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

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1. Top 250 Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Rankings

2. Top Fantasy Baseball Risers

3. Top Fantasy Baseball Fallers

4. More Fantasy Baseball Advice

Welcome back RotoBallers to my top 250 dynasty fantasy baseball rankings, freshly updated for May 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, but if you want the full top 1,000 lists for dynasty and prospects (yes, 1,000 prospects ranked for dynasty leagues), you can check out my website, The Dynasty Dugout.

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Top 250 Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Rankings

Rank	Tier	Player Name	Pos	Team
1	1	Ronald Acuna Jr.	OF	ATL
2	1	Bobby Witt Jr.	SS	KC
3	2	Shohei Ohtani	UT,P	LAD
4	2	Juan Soto	OF	NYY
5	2	Kyle Tucker	OF	HOU
6	2	Fernando Tatis Jr.	OF	SD
7	2	Elly De La Cruz	3B,SS	CIN
8	2	Julio Rodriguez	OF	SEA
9	2	Mookie Betts	2B,OF	LAD
10	2	Gunnar Henderson	3B,SS	BAL
11	3	Yordan Alvarez	OF	HOU
12	3	Corbin Carroll	OF	ARI
13	3	Bryce Harper	1B	PHI
14	3	Austin Riley	3B	ATL
15	3	Aaron Judge	OF	NYY
16	3	Rafael Devers	3B	BOS
17	3	Corey Seager	SS	TEX
18	3	Trea Turner	SS	PHI
19	3	Jose Ramirez	3B	CLE
20	3	Pete Alonso	1B	NYM
21	3	Matt Olson	1B	ATL
22	3	Michael Harris II	OF	ATL
23	3	CJ Abrams	SS	WSH
24	4	Ozzie Albies	2B	ATL
25	4	Freddie Freeman	1B	LAD
26	4	Francisco Lindor	SS	NYM
27	4	Wyatt Langford	OF	TEX
28	4	Jackson Chourio	OF	MIL
29	4	Junior Caminero	3B	TB
30	4	Luis Robert Jr.	OF	CHW
31	4	Jackson Holliday	SS	BAL
32	4	Adolis Garcia	OF	TEX
33	4	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1B	TOR
34	4	Corbin Burnes	P	BAL
35	4	Tarik Skubal	P	DET
36	4	Luis Castillo	P	SEA
37	4	Tyler Glasnow	P	LAD
38	4	George Kirby	P	SEA
39	4	Zack Wheeler	P	PHI
40	4	Logan Gilbert	P	SEA
41	5	Riley Greene	OF	DET
42	5	Marcus Semien	2B	TEX
43	5	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	P	LAD
44	5	Grayson Rodriguez	P	BAL
45	5	Anthony Volpe	SS	NYY
46	5	Jose Altuve	2B	HOU
47	5	Freddy Peralta	P	MIL
48	5	Cole Ragans	P	KC
49	5	Adley Rutschman	C	BAL
50	5	William Contreras	C	MIL
51	5	Manny Machado	3B	SD
52	5	Zac Gallen	P	ARI
53	5	Gerrit Cole	P	NYY
54	6	Oneil Cruz	SS	PIT
55	6	Evan Carter	OF	TEX
56	6	Blake Snell	P	SF
57	6	Logan Webb	P	SF
58	6	Aaron Nola	P	PHI
59	6	Jared Jones	P	PIT
60	6	Max Fried	P	ATL
61	6	Josh Naylor	1B	CLE
62	6	Will Smith	C	LAD
63	6	Royce Lewis	3B	MIN
64	6	Pablo Lopez	P	MIN
65	6	Kevin Gausman	P	TOR
66	6	Randy Arozarena	OF	TB
67	6	Dylan Cease	P	SD
68	6	James Wood	OF	WSH
69	7	Christian Yelich	OF	MIL
70	7	Framber Valdez	P	HOU
71	7	Bryan Reynolds	OF	PIT
72	7	Jasson Dominguez	OF	NYY
73	7	Nick Lodolo	P	CIN
74	7	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	OF	MIA
75	7	Gleyber Torres	2B	NYY
76	7	Vinnie Pasquantino	1B	KC
77	7	Bo Bichette	SS	TOR
78	7	Joe Ryan	P	MIN
79	7	Spencer Steer	1B,3B,OF	CIN
80	7	Jackson Merrill	SS	SD
81	7	Coby Mayo	3B	BAL
82	7	Bobby Miller	P	LAD
83	7	Paul Skenes	P	PIT
84	7	Tanner Bibee	P	CLE
85	7	Mike Trout	OF	LAA
86	8	Cedric Mullins	OF	BAL
87	8	Kyle Schwarber	OF	PHI
88	8	Spencer Strider	P	ATL
89	8	Eury Perez	P	MIA
90	8	Ketel Marte	2B	ARI
91	8	Bryce Miller	P	SEA
92	8	Triston Casas	1B	BOS
93	8	Alex Bregman	3B	HOU
94	8	Tyler O'Neill	OF	BOS
95	8	Bailey Ober	P	MIN
96	8	Gavin Williams	P	CLE
97	8	Josh Jung	3B	TEX
98	8	Justin Steele	P	CHC
99	8	Bryson Stott	2B	PHI
100	8	Matt Shaw	2B	CHC
101	9	Josh Lowe	OF	TB
102	9	Matt McLain	2B,SS	CIN
103	9	Seiya Suzuki	OF	CHC
104	9	Colton Cowser	OF	BAL
105	9	Roman Anthony	OF	BOS
106	9	Cristian Javier	P	HOU
107	9	Cody Bellinger	1B,OF	CHC
108	9	Christian Walker	1B	ARI
109	9	Sandy Alcantara	P	MIA
110	9	Shane McClanahan	P	TB
111	9	Xander Bogaerts	SS	SD
112	9	Maikel Garcia	3B	KC
113	9	Ha-Seong Kim	2B,3B,SS	SD
114	9	Jordan Westburg	2B,3B	BAL
115	9	Marcell Ozuna	UT	ATL
116	9	Jordan Lawlar	SS	ARI
117	9	Teoscar Hernandez	OF	LAD
118	9	Yandy Diaz	1B	TB
119	10	Francisco Alvarez	C	NYM
120	10	Hunter Greene	P	CIN
121	10	Edouard Julien	2B	MIN
122	10	Colt Keith	2B,3B	DET
123	10	Jordan Montgomery	P	ARI
124	10	Dylan Crews	OF	WSH
125	10	Dansby Swanson	SS	CHC
126	10	Andres Gimenez	2B	CLE
127	10	George Springer	OF	TOR
128	10	Shota Imanaga	P	CHC
129	10	Jackson Jobe	P	DET
130	10	Walker Buehler	P	LAD
131	10	Jesus Luzardo	P	MIA
132	10	Yainer Diaz	C	HOU
133	10	J.T. Realmuto	C	PHI
134	10	Spencer Torkelson	1B	DET
135	10	Zack Gelof	2B	OAK
136	10	Spencer Jones	OF	NYY
137	10	Taylor Ward	OF	LAA
138	10	Jose Berrios	P	TOR
139	10	Sonny Gray	P	STL
140	10	Zach Eflin	P	TB
141	10	Kyle Manzardo	1B	CLE
142	10	Isaac Paredes	1B,3B	TB
143	10	Chase DeLauter	OF	CLE
144	10	Andy Pages	OF	LAD
145	10	Alec Bohm	1B,3B	PHI
146	10	Jeremy Pena	SS	HOU
147	10	Emmanuel Rodriguez	OF	MIN
148	10	Kerry Carpenter	OF	DET
149	10	Kyle Bradish	P	BAL
150	10	Joe Musgrove	P	SD
151	10	Shane Baz	P	TB
152	10	Samuel Basallo	C	BAL
153	10	Andrew Painter	P	PHI
154	10	Chris Sale	P	ATL
155	11	Emmanuel Clase	P	CLE
156	11	Josh Hader	P	HOU
157	11	Edwin Diaz	P	NYM
158	11	Mason Miller	P	OAK
159	11	Kodai Senga	P	NYM
160	11	Jarren Duran	OF	BOS
161	11	Ian Happ	OF	CHC
162	11	Sean Murphy	C	ATL
163	11	Noelvi Marte	3B	CIN
164	11	Willy Adames	SS	MIL
165	11	Brayan Bello	P	BOS
166	11	Daulton Varsho	OF	TOR
167	11	Walker Jenkins	OF	MIN
168	11	Andrew Abbott	P	CIN
169	11	Lane Thomas	OF	WSH
170	11	Ezequiel Tovar	SS	COL
171	11	Logan O'Hoppe	C	LAA
172	11	Reid Detmers	P	LAA
173	11	Steven Kwan	OF	CLE
174	11	Brandon Marsh	OF	PHI
175	11	Chas McCormick	OF	HOU
176	11	Nathaniel Lowe	1B	TEX
177	11	Heston Kjerstad	UT	BAL
178	11	Willson Contreras	C	STL
179	11	Cade Horton	P	CHC
180	11	Nolan Jones	OF	COL
181	11	Nick Castellanos	OF	PHI
182	11	Michael King	P	SD
183	11	Ryan Pepiot	P	TB
184	11	Tanner Houck	P	BOS
185	11	Colt Emerson	SS	SEA
186	11	Max Clark	OF	DET
187	12	Jordan Walker	OF	STL
188	12	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	1B	CIN
189	12	Jake Burger	3B	MIA
190	12	Max Muncy	3B	LAD
191	12	Carson Williams	SS	TB
192	12	Michael Busch	3B	CHC
193	12	Colson Montgomery	3B,SS	CHW
194	12	Nico Hoerner	2B,SS	CHC
195	12	Ke'Bryan Hayes	3B	PIT
196	12	Tommy Edman	2B,SS,OF	STL
197	12	Ranger Suarez	P	PHI
198	12	Eloy Jimenez	UT	CHW
199	12	Bryan Woo	P	SEA
200	12	Brandon Pfaadt	P	ARI
201	12	Hunter Brown	P	HOU
202	12	Thairo Estrada	2B,SS	SF
203	12	Robby Snelling	P	SD
204	12	Joey Loperfido	OF	HOU
205	12	MacKenzie Gore	P	WSH
206	12	Shane Bieber	P	CLE
207	12	Jordan Hicks	P	SF
208	12	Kyle Harrison	P	SF
209	12	Rhys Hoskins	1B	MIL
210	12	Brandon Nimmo	OF	NYM
211	12	Ethan Salas	C	SD
212	12	Zach Neto	SS	LAA
213	12	James Outman	OF	LAD
214	12	Sal Frelick	OF	MIL
215	12	Devin Williams	P	MIL
216	12	Andres Munoz	P	SEA
217	12	Raisel Iglesias	P	ATL
218	12	Jhoan Duran	P	MIN
219	12	Jordan Romano	P	TOR
220	12	Camilo Doval	P	SF
221	12	Christian Scott	P	NYM
222	12	Brooks Lee	SS	MIN
223	12	Pete Crow-Armstrong	OF	CHC
224	13	Gabriel Moreno	C	ARI
225	13	Nolan Arenado	3B	STL
226	13	Cal Raleigh	C	SEA
227	13	Lars Nootbaar	OF	STL
228	13	Jordan Beck	OF	COL
229	13	Jung Hoo Lee	OF	SF
230	13	Kutter Crawford	P	BOS
231	13	Reynaldo Lopez	P	ATL
232	13	Edward Cabrera	P	MIA
233	13	Nestor Cortes Jr.	P	NYY
234	13	Luis Arraez	2B	MIA
235	13	Owen Caissie	OF	CHC
236	13	Mitch Keller	P	PIT
237	13	Nolan Gorman	2B	STL
238	13	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	OF	ARI
239	13	Yu Darvish	P	SD
240	13	Lazaro Montes	1B,OF	SEA
241	13	Reese Olson	P	DET
242	13	Garrett Crochet	P	CHW
243	13	Carlos Rodon	P	NYY
244	13	Ricky Tiedemann	P	TOR
245	13	Ryan Mountcastle	1B	BAL
246	13	Carlos Correa	SS	MIN
247	13	Jonathan India	2B	CIN
248	13	Matt Chapman	3B	SF
249	13	Luis Severino	P	NYM
250	13	Luis Campusano	C	SD

Top Fantasy Baseball Risers

Tarik Skubal continues to pitch like an ace, currently rocking a 2.02 ERA through 49 innings this year with 60 strikeouts (31.6%) and just eight walks (4.2%). The fastball velocity remains up and his secondaries are missing bats at a high clip, including his changeup that has a 47.5 percent whiff rate. The slider, while just 31.9 percent whiff, still has looked quite strong and has given Skubal the look of a fantasy SP1. The gains made last season when he returned from injury have stuck, and Skubal looks dominant.

CJ Abrams tapped into more power this year after hitting 18 home runs last year while swiping 47 bases. I really doubted Abrams' power, and that was a big miss for me as I really thought the power last year was a mirage. I will eat those words and gladly move Abrams up my rankings. He looks legitimate and hits the ball consistently at ideal angles with an above-average barrel rate. Abrams does not even need to be a huge power threat, but if he can hit 20 home runs regularly, we are talking a first-round kind of fantasy asset.

James Wood looks like he might be the No. 1 prospect upon the graduation of several of the top prospects currently in the majors. Wood might even debut soon as he is tearing the cover off the ball and is now up to seven home runs to pair with nine stolen bases while slashing .346/.444/.581. Wood has cut his strikeout rate by over 10 percentage points and has shown improved contact against breaking balls, which he really struggled with last year.

Top Fantasy Baseball Fallers

Randy Arozarena has picked it up a bit in the month of May, but is still struggling a bit with the contact side of things as his zone contact is down nearly eight percentage points and the overall contact is down over six percentage points. Arozarena does have seven home runs and stolen bases apiece, which puts him on pace for nearly 25 of each this year, but the slash line sits at just .159/.262/.325.

Bo Bichette has declined a bit every year in the home run and stolen base department since his 2021 season, in which he hit 29 home runs and stole 25 bases. Despite entering the year with a career .300 batting average, Bichette is slashing just .218/.275/.306 at the moment and has just two home runs on the season. His barrel rate is sitting at 3.3 percent, which is among the worst in the league. While the contact rates have improved, the quality of that contact has not. Better days should be ahead for Bichette, but the performance has been concerning to this point.

Joe Musgrove was one of the more steady arms in the game since 2021 but really struggled with performance this year before landing on the IL with right elbow inflammation. He was getting hit quite hard and had allowed 10 home runs in eight starts so far this year. If the performance was injury-related, it makes a little more sense, especially with his velocity being down. Regardless, injury and performance issues are a bit concerning for Musgrove for dynasty purposes, making him a faller on the list.

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