Top 400 Dynasty Players for 2025: 400-301

Pleased New 12 months and Pleased Holidays. I hope the vacation season has been certainly one of pleasure and happiness for you.

That mentioned, welcome to the primary installment of the High 400 Dynasty Gamers for 2025. This week and subsequent I’ll take two large bites out of the countdown as I rank the gamers from 400-301 this week after which 300-201 the next week. After that can come chunk sized appears of the ultimate 200 gamers.

I do know for a incontrovertible fact that a few of you’ll not like my rankings. However I’ve my biases and sure methods I consider fantasy gamers and have executed so for many years. So take these rankings as a place to begin and modify as you see match. It doesn’t matter what, I hope these rankings can be a useful gizmo for you.

Secondly, you’ll not see any prospects in my rankings until they’ve debuted within the majors. So you’ll not see Anthony Quinn ranked, nor Owen Cassie or a bunch of different prime prospects. I additionally didn’t rank Kumar Rocker as 11.2 innings of labor on the MLB degree barely counts. However in case you are questioning, I actually like him as I traded for him in two leagues earlier this offseason.

With that mentioned, let’s get began.

400-376

*Age as of April 1, 2025

**Minimal 10 video games at a place to be listed

***Till the Athletics are literally in Las Vegas, gamers on the crew can be listed as OAK

RANK
PLAYER
TEAM
POSITION
AGE

400
Blaze Alexander
ARI
SS/2B
25

399
Hunter Goodman
COL
C/RF
25

398
Austin Martin
MIN
CF/LF/2B
26

397
Eury Perez
MIA
SP
21

396
Reese Olson
DET
SP
25

395
Victor Scott
STL
CF
24

394
Ke’Bryan Hayes
PIT
3B
28

393
Alejandro Kirk
TOR
C
26

392
Joey Loperfido
TOR
LF/CF/RF
25

391
Davis Schneider
TOR
LF/2B
26

390
Ryan Weathers
MIA
SP
25

389
Mitch Keller
PIT
SP
28

388
Jace Jung
DET
3B
24

387
Harrison Bader
Free Agent
CF
30

386
Michael Wacha
KC
SP
33

385
Alek Manoah
TOR
SP
27

384
Alex Verdugo
Free Agent
LF/CF
28

383
Robbie Ray
SF
SP
33

382
Brooks Lee
MIN
SS/3B/2B
24

381
Cody Bradford
TEX
SP
27

380
Addison Barger
TOR
3B/RF/LF
25

379
Brett Baty
NYM
3B
25

378
Jacob DeGrom
TEX
SP
36

377
Bobby Miller
LAD
SP
25

376
Jacob Wilson
OAK
SS
23

Versatility Issues

Blaze Alexander received a style of the large leagues in 2024 and confirmed why he could be a precious participant. Capable of play each center infield positions, Alexander slashed .247/.321/.343 with three homers, 21 RBI and three steals in 61 video games and 185 plate appearances. Within the minors Alexander has proven the flexibility to steal bases (57) and hit with some energy (57 homers) in his 472 profession video games.

Austin Martin was the fifth participant chosen general within the 2020 draft by the Blue Jays earlier than being traded to Minnesota and is a former prime 100 prospect. Martin slashed .253/.318/.352 in 93 video games to go together with seven steals for the Twins, however with just one homer. In 280 minor league video games he has hit solely 15 homers to go together with a .261/.397/.363 slash line. His actual worth is the very fact he can play second, left and middle subject. Versatility is bonus with regards to gamers ranked right here.

Joey Loperfido shot by the Astros system due to his highly effective bat and was a part of the commerce between the Blue Jays and Astros that despatched Yusei Kikuchi to Houston on the commerce deadline. Loperfido can play all three outfield positions and hit 52 homers in 290 profession minor league video games to go together with 69 steals. His weak point is strike out as he had a 36.3% strikeout price this previous season with a 5% stroll price.

Brooks Lee can play third base, second base and shortstop, however his future is probably going at second base. A switch-hitter, Lee has glorious contact abilities as he had extra walks than strikeouts throughout his faculty profession and had a 15.3% strikeout price within the minors and a stable 14.6% strikeout price throughout his 50-game stint with the Twins final yr. He can also drive the ball and has a stable upside, although at what place is the actual query.

Eury Perez

I already know you might be hating Eury Perez ranked right here at 397th, or because the a hundredth beginning pitcher general. I get it. Perez has superb stuff – fastball velocity that ranks within the 94th percentile, a whiff share that ranks within the 93rd percentile and a strikeout share rating within the eighty fifth percentile. However Perez, who is simply 21, will miss most if not all of this season recovering from Tommy John surgical procedure. However that isn’t what scares me about Perez. I additionally don’t like the truth that since his skilled debut in 2021, he has pitched a complete of 283 innings, or a complete of 94.3 innings per season.

Right here is an attention-grabbing statistic: twenty years in the past, lower than 5% of drafted pitchers had reconstructive surgical procedure on their pitching elbow’s ulnar collateral ligament, usually often known as Tommy John surgical procedure. Now, it’s greater than one-third.

The Marlins have babied Perez yearly of his profession and but he nonetheless blows out his arm. Sufficient of my soapbox rant. I’m simply not going to place my eggs into Perez’s basket. I can discover loads of different pitchers I belief to stay wholesome, however you might be greater than welcome to maneuver Perez a lot additional up the rankings.

The Different Beginning Pitchers

In 2021 and 2022, Alek Manoah was the most effective pitchers in baseball. Throughout these seasons he was a mixed 25-9 with a 2.60 ERA and 1.01 WHIP. He was eighth in Rookie of the 12 months voting in 2021 and completed third within the Cy Younger voting in 2022. Then the wheels fell off in 2023. Manoah posted a 5.87 ERA and 1.74 WHIP. His stroll price ballooned to six.1 per 9 innings and he was pitching so poorly for the Blue Jays that he was demoted to Rookie ball to work on his mechanics.

Manoah was in a position to rebound this previous season with a 3.70 ERA and 1.027 WHIP earlier than having Tommy John surgical procedure in June. So why am I itemizing Manoah right here as a 2025 dynasty keeper? As a result of I’m wanting past 2025, as I’ve with different injured pitchers. Manoah is an ideal purchase low participant who might not make it easier to a lot in 2025 however ought to supply stable pitching within the years after that.

In terms of Jacob DeGrom, I think about him a “take him at your individual danger” participant. His expertise is plain. However what number of video games is he going to pitch for you? In 2024, it was solely three. In 2023 it was solely six. How about in 2022 and 2021? Nicely, these could be 11 begins and 15 begins. The final time DeGrom pitched in additional than 15 video games was in 2019 for the Mets when he began 32 video games. At this level, DeGrom is an entire buy-low participant who’s a year-to-year pitcher. But when he’s wholesome, then he’ll seemingly provide you with an excellent yr.

The Excessive Upside Gamers

What to do with Brett Baty? He’s a former first spherical draft choose and former prime 100 prospect who has succeeded within the minors with a profession .283/.382/.507 slash line with 64 homers and 225 RBI in 325 video games. However with the Mets he has struggled to the tune of .215/.282/.325 with 15 homers and 55 RBI in 169 video games with 159 strikeouts. Mark Vientos has surpassed him at third base however may transfer to first, opening a spot for Baty. He additionally received time in at second base within the minors this previous yr and he can play left subject. His future place remains to be up within the air, however the ceiling is simply too tantalizing to not take an opportunity on Baty as a buy-low candidate.

Jace Jung remains to be often known as the little brother of Josh Jung. Nevertheless, he has above common energy and is probably going headed for a job at third base with Colt Keith organising store at second base. He didn’t have an excellent debut with the Tigers this yr as he slashed .241/.362/.304 with no homers and three RBI. He additionally had a 31% strikeout price however countered that with a 16% stroll price. However I actually like his upside and what he can carry to the Tigers.

Jacob Wilson shouldn’t be going to be a prolific dwelling run hitter, although he has some pop as he hit eight homers in 79 minor league video games. He additionally gained’t steal a ton of bases. What Wilson does so properly is make contact. The A’s shortstop had solely a 4.4% strikeout price throughout his three seasons at Grand Canyon College with an 8.7% stroll price. His slash line was a really wholesome .361/.419/.558. Since turning professional in 2023, all Wilson has executed is slash .401/.446/.606 due to 39 doubles in these 79 minor league video games. And his strikeout price is simply 7.7%, although his stroll price is simply at 5.9%. Wilson appeared in 29 video games for the A’s this previous season and slashed solely .250/.314/.315, however his strikeout price was nonetheless a really good 9.7% to go together with a 7.8% stroll price.

375-351

RANK
PLAYER
TEAM
POSITION
AGE

375
Andrew Abbott
CIN
SP
25

374
Christian Javier
HOU
SP
27

373
Rhett Lowder
CIN
SP
22

372
Nick Lodolo
CIN
SP
26

371
Shane Baz
TB
SP
25

370
Jake Irving
WAS
SP
27

369
Mickey Moniak
LAA
CF/RF
26

368
Andrew Benintendi
CWS
LF
30

367
Oswaldo Cabrera
NYY
3B/2B/1B
26

366
Adrian Del Castillo
ARI
C
25

365
Will Benson
CIN
LF/CF/RF
26

364
Jake Fraley
CIN
RF
29

363
Mauricio Dubon
HOU
LF/CF/RF/3B/2B/1B
30

362
Gabriel Moreno
ARI
C
25

361
Hunter Renfroe
KC
RF
33

360
Miguel Amaya
CHC
C
26

359
Victor Caratini
HOU
C/1B
31

358
Mike Yastrzemski
SF
RF
34

357
Kyle Isbel
KC
CF
28

356
Kyle Harrison
SF
SP
22

355
Ben Brown
CHC
SP
24

354
MJ Melendez
KC
LF
26

353
Josh Smith
TEX
3B/SS
27

352
Bowden Francis
TOR
SP
28

351
Ernie Clement
TOR
3B/SS
29

The Worth Gamers

Houston’s Mauricio Dubon doesn’t do one factor nice, however he does a variety of issues properly. His greatest worth is the very fact you possibly can slot him in at six completely different positions. He doesn’t hit for lots of energy, however he must be good for about seven homers and supply a stable slash line within the vary of .265/.305/.380.

Oswaldo Cabrera has at all times appeared to have a variety of hype surrounding him as a consequence of enjoying for the Yankees. The hype constructed for him in 2021 when he hit 29 homers, drove in 89 runs and stole 21 bases on the Double-A and Triple-A ranges. However his manufacturing within the majors has by no means matched what he did within the minors. In 108 video games this previous season, he set profession highs with eight dwelling runs and 36 RBI whereas slashing .247/.296/.352 and his 162-game common is simply 12 homers and 51 RBI. The saving grace for Cabera is the very fact he can play a number of positions.

If you happen to imagine Ernie Clement can maintain off Addison Barger for the beginning job at third and should you imagine that Clement’s 2024 season wasn’t an anomaly, then go forward and snag him to be a depth participant at third base and shortstop and probably second base. Clement performed in a profession excessive 139 video games for the Blue Jays and slashed .263/.284/.408 with 12 homers, 51 RBI and 12 steals. His profession slash line is .249/.282/.361), so I might not depend on him replicating his 2024 season in 2025. However he can present first rate depth.

A number of Crimson

As you possibly can see, there are a variety of Reds on this tier, together with three younger pitchers. If you happen to can ignore the house park they pitch in, Andrew Abbott, Rhett Lowder and Nick Lodolo are three stable pitchers that can present your employees high quality depth and all three can be 27 or youthful on Opening Day. Lowder is the youngest of the group and has solely six video games of main league expertise. However he flew by the system and confirmed he was able to succeed on the MLB degree by posting a 1.17 ERA and 1.272 WHIP in his six begins.

Abbott doesn’t put up big strikeout numbers and wishes to chop down on his stroll price a bit. However he permits lower than a success per inning in 46 profession begins and eight.5 Ok/9. If Abbott remains to be hanging round at this level of a draft or public sale, he could be a stable pitcher so as to add. The identical goes for Lodolo.

What has stored Lodolo from progressing as a pitcher is a rash of accidents. He had a decrease again pressure in 2022. He spent a lot of the 2023 season on the IL and was on the IL this previous season 3 times. When wholesome. Lodolo averages 10.7 Ok/9 for his profession and solely 8.6 H/9. His ERA was bloated in 2024, however he had a 1.197 WHIP and 9.5 Ok/9 price in 21 begins.

Along with the three Reds pitchers, Jake Fraley will seemingly be the starter in proper subject for the Reds in 2025 after slashing .277/.330/.386 with 20 steals in 2024. Fraley hit solely 5 homers after hitting 12 and 15 the 2 earlier seasons. I anticipate him to get again to the 12 to fifteen vary. Add the modest energy and velocity, and he’s a stable depth participant.

If Fraley loses enjoying time, it would seemingly be to Will Benson, who also can play left and middle. It regarded like Benson was a sleeper heading into this season after he slashed .275/.365/.498 with 11 homers and 19 steals in 108 video games in 2023. However this previous yr noticed that slash line drop to .187/.274/.376 in 128 video games, although he did hit 14 homers and steal 16 baggage. However he had a 39.7% strikeout price and for his profession it’s 35.5%. He’s not a starter, however in tremendous deep leagues, he can supply one thing off the bench.

Presumably Undervalued

Did Bowden Francis come into his personal in 2024, or was this previous season only a nice run on the mound? Wanting on the numbers, he might have come into his personal and I’ve him ranked too low. He had a 3.30 ERA and 0.93 WHIP with a 4.18 Ok/BB price. He began the season within the bullpen earlier than shifting into the rotation, and he was merely excellent as a starter, posting a 2.92 ERA and 0.75 WHIP with a 5.62 Ok/BB price.

My solely concern is he’s 28 and what he has executed within the majors as a reliever and starter (2.88 ERA, 0.90 WHIP) don’t match what he did within the minors as he had a 4.94 ERA and 1.286 WHIP in 136 appearances (111 begins).

Kyle Harrison had a tough end to his season, however in June and July he confirmed he could be a top-end pitcher when he posted a 2.75 ERA and 1.04 ERA with 30 strikeouts in 32.2 innings of labor. Walks are a problem as he had a 4.8 BB/9 price throughout his minor league profession. However in components of two seasons with the Giants, that price is 3.0.

350-326

RANK
PLAYER
TEAM
POSITION
AGE

350
Justin Turner
Free Agent
1B
40

349
Clarke Schmidt
NYY
SP
28

348
Jonah Heim
TEX
C
29

347
Luis Severino
OAK
SP
30

346
Patrick Bailey
SF
C
25

345
Jake Meyers
HOU
CF
28

344
Edmundo Sosa
PHI
2B/SS/3B
29

343
Jesus Luzardo
MIA
SP
26

342
Shane Bieber
CLE
SP
29

341
Maikel Garcia
KC
3B
25

340
J.T. Realmuto
PHI
C
34

339
Sean Murphy
ATL
C
30

338
Brayan Bello
BOS
SP
25

337
Nathan Eovaldi
TEX
SP
34

336
Zach Eflin
BAL
SP
30

335
Zack Littel
TB
SP
28

334
Rowdy Tellez
Free Agent
1B
30

333
Bo Naylor
CLE
C
25

332
Brady Singer
CIN
SP
28

331
Reynaldo Lopez
ATL
SP
30

330
Paul DeJong
Free Agent
SS/3B
31

329
Keibert Ruiz
WAS
C
26

328
Ronel Blanco
HOU
SP
30

327
Otto Lopez
MIA
2B
26

326
Luis Campusano
SD
C
26

A Query Mark

Jesus Luzardo is an enigma. His numbers point out he must be a better rated pitcher as he has a profession 26.0 strikeout share, which is 3.2% higher than the common pitcher, averages greater than a strikeout per inning (1.09) and a fastball that ranks within the ninetieth percentile when wholesome. Well being was a problem in 2024 as Luzardo began solely 12 video games in 2024 as a consequence of a lumbar stress response in his decrease again.

However when wholesome, Luzardo doesn’t produce the stats one expects. His profession ERA is 3.97. His profession ERA+ is 103 – that’s fairly common. Nevertheless, after a gradual begin to his profession, he did have stable ERAs of three.12 and three.55 in 2022 and 2023. Is Luzardo the pitcher who took the mound these two years or is he the pitcher with the profession ERA of three.97 who averages greater than three walks per sport? I’m not on the Luzardo bandwagon, thus why I rank him right here.

Wanting a Little Deeper

Brayan Bello didn’t have an excellent season, posting a 4.49 ERA, a 1.361 WHIP, and a 8.5 Ok/9 price). However whenever you look somewhat deeper at this previous season, you can find a pitcher with nice stuff who simply hasn’t fairly discovered how to achieve success with it. His slider and sinker have above common motion whereas his four-seamer ranks within the 77th percentile with a 95.7 mph common. Whereas his sinker has nice motion, it doesn’t generate a variety of swing and miss as proven by his 11.1 Whiff%. However his slider generates a 34.3 Whiff% and his changeup a 36.9 Whiff%.

And it seems Bello figured issues out because the season went alongside. After posting a 5.66 ERA in Could and an unpleasant 8.25 ERA in June, Bello posted ERAs of 4.29, 3.00 and three.55 over the ultimate three months of the season. Over his closing 13 begins he had a 3.47 ERA and 1.225 WHIP. The development is actually there and so is a breakout season.

Two Extra Query Marks

Can Reynaldo Lopez and Ronel Blanco replicate 2024 in 2025? Lopez will seemingly not put up one other 1.99 ERA/1.106 WHIP season, however there is no such thing as a motive to assume he’s instantly going to have a 5.38 ERA and 1.457 WHIP like he did in 2019 when he was final a full-time starter. The Braves know find out how to get probably the most out of their starters and so they did that with Lopez this yr.

The identical may be mentioned of Blanco. Just like the Braves, the Astros are excellent at establish what works with every pitcher on their employees after which use these weapons to achieve success on the mound. Used largely as a reliever in 2023, the Astros moved Blanco into the beginning rotation due to the myriad accidents the employees suffered, and Blanco was excellent, posting a 2.80 ERA and 1.088 WHIP with practically a strikeout per inning. In 36 profession begins, Blanco is 15-7 with a 3.19 ERA and 1.141 WHIP.

Needing to Rebound

Luis Campusano was handed the beginning job this season after producing a .319/.356/.491 slash line with seven homers in 49 video games in 2023. However 2024 was not form to Campusano and by September he was within the minors. For the yr he had a .227/.281/.361 slash line with eight dwelling runs in 91 video games. The Padres should not going to surrender on him, however with Ethan Salas knocking on the door, Campusano’s future shouldn’t be a recognized commodity.

325-301

RANK
PLAYER
TEAM
POSITION
AGE

325
David Fry
CLE
C/1B/LF
29

324
Pavin Smith
ARI
1B/RF/LF
29

323
Eloy Jiménez
BAL
DH
28

322
Jesse Winker
NYM
LF/RF
31

321
TJ Friedl
CIN
CF
29

320
Robert Gasser
MIL
SP
25

319
Will Wagner
TOR
2B
26

318
Brandon Pfaadt
ARI
SP
25

317
Ty France
CIN
1B
30

316
Wenceel Pérez
DET
RF/CF
25

315
Nolan Jones
COL
LF
26

314
Nick Pivetta
BOS
SP
31

313
Miguel Rojas
LAD
SS/2B/3B
36

312
Seth Brown
OAK
LF/RF/1B
32

311
Kutter Crawford
BOS
SP
28

310
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
PIT
2B/SS/3B
30

309
Spencer Horwitz
PIT
1B/2B
27

308
Jeff McNeil
NYM
2B/RF/LF
32

307
Ryan O’Hearn
BAL
1B/RF
31

306
Geraldo Perdomo
ARI
SS
25

305
Jorge Polanco
Free Agent
2B
31

304
Carlos Santana
CLE
1B
38

303
Vaughn Grissom
BOS
2B
24

302
Yandy Díaz
TB
1B
33

301
Jorge Mateo
BAL
2B
29

Price a Look?

Ought to we transfer on from Eloy Jimenez, or ought to we proceed to offer him another shot? The one factor saving him from being off this listing proper now could be the very fact he’s 28. His profession 162-game common is implausible – 29 homers, 90 RBI and a .269/.318/.462 slash line. However probably the most video games he has ever appeared in is 122 when he was a rookie. Since 2021, his common season is 89 video games, 13 homers and 45 RBI. During the last three seasons his SLG has gone from .500 to .441 to .336 final season. Since he simply turned 28, there may be the possibility he can duplicate his rookie season, however these chances are high getting slimmer and slimmer.

The place Will He Play?

Ryan O’Hearn had a stable yr for Baltimore, slashing .264/.334/.427 with 15 homers and 59 RBI. Along with proper subject he may also be slotted at first base. However how a lot enjoying time O’Hearn will get is the large query as he gained’t be the starter in proper or first. However he’ll seemingly get near 400 at-bats as he fills in at these positions in addition to at DH.

Keen to Wait?

Robert Gasser was drafted within the second spherical of the 2021 draft and entered the 2024 season because the 98th ranked prospect by Baseball America. Gasser made his main league debut this previous season for the Milwaukee Brewers and made 5 begins earlier than touchdown on the IL and ultimately having Tommy John surgical procedure. Throughout his 5 begins, he had a 2.89 ERA and 1.04 WHIP. In 62 minor leagues appearances (61 begins) he had a 3.79 ERA, 1.28 WHIP and averaged 11.1 strikeouts per 9 innings. Gasser has expertise, and if you’ll be able to stash somebody like him in your roster, then it could be smart to take action.

Stable Bench Gamers

Spencer Horwitz is a stable bench participant due to the truth that he can play each first and second base. In solely 94 video games he hit 12 homers and drove in 38 whereas slashing .268/.359/.442. That could be a stable line, and Horwitz is probably going in line for extra at-bats subsequent season.

Carlos Santana continues to hit as he had 22 homers and 68 RBI this yr for the Twins with a .234/.323/.414 slash line (the OBP and SLG are above the 1B common of .319 and .407). He could be a year-to-rental at this stage of his profession, however should you want some thump in your crew as you fill out your roster, you might do worse than Santana.

Yandy Diaz slashed .282/.342/.417 however had solely 14 homers this previous yr. I like somewhat extra energy within the first basemen and Xavier Isaac could also be taking his job sooner fairly than later, however Diaz is a productive bat to have in deep leagues.