Patreon Post: Top 437 July 2022 Dynasty Baseball Rankings

With the trade deadline approaching, now is your last chance to make that push for a championship, or regroup for future years. Previous rankings from June through April are in parenthesis, in that order. Here is the Top 437 July 2022 Dynasty Baseball Rankings:

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Tier 1

1) (1) (1) (1) Shohei Ohtani LAA, RHP/DH, 28.1 – Ohtani’s all-encompassing dominance is starting to feel routine

2) (2) (3) (3) Ronald Acuna Jr. ATL, OF, 24.7 – He’s not back to 100% with a 28.2 ft/sec sprint speed (29.4 in 2021) and 11.9 degree launch angle (18.2 in 2021), but if he’s about 80% of himself this year, I’ll bet on him getting to like 95% in 2023. He may never truly get back to 100% though. Getting old sucks.

3) (3) (2) (2) Juan Soto WASH, OF, 23.9 – The inevitable huge 2nd half is in full swing with a 1.220 OPS in his last 22 games. In anything other than a 5×5 BA league he would jump over Acuna

4) (6) (22) (21) Julio Rodriguez SEA, OF, 21.7 – A 32.3% whiff% with a 6.8% BB% shows he isn’t really an elite hitter yet, but it would be just silly if he already had a mature plate approach with how dominant he is everywhere else

5) (7) (26) (20) Bobby Witt Jr. KC, SS, 22.1 – Witt is faster than Julio (and everyone else too with a league leading 30.4 ft/sec sprint speed), he swings and misses much less (26% whiff%), and he hits the ball in the air more (17 degree launch angle). He doesn’t hit the ball as hard though

6) (5) (4) (5) Fernando Tatis Jr. SD, SS, 23.7 – Tatis has been swinging with no issues and seems to be nearing a rehab assignment. The added injury risk would make it very hard for me to part with Julio or Witt for him right now though

7) (4) (5) (8) Kyle Tucker HOU, OF, 25.6 – 89.4 MPH EV is a career low and a 92.2 MPH FB/LD EV ain’t great

8) (8) (7) (15) Yordan Alvarez HOU, OF, 25.1 – .470 xwOBA leads the league by far with Judge a distant 2nd at .440. 96.2 MPH EV also leads the league

Tier 2

9) (10) (11) (7) Trea Turner LAD, SS, 29.1 – 30.4 ft/sec sprint speed is tied for first with Bobby Witt. When the inevitable speed decline comes, there will at least be a long runway before it drops off a cliff

Shadow9) (16) (14) (13) Shohei Ohtani LAA, DH only/Weekly Leagues, 27.9

10) (9) (6) (4) Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR, 1B, 23.4 – He’s falling back to somewhere in between his pre and post 2021 breakout self

11) (21) (24) (27) Aaron Judge NYY, OF, 30.2 – The Yanks might have to pay this dude $100 million per year at this rate

12) (11) (12) (12) Jose Ramirez CLE, 3B, 29.8 – .326 xwOBA vs. a .390 wOBA is definitely scaring me a little, but I’m ignoring it because nothing is really setting off alarm bells in the underlying numbers and he has a long track record of success

13) (15) (13) (13) Bryce Harper PHI, OF, 29.7 – Underwent thumb surgery and will return in mid August at the earliest

14) (13) (9) (10) Luis Robert CHW, OF, 25.0 – He’s basically Bo Bichette with more speed at this point, but his speed is also dropping with a career worst 27.8 ft/sec sprint speed

15) (18) (16) (14) Rafael Devers BOS, 3B, 25.8 – Elite everywhere but steals

16) (20) (35) (69) Shane McClanahan TBR, LHP, 25.2 – 2.29 xERA leads all starters

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

18) (12) (8) (6) Bo Bichette TOR, SS, 24.5 – He didn’t take a step forward as a hitter this year and his 27.4 ft/sec sprint speed is a career low, leading to a terrible 7 for 13 success rate on the bases

19) (14) (10) (11) Wander Franco TBR, SS, 21.5 – Underwent wrist surgery that will likely keep him out until early September. Wrist injuries are known to sap power and have also been known to linger. Like you I’m sure, I’m also feeling the itch to drop Wander lower than this, but his elite bat to ball skills makes it hard for me to give up on his upside. He’s only 21. I think the breakout is still coming

20) (22) (18) (18) Manny Machado SD, 3B, 30.0

21) (17) (19) (22) Mookie Betts LAD, OF, 29.8 – He definitely seems to be on the decline from his absolute peak with a below average 27.1 ft/sec sprint speed and a career worst 17.2% K%, but it doesn’t look like he is going to fall off a cliff anytime soon

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

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