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Top-500 Fantasy Baseball Dynasty Rankings: September 2022

By Eric Cross Last updated Sep 12, 2022

Dynasty leagues are a 24/7/365 time investment. Okay, that might be a slight exaggeration, but improvements can be made at any time of the year. Whether that’s via trade, drafts, or working the waiver wire, the goal of these Fantasy Baseball Dynasty Rankings is to assist you in whatever move you might be looking to make. It’s never a bad time to upgrade your team.

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. A lot goes into these rankings.

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.

As a reminder, prospect placement in these rankings will not 100% coincide with how they rank in my prospect rankings. These dynasty rankings factor in proximity and immediate/short-term value and production more than my prospect rankings do.

The Shohei Ohtani Rankings

Dual Eligibility, Daily Lineups: 1st

Dual Eligibility, Weekly Lineups: 1st

Hitter Only: 15th

Pitcher Only: 45th

If you aren’t playing your dynasty leagues on Fantrax, you’re missing out on the deepest player pool and most customization around. For more rankings, check out Eric’s Top-400 Prospect Rankings or Chris Clegg’s Top-500 OBP Dynasty Rankings, and make sure to check out the Fantrax Toolshed Podcast for more dynasty talk!

Fantasy Baseball Dynasty Rankings

Updated: 9/12/2022

Rank	Player	Pos.	Team	Age	Prev
1	Shohei Ohtani	UT,P	LAA	28.3	3
2	Juan Soto	OF	SDP	23.9	1
3	Julio Rodriguez	OF	SEA	21.8	5
4	Ronald Acuna Jr.	OF	ATL	24.8	2
5	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SS,OF	SDP	23.8	4
6	Trea Turner	2B,SS	LAD	29.3	6
7	Kyle Tucker	OF	HOU	25.7	9
8	Bobby Witt Jr.	3B,SS	KCR	22.3	11
9	Aaron Judge	OF	NYY	30.4	14
10	Bryce Harper	OF	PHI	30	8
11	Yordan Alvarez	OF	HOU	25.3	10
12	Jose Ramirez	3B	CLE	30.1	7
13	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1B	TOR	23.6	12
14	Mookie Betts	OF	LAD	30	19
15	Mike Trout	OF	LAA	31.2	23
16	Rafael Devers	3B	BOS	26	13
17	Bo Bichette	SS	TOR	24.6	15
18	Corbin Burnes	SP	MIL	28	17
19	Shane McClanahan	SP	TBR	25.4	18
20	Austin Riley	3B	ATL	25.5	22
21	Manny Machado	3B	SDP	30.3	21
22	Luis Robert	OF	CHW	25.2	16
23	Sandy Alcantara	SP	MIA	27.1	28
24	Wander Franco	SS	TBR	21.6	20
25	Dylan Cease	SP	CHW	26.8	24
26	Corbin Carroll	OF	ARI	22.1	41
27	Freddie Freeman	1B	LAD	33.1	27
28	Michael Harris II	OF	ATL	21.6	58
29	Gerrit Cole	SP	NYY	32.1	26
30	Pete Alonso	1B	NYM	27.8	25
31	Julio Urias	SP	LAD	26.2	33
32	Ozzie Albies	2B	ATL	25.7	30
33	Brandon Woodruff	SP	MIL	29.7	31
34	Zac Gallen	SP	ARI	27.2	93
35	Francisco Lindor	SS	NYM	28.9	37
36	Aaron Nola	SP	PHI	29.3	40
37	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	2B,SS	MIA	24.7	29
38	Nolan Arenado	3B	STL	31.5	43
39	Jacob deGrom	SP	NYM	34.3	44
40	Alek Manoah	SP	TOR	24.7	36
41	Eloy Jimenez	OF	CHW	25.9	50
42	Carlos Rodon	SP	SFG	29.8	46
43	Randy Arozarena	OF	TBR	27.6	56
44	Spencer Strider	SP	ATL	23.9	77
45	Xander Bogaerts	SS	BOS	30	32
46	Max Fried	SP	ATL	28.7	49
47	Matt Olson	1B	ATL	28.5	34
48	Shane Bieber	SP	CLE	27.4	52
49	Gunnar Henderson	SS,3B	BAL	21.3	99
50	Paul Goldschmidt	1B	STL	35.1	53
51	Adley Rutschman	C	BAL	24.7	66
52	Cedric Mullins II	OF	BAL	28	60
53	Tim Anderson	SS	CHW	29.3	35
54	Vinnie Pasquantino	1B	KCR	25	97
55	Corey Seager	SS	TEX	28.4	39
56	Jose Altuve	2B	HOU	32.4	62
57	Zack Wheeler	SP	PHI	32.4	38
58	Alex Bregman	3B	HOU	28.5	81
59	Teoscar Hernandez	OF	TOR	30	45
60	Marcus Semien	2B,SS	TEX	32.1	63
61	Trevor Story	2B,SS	BOS	29.9	65
62	Riley Greene	OF	DET	22	51
63	Will Smith	C	LAD	27.5	71
64	Dansby Swanson	SS	ATL	28.7	47
65	Freddy Peralta	SP	MIL	26.3	64
66	Anthony Volpe	SS	NYY	21.4	70
67	Byron Buxton	OF	MIN	28.8	57
68	George Kirby	SP	SEA	24.7	83
69	Andrew Vaughn	1B,OF	CHW	24.5	75
70	Dustin May	SP	LAD	25.1	82
71	Luis Severino	SP	NYY	28.6	79
72	Vaughn Grissom	SS,2B	ATL	21.7	342
73	Kevin Gausman	SP	TOR	31.8	69
74	George Springer	OF	TOR	33.1	61
75	Elly De La Cruz	3B,SS	CIN	20.7	84
76	Joe Musgrove	SP	SDP	29.8	48
77	Andres Gimenez	2B,SS	CLE	24.1	115
78	Logan Webb	SP	SFG	25.9	54
79	Alejandro Kirk	C	TOR	23.9	94
80	Ketel Marte	2B,OF	ARI	29	55
81	Walker Buehler	SP	LAD	28.2	42
82	Nathaniel Lowe	1B	TEX	27.3	280
83	Tyler Glasnow	SP	TBR	29.1	87
84	C.J. Abrams	SS,OF	WAS	22	76
85	Starling Marte	OF	NYM	34	72
86	Max Scherzer	SP	NYM	38.2	90
87	Luis Castillo	SP	SEA	29.8	95
88	Bryan Reynolds	OF	PIT	27.7	92
89	Shane Baz	SP	TBR	23.3	74
90	Nestor Cortes Jr.	SP	NYY	27.8	98
91	Jordan Lawlar	SS	ARI	20.2	101
92	Oneil Cruz	SS	PIT	24	88
93	Daulton Varsho	C,OF	ARI	26.3	113
94	Tommy Edman	2B,SS,OF	STL	27.4	100
95	Carlos Correa	SS	MIN	28	91
96	Ty France	1B,2B	SEA	28.2	78
97	Nick Castellanos	OF	PHI	30.6	104
98	Jose Miranda	2B,3B,1B	MIN	24.3	132
99	Frankie Montas	SP	NYY	29.5	59
100	Robbie Ray	SP	SEA	31	106
101	Logan Gilbert	SP	SEA	25.4	67
102	J.T. Realmuto	C,1B	PHI	31.6	108
103	Framber Valdez	SP	HOU	28.9	158
104	Jordan Walker	3B	STL	20.4	112
105	Willy Adames	SS	MIL	27.1	111
106	Kyle Wright	SP	ATL	27	118
107	Miguel Vargas	3B	LAD	22.9	127
108	Tony Gonsolin	SP	LAD	28.4	136
109	Josh Jung	3B	TEX	24.6	141
110	Jeremy Pena	SS	HOU	25	68
111	C.J. Cron	1B	COL	32.8	89
112	Tyler O'Neill	OF	STL	27.3	135
113	Grayson Rodriguez	SP	BAL	22.9	103
114	Kris Bryant	1B,3B,OF	COL	30.8	116
115	Pablo Lopez	SP	MIA	26.6	80
116	Spencer Torkelson	1B	DET	23.1	107
117	Blake Snell	SP	SDP	29.8	133
118	Jackson Chourio	OF	MIL	18.6	185
119	Triston McKenzie	SP	CLE	25.2	164
120	Luis Garcia (HOU)	SP	HOU	25.8	119
121	Christian Yelich	OF	MIL	30.8	121
122	Seiya Suzuki	OF	CHC	28.1	123
123	Cristian Javier	SP,RP	HOU	25.5	96
124	Jonathan India	2B	CIN	25.8	86
125	Ian Happ	OF	CHC	28.2	134
126	Clayton Kershaw	SP	LAD	34.6	155
127	Jose Abreu	1B	CHW	35.7	137
128	Giancarlo Stanton	OF	NYY	32.9	105
129	Nick Lodolo	SP	CIN	24.7	163
130	Ezequiel Tovar	SS	COL	21.2	114
131	Jack Flaherty	SP	STL	27	140
132	Adolis Garcia	OF	TEX	29.6	169
133	Josh Bell	1B,OF	SDP	30.1	73
134	Edwin Diaz	RP	NYM	28.5	142
135	James Wood	OF	WAS	20	229
136	Jesus Luzardo	SP	MIA	25	145
137	Rhys Hoskins	1B	PHI	29.6	146
138	Lucas Giolito	SP	CHW	28.2	110
139	Brandon Lowe	2B,OF	TBR	28.3	102
140	Triston Casas	1B	BOS	22.7	162
141	Tarik Skubal	SP	DET	25.9	120
142	Lance Lynn	SP	CHW	35.4	197
143	Ryan Mountcastle	1B,OF	BAL	25.6	131
144	Robert Hassell III	OF	WAS	21.1	85
145	Marcelo Mayer	SS	BOS	19.8	139
146	J.D. Martinez	OF	BOS	35.1	122
147	Chris Sale	SP	BOS	33.5	149
148	Josh Hader	RP	SDP	28.5	109
149	Noelvi Marte	SS	CIN	21	125
150	Kyle Schwarber	1B,OF	PHI	29.6	150
151	Daniel Espino	SP	CLE	21.7	130
152	Michael Kopech	SP	CHW	26.4	138
153	Colton Cowser	OF	BAL	22.5	230
154	Joe Ryan	SP	MIN	26.3	153
155	Francisco Alvarez	C	NYM	20.9	154
156	Eury Perez	SP	MIA	19.5	157
157	Alex Kirilloff	1B,OF	MIN	24.9	117
158	Taj Bradley	SP	TBR	21.5	160
159	Pete Crow-Armstrong	OF	CHC	20.5	173
160	Hunter Greene	SP	CIN	23.2	165
161	MacKenzie Gore	SP	WAS	23.6	143
162	Druw Jones	OF	ARI	18.9	166
163	Chris Bassitt	SP	NYM	33.6	167
164	Willson Contreras	C	CHC	30.4	170
165	Justin Verlander	SP	HOU	39.6	213
166	Rowdy Tellez	1B	MIL	27.6	175
167	Marco Luciano	SS	SFG	21.1	156
168	Salvador Perez	C	KCR	32.4	176
169	Ricky Tiedemann	LHP	TOR	20.1	254
170	Gleyber Torres	2B,SS	NYY	25.8	124
171	DJ LeMahieu	1B,2B,3B	NYY	34.2	147
172	Royce Lewis	SS	MIN	23.3	128
173	Adalberto Mondesi	3B,SS	KCR	27.2	179
174	Drew Rasmussen	SP	TBR	27.2	244
175	Nico Hoerner	2B,SS	CHC	25.4	181
176	Gavin Lux	2B,SS,OF	LAD	24.9	182
177	Masyn Winn	SS	STL	20.5	248
178	Reid Detmers	SP	LAA	23.2	183
179	Javier Baez	2B,SS	DET	29.8	159
180	Ke'Bryan Hayes	3B	PIT	25.7	161
181	Emmanuel Clase	RP	CLE	24.6	186
182	Zac Veen	OF	COL	20.8	151
183	Jordan Montgomery	SP	STL	29.8	188
184	MJ Melendez	C	KCR	23.9	190
185	Alek Thomas	OF	ARI	22.4	129
186	Edward Cabrera	SP	MIA	24.5	216
187	Elijah Green	OF	WAS	18.8	191
188	Andrew Benintendi	OF	NYY	28.3	171
189	Jon Gray	SP	TEX	30.9	194
190	Andrew Painter	SP	PHI	19.5	286
191	Christian Walker	1B	ARI	31.5	431
192	Lance McCullers Jr.	SP	HOU	29	199
193	Tyler Mahle	SP	MIN	28	168
194	Kyle Manzardo	1B	TBR	22.2	448
195	Yu Darvish	SP	SDP	36.1	203
196	Liam Hendriks	RP	CHW	33.7	204
197	Jake McCarthy	OF	ARI	25.2	NR
198	Bryson Stott	SS	PHI	25	224
199	Hunter Brown	SP	HOU	24.1	353
200	Kyle Harrison	SP	SFG	21.1	223
201	Roansy Contreras	SP	PIT	22.9	202
202	Anthony Rizzo	1B	NYY	33.2	205
203	Josh Lowe	OF	TBR	24.7	206
204	Nolan Gorman	2B,3B	STL	22.4	174
205	Raisel Iglesias	RP	LAA	32.8	211
206	Amed Rosario	SS,OF	CLE	26.9	212
207	Christopher Morel	2B,3B,OF	CHC	23.3	148
208	Sonny Gray	SP	MIN	32.9	218
209	Alec Bohm	3B	PHI	26.2	220
210	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	1B,OF	TOR	29	201
211	Cody Bellinger	OF	LAD	27.2	189
212	Jake Cronenworth	1B,2B,SS	SDP	28.7	144
213	Taylor Ward	OF	LAA	28.8	178
214	Jeffrey Springs	SP	TBR	30	296
215	Evan Carter	OF	TEX	20.1	285
216	Ramon Laureano	OF	OAK	28.2	177
217	Aaron Ashby	SP,RP	MIL	24.4	193
218	Jesse Winker	OF	SEA	29.1	187
219	Nathan Eovaldi	SP	BOS	32.6	184
220	Nick Gonzales	2B	PIT	23.4	234
221	Mike Clevinger	SP	SDP	31.8	192
222	Anthony Rendon	3B	LAA	32.3	210
223	Jorge Polanco	2B,SS	MIN	29.3	152
224	Mitch Haniger	OF	SEA	31.8	195
225	Eric Lauer	SP	MIL	27.3	225
226	Steven Kwan	OF	CLE	25.1	333
227	Max Muncy	1B,2B,3B	LAD	32.1	268
228	William Contreras	C	ATL	24.8	292
229	Esteury Ruiz	OF	MIL	23.6	217
230	Jose Berrios	SP	TOR	28.4	196
231	Alex Verdugo	OF	BOS	26.4	255
232	Gavin Williams	SP	CLE	23.2	239
233	Brennen Davis	OF	CHC	22.9	240
234	Ceddanne Rafaela	OF	BOS	22	241
235	Joey Wiemer	OF	MIL	23.6	236
236	Jarred Kelenic	OF	SEA	23.2	126
237	Curtis Mead	2B,1B,3B	TBR	21.9	243
238	Yoan Moncada	3B	CHW	27.4	208
239	George Valera	OF	CLE	21.9	278
240	Austin Hays	OF	BAL	27.3	228
241	Brendan Rodgers	2B,SS	COL	26.2	221
242	Austin Meadows	OF	DET	27.4	246
243	Justin Steele	SP	CHC	27.2	NR
244	Matt Chapman	3B	TOR	29.4	226
245	Jasson Dominguez	OF	NYY	19.7	294
246	Brady Singer	SP	KCR	26.2	303
247	Tyler Stephenson	C,1B	CIN	26.1	249
248	Luis Urias	2B,3B,SS	MIL	25.3	172
249	Michael Conforto	OF	(N/A)	29.6	214
250	Josiah Gray	SP	WSH	24.8	227
251	Brayan Rocchio	SS	CLE	21.7	266
252	Tyler Soderstrom	C,1B	OAK	20.9	252
253	Trey Mancini	1B,OF	HOU	30.6	258
254	Jackson Holliday	SS	BAL	18.8	260
255	Garrett Whitlock	SP,RP	BOS	26.3	259
256	Brayan Bello	SP	BOS	23.4	277
257	Joc Pederson	OF	SFG	30.5	307
258	Tyler Anderson	SP	LAD	32.8	261
259	Termarr Johnson	2B	PIT	18.3	262
260	Franmil Reyes	OF	CHC	27.3	207
261	Juan Yepez	1B,OF	STL	24.6	198
262	Kenley Jansen	RP	ATL	35	263
263	Josh Rojas	2B,3B,SS,OF	ARI	28.3	360
264	Endy Rodriguez	C	PIT	22.4	NR
265	Jeff McNeil	2B,OF	NYM	30.5	308
266	Tink Hence	RHP	STL	20.2	456
267	Dylan Carlson	OF	STL	24	200
268	Yainer Diaz	C	HOU	24	NR
269	Jean Segura	2B	PHI	32.6	281
270	Jose Urquidy	SP	HOU	27.4	318
271	Adael Amador	SS	COL	19.5	257
272	Patrick Sandoval	SP	LAA	26	256
273	Ryan Helsley	RP	STL	28.2	340
274	Ryan McMahon	2B,3B	COL	27.8	274
275	Oswald Peraza	SS	NYY	22.3	329
276	Josh Naylor	1B,OF	CLE	25.3	232
277	Alexander Canario	OF	CHC	22.4	386
278	Harry Ford	C	SEA	19.6	306
279	Kevin Alcantara	OF	CHC	20.2	270
280	Anthony Santander	OF	BAL	28	365
281	Gabriel Moreno	C	TOR	22.6	222
282	Austin Wells	C	NYY	23.2	245
283	Emmanuel Rodriguez	OF	MIN	19.6	314
284	Jesus Sanchez	OF	MIA	25	215
285	Trevor Rogers	SP	MIA	24.9	272
286	Luis Garcia	2B	WSH	22.4	322
287	Tylor Megill	SP	NYM	27.2	231
288	Harrison Bader	OF	NYY	28.3	265
289	Max Meyer	SP	MIA	23.6	250
290	Noah Syndergaard	SP	LAA	30.1	238
291	Eugenio Suarez	3B,SS	SEA	31.2	279
292	Hunter Renfroe	OF	MIL	30.7	311
293	Sean Murphy	C	OAK	28	385
294	Whit Merrifield	2B,OF	KCR	33.7	180
295	Sal Frelick	OF	MIL	22.5	331
296	Tanner Houck	SP	BOS	26.3	264
297	Keibert Ruiz	C	WSH	24.2	242
298	Chase DeLauter	OF	CLE	21	282
299	Alex Cobb	SP	SFG	35	321
300	Andy Pages	OF	LAD	21.8	247
301	Dustin Harris	OF,1B	TEX	23.2	273
302	Sean Manaea	SP	SDP	30.7	235
303	Gavin Stone	SP	LAD	24	323
304	Brandon Drury	2B,3B,OF	SDP	30.1	287
305	Luis Matos	OF	SFG	20.7	325
306	Charlie Morton	SP	ATL	38.9	288
307	Nick Yorke	2B	BOS	20.5	289
308	Brandon Marsh	OF	LAA	24.8	267
309	Bo Naylor	C	CLE	22.6	453
310	Taijuan Walker	SP	NYM	30.2	291
311	Jo Adell	OF	LAA	23.5	276
312	Diego Cartaya	C	LAD	21.1	379
313	Brady House	SS	WSH	19.3	219
314	Mick Abel	SP	PHI	21.1	293
315	Lars Nootbaar	OF	STL	25.1	NR
316	Ian Anderson	SP	ATL	24.4	269
317	Bobby Miller	SP	LAD	23.5	295
318	Brett Baty	3B	NYM	22.9	297
319	Luis Arraez	2B,3B,OF	MIN	25.5	298
320	Matt McLain	2B,SS	CIN	23.2	299
321	Jonathan Aranda	1B,2B,3B	TBR	24.4	302
322	Henry Davis	C	PIT	23	275
323	Gavin Cross	OF	KCR	21.6	407
324	Jake Fraley	OF	CIN	27.4	NR
325	Brandon Nimmo	OF	NYM	29.5	304
326	Merrill Kelly	SP	ARI	34	382
327	Coby Mayo	3B	BAL	20.8	253
328	Luke Voit	1B	SDP	31.6	305
329	Cristian Hernandez	SS	CHC	18.8	237
330	Michael Busch	2B	LAD	24.9	251
331	Trent Grisham	OF	SDP	25.9	283
332	Lane Thomas	OF	WSH	27.1	472
333	Blaze Jordan	1B	BOS	19.8	336
334	Luisangel Acuna	SS	TEX	20.6	320
335	Nick Pratto	1B	KCR	24	284
336	Kolten Wong	2B	MIL	32	324
337	Jack Leiter	SP	TEX	22.5	326
338	Vidal Brujan	2B,OF	TBR	24.7	233
339	Devin Williams	RP	MIL	28	328
340	Edwin Arroyo	SS	CIN	19.1	316
341	Carlos Carrasco	SP	NYM	35.6	330
342	Michael Massey	2B	KCR	24.5	356
343	Marcus Stroman	SP	CHC	31.4	310
344	Jameson Taillon	SP	NYY	30.9	313
345	Jackson Jobe	SP	DET	20.2	346
346	Jarren Duran	OF	BOS	26.1	209
347	John Means	SP	BAL	29.5	335
348	Ranger Suarez	SP	PHI	27.1	380
349	Pedro Leon	OF,SS	HOU	24.4	338
350	Cade Cavalli	SP	WSH	24.1	339
351	Cam Collier	SS,3B	CIN	17.9	357
352	Miguel Bleis	OF	BOS	18.6	NR
353	DL Hall	SP	BAL	24	309
354	Eduardo Escobar	1B,2B,3B	NYM	33.8	347
355	Marcell Ozuna	OF	ATL	31.9	315
356	Braxton Garrett	SP	MIA	25.2	498
357	Jordan Westburg	SS	BAL	23.6	348
358	Clay Holmes	RP	NYY	29.5	349
359	Warming Bernabel	3B	COL	20.3	350
360	Miles Mikolas	SP	STL	34.1	352
361	Joey Meneses	1B	WAS	30.4	NR
362	Eduardo Rodriguez	SP	DET	29.5	300
363	Gabriel Gonzalez	OF	SEA	18.5	398
364	Aaron Zavala	OF	TEX	22.3	NR
365	Ryan Pressly	RP	HOU	33.8	354
366	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	1B	MIN	22.8	477
367	Yasmani Grandal	C	CHW	33.9	271
368	Jhoan Duran	RP	MIN	24.7	358
369	Trey Sweeney	SS	NYY	22.4	359
370	Tommy Pham	OF	BOS	34.6	361
371	Andrew Heaney	SP	LAD	31.3	NR
372	David Peterson	SP	NYM	27.1	406
373	Jhonkensy Noel	3B,1B	CLE	21.2	364
374	Liover Peguero	SS	PIT	21.8	366
375	Mike Soroka	SP	ATL	25.2	452
376	Benny Montgomery	OF	COL	20.1	368
377	Everson Pereira	OF	NYY	21.5	369
378	Cristhian Vaquero	OF	WSH	18.1	334
379	Casey Mize	SP	DET	25.4	374
380	Mark Vientos	3B	NYM	22.8	375
381	Wil Myers	OF	SDP	31.8	376
382	Connor Norby	2B	BAL	22.3	NR
383	Spencer Jones	OF	NYY	21.4	NR
384	Seth Brown	OF	OAK	30.2	NR
385	Mark Canha	OF	NYM	33.6	377
386	Colson Montgomery	3B,SS	CHW	20.6	413
387	Ross Stripling	SP	TOR	32.9	NR
388	Jacob Berry	1B.3B	MIA	21.4	414
389	Matt Brash	SP	SEA	24.4	378
390	Orelvis Martinez	SS,3B	TOR	20.9	344
391	Kevin Parada	C	NYM	21.2	446
392	Deyvison De Los Santos	3B	ARI	19.3	362
393	Manuel Margot	OF	TBR	28	384
394	Oscar Colas	OF	CHW	24.1	NR
395	German Marquez	SP	COL	27.6	387
396	Max Kepler	OF	MIN	29.7	337
397	Cal Quantrill	SP	CLE	27.7	399
398	David Bednar	RP	PIT	28	388
399	Quinn Priester	SP	PIT	22.1	389
400	Jorge Mateo	2B,SS,OF	BAL	27.3	NR
401	Kyle Lewis	OF	SEA	27.2	301
402	Joey Gallo	OF	LAD	28.9	332
403	Aaron Civale	SP	CLE	27.3	NR
404	Luis Patino	SP	TBR	22.9	373
405	Trevor Larnach	OF	MIN	25.6	341
406	Jordan Romano	RP	TOR	29.5	391
407	Carson Williams	SS	TBR	19.3	394
408	Logan O'Hoppe	C	LAA	22.7	NR
409	Cole Henry	SP	WSH	23.2	312
410	Gavin Sheets	1B	CHW	26.5	NR
411	Josh Winder	SP	MIN	26	395
412	Randal Grichuk	OF	COL	31.2	NR
413	Ken Waldichuk	SP	NYY	24.7	451
414	Jon Berti	2B,3B,OF	MIA	32.7	355
415	Elvis Andrus	SS	OAK	34.1	NR
416	Gio Urshela	3B,SS	MIN	31	396
417	Corey Kluber	SP	TBR	36.5	397
418	Junior Caminero	INF	TBR	19.3	NR
419	Shea Langeliers	C	OAK	24.9	401
420	Zack Gelof	3B	OAK	23	403
421	Michael Toglia	1B	COL	24.1	NR
422	Bubba Thompson	OF	TEX	24.3	NR
423	Thairo Estrada	2B,SS,OF	SFG	26.6	NR
424	Chris Taylor	2B,3B,SS,OF	LAD	32.1	317
425	Jorge Soler	OF	ATL	30.6	319
426	Angel Martinez	SS	CLE	20.7	NR
427	Edmundo Sosa	2B,SS	STL	26.6	NR
428	Matt Manning	SP	DET	24.7	411
429	Tanner Bibee	SP	CLE	23.6	NR
430	Nick Gordon	2B/SS/OF	MIN	27	NR
431	Alex Ramirez	OF	NYM	19.7	412
432	Cal Raleigh	C	SEA	25.9	NR
433	Ezequiel Duran	SS	TEX	23.4	290
434	Alex Wood	SP	SFG	31.7	367
435	Ronny Mauricio	SS	NYM	21.5	392
436	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	SS	NYY	27.5	415
437	Owen White	SP	TEX	23.2	430
438	Enrique Hernandez	2B,OF	BOS	31.1	416
439	Alec Burleson	OF	STL	23.9	417
440	Elehuris Montero	3B	COL	24.1	NR
441	Ha-Seong Kim	2B,3B,SS	SDP	27	494
442	Avisail Garcia	OF	MIA	31.3	370
443	Roderick Arias	SS	NYY	18.1	419
444	Gunnar Hoglund	SP	OAK	22.8	420
445	Nick Pivetta	SP	BOS	29.6	422
446	Yiddi Cappe	SS	MIA	20.1	NR
447	Andres Munoz	RP	SEA	23.7	NR
448	Jay Allen	OF	CIN	19.9	423
449	Justin Turner	3B	LAD	37.9	455
450	Kahlil Watson	SS	MIA	19.5	363
451	Anthony Garcia	1B	NYY	22.1	425
452	Nelson Velazquez	OF	CHC	23.8	427
453	Kyle Gibson	SP	PHI	35	428
454	Emerson Hancock	SP	SEA	23.4	372
455	Ryan Pepiot	SP	LAD	25.1	468
456	Jeimer Candelario	3B	DET	28.9	432
457	Dane Dunning	SP	TEX	27.8	434
458	Tyler Naquin	OF	NYM	31.5	466
459	Jurickson Profar	1B,2B,OF	SDP	29.6	491
460	Matthew Liberatore	SP	STL	22.9	371
461	James Triantos	SS,3B	CHC	19.7	438
462	Jace Jung	2B	DET	22	439
463	Leody Taveras	OF	TEX	24.1	440
464	Victor Acosta	SS	SDP	18.3	442
465	Charlie Blackmon	OF	COL	36.3	343
466	Yandy Diaz	1B,3B	TBR	31.2	NR
467	Oscar Gonzalez	OF	CLE	24.7	NR
468	Lazaro Montes	OF	SEA	18	444
469	Spencer Steer	INF	CIN	24.8	NR
470	Garrett Mitchell	OF	MIL	24.1	NR
471	Eddie Rosario	OF	ATL	31	447
472	Eguy Rosario	2B/3B/SS	SDP	23.1	449
473	Kerry Carpenter	OF	DET	25.1	NR
474	Tony Kemp	2B,OF	OAK	30.9	NR
475	Dylan Lesko	RHP	SDP	19.1	475
476	Michael Brantley	OF	HOU	35.4	402
477	Trayce Thompson	OF	LAD	31.6	NR
478	Jackson Merrill	SS	SDP	19.5	NR
479	Bryce Miller	RHP	SEA	24.1	NR
480	Brock Porter	RHP	TEX	19.3	NR
481	Owen Caissie	OF	CHC	20.2	436
482	Nick Senzel	OF	CIN	27.3	390
483	Kyle Farmer	3B,SS	CIN	32.1	458
484	Mitch Keller	SP	PIT	26.5	459
485	Justin Crawford	OF	PHI	18.7	460
486	Brooks Lee	SS	MIN	21.6	462
487	Andrew McCutchen	OF	MIL	36	495
488	Justin Foscue	2B,OF	TEX	23.6	464
489	Brandon Pfaadt	SP	ARI	24	NR
490	Joey Bart	C	SFG	25.8	NR
491	Patrick Wisdom	1B,3B,OF	CHC	31.1	481
492	JJ Bleday	OF	MIA	24.9	426
493	Tyrone Taylor	OF	MIL	28.7	NR
494	Travis d'Arnaud	C	ATL	33.7	NR
495	Lonnie White Jr.	RP	PIT	19.8	471
496	Cole Irvin	SP	OAK	28.7	473
497	Dean Kremer	SP	BAL	26.7	NR
498	Drew Gilbert	OF	HOU	22	NR
499	Zach Neto	SS	LAA	21.7	NR
500	Jett Williams	SS	NYM	18.9	NR

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319 Comments

Matt says 1 month ago

Matt Mervis gonna get any love next update?

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1. Eric Cross says 1 month ago
  
  Yup. Gonna be moving way up both my prospect and dynasty rankings.
  
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Matt says 1 month ago

Will Luis Rengifo crack your next update, I’m a bit intrigued by him and the price should be right in my 20 team dynasty league where my 2B is a mess and Nick Gonzalez took a step back.

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1. Eric Cross says 1 month ago
  
  Yeah, probably back-end
  
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Tony Carpenter says 3 months ago

Year 2. I’m sucking in my 12 team dynasty league where we keep 12 of the players year to year. Do I try to get 12 best players 8 batters 4 pitchers? How can I leverage? NA counts towards the 12. I’m thinking of trading 2 for 1 to update top talent.

Yordan Alvarez
Wander Franco
Jazz Chisholm
Corbin Carroll
Zach Wheeler
Jacob DeGrom
CJ Abrams
Jose Altuve
Paul Goldschmidt
Spencer Strider
Elly de la Cruz
Jonathan India
Alex Kirk
Luis Castillo
Jordan Lawlar
Alex Kiriloff
Gleybar Torres
Jack Flaherty
Joe Ryan
Jess Winker
Roansy Contreras
Josiah Gray
Tyler Soderstrom
Trevor Rogers
Trent grisham
William Contreras
Emerson Hancock
Jwendle
PWisdom
Dean Kremers
DRobertson
Miles Straw
Recently just added lawlar, elly, CCarroll,

I’d love to trade for AdRutschman bc his dad went to my college and was a legend.
Thanks in advance

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1. Eric Cross says 3 months ago
  
  Yeah, making trades can always help speed up a rebuild. From here, I’d pick Yordan, Wander, Jazz Carroll, Wheeler, deGrom, Goldy, Elly, Kirk, Altuve, Lawlar, India, Abrams. Maybe Flaherty. Try to deal deGrom, Altuve, Goldy, etc.
  
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John says 4 months ago

Um……Thairo?

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1. Eric Cross says 3 months ago
  
  He was close. Honestly didn’t realize the stats had gotten as good as they have. With that said, I’m not high on him longterm.
  
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David S. says 4 months ago

Any explanation you can provide for dropping Will Smith (LAD) 30 spots, and adding 6 years to his life?

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1. Eric Cross says 3 months ago
  
  The age was because it pulled the HOU-RP Will Smith’s age in my data and I didn’t catch it. As for the ranking, I felt like I had the catchers (Adley too) ranked a bit too high compared to others in that range. So I adjusted.
  
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AJ says 4 months ago

Elly DLC all the way up into the 80s? Is that serious or are you just trying to get our attention? Those Ks throughout pro career speak to very high risk, and he has 9 just games at AA.

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1. Eric Cross says 4 months ago
  
  Always serious. He’s making strides and those that have seen him said his ABs look better.
  
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Johnathan Schneider says 4 months ago

Hey Eric,

I’m in a 12 team dynasty league, I’m in a major rebuild and arms are very hard to come by(scoring weight is messed up and pitchers are more valuable). That being said, I have to drop 3 to make room for enough active MLB guys (league rule). Any input?

Jordan Groshans
Luis Campusano
Marcelo Mayer
Heliot Ramos
Diego Cartaya
Oswald Peraza
Ronny Mauricio
Elly De La Cruz
Joey Weimer
Michael Busch
Curtis Mead
Colton Cowser
Luis Matos
Pete Crow-Armstrong
Gavin Williams
Ricky Tiedemann
Blake Walston
Owen White
Andrew Painter

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1. Eric Cross says 4 months ago
  
  I’d drop Groshans, Walston, and Campusano personally. Maybe Ramos instead of Campusano if you want the catching depth.
  
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Jerry says 4 months ago

Hey Eric, I’m in a 12 team categories (AVG) dynasty league. My team is rebuilding. What side of this do you lean?

Bichette

Or

Ohtani (SP only)
Andrew Vaughn

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Chris Shoemaker says 5 months ago

Keeper League: Was offered Corey Seager for Jeremy Pena and Nate Cortes.
Thoughts?

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1. Eric Cross says 5 months ago
  
  At this point, I’d probably just hold. Pena and Seager are close.
  
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jf says 5 months ago

Is that actually important? He put up 30 homers and 16 steals. If you’re playing season stats does it matter the distribution? If you’re playing head to head there’s always ups and downs. If he got all his stats in one half, that might make him an even better player as you could use the 2nd half of somebody “better”. Of course, he still had 8 homers and 8 steals in the 2nd half, so you might not find that better person in the FA pool. Plenty of players have a bad half, heck a lot of them have a bad season, and most of the guys on this list are no exception, but I still don’t think you should discount the fact that he’s a 30-20 guy who quals CF and put a bunch of guys who aren’t going to ever do those kind of numbers ahead of him. e.g. Benintendi (career best/2017: 20 hr, 20 sb; 2021: 17 hr, 8 sb; 2022: 3 hr, 1 sb(talk about unusable)). I’d rather have inconsistently great than consistently mediocre/bad. His career 162-g average is 30 homers, 18 sb, 83 R, 92 RBI. Sure, he’s a career .241 – and that will bring some rough times – but I still think he deserves more love. He has great counting numbers. Anyway, my 2 cents – there will always be debate on players, thanks for spending the time to publish this list.

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taylor says 5 months ago

What is your take on Mize’s future? Is he worth hanging on to in a 26 player/12 team league?

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1. Eric Cross says 5 months ago
  
  He’s borderline in that format. Mize has never been a big K guy so he really needs to have low ratios. Best-case scenario is likely Kyle Hendricks at this point.
  
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jf says 5 months ago

Why no love for Adolis Garcia?

Is there that little call for 30 homer/20 steal CF’ers?

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1. Eric Cross says 5 months ago
  
  The inconsistencies are maddening. We saw this in 2021 1H and then he was unuseable in the 2H.
  
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John says 5 months ago

Great update to the list, been waiting for this! Question (of course) – Santiago Espinal and Thairo Estrada seem like very similar players….in fact the biggest difference is SB advantage for Thairo. Just wondering why Espinal is at 280 while Thairo is unranked. Thairo is younger as well. Thanks!

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taylor says 6 months ago

Would you trade Josiah Gray for Salvador Perez in dynasty league? Obviously Perez is better but his higher age worries me.

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1. Eric Cross says 6 months ago
  
  Yeah, i’d do that.
  
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Zachary says 6 months ago

Roansey for Austin Hays. Thoughts?

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1. Eric Cross says 6 months ago
  
  Fair given team need.
  
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Taylor says 6 months ago

Need dynasty help. OF set with Harper/Alvarez/Buxton/Judge/Soto.

Need pitching help. Would you trade Kelenic/Ketel Marte for Aaron Nola/Trevor Story?

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1. Eric Cross says 6 months ago
  
  Yes, definitely.
  
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Jesper says 6 months ago

Awesome update, Eric! I was offered Kelenic for either Jordan Walker or Nolan Gorman. 12 team dynasty, I’m in a full rebuild.

I see you have Kelenic higher on your dynasty list than the other two, so obviously I know you’d probably trade one of those two guys for him. Do you think it’s worth the risk and that he will figure things out? Has his future potential taken a drastic hit as opposed to someone like Gorman/Walker who still are complete unknowns at the MLB level?

Thanks so much in advance and appreciate all your work!

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1. Eric Cross says 6 months ago
  
  I still believe he’ll right the ship, just not to superstar levels
  
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Jordan says 7 months ago

When is the next update scheduled! Thank you for what you do. Early season rankings crucial!

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1. Eric Cross says 7 months ago
  
  Dynasty next Wednesday and prospects Monday.
  
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Estevan says 7 months ago

12 team H2H dynasty league…I would be trading Max Meyer and I would be receiving George Kirby and Carlos Correa.

My SS was Mondesi who is now most likely out for the year and I am desperate at SS until Volpe gets the call.

I am extremely high on Meyer but I’m torn because Kirby is a good replacement as well. Any input? Thanks!

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1. Eric Cross says 7 months ago
  
  Sorry for the delay. I like Kirby a hair more they Meyer so this is an easy accept for me.
  
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Greg says 8 months ago

Need some dynasty wisdom! Was offered Jose Altuve and Kiner-Falefa for Jo Adell and Hunter Greene. My team is pretty well balanced, 2b isn’t an immediate need but would be an upgrade over G. Torres, Vidal Brujan and E. Escobar.

Finished 4th last year. Worth it to upgrade 2b and win now or hope that Adell and Greene hit their ceiling for years to come?

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1. Eric Cross says 8 months ago
  
  Hey sorry for the delay. I’d probably hold.
  
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James B says 8 months ago

Hi Eric, great stuff here – and awesome to see you engage in the comment section. Quick Q: if you were in a league where Ohtani was two players, SP and Utility, where would you rank each on this list?

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1. Eric Cross says 8 months ago
  
  Love engaging, that’s what it’s all about. Hitter Ohtani would be around 15th, pitcher Ohtani around 100.
  
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Anthony says 8 months ago

Who would you rather trade away in this scenario. I have Volpe and Noelvi in my minors. I can potentially pry away the #1 pick in our majors redraft using one of them knowing Ramirez or Harper is available. (one is guaranteed) Volpe appears to have a safer floor but Marte is a bigger ceiling. Should I just wait for them to join the big leagues and enjoy the fruits of their potential labor.

Currently have Soto, Judge, Story, France, Franmil, McNeil, Barrero, A Rosario on offense. Not currently worried about pitching. .

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1. Eric Cross says 8 months ago
  
  If you can get Harper or JoRam, I’d trade away either in a second.
  
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Steve Savage says 8 months ago

Mr, Cross, I am in 12 team keeper league where we can keep all, we have a short 5 round draft, and 20 mandatory 20 of the 70 half to qualify for Minors. It has been running for at least 15 years this league. Your list does not include Catcher/IB Sam Huff . Would he be in the top 600 if you were draw up such a list?

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1. Eric Cross says 8 months ago
  
  He’s in that general vicinity on my spreadsheet.
  
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Zack says 8 months ago

Hi Eric,

Just wanted your thoughts on a trade I accepted a few days ago. 12-team league. I received Luis Severino and I gave up Alejandro Kirk, Jose Miranda and Victor Robles. I am in win-now mode. Did I give up too much for Sevy? Thanks!

Zack

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1. Eric Cross says 8 months ago
  
  Maybe a little, but Sevy has big bounceback potential and this is solid in a win-now mode.
  
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Dave says 8 months ago

I can not find 3b Kyle Seager.

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1. Eric Cross says 8 months ago
  
  He retired.
  
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Brett says 9 months ago

Hey Eric, great list I check it out all the time. Just looking for some tough advice on who I should keep in my 12 team, 6 keeper League. Who out of these 7 would you not keep? Who is the odd man out?

Wander Franco
Jose Abreu
Aaron judge
Corey Seager
Starling Marte
Shane Baz
Julio Rodriguez

I am stumped and would appreciate some advice!

Thanks again,

Brett

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1. Eric Cross says 8 months ago
  
  Odd man out is Jose Abreu for me.
  
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Matt Valdes says 9 months ago

Hi Eric! Big fan of the work you do. Just started a podcast of my own, would love to chat with you some time.

Is Tatis getting bumped down in the wake of another big IR stint ahead? I’m not feeling like I can put my dynasty in his hands with the 1.1 like I was yesterday.

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1. Eric Cross says 9 months ago
  
  Hey Matt, would love to connect. And yeah, he’s gonna bump down a couple of spots, but I’m not sure I can see him sliding past #3.
  
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Fred T. says 9 months ago

Thanks! Not sure if the first one went thru, ha

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Fred T. says 9 months ago

Hi Eric these comments look pretty old but worth a shot! Which 2 would you keep of Franco, Robert, Buehler or Freeman? 6×6 with avg and ops. We keep 3 (ohtani is other), have 21 players on roster Thanks!

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1. Eric Cross says 9 months ago
  
  It’s because it’s the same post, just gets updated every time I update the rankings. I’d go Franco and Robert.
  
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  1. Fred T. says 9 months ago
    
    Thanks!
    
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  2. Fred T. says 9 months ago
    
    Always hard to know in a league like ours that only keep a few players how much dynasty ranks align
    
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RoarOf84 says 1 year ago

Eric, appreciate your work and love reading through your insights. Was hoping you could help me out with a (good) conundrum that I find myself in.

I’m in a 10-team keeper league with h2h cats scoring (6×6 with holds and OPS). Each team can keep up to 12 players without penalty (draft pick, salary, etc.) for as long as they want. Based on this update, you and I are pretty much in lockstep on keepers but was wondering if overall roster construction would cause you to change your mind on any of them.

I’m currently planning to keep the following players: Acuna, Soto, Ohtani (SP and U eligible), JoRam, Wander, Bellinger, Ketel, Buehler, Alcantara, Flaherty, Manoah, and Hader.

However, I also have the following options available as well: Vaughn, Gausman, McClanahan, Gallen, and Ian Anderson.

Would you make any changes? Or would you sit tight with the 12 players that I listed and move my depth for some draft pick upgrades? I could also package a player I’m not keeping with one that I am for a keeper upgrade, too.

Thanks so much for the advice!

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1. Eric Cross says 1 year ago
  
  Apologies for the delay. Bellinger might be the only one I’d change, but if you’re confident in him bouncing back, your current 12 are fine. Maybe McClanahan over Hader.
  
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  1. RoarOf84 says 1 year ago
    
    I’m not “confident” that Belli will bounce back but I’m also not ready to give up on a 26-year-old who already has a MVP to his name and plays in one of the best lineups in baseball.
    
    Follow up question for you involving a potential trade…
    What are your thoughts on Alcantara for 2022? Is he a borderline top 10 SP? Based on the roster context above, would you move him for Olson? I know your rankings have Olson ~10 spots higher than Sandy.
    
    Appreciate the advice!
    
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    1. Eric Cross says 1 year ago
      
      I’m confident in Sandy as a top-10 arm. If you need an SP, I’d be okay making this deal.
      
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      1. RoarOf84 says 1 year ago
        
        Other way around though? I’d be the one giving Sandy for Olson.
        
        The Melvin move to SD has me thinking that OAK will be be entering an even more pronounced phase of Moneyball and moving any players who are costly now or are coming up as FAs. Olson in greener pastures could be really exciting.
      2. Eric Cross says 1 year ago
        
        Ah, my bad, got it backwards. Yeah, it’s fair either way. Whichever spot you need more.
dude says 1 year ago

Was curious how a couple of the old guys would rank, with Cruz at 317 at age 41 and Verlander at 461 at age 39. Still think Cruz has another productive year in him? Not confident that Verlander can come back strong?

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1. Eric Cross says 1 year ago
  
  I do think Cruz has another year or two left in the tank. Verlander I do have some confidence in but he’s coming off major surgery.
  
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barry alan says 1 year ago

first full year as a SP w/ 3.71era, 1.13whip, 3.2 war and .234 BAA, slight up-tick in K’s = ace, sooo
why do you hate Casey Mize?

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1. Eric Cross says 1 year ago
  
  Hate is a strong word. I like Mize, but he’s NEVER had ace level strikeout rates. Even back at Auburn. At best, he’s a SP3 for fantasy IMO.
  
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2. Reggie L says 9 months ago
  
  Glasnow?
  
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  1. Eric Cross says 9 months ago
    
    He’s at 102
    
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Troy Harrison says 1 year ago

Is it time for Reynaldo Lopez to return to the top 400? How about Drew Rasmussen, he’s had solid minor league numbers which has translated to the bigs.

Thanks for all the work you do.

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1. Eric Cross says 1 year ago
  
  Yes, they will both be inside my top-500 when I post my EOS update next week.
  
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Todd says 1 year ago

Curious if you ended up doing this. Burnes of course had a huge year.

Luzardo could be a buy low in the coming years but hes really fallen from grace. Abrams got hurt so hes back another year and i personally dont see him as more than a slightly more powerful dee strange gordon.

I like Pearson but TJ is inevitable my book. Crazy risk high reward for me.

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Todd says 1 year ago

Love using this as a reference so thank you for that. I particularly like that you are aggressively ranking prospects (because they should be)

I do think Cease is as many as 50 spots to low and that’s coming from a Tigers fan

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1. Eric Cross says 1 year ago
  
  He’s moving up. The inconsistencies madden me though.
  
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Tony Carpenter says 1 year ago

Any tips on poaching talent? Just finishing up my 1st year of a dynasty Fantasy baseball league. Finished 8th out of 14 teams, no playoffs. Spent most of the year down near 10-12 rank. I don’t know what I’m doing. I don’t watch baseball. (ex I started the season thinking it was weird that there were 2 Shohei Otani’s. What a unique name and they’re two of them. Ahh he’s 1 guy. Same thing with Wander Franco? Good thing I have the right one)

I am using this opportunity poach as much future talent as possible FA/IR. I’m not in a win now mode but 2-3 years I want people to be jealous. Hopefully league mates don’t read this section. I made a trade early in the year: Bryce Harper my #1 draft pick for Wander Franco and Gleybar Torres. Hopefully that pays off.
Batters:

Wander Franco
Yordan Alvarez
J Winker
Marco Luciano (just Added)
Jose Altuve
Jonathan India
Alex Kiriloff (just Added)
Jazz ChisholmJr
CJ Abrams
M Conforto (Just Added)
Joey Gallo
A Rizzo
KeBryan Hays
Jasson Domiguez
Gleyber Torres
LVoit (Just Added)
GSanchez
Tyler Soderstrom (just Added)

Pitchers:
J DeGromm (just added)
ZWheeler
JFlaherty (just added)
YuDarvish
LCastillo
Lance Lynn (just added)
E Hancock
SSTrasburg
Triston McKenzie (Just Added
Aaron civale (Just Added)
McGhee

4 NA spots and 2 IR spots.

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Chris says 1 year ago

Hi Eric, thanks for everything you do. You have really amped up my prospect list and outlook for dynasty. I’m in two now so still a novice and learning a lot from you and the other writers at Fantrax.

In a 12 tm 6×6 OPS/QS and currently barely in 1st. However, the league is a bit soft and waiver wire pickups are to be had. I have a bunch of P’s in your 70-150 range (Fried/Anderson/Lopez/Gilbert/Snell/Scherzer/Musgrove/Sale) and I would like to move some combo of those for Cole. My top is Giolito and I also have Ohtani.

The Cole owner is not contending this year and could use 2-3 SP’s. I offered Lopez/Gilbert/Fried for Cole and it was rejected. Was thinking of offering Musgrove/Fried/Gilbert for Cole. I need to unload a few SP’s as I have some on the IL like Lopez/Clev/Gio who I want to keep obviously but I don’t have the space.

Thanks again.

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1. Eric Cross says 1 year ago
  
  Like that strategy. You have plenty of depth so consolidating and getting a top arm is a good idea.,
  
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Wes says 1 year ago

Just got offered Walker Buehler at $29

For my:

Rutschman $3
Luciano $0
Gore $6

Basically my whole “farm” system. Would only have Keston and Vidal Brujan left at NA.

+$3 every year a player is kept, values above show cost going into next year.
10 team h2h, 5×5 plus OBP, SLG, QS, Holds

I’m real strong with bats, middling with SP.

My likely starting lineup next year.

C Perez $2
1B Vaughn $4
2B Jazz $0
3B ?
SS Tatis $6
LF Tucker $6
CF ?
RF Meadows $8
Util Ohtani $13
Util ?Correa $10
Util ?Mondesi $22
NA Vidal $0

SPs
Berrios $19
Thor $4
Clevinger $4
Severino $1
Ray $0
McClanahan $0

Can keep 14 each season, plus 2 NA to start out the year.

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1. Eric Cross says 1 year ago
  
  Looks like that could be a contending team so I’d be okay making that move.
  
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John says 1 year ago

no Jon Gray? He’s really good

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1. Eric Cross says 1 year ago
  
  He just missed last time. Is in currently.
  
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Matt says 1 year ago

How far out of the 500 is Jesus Aguilar? Seems like he deserves some love

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1. Eric Cross says 1 year ago
  
  Not far. He’ll be in next update.
  
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Jordan says 1 year ago

Bauer totally off the list now?

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1. Eric Cross says 1 year ago
  
  I am not ranking him at this time until the legal proceedings have concluded.
  
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Chris says 1 year ago

Hi Eric,

I am sitting 2 points out of 1st in an 8 team, short bench, keep-5 roto league. I got offered Freeman, Correa, and Raisel Iglesias for Vladdy. I love Vladdy as a keeper, but this might put me over the top this season. I would probably drop McNeil and Civale to make my roster fit.

What would you do? Thanks!

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Tristan says 1 year ago

Who would be your top targets to try to add from this week’s MLB draft? I am in several deep leagues with large minor league rosters.

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1. Eric Cross says 1 year ago
  
  Hey Tristan. Chris Clegg and I just published our top-100 FYPD rankings on Friday.
  
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Dave says 1 year ago

Hi Eric,
Why no Patrick Sandoval on your list ?
I got a trade offer of Sandoval for Dane Dunning.
Which do you think is the better side of the trade ?

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1. Eric Cross says 1 year ago
  
  Dunning, not a big Sandoval guy
  
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Bobby Dalbec says 1 year ago

Hi, Eric, I thought we were closer than this. I feel you have drifted apart. Why do you hate me? Was it because I did not run away with you?

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Frederick says 2 years ago

Hey Eric, Great update!

Curious what you would do in this scenario:
20 team dynasty league, super deep miners rosters (up to 130 players between majors and minors), with a complicated contract system that basically you have 4 years on a cheap rookie deal and then they get more and more expensive each year afterwards. Also important note, it is a points league and you only get a MAX of 6 starts from pitchers each week.

The gist of my team is I am a top contenders right now, but am carried mostly by my lineup (Contreras, Vladdy, Rizzo, Albies, JoRam, Bichette, Carlson, Buxton, Meadows, Brantley, Biggio) and bullpen. My rotation has skated by thus far and is lacking an ace currently (Montas, Ray, Morton, Matz, Lamet). I have Pearson, Luzardo, and Soroka chilling in my minors for now while they get healthy/figure out how to throw strikes.

In addition, I have Franco, Abrams, Groshans, Gabriel Moreno, Priester, and Kyle Harrison has my top prospects and are timed well as some of my current players get too pricey for me to keep.

I have a potential to make a trade for Burnes, who has three cheap years left on his contract. It would cost me Abrams, Luzardo or Pearson, a likely top 5 FYP 1st round pick, and change. Is this worth it for me to get Burnes and really stabilize my rotation or is it risking to much of the future?

Conversely, if I kept the players I have now, by end of season how do you think a rotation with Pearson, Luzardo, Soroka, Lamet, Montas, etc. would look?

I appreciate your Input!

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1. Todd says 1 year ago
  
  Curious if you ended up doing this. Burnes of course had a huge year.
  
  Luzardo could be a buy low in the coming years but hes really fallen from grace. Abrams got hurt so hes back another year and i personally dont see him as more than a slightly more powerful dee strange gordon.
  
  I like Pearson but TJ is inevitable my book. Crazy risk high reward for me.
  
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Josh says 2 years ago

Hey Eric! As always, love the content. I’m in a 12 team 5×5 dynasty and am rebuilding. I currently have Waters and K-Rob, but my farm has good depth at OF (and potential future OFs) with J-ROD, Adell, Brujan, Kiriloff, Abrams, Martin.

My question is how do you feel about Waters and K-Rob? I see Waters slipping in everyone’s rankings and continue to hear nothing but bad things about his play on the field. I know K-Rob is worrying more about his health right now than baseball, which is great. I’m just worried without having any play to assess him on in a long time he’s going to slip in rankings too.

I’ve had both of these guys for a while and have been holding steady, but nobody is interested in trading for them and the following players are available on the waiver so I’m wondering if it’s time to cut bait on either of them to grab some of these guys that are playing well so far.

Hassell
Marsh
Michael Harris
Duran
PCA
Josiah Gray
SWR

Again, thanks so much for all your awesome work!

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Hi Josh! K-Rob has on the field concerns too with his contact issues and approach. I would be fine dropping Waters right now for Hassell. K-Rob I’d probably hold and try to trade.
  
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  1. Josh says 2 years ago
    
    As always, much appreciated and keep up the awesome work!
    
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    1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
      
      Thanks Josh!
      
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David says 2 years ago

Did you forget Willie Calhoun? #PoorWillie

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  He’s #410
  
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Michael says 2 years ago

You like baddoo or kiriloff better for the future??

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Definitely Kirilloff
  
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PAUL says 2 years ago

Probably way off topic, but i am in a 16 keeper dynasty league, here are my 28 keepers this year. i draft 8th, looking for who you think fits the team.
hitters
Soto,J*
Tatis Jr,F
Bader,H
Taylor,C
Kiermaier,K*
Castro,H*
Arraez,L*
Flores,W
Segura,J
Alonso,P
Anderson,B
Severino,P
Robles,V
Garver,M
Munoz,Y

pitchers
Brault,S*
Clippard,T
May,T
Hudson,D
Means,J*
Soroka,M
Corbin,P*
Pagan,E
Perez,M*
Boyd,M*
Fry,P*
Fiers,M
Desclafani,A

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Adam says 2 years ago

Hey Eric, keep up the great work! I’m in a 12 team 5×5 dynasty, full rebuild. If I were to trade Jose Ramirez, is a return of CJ Abrams, Bohm and Grisham/Cease enough?

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  if the 3rd player is Grisham, yes it is.
  
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  1. Adam says 2 years ago
    
    Thank you sir!
    
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Adam says 2 years ago

Hey Eric, as always I appreciate all you do for the fantasy baseball community! 12 team dynasty league and I’m in full rebuild. Shallow rosters of around 25 players. Got an offer for my Jose Ramirez of CJ Abrams, Bohm, Grisham. Is that enough in return or should I be looking for more? Thanks!

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tassnime says 2 years ago

thank you.

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Luke Greco says 2 years ago

Will your 2021 dynasty rankings be updated again in March before the season starts?

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Yes, likely late next week.
  
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  1. Jimmy Abrantes says 2 years ago
    
    Awesome! Any big movers to know before my draft this Friday (3/26)? Thanks!
    
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Felix says 2 years ago

Hello Mr. Cross. Great work! Im in a keeper(KEEP 9) league(12teams), 28 men roster
Batting cats are Runs (R), Home Runs (HR), Runs Batted In (RBI), Stolen Bases (SB), Strikeouts (K), Batting Average (AVG), On-base Percentage (OBP), Extra Base Hits (XBH) If you have the depth to target anyone who would be the best batter to get in a trade? Soto, Trout, Tatis, Acuna or someone else?! Thanks in advance.

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John knisoey says 2 years ago

Dynasty keeper league, 16 teams 27 keepers, im on the clock. Who is safest pick? Burns, arozarena or even karnataka because closers hard to come by

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Sorry, didn’t see this but I would’ve went Burnes
  
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Joe says 2 years ago

Incredible tool! Appreciate the hard work that went into this, used it for my first dynasty draft this year.

*One small fix, Cristian Hernandez SS on the Cubs is listed as 20 on this list, however he is only 17*

Thank you for your takes!

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Cailean says 2 years ago

I have to keep 8 guys in a dynasty league with a roster of 30 players and a budget of $300. 4 OF, 3 MI, 2 of every other Position player and a DH. 8 Starting Pitchers.

Which of these 8 do I keep? Number in parentheses is what it would cost me to keep the player…
LeMaheiu ($6)
Alcantara ($6)
Luis Castillo ($12)
Maeda ($6)
Hader ($6)
Will Smith ($6)
Jose Abreu ($21)
Albies ($12)
Devers ($14)
Machado ($28)
Kepler ($6)
Civale ($6)
Snell ($12)

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Sorry for the delay. I’d keep DJ, Castillo, Maeda, Albies, Devers, Machado, Snell, Smith (assuming it’s LA catcher).
  
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Brendon says 2 years ago

If you had to expand another 10-20 players which would you include? (501-520)

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Michael Chavis
  Taylor Rogers
  Adam Duvall
  Manuel Beltre
  Madison Bumgarner
  Gabriel Arias
  Alex Colome
  Sherten Apostel
  Jake Fraley
  Mike Minor
  Josh James
  Austin Slater
  Shed Long Jr.
  Adrian Houser
  Jared Oliva
  Kris Bubic
  Adrian Morejon
  Jonathan India
  Miguel Hiraldo
  Tyler Stephenson
  
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Nick says 2 years ago

Great List Eric! I’m in a deep keeper league (12 team, 5 x 5, QS instead of W). Keep 15, rookie eligible player do not count towards the 15. I’ve been 3rd the pass 2 years. Here are my “locked in” keepers/RE:
Christian Yelich
Gerrit Cole
Corey Seager
Jarred Kelenic
Jack Flaherty
Julio Rodriguez
Randy Arozarena
Max Fried
Luke Voit
Andrew Vaughn
Sonny Gray
Max Muncy
CJ Abrams
Ian Happ
Lance Lynn
Liam Hendriks
Ryan Mountcastle
Kenley Jansen
Nelson Cruz

I have two more spots. Having a tough time choosing between the following: Josh Donaldson, Gary Sanchez, Jake Cronenworth, Dylan Moore, John Means, or Trevor Rosenthal. Thoughts?

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Tough calls, but I’d go Moore and Means.
  
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  1. NIck Marleau says 2 years ago
    
    Thanks Eric! I ended up going Moore and Donaldson. I got Means in Round 2 of the draft. Definitely glad I was able to snag him!
    
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Matt Crawford says 2 years ago

Just wondering how many starting hitters/pitchers you are assuming in a league for this ranking list
Because I’m assuming boom or bust players get a bump in shallower leagues

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  I assume the usual 60/40ish split.
  
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James says 2 years ago

Hello Eric,

I could use an upgrade at OF and SB. I have an offer to acquire Teoscar, is this good?

I get: Teoscar Hernandez + 3.28 FYPD 2020

He gets: Josiah Gray, Sam Huff, 1.11 FYPD 2020

Thanks

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Hey James. Yeah, I’d take that. Huff is replaceable and I’m not super high on Gray.
  
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  1. James says 2 years ago
    
    Just wanted to make sure, love your work. Thanks Eric!
    
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    1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
      
      Thank you James!
      
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Chuck says 2 years ago

Hey Eric, trying to clean up my roster and curious if there is any reason I should continue to hold Reynaldo Lopez? Not sure who I’d be looking to pick in lieu of hi, but Coby Mayo is top of the list right now. For context, my rotation is pretty stacked ahead of Lopez.

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  If your rotation is set, I’d cut Lopez for Mayo. I don’t see any value from Lopez any time soon.
  
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Derek says 2 years ago

Two part question if anyone would like to offer any thoughts:

1. Advice on keepers? I’m in a standard 10 team keeper league, head to head categories, really competitive. 6 keepers each team.

My squad: Juan Soto, Shane Bieber, Wander Franco, Pete Alonso are locked in. For my last two keeper spots I’m debating between Austin Meadows, Jose Abreu, Gavin Lux, and Yu Darvish.

Leaning towards Darvish as he’s competitive for the short term, and Meadows as the best combo from those three hitters for upside and major league production. Any changes you would make?

Part 2. I have a trade offer from the league champ who needs to dump a player to finalize his 6 keepers. He’s asking for Shane Bieber in return for my choice of 2 of the following:

1 of Lindor, Jose Ramirez, Kyle Tucker, Luis Robert

1 of Walter Beuhler, Jack Flaherty, Lucas Giolito

His team was stacked and it seems like a no brainer to make a deal from that offer but I’m also a big Bieber fan as he hits his prime. Thoughts?

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  I’d go Meadows and Darvish as well.
  
  If you can get JoRam and Buehler, that’d be phenomenal.
  
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Josh says 2 years ago

JoRam should plummet on this list after the Lindor trade and Santana leaving. He might accrue 200 walks this year, but kiss the power, avg/obp and speed goodbye. The team won’t be letting him run since he’s their next major marketable asset they’ll be moving, and teams won’t be pitching to him because there’s literally nothing else in that lineup that could do any damage whatsoever, so they’ll be putting him on 1B every time it’s remotely reasonable to.

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1. Nick says 2 years ago
  
  A good hitter is a good hitter, regardless of lineup position or so-called “protection”.
  
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Michael says 2 years ago

What are your thoughts on Bryce Ball? I know he’s blocked by Freddie Freeman at 1B but his debut, regardless of age, seemed to be outstanding.

Also, what are your thoughts on Kyle Wright? Can he still reach his potential or is he now just a mid-rotation starter at best? I know Giolito is an outlier but maybe Wright can finally break through with a touch better command just like Giolito.

Lastly, any prospects on or off this list that could be severely undervalued and rise at least 150 or more spots by next year?

I enjoy reading your content, keep it up!

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dude says 2 years ago

12 team 5×5 roto keeper league. We keep 15 players. $320 cap at time we submit keepers, but otherwise salaries don’t matter. Players get $5 raises each year.

Will keep 15 of the 17 below, most likely dropping Laureano and Soroka.
1B – Olson $25
2B – Albies $17, Lux $10
SS – Lindor $33
3B – Moncada $30, Torkelson $5
OF – Arozarena $10, Carlson $10, Laureano $17, Teoscar $2
SP – Berrios $20, Fried $15, Valdez $10, Soroka $13, Pearson $6, Musgrove $10
RP – Karinchak $8

Was just offered up 2 trade options.
1 – $16 Bichette for $33 Lindor, $2 Teoscar, and $10 Musgrove
2 – $16 Bichette and $13 Gore for $33 Lindor, $2 Teoscar, and $20 Berrios.

If I take trade 1, Bichette Replaces Lindor, and that leaves me with 15 after trading Teoscar and Musgrove.

If I take trade 2, Bichette replaces Lindor. Gore becomes a keeper and most likely don’t keep either Laureano or Soroka.

Should I go for one of the trades and if so, which one?

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Trade two looks very enticing. I’d probably go with that one.
  
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  1. dude says 2 years ago
    
    Thanks. I was leaning no trade or #2. If I do trade #2. Who’s the drop?
    
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    1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
      
      Probably Soroka. The injury worries me and his lack of Ks caps his value.
      
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Josh says 2 years ago

What are your thoughts on this trade? I was not winning the pennant this year.

Trade:

Harper
deGrom

Receive:

Bichette
Gore
Kopech

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  I’d want another really good piece to trade those two.
  
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Bill says 2 years ago

Hey Eric, longtime reader, first time commenter. 🙂
Which 2 of the following 3 would you keep in a dynasty league (no limit on how long you own a player)?
1. Lourdes Gurriel
2. Dylan Carlson
3. Devin Williams

Saves + holds is a category, so Williams has more value than usual. Right now, I’m leaning towards keeping the two OFs, but it’s tough because I already have Trout and Grisham.

Thanks!

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Hey Bill. Yeah, I’d go Gurriel and Carlson. I have a hard time picking any reliever over a hitter unless it’s a glaring difference in value (Hader over David Fletcher for example). Thanks for the support!
  
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Peter says 2 years ago

I know you have Tork higher, but would you trade Lamet for Torkelson in a points league where pitchers are really valuable?

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  If pitchers are valued more in your league, I’d be okay making that move.
  
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Tex says 2 years ago

Hey Eric,

Phenomenal work as always! Can you tell me which 8 of the below players you’d keep? There are no salary, draft pick, or contract implications in this league, so the best players typically get kept by their owners without any penalty for a long time.

Bellinger
C. Seager
Meadows
Snell
Franmil
Adell
Sixto
Luzardo
Biggio
Carlson
Ian Anderson
Kelenic
Gore
Vaughn
Kirilloff

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Thank you! I’d keep Belly, Seager, Adell, Kelenic, Biggio, Carlson, Snell, Meadows.
  
  If you want to keep a 2nd pitcher. Gore over Biggio, especially if it’s AVG and not OBP. Sixto could be an option as that 2nd arm over Gore solely for the purpose of selling high if you think you can in your league.
  
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Tim says 2 years ago

Hi Eric, I noticed you have Nate Pearson at 104 and Ian Anderson at 109. Looking at your rankings for 2021, you have Anderson at 29, and Pearson at 62. Do you think the long term projection is that close for them? Also, what do you think Pearson’s role will look like in 2021? Thanks for the great work and fantastic rankings.

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Hey Tim. I do. For 2021, i’m worried TOR limits Pearson a little bit since he ended 2020 hurt. Longterm, I like Pearson more, but there’s not a big gap.
  
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Bill H says 2 years ago

Hi there. great list. Just ONE player I would like to ask you about, Franchy Cordero. Not in your top 500?

Cheers, Bill

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Hey Bill, thanks for the kind words! Franchy is in my next 50 players.
  
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CD says 2 years ago

Eric,

What I don’t understand is how do you have guys ranked higher in the top 500 that you released on Dec 22nd then you do in the positional rankings you updated on December 18th?

As an exampled, in your positional rankings for SS on the 18th, you have Jazz Chisholm SS 8 spots higher than Jeter Downs SS. Yet on your top 500 rankings, Jeter Downs is 183 and Jazz Chisholm is behind him at 201?? Thanks

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  The positional rankings are 2021 redraft rankings and not dynasty. I see Jazz playing more in 2021 and being more valuable, but like Downs more longterm.
  
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Rob Dykhoff says 2 years ago

How do I get these friggin’ ads off bttm of page, so I can print this

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Email me at [email protected] and I can email you a spreadsheet or PDF
  
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Kory says 2 years ago

Hi Eric,

Great work as always! I’m looking for some depth with my starting pitching in my dynasty league and I wanted to get your opinion on John Means. I noticed he’s not in your top 500 list. Is there something that scares you about his profile? Other potential options are K. Freeland, C. Bassitt, J. Dunn but I just can’t get excited about this group.

Keep up the great work. I appreciate what you do!

Kory

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Hey Kory, thank you! Means will be in my next update (likely next week or week after). Been digging into him more and like what I see. I’d take him out of that group.
  
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Doug says 2 years ago

Hey Eric,
I’m in a very deep Dynasty (30 teams, 40-man, 60 specs/team). Salary Cap at $159m/year. I inquired about a trade for Kole Calhoun, who locks in at $9.25m thru 2023 (player option for that in 2023). Other team requested Jackson Rutledge straight up. I’m in a somewhat competitive position for playoffs this year, and could use the every day OF. Would you do ths though?

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  I think I might’ve answered this on Twitter, but I’d probably do that even though I’m not crazy about that Calhoun price.
  
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Jordan says 2 years ago

Hi Eric!
I’m interested in where you think Ha-Seong Kim should go in a 12 team dynasty. Thank you!

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  He’ll probably slot in around 250ish initially for me. Like the all-around offensive profile.
  
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  1. Jordan says 2 years ago
    
    Okay, thank you!
    
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Zack says 2 years ago

Hi Eric,

Thank you again for everything you do. I don’t know if you’ll be able to answer this, but I wanted to know your opinion on if I need to upgrade my hitting. I asked in an earlier post about going for Kyle Tucker, I think that would help me tremendously. I am in win-now mode with my team. Any other guys I should look into? I have Noelvi Marte as trade bait along with Gilbert, Skubal and E. Cabrera. Thanks so much!

C – Garver
C – Huff
1B – Goldschmidt
2B – LeMahieu
3B – Urshela
SS – Bogaerts
CI – Christian Walker
MI – B. Lowe
OF – Hampson, McNeil, Carlson, Gurriel Jr., Pollock
UT – Nelson Cruz

Reserve – Belt, Encarnacion, N. Lowe, Jared Walsh, Canha, Grossman, Haniger

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  I think focusing on outfield would be good. Maybe try and package Marte and one of the arms for a top-75 player or so.
  
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  1. Zack says 2 years ago
    
    Thank you again Eric for all your time and advice!
    
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    1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
      
      You’re very welcome Zack. Thanks for the support!
      
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2. Josh says 2 years ago
  
  Seeing this super late, but that lineup is severely lacking power if/when Cruz/Goldy are hurt or slump, so hopefully you worked a deal for a power OF bat.
  
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John says 2 years ago

Eric – this is great. How often will you compile this list during the spring? When do you anticipate the last dynasty list before opening day? I want to use this list for draft day. Thank you

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  I’m actually going to do another small update following the world series and again in spring training.
  
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BB says 2 years ago

Any chance Rockies give Hampson and Hilliard 500 – 550 ab’s ?

Hangin onto both one more year but running out of time and roster space

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Both? Slim. I do think Hampson gets close to that in 2021 though.
  
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Zack says 2 years ago

Hi Eric,

I know you are high on Kyle Tucker (which is why I wanna go for him). Do you think this is a fair offer or too little?

1. Noelvi Marte
2. Either Logan Gilbert, Edward Cabrera or Josiah Gray
3. 1st round or 2nd round pick in FYPD (11th pick)

Thanks!!

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  I’d probably want two from #2 to deal Tucker there.
  
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  1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
    
    But if you can get him for just one of #2, that’d be ideal. Start there.
    
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    1. Zack says 2 years ago
      
      Thank you for your time, I’ll see if I can swing it!
      
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      1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
        
        You’re very welcome!
      2. Josh says 2 years ago
        
        Can’t imagine a Tucker owner would be in any sort of position to sell on him just as he’s starting to realize some value at the MLB level, in exchange for a couple or few minor leaguers several years away from even finding out what they’re capable of. Someone who owns Tucker is likely a team emerging from a rebuild, or someone who’s already ridiculously stacked with an overpowered team, IMO. A deal like that w/ Noelvi as the centerpiece, and a couple of those other throw-in top 100’s would be more like what I’d expect to see netting an OF bat of 29 years of age, or older – Castellanos, Ozuna, Whit, S. Marte, Myers… someone more of that ilk, being moved from a team that is entering a rebuild and looking to move those “middle aged” type guys for upside prospects before they start losing value (or losing more value in the cases of Whit & Marte as they age and become 1-dimensional lacking speed).
Mike says 2 years ago

Jordan Montgomery not close to 500?

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  He’s not far off. In the 525-550 range right now.
  
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  1. Ben says 1 year ago
    
    What about Jordan Romano? I’d think he has that closer spot locked up, and he’s been pretty shut-down all year.
    
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    1. Eric Cross says 1 year ago
      
      He’s in a massive cluster that was considered for the back-end. Just really hard to make it as a closer on my list unless I’m very certain they’re going to remain a good closer longterm.
      
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Kyle D says 2 years ago

Awesome list but the Framber Valdez ranking is brutal. Dude was a top 25 pitcher in fantasy this year, has maybe the best curveball in baseball right now, was absolutely unhittable in more than half of his starts including mystifying the Twins in the playoffs, and he doesn’t crack the top 300? Yeesh.

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Here’s why.
  
  Got hit very hard (5th percentile or lower in HH rate and EV)
  Doesn’t have a reliable 3rd pitch. CH used less than 10% and not very effective.
  Sinker was also very hittable.
  
  Yes, the CB was filthy and very effective, but that’s one pitch. If the sinker improves next year and he can establish the CH as at least a serviceable 3rd offering, he’ll move up more. I have my doubts though.
  
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  1. Kyle D says 2 years ago
    
    Thanks for the response! I know his hard hit rate wasn’t great, but there are numerous aces in the bottom 5th percentile of hard hit rate with him (Cole, DeGrom, Darvish, Giolito) and he was FIRST in baseball in ground ball rate. I know that can be a scary thing, but it can also be a great thing. Along with that, nearly all of his other underlying data points to him being an ace: 7th in FIP, 8th in SIERA, 4th in HR/9, 8th in BB/9, 17th in K/9. I do get what you’re saying about his repertoire, but it seemed to me like he grew a ton this year, mentally and mechanically, and I see him continuing to grow rather than regressing.
    
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Dave says 2 years ago

No Justus Sheffield? You like Dunn more than him?

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  I do. Very much question Sheffield’s command and control longterm. He was in the next 30-40 or so.
  
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Zack says 2 years ago

Hi Eric,

Thank you for all that you do! I was wondering if you could look at my pitching staff and see if it looks good for next year or if I should try and target another solid tier 1-2 starter. My league is 5×5 12-team ROTO.

Sale, Paddack, Glasnow, Gallen, Gray, Hendricks, Burnes, Skubal and Pineda

Thank you so much

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  In my personal rankings, you have seven of my top-30 or so for SPs. You should be fine there.
  
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  1. Zack says 2 years ago
    
    Thanks Eric!! You’re the best!
    
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    1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
      
      You’re very welcome. Thank you for checking them out!
      
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2. Josh says 2 years ago
  
  I’d be looking to package Sale and Paddack for someone with a little more stability (as far as SP’s can have stability, haha), in their mid-late 20’s. Paddack’s value is dropping each time he takes the ball, and Sale is past the point where he should have been dealt (yeah, yeah hindsight is 20/20, but still), but still has the name value and past results that someone may still buy into. I’d be looking at the Castillo/Woodruff/Snell/Fried group and see if you might find a match where the owner of one of those types may be a bit shallow on SP overall, yet in position to compete this year. I’d sell them on Paddack replacing the youth they’re losing, and they’re getting an ace kicker bouncing back in Sale (even though nobody knows if he’ll even be half his former self after the surgery). If they resist, I’d even kick in Skubal to try to make it a “Godfather deal.” – Just my 2 cents tho.
  
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David says 2 years ago

Was Jeimer Candelario an oversight? Dude slashed 297/369/503 in the heart of the Tigers lineup and at 26, is just now heading into his prime.

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  This update was done before he really started hitting well. He’ll be in my top-500 next week, but not overly high on him longterm.
  
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Josue Rosario says 2 years ago

How does Devin Williams NOT crack to top 500? Beyond unhittable. I’m not saying he should be top 200-300 but there are pitchers he must land in front of, Like Keona Kela for example.

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  This update was done very early in his breakout. Wasn’t going top rank a rookie reliever with one month of success too high. He’ll be well within my top-500 next week.
  
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Ben says 2 years ago

Hello Eric, again, thanks for your great work!
I’m looking to upgrade my pitching staff with some future aces in my dynasty baseball league. Can you name a few good young promising arms other than Gore, Cease, and company? Thoughts on Sixto Sanchez ,Casey Mize, Matt Manning, Spencer Howard, Asa Lacy, AJ Puk? Highest potential/low risk reward? Or are there other promising pitchers you could suggest to help me?

Thanks for coming back, really appreciate!

Ben

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Hey Ben,
  
  Sorry for the delay in responding. To start, I’d take Cease out of that discussion as his FB command is really holding him back. Luckily, there’s a ton of top-end pitching talent in the minors or that debuted this season. Sixto is a legit stud with three plus pitches. May is another great target. For prospects, Gore, Pearson, and Manning are no-doubt targets. Maybe you can get Howard or Luzardo on a slight buy-low. Little further away, love the trio of Lacy/Hancock/Meyer from this 2020 draft and both Mick Abel and Nick Bitsko have ace potential but are years away.
  
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Ben says 2 years ago

What are your thoughts on Brandon Lowe, can he repeat seasons like 2020 year after year? If you have a choice between: Tim Anderson, Brandon Lowe, Kyle Lewis, Teoscar Hernandez, Trent Grisham, who would you pick first among the list?

Thanks a lot for your great work!

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  I do think he can maintain this level of production. Statcast data is promising. Out of that list, I’d probably go Anderson.
  
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Jeremiah says 2 years ago

Love the list!! I’m in a 12 team keeper league

Tatis Jr.
Robert
Huira
Glasnow
Gore
Sale
Springer
J. Rodriguez
Luciano
Kim
Greinke

I can keep 7, who would you pick?

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Thanks Jeremiah! I’d go Tatis, Robert, Hiura, Gore, Springer, J-Rod, Glasnow.
  
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Millhouse says 2 years ago

Great work! I am currently in an 8 team (6 keeper) league. Due to a lot of trades and waiver wire pitching, I have the following players:

Juan Soto
Bregman
Luis Robert
Eloy
Hiura
Trea Turner
Jose Ramirez
Devers
Yordan
Kyle Tucker

Which 6 would you keep as well as the next 2 for consideration? Thank you.

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Thank you! I’d go Soto, Bregman, Robert, Trea, Devers, Yordan followed by J-Ram and Eloy
  
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  1. Millhouse says 2 years ago
    
    Thanks for the reply and I apologize for not getting back quicker. Obviously, Luis is a phenomenon but do you think that he will produce enough next year (fantasy wise) to garner a keeper pick? Or will he blossom in 2-3 years? Also, when/if do you think Yordan will gain an eligibility other than DH? Thanks again.
    
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    1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
      
      I do think Robert is worth a keeper pick. AVG might not be great but the power/speed should be there.
      
      Yordan will likely be a year to year case, but with his knee issues, I doubt he gets much OF time.
      
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2. Josh says 2 years ago
  
  Soto, Robert, Eloy, Turner
  
  coin flip the next 2 from the pool of Devers, Bregman & JoRam, leaning JoRam if you’re dead set on competing for the championship this year (and I’d assume so if it’s an 8 team league, everyone should be a contender), or if you’re somehow working a rebuild, I’d lean Devers just for the fact he’s 4 years JoRam’s junior.
  
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Ken says 2 years ago

Not a fan of Dylan Moore?

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  I am to a degree, but not convinced he’s more than a UTIL guy moving forward.
  
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Jay says 2 years ago

Would you keep Plesac or Burnes for next year?

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  I’d go Burnes. Higher upside.
  
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amel benn says 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your info

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Cameron says 2 years ago

Great list! You have Jose Garcia of the reds listed as 35 years old though….?

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Thank you Cameron. Yeah, I do a VLOOKUP from a CSV I download from our database and sometimes it grabs the wrong age for these multiple same names. I try to catch and correct them all but some do slip through. Will be correct in ext week’s update.
  
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Zachery says 2 years ago

Hi Eric,

Would you trade Paddack for Muncy straight up? I have Paddack, I want to sell him before his value gets too low. Thanks so much!

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Sorry for the delay in responding. No, I wouldn’t make that move. Think you could get a better hitter for him.
  
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John says 2 years ago

Great work, as always! May I ask why Pablo Lopez is so low (#490). I’d have him close to top 150 for Dynasty. Thanks!

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Top-150 seems a bit high. I need to see more sustained success from Lopez, and in general, I don’t think he has that level of upside. Thank you for reading!
  
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  1. John says 2 years ago
    
    thanks for the reply! It’s leading me to dig into him a little more. Maybe I had him a bit overrated in my mind. Thanks!
    
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    1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
      
      Any time! Thanks for reading!
      
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      1. John says 2 years ago
        
        ah ha, looks like I was on the right track with Pablo! even though I was high on him, I didn’t see him being that good last year haha
Simon says 2 years ago

I have a decision to make come 2021 season

Pick 5 keepers from this bunch standard h2h cat scoring

Trout
Harper
Bregman
Bellinger
Gleybor torres
Bo bichette
Chris paddock/bauer

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  I’d go Trout, Harper, Bregman, Bellinger, and Bo.
  
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Travis Pastore says 2 years ago

Interested why the gap between Puason and Erick Pena. Pena was listed ahead in the top 250 prospects, so I’m interested in what vaulted Puason up so high.

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  Position factors in a little more here and have reevaluated each. I kinda went a bit overboard ranking Pena, to be honest.
  
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Joe says 2 years ago

Thoughts on plesac, Muncy , keller for biggio and howard. Id be getting biggio and howard side

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1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
  
  I’d take that. Very high on both you’d be acquiring.
  
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Steve Pipkin-Savage says 3 years ago

Knizner. do you not see him as the Cardinals “catcher of the future”?

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  It’s possible he could be, but the Cardinals also have Ivan Herrera who might be even better.
  
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Eric Dominguez says 3 years ago

So I’m in a dynasty league with a draft this weekend. It is very deep with supp. and minor drafts, and I am unsure if my catcher will be good enough. I have Robinson Chirinos, who I was hoping could hold on long enough until Miguel Amaya comes up for the Cubs, but could potentially trade up and grab Christian Vazquez in the supplemental draft. I have pick 9, and am thinking trading that and a fourth round minor league pick for the number 3 overall supplemental pick. What do you think

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  I’d probably stand pat. Amaya should be a solid fantasy catcher and isn’t terribly far away.
  
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Joseph Ogg says 3 years ago

Hi Eric,
Mitch Haniger was a keeper from last year. Will he ever return to form?

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  I’m not betting on it.
  
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Chaz says 3 years ago

Thanks for putting this together! I get to keep a player at each position, plus a UTIL, 4SP’s, 4RP’s. I noticed you don’t have Keone Kela on the list, which I had marked above Dakota Hudson. I guess it might be easier to lay out my options and list who I am keeping. Am I making any mistakes?

C – O. Narvaez
1b – H. Dozier
2b – Hiura
SS – Bichette
3b – Andujar
LF – Calhoun
CF – Haniger
RF – Mercado
U – Villar

SP – Hendricks
SP – McCullers
SP – Folty
SP – Odorizzi
RP – Woodruf
RP – Leclerc
RP – German
RP – Kela

Batters not listed for those positions are Swanson, Votto, Luis Arraez, Tauchmann, Santander, Kendrick.
Pitchers not listed are Quintana, Ross Stripling, Luis Severino, Dakota Hudson

So would you suggest I keep Arraez overHaniger and Hudson over Kela? Anything else I might be missing would also be appreciated. Thanks again!

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1. Chaz says 3 years ago
  
  Was hoping that Severino not being kept would go unnoticed and I could pick him up late in the draft with his low O-Rank, do you think it’s worthwhile to keep him over any of the above pitchers?
  
  Thanks again, I really do appreciate it.
  
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  1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
    
    Absolutely do. Severino still has immense upside. I’d probably let go of Odorizzi or German.
    
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2. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  Just saw this comment too. Keep Sevy over Hudson.
  
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Colin says 3 years ago

How high would Ohtani be on your list if this were a daily league where he can be used as a pitcher and hitter?

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  Top-25 definitely. Much more value there.
  
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benazzi says 3 years ago

Great stuff some really good ones

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Jordan says 3 years ago

Hey Eric! As always, thanks for the great work! Was offered Correa & Bart for my Muncy in a 12 team, shallow dynasty league. I’m rebuilding and stocking up on young upside/prospect, so Muncy is an obvious trade piece. Is it worth the risk to take on Correa? Thanks!

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J.A. Wallace says 3 years ago

Is Sam Carlson SP Seattle not on the list? Unless I missed him.

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  I don’t have him in my top-500 overall dynasty ranks yet. Like him as a prospect, but when you factor in MLB players too, he’s not quite there for me.
  
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Darrell says 3 years ago

Hey Eric,

I’ve recently gone through a huge rebuild period with my team. I’ve got about 19 of the top 100 prospects. I’m obviously not expecting to contend for the next couple of years. A lot of guys are approaching me about trading Corey Seager but i’m really stuck on how to value him at this point. Any input would be helpful. Thanks!

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  I’ve soured on Seager. Still think he’s a solid asset, but he doesn’t run and doesn’t have huge power. I think what we saw initially is about as good as it’s gonna get with him. Maybe .300/25 at some point, but don’t think there’s upside for more than that. I’d be fine trading him as his name still can bring back a good return.
  
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marcadillo says 3 years ago

Who is the most mlb ready of these: Lodolo, Rutledge, Espino, Manoah?
who has the most upside?

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  Most MLB-ready is Lodolo. He’s the most polished arm out of these four and likely makes it to the Majors first.
  
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2. Jeff says 2 years ago
  
  Eric,
  
  Thanks for putting this list together, as well as all of your other ones.
  
  That said, no Hudson Head? As high as you have been in him in other places, and where you have him ranked there compared to guys that show up on this list, that surprises me.
  
  How come?
  
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  1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
    
    Head didn’t miss by much, but his proximity to the Majors factored in here. Longterm, I’m high on his skillset.
    
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    1. Jeff says 2 years ago
      
      Gotcha, thanks!
      
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Brad M. says 3 years ago

Hey Eric,
I’m going to use the site today instead of Twitter for this question……

What are your thoughts on the long term upside and potential fantasy value for:

Terrin Vavra
Jeremiah Jackson
George Valera

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  Valera has the highest upside overall with the potential to be a top-20 prospect in 2021. Vavra has solid contact skills and modest power/speed, but not sure how he fits in Colorado longterm. Jackson has nice power, but I question the AVG.
  
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Wayne says 3 years ago

Thought maybe I should let you know, if I declared today, I was dropping Ramos, Urias, and Upton, so basically im asking if im over valueing the pitchers because of my situation.

Thanks
Wayne

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Wayne says 3 years ago

Hi Eric,
Im in a 6×6 Total bases and Holds

Dynasty type league keep 35, draft 15 rounds, with a limit of 10 adds in the year. Having a bit of trouble with the last 5 keepers. 5 of these Evan White, Roughed Odor, Justin Upton, Luis Urias, Heliot Ramos,
Andrew Heaney, Mike Foltynewitz, Marcus Stroman, Im good in hitting, but mid pack in pitching, which is why im thinking maybe I should keep more pitching. What do you think?

Thanks,
Wayne

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  Hey Wayne. I would personally keep White, Heany, Stroman, Folty, and Upton.
  
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wily mo says 3 years ago

just a heads up, you’ve got tsutsugo in there twice. 340 & 351

i wish there WERE two of him then i’d have a better shot to get him in my draft

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  THat was already updated. Try clearing your cache.
  
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  1. Joshua Wallace says 3 years ago
    
    I’m still seeing them both there
    
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    1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
      
      I’m going to be doing an update soon anyway which will overwrite everything.
      
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Diesel says 3 years ago

Trying to rebuild pithing depth in my minors. Deep Fantasy (20 team) lots of guys on rosters outside of this list. Pache and Hays in CF pipeline.

Pitchers of note: B. McKay, Teheran, Rodriguez, M. Wacha, T. Mahle, M. Keller, and B. Keller. I’m still out a few years (at least) from contention. Wonder how you feel about selling out for pitching prospects? Gap between J. Polanco and T. Turner is sizable when Turner plays a full season. What are your thoughts about further development from J. Polanco and the trade overall? I feel like I’m giving up too much, but with such shallow pitching I’m curious if you would make this play…

TRADE
T. Turner SS
L. Taveras CF
M. Moniak CF
A. Alzolay SP
J. Loaisiga RP

RECEIVE
J. Polanco SS
S. Reid-Foley SP
M. Libertore SP
A. Medina SP
E. Hankins SP

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  It’s not terrible, but I agree, you’re giving up too much.
  
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Danny says 3 years ago

Opinions on a couple of the Korean transfers:

Josh Lindblom
Kwang-hyun Kim

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  Honestly, I’m never high on foreign arms right away, unless it’s an Ohtani type player. I’m not putting much stock in either guy for 2020.
  
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tyler says 3 years ago

Why so low on glasnow?

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  Three things…
  1) Command issues
  2) Durability
  3) CH stinks
  
  I like him, just not going gaga over him like others.
  
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Ken says 3 years ago

How close is Soto to passing Trout?

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  They’re not far apart.
  
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Colin says 3 years ago

I am curious your thoughts on Dominic Smith and Domingo Santana. Domingo was looking great until a major slump after his injury this year. Dominic seems to just need a starting opportunity. If both had a guaranteed starting opportunity, would they rank higher?

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  They would, especially Santana. While Smith has shown improvement, I’m still not overly high on him.
  
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rollock says 3 years ago

Garrett Hampson at 100 lol

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  He’s legit. I’ll keep saying it until I’m blue in the face. Plus hit tool and speed, sound plate approach, and enough power to get into the 13-18 HR range. All he needs is a chance to start regularly. His September production hints at
  
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  1. Tim Acree says 3 years ago
    
    I saw Hampson’s BP in consecutive days at Coors last year and I came away convinced he does not have 13-18 HR power. He’s still a “buy” imo because speed is so scarce, but I wouldn’t expect more than 10.
    
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    1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
      
      Agree to disagree on the power. Not saying he’s a 20-homer guy, but I definitely think teens are possible at Coors.
      
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      1. Dan says 3 years ago
        
        What do you think about his 82mph exit velo?
Austin says 3 years ago

Duplantier? Honeywell? Even heyward. Ouch

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  What about them? That they didn’t make the list? Duplantier is a Sp3/4 in my eyes, nothing too special. Honeywell would’ve made the list but is incredibly risky at this point. Heyward, sure, he could make the list, but only in the back-end.
  
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George S Pascoe says 3 years ago

How about Spencer Howard unless I missed him he was left off your 500 the Phillies are high on him and many project him to debut in 2020
crazyhorse

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  He’s at #180. I’m very high on him as well.
  
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Dee says 3 years ago

What are your thoughts on Sam Hilliard in dynasty format? Also, do you prefer Kolten Wong’s upside over Odor’s in a 7×7 categories (OPS, Average, TB) dynasty league?

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  I’m a fan of Hilliard. Nice power/speed mix. AVG won’t be too high, but the power/speed mix in Coors will play. Between Wong and Odor, I have them only three spots apart. Upside I’d say is similar, but Wong probably has the higher floor.
  
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Jd says 3 years ago

I have multiple people trying to acquire Franco from me in the from of picks. Would you trade him at all?? How many first rounders would it take? I have Lindor in my SS an we speak so I have the flexibility to move Franco. Thanks

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  I would want players for Franco, and even then, I’d ask for the moon. I’ve NEVER ranked a guy below Double-A this highly.
  
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  1. Matt Smith says 3 years ago
    
    Just starting to draft for my first ever Dynasty League. How early would you look to draft Franco?
    
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    1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
      
      I’d definitely look at him in the first three rounds. He isn’t making it past pick 30-35 or so in most dynasty start ups.
      
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Dale Coffin says 3 years ago

Hey Eric. Thanks or the list. I found two edits for you

Both Will Smith’s are RPs I’m Atlanta. I assume one of them I suspect the higher ranked on is a catcher for the Dodgers.

I don’t think you intended to rank Julio Rodriguez, the catcher from Detroit at 73.

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  Thanks, yeah there was a slight glitch with the data I converted over. Should be all fixed now. Thanks for reading!
  
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james says 3 years ago

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)

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Karim Siddiqi says 3 years ago

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.

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  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.
  
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  1. Karim Siddiqi says 3 years ago
    
    Thanks for checking back Eric. I appreciate it. I’ll go get Fraley.
    
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    1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
      
      Any time Karim! Thanks for the question.
      
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Drew says 3 years ago

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.

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  Apologies for the delay. That should be allowed through in my opinion. It’s not too bad.
  
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  1. Gordy says 3 years ago
    
    Plus, Orelvis was ranked at 282, not unranked.
    
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Derrick Moss says 3 years ago

Would Danny Santana still be outside the top 100 at this point?

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  Yes, he’s not near the top-100 for me.
  
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Taylor says 3 years ago

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.

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  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.
  
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Abe Lincoln says 3 years ago

Raimel Tapia only 25 and hitting .290 in the middle of the Rockies lineup doesn’t make the top 400?

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  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.
  
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Jorge Calzada says 3 years ago

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.

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  Thank you Jorge. I’d keep Adell and McKay there.
  
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AdamH says 3 years ago

More upside – Kelenic or Luciano?

Thanks!

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  That’s really close. Pure upside, I’ll give the slight edge to Luciano.
  
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Kannan Akins says 3 years ago

Why is Meadows ranked higher than Kepler and Muncy? Trying to decide which one is my last keeper.

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1. John says 3 years ago
  
  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.
  
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  1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
    
    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.
    
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Alex Chen says 3 years ago

Hunter Dozier seems very low

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  I’m not a believer in him longterm.
  
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John says 3 years ago

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

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  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.
  
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  1. Mips says 3 years ago
    
    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??
    
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    1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
      
      Haha, I wouldn’t go that far, but that’d not a good deal.
      
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    2. Bill says 2 years ago
      
      Without hesitation.
      
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    3. tim says 9 months ago
      
      is V Grissom close to the top 500? I see you have some articles referencing him but you might be the low man on him
      
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      1. Eric Cross says 9 months ago
        
        I like Grissom more and more every time I watch him, but there are so many prospects in that range near the back end of my top-500. There’s a chance he slides in next update.
helene says 3 years ago

very good well done thank you

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1. Mike says 2 years ago
  
  I’m curious I just was offered a dynasty trade that is tough for me – I give up Kelenic for Wander Franco? Would you do it? Im thinking Kelenic is more of a stud for fantasy purposes and Franco is great don’t get me wrong but I think more of a real life player – I appreciate you taking the time
  
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  1. Eric Cross says 2 years ago
    
    Hey Mike, I’ve been on the fence about moving Kelenic above Wander myself and I’m finally there. I’d keep kelenic there.
    
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  2. MJ says 1 year ago
    
    How could you not JUMP at an offer of Franco for Kelenic?! They are not even in the same class. I would make sure you are being offered the REAL Wander and if so…..DO IT ASAP!!!
    
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Baxter says 3 years ago

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.

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1. Eric Cross says 3 years ago
  
  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.
  
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