2025 Fantasy Baseball: Top 150 rankings for Dynasty leagues, complete with value rating system

Here's how to value players when weighing the short-term vs. the long-term

It's easy to fall victim to "prospect hugging" in Dynasty leagues, so prioritizing the long-term that you forget the short-term. But the ultimate goal is, of course, to win a championship, and to achieve that goal, established players may be of some value to you.

So how do you weigh those two competing factors? That's what I'm looking to demonstrate here and to do so, I'll need to rope in a third factor: confidence. Just as important as how good a player should be or could be is how certain I am of it. To develop these rankings, I've assigned each player a score (with one being the lowest and five the highest) for each of these three factors:

1. Present value: What a player is expected to be in 2025
   
2. Future value: What his peak looks like and how much peak he has left
   
3. Confidence rating: How confident I am in him meeting his present and future value

Add the three numbers, adjust for age and preference, and lo and behold, rankings.

Of course, the precise value of a player to you in Dynasty largely depends on where you are in the contention/rebuild cycle, to the extent you believe in such things, so even if you can't see yourself drafting in strict adherence to this list, it might have value to you as a trade guide. In fact, I'd say that's its primary use in longstanding Dynasty leagues.

Top 150 for dynasty leagues

Rank	Player	Age (on 7/1)	Present	Future	Confidence
1	Bobby Witt KC SS	25	5	5	5
2	Juan Soto NYM LF	26	5	5	5
3	Shohei Ohtani LAD DH	30	5	4	5
4	Gunnar Henderson BAL 3B	24	5	5	4
5	Corbin Carroll ARI LF	24	5	5	4
6	Kyle Tucker CHC RF	28	5	5	4
7	Elly De La Cruz CIN SS	23	5	5	3
8	Julio Rodriguez SEA CF	24	5	5	3
9	Fernando Tatis SD RF	26	5	5	3
10	Ronald Acuna ATL RF	27	5	5	3
11	Vladimir Guerrero TOR 1B	26	5	5	3
12	Paul Skenes PIT P	23	5	5	3
13	Jackson Chourio MIL CF	21	4	5	4
14	Jackson Merrill SD SS	22	4	5	4
15	Aaron Judge NYY RF	33	5	3	5
16	Yordan Alvarez HOU DH	28	5	4	4
17	Tarik Skubal DET SP	28	5	4	4
18	Jose Ramirez CLE 3B	32	5	3	5
19	Mookie Betts LAD RF	32	5	3	5
20	Rafael Devers BOS 3B	28	4	4	5
21	Austin Riley ATL 3B	28	4	4	5
22	Francisco Lindor NYM SS	31	5	3	4
23	Jarren Duran BOS CF	28	4	4	4
24	William Contreras MIL C	27	4	4	4
25	Trea Turner PHI SS	32	4	3	4
26	Bryce Harper PHI DH	32	4	3	4
27	Jazz Chisholm NYY CF	27	4	4	3
28	Corbin Burnes ARI SP	30	4	3	4
29	Logan Gilbert SEA SP	28	4	4	3
30	Cole Ragans KC RP	27	4	4	3
31	James Wood WAS OF	22	3	5	3
32	Corey Seager TEX SS	31	4	3	4
33	Manny Machado SD 3B	32	4	3	4
34	Matt Olson ATL 1B	31	4	3	4
35	Pete Alonso NYM 1B	30	4	3	4
36	Ozzie Albies ATL 2B	28	4	4	3
37	Garrett Crochet BOS RP	26	4	5	2
38	George Kirby SEA SP	27	4	4	3
39	Adley Rutschman BAL C	27	3	4	4
40	Yoshinobu Yamamoto LAD P	26	4	5	2
41	C.J. Abrams WAS SS	24	3	4	3
42	Michael Harris ATL CF	24	3	4	3
43	Wyatt Langford TEX OF	23	3	5	2
44	Junior Caminero TB 3B	21	3	5	2
45	Roman Anthony BOS OF	21	1	5	4
46	Dylan Crews WAS CF	23	3	5	2
47	Oneil Cruz PIT SS	26	3	5	2
48	Ketel Marte ARI 2B	31	4	3	3
49	Dylan Cease SD SP	29	4	4	2
50	Spencer Strider ATL SP	26	3	5	2
51	Emmanuel Clase CLE RP	27	3	3	4
52	Zack Wheeler PHI SP	35	5	1	4
53	Freddie Freeman LAD 1B	35	4	1	5
54	Grayson Rodriguez BAL SP	25	3	4	3
55	Bo Bichette TOR SS	27	4	4	2
56	Kyle Schwarber PHI LF	32	4	2	4
57	Framber Valdez HOU SP	31	4	2	4
58	Michael King SD RP	30	4	3	3
59	Matt Shaw CHC SS	23	2	5	2
60	Jasson Dominguez NYY CF	22	2	5	2
61	Kristian Campbell BOS 2B	23	1	5	3
62	Travis Bazzana CLE 2B	22	1	5	3
63	Lawrence Butler ATH CF	24	3	5	1
64	Luis Robert CHW CF	27	4	4	1
65	Yainer Diaz HOU C	26	3	4	2
66	Jordan Westburg BAL 2B	26	3	4	2
67	Willy Adames SF SS	29	3	3	3
68	Josh Naylor CLE 1B	28	3	4	2
69	Royce Lewis MIN 3B	26	3	4	2
70	Anthony Santander BAL RF	30	3	3	3
71	Devin Williams NYY RP	30	3	3	3
72	Will Smith LAD C	30	3	2	4
73	Cal Raleigh SEA C	28	3	3	3
74	Logan Webb SF SP	28	3	3	3
75	Bryce Miller SEA SP	26	3	4	2
76	Hunter Greene CIN SP	25	3	4	2
77	Riley Greene DET CF	24	3	4	2
78	Matt McLain CIN SS	24	3	4	2
79	Triston Casas BOS 1B	25	3	4	2
80	Pete Crow-Armstrong CHC CF	23	2	4	3
81	Jordan Lawlar ARI SS	22	2	4	3
82	Andrew Painter PHI P	22	2	5	2
83	Jackson Jobe DET P	22	2	5	2
84	Coby Mayo BAL 3B	23	2	5	2
85	Jose Altuve HOU 2B	35	4	1	4
86	Chris Sale ATL SP	36	5	1	3
87	Marcus Semien TEX 2B	34	4	2	3
88	Marcell Ozuna ATL DH	34	4	2	3
89	Blake Snell LAD SP	32	4	3	2
90	Gerrit Cole NYY SP	34	4	2	3
91	Luis Garcia WAS 2B	25	3	4	2
92	Vinnie Pasquantino KC 1B	27	3	4	2
93	Pablo Lopez MIN SP	29	3	3	3
94	Shota Imanaga CHC RP	31	4	3	2
95	Tyler Glasnow LAD SP	31	4	3	2
96	Alex Bregman HOU 3B	31	3	2	4
97	Aaron Nola PHI SP	32	3	2	4
98	Max Fried NYY SP	31	3	2	4
99	Walker Jenkins MIN RF	20	1	5	2
100	Jackson Holliday BAL SS	21	1	5	2
101	Noah Schultz CHW SP	21	1	5	2
102	Bubba Chandler PIT P	22	2	5	1
103	Spencer Schwellenbach ATL P	25	3	4	1
104	Zachary Neto LAA SS	24	3	4	1
105	Nick Kurtz ATH 1B	22	1	5	2
106	Marcelo Mayer BOS SS	22	1	4	3
107	JJ Wetherholt STL SS	22	1	5	2
108	Brent Rooker ATH DH	30	4	3	1
109	Brenton Doyle COL CF	27	3	4	1
110	Spencer Steer CIN 1B	27	3	3	2
111	Mason Miller ATH SP	26	3	4	1
112	Hunter Brown HOU SP	26	3	3	2
113	Cody Bellinger NYY CF	29	3	3	2
114	Justin Steele CHC SP	29	3	3	2
115	Zac Gallen ARI SP	29	3	3	2
116	Mark Vientos NYM DH	25	2	4	2
117	Xavier Edwards MIA 2B	25	2	4	2
118	Bryan Woo SEA SP	25	3	4	1
119	Tanner Bibee CLE SP	26	3	3	2
120	Jared Jones PIT SP	23	2	4	2
121	Quinn Mathews STL SP	24	2	5	1
122	Samuel Basallo BAL C	20	1	5	2
123	Charlie Condon COL RF	22	1	5	2
124	Emmanuel Rodriguez MIN CF	22	1	5	2
125	Colt Emerson SEA SS	19	1	5	2
126	Leo De Vries SD SS	18	1	5	2
127	Christian Yelich MIL LF	33	4	2	2
128	Teoscar Hernandez LAD RF	32	3	2	3
129	Bailey Ober MIN SP	29	3	3	2
130	Bryan Reynolds PIT LF	30	3	2	3
131	Seiya Suzuki CHC RF	30	3	2	3
132	Josh Hader HOU RP	31	3	2	3
133	Edwin Diaz NYM RP	31	3	2	3
134	Evan Carter TEX LF	22	2	4	2
135	Chase Burns CIN SP	22	1	5	2
136	Hagen Smith CHW SP	21	1	5	2
137	Sebastian Walcott TEX SS	19	1	5	2
138	Jesus Made MIL SS	18	1	5	2
139	Ian Happ CHC LF	30	3	2	3
140	Joe Ryan MIN SP	29	3	3	2
141	Freddy Peralta MIL SP	29	3	3	2
142	Shane McClanahan TB SP	28	3	4	1
143	Kumar Rocker TEX P	25	2	4	2
144	Brandon Sproat NYM SP	24	2	4	2
145	Bryce Eldridge SF SP	20	1	5	1
146	Jac Caglianone KC 1B	22	1	5	1
147	Jordan Walker STL RF	23	2	4	1
148	Steven Kwan CLE LF	27	2	2	3
149	Alec Bohm PHI 3B	28	2	2	3
150	Nico Hoerner CHC 2B	28	2	3	2