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I’ve been dreading this next stretch for a hot minute.

Well–not “dreading” dreading. That word doesn’t fit many contexts now the world is experiencing existential dread on a daily basis.

But the faux fear is realish enough that my point stands: infield feels like pretty solid ground for fantasy baseball purposes. Pretty much every league uses a catcher, shortstop and first, second and third basemen. Some use one catcher, some use middle and corner infielders, some use an IF spot, but the needs across leagues, and the depth of each position, are fairly standard. 

Outfield and Pitcher feel like the dark arts. Snape describes them to Harry in book six, and Harry describes them to Dumbledore’s Army in book five, as a constantly shapeshifting, infinite battle for which there is no measure of readiness that reaches the level of being “prepared.” 

You do the best you can and react when the world changes. 

So that’s my task here, starting with the sequencing of the top 100 outfielders for 2021 dynasty baseball. 

PS: This is a living document and an invitation to converse. I’m not set in stone on any of these, particularly not my Trout ranking, which feels a bit criminal but perhaps just (like Harry’s DA meetings). I will update and continue ranking outfielders until we’ve covered all the relevant paths to magic.

Rank Player Age Team
1 Ronald Acuña Jr. 22 ATL
2 Christian Yelich 28 MIL
3 Mike Trout 28 LAA
4 Cody Bellinger 24 LAD
5 Juan Soto 21 WAS
6 Mookie Betts 27 LAD
7 Yordan Alvarez 22 HOU
8 Austin Meadows 24 TB
9 Luis Robert 22 CHW
10 Bryce Harper 27 PHI
11 Victor Robles 22 WAS
12 Eloy Jimenez 23 CHW
13 Jorge Soler 28 KC
14 Aaron Judge 27 NYY
15 Jo Adell 21 LAA
16 Starling Marte 31 ARI
17 JD Martinez 32 BOS
18 Joey Gallo 26 TEX
19 George Springer 30 HOU
20 CJ Abrams 19 SD
21 Julio Rodriguez 19 SEA
22 Giancarlo Stanton 30 NYY
23 Dylan Carlson 21 STL
24 Ramon Laureano 25 OAK
25 Jasson Dominguez 17 NYY
26 Michael Conforto 27 NYM
27 Byron Buxton 26 MIN
28 Charlie Blackmon 33 COL
29 Kyle Schwarber 27 CHC
30 Oscar Mercado 25 CLE
31 Jarred Kelenic 20 SEA
32 Kyle Tucker 23 HOU
33 Oneil Cruz 21 PIT
34 Kristian Robinson 19 ARI
35 Franmil Reyes 24 CLE
36 Bryan Reynolds 25 PIT
37 Tommy Pham 32 SD
38 Andrew Benintendi 25 BOS
39 Lourdes Gurriel 26 TOR
40 Eddie Rosario 28 MIN
41 Nick Castellanos 28 CIN
42 Marcell Ozuna 29 ATL
43 David Dahl 26 COL
44 Willie Calhoun 25 TEX
45 Trey Mancini 28 BAL
46 Corbin Carroll 19 ARI
47 Trent Grisham 23 SD
48 Brennen Davis 20 CHC
49 Michael Brantley 32 HOU
50 Max Kepler 27 MIN
51 Nick Senzel 24 CIN
52 Alex Verdugo 23 BOS
53 Luis Matos 18 SF
54 Nick Solak 25 TEX
55 Trevor Larnach 23 MIN
56 Zac Veen 18 ??
57 Garrett Mitchell 21 ??
58 Teoscar Hernandez 27 TOR
59 Yasiel Puig 29 ??
60 Avisail Garcia 28 MIL
61 Mark Canha 31 OAK
62 Heriberto Hernandez 20 TEX
63 Sam Hilliard 26 COL
64 Aaron Hicks 30 NYY
65 Austin Hays 24 BAL
66 Erick Pena 17 KC
67 Andrew McCutchen 33 PHI
68 Wil Myers 29 SD
69 Nomar Mazara 24 CHW
70 Yoshi Tsutsugo 28 TB
71 Riley Greene 19 DET
72 Drew Waters 21 ATL
73 Cristian Pache 21 ATL
74 Mallex Smith 26 SEA
75 Alek Thomas 19 ARI
76 Hedbert Perez 17 MIL
77 Mitch Haniger 29 SEA
78 Randy Arozarena 25 TB
79 Gregory Polanco 28 PIT
80 Adam Eaton 31 WAS
81 Ian Happ 25 CHC
82 AJ Pollock 32 LAD
83 David Peralta 32 ARI
84 Mike Yastrzemski 29 SF
85 Kyle Lewis 24 SEA
86 Monte Harrison 24 MIA
87 Jesse Winker 26 CIN
88 Aristides Aquino 26 CIN
89 Justin Upton 32 LAA
90 Shogo Akiyama 32 CIN
91 Lorenzo Cain 34 MIL
92 Gilberto Jimenez 19 BOS
93 Jaylin Davis 25 SF
94 Randall Grichuck 28 TOR
95 Franchy Cordero 25 SD
96 Jesus Sanchez 22 TB
97 Taylor Trammell 22 SD
98 Austin Riley 23 ATL
99 JJ Bleday 22 MIA
100 Austin Hendrick 18 ??

 

*Yordan Alvarez included for Yahoo! and other purposes.

Thanks for reading! I’m @theprospectitch on Twitter.