2023 Fantasy Baseball Dynasty Rankings: Top 200

March 11, 2023 | 2023 Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Baseball Keepers, Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Keeper Leagues | 24 Comments

by: Jakkers

If you are starting a team in a new dynasty league, take a look at the position breakdown of the top 200 players, using the main position for utility players except for one, who plays basically any position in the field.

What quickly jumps out is the lack of depth at second base and third base. The second and third base positions alone add up to only one more Top 100 player than the shortstop position. There are some great players at those two positions, but the overall quality lacks compared to shortstop or first base.

When it comes to catchers and relief pitchers, I can tell you right now that there are few of them ranked. There are a lot of good catchers, but many of them will get only 110 or so starts or they are getting up in age, making them less than desired dynasty options.

As for the relievers, I never chase saves (or holds if your league has them). How many players dread chasing Aroldis Chapman last year or a host of other top closers? Meanwhile, five new closer will come out of the woodwork this year that you can get in the middle of the season.

The Breakdown

Position	Top 100	Top 200
Catchers	5	12
First Basemen	10	22
Second Basemen	7	15
Shortstops	14	21
Third Basemen	8	15
Outfielders	25	42
Starting Pitchers	30	65
Relief Pitchers	1	7
Utility Players	0	1

Large Numbers, But Not Necessarily Top Talent

Thanks in large part to how many outfielders and pitchers are used in baseball, those two positions obviously account for a large portion of the top-ranked players. But remember, there are at least 150 starting pitchers (and actually more) that teams use and at least 90 outfielders. Out of the minimum of 150 starters in MLB, only 20% are ranked in the Top 100 and only 28% of outfielders are ranked in the Top 100.

Meanwhile, 47% of MLB starting shortstops are ranked in the Top 100 and 33% of first basemen. So if there is a run on shortstops at the top of the draft or even first basemen, don’t go into panic mode.

There are plenty of great to very good starting shortstops who will be available in the middle rounds. So perhaps when people are staying on the straight line, you should take that time to grab a top third baseman or second baseman or go crazy and grab that one catcher who everyone is eyeing but are too afraid to take.

What If You’re a Seasoned Vet?

If you are in an established dynasty league or two (or three, four or five), then a number of these players are already off the board. Depending on position scarcity, the values of some of these players will greatly change. In that case, use these rankings as a guide, because that is what these rankings really are. You’ve already built a team, so you have a strategy. But maybe a player listed here is ranked higher, or lower than you would expect.

No matter what, use the links under each tier to see what I have previously written about each player ranked in that tier. You may agree or disagree with my thinking, but it will probably solidify what you think about a particular player.

Now for the full 2023 Dynasty Rankings: Top 200 list.

Note: Listed age is as of March 31, 2023

TIER 1

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	ELIG. POS.	AGE
1	Julio Rodriguez	SEA	OF	22
2	Juan Soto	SD	OF	24
3	Bo Bichette	TOR	SS	25
4	Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS/3B	22
5	Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	OF	25
6	Kyle Tucker	HOU	OF	26
7	Trea Turner	PHI	SS	29
8	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B	24
9	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	DH/SP	28
10	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	OF	25
11	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	SS	24
12	Aaron Judge	NYY	OF	30
13	Mookie Betts	LAD	OF/2B	30
14	Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B	30
15	Corbin Burnes	MIL	SP	28
16	Rafael Devers	BOS	3B	26
17	Austin Riley	ATL	3B	25
18	Manny Machado	SD	3B	30
19	Pete Alonso	NYM	1B	28
20	Mike Trout	LAA	OF	31
21	Shane McClanahan	TB	SP	25
22	Michael Harris II	ATL	OF	22
23	Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	33
24	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	SP	27
25	Luis Robert	CWS	OF	25

2023 Dynasty Rankings: 25-1

TIER 2

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	ELIG. POS.	AGE
26	Julio Urias	LAD	SP	26
27	Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	29
28	Matt Olson	ATL	1B	29
29	Dylan Cease	CWS	SP	27
30	Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B	26
31	Wander Franco	TB	SS	22
32	Corey Seager	TEX	SS	28
33	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	MIA	2B	25
34	Gerrit Cole	NYY	SP	32
35	Alek Manoah	TOR	SP	25
36	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	SP	30
37	Randy Arozarena	TB	OF	28
38	Bryce Harper	PHI	OF	30
39	Alex Bregman	HOU	3B	29
40	Spencer Strider	ATL	SP/RP	24
41	Adley Rutschman	BAL	C	25
42	Nolan Arenado	STL	3B	31
43	Jose Altuve	HOU	2B	32
44	Xander Bogaerts	SD	SS	30
45	Shane Bieber	CLE	SP	27
46	Aaron Nola	PHI	SP	29
47	Carlos Rodon	NYY	SP	30
48	Marcus Semien	TEX	2B	32
49	George Springer	TOR	OF	33
50	Jacob deGrom	TEX	SP	34

2023 Dynasty Rankings: 50-26

TIER 3

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	ELIG. POS.	AGE
51	Cristian Javier	HOU	SP	26
52	Carlos Correa	MIN	SS	28
53	Will Smith	LAD	C	28
54	Paul Goldschmidt	STL	1B	35
55	Max Fried	ATL	SP	29
56	Oneil Cruz	PIT	SS	24
57	Bryan Reynolds	PIT	OF	28
58	Cedric Mullins	BAL	OF	28
59	Eloy Jimenez	CWS	OF	26
60	Dansby Swanson	CHC	SS	29
61	Tim Anderson	CWS	SS	29
62	Zac Gallen	ARI	SP	27
63	Jeremy Pena	HOU	SS	25
64	Gunnar Henderson	BAL	3B	21
65	Daulton Varsho	TOR	OF/C	26
66	Framber Valdez	HOU	SP	29
67	Alejandro Kirk	TOR	C	24
68	Vaughn Grissom	ATL	2B	22
69	Adolis Garcia	TEX	OF	30
70	Corbin Carroll	ARI	OF	22
71	Luis Castillo	SEA	SP	30
72	Triston McKenzie	CLE	SP	25
73	Andres Gimenez	CLE	2B	24
74	Max Scherzer	NYM	SP	38
75	Justin Verlander	NYM	SP	40

2023 Dynasty Rankings: 75-51

TIER 4

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	ELIG. POS.	AGE
76	Vinnie Pasquantino	KC	1B	25
77	Andrew Vaughn	CWS	OF/1B	24
78	Zack Wheeler	PHI	SP	32
79	Joe Musgrove	SD	SP	30
80	Jordan Walker	STL	3B	20
81	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	OF	30
82	Teoscar Hernandez	SEA	OF	30
83	Walker Buehler	LAD	SP	28
84	J.T. Realmuto	PHI	C	32
85	Tyler O’Neill	STL	OF	27
86	Anthony Volpe	NYY	SS	21
87	Byron Buxton	MIN	OF	29
88	Hunter Greene	CIN	SP	23
89	Francisco Alvarez	NYM	C	22
90	Kevin Gausman	TOR	SP	32
91	Nestor Cortes	NYY	SP	28
92	Emmanuel Clase	CLE	RP	25
93	Logan Gilbert	SEA	SP	25
94	Gleyber Torres	NYY	2B	26
95	Jose Abreu	HOU	1B	36
96	Nathaniel Lowe	TEX	1B	27
97	Christian Yelich	MIL	OF	31
98	Nick Castellanos	PHI	OF	31
99	Rhys Hoskins	PHI	1B	30
100	Dustin May	LAD	SP	25

2023 Dynasty Rankings: 100-76

TIER 5

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	ELIG. POS.	AGE
101	Tommy Edman	STL	2B/SS	27
102	George Kirby	SEA	SP	25
103	Edwin Diaz	NYM	RP	29
104	Robbie Ray	SEA	SP	31
105	Willy Adames	MIL	SS	27
106	Jake McCarthy	ARI	OF	25
107	Logan Webb	SF	SP	26
108	Nick Lodolo	CIN	SP	25
109	Salvador Perez	KC	C	32
110	Starling Marte	NYM	OF	34
111	Ty France	SEA	1B	28
112	Steven Kwan	CLE	OF	25
113	Pablo Lopez	MIN	SP	27
114	Brendan Rodgers	COL	2B	26
115	Kris Bryant	COL	OF	31
116	Freddy Peralta	MIL	SP	26
117	Josh Bell	CLE	1B	30
118	Anthony Santander	BAL	OF	28
119	Tyler Glasnow	TB	SP	29
120	Seiya Suzuki	CHC	OF	28
121	Jonathan India	CIN	2B	26
122	Ian Happ	CHC	OF	28
123	Luis Severino	NYY	SP	29
124	Yu Darvish	SD	SP	36
125	Triston Casas	BOS	1B	23

2023 Dynasty Rankings: 125-101

TIER 6

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	ELIG. POS.	AGE
126	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	SP	28
127	Nico Hoerner	CHC	SS	25
128	Elly De La Cruz	CIN	SS	21
129	Kyle Wright	ATL	SP	27
130	Giancarlo Stanton	NYY	OF	33
131	Josh Hader	SD	RP	28
132	Brandon Nimmo	NYM	OF	30
133	Blake Snell	SD	SP	30
134	Luis Garcia	HOU	SP	26
135	MJ Melendez	KC	C/OF	24
136	Jake Cronenworth	SD	2B/1B	29
137	Spencer Torkelson	DET	1B	23
138	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	SP	23
139	Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU	SP	29
140	Brandon Lowe	TB	2B	28
141	Josh Jung	TEX	3B	25
142	Ryan Mountcastle	BAL	1B	26
143	Anthony Rizzo	NYY	1B	33
144	Jose Miranda	MIN	1B/3B	24
145	Miguel Vargas	LAD	1B	22
146	Jorge Polanco	MIN	2B	29
147	Joe Ryan	MIN	SP	26
148	Lucas Giolito	CWS	SP	28
149	Willson Contreras	STL	C	30
150	Kodai Senga	NYM	SP	30

2023 Dynasty Rankings: 150-126

TIER 7

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	ELIG. POS.	AGE
151	Tyler Stephenson	CIN	C	26
152	Luis Arraez	MIN	1B/2B	25
153	Shane Baz	TB	SP	23
154	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	SP	25
155	Chris Bassitt	TOR	SP	34
156	Ke’Bryan Hayes	PIT	3B	26
157	Devin Williams	MIL	RP	28
158	Ryan Helsley	STL	RP	28
159	Felix Bautista	BAL	RP	27
160	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	SP	35
161	Hunter Renfroe	LAA	OF	31
162	Ketel Marte	ARI	2B	29
163	Taylor Ward	LAA	OF	29
164	Josh Naylor	CLE	1B	25
165	Tarik Skubal	DET	SP	26
166	Jeff McNeil	NYM	2B/OF	30
167	Ezequiel Tovar	COL	SS	21
168	Reid Detmers	LAA	SP	23
169	Amed Rosario	CLE	SS	27
170	Cody Bellinger	CHC	OF	27
171	Jose Berrios	TOR	SP	28
172	Taj Bradley	TB	SP	21
173	Drew Rasmussen	TB	SP	27
174	Riley Greene	DET	OF	22
175	Alec Bohm	PHI	3B	26

2023 Dynasty Rankings: 175-151

TIER 8

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	ELIG. POS.	AGE
176	Max Meyer	MIA	SP	24
177	Jordan Lawlar	ARI	SS	20
178	Raisel Iglesias	ATL	RP	33
179	C.J. Cron	COL	1B	33
180	Alex Verdugo	BOS	OF	26
181	Alex Kirilloff	MIN	1B/OF	24
182	Michael Kopech	CWS	SP	26
183	Sean Murphy	ATL	C	28
184	Matt Chapman	TOR	3B	26
185	Andrew Benintendi	CHW	OF	24
186	Anthony Rendon	LAA	3B	32
187	Justin Steele	CHC	SP	27
188	Jordan Montgomery	STL	SP	30
189	Roansy Contreras	PIT	SP	22
190	Gabriel Moreno	ARI	C	22
191	Eugenio Suarez	SEA	3B	31
192	Andrew Heaney	TEX	SP	31
193	Austin Meadows	DET	OF	27
194	Edward Cabrera	MIA	SP	24
195	CJ Abrams	WAS	SS/2B	22
196	Gavin Lux	LAD	2B/OF	25
197	William Contreras	MIL	C	25
198	Hunter Brown	HOU	SP	24
199	Masataka Yoshida	BOS	OF	29
200	Brendan Donovan	STL	1B/2B/SS/3B/OF	26

2023 Dynasty Rankings: 200-176

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Tom Joad

11 days ago

The hard part about dynasty rankings is that every league is so different. Love the rankings and tiers.

If you had a 14TM, H2H Categories, keep forever but where you can only keep 8 guys a year, would you take Vaughan, Grissom, or Yoshida. Hitting cats are Avg, OBP, R, Hr, RBI, TB, BB, SB, K. I feel like since only 112 are kept a year, some of the younger dynasty rankings where minors are in play skews the rankings.

Jakkers

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Reply to Tom Joad

10 days ago

You’re 100% correct when it comes to dynasty rankings and trying to fit them for the vast number of leagues, so I tried to be as generic as possible. Glad you loved them.

Hitters from Japan have been a crapshoot, so it is hard to tell what Yoshida will do. Grissom at least has somewhat of a track record, and it showed the league adjusted to him the more he played. Will he adjust back? I think so.

The biggest factor when it comes to these two players is their age. Grissom is only 22 while Yoshida is 29 and turns 30 in July. Since you can keep them forever, I’ll take the younger player who plays up the middle over the corner outfielder.

Jakkers

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Reply to Jakkers

9 days ago

I wrote this before seeing that Grissom is likely headed to Triple-A. But unless you can’t replace him, I’d still keep Grissom.

Tom Joad

Reply to Jakkers

9 days ago

Appreciate the feedback. I should have been clearer, I was considering Andrew Vaughan, Vaughan Grissom, and Yoshida. Does Andrew Vaughan jump either if those in your opinion

Jakkers

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Reply to Tom Joad

9 days ago

Ah, I see that now. In my rankings above, I have Grissom at 68, Vaughn at 77 and Yoshida at 199. Watching Yoshida more and more, I have him ranked too low – but I am still not moving him above Grissom and Vaughn due to his age.

With Grissom being sent to the minors, that hurts his immediate rankings and if your league doesn’t allow to replace Grissom, then Vaughn is a great player to add.

But as I said above, I think in the long run I’d take Grissom. Without knowing the exact reason for him being send down, I suspect it is more about his defense at this stage than offense. He struggled at the plate at the end of the year, but I think he can adjust. But his glove may not be coming along as quickly as the Braves had hope.

If you don’t like to gamble, I’d take Vaughn. I think he is going to rake. If you don’t mind thinking long term, I’m still on the Grissom bandwagon.

Foxman

11 days ago

Jeremy Peña love!!!
All the kid did was win MVP of World Series as a rookie, while anchoring the most important defensive position. He is silly cheap in redraft leagues and I don’t get it.
Why do people assume that was his peak?
Kid could be a stud

Jakkers

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Reply to Foxman

11 days ago

Hey, Foxman – no idea why people are still overlooking Pena. I have him at 63 overall, and that may be a little low.

I do know he needs to improve his OBP as he still swings at nearly anything and everything. But he was only a rookie, so it is safe to assume he will become better with his plate discipline. The power is already there, the clutch hitting is already there and the confidence to be great is already there.

John

13 days ago

Hi guys. Thanks so much for all your work on these rankings. I was curious however who makes these? Is it Grey or someone else or a consensus among staff?

Jakkers

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Reply to John

12 days ago

Hey John,

The rankings above and this entire series are my own, without consultation with anyone else. Rankings by other staff members are their own. This allows for a variety of opinions to be shared with the readers.

Thanks for the question.

Sam

17 days ago

Andrew Painter? Kyle Manzardo? How are they not top-200 dynasty??? I think this list might be a little conservative. I understand how difficult making a list is, so understand I’m not trying to be a hater at all. It’s just that, to me, there’s guys on this list (later on) that I would never consider a dynasty option at all. Just my opinion. Maybe we should define ‘dynasty’ a little more. Are we talking a span of 1-2 years? Or are we talking more like 1-4+? Because to me, dynasty includes the most recent MLB draft. And based on talent alone, sometimes those guys bump out the older lower ceiling guys such as verdugo, Suarez, Cron, and majority of catchers. Not saying that those guys don’t deserve a spot on a 2023-maybe 2024 team, but no way am I valuing them more than the guys I stated previously. There are many more too. Other than the later part of the list, I see no problems. Good work!

Jakkers

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Reply to Sam

16 days ago

Some leagues don’t even allow prospects to be drafted, others do, so there is a balance there. And when it comes to young pitchers, I avoid them as most struggle for several years before figuring things out. During that time I can grab a handful of pitchers from the trash heap and win. So I’m not going to put a 19-year-old in the top 200 at this point.

Manzardo is getting a lot of play, but right now I have him just outside my top 200.

But I can’t argue with your thinking, that’s the fun if dynasty baseball – there are a million ways to build a team.

Thanks for your thoughts and for reading.

Sam

Reply to Jakkers

16 days ago

Good point…I understand how certain roster limits for other leagues could influence the list. Minor Leaguers have a large impact in my dynasty leagues, so that’s probably why I feel that way.

Sam

Reply to Sam

16 days ago

Also I feel like if the list is projected a couple more years in the future, you would mainly only have to adjust the order of the list as the season goes on rather than add/removing players as the young guys begin to prove themselves. Just my 2 cents.

Jakkers

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Reply to Sam

16 days ago

I run two dynasty leagues, and both have separate rosters for the prospects and the MLB players. So those specs are very important.

However, since we have lots of info and lists for prospects here at Razzball, this lists incorporates the very best prospects into the Top 200 as the viewpoint I took was building a team today.

Otherwise it would almost be a list of the top 200 prospects with some major leaguers thrown in.

Matt

18 days ago

Where does Jasson Dominguez land on this list next season?

Jakkers

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Reply to Matt

17 days ago

I’d love to be able to answer that, but right now I can’t. He certainly is expected to be good, but he hasn’t played above Double-A. If he continues on his path, I would think he could crack the Top 200, but where I’m not sure.

Jimmy

18 days ago

13 team dynasty 5×5 Outman or Garret Mitchell? Thanks! Can only keep 1

Jakkers

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Reply to Jimmy

18 days ago

I like Mitchell more. Just the better overall player, in my opinion.

Happyharry

19 days ago

Thanks for the rankings, looks good. 12 team, H2H, 6×6, OBP. Keeper. What are the two keepers of;
S. Murphy-rd. 20
J. Peña-rd. 26
K. Wright- rd. 27
Thanks man

Jakkers

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Reply to Happyharry

18 days ago

I’d go Pena and Wright. Catchers just don’t play enough except for a few, while Pena is just scratching the surface and Wright appears to finally be living up to his previous hype.

Chucky

19 days ago

Keep forever league, w/o contracts. Carroll and Gunnar or JTR and either Swanson or Edman?

Jakkers

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Reply to Chucky

19 days ago

Carroll and Gunnar, no question. You will have years and years of production from both, and I rank both of them higher than Realmuto, who will slow down first due to be a catcher, and Edman.

Swanson is ranked in the same tier, but all are closely grouped.

As a duo, I’m taking the very high upside to Carroll and Henderson over Swanson and JTR.

Thanks for reading and the question.

Phil

19 days ago

Good morning,
Would you be ok drafting Yordan Alvarez or Vlad Guerrero with your first pick or is the injury concerns enough to steer away? Thanks.

Jakkers

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Reply to Phil

19 days ago

Im not worried about their injuries at all. Yordan played most of last year with the hand injury, so I wouldn’t worry about that. Vlad, I think, is a case of being careful.

Draft either of them and be happy.