Patreon Post: May Top 433 Dynasty Baseball Rankings

It’s still early, but we now have a sample size that we can really sink our teeth into. April’s small sample update was merely lickable. As usual, I go over 400 deep with quick blurbs for almost everyone. Top 15 free here on the Brick Wall. April through off-season rankings are in parenthesis, in that order. Here is the May Top 433 Dynasty Baseball Rankings:

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1) (1) (1) Shohei Ohtani LAA, RHP/DH, 28.10 – Managed to improve even his one slight weakness, bringing his K% down 6 percentage points to 18.2%. I wish I could rank him even higher than #1, but this is as high as rankings go. Maybe absolute zero?

2) (3) (3) Ronald Acuna Jr. ATL, OF, 25.5 – Speed and launch haven’t bounced back, but who cares with him crushing the ball with a career high 94.2 MPH and career low 14.4% K%. .458 xwOBA is 3rd best in baseball among qualified hitters (behind only Sean Murphy and Matt Chapman, just like how we drew it up).

3) (2) (2) Julio Rodriguez SEA, OF, 22.4 – I wouldn’t sweat the .216 BA as the .261 BABIP is really the only issue. Everything else is basically in line with 2022, and in 2022, he didn’t even explode until May

Shadow3) (3) (6) Shohei Ohtani LAA, DH only/Weekly Leagues, 28.10

4) (4) (6) Kyle Tucker HOU, OF, 26.4 – Tucker is the least talked about, least hyped elite baseball player in the world

5) (6) (9) Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR, 1B, 24.2 – 11.5 degree launch and 12.8% K% are both career highs. Scary to say we might not have even seen the best of Vlad yet

6) (5) (4) Yordan Alvarez HOU, OF, 25.10 – Alvarez has a .924 OPS and it doesn’t even feel like he’s having a good season

7) (9) (7) Fernando Tatis Jr. SDP, SS/OF, 24.4 – It’s clear at this point he will get back to being elite as long as he stays healthy

8) (24) (24) Corbin Carroll ARI, OF, 22.8 – 91.9 MPH EV, 13 degree launch, 22.5%/8.3% K%/BB%, and 30.2 ft/sec sprint. Carroll is the truth and even this ranking might not be high enough

9) (12) (16) Wander Franco TBR, SS, 22.2 – Locking in the breakout with a 10.9% Barrel%, and the cherry on top is that he is running a ton with 8 steals. The new rules may have bumped his fantasy upside even higher

10) (10) (14) Rafael Devers BOS, 3B, 26.6 – Career high 14.4 degree launch could get him to over 40 dingers for the first time in his career. He has 11 already

11) (7) (5) Juan Soto SDP, OF, 24.6 – Career worst 23.2% K% and 25.6% whiff% shows the .220 BA isn’t all bad luck. He was never a huge homer/steal guy, so while he’s still a major buy in an OBP league, I might be hesitant in a 5×5 BA league to really pay up through the nose for him (I would pay up through the shoulders, tops)

12) (11) (13) Bo Bichette TOR, SS, 25.2 – 1 for 3 on the bases with a career low 26.7 ft/sec sprint. He’s not going to be a huge base stealer, but his hit tool is better than ever with a career best 15.7% K%

13) (13) (8) Bobby Witt Jr. KCR, SS/3B, 22.11 – Hitting the ball harder than last year with a 91.1/94.9 MPH AVG/FB EV, which is exactly what we needed to see. There is an explosion coming, and if you can get in now with any type of discount because of the mediocre .715 OPS, I would jump on it

14) (8) (10) Aaron Judge NYY, OF, 31.0 – He’s been out with a hip injury but is expected to return on Tuesday. One thing to keep an eye on is the swing and miss with his K% and whiff% spiking to 32.4% and 39.7%, respectively

15) (15) (12) Jose Ramirez CLE, 3B, 30.8 – Power is the only thing missing, and I’m guessing that will tick up in time as he gets further away from that off-season thumb surgery

By Michael Halpern (@MichaelCHalpern)
Email: michaelhalpern@imaginarybrickwall.com
Twitter: Imaginary Brick Wall (@DynastyHalp)

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