad
    March 4, 2018 at 11:50 am

    Pillar at 319. His OBP is awful, has limited poerrand does not run enough. What is his high ranking based on? Thx

    • March 4, 2018 at 12:05 pm

      I mean, the guy just went 15/15 and was a top-60 outfielder. Plus, his expected average should be higher than last year. Yes, his OBP sucks, but these aren’t OBP rankings.

  6. Steve
    March 5, 2018 at 9:23 am

    Devers at 21 was much higher than I was expecting, but I’m not complaining! Just curious what, if anything, you’ve found for him that makes you so bullish. Thanks!

    • March 5, 2018 at 10:08 am

      Oh, well, for starters, he destroys baseballs all of the time. But seriously, there’s nothing stopping him from joining the top crop of 3Bs as early as next year (Arenado, Donaldson, Freeman, Bryant). Game power is already on display as he hits the ball really hard when he hits it in the air (Think JDM hard) to all fields. His line drive rate was really low as a rookie and he erred toward hitting ground balls more than flies, but as he starts to lift the ball he’s going to take off quickly.

      • March 5, 2018 at 7:11 pm

        Jim said this extremely well, but also he won’t turn 22 until we know who’s playing in the World Series this year. That is an additional very important detail. But, yes, he hits balls good.

  7. Jake
    March 5, 2018 at 7:05 pm

    Why no Otani as a hitter

    • March 5, 2018 at 7:11 pm

      Because he’s one person, not two.

  8. Michael
    March 6, 2018 at 8:41 am

    A guy who has yet to see an AB at the MLB level at #13 is quite aggressive. I get that everyone is fawning over the guy and he’s young and he does this and that and etc. But there are some pretty good players ranked behind him who are still pretty young too. I’m not implying you are wrong, but it doesn’t leave much wiggle room for him to grow and develop. If he isn’t a top 20 performer as soon as he is called up it sets up a much quicker sense of disappointment, and perhaps a pre-mature label of “bust” if he does go through some initial growing pains once he is called up. I know he has Trout-ish potential, but he could also hit some Buxton-ish growing pains. Just hopefully he doesn’t end up with a Delmon Young-ish career.

  9. Hayden
    March 8, 2018 at 12:29 am

    No Tyler O’Neil? Power potential is intriguing

  10. William Rosselli Del Turco
    March 20, 2018 at 1:56 pm

    Donated to get the top 200 prospects and it is not available…

  11. Peter Kwiecinski
    March 21, 2018 at 11:19 pm

    no dellin betances? or am i missing it

  12. Sam
    March 23, 2018 at 1:10 pm

    Amir Garrett

  13. Sam
    March 23, 2018 at 1:11 pm

    You guys were pretty high on Amir Garrett last year…. one bad rookie season scare you guys that much about his future?

Previous post

The Dynasty Guru's Top 75 Relief Pitchers, #46-75

Next post

2018 Top 200 Fantasy Prospects