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Top 50 Dynasty Keepers for 2025 – Center Fielders

December 4, 2024 | Fantasy Baseball Keepers | 22 Comments

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Thanksgiving is behind us, which means two things – the Holiday season is in full swing, and the 2025 Top Dynasty Keepers for 2025 series is in the home stretch.

This week we focus on center fielders, leaving only right fielders and true designated hitters remaining.

For me, the center field position ranks only behind the shortstops when it comes to talent and depth. If you are starting a team from scratch, my first pick is coming from either the shortstop or center field position. This is a position where I am counting on young players to build my team around.

Of the 50 players ranked below, only six of them are 30 or older and a total of 18 ranked players are 25-year-old or younger.

So this is a position that give you a key player for the next half decade or longer.

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Jakkers

Top 50 Dynasty Keepers for 2025 – Left Fielders

November 27, 2024 | Fantasy Baseball Keepers | 8 Comments

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone and welcome back to the Top 50 Dynasty Keepers for 2025 series. If this the first time for you to read one of these series entries, then welcome aboard.

Ranking outfielders can be tricky because a host of left fielders can also play right field, or center field, or heck, somewhere in the infield. Thus, some of the players you see in the rankings here you will see again over the next two weeks or have already seen, but they just may be ranked higher or lower compared to these rankings.

This position is heavy on players under the age of 30. Out of the 50 players I ranked, only 14 of them are 30 years old or older. Despite the youth, the position still has a lot of depth. You can get a pretty solid player from Tier 3 and even Tier 4 if a few of the players ranked there can rebound after poor seasons.

Overall, this is a position where I am counting on some very young players with high upside to actual reach that upside.

That said, let’s get on with the rankings.

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Jakkers

Top 50 Dynasty Keepers for 2025 – Third Basemen

November 20, 2024 | Fantasy Baseball Keepers | 16 Comments

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Welcome back to another installment of Top Dynasty Keepers for 2025. We have made our trip around the infield as we highlight the third basemen this week.

This is an interesting position. There is some solid depth as you can land a good starter from the Tier 2 group or even Tier 3 if one of those players has a breakout year. But the top talent skews toward the older side as six of my top 20 players are 31 years old or older.

There are some solid players who are in their 20s, but there is no Bobby Witt Jr. or Gunnar Henderson in this group.

Overall, it is a position with one great player, a lot of above average players and then a gaggle of players who have the potential to be above average but are not there yet.

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Jakkers

Top 50 Dynasty Keepers for 2025 – Shortstops

November 13, 2024 | Fantasy Baseball Keepers | 22 Comments

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Welcome back to another week of Top Dynasty Keepers for 2025. The spotlight turns to shortstops this week.

Unlike second base, which has a pretty steep drop off in talent outside the top 15 or so players, the shortstop position is loaded with talent, the type of talent that is ranked among the best in baseball, not just this position. The players ranked in Tier 2 will still provide solid production and that continues into the players ranked in Tier 3.

And this talent is young. Of the 30 players ranked in Tiers 1 through 3, 23 of them are under the age of 30. Missing out on a Tier 1 player is not going to cripple your team.

Now, let’s get to the rankings.

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Jakkers

Top 50 Dynasty Keepers for 2025 – First Basemen

October 30, 2024 | Fantasy Baseball Keepers | 23 Comments

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Welcome back for another week of Top Dynasty Keepers for 2025. 

We’ve taken care of the pitchers and the catchers, so this week my attention turns to the infield and first baseman specifically. Overall, this is a pretty solid position, aided in part by a host of players who also play another position.

In a 12-team or 16-team league, who should be able to find a strong starting first baseman for your team. But there are still some solid players ranked in Tier 3 and there are quite a few players ranked in Tier 4 who have really good upside if you can get past their growing pains

With that said, let’s get on with the rankings.

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Jakkers

Top 40 Dynasty Keepers for 2025 – Catchers

October 23, 2024 | Fantasy Baseball Keepers | 9 Comments

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We are three weeks into the Dynasty Keepers for 2025 and today we turn our attention to catchers. This is a position that is mind-numbingly weak as there is not a lot of quality depth.

Few catchers will help you across the board. You may get a catcher who has power but kills your average and on-base percentage. Or you may get a catcher who hits well and gets on base but has no power at all. The average major league hitter this season posted a slash line of .240/.309/.394. Of the 53 catchers I looked at, their average slash line was .238/.300/.381. Basically, this is a position that is below the average player across the board.

Only six catchers hit 20 or more homers and only one reached 30. Only three catchers drove in more than 90 runs. The ones who can do it all are worth their weight in gold as they will give you a huge advantage at that position against opponents if you are lucky enough to land one of these unicorns.

Anyway, let’s get to the rankings.

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Jakkers

Top 100 Dynasty Keepers For 2025 – Starting Pitchers

October 16, 2024 | Fantasy Baseball Keepers, Featured | 27 Comments

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Welcome back to the Top Dynasty Keepers for 2025 series. Last week I listed my 50 Top Dynasty Keepers for 2025, so we move forward to starting pitchers this week.

This is one of the tougher groups to rank. Thanks to the nature of pitching, it seems half of all starting pitchers are recovering from Tommy John or some other shoulder/elbow injury every season, dwindling the number of quality starters down to a handful.

There is also the subjectivity of ranking starting pitchers. Everyone attacks building a starting staff differently in dynasty leagues…

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Jakkers

Rhett Lowder: Up-And-Coming Dynasty Player

September 27, 2024 | 2024 Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Baseball Keepers, Keeper Leagues | 2 Comments

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Welcome back to the final 2024 edition of Up-and-Coming Dynasty Players series.

With the regular season winding down, most fantasy leagues seasons are done outside of the few still determining their champion this weekend. While fantasy seasons are basically done, that does not mean you are finished with your dynasty league. In fact, now is the start of the 2025 season!

Just like real MLB teams, the offseason doesn’t mean you get to put your feet on the table and not think about your team until February or March. The offseason is the time for you to make your plans for next season.

Who should you target in free agency or draft. What prospects should you go after? Which players should I target in a trade?

And if you really want to be prepared, now is the time to start putting together your rankings. (NOTE: If that is a daunting task for you, don’t fret! After a few weeks off, I will be back with the position-by-position dynasty rankings throughout the offseason. That will then lead into my overall player rankings ahead of spring training.)

Let’s circle back to a player you should target this offseason. My final player to highlight this year is Rhett Lowder of the Cincinatti Reds. This is a player who was pitching at Wake Forest just last year. Now, after only 22 games of minor league experience, he is pitching for the Reds.

So let’s take a look at Lowder

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Jakkers

JJ Bleday: Up-And-Coming Dynasty Player

September 21, 2024 | 2024 Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Baseball Keepers, Keeper Leagues | 3 Comments

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The MLB season is nearly at an end and the playoffs are in site. But what is not at an end is this wonderful weekly Up-and-Coming Dynasty Players post!

So welcome back and take a few minutes to read why I think JJ Bleday is an Up-and-Coming Dynasty Player.

Bleday was the SEC Player of the Year in 2019 and was a Golden Spikes finalist for the best college player of the year. Drafted by the Marlins as the fourth overall pick of the 2019 draft, Bleday never really found his footing in the organization and was traded to Oakland ahead of the 2023 season for A.J. Puk.

With a resume of ups-and-downs in the minors and now being 26 years old, I can understand if you think I am crazy to think that Bleday is an up-and-coming dynasty player. I understand that argument. I mean he is 26! That is usually past the point for a player selected 4th overall to still be trying to establish himself.

But for some players, the adjustment from college to the minors to the majors can take longer than expected. I believe that Bleday is one of those players.

So let’s take a dive into his performance and why he has turned his career around with the Athletics this season.

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Jakkers

Kumar Rocker: Up-And-Coming Dynasty Player

September 14, 2024 | 2024 Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Baseball Keepers, Keeper Leagues |

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Welcome back to Up-and-Coming Dynasty Players and welcome to The Show, Kumar Rocker.

The right-handed pitcher made his MLB debut Thursday night for the Texas Rangers, and while it is only one start, he showed why he has always been considered a top pitching prospect and why he is an up-and-coming dynasty star.

Rocker would have likely been a first-round draft choice out of high school in 2018, but he was dead set on attending Vanderbilt and instead was drafted in the 38th round by Colorado in case he changed his mind. He didn’t and tt was a good move on his part as he was outstanding on the mound for the Commodores. During his time there he won the College World Series Most Outstanding Player award as a freshman in 2019. Against Duke in the Super Regionals that season he threw a no-hitter with 19 strikeouts against Duke.

In 2021, he led NCAA Division pitchers in wins with 14 and in strikeouts with 179.

Getting Sidetracked

After the 2021 college season, the Mets drafted Rocker with the 10th overall pick in July and a deal was in place that included a $6 million bonus. But before the deal was finalized, the post-draft physical showed Rocker to have shoulder and elbow issues and the Mets pulled their offer.

Rocker underwent shoulder surgery in September of that year and returned in 2022 to pitch in the Frontier League and he appeared to be fully healthy. In 20 innings of work, he allowed only 11 hits and four walks while striking out 32 for a 1.25 ERA and 0.750 WHIP with a 14.4 K/9 rate.

Eligible to be drafted again, the Rangers pounced on the chance to take Rocker, selecting him third overall. After making some appearances in the Arizona Fall League, Rocker started his 2023 campaign at Class A and was 2-2 with a 3.86 ERA and 1.000 WHIP with a 13.5 K/9 rate through his first six starts when he blew out his elbow and undergoing Tommy John surgery.

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