During the offseason, our staff has worked tirelessly to rank, debate, re-rank, and write up more than 600 players to help dynasty leaguers on their road to glory. As is typical, we put a bow on this offseason process with the following dynasty top 500. If you’re interested and able, please consider contributing to show us your appreciation and help keep us afloat. Additionally, contributing at least $10 will unlock three individual top 500s that the consensus top 500 below is derived from. It will also unlock 100 bonus ranks, running up to 600.

These rankings represent the opinions of Baseball Editor Shelly Verougstraete (@ShellyV_643), Deputy Baseball Editor Keaton O. DeRocher (@TheSpokenKeats), and Senior Writer, Jordan Rosenblum (@RosenJordanBlum). They assume a 15-team, standard 5×5, keep forever dynasty format, with daily lineup changes, 1 starting catcher position, and a separate, medium-depth MILB farm. They also use the old, easier-to-calculate rookie thresholds (130 AB, 50 IP).

Every year I participate in this exercise, I come away thinking that humans were not meant to rank things in long lists. Rankings are a painful and trying thing to do, and nearly impossible to do in a fully consistent way. I try to rank as sincerely as possible so that I prefer every earlier player to every later player in leagues that approximate our settings. As any ranker knows, though, this is much easier said than done, and occasionally, in trade talks or drafts, I’ll become aware of an inconsistency in my thinking that I ought to dutifully resolve. It’s all the more important, then, that I’m not doing this alone.  Ranking together with fellow dynasty enthusiasts, Keaton and Shelly, in addition to being a ton of fun, eases the pressure greatly and gives me added confidence in the finished product. (Jordan Rosenblum)

I echo a lot of what Jordan already said about these ranks. We have about 14 or so rankers for the positional lists most of which were only ranking 50, so the thought of trying to hammer out 500 ranks mixing all positions on your own is quite daunting. However, when you have two people as experienced and great to work with as Jordan and Shelly it really makes this process a lot of fun, rather than the nightmare of a solo project, and a fun way to wrap up the rankings season. I look forward to taking a short break and starting our mid-season update – god willing that there is a season to update in the middle of – in no time. (Keaton O. DeRocher)

Table note: the consensus rank is based on the average rank from the three individual rankers. if the consensus rank is larger than the median rank, one of the rankers was considerably lower on a player (an outlier), and vice-versa.