Chris Clegg's Top 250 Fantasy Baseball Dynasty Rankings (August Updates)

Chris Clegg's updated top 250 fantasy baseball rankings for dynasty leagues (August 2024 update). Check out his latest dynasty rankings for fantasy baseball.

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to my top 250 dynasty fantasy baseball rankings, freshly updated for August 2024. It's been an exciting first few weeks of the 2024 MLB and fantasy baseball season, filled with lots of movement in our dynasty rankings. For those who are not familiar, I will be releasing monthly updates to my fantasy baseball dynasty rankings here on RotoBaller, along with my notes on risers and fallers.

Both the minor leagues and MLB are well underway now, and it is a full go for the 2024 fantasy baseball season! The fun thing about dynasty is you can build your roster however you like. Whether prospect-laden or full of older MLB players in win-now mode, every team can be built differently, which makes the game so fun.

This specific set of rankings can be used for any fantasy format but is more geared toward standard 5x5 roto leagues. We hope that at RotoBaller, we can help you become a champion in both dynasty and redraft formats. You can find my top 250 rankings list here below, but if you want the full top 500 lists for dynasty and prospects, you can check out my website, The Dynasty Dugout.

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Top 250 Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Rankings

Ranking	Tier	Player Name	Pos
1	1	Bobby Witt Jr.	SS
2	1	Gunnar Henderson	3B,SS
3	1	Shohei Ohtani	UT,P
4	2	Juan Soto	OF
5	2	Kyle Tucker	OF
6	2	Aaron Judge	OF
7	2	Mookie Betts	2B,SS,OF
8	2	Elly De La Cruz	3B,SS
9	2	Rafael Devers	3B
10	2	Jose Ramirez	3B
11	2	Bryce Harper	1B
12	3	Julio Rodriguez	OF
13	3	Ronald Acuna Jr.	OF
14	3	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1B
15	3	Yordan Alvarez	OF
16	3	Corey Seager	SS
17	3	Fernando Tatis Jr.	OF
18	3	Austin Riley	3B
19	3	Francisco Lindor	SS
20	3	Tarik Skubal	P
21	3	Paul Skenes	P
22	3	Jackson Chourio	OF
23	3	Wyatt Langford	OF
24	4	Freddie Freeman	1B
25	4	Matt Olson	1B
26	4	Jarren Duran	OF
27	4	Corbin Burnes	P
28	4	James Wood	OF
29	4	Corbin Carroll	OF
30	4	Luis Robert Jr.	OF
31	4	Trea Turner	SS
32	4	Pete Alonso	1B
33	5	Coby Mayo	3B
34	5	Junior Caminero	3B
35	5	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	OF
36	5	Ketel Marte	2B
37	5	CJ Abrams	SS
38	5	Zack Wheeler	P
39	5	Tyler Glasnow	P
40	5	Cole Ragans	P
41	5	George Kirby	P
42	5	Logan Gilbert	P
43	5	Jared Jones	P
44	5	Jackson Holliday	2B,SS
45	5	Bryan Reynolds	OF
46	5	Riley Greene	OF
47	5	Max Fried	P
48	5	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	P
49	6	Jose Altuve	2B
50	6	Royce Lewis	3B
51	6	Luis Castillo	P
52	6	Garrett Crochet	P
53	6	Grayson Rodriguez	P
54	6	William Contreras	C
55	6	Adley Rutschman	C
56	6	Oneil Cruz	SS
57	6	Zac Gallen	P
58	6	Kyle Schwarber	OF
59	6	Michael Harris II	OF
60	6	Blake Snell	P
61	6	Logan Webb	P
62	6	Gerrit Cole	P
63	6	Joe Ryan	P
64	6	Will Smith	C
65	6	Ozzie Albies	2B
66	6	Christian Yelich	OF
67	7	Pablo Lopez	P
68	7	Triston Casas	1B
69	7	Dylan Cease	P
70	7	Marcell Ozuna	UT
71	7	Jackson Merrill	SS,OF
72	7	Josh Naylor	1B
73	7	Jordan Westburg	2B,3B
74	7	Christian Walker	1B
75	7	Randy Arozarena	OF
76	7	Brent Rooker	OF
77	7	Chris Sale	P
78	7	Hunter Greene	P
79	7	Freddy Peralta	P
80	7	Framber Valdez	P
81	7	Manny Machado	3B
82	7	Spencer Steer	1B,2B,3B,OF
83	7	Aaron Nola	P
84	7	Francisco Alvarez	C
85	7	Vinnie Pasquantino	1B
86	7	Jasson Dominguez	OF
87	8	Roman Anthony	OF
88	8	Seiya Suzuki	OF
89	8	Charlie Condon	1B
90	8	Alec Bohm	1B,3B
91	8	Walker Jenkins	OF
92	8	Travis Bazzana	2B,SS
93	8	Spencer Strider	P
94	8	Eury Perez	P
95	8	Nick Lodolo	P
96	8	Bailey Ober	P
97	8	Bo Bichette	SS
98	8	Taj Bradley	P
99	8	Anthony Volpe	SS
100	8	Tanner Bibee	P
101	8	Sandy Alcantara	P
102	8	Shane McClanahan	P
103	8	Josh Jung	3B
104	8	Colt Keith	2B,3B
105	8	Zach Neto	SS
106	8	Marcus Semien	2B
107	8	Xander Bogaerts	2B,SS
108	8	Shota Imanaga	P
109	8	Justin Steele	P
110	8	Anthony Santander	1B,OF
111	8	Dylan Crews	OF
112	8	Brandon Nimmo	OF
113	8	Steven Kwan	OF
114	9	Ryan Pepiot	P
115	9	Isaac Paredes	1B,2B,3B
116	9	Brenton Doyle	OF
117	9	Matt McLain	2B,SS
118	9	Teoscar Hernandez	OF
119	9	Cody Bellinger	1B,OF
120	9	Colton Cowser	OF
121	9	Brooks Lee	3B,SS
122	9	Kevin Gausman	P
123	9	Mike Trout	OF
124	9	Jack Flaherty	P
125	9	Tyler O'Neill	OF
126	9	Shane Baz	P
127	9	Bryce Miller	P
128	9	Noah Schultz	P
129	9	Gavin Williams	P
130	9	Noelvi Marte	3B
131	9	Logan O'Hoppe	C
132	9	Masyn Winn	SS
133	9	Joey Ortiz	2B,3B
134	9	Jackson Jobe	P
135	9	Emmanuel Rodriguez	OF
136	9	Bobby Miller	P
137	9	Samuel Basallo	C
138	9	Matt Shaw	2B
139	9	Leodalis De Vries	SS
140	10	Luis Gil	P
141	10	Carlos Correa	SS
142	10	Sebastian Walcott	SS
143	10	Ezequiel Tovar	SS
144	10	Sonny Gray	P
145	10	Bryan Woo	P
146	10	Tanner Houck	P
147	10	Spencer Schwellenbach	P
148	10	Brice Turang	2B,SS
149	10	Bryson Stott	2B,SS
150	10	Matt Chapman	3B
151	10	Carson Williams	SS
152	10	Hunter Brown	P
153	10	Josh Lowe	OF
154	10	Michael King	P
155	10	Andrew Abbott	P
156	10	Reynaldo Lopez	P
157	10	MacKenzie Gore	P
158	10	George Springer	OF
159	10	Andrew Painter	P
160	10	Gleyber Torres	2B
161	10	Andres Gimenez	2B
162	10	Willy Adames	SS
163	10	Gavin Stone	P
164	10	Alex Bregman	3B
165	10	Ian Happ	OF
166	10	Yainer Diaz	C
167	10	Mitch Keller	P
168	10	Jose Miranda	3B
169	10	Max Clark	OF
170	10	Evan Carter	OF
171	10	Ranger Suarez	P
172	10	Jose Berrios	P
173	10	Carlos Rodon	P
174	10	Adolis Garcia	OF
175	10	Nick Castellanos	OF
176	10	Wilyer Abreu	OF
177	10	Michael Busch	1B,3B
178	10	Joe Musgrove	P
179	10	Luis Garcia(WSH)	2B
180	10	Marcelo Mayer	SS
181	10	Jac Caglianone	1B
182	10	Nathan Eovaldi	P
183	10	Brandon Marsh	OF
184	10	Sean Murphy	C
185	10	Jordan Lawlar	SS
186	11	Owen Caissie	OF
187	11	Nico Hoerner	2B,SS
188	11	Lane Thomas	OF
189	11	Jake Burger	1B,3B
190	11	Mark Vientos	1B,3B
191	11	Heliot Ramos	OF
192	11	Yandy Diaz	1B
193	11	Ha-Seong Kim	2B,3B,SS
194	11	Luis Rengifo	2B,3B,SS,OF
195	11	Jesus Luzardo	P
196	11	Kerry Carpenter	OF
197	11	Ryan McMahon	2B,3B
198	11	Seth Lugo	P
199	11	Mason Miller	P
200	11	Emmanuel Clase	P
201	11	Josh Hader	P
202	11	Trevor Megill	P
203	11	Devin Williams	P
204	11	Ryan Helsley	P
205	11	Tanner Scott	P
206	11	Andres Munoz	P
207	11	Kodai Senga	P
208	11	Cristopher Sanchez	P
209	11	Alec Burleson	1B,OF
210	11	Ryan Mountcastle	1B
211	11	Jake Cronenworth	1B,2B
212	11	Colt Emerson	SS
213	11	Kutter Crawford	P
214	11	Jameson Taillon	P
215	11	Tobias Myers	P
216	11	Willson Contreras	C
217	11	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	OF
218	11	Nestor Cortes Jr.	P
219	11	Zach Eflin	P
220	11	Dansby Swanson	SS
221	11	Kyle Bradish	P
222	11	Jeffrey Springs	P
223	11	Heston Kjerstad	OF
224	11	Ceddanne Rafaela	SS,OF
225	11	Lawrence Butler	OF
226	11	J.T. Realmuto	C
227	11	Jeremy Pena	SS
228	11	Xavier Isaac	1B
229	11	Lazaro Montes	1B,OF
230	11	Spencer Torkelson	1B
231	11	Kyle Manzardo	1B
232	11	Cole Young	SS
233	11	Braden Montgomery	OF
234	11	Andy Pages	OF
235	11	Brandon Sproat	P
236	11	Reese Olson	P
237	11	Brady Singer	P
238	11	Nick Pivetta	P
239	11	Yusei Kikuchi	P
240	11	Jurickson Profar	OF
241	11	Bryce Eldridge	OF
242	11	Ronel Blanco	P
243	11	Nolan Gorman	2B,3B
244	11	Jonathan India	2B
245	11	Byron Buxton	OF
246	11	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	1B
247	12	Brandon Pfaadt	P
248	12	Bubba Chandler	P
249	12	Rhys Hoskins	1B
250	12	Nathaniel Lowe	1B

Top Fantasy Baseball Risers

Jarren Duran took one of the bigger leaps in my rankings this update, moving up 40 spots to 26 overall. I have been more hesitant about pushing Duran up too high, but he continues to perform and is up to 14 home runs and 27 stolen bases on the year to pair with a .292/.349/.506 slash.

Duran is not on pace to hit over .290 for the second straight year while making strides with his power metrics. Maybe the most impressive part of his game is that he has improved his defense as much as he has.

The 27-year-old looks like he is here to stay and belongs in the upper tier of players for fantasy purposes.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. is a player who took a big leap after being traded out of Miami to the Yankees. The move is a massive lineup and ballpark upgrade. I kind of questioned if the fit would work, but so far, things have looked pretty good. In a small sample of nine games, Chisholm has a .922 OPS with four home runs and two stolen bases.

Sure, there is some whiff in the profile, but the contact rate has jumped nearly seven percentage points on the year with the zone contact rate improving by over four percentage points. We know Chisholm can get to power, having a barrel rate that ranks 72nd percentile among all hitters. He is up to 17 home runs on the year paired with 24 stolen bases on the year.

Kyle Schwarber has been as hot as any hitter in baseball and after a three home run performance this week he is now up to 27 home runs on the year with a .261/.390/.504 slash. In OBP formats, Schwarber ranks 11th on the Razzball Player Rater, and even in average leagues, he still ranks as the 27th-best player. Schwarber has performed impressively all year.

Top Fantasy Baseball Fallers

Freddy Peralta has been one of the more frustrating arms to roster this year for fantasy. Things were looking quite good out of the gate before struggles and inconsistencies hit. Since the start of July, Peralta has a 4.60 ERA in 31.1 innings pitched with a walk rate north of 10 percent.

His fastball and slider have both taken a step back this year in terms of whiff rates and quality of contact allowed. The changeup looks improved in the swing-and-miss department and also has shown more depth and fading action. It is just a profile that you expect so much more of, and it has not provided a ton of fantasy purposes.

Peralta is still a top-80 dynasty asset, but he did take a little tumble in this rank update.

Evan Carter is another player who took a pretty significant fall. After coming up last year and setting the world on fire in September and in the Rangers post-season run, Carter has missed the majority of 2024 due to a lingering back issue. We have seen injuries ruin a lot of baseball players' careers, and we can only hope that is not the case with Carter.

The talent level is there, but the injury that has lingered has me quite concerned.

Owen Caissie is a prospect who I was probably a little high on that fell some in my rankings. The Cubs 22 year old prospect has had a strong year in Triple-A, but has not set the world on fire. Having a .279/.373/.457 slash is good, but considering the big power upside, he only has 13 home runs in 294 plate appearances.

The concerning thing is that Caissie's contact rate is now below 70 percent on the year and has been trending in the wrong direction for over a month now.

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