Fantasy Baseball Dynasty Rankings: 2019 Spring Edition

You asked for them and here they are. Introducing my updated fantasy baseball dynasty rankings for the 2019 season. It’s a glorious time of year, isn’t it? If you live in the North, the polar vortex is finally over and snow piles are beginning to dwindle in size. For those in Florida and Arizona, baseball players as far as the eye can see, most of whom are in “the best shape of their life”, are invading your state for that beautiful event we call Spring Training. Yes, truly a wonderful time of the year. Damn, I might just break out into song. (Don’t worry, not happening).

A big part of dynasty leagues is making trades. Whether you’re adding talent for a championship run or rebuilding your roster via prospect acquisitions, trading is always happening and it’s very important. Or maybe you’re just starting up a new dynasty league and have your draft coming up. Whatever the case may be, that’s where these fantasy baseball dynasty rankings come in.

For more prospect love, check out my top-250 prospect rankings for dynasty leagues.

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A few things to keep in mind with these rankings:

Proximity plays more of a factor for prospects here than it does in my top-250 prospect rankings.
This is more like 1B. Just because Player A (Aging veteran) is ahead of Player B (Hot Prospect), doesn’t necessarily mean I personally like A more than B. A lot of factors go into these rankings, including current value and the value a player can provide over the next few years. Wander Franco is one heck of a talent but he’s not helping your dynasty team for another 2-3 years at least.
Due to the above, these rankings will not 100% line up with my top-250 prospect rankings.
These rankings are a blend of recent performance, current value, and value moving forward.

Fantasy Baseball Dynasty Rankings

Rank	Player	Pos.	Team
1	Mike Trout	OF	LAA
2	Mookie Betts	OF	BOS
3	Jose Ramirez	3B	CLE
4	Francisco Lindor	SS	CLE
5	Bryce Harper	OF	PHI
6	Ronald Acuna	OF	ATL
7	Nolan Arenado	3B	COL
8	Juan Soto	OF	WAS
9	Christian Yelich	OF	MIL
10	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	3B	TOR
11	Trea Turner	SS	WAS
12	Carlos Correa	SS	HOU
13	Aaron Judge	OF	NYY
14	Manny Machado	3B	SD
15	Kris Bryant	3B	CHC
16	Alex Bregman	3B	HOU
17	Jacob deGrom	SP	NYM
18	Freddie Freeman	1B	ATL
19	Trevor Story	SS	COL
20	Max Scherzer	SP	WAS
21	J.D. Martinez	DH/OF	BOS
22	Paul Goldschmidt	1B	STL
23	Giancarlo Stanton	OF	NYY
24	Javier Baez	2B	CHC
25	Chris Sale	SP	BOS
26	Jose Altuve	2B	HOU
27	Andrew Benintendi	OF	BOS
28	Rhys Hoskins	OF	PHI
29	Walker Buehler	SP	LAD
30	Cody Bellinger	1B/OF	LAD
31	Aaron Nola	SP	PHI
32	Blake Snell	SP	TB
33	Eloy Jimenez	OF	CHW
34	Charlie Blackmon	OF	COL
35	Gerrit Cole	SP	HOU
36	Victor Robles	OF	WAS
37	Whit Merrifield	2B	KC
38	Anthony Rizzo	1B	CHC
39	Xander Bogaerts	SS	BOS
40	Luis Severino	SP	NYY
41	Ozzie Albies	2B	ATL
42	Anthony Rendon	3B	WAS
43	Noah Syndergaard	SP	NYM
44	Fernando Tatis Jr	SS	SD
45	Starling Marte	OF	PIT
46	Khris Davis	DH/OF	OAK
47	Corey Seager	SS	LAD
48	Gleyber Torres	2B	NYY
49	Corey Kluber	SP	CLE
50	George Springer	OF	HOU
51	Trevor Bauer	SP	CLE
52	Eugenio Suarez	3B	CIN
53	David Dahl	OF	COL
54	Carlos Carrasco	SP	CLE
55	Miguel Andujar	3B	NYY
56	Rafael Devers	3B	BOS
57	Justin Verlander	SP	HOU
58	Jo Adell	OF	LAA
59	Gary Sanchez	C	NYY
60	Bo Bichette	SS	TOR
61	Jack Flaherty	SP	STL
62	Garrett Hampson	2B	COL
63	Clayton Kershaw	SP	LAD
64	Edwin Diaz	RP	NYM
65	Alex Kirilloff	OF	MIN
66	Adalberto Mondesi	SS	KC
67	Matt Olson	1B	OAK
68	Jameson Taillon	SP	PIT
69	Shohei Ohtani	SP/DH	LAA
70	Kyle Tucker	OF	HOU
71	Jean Segura	SS	PHI
72	Forrest Whitley	SP	HOU
73	Yoan Moncada	2B	CHW
74	J.T. Realmuto	C	PHI
75	Stephen Strasburg	SP	WAS
76	Wander Franco	SS	TB
77	Will Myers	3B	SD
78	Matt Chapman	3B	OAK
79	Nick Senzel	3B/OF	CIN
80	Peter Alonso	1B	NYM
81	Jose Berrios	SP	MIN
82	Mitch Haniger	OF	SEA
83	Gregory Polanco	OF	PIT
84	Craig Kimbrel	RP	FA
85	Josh Donaldson	3B	ATL
86	Royce Lewis	SS	MIN
87	Lorenzo Cain	OF	MIL
88	James Paxton	SP	NYY
89	Matt Carpenter	1B	STL
90	Jesus Luzardo	SP	OAK
91	Marcell Ozuna	OF	STL
92	Jose Peraza	SS	CIN
93	Patrick Corbin	SP	WAS
94	Justin Upton	OF	LAA
95	Max Muncy	1B	LAD
96	Kenley Jansen	RP	LAD
97	Blake Treinen	RP	OAK
98	Zack Wheeler	SP	NYM
99	Chris Paddack	SP	SD
100	Madison Bumgarner	SP	SF
101	Justin Turner	3B	LAD
102	Josh Hader	RP	MIL
103	Tommy Pham	OF	TB
104	Nicholas Castellanos	OF	DET
105	Mike Clevinger	SP	CLE
106	Michael Conforto	OF	NYM
107	Zack Greinke	SP	ARI
108	Yasiel Puig	OF	LAD
109	Eddie Rosario	OF	MIN
110	Jesus Aguilar	1B	MIL
111	Roberto Osuna	RP	HOU
112	Michael Kopech	SP	CHW
113	Jose Abreu	1B	CHW
114	Keston Hiura	2B	MIL
115	Joey Gallo	1/3/OF	TEX
116	Alex Reyes	SP	STL
117	Robbie Ray	SP	ARI
118	Robinson Cano	2B	NYM
119	Jesse Winker	OF	CIN
120	Daniel Murphy	1B/2B	COL
121	Aaron Hicks	OF	NYY
122	Joey Votto	1B	CIN
123	Travis Shaw	1B/2B/3B	MIL
124	Tyler O'Neill	OF	STL
125	Nomar Mazara	OF	TEX
126	Brandon Nimmo	OF	NYM
127	Brendan Rodgers	2B/SS	COL
128	Raisel Iglesias	RP	CIN
129	Luis Castillo	SP	CIN
130	Byron Buxton	OF	MIN
131	Dylan Cease	SP	CHW
132	Austin Meadows	OF	TB
133	Brent Honeywell	SP	TB
134	Eduardo Rodriguez	SP	BOS
135	Mike Foltynewicz	SP	ATL
136	German Marquez	SP	COL
137	Chris Archer	SP	PIT
138	Didi Gregorius	SS	NYY
139	A.J. Pollock	OF	LAD
140	Amed Rosario	SS	NYM
141	Salvador Perez	C	KC
142	Dee Gordon	2B	SEA
143	Willson Contreras	C	CHC
144	Scooter Gennett	2B	CIN
145	Aroldis Chapman	RP	NYY
146	Alex Verdugo	OF	LAD
147	Yasmani Grandal	C	MIL
148	MacKenzie Gore	SP	SD
149	David Price	SP	BOS
150	Carlos Martinez	SP	STL
151	Michael Brantley	OF	HOU
152	Touki Toussaint	SP	ATL
153	Jonathan Schoop	2B	MIN
154	Miguel Sano	3B	MIN
155	Tim Anderson	SS	CHW
156	Casey Mize	SP	DET
157	Francisco Mejia	C	SD
158	Jonathan Villar	2B	BAL
159	Mike Mousakas	3B	MIL
160	Kyle Hendricks	SP	CHC
161	Yordan Alvarez	OF	HOU
162	David Peralta	OF	ARI
163	Nolan Gorman	3B	STL
164	Luis Urias	2B/SS	SD
165	Jurickson Profar	INF	OAK
166	Yu Darvish	SP	CHC
167	Jonathan India	3B	CIN
168	Miguel Cabrera	1B	DET
169	A.J. Puk	SP	OAK
170	Josh James	SP	HOU
171	Shane Bieber	SP	CLE
172	Andres Gimenez	SS	NYM
173	Harrison Bader	OF	STL
174	Rougned Odor	2B	TEX
175	Danny Jansen	C	TOR
176	Franmil Reyes	OF	SD
177	Carter Kieboom	SS	WAS
178	Taylor Trammell	OF	CIN
179	Yusei Kikuchi	SP	SEA
180	Miles Mikolas	SP	STL
181	Trevor Larnach	OF	MIN
182	Nico Hoerner	SS	CHC
183	Jon Gray	SP	COL
184	Joey Bart	C	SF
185	Mike Soroka	SP	ATL
186	Eduardo Escobar	3B	ARI
187	Nathaniel Lowe	1B	TB
188	Ian Desmond	OF	COL
189	Mallex Smith	OF	TB
190	Austin Riley	3B	ATL
191	Charlie Morton	SP	TB
192	Brian Dozier	2B	WAS
193	Lance McCullers	SP	HOU
194	Andrew McCutchen	OF	PHI
195	Willy Adames	SS	TB
196	Victor Victor Mesa	OF	MIA
197	Masahiro Tanaka	SP	NYY
198	Elvis Andrus	SS	TEX
199	Jose Martinez	OF	STL
200	Vidal Brujan	2B	TB
201	Wilson Ramos	C	NYM
202	Ryan McMahon	2B	COL
203	Nick Pivetta	SP	PHI
204	Chris Taylor	SS/OF	LAD
205	Dallas Keuchel	SP	FA
206	Jorge Polanco	SS	MIN
207	Felipe Vazquez	RP	PIT
208	Ramon Laureano	OF	OAK
209	Edwin Encarnacion	1B	SEA
210	Buster Posey	C	SF
211	Cesar Hernandez	2B	PHI
212	Ender Inciarte	OF	ATL
213	Nick Madrigal	2B	CHW
214	Michael Chavis	3B	BOS
215	Kristian Robinson	OF	ARI
216	Adam Eaton	OF	WAS
217	Carlos Santana	1B	CLE
218	Julio Urias	SP	LAD
219	Kevin Smith	SS/3B	TOR
220	Ian Happ	3B/OF	CHC
221	Luis Robert	OF	CHW
222	Rick Porcello	SP	BOS
223	Stephen Piscotty	OF	OAK
224	Lourdes Gurriel	SS	TOR
225	Eric Hosmer	1B	SD
226	Jarred Kelenic	OF	SEA
227	Hunter Greene	SP	CIN
228	Scott Kingery	SS	PHI
229	Andrew Heaney	SP	LAA
230	Sean Doolittle	RP	WAS
231	D.J. LeMahieu	2B	NYY
232	Matt Manning	SP	DET
233	Marcus Semien	SS	OAK
234	Sean Manaea	SP	OAK
235	Kyle Schwarber	OF	CHC
236	Joey Wendle	3B	TB
237	Mark Vientos	3B	NYM
238	Lewis Brinson	OF	MIA
239	J.A. Happ	SP	NYY
240	Cristian Pache	OF	ATL
241	Drew Waters	OF	ATL
242	Jon Lester	SP	CHC
243	Paul DeJong	SS	STL
244	Hunter Renfroe	OF	SD
245	Yadier Molina	C	STL
246	Yusniel Diaz	OF	BAL
247	Luis Garcia	SS	WAS
248	Ross Stripling	SP	LAD
249	Alec Bohm	3B	PHI
250	Justin Smoak	1B	TOR
251	Jake Lamb	3B	ARI
252	Justus Sheffield	SP	SEA
253	Cedric Mullins	OF	BAL
254	Jackie Bradley Jr.	OF	BOS
255	Jose Quintana	SP	CHC
256	Nolan Jones	3B	CLE
257	Brad Hand	RP	CLE
258	Andrelton Simmons	SS	LAA
259	Ketel Marte	SS	ARI
260	Freddy Peralta	SP	MIL
261	Randal Grichuk	OF	TOR
262	Sixto Sanchez	SP	MIA
263	Maikel Franco	3B	PHI
264	Xavier Edwards	SS	SD
265	Tyler Glasnow	SP/RP	TB
266	Ryan Braun	OF/1B	MIL
267	Kyle Freeland	SP	COL
268	Estevan Florial	OF	NYY
269	Jake Bauers	OF/1B	CLE
270	Kyle Wright	SP	ATL
271	Yoenis Cespedes	OF	NYM
272	Corey Dickerson	OF	PIT
273	Jazz Chisholm	SS	ARI
274	Cole Hamels	SP	CHC
275	Nate Pearson	SP	TOR
276	Ken Giles	RP	TOR
277	Ian Anderson	SP	ATL
278	Yuli Gurriel	3B/1B	HOU
279	Manuel Margot	OF	SD
280	Dinelson Lamet	SP	SD
281	Josh Bell	1B	PIT
282	C.J. Cron	1B	MiN
283	Nathan Eovaldi	SP	BOS
284	Ke'Bryan Hayes	3B	PIT
285	Gavin Lux	SS/2B	LAD
286	Kyle Gibson	SP	MIN
287	Nick Markakis	OF	ATL
288	Jesus Sanchez	OF	TB
289	Luis Patino	SP	SD
290	Ryan Mountcastle	3B	BAL
291	Odubel Herrera	OF	PHI
292	Colton Welker	3B	COL
293	Corey Knebel	RP	MIL
294	Billy Hamilton	OF	KC
295	Jeff McNeil	2B/3B	NYM
296	Brandon Crawford	SS	SF
297	Mitch Keller	SP	PIT
298	Joc Pederson	OF	LAD
299	Sean Newcomb	SP	ATL
300	Jorge Alfaro	C	MIA

Eric Cross is the lead MLB/Fantasy Baseball writer and MiLB prospect analyst for FantraxHQ and has been with the site since March 2017. In the past, he wrote for FantasyPros and FanSided. He is also a member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association (FSWA). For more from Eric, check out his author page and follow him on Twitter @EricCross04.

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40 Comments

George Pascoe says 4 years ago
Eric,
No offense but any dynasty list without Wanda Franco or Jasson Domingus is incomplete at best especially when Florial is listed here and he may become a good MLB outfielder however the odds of coming in ahead of these top 10 prospects is nill.
1. Eric Cross says 4 years ago
  These rankings are nearly two years old now. I’d recommend looking at my current rankings.
  https://fantraxhq.com/fantasy-baseball-dynasty-rankings/
Andrew says 6 years ago
I’m trying to decide on a trade and was hoping KiKi would be higher for you, but its a 16 team league and I currently have Khris Davis and Nelson Cruz, but can only play one of them. I just lost Stanton and need either an OF or 2B, as I have Dee Gordon that covers both. Should I trade Cruz for KiKi? Does KiKi have a later career surge like Murphy?
Chris in The ICT says 6 years ago
I can acquire Kyle Tucker for Danny Jansen and Andres Gimenez. I already have Lindor, Bichette, and Kevin Smith to man SS and am a little light in LF. Would leave me light at C, but it’s just catcher. 20 teams, 20 active, 20 bench, 25 minors.
1. Eric Cross says 6 years ago
  Yeah, that seems fair. I’d probably grab Tucker there.
  1. Chris in The ICT says 6 years ago
    Thanks Eric. Love reading your write ups as I’m a long time player, but just recently in Dynasty and deep leagues. Keep up the great work.
    1. Eric Cross says 6 years ago
      Thank you Chris. Appreciate that.
Brett says 6 years ago
Where would you put Max Kepler? He seems to be in the middle of most lists
1. Eric Cross says 6 years ago
  I’m not high on him. Probably would be in my 325-350 range
Jim says 6 years ago
Where would you rank Clint Frazier on a dynasty ranking?
1. Eric Cross says 6 years ago
  Not very high to be honest. Maybe in the 500 range. Never been a big fan of the profile and he’s thoroughly blocked in New York.
Jim says 6 years ago
Where would you rank Clint Frazier?
1. Eric Cross says 6 years ago
  Not very high to be honest. Maybe in the 500 range. Never been a big fan of the profile and he’s thoroughly blocked in New York.
dude says 6 years ago
Wanted to see if I could get some keeper help from you? I’m in a 12 team 5×5 roto keeper league. We keep 15 players. Salaries assigned by round selected (Round 1 $17, Round 2 $16, etc) and then given a $5 bump each year. Another quirk of the league is we start with 2 Free Agent pickups and get another every other week, so it’s hard to spec on potential closers without eating up the limited FA pickups. I’m set on 10 of my keepers and wanted to see if you could help with my last 5. We start C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, IF, 4 OF, 5 SP, 3 RP.
My 10 set in stone keepers; Hoskins (1B,OF), Albies(2B), Arenado(3B), Lindor(SS), Machado(SS/3B), Martinez(OF), Benintendi(OF), Verlander(SP), Nola(SP), Berrios (SP).
I have $57 to spend on my last 5 keeper spots. Options are; Dahl ($15), LeClerck($15), Mikolas($14), Senzel($12), Verdugo($10), Meadows($9), O’Neill ($8), R. Lopez ($7), A. Suarez ($6).
I’m pretty sure I will be going with Dahl, Mikolas, Senzel, Meadows, and Lopez which come out to $57. LeClerck is the only other I’m really considering for some balance going into the draft (you had provided input on that previously, but dropping Dahl seems hard to do, and I think I can just focus on closers in the draft).
Was just offered a $9 Whitley for a player I’m not keeping. Do I take the trade and swap him in for Meadows (or do you see any other way to try and juggle the salaries that I’m not seeing)?
1. Eric Cross says 6 years ago
  No, not really. I do like Meadows, but I’d rather keep Whitley over him.
Jeremy says 6 years ago
Is there a way to get this as a printable list? Am I just dumb and not seeing it?
1. Eric Cross says 6 years ago
  Shoot me an email at [email protected] and I can send you a PDF.
Christomir Rackov says 6 years ago
I see. For the other 2 it’s not so surprising, but I guess it means you’re really down on Voit; i.e. – you expect him to quickly lose his 1B starting job with the Yankees?
Danny says 6 years ago
Should be Jacob de Grom, not Jacon de Grom.
1. Eric Cross says 6 years ago
  Thanks for the catch.
2. Kyle says 6 years ago
  Should be Jacob deGrom, not Jacob de Grom
  1. Eric Cross says 6 years ago
    That’s how it is. deGrom.
    1. Kyle says 6 years ago
      I wasn’t correcting you, Eric, just that asshat Danny. We knew what you meant. If you’re going to correct someone, make sure you’re correct… I bet Danny is fun at parties.
      This is a great list! Appreciate your hard work!
      1. Eric Cross says 6 years ago
        Oh gotcha. And thank-you! Appreciate the support.
Christomir Rackov says 6 years ago
Should we assume that Luke Voit, Joe Musgrove and Brendan McKay are outside of the Top 300? 🙂
1. Eric Cross says 6 years ago
  haha yes. All didn’t miss by much though. Would all be within the top-350.
  1. Christomir Rackov says 6 years ago
    I see. For the other 2 it’s not so surprising, but I guess it means you’re really down on Voit; i.e. – you expect him to quickly lose his 1B starting job with the Yankees?
    1. Eric Cross says 6 years ago
      I do like Voit, just question his long-term role and if he’s a full-time starter moving forward.
Diesel says 6 years ago
Anthony Russo qualifies at 2B in most leagues. Should be higher for that reason IMO.
1. Eric Cross says 6 years ago
  I was trying to stick mostly to primary position or positions where they would be eligible in all platforms.
Ed Corbett says 6 years ago
Is this only the top 300 guys or is there an extended list? Our Dynasty League goes deep (14 teams 50 per team)
1. Eric Cross says 6 years ago
  I only went top-300, but also have a top-250 prospects article that could help in your league.
  https://fantraxhq.com/2019-overall-top-250-prospects-for-dynasty-leagues/
  1. Ed Corbett says 6 years ago
    Yes, I have read it was a good article. Our league has been together for a long time. Only 23 of these guys are FA going into our draft on 3/2 I have my eye on a few of them. Thanks for writing this. Do you or anyone else there have a list of approximate auction values for a 700 player league that is drafting mostly prospects? Each of the teams with a $100 budget?
    1. Eric Cross says 6 years ago
      Unfortunately no.
Justin says 6 years ago
Very difficult thing to do but I just question putting Moncada in the top 55. His plate discipline is so concerning which negatively effects his SB opportunities as well as counting stats.
1. Eric Cross says 6 years ago
  That’s 100% fair. The discipline is concerning, but on the other hand, this is a guy I saw many times in the minors and still have faith that he figures it out enough to hit .260-.270 with 15 HR and 30+ SB. Definitely one of the biggest risk/reward guys on the list, especially within the top-100.
NICK says 6 years ago
Khris Davis?
1. Eric Cross says 6 years ago
  Somehow I left him off by accident. Has been added now. Thanks.
Matthew Mougalian says 6 years ago
Really excited about this list. I have 23 of ’em. #199 Vidal Brujan’s last name is spelled wrong:”Bruajan.” (Is there a better place to put edits?)
1. Eric Cross says 6 years ago
  Thanks for the catch. No not really. Either here or messaging me on Twitter or something.