Dynasty league trade talk is surely underway, so I figured it was time I produced an updated dynasty rankings list to help you all through trade negotiations. This list does not transfer directly to keeper leagues where you may only keep seven players per year, or what have you. It only works for complete dynasty leagues. With that said, the list features prospects, injured players, future international free agents, and even college and high school players. I’ve got 600 names, but if you need an opinion on more, or just want to know why I ranked someone they way I did, please do not hesitate to ask me on Twitter. Before we jump right into the list, I want to give you five names who I think are undervalued by the general consensus. These are players I’m targeting via trade in my dynasty leagues.
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J.T. Realmuto (C – MIA): #35
When a player is having a good season, it is a common tendency to think you shouldn’t make a deal for them. In many cases that is correct, as we should never buy high, but frankly, I’m not sure even Realmuto owners realize just how valuable he is in dynasty leagues. Catcher is an absolute wasteland, and here we’ve got someone who is young, mopping the floor with the competition, and likely about to get traded to a club with a much better lineup and ballpark, whether it be next week or in the off-season. I intend on drafting Realmuto in the top three rounds next season and I’ll bargain you can get him for much cheaper than that.
Dynasty league trade talk is surely underway, so I figured it was time I produced an updated dynasty rankings list to help you all through trade negotiations. This list does not transfer directly to keeper leagues where you may only keep seven players per year, or what have you. It only works for complete dynasty leagues. With that said, the list features prospects, injured players, future international free agents, and even college and high school players. I’ve got 600 names, but if you need an opinion on more, or just want to know why I ranked someone they way I did, please do not hesitate to ask me on Twitter. Before we jump right into the list, I want to give you five names who I think are undervalued by the general consensus. These are players I’m targeting via trade in my dynasty leagues.
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J.T. Realmuto (C – MIA): #35
When a player is having a good season, it is a common tendency to think you shouldn’t make a deal for them. In many cases that is correct, as we should never buy high, but frankly, I’m not sure even Realmuto owners realize just how valuable he is in dynasty leagues. Catcher is an absolute wasteland, and here we’ve got someone who is young, mopping the floor with the competition, and likely about to get traded to a club with a much better lineup and ballpark, whether it be next week or in the off-season. I intend on drafting Realmuto in the top three rounds next season and I’ll bargain you can get him for much cheaper than that.
Yoan Moncada (2B – CWS): #78
It is easy to look at Moncada’s .230 batting average, .724 OPS and discount him as a bust. Keep in mind, he is still just 23 years old and this former top overall prospect has an average exit velocity that is near the top of the league. In fact, he hits the ball harder than Manny Machado, Ronald Acuna and an extremely similar player, Javier Baez. Don’t forget that Baez had serious struggles his first few years too, especially with strikeouts. Now, Baez is a darkhorse MVP candidate who is doing exactly what we always hoped for. Moncada may not be far behind on the same path.
Maikel Franco (3B – PHI): #115
I wrote about Franco just a few weeks ago, but in case you missed it, it seems that things have finally clicked for him. As a former top prospect, he possessed a rare ability to avoid strikeouts while still obliterating baseballs. We’ve seen glimpses of him being quite good at times, but never quite like this recent run. Over the past 33 days, Franco is hitting .344/.388/.667 with 8 homers and an 11.7% K-rate. Granted, that line certainly won’t keep up, but he can be a .290 hitter with 30+ homer power. That will tempt me to draft him in the top 10 rounds next season despite him being lousy the past few seasons.
Carlos Rodon (SP – CWS): #147
There is still room on the Rodon hype-train, but it might not last much longer. If you’ve watched any of his past three games, you’ll know why. The 25-year-old lefty has allowed 4 runs while striking out 21 in 21 innings against three strong offenses and there may be much more to come. Like some of the other names listed above, Rodon was a super prospect, but he faced multiple injury setbacks. Now, it is possible his arm gives him trouble again in the future, but there is also a chance we are talking about the next Trevor Bauer who gets it together and turns into an ace seemingly overnight like we all figured he could be some day.
Julio Urias (SP – LAD): #166
You almost forgot about him, didn’t you!? That’s ok, it is an easy thing to do. He has only pitched in five games over the last season and a half after all. Even when he did throw, it was ugly, but don’t be too discouraged, as that likely stemmed from the arm issue that shut him down. Urias is remarkably still just 21 years old which is the same age as this season’s first overall pick, Casey Mize, and younger than top prospects, Michael Kopech and Brent Honeywell. Urias still has plenty of future ahead of him and there is a distinct chance he becomes a perennial Cy Young candidate before long. There are only a dozen or so arms in the world like his, so it doesn’t hurt to take a flyer and see what happens.
Now let’s take a look at the top 600!
I’ll post my next set of updated rankings around Christmas time, but am always open to answering prospect questions on Twitter. Thanks for reading!
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