Fantasy Baseball Dynasty Rankings: 2019 Mid-August Update
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Do you love dynasty leagues? How about rankings? Well, you’ve come to the right place. As we enter the last third of the season, trades are being made, or need to be made, and teams out of the picture are looking towards 2020. So, I figured it was time for some updated Fantasy Baseball dynasty rankings. Hopefully, these will assist you in making trades, assessing talent for the future, and whatever else you might need these for.
The below rankings take many factors into consideration. Age, current performance, projected future performance, health/durability, ceiling, floor, proximity to the Majors (for prospects), credit score, etc, are all factored in. Okay, maybe not the last one, but you get my point.
And lastly, a reminder. Every league is different. There are my base rankings to go off of and should be adjusted accordingly to gel with your league rules and your team strategy. Some leagues value prospects more heavily than others or have OBP as a category instead of AVG. The list goes on and on. Whatever your league format/style is, take these rankings, adjust accordingly, and go from there.
If you aren’t playing your dynasty leagues on Fantrax, you’re missing out on the deepest player pool and most customization around. Just starting out in a dynasty league? Then check out Eric Cross’ Top-250 prospects, Top-400 Dynasty League Rankings, & 2019 FYPD/J2 Rankings.
Fantasy Baseball Dynasty Rankings
| Rank | Name | Pos. | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Trout | OF | LAA |
| 2 | Ronald Acuña Jr. | OF | ATL |
| 3 | Christian Yelich | OF | MIL |
| 4 | Juan Soto | OF | WAS |
| 5 | Mookie Betts | OF | BOS |
| 6 | Cody Bellinger | OF/1B | LAD |
| 7 | Francisco Lindor | SS | CLE |
| 8 | Nolan Arenado | 3B | COL |
| 9 | Alex Bregman | 3B/SS | HOU |
| 10 | Fernando Tatis Jr. | SS | SD |
| 11 | Yordan Alvarez | DH | HOU |
| 12 | Freddie Freeman | 1B | ATL |
| 13 | Javier Baez | SS | CHC |
| 14 | Trevor Story | SS | COL |
| 15 | Rafael Devers | 3B | BOS |
| 16 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 3B | TOR |
| 17 | Trea Turner | SS | WAS |
| 18 | Xander Bogaerts | SS | BOS |
| 19 | Kris Bryant | 3B | CHC |
| 20 | Bryce Harper | OF | PHI |
| 21 | Pete Alonso | 1B | NYM |
| 22 | Aaron Judge | OF | NYY |
| 23 | Walker Buehler | SP | LAD |
| 24 | George Springer | OF | HOU |
| 25 | Jacob deGrom | SP | NYM |
| 26 | Manny Machado | 3B/SS | SD |
| 27 | Max Scherzer | SP | WAS |
| 28 | J.D. Martinez | OF | BOS |
| 29 | Yoan Moncada | 2B | CWS |
| 30 | Jose Ramirez | 3B | CLE |
| 31 | Jose Altuve | 2B | HOU |
| 32 | Chris Sale | SP | BOS |
| 33 | Carlos Correa | SS | HOU |
| 34 | Gerrit Cole | SP | HOU |
| 35 | Anthony Rendon | 3B | WAS |
| 36 | Ozzie Albies | 2B | ATL |
| 37 | Chris Paddack | SP | SD |
| 38 | Justin Verlander | SP | HOU |
| 39 | Keston Hiura | 2B | MIL |
| 40 | Bo Bichette | 2B/SS | TOR |
| 41 | Giancarlo Stanton | OF | NYY |
| 42 | Gleyber Torres | 2B | NYY |
| 43 | Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | STL |
| 44 | Trevor Bauer | SP | CIN |
| 45 | Luis Castillo | SP | CIN |
| 46 | Jose Berrios | SP | MIN |
| 47 | Wander Franco | SS | TB |
| 48 | Jo Adell | OF | LAA |
| 49 | Joey Gallo | OF | TEX |
| 50 | Eloy Jimenez | OF | CWS |
| 51 | Shohei Ohtani | RHP/DH | LAA |
| 52 | Adalberto Mondesi | SS | KC |
| 53 | Rhys Hoskins | 1B | PHI |
| 54 | Shane Bieber | SP | CLE |
| 55 | Anthony Rizzo | 1B | CHC |
| 56 | Matt Chapman | 3B | OAK |
| 57 | Gary Sanchez | C | NYY |
| 58 | Whit Merrifield | OF/2B | KC |
| 59 | Andrew Benintendi | OF | BOS |
| 60 | Josh Bell | 1B | PIT |
| 61 | Blake Snell | SP | TB |
| 62 | Clayton Kershaw | SP | LAD |
| 63 | Ketel Marte | 2B/SS/OF | ARI |
| 64 | Jorge Polanco | SS | MIN |
| 65 | Charlie Blackmon | OF | COL |
| 66 | Aaron Nola | SP | PHI |
| 67 | Starling Marte | OF | PIT |
| 68 | Eddie Rosario | OF | MIN |
| 69 | Luis Robert | OF | CWS |
| 70 | Noah Syndergaard | SP | NYM |
| 71 | Victor Robles | OF | WAS |
| 72 | Patrick Corbin | SP | WAS |
| 73 | Eugenio Suarez | 3B | CIN |
| 74 | Mike Soroka | SP | ATL |
| 75 | Jack Flaherty | SP | STL |
| 76 | Tim Anderson | SS | CWS |
| 77 | Austin Meadows | OF | TB |
| 78 | Ramon Laureano | OF | OAK |
| 79 | Marcell Ozuna | OF | STL |
| 80 | Yasiel Puig | OF | CLE |
| 81 | Austin Riley | 3B/OF | ATL |
| 82 | Corey Kluber | SP | CLE |
| 83 | David Dahl | OF | COL |
| 84 | J.T. Realmuto | C | PHI |
| 85 | Kyle Tucker | OF | HOU |
| 86 | Nick Senzel | OF | CIN |
| 87 | Byron Buxton | OF | MIN |
| 88 | Mike Clevinger | SP | CLE |
| 89 | Jose Abreu | 1B | CWS |
| 90 | Josh Donaldson | 3B | ATL |
| 91 | Stephen Strasburg | SP | WAS |
| 92 | Corey Seager | SS | LAD |
| 93 | Kenley Jansen | RP | LAD |
| 94 | Gavin Lux | SS | LAD |
| 95 | Zack Greinke | SP | HOU |
| 96 | Max Muncy | 1B/2B/3B | LAD |
| 97 | Michael Conforto | OF | NYM |
| 98 | Luis Severino | SP | NYY |
| 99 | Max Kepler | OF | MIN |
| 100 | Lucas Giolito | SP | CWS |
| 101 | Eduardo Escobar | 3B | ARI |
| 102 | Michael Chavis | 1B/2B | BOS |
| 103 | Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | SS/OF | TOR |
| 104 | Josh Hader | RP | MIL |
| 105 | Michael Brantley | OF | HOU |
| 106 | Tommy Pham | OF | TB |
| 107 | Matt Olson | 1B | OAK |
| 108 | Jorge Soler | OF | KC |
| 109 | Domingo Santana | OF | SEA |
| 110 | Luke Voit | 1B | NYY |
| 111 | Mike Moustakas | 2B/3B | MIL |
| 112 | Felipe Vazquez | RP | PIT |
| 113 | Miguel Andujar | 3B | NYY |
| 114 | Matthew Boyd | SP | DET |
| 115 | Elvis Andrus | SS | TEX |
| 116 | Tyler Glasnow | SP | TB |
| 117 | Brendan McKay | SP/DH | TB |
| 118 | David Peralta | OF | ARI |
| 119 | Jameson Taillon | SP | PIT |
| 120 | Willson Contreras | C | CHC |
| 121 | Nate Lowe | 1B | TB |
| 122 | Nomar Mazara | OF | TEX |
| 123 | German Marquez | SP | COL |
| 124 | Jean Segura | SS | PHI |
| 125 | Cavan Biggio | 2B/OF | TOR |
| 126 | Madison Bumgarner | SP | SF |
| 127 | Carlos Carrasco | SP | CLE |
| 128 | Jeff McNeil | 2B/3B | NYM |
| 129 | Brad Hand | RP | CLE |
| 130 | Cristian Pache | OF | ATL |
| 131 | Franmil Reyes | OF | CLE |
| 132 | MacKenzie Gore | SP | SD |
| 133 | Nicholas Castellanos | OF | CHC |
| 134 | Lorenzo Cain | OF | MIL |
| 135 | Brandon Lowe | 2B/OF | TB |
| 136 | James Paxton | SP | NYY |
| 137 | Caleb Smith | SP | MIA |
| 138 | Khris Davis | OF/DH | OAK |
| 139 | David Price | SP | BOS |
| 140 | Aroldis Chapman | RP | NYY |
| 141 | Dansby Swanson | SS | ATL |
| 142 | Forrest Whitley | SP | HOU |
| 143 | Zack Wheeler | SP | NYM |
| 144 | Carter Kieboom | 2B/SS | WAS |
| 145 | Brandon Woodruff | SP | MIL |
| 146 | Charlie Morton | SP | TB |
| 147 | Alex Kirilloff | 1B | MIN |
| 148 | Domingo German | SP | NYY |
| 149 | Robbie Ray | SP | ARI |
| 150 | Matt Carpenter | 3B/1B | STL |
| 151 | Didi Gregorius | SS | NYY |
| 152 | Jesus Luzardo | SP | OAK |
| 153 | Zac Gallen | SP | ARI |
| 154 | Hyun-jin Ryu | SP | LAD |
| 155 | Trey Mancini | OF/1B | BAL |
| 156 | Yasmani Grandal | C | MIL |
| 157 | Roberto Osuna | RP | HOU |
| 158 | Scott Kingery | 3B/SS/OF | PHI |
| 159 | Casey Mize | SP | DET |
| 160 | Jarred Kelenic | OF | SEA |
| 161 | Amed Rosario | SS | NYM |
| 162 | Dustin May | SP | LAD |
| 163 | Daniel Murphy | 2B/1B | COL |
| 164 | Miguel Sano | 3B/1B | MIN |
| 165 | Paul Dejong | SS | STL |
| 166 | Carlos Santana | 1B | CLE |
| 167 | Eduardo Rodriguez | SP | BOS |
| 168 | Justin Turner | 3B | LAD |
| 169 | Joey Votto | 1B | CIN |
| 170 | Drew Waters | OF | ATL |
| 171 | Jonathan Villar | 2B/SS | BAL |
| 172 | Michael Kopech | SP | CWS |
| 173 | Mitch Haniger | OF | SEA |
| 174 | Jesse Winker | OF | CIN |
| 175 | Kirby Yates | RP | SD |
| 176 | D.J. LeMahieu | 2B | NYY |
| 177 | Alex Verdugo | OF | LAD |
| 178 | Brendan Rodgers | 2B/SS | COL |
| 179 | Andrew Vaughn | 1B | CHW |
| 180 | Scooter Gennett | 2B | SF |
| 181 | Marcus Semien | SS | OAK |
| 182 | Luis Urias | 2B | SD |
| 183 | Nolan Gorman | 3B | STL |
| 184 | Hunter Renfroe | OF | SD |
| 185 | Aaron Hicks | OF | NYY |
| 186 | Adley Rutschman | C | BAL |
| 187 | Matt Manning | SP | DET |
| 188 | Wil Myers | OF | SD |
| 189 | Edwin Diaz | RP | NYM |
| 190 | Justin Upton | OF | LAA |
| 191 | C.J. Cron | 1B | MIN |
| 192 | Gregory Polanco | OF | PIT |
| 193 | Danny Jansen | C | TOR |
| 194 | Willy Adames | SS | TB |
| 195 | Ryan McMahon | 1B/2B | COL |
| 196 | Salvador Perez | C | KC |
| 197 | Andrew McCutchen | OF | PHI |
| 198 | Julio Urias | SP/RP | LAD |
| 199 | Will Smith | C | LAD |
| 200 | Raisel Iglesias | RP | CIN |
| 201 | Oscar Mercado | OF | CLE |
| 202 | Bryan Reynolds | OF | PIT |
| 203 | Dylan Cease | SP | CWS |
| 204 | Cesar Hernandez | 2B | PHI |
| 205 | Masahiro Tanaka | SP | NYY |
| 206 | Rougned Odor | 2B | TEX |
| 207 | Nate Pearson | SP | TOR |
| 208 | Mike Minor | SP | TEX |
| 209 | Clint Frazier | OF | NYY |
| 210 | Yu Darvish | SP | CHC |
| 211 | Ross Stripling | SP/RP | LAD |
| 212 | Dee Gordon | 2B | SEA |
| 213 | Mitch Keller | SP | PIT |
| 214 | Jonathan Schoop | 2B | MIN |
| 215 | Lance Lynn | SP | TEX |
| 216 | Kevin Newman | 2B/SS | PIT |
| 217 | Dan Vogelbach | 1B | SEA |
| 218 | Kristian Robinson | OF | ARI |
| 219 | Jose Martinez | 1B/OF | STL |
| 220 | Manuel Margot | OF | SD |
| 221 | Marco Luciano | SS | SF |
| 222 | Jake Lamb | 3B/1B | ARI |
| 223 | Kenta Maeda | SP | LAD |
| 224 | Julio Rodriguez | OF | SEA |
| 225 | Royce Lewis | SS | MIN |
| 226 | Nico Hoerner | SS | CHC |
| 227 | Kyle Schwarber | OF | CHC |
| 228 | Robinson Cano | 2B/1B | NYM |
| 229 | Craig Kimbrel | RP | CHC |
| 230 | Andres Munoz | RP | SD |
| 231 | A.J. Pollock | OF | LAD |
| 232 | Carlos Martinez | RP | STL |
| 233 | Joc Pederson | OF/1B | LAD |
| 234 | Jon Gray | SP | COL |
| 235 | Will Smith | RP | SF |
| 236 | Ian Anderson | SP | ATL |
| 237 | Joey Bart | C | SF |
| 238 | Garrett Hampson | 2B/SS/OF | COL |
| 239 | Christian Walker | OF | ARI |
| 240 | Gio Urshela | 3B | NYY |
| 241 | Tyler O'Neill | OF | STL |
| 242 | Lance McCullers Jr | SP | HOU |
| 243 | Tommy La Stella | 2B/3B | LAA |
| 244 | Maikel Franco | 3B | PHI |
| 245 | Aristides Aquino | OF | CIN |
| 246 | Hunter Dozier | 1B/3B | KC |
| 247 | Frankie Montas | SP | OAK |
| 248 | Shin-Soo Choo | OF | TEX |
| 249 | Isan Diaz | 2B | MIA |
| 250 | Yuli Gurriel | 1B/3B | HOU |
| 251 | A.J. Puk | SP | OAK |
| 252 | Eric Hosmer | 1B | SD |
| 253 | Ryan Pressly | RP | HOU |
| 254 | Alex Reyes | SP | STL |
| 255 | Jonathan India | 3B | CIN |
| 256 | Max Fried | SP | ATL |
| 257 | Dallas Keuchel | SP | ATL |
| 258 | Marcus Stroman | SP | NYM |
| 259 | Nelson Cruz | OF | MIN |
| 260 | Mike Foltynewicz | SP | ATL |
| 261 | Wilson Ramos | C | NYM |
| 262 | Brusdar Graterol | SP | MIN |
| 263 | Taylor Trammell | OF | SD |
| 264 | Buster Posey | C/1B | SF |
| 265 | Alec Bohm | 3B | PHI |
| 266 | J.D. Davis | 3B/OF | NYM |
| 267 | Ken Giles | RP | TOR |
| 268 | Cole Hamels | SP | CHC |
| 269 | Ian Desmond | OF/1B | COL |
| 270 | Ian Happ | 3B/OF | CHC |
| 271 | Pablo Lopez | SP | MIA |
| 272 | Justin Smoak | 1B | TOR |
| 273 | Johan Camargo | 3B | ATL |
| 274 | Miguel Cabrera | 1B | DET |
| 275 | Jake Fraley | OF | SEA |
| 276 | Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | KC |
| 277 | Griffin Canning | SP | LAA |
| 278 | Jesus Aguilar | 1B | TB |
| 279 | Jorge Alfaro | C | MIA |
| 280 | Kyle Hendricks | SP | CHC |
| 281 | Brian Anderson | 3B/OF | MIA |
| 282 | Mallex Smith | OF | SEA |
| 283 | Sean Doolittle | RP | WAS |
| 284 | Jesus Sanchez | OF | MIA |
| 285 | Luis Patino | SP | SD |
| 286 | Deivi Garcia | SP | NYY |
| 287 | Vidal Brujan | 2B | TB |
| 288 | Yandy Diaz | 3B | TB |
| 289 | Jake Odorizzi | SP | MIN |
| 290 | Jordan Hicks | RP | STL |
| 291 | Sixto Sanchez | SP | MIA |
| 292 | Jose Peraza | 2B/SS | CIN |
| 293 | George Valera | OF | CLE |
| 294 | Francisco Mejia | C/UT | SD |
| 295 | Brandon Nimmo | OF | NYM |
| 296 | Joe Musgrove | SP | PIT |
| 297 | Dylan Carlson | OF | STL |
| 298 | Chris Archer | SP | PIT |
| 299 | Garrett Cooper | 1B | MIA |
| 300 | Trevor Larnach | OF | MIN |
| 301 | Chris Taylor | 2B/SS/OF | LAD |
| 302 | Blake Treinen | RP | OAK |
| 303 | Edwin Encarnacion | 1B | NYY |
| 304 | Brian Dozier | 2B | WAS |
| 305 | Ryan Braun | OF/1B | MIL |
| 306 | Miles Mikolas | SP | STL |
| 307 | Riley Greene | OF | DET |
| 308 | Yonny Chirinos | SP | TB |
| 309 | Stephen Piscotty | OF | OAK |
| 310 | Jose Quintana | SP | CHC |
| 311 | Nick Madrigal | 2B | CWS |
| 312 | Willie Calhoun | OF | TEX |
| 313 | Chase Anderson | SP | MIL |
| 314 | Yadier Molina | C | STL |
| 315 | Christian Vazquez | C | BOS |
| 316 | Reynaldo Lopez | SP | CWS |
| 317 | Shane Greene | RP | ATL |
| 318 | Jazz Chisholm | SS | MIA |
| 319 | Alex Wood | SP | CIN |
| 320 | Jay Bruce | 1B/OF | PHI |
| 321 | Michael Pineda | SP | MIN |
| 322 | Xavier Edwards | 2B/SS | SD |
| 323 | Starlin Castro | 2B | MIA |
| 324 | Renato Nunez | 1B/3B | BAL |
| 325 | Sonny Gray | SP | CIN |
| 326 | Marwin Gonzalez | UTIL | MIN |
| 327 | Zach Plesac | SP | CLE |
| 328 | Chance Sisco | C | BAL |
| 329 | Freddy Galvis | 2B/SS | TOR |
| 330 | Andrew Heaney | SP | LAA |
| 331 | Kike Hernandez | UTIL | LAD |
| 332 | Dinelson Lamet | SP | SD |
| 333 | Ryan Yarbrough | SP | TB |
| 334 | Hector Neris | RP | PHI |
| 335 | Ryan Mountcastle | 1B/3B | BAL |
| 336 | Tim Beckham | 3B/SS | SEA |
| 337 | Adam Haseley | OF | PHI |
| 338 | Steven Matz | SP | NYM |
| 339 | Teoscar Hernandez | OF | TOR |
| 340 | Niko Goodrum | 1B/2B/OF | DET |
| 341 | Liam Hendriks | RP | OAK |
| 342 | Nathan Eovaldi | SP/RP | BOS |
| 343 | Keibert Ruiz | C | LAD |
| 344 | Andrelton Simmons | SS | LAA |
| 345 | Alex Colome | RP | CWS |
| 346 | Danny Santana | 2B/OF | TEX |
| 347 | Jorge Mateo | SS | OAK |
| 348 | Matt Strahm | RP | SD |
| 349 | Adam Jones | OF | ARI |
| 350 | Jon Lester | SP | CHC |
| 351 | Carlos Rodon | SP | CHW |
| 352 | Aaron Sanchez | SP | HOU |
| 353 | C.J. Abrams | SS | SD |
| 354 | Ian Kennedy | RP | KC |
| 355 | Oneil Cruz | SS | PIT |
| 356 | Sandy Alcantara | SP | MIA |
| 357 | J.J. Bleday | OF | MIA |
| 358 | Sean Manaea | SP | OAK |
| 359 | Jasson Dominguez | OF | NYY |
| 360 | Ronny Mauricio | SS | NYM |
| 361 | Josh Reddick | OF | HOU |
| 362 | Nolan Jones | 3B | CLE |
| 363 | Jordan Groshans | 3B/SS | TOR |
| 364 | Bobby Bradley | 1B | CLE |
| 365 | Kyle Gibson | SP | MIN |
| 366 | Joey Lucchesi | SP | SD |
| 367 | Joey Wendle | 2B/3B | TB |
| 368 | Alek Thomas | OF | ARI |
| 369 | Rick Porcello | SP | BOS |
| 370 | Jose Leclerc | RP | TEX |
| 371 | Josh James | SP/RP | HOU |
| 372 | Julio Teheran | SP | ATL |
| 373 | Kevin Cron | 1B/3B | ARI |
| 374 | Adam Duvall | OF | ATL |
| 375 | Dakota Hudson | SP/RP | STL |
| 376 | Estevan Florial | OF | NYY |
| 377 | Kyle Seager | 3B | SEA |
| 378 | Nick Markakis | OF | ATL |
| 379 | Archie Bradley | RP | ARI |
| 380 | Brent Honeywell | SP | TB |
| 381 | Tyler Mahle | SP | CIN |
| 382 | Travis d'Arnaud | C | TB |
| 383 | Avisail Garcia | OF | TB |
| 384 | James McCann | C | CWS |
| 385 | Colton Welker | 3B | COL |
| 386 | Carson Kelly | C | ARI |
| 387 | Jose Alvarado | RP | TB |
| 388 | Jurickson Profar | 1B/2B/SS | OAK |
| 389 | Mike Tauchman | OF | NYY |
| 390 | Aledmys Diaz | 2B/SS | HOU |
| 391 | Anthony Santander | OF | BAL |
| 392 | Kevin Kiermaier | OF | TB |
| 393 | Brandon Belt | 1B | SF |
| 394 | Ender Inciarte | OF | ATL |
| 395 | Touki Toussaint | SP | ATL |
| 396 | Bobby Dalbec | 3B | BOS |
| 397 | Yusei Kikuchi | SP | SEA |
| 398 | Leury Garcia | SS | CWS |
| 399 | Vince Velasquez | SP | PHI |
| 400 | Heliot Ramos | OF | SF |
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Why so low on woodruff? Obviously, it has been a relatively small sample, but feel like he should be up in front of Paxton/Bum type guys. Also, you have Daniel Murphy as “David” Murphy. I realize he’s been a big disappointment but you didnt have to do him like that! Love the content as always though.
Re Murphy: Whoops!
For Woodruff, I like the gains he’s made this season. A lot of the arms in his range are very close IMO and I have no issues putting Woddy ahead of them.
very good well done thank you
How far away is Plesac from cracking this list and what type long term value do you foresee? Mid-rotation guy? Also, should I be buying in dynasty?
Thank you
Plesac is a back-end SP moving forward in my eyes. Decent pitcher, but lacks a high upside. I wouldn’t be investing too heavily in dynasty.
In our Fantrax dynasty league, a trade was made for Plesac, R. Puason, and N. Mozara for Jacob Degrom!
Should the Degrom trader be banished from all fantasy sports for the remainder of time??
Haha, I wouldn’t go that far, but that’d not a good deal.
Hunter Dozier seems very low
I’m not a believer in him longterm.
Why is Meadows ranked higher than Kepler and Muncy? Trying to decide which one is my last keeper.
Other then speed whats makes Tatis Jr or Soto better than Vlad in Dynasty league since the start of last year i feel what i have heard Vlad has the best bat and he will compete for Batting titles in years to comes.
They’re all very close. Soto and Tatis also have very special bats and Soto can be close to or maybe an even better all-around bat than Vlad and provides a little speed.
More upside – Kelenic or Luciano?
Thanks!
That’s really close. Pure upside, I’ll give the slight edge to Luciano.
Hi Eric, thanks for the list. Surely will help me to define my keepers for next year. I have a doubt, who would you keep (2 openings) between Joe Adell , Nate Lowe, Ryu and Brendan McKay. Thanks for your help.
Thank you Jorge. I’d keep Adell and McKay there.
Raimel Tapia only 25 and hitting .290 in the middle of the Rockies lineup doesn’t make the top 400?
He barely missed. I’m not certain how he fits in the Rockies plans moving forward. Very easily could be a 4th OF for them. If I felt more confident that he will get regular PT in 2020, he’d be in the 250-300 range.
What are your thoughts on Ketel Marte? Is what he’s doing this year sustainable for the future? I traded Gary Sanchez for Ketel Marte in my dynasty league. Love Gary but I feel like Ketel has longer upside because of the demanding position catcher has on a body.
I mostly buy into Ketel, but not at a top-25 level. Mainly, because I don’t expect this level of power to sustain longterm. Still a top-50 guy overall though moving forward.
Would Danny Santana still be outside the top 100 at this point?
Yes, he’s not near the top-100 for me.
Hi Eric – could you please give an opinion on a trade? I play in a 14 team dynasty league on Fantrax, we often use your rankings to evaluate trades. Our league policy is to “reverse any trade that cannot be reasonably argued as legitimate…with clear understanding that in dynasty (versus redraft) there’s enormous leeway with ‘legitimate’ based on short- & long-term needs of the participating clubs”. Recently, a contending team traded Isan Diaz (you ranked as #249) and Orelvis Martinez (unranked) to a rebuilding team for Miguel Sano (#164). Some people in the league consider this trade one-sided and worthy of a veto. Do you think this trade should be vetoed or allowed through? Thanks.
Apologies for the delay. That should be allowed through in my opinion. It’s not too bad.
Hi Eric,
Thanks so much for this valuable resource. It’s been a boon to my Dynasty leagues! Currently asking about my 5×5 AL-Only 10-team Dynasty league.
I have the ability to claim Jake Fraley (#275) or Kyle Lewis (unranked, formerly a top-100/top-50 prospect) as an IR replacement for Mike Tauchman (#389).
First instinct is to go with Fraley, but why has Lewis fallen so low? Is there a chance he becomes better than Fraley in the bigs? Or am I complicating things too much and I should just trust the list?
Thanks again!
K.
Hey Karim,
Thank you for reading and happy to help! I would go Fraley there. The problem with Lewis is consistency with the hit tool for me. I like the raw power and believe he could be a 25-homer guy at peak, but the average isn’t likely going to be overly great, likely capped in the .260 range or so.
Thanks for checking back Eric. I appreciate it. I’ll go get Fraley.
Any time Karim! Thanks for the question.
thoughts on Jon Means. he had a monster first half and has since struggled a little. The last 5 starts look more like the first half (regressed for the mean since he was an ace in the first half).
you do not have him ranked- is this on purpose or just the last update occuring before the last 30 days where he has retrurned to fantasy relavent. I am working my roster for the offseason- we lock rosters after the end of the regular season, but do not choose keepers until spring training- we keep 25; but with NA/DL slots we end up with 30 on our roster and have to trim 5 at the start of the year. i am pretty set and just trying to figure out who will jump the most in the offseason since it is doubtful i keep him either way. So i am looking for guys who may be undervalued now, that will jump when people re-evaluate how their season went in the offseason.
Means looks like a good example- we have a good first half- 1.5 months of dumpster fire- then looks like he is starting to finish strong. that normally has people discounting the dumpster fire and he shoots into the top 150 range. The other guys i have are Stroman, Carlos Martinez, Frankie Montas. The hope is that 1 of them gains enough value to be worth keeping as either a 3rd closer (behind kenly and vazquez) or a 10th SP (7/8/9 would be paxton, price and ray at this point)