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THE TOP 500 DYNASTY PLAYERS FOR OBP LEAGUES (March, 2019)

Welcome to TDG top 500 OBP update, reader. Please share, join the conversation by commenting below, on Twitter and on our Facebook page. I’ll try to do a Reddit AMA, too.

By now you have surely scrolled down to the rankings and I’m writing for pride.  My ranks are heavily influenced by the fact that finding good hitters that run, (or even bad hitters that run), continues to be a challenge. Of course, as dynasty owners we must balance that instinct against the reality that speed and the willingness to run can decline very quickly.

Let’s talk Statcast for a moment. Is it predictive? No. At least we don’t know how predictive it is. Is it descriptive? Generally, yes, and I would rather have that information than not. (I say generally because there’s some evidence that Statcast can run hot and cold in different parks and also miss certain events entirely.)

Finally, my ranks are influenced by two consistent realities in the dynasty leagues I am in. First – the natural tendency of a dynasty league is to become top-heavy, with 30-50 percent of the league in some version of a rebuild. Therefore, with a high bar to start on a top-heavy team, I’d prefer to take more chances on upside than roster so-so players in the Major Leagues. Second, the best teams separate themselves on OBP, which is why OBP-heavy players with shaky counting stats, such as Francisco Cervelli, tend to be more interesting to me for dynasty leagues. Said another way – the top teams are all going to float to the top of the counting stats by default, so rate stats can be the differentiating category.

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Rank Player Pos
1 Mike Trout CF
2 Ronald Acuna Jr. CF
3 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 3B
4 Mookie Betts RF
5 Juan Soto RF
6 Francisco Lindor SS
7 Trea Turner SS
8 Bryce Harper RF
9 Alex Bregman 3B
10 Jose Ramirez 3B
11 Aaron Judge RF
12 Andrew Benintendi LF
13 Nolan Arenado 3B
14 Christian Yelich CF
15 Manny Machado 3B
16 Kris Bryant 3B
17 Carlos Correa SS
18 Freddie Freeman 1B
19 Trevor Story SS
20 Corey Seager SS
21 Fernando Tatis Jr. SS
22 Victor Robles RF
23 Wander Franco SS
24 Ozzie Albies 2B
25 Jose Altuve 2B
26 Giancarlo Stanton RF
27 Rhys Hoskins LF
28 Cody Bellinger 1B
29 Javier Baez 2B
30 Xander Bogaerts SS
31 Chris Sale SP
32 Eloy Jimenez RF
33 Adalberto Mondesi
34 Shohei Ohtani SP
35 Paul Goldschmidt 1B
36 J.D. Martinez RF
37 Gleyber Torres SS
38 Royce Lewis SS
39 Anthony Rendon 3B
40 George Springer CF
41 Anthony Rizzo 1B
42 Aaron Nola SP
43 Luis Severino SP
44 Blake Snell SP
45 Noah Syndergaard SP
46 Jacob deGrom SP
47 Gerrit Cole SP
48 Walker Buehler RP
49 Yoan Moncada 2B
50 Matt Olson 1B
51 Michael Conforto LF
52 Joey Gallo 3B
53 Eugenio Suarez 3B
54 Kyle Schwarber LF
55 Brandon Nimmo OF
56 David Dahl LF
57 Gary Sanchez C
58 Nick Senzel 3B
59 Bo Bichette SS
60 Jo Adell LF
61 Taylor Trammell LF
62 Brendan Rodgers SS
63 Trevor Bauer SP
64 Kyle Tucker CF
65 Alex Kirilloff OF
66 Rougned Odor 2B
67 Matt Chapman 3B
68 Nomar Mazara RF
69 Starling Marte LF
70 Mitch Haniger RF
71 Marcell Ozuna OF
72 Max Scherzer SP
73 Charlie Blackmon CF
74 Nicholas Castellanos 3B
75 Joey Votto 1B
76 Rafael Devers 3B
77 Garrett Hampson 2B
78 Carter Kieboom SS
79 Khris Davis LF
80 Corey Kluber SP
81 J.T. Realmuto C
82 Edwin Diaz RP
83 Luis Urias SS
84 Whit Merrifield 2B
85 Byron Buxton CF
86 Yasiel Puig RF
87 Wil Myers 1B
88 Peter Alonso 1B
89 Justin Upton LF
90 Jameson Taillon SP
91 Jack Flaherty SP
92 Stephen Strasburg SP
93 Amed Rosario SS
94 Tommy Pham LF
95 Jose Berrios SP
96 Justin Verlander SP
97 Carlos Carrasco SP
98 Patrick Corbin SP
99 James Paxton SP
100 Yordan Alvarez LF
101 Miguel Andujar 3B
102 Jesse Winker RF
103 Max Muncy 3B
104 Austin Meadows CF
105 Roberto Osuna RP
106 Jonathan India
107 Keston Hiura 2B
108 Jesus Aguilar 1B
109 Willson Contreras C
110 Tim Anderson SS
111 Willy Adames SS
112 Mike Clevinger SP
113 Zack Wheeler SP
114 Vidal Brujan
115 Xavier Edwards SS
116 Nathaniel Lowe 1B
117 Aroldis Chapman RP
118 Eddie Rosario LF
119 Jose Abreu 1B
120 Craig Kimbrel RP
121 Trevor Larnach
122 Matt Carpenter 1B
123 German Marquez SP
124 Travis Shaw 3B
125 Adam Eaton CF
126 Miles Mikolas SP
127 Aaron Hicks CF
128 Ian Happ CF
129 Nick Madrigal
130 Luis Garcia SS
131 Miguel Sano 3B
132 Blake Treinen RP
133 Jose Peraza 2B
134 Jean Segura SS
135 Josh Donaldson 3B
136 Lorenzo Cain CF
137 Jesus Luzardo SP
138 Forrest Whitley SP
139 Mallex Smith CF
140 Luis Castillo SP
141 Mike Foltynewicz SP
142 Kenley Jansen RP
143 A.J. Pollock OF
144 Stephen Piscotty RF
145 Yusei Kikuchi SP
146 Clayton Kershaw SP
147 Shane Bieber SP
148 Chris Archer SP
149 Eduardo Rodriguez SP
150 Tyler Glasnow SP
151 Gavin Lux SS
152 Ke’Bryan Hayes
153 Austin Riley 3B
154 Nolan Jones 3B
155 Danny Jansen C
156 Jurickson Profar LF
157 Harrison Bader CF
158 Billy Hamilton CF
159 Felipe Vazquez RP
160 Brad Hand RP
161 Scooter Gennett 2B
162 Josh Hader RP
163 Andrew McCutchen CF
164 Jake Bauers LF
165 Yasmani Grandal C
166 Michael Brantley LF
167 Gregory Polanco RF
168 Josh Bell 1B
169 Franmil Reyes OF
170 Victor Victor Mesa
171 Brandon Belt 1B
172 Nolan Gorman 3B
173 Jazz Chisholm SS
174 Jesus Sanchez LF
175 Manuel Margot CF
176 Max Kepler RF
177 Jorge Polanco SS
178 Nelson Cruz DH
179 Kristian Robinson OF
180 Raisel Iglesias RP
181 Josh James SP
182 Ken Giles RP
183 Jose Leclerc
184 Zack Greinke SP
185 David Price SP
186 Daz Cameron CF
187 Nico Hoerner
188 Jarred Kelenic
189 Drew Waters
190 George Valera OF
191 Justin Turner 3B
192 Daniel Murphy 2B
193 Carlos Santana 1B
194 Robinson Cano 2B
195 Marco Luciano
196 Buster Posey C
197 Franchy Cordero CF
198 Clint Frazier LF
199 Nathan Eovaldi
200 Yusniel Diaz RF
201 Eric Hosmer 1B
202 Ramon Laureano
203 Colton Welker 3B
204 Yu Darvish SP
205 Ketel Marte SS
206 Brian Dozier 2B
207 Alex Reyes
208 Khalil Lee OF
209 Andres Gimenez SS
210 Edwin Encarnacion DH
211 Dee Gordon 2B
212 Madison Bumgarner SP
213 Andrelton Simmons SS
214 Robbie Ray SP
215 Masahiro Tanaka SP
216 Cesar Hernandez 2B
217 Andrew Heaney SP
218 Brent Honeywell SP
219 Chris Paddack
220 Jake Lamb 3B
221 Jordyn Adams OF
222 Isaac Paredes
223 Luis Garcia SS
224 Jeimer Candelario
225 Paul DeJong SS
226 Nick Pivetta SP
227 Seranthony Dominguez RP
228 Joey Bart
229 Carlos Martinez SP
230 Joc Pederson CF
231 Jon Gray SP
232 Luke Voit 1B
233 Maikel Franco 3B
234 Oneil Cruz SS
235 Salvador Perez
236 Ender Inciarte CF
237 Wilson Ramos C
238 Tyler Skaggs
239 Ryan Braun OF
240 Odubel Herrera CF
241 Kyle Seager 3B
242 Bradley Zimmer CF
243 Sean Doolittle RP
244 Teoscar Hernandez LF
245 Jahmai Jones CF
246 Mike Soroka RHP
247 Jonathan Villar 2B
248 Kevin Gausman SP
249 Lance McCullers
250 Marcus Semien SS
251 Nick Pratto
252 Francisco Mejia
253 Josh Naylor 1B
254 Jackie Bradley Jr. CF
255 Domingo Santana OF
256 Jimmy Nelson SP
257 Jordan Groshans OF
258 Cristian Pache CF
259 Esteury Ruiz 2B
260 Luis Robert CF
261 Estevan Florial CF
262 Michael Fulmer SP
263 Ross Stripling SP
264 Kenta Maeda SP
265 Randal Grichuk LF
266 Mike Moustakas
267 Miguel Cabrera 1B
268 Shin-Soo Choo RF
269 Joe Musgrove SP
270 Julio Urias SP
271 Bubba Thompson CF
272 Charlie Morton
273 Elvis Andrus SS
274 Brandon Lowe 2B
275 Daulton Varsho C
276 A.J. Puk SP
277 Didi Gregorius SS
278 MacKenzie Gore SP
279 Travis Swaggerty OF
280 Luke Weaver SP
281 Wander Javier SS
282 Dallas Keuchel
283 Corey Knebel
284 Cole Tucker SS
285 DJ LeMahieu
286 Brandon Marsh RF
287 Michael Kopech
288 Casey Mize
289 David Peralta RF
290 Hyun-Jin Ryu SP
291 Michael Wacha SP
292 Sean Newcomb SP
293 Kyle Hendricks SP
294 Daniel Robertson 2B
295 Jorge Soler RF
296 Christin Stewart LF
297 Kevin Kiermaier CF
298 Jordan Hicks
299 Carlos Rodon
300 Sonny Gray
301 Dylan Bundy
302 Luis Patino
303 Tirso Ornelas OF
304 Jorge Mateo SS
305 Heliot Ramos CF
306 Keibert Ruiz C
307 Alex Verdugo CF
308 Freudis Nova SS
309 Adam Haseley OF
310 Julio Rodriguez OF
311 J.A. Happ
312 Cole Hamels
313 Alex Wood
314 Yoenis Cespedes
315 Reynaldo Lopez SP
316 Jon Lester SP
317 Steven Souza Jr. RF
318 Sixto Sanchez SP
319 Kevin Alcantara OF
320 Hudson Potts SS
321 Chris Taylor CF
322 Tyler White 1B
323 Matt Manning SP
324 Jose Alvarado
325 Grant Lavigne 1B
326 Justin Smoak 1B
327 Kyle Freeland SP
328 Andrew Miller RP
329 Tyler O’Neill LF
330 Ryan O’Hearn
331 Seuly Matias OF
332 Jose Martinez LF
333 Rick Porcello SP
334 David Robertson
335 Kirby Yates RP
336 Willie Calhoun LF
337 Jake Arrieta SP
338 Jose Quintana SP
339 Jeff McNeil 3B
340 Corey Dickerson LF
341 Garrett Richards SP
342 Scott Kingery 2B
343 Connor Scott OF
344 Cody Allen RP
345 Alec Bohm 3B
346 Tyler Nevin 1B
347 MJ Melendez C
348 Dansby Swanson SS
349 Ronaldo Hernandez C
350 Matthew Liberatore SP
351 Nick Williams RF
352 Matt Strahm SP
353 Zack Collins C
354 Nicky Lopez 2B
355 Mitch Keller SP
356 J.P. Crawford 3B
357 Hunter Greene SP
358 Dylan Cease
359 Nate Pearson RP
360 Wade Davis RP
361 Corey Ray CF
362 Steven Matz SP
363 Orlando Arcia SS
364 Zack Godley
365 D’Shawn Knowles OF
366 Leody Taveras CF
367 Rich Hill SP
368 Calvin Mitchell OF
369 Dylan Carlson OF
370 Ian Desmond 1B
371 Akil Baddoo CF
372 Kevin Smith 3B
373 Justus Sheffield SP
374 Ryan McMahon
375 Willians Astudillo C
376 Marcus Stroman SP
377 Alexander Canario OF
378 Noelvi Marte SS
379 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. SS
380 Jeremiah Jackson SS
381 Eduardo Escobar 3B
382 Jed Lowrie 2B
383 Brett Gardner LF
384 Kevin Pillar CF
385 Brandon Crawford SS
386 Raimel Tapia
387 Malcom Nunez 3B
388 Luis Alexander Basabe OF
389 Collin McHugh SP
390 Bo Naylor C
391 Orelvis Martinez SS
392 Lucius Fox SS
393 Marwin Gonzalez LF
394 Lewis Brinson OF
395 Brennen Davis OF
396 Sherten Apostel 3B
397 Nick Schnell OF
398 Antoni Flores SS
399 Cole Roederer OF
400 Kelvin Herrera RP
401 Matt Boyd SP
402 Garrett Whitley OF
403 Brandon Morrow RP
404 Kyle Isbel OF
405 Seth Beer
406 Monte Harrison CF
407 Touki Toussaint SP
408 Aaron Sanchez SP
409 Franklin Barreto SS
410 Jason Heyward RF
411 Nick Kingham SP
412 Jerad Eickhoff SP
413 Corbin Burnes SP
414 Brendan McKay 1B
415 Sean Manaea SP
416 Greg Bird 1B
417 DL Hall SP
418 Bobby Bradley 1B
419 Bryse Wilson SP
420 Greyson Jenista OF
421 Shedric Long 2B
422 Nick Solak
423 Misael Urbina OF
424 Joey Lucchesi SP
425 Lazaro Armenteros LF
426 Robbie Grossman OF
427 Moises Gomez OF
428 Ryan Mountcastle SS
429 Jeisson Rosario CF
430 Brice Turang SS
431 Anderson Tejeda RF
432 Mike Siani OF
433 Brian Anderson 3B
434 Zach Eflin SP
435 Kyle Gibson SP
436 Yadier Molina C
437 Anthony DeSclafani SP
438 Shane Baz SP
439 Matt Harvey SP
440 Sandy Alcantara SP
441 William Contreras C
442 Dellin Betances RP
443 Ben Zobrist 2B
444 Jhailyn Ortiz RF
445 Jonathan Schoop 2B
446 Mike Minor SP
447 Trevor Richards SP
448 Jeter Downs SS
449 Eddy Diaz SS
450 Domingo German SP
451 Taijuan Walker SP
452 Nick Gordon SS
453 Miguel Amaya C
454 Matt Thaiss 1B
455 Ian Kinsler 2B
456 Jay Bruce RF
457 Joe Panik 2B
458 Elias Diaz C
459 Myles Straw OF
460 Adonis Medina SP
461 Yulieski Gurriel 1B
462 Ian Anderson SP
463 Yohan Camargo 3B
464 Sean Murphy C
465 Kolten Wong 2B
466 Blake Rutherford CF
467 Josh Reddick RF
468 Vince Velasquez SP
469 Yonder Alonso 1B
470 Jake McCarthy OF
471 Mike Zunino C
472 Luiz Gohara
473 Yonny Chirinos SP
474 Jorge Alfaro C
475 Michael Chavis 3B
476 Ronald Guzman 1B
477 Justin Bour 1B
478 Jonathan Ornelas 3B
479 Cavan Biggio 2B
480 Addison Russell SS
481 Matt Kemp SP
482 Brusdar Graterol SP
483 Colin Moran
484 Cedric Mullins OF
485 Adam Jones
486 Brent Rooker LF
487 Alek Thomas OF
488 Hunter Renfroe OF
489 Niko Goodrum 2B
490 Trevor Rosenthal RP
491 Daniel Lynch SP
492 Brady Singer SP
493 Danny Duffy SP
494 Tucupita Marcano 2B
495 Tyler Mahle SP
496 Triston Casas 1B
497 Fernando Romero RP
498 Miguel Hiraldo 2B
499 Ryan Noda 1B
500 Scott Schebler RF

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Tom Trudeau

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17 Comments

  1. Brandon Gale
    March 4, 2019 at 6:48 am

    Im all for agressive prospect rankings I think alot of lists dont give the top guys enough credit. But Vlad Jr over the 26yr old MVP? The guy just hit .346 with 32 dingers and 129 RBIs, Vlad hasnt even faced an MLB pitcher… cmon man

    • g2-bb45d87d2cd68ed0853b5dc63355e66e
      March 4, 2019 at 9:26 am

      Bet you said that about Acuna last year

      • Brandon Gale
        March 4, 2019 at 9:46 am

        I did, and then Acuna proved himself so he deserves that rank. Just because 1 top prospect lived up to the hype doesnt mean they all will. Not saying Vlad wont, just saying its kinda crazy to put him at #3 before he even debuts.

        • g2-bb45d87d2cd68ed0853b5dc63355e66e
          March 4, 2019 at 10:40 am

          It’s aggressive for sure, but I don’t know many owners that would take Yelich over Vlad in a startup. Not in any of the three I’ve done this year.

          • Brandon Gale
            March 4, 2019 at 12:17 pm

            I agree with that, theres some guys ahead of yelich on this list though that are much safer bets.

      • March 4, 2019 at 11:47 am

        Yeah! Haha, thanks for the support. The reality is that not all top prospects are created equal. Vladito is a special one.

    • March 4, 2019 at 11:45 am

      We are splitting hairs and I wouldn’t begrudge anyone who preferred Mookie. Unfortunately we don’t get to take his mvp with us into this season. There’s risk if you are actually in position to make this decision and you pick Vlad and Vlad isn’t the truth, BUT obviously I think in 6 months it’ll be too late to ever be able to make that decision again.

      Chances are in mature leagues neither owner makes that 1 for 1 swap.

      Could be wrong! I’m wrong a lot… I faced similar criticism last year with Acuna and that has worked out well.

      • Brandon Gale
        March 4, 2019 at 12:31 pm

        I hear ya. I do like your overall prospect rankings alot though. Too many lists have valuable young guys ranked way too low just cause they arent contributing now (i.e. Luis Garcia and Xavier Edwards in the late 300’s in the fall rankings)

        • March 5, 2019 at 5:55 am

          Which is odd bc I play with these list makers and they are not giving away such players for big leaguers ranked ahead of them. I’d much rather roster s potential star (or sweet trade chip) than a useful big leaguer.

  2. Brandon Gale
    March 4, 2019 at 6:51 am

    Also, you gotta put teams on a list like this… Especially with two Luis Garcias (though we know the WAS is likely the higher ranked).

  3. Pie
    March 4, 2019 at 7:56 am

    Great list Tom! How much would Kershaw move up if he were fully healthy going into the start of the season?

    • March 4, 2019 at 11:52 am

      Well it’s not just about the start of the season anymore. It’s more that the back and shoulder (connected) troubles are looking chronic.

      If he didn’t have that? I dont know, probably with the other studs. The latest injury is just the latest data point that his body is breaking down. If I owned him, I wouldn’t be shy about selling low if it meant getting a player I have ranked higher. There’s pumpkin risk, but there’s obviously also a ton of upside left so don’t totally panic!

  4. March 4, 2019 at 11:48 am

    I know, I know. I blame being a parent. You guys can figure it out though!

  5. Randy Beans
    March 4, 2019 at 9:21 pm

    Marco Gonzales doesn’t make the top 500?

    • March 5, 2019 at 5:57 am

      Not for me. Much rather use that roster spot on someone with really good raw stuff that’s a tweak away from stardom. Urena, jorge Lopez, Chirinos, Montas (stop throwing sinkers!), Matt Harvey are a few free options with dope stuff.

  6. tim weber
    March 5, 2019 at 3:21 pm

    no love for Ronny Mauricio?

  7. Andrew McQuiston
    March 5, 2019 at 6:03 pm

    Love the aggressive Luciano ranking. Own him in 4/4 dynasty leagues. What is his ceiling?

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