Patreon Post: Top 455 August 2022 Dynasty Baseball Rankings

Previous rankings from July through April are in parenthesis, in that order. Here is the Top 455 August 2022 Dynasty Baseball Rankings:

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Tier 1

1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Shohei Ohtani LAA, RHP/DH, 28.2 – He’s in a tier of his own. He’s the perfect fantasy player.

Tier 2

2) (2) (2) (3) (3) Ronald Acuna Jr. ATL, OF, 24.8 – Homer power hasn’t been there with his launch angle tanking, but I have a hard time believing he forgot how to hit homers. He had surgery for a torn ACL in late July 2021, so it’s impressive he’s even been this good and able to play in this many games. He’s going to be much closer to 100% next year

3) (3) (3) (2) (2) Juan Soto SDP, OF, 23.10 – 5×5 BA leagues are not his bread and butter, but he’s elite no matter how you slice it

4) (4) (6) (22) (21) Julio Rodriguez SEA, OF, 21.8 – Don’t let the Kelenic’s of the world scare you off from keeping your elite prospects. Just like in real life, the backbone of the best dynasty teams are often a cheap young core of homegrown talent

5) (8) (8) (7) (15) Yordan Alvarez HOU, OF, 25.2 – If he’s not the best hitter in baseball, he’s at least tied for the best hitter in baseball with Aaron Judge

6) (5) (7) (26) (20) Bobby Witt Jr. KC, SS, 22.2 – .311 xwOBA is slightly below average, but the individual components of the underlying numbers look much better and this is just the beginning for Witt

7) (6) (5) (4) (5) Fernando Tatis Jr. SD, SS, 23.7 – Here’s what I wrote about Tatis in my Monday Dynasty Rundown, “Is Tatis an irredeemable fuck up who you should sell immediately in dynasty? Or is he an immature 23 year old kid making bad decisions with the expectations of the world on his shoulders? I like to think I’m a good judge of character, and to me this is a clear case of the latter, which is why I would buy everywhere I could. It’s like when my mom busted me for smoking weed in my room in high school at 1 a.m. in the morning while watching Late Night with Conan O’Brien. No ma, that’s not weed you smell, I’m just super gassy from that Claritin D you gave me! I swear it! Deny, deny, deny. And look at me now, I turned out fine, quitting a career in law to become a fantasy baseball writer. My parents couldn’t be prouder!” Update: Decided to undergo shoulder surgery and is expected to be ready to go when his suspension is up. Shoulder surgeons have been on a roll lately with Corbin Carrol, Josh Jung, Jordan Lawlar, and Pete Crow Armstrong all dominating coming off recent shoulder surgery. I think he made a good decision

8) (7) (4) (5) (8) Kyle Tucker HOU, OF, 25.7 – 26.6 ft/sec sprint speed is well below average and down considerably from last year. He’s stealing more bases than ever this year, but I would be concerned about how much longer he can keep this up

9) (11) (21) (24) (27) Aaron Judge NYY, OF, 30.3 – On a competing team he would rank 2nd

10) (9) (10) (11) (7) Trea Turner LAD, SS, 29.2 – I’m betting on his speed aging well

Shadow10) (9) (16) (14) (13) Shohei Ohtani LAA, DH only/Weekly Leagues, 27.10

11) (10) (9) (6) (4) Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR, 1B, 23.6 – Starting to find that next level gear with 6 homers and a .995 OPS in his last 28 games

12) (13) (15) (13) (13) Bryce Harper PHI, OF, 29.7 – Has been taking batting practice as he nears a return from thumb surgery

13) (12) (11) (12) (12) Jose Ramirez CLE, 3B, 29.9 – Stolen base pace is on a 5 year low and an 87.8 MPH EV is a 7 year low. I still love him, but I can see team construction scenarios where it makes sense to sell this off-season

14) (15) (18) (16) (14) Rafael Devers BOS, 3B, 25.9

15) 16) (20) (35) (69) Shane McClanahan TBR, LHP, 25.3 – Going through his first rough patch with a 4.94 ERA and 19/9 K/BB in his last 23.2 IP

16) (17) (19) (17) (16) Corbin Burnes MIL, RHP, 27.8

17) (36) (37) (32) (34) Jacob deGrom NYM, RHP, 34.0 – 37/1 K/BB with a career high 99.5 MPH fastball in 23.1 IP since returning. I mean, come on. I don’t care about his age, I think he is on the Verlander/Scherzer path. If you can get an age discount on him this off-season in fantasy, I would jump on it

Tier 3

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

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