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

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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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