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Another week is in the books, leading to this weeks Top 100 Dynasty Starting Pitchers for 2026.

Last week we examined the top 50 relievers, and if you missed that post, the link can be found at the bottom of this post. But let’s not look backward. Instead, let’s look toward next year and who I think the top starters are. 

Here is a quick snapshot of the age breakdown of starting pitchers:

35+: 9
30-34: 28
25-29: 48
20-24: 15

As you can see, I have a wide range of ages when it comes to the rankings, but I skew heavily to pitchers young than 30 as those who are between the ages of 20-29 make up 63% of the players ranked.

While I am often conservative when it comes to the really young starters, that is reserved mostly for those under the age of 25. Yet I firmly believe in a few of those really young hurlers and they are ranked accordingly high. 

So let’s get on with the Top 100 Dynasty Starting Pitchers for 2026.

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The 2025 baseball season is still not quite finished, but for dynasty league players, the planning for the 2026 season is, or should be, already started.

It is never too soon to start formulating your plan and compiling your lists of the top players you should target in trades or upcoming drafts or auctions. If you want to win the league title next year, the first steps to do that start now.

This is where I step into the picture? In an effort to kickstart your offseason planning, welcome to the first positional breakdown of the 2026 Top Dynasty players. For the next 10 weeks I will break down who I think are the top 50 (or 100 for the starting pitchers) players at each position, with outfielders broken down into left, center and right fielders – not one big blob.

So get your pencils sharpened and pad of paper out (does anyone actually use a pencil and pad of paper these days) to take notes on the Top 50 Dynasty Relievers for 2026.

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At this point of the season, making adds to your roster is likely not allowed as your fantasy season is over or the playoffs are just concluding.

But that doesn’t mean you can’t look ahead and wonder who you should target this offseason. One of those players who should have a very large target is Trey Yesavage of the Toronto Blue Jays.

This is a player who was only drafted just over a year ago and entered 2025 having never thrown one pitch as a professional player. Today, he could be a key member of the Toronto staff during the postseason.

So let’s take a few minutes to discuss up-and-coming dynasty player Trey Yesavage.

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Hello, everyone. Glad to have you back for another installment of Up-and-Coming Dynasty Players. And if you are new here, welcome.

This week I am featuring Sal Stewart of the Cincinnati Reds. Drafted only three years ago, Stewart has quickly risen through the Reds’ system and made his major league debut on Sept. 1.

I will admit that I am biased toward Stewart as I have him in several of my dynasty leagues.

Let’s take a loot at Stewart to see why I like him so much.

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The final month of the season is here, so in the fantasy baseball world, the window to hunt and add an up-and-coming dynasty player is closing.

For some leagues, the playoffs have started and the ability to add players off the waiver wire should be gone. But in other leagues, there is still some time to add players.

With that in mind, I am going to talk about Nolan McLean of the New York Mets.

A right-hander pitcher who was drafted in the third round by the Baltimore Orioles in 2022 and then by the Mets in 2023, McLean was rated as a top 100 prospect by Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus entering this season. As the 2025 season unfolded, MLB Pipeline finally caught up to what McLean was doing on the diamond as he moved up the Top 100 rankings and was ranked 34th before he joined the Mets’ staff in August.

Let’s examine why McLean has shot up the prospect lists and into the majors and is an up-and-coming dynasty player.

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Welcome back, friends. After taking a week off to play the role of dad and send my child off to college, I am back and ready to talk about Cade Horton.

One of the top athletes in the high school class of 2020, Horton was a two-way star at Norman High School. Determined to play college football and baseball for the Oklahoma Sooners, Horton – despite his talent – he went undrafted in the shortened five round 2020 draft.

A 6-foot-1 right-hander, Horton never saw any time at quarterback for the Sooners and missed the 2021 baseball season after undergoing Tommy John surgery in February of 2021. He returned in 2022 and struggled during the regular season before finding his groove in the postseason to lead Oklahoma to a second-place finish in the College World Series. He was then drafted in the first round with the seventh overall pick by the Cubs and now is a key member of the starting rotation.

Let’s examine why Horton is an up-and-coming dynasty player.

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For many of us, when we have our eye on a prospect in the minors and see him raking all season, we are left waiting for the parent club to finally see what everyone else sees and promote him to the The Show.

That was the case for the many dynasty league owners when it came to Chicago Cubs outfielder Owen Caissie. All he has done all season is smash the ball for home runs, yet week after week, he remained in Triple-A. Well, the wait is finally over as the Cubs promoted Caissie earlier this week and immediately had him in the starting lineup.

Caissie is not the perfect prospect. If he was, he would have been up a long time ago. But he is a very good prospect whose playing time was blocked due to the amount of depth in the Chicago outfield. 

Time to take a look at Owen Caissie and see why he is an up-and-coming dynasty player.

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Welcome back, my friends. It seems I just wrote about a player yesterday, not last week!

After diving into the dynasty value of some catchers the past few weeks, I am heading back into the field of play and taking a look at Chicago White Sox shortstop Colson Montgomery.

He made his MLB debut on July 4, and over the last month plus a few days, he has been showing why he is an up-and-coming dynasty player. 

Without further adieu, I present Colson Montgomery.

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Welcome back, friends. Glad to have you here reading another installment of Up-and-Coming Dynasty Players.

After featuring a catcher last week in Drake Baldwin of the Atlanta Braves, I decided to stay in the division and concentrate on the same position. We are going to head south to Miami so I can talk about catcher Agustin Ramirez.

For the most part, Ramirez has been an under-the-radar prospect who was never ranked as a top 100 prospect until this past offseason when Baseball Prospectus ranked hit at #55 but was nowhere to be seen in the Baseball America or MLB rankings.

Ramirez is making Baseball Prospectus look pretty smart as he has provided plenty of pop for the Marlins offense since his promotion from Triple-A in late April.

Why is Ramirez and Up-and-Coming Dynasty Player? Let’s find out.

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The stretch run in fantasy baseball is here, and the difference in winning and losing a title may come down to a sneaky waiver wire addition or trade for a player that is not really a household name.

Drake Baldwin kind of fits that description. Despite being drafted in 2022, it wasn’t until this past offseason that Baldwin showed up on top 100 prospect lists. As the season has progressed, he has been steady at the plate and put up solid numbers.

Despite that fact, he is pretty much available to add to your team right now as he is rostered in only 10.5% of ESPN leagues and 20% of Yahoo leagues. That is just wrong. Catchers who can hit are a rare commodity. Add in the power he can produce, and it is a crime that he is not on more teams.

Let’s take a look at Baldwin and see why he should be on your team.

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With the All-Star break this week, I figured now was a good time to look back at the first half of the season and see what I got right and what I got wrong when it comes to who is and isn’t an up-and-coming dynasty player.

To be honest, I still feel pretty good about the majority of the players I have talked about the last three and half months. But a few players have not lived up to the expectations I had for them entering the season or for what I expected out of them the rest of this year. Are these players going to rebound, or should I admit that I was just flat out wrong? Guess you will have to read and find out.

I will admit, this is a bit of a long read, but looking back on the good and the bad should be a slow journey. So go grab a cold beverage and hearty snack and then settle in.

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While major league players are headed into their All-Star break and have the chance to take a breath and relax, you, me and all the other dynasty baseball enthusiasts have no time to take a breath. The hunt for the next up-and-coming dynasty player never stops!

Last week I ventured west and landed in Colorado. While the Rockies are horrible this season, the team does feature some good, young talent. Colorado catcher Hunter Goodman is one of those players and I talked about him last week.

Another up-and-coming dynasty player is  Jordan Beck. The former MLB Pipeline top 100 prospect is having a breakout season for Colorado.

With half the season gone, now is a good time to zoom in on Beck.

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