Top 200 Fantasy Baseball Dynasty Rankings - Eric Cross' April 2025 Update

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Eric Cross' updated top 200 dynasty fantasy baseball rankings, updated for April 2025. His top MLB players to target in dynasty leagues for 2025 and beyond.

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We're only a week into the regular season and chaos has already unfolded. You could even say that the season has torpedoed already. But it's great to have regular season baseball back in our lives and new data to comb over and analyze.

With the new season upon us, it's time for another Dynasty rankings update. I'll be updating these monthly throughout the 2025 season and posting them here on RotoBaller during the first week of each month.

Below, you'll find my Top 200 Dynasty Rankings for April 2025, with notes on several intriguing players. Check out my Patreon for my full Top 500 Dynasty Rankings, plus plenty of additional content.

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What Factors Into My Dynasty Rankings

Many elements go into dynasty rankings, but I primarily weigh the following:

Current/Recent Performance
Expected future short-term performance
Expected future long-term performance
Profile/metrics analysis
Durability
Team Context (it matters a little bit)

Top 200 Fantasy Baseball Dynasty Rankings

Updated: April 2025 | The full Top 500, along with additional rankings, analysis, and more, check out Eric's Toolshed Fantasy Patreon.

Rank	Player	Pos.	Team	Age	Previous
1	Bobby Witt Jr.	SS	KCR	24.80	1
2	Shohei Ohtani	UT/SP	LAD	24.75	2
3	Juan Soto	OF	NYM	26.44	3
4	Elly De La Cruz	SS	CIN	23.22	4
5	Gunnar Henderson	SS	BAL	23.76	5
6	Kyle Tucker	OF	CHC	28.21	7
7	Ronald Acuna Jr.	OF	ATL	27.29	6
8	Corbin Carroll	OF	ARI	24.62	9
9	Aaron Judge	OF	NYY	32.94	8
10	Paul Skenes	SP	PIT	22.85	11
11	Fernando Tatis Jr.	OF	SDP	26.25	10
12	Wyatt Langford	OF	TEX	23.38	15
13	Jose Ramirez	3B	CLE	32.55	12
14	Mookie Betts	2B/SS/OF	LAD	32.49	13
15	Tarik Skubal	SP	DET	28.37	14
16	James Wood	OF	WAS	22.54	17
17	Julio Rodriguez	OF	SEA	24.26	16
18	Jackson Chourio	OF	MIL	21.06	18
19	Yordan Alvarez	OF	HOU	27.77	19
20	Jarren Duran	OF	BOS	28.58	20
21	Francisco Lindor	SS	NYM	31.39	21
22	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1B	TOR	26.05	22
23	Jackson Merrill	OF	SDP	21.96	24
24	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	2B/3B/OF	NYY	27.17	29
25	Bryce Harper	1B	PHI	32.47	25
26	Trea Turner	SS	PHI	31.76	27
27	Ketel Marte	2B	ARI	31.48	28
28	Austin Riley	3B	ATL	28.01	32
29	Matt Olson	1B	ATL	31.02	30
30	Oneil Cruz	SS/OF	PIT	26.50	31
31	Spencer Strider	SP	ATL	26.43	34
32	Rafael Devers	3B	BOS	28.44	23
33	Roman Anthony	OF	BOS	20.89	36
34	Junior Caminero	3B	TBR	21.75	35
35	Kristian Campbell	2B/SS/OF	BOS	22.76	39
36	Logan Gilbert	SP	SEA	27.91	37
37	Michael Harris II	OF	ATL	24.07	26
38	Garrett Crochet	SP	BOS	25.79	38
39	Pete Alonso	1B	NYM	30.33	40
40	Corey Seager	SS	TEX	30.94	33
41	Jordan Westburg	2B/3B	BAL	26.12	49
42	Cole Ragans	SP	KCR	27.31	43
43	Corbin Burnes	SP	ARI	30.45	42
44	Lawrence Butler	OF	ATH	24.73	45
45	Zack Wheeler	SP	PHI	34.85	48
46	Manny Machado	3B	SDP	32.75	50
47	Matt McLain	2B/SS	CIN	25.66	61
48	Riley Greene	OF	DET	24.51	51
49	Eury Perez	SP	MIA	21.97	52
50	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	SP	LAD	26.63	53
51	Brent Rooker	UT	ATH	30.42	54
52	Hunter Greene	SP	CIN	25.66	60
53	Roki Sasaki	SP	LAD	23.41	46
54	William Contreras	C	MIL	27.28	59
55	Triston Casas	1B	BOS	25.22	41
56	CJ Abrams	SS	WAS	24.50	56
57	Freddie Freeman	1B	LAD	35.56	44
58	Blake Snell	SP	LAD	32.33	65
59	Jasson Dominguez	OF	NYY	22.15	67
60	Dylan Cease	SP	SDP	29.27	68
61	Bryce Miller	SP	SEA	26.61	71
62	Michael King	SP	SDP	29.86	73
63	Spencer Schwellenbach	SP	ATL	24.84	92
64	Zach Neto	SS	LAA	24.17	76
65	Seiya Suzuki	OF	CHC	30.63	62
66	George Kirby	SP	SEA	27.16	63
67	Jackson Holliday	2B	BAL	21.33	74
68	Shane McClanahan	SP	TBR	27.93	58
69	Josh Naylor	1B	ARI	27.78	64
70	Ozzie Albies	2B	ATL	28.24	66
71	Pablo Lopez	SP	MIN	29.08	75
72	Dylan Crews	OF	WAS	22.77	72
73	Adley Rutschman	C	BAL	27.16	86
74	Kyle Schwarber	UT	PHI	32.08	78
75	Grayson Rodriguez	SP	BAL	25.38	69
76	Yainer Diaz	C	HOU	26.53	83
77	Aaron Nola	SP	PHI	31.84	80
78	Tyler Glasnow	SP	LAD	31.62	82
79	Jose Altuve	2B/OF	HOU	34.92	84
80	Luis Robert Jr.	OF	CHW	27.67	57
81	Bryan Reynolds	OF	PIT	30.19	85
82	Jackson Jobe	SP	DET	22.68	89
83	Brenton Doyle	OF	COL	26.89	88
84	Willy Adames	SS	SFG	29.59	91
85	Matt Shaw	3B	CHC	23.41	98
86	Vinnie Pasquantino	1B	KCR	27.48	81
87	Max Fried	SP	NYY	31.21	93
88	Spencer Steer	1B/OF	CIN	27.32	77
89	Freddy Peralta	SP	MIL	28.83	96
90	Andrew Painter	SP	PHI	21.98	87
91	Logan Webb	SP	SFG	28.38	97
92	Anthony Santander	OF	TOR	30.46	90
93	Mike Trout	OF	LAA	33.66	70
94	Hunter Brown	SP	HOU	26.60	104
95	Travis Bazzana	2B	CLE	22.60	106
96	Mark Vientos	3B	NYM	25.31	99
97	Framber Valdez	SP	HOU	31.38	109
98	Walker Jenkins	OF	MIN	20.11	95
99	Luis Castillo	SP	SEA	32.34	79
100	Joe Ryan	SP	MIN	28.83	100
101	Chris Sale	SP	ATL	36.02	94
102	Cody Bellinger	OF/1B	NYY	29.73	102
103	Royce Lewis	3B	MIN	25.83	47
104	Zac Gallen	SP	ARI	29.67	103
105	Alex Bregman	3B	BOS	31.02	112
106	Bryan Woo	SP	SEA	25.18	120
107	Randy Arozarena	OF	SEA	30.10	110
108	Shota Imanaga	SP	CHC	31.59	105
109	Bo Bichette	SS	TOR	27.08	135
110	Will Smith	C	LAD	30.02	111
111	Tanner Bibee	SP	CLE	26.08	113
112	Matt Chapman	3B	SFG	31.94	115
113	Mason Miller	RP	ATH	26.61	116
114	Luis Garcia Jr.	2B	WAS	24.88	117
115	Jack Flaherty	SP	DET	29.47	119
116	Christian Yelich	OF	MIL	33.33	121
117	Ezequiel Tovar	SS	COL	23.67	122
118	Jake Burger	1B/3B	TEX	28.98	123
119	Bailey Ober	SP	MIN	29.73	136
120	Teoscar Hernandez	OF	LAD	32.47	124
121	Anthony Volpe	SS	NYY	23.93	125
122	Taj Bradley	SP	TBR	24.04	126
123	Marcus Semien	2B	TEX	34.55	127
124	Emmanuel Rodriguez	OF	MIN	22.09	131
125	Sandy Alcantara	SP	MIA	29.58	133
126	Ryan Pepiot	SP	TBR	27.62	157
127	Emmanuel Clase	RP	CLE	27.05	101
128	Justin Steele	SP	CHC	29.73	107
129	Heliot Ramos	OF	SFG	25.57	145
130	Bubba Chandler	SP	PIT	22.55	159
131	Adolis Garcia	OF	TEX	32.09	140
132	Ian Happ	OF	CHC	30.65	188
133	Devin Williams	RP	NYY	30.54	146
134	Cristopher Sanchez	SP	PHI	28.31	251
135	Noah Schultz	SP	CHW	21.66	150
136	Jordan Lawlar	3B/SS	ARI	22.71	137
137	Josh Hader	RP	HOU	30.99	160
138	Nick Kurtz	1B	ATH	22.06	212
139	Lars Nootbaar	OF	STL	27.57	225
140	Gavin Williams	SP	CLE	25.69	143
141	Marcell Ozuna	UT	ATL	34.40	108
142	Shane Baz	SP	TBR	25.80	147
143	Colton Cowser	OF	BAL	25.04	118
144	Brandon Nimmo	OF	NYM	32.02	161
145	Kodai Senga	SP	NYM	32.18	142
146	Coby Mayo	3B	BAL	23.31	129
147	Alec Bohm	1B/3B	PHI	28.67	141
148	Josh Jung	3B	TEX	27.14	132
149	Cal Raleigh	C	SEA	28.35	162
150	Leodalis De Vries	SS	SDP	18.47	163
151	Pete Crow-Armstrong	OF	CHC	23.02	165
152	Zach Eflin	SP	BAL	30.99	154
153	Sebastian Walcott	SS	TEX	19.05	155
154	Nico Hoerner	2B	CHC	27.89	164
155	Samuel Basallo	C/1B	BAL	20.64	138
156	Jared Jones	SP	PIT	23.64	114
157	Brandon Pfaadt	SP	ARI	26.47	166
158	Bryce Eldridge	1B	SFG	20.45	153
159	Taylor Ward	OF	LAA	31.31	168
160	Gleyber Torres	2B	DET	28.31	169
161	Gerrit Cole	SP	NYY	34.58	55
162	Max Clark	OF	DET	20.28	196
163	Ryan Helsley	RP	STL	30.71	174
164	J.J. Wetherholt	SS	STL	22.56	179
165	Eugenio Suarez	3B	ARI	33.72	186
166	Tyler O'Neill	OF	BAL	29.79	128
167	Carson Williams	SS	TBR	21.77	181
168	Kerry Carpenter	OF	DET	27.59	152
169	Xander Bogaerts	2B	SDP	32.51	183
170	Jacob deGrom	SP	TEX	36.80	184
171	MacKenzie Gore	SP	WAS	26.11	226
172	Steven Kwan	OF	CLE	27.58	185
173	Tanner Houck	SP	BOS	28.76	151
174	Nick Castellanos	OF	PHI	33.09	148
175	Wilyer Abreu	OF	BOS	25.78	158
176	Christian Walker	1B	HOU	34.02	156
177	Jesus Luzardo	SP	PHI	27.51	187
178	Kevin Gausman	SP	TOR	34.25	173
179	Colt Keith	2B	DET	23.64	144
180	Jesus Made	3B/SS	MIL	17.90	233
181	Logan O'Hoppe	C	LAA	25.15	195
182	Shane Bieber	SP	CLE	29.85	191
183	Luis Gil	SP	NYY	26.84	130
184	Austin Wells	C	NYY	25.73	222
185	Kumar Rocker	SP	TEX	25.36	202
186	Edwin Diaz	RP	NYM	31.04	201
187	Sonny Gray	SP	STL	35.41	175
188	Kevin McGonigle	2B/SS	DET	20.62	220
189	Dansby Swanson	SS	CHC	31.15	194
190	Kyle Manzardo	1B	CLE	24.71	219
191	Dalton Rushing	C/OF	LAD	24.11	197
192	Michael Busch	1B	CHC	27.40	205
193	Reese Olson	SP	DET	25.68	209
194	Chase DeLauter	OF	CLE	23.48	139
195	Brice Turang	2B	MIL	25.37	190
196	Bryson Stott	2B	PHI	27.49	198
197	Reynaldo Lopez	SP	ATL	31.25	134
198	Zyhir Hope	OF	LAD	20.20	242
199	Jake McCarthy	OF	ARI	27.68	206
200	Ceddanne Rafaela	SS/OF	BOS	24.54	172

Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Rankings Notes

Jazz Chisholm Jr., New York Yankees

Fresh off a 24/40 season in 2024, Jazz Chisholm Jr. is off to a quick start this season. Chisholm has already gone yard four times in the Yankees' first six games with a steal and a .292/.370/.792 slash line. It's a small sample size, but 50% of Chisholm's 14 BBE have been hard hit with four barrels (28.6%) and a 93.3 mph AVG EV so far.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. now!

The Yankees have SEVEN home runs and it's only the 3rd inning. pic.twitter.com/nc3L6MNH9Y

— MLB (@MLB) March 29, 2025

Chisholm is a player I've been steadily pushing up my dynasty rankings ever since he arrived in New York last summer. As long as he can stay healthy, Chisholm could easily blow past last season's career high of 24 home runs and threaten to join the exclusive 30/30 club for the first time. One downside so far this season, though, has been Chisholm's 10 strikeouts in 27 plate appearances (37%).

Corey Seager, Texas Rangers

There's no denying that Corey Seager is one of the best pure hitters in baseball, but I've been slowly dropping him down my dynasty rankings. It's nothing drastic, and he's still a Top-50 overall player, but guys like Seager are the ones I've started fading and avoiding due to their durability issues and consistent time missed each season.

Once again, Seager is dealing with a nagging calf issue to open this season. This came after playing in just 123 games in 2024 and 119 in 2023. And over the last seven seasons, Seager has reached 500 at-bats just once and has played in just 58.6% of his team's games during that span. It hasn't been as bad recently, but Seager has still missed 25.3% of Texas' games over the last two seasons.

Seager is an elite hitter, but it's hard to build your team around a guy who can't stay on the field for at least 150 games a season.

Lars Nootbaar, St. Louis Cardinals

Lars Nootbaar is one of the most underrated hitters in the game right now in my eyes. Yes, he hasn't had the most appealing surface stats over the last two seasons, but the metrics are certainly there for a notable breakout in 2025. Nootbaar is off to a strong start to the season as well with a .417/.533/.667 slash line and a pair of home runs in his first 30 plate appearances.

Last year's .244/.342/.417 slash line in 405 plate appearances doesn't stand out, Nootbaar's metrics across the board do. He consistently hit the ball hard with a 9.9% barrel rate, 91.8 mph AVG EV, and a 49.5% hard-hit rate. Nootbaar's contact and approach metrics were all better than league average as well with a 12.8% walk rate, 19.5% strikeout rate, 88.5% zone contact rate, and an 84% overall contact rate.

On top of all of that, Nootbaar has led off in every single game for the Cardinals so far, including against two left-handed pitchers. Nootbaar could wind up as a Top 100 player this season and is a strong buy in all dynasty leagues right now.

Ceddanne Rafaela, Boston Red Sox

He's still holding on by a thread right now, but Ceddanne Rafaela is in danger of falling out of my Top 200 by my next update at the beginning of May. It was encouraging to see Rafaela chasing less in spring training, but he's right back to his old ways with a whopping 62.5% chase rate in the first seven games of the season.

Rafaela has always been aggressive but has made just enough contact to make it work. But if the chase issues were to worsen or the contact rates dip, this overall issue becomes increasingly more alarming.

The other issue here is the playing time situation moving forward which is making me question is Rafaela is an everyday player come mid-season. His defensive skills and versatility are wonderful, but the Red Sox will be calling up Roman Anthony soon and Marcelo Mayer as some point as well. Does that leave Rafaela playing three to four times a week as opposed to five to six times a week?

Kristian Campbell, Boston Red Sox

While Ceddanne Rafaela is sliding down my dynasty rankings, Krisitan Campbell certainly isn't. The 22-year-old rookie has been a spark plug for Boston so far with a .417/.500/.833 slash line and two home runs through his first seven games with four multi-hit games. Campbell has reached base in all seven games so far and has picked up four doubles as well.

Kristian Campbell is on a heater in his rookie season 🔥 pic.twitter.com/25EECXo3jf

— MLB (@MLB) April 3, 2025

In fact, Campbell's six extra-base hits so far are tied for the third most in baseball and trail only Kyle Tucker and Aaron Judge.

So, how high can Campbell rise in rankings this season? Well, as you can see, he only moved up a few spots since my last update, as he's now in the range of rankings where it's hard to make a sizeable jump due to the elite names around him. But given Campbell's high blend of contact, approach, power, and speed, jumping up into the Merrill/Chourio range in the 15-25 part of my rankings is a realistic range by the end of the season.

If you enjoyed these rankings and want to see the full Top 500, along with additional rankings, analysis, and more, check out Eric's Toolshed Fantasy Patreon.

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