Top 500 Fantasy Baseball Dynasty Rankings for 2025

Cole Ragans and Tarik Skubal need to be top 150. Lots of questionable bats up there…

This aged poorly

No Edwin Arroyo? huh?

12 team roto dynasty league (5×5). keep 7 keepers annually. Trade Trout for Kirby, Pressly, and Stephenson (cather) as currently 3rd in standings (four teams get paid). Would be trading with first place team. Also, i could keep Kirby (other keepers are: J-Rod, Witt Jr, Matt Olson, Corey Seager and potentials for final three spots (Kirby, Buxton, Adolis Garcia, Bogaerts, Bieber, Gausman, Felix Bautista, and McLain if he keeps playing well). thoughts on making trade and what other three keepers would you keep after the big four solid Keepers.

Joe Ryan and Zac Gallen
for
eloy, neto, Emmanuel Rodriguez, degrom, eury
team getting eloy would drop raya, snelling, and collier and rebuild vs contender trade

i’ve got a contending, young team in a dynasty sv/hld league but don’t have a true lockdown reliever, i even have one starting RP spot unfilled because i haven’t liked my options. Currently have AJ Puk & Jason Adams on the squad, and Alexis Diaz was recently made available. Compensation would equate to about two second-round picks or a second rounder and William Contreras (he’s floated on and off waivers all year, not a lot of catcher love in this league). Would you (1) hold Contreras regardless and find another player in there since you have him pretty high on your rankings and then (2) either make the move for Diaz as the Reds ascend and get a top RP to fill out the roster or just go through waivers to find a third guy? appreciate the help

Someone just dropped Vinnie Pasquantino in my dynasty league. How aggresive should I be with my free agent dollars?

Dynasty League. Would you trade Nestor Cortes/Bryce Miller/Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Luis Castillo? Or is that an overpay?

Doug, true, other than injuries, surprise call-ups, demotions and fulfilling expectations a year late (see Jarred Kelenic), the first 30-60 days of a season don’t matter in dynasty.

Gotta say, it’s been disappointing to not have a single update to this ranking yet. I know we don’t pay for this, but early season pickups and rankings are crucial as we have these players you know, forever. Again, we don’t pay, but those early season updates in the past were very useful.
On that subject … what do folks think is a great dynasty site (with rankings) that is or isn’t subscription-based. Thank you.

Where does Jared Shuster fall outside the top 500? Will his earning the rotation spot bring him into the top 500?

Are you able to add a csv download link to this page?

One to cut between Jared Walsh, Garrett Cooper, and Wil Myers. Who you droppin?

Why the cut from 500 to 300 names? I was really relying on those later rankings in my dynasty league. I hope this is temporary.

I have noticed that Jhonkensy Noel has fallen off your Top 500. Just too much swing and miss, and potentially no defensive home? Or am I missing something else?

Closers are always too low in these rankings. I looked a couple who didn’t even make the list. If you were starting a 15-team dynasty league and had a 33 round draft to kick it off (495 picks), any current closer is getting taken by someone.

Hey Eric,

Thank you again for all of the great content! When will the next rankings come out? 🙂

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.

Um……Thairo?

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.

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

Why no love for Adolis Garcia?

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

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!

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?

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.

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.

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

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!

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!