Giving you a big picture, generalization here: The top 80 outfielders are the end of the outfielders you’re looking at in your 12-team mixed leagues, and tomorrow will be for deeper leagues, so we’re at the beginning of the end of the hitter rankings in the 2025 fantasy baseball rankings. But as you know, a generalization makes a general out of I and Zation. Hmm, sounded better in my head. Here’s Steamer’s 2025 Fantasy Baseball Projections for Hitters and 2025 Fantasy Baseball Projections for Pitchers.
Subscriptions are up and running, and you can already get Rudy’s Draft War Room. Anyway, here’s the top 80 outfielders for 2025 fantasy baseball:
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NOTE II: Free agents are marked as such and not yet projected. They are ranked for where they’re currently worth drafting.
CONTINUE BACK TO THE TOP 60 OUTFIELDERS FOR 2025 FANTASY BASEBALL
61. Byron Buxton – This tier started in the top 60 outfielders. This tier ends at Profar. I called this tier, “Bored-a-rino.” Little insight into how guys get ranked where they are. I list 120-ish outfielders, then move them around. Most guys get moved once, i.e., if Jesus Sanchez has upside, but question marks and similar projections to Wilyer Abreu, he gets ranked by him. For Buxton, I moved him about six times. As high as the “Who da eff” tier in the top 60 outfielders, then into the Bored-a-rino tier then below, then up again, then, well, you get the picture. Still not sure if I’m happy with this ranking, but when you take away the names, this is, more or less, the 20/10/.250 tier with question marks. 2025 Projections: 66/20/63/.253/8 in 414 ABs
62. Jurickson Profar – Signed with the Braves. Considered Jurickson Profar someone who wouldn’t live up to last year, but now that the Braves signed him he’ll be top three for MVP. I’m half-joking. Just not sure which half is the joke and which half is the truth. Damn, that sounds like a life motto. “Life can be broken into two halves. Half is the joke and half is the truth, but no one knows which is which,” a famous quote from Grey Albright, Fantasy Master Lothario, don’t abbreviate it. A career high in homers, steals and average in his last major contract year? Yeah, I think that’s the joke half. 2025 Projections: 63/17/60/.263/7 in 441 ABs
63. Garrett Mitchell – This is a new tier. This tier goes from here until Fitzgerald. I call this tier, “Making the Ozzy Osbourne devil horns with fingers.” This tier refers to how rocking you feel after making one of these picks. Just general vibes are off the charts with these guys. You could convince yourself you just won the league at the draft with one of these guys. Then you might want to drop them by April 3rd. This is upsidey and downsidey. Rock on! [bites head off chicken tender]
As for Mitchell, him and Jesus Sanchez are in separate tiers (because Mitchell has less of a track record of actually playing) but aren’t that dissimilar. Mitchell also has a lot of things to be excited about, and, at the end of the day, little to show for it. At a certain point, guys kinda should not only “seem like they could be good,” but also “actually good.” I’m looking at Royce Lewis, too. Mitchell feels like the reason why we shouldn’t take what a guy did in 116 games across three seasons and just assume that’s what he’s going to do if he gets 116 games this year. “Yeah, that’s not even prorating. I’m not sure what it is.” Thanks, Mr. Prorater, you don’t need to chime in. “Lucky I don’t prorate out your attitude.” 2025 Projections: 58/12/64/.241/22 in 424 ABs
64. Jung Hoo Lee – Some of the guys in this tier are, “What could they do with 150+ games? A dream, that’s what they could do! But secretly I know I’m not gonna get anything,” but Jung Hoo is more, “He should be valuable without any huge upside if he plays for 150+ games, and not-so-secretly he didn’t play last year or the year before in Korea when he had a broken ankle.” Hoo Lee? More like, “Hoo boy, stay on the field.” 2025 Projections: 81/8/52/.288/14 in 571 ABs
65. TJ Friedl – His last season’s start was delayed with a non-displaced wrist fracture, and I think that might be where his season ended. His best power month was August and best average month was September with a low BABIP (.229). The bigger issue is Friedl makes some of the worst contact anyone’s ever seen. His BABIP is low, but he’s around a .250-.260 BABIP guy neutrally, which is incredible for a guy with 30-steal speed. His Launch Angle is 16.7 degrees, and someone needs to reteach Friedl about Charley Lau. Friedl does have speed and power though. 2025 Projections: 77/16/62/.243/25 in 492 ABs
66. JJ Bleday – Already gave you a JJ Bleday sleeper. It was written while painting clouds on my bedroom wall. 2025 Projections: 76/27/82/.252/5 in 551 ABs
67. Ceddanne Rafaela – Already went over him in the top 20 shortstops for 2025 fantasy baseball.
68. Tommy Edman – Already went over him in the top 20 shortstops for 2025 fantasy baseball.
69. Tyler Fitzgerald – Already went over him in the top 20 2nd basemen for fantasy baseball.
70. Jo Adell – This is a new tier. This tier goes from here until Walker. I call this tier, “Downloaded Waxahatchee off someone’s recommendation.” I didn’t know if Waxahatchee was a rapper, a gospel album, a self-help guru. I didn’t even know how to spell it. I still don’t, if being honest, just liberally using the copy and paste. When you download new music off someone’s recommendation and you don’t know if your tastes align, you might end up with a song or two you like but it’s tough treading through an album of songs you don’t know or care about. That’s this tier. I’m recommending these guys, but you might get only one decent guy and their promise is vague, but there (I think). They’re supposed to be good! (Key words are ‘supposed to be’.) For what it’s Cronenworth, 365 is a good song from Waxahatchee, if that’s how you spell it.
As for Adell, this was the point in the outfield rankings when I realized outfielders were shallow for how many you need to draft in your league. I had Adell lower after seeing he hit .207 last year, but he actually ended up higher than this on the Player Rater, so I moved him up. Then I thought about how these stats 54/20/62/.207/15 in 405 ABs ended up higher than this at the end of the year for outfielders and I shuddered. He also had a .244 BABIP and 27.9 K% and, man, he hits a lot of weak fly balls. He did have a 115.6 MPH max velo, which is elite, so maybe this is the year it all clicks. Never heard that before! (Kinda like Waxahatchee.) 2025 Projections: 63/24/72/.227/15 in 477 ABs
71. Evan Carter – His average exit velo was 86 MPH and he didn’t have any max velos to point at to be excited about. Geez, with compliments like this who needs insults, huh? The good news with Carter is he’s 22 years old and was a highly touted prospect. Last year was awful, awful, awful, awful, awwwwwwful, but it might’ve just been rookie hiccups. Hold your nose, drink some water and let’s go! 2025 Projections: 64/12/61/.254/16 in 482 ABs
72. Jordan Walker – No one’s had their chain yanked in a non-sexual way more than Walker, and he’s still only 22 until May, i.e., it could all come together this year. What’s that, I could be saying that for the next five years? Yes, I might. I’m sorry, but a righty with his power could be incredibly special. Why do I specify a righty? Because he will face everyone and not have platoons, if it comes together. Walker could still be a 35/12/.260 hitter. I believe. 2025 Projections: 66/18/73/.261/6 in 476 ABs
73. Jonny DeLuca – This is a new tier. This tier goes from here until Larnach. I call this tier, “Waxachoosetts?” The last tier was Waxahatchee and you didn’t know what or who you were getting, this tier is even more confusing outcomes.
“Are you saying Massachusetts?”
“No, I’m saying Waxahatchee!”
“Waxachoosetts?”
“Sure, whatever, I give up.”
That’s this tier. Pure “I don’t know,” but with a chance for something decent.
As for DeLuca, mentioned this a bunch in the year-end recaps, but I know a lot of you check out before I do those, so this is new for you and I will be punishing those of you who read everything. Sorry! What I said a lot of was last year felt like a year where we saw more low BABIPs and decent K-rates on guys with decent speed. Why is that significant? It means a guy is making extremely terrible contact and, if it happens enough, it leads me to believe the ball was dead on the inside like your Uncle. With that said, that seems to be DeLuca to a T. Or, better yet, his contact is terrible even if the ball is on a tee. He does have 12-homer power and 30-steal speed, so, well, it’s a flyer. 2025 Projections: 59/10/63/.226/22 in 463 ABs
74. Nolan Jones – All the Waxachoosettses (Waxachoosettii?) are trust falls, but there might not be a bigger trust fall than a guy who just went 3/5/.227. That was in a half season. NoJo might be short for No Joke, you suck. Jesus and Mary Chain, Jones was bad last year, but his walk rate (12.1) was fine and he’s in Coors, so, yeah, maybe he goes 15/15 and is sat vs. lefties. This tier is flyers for the last rounds in a 12-team mixed league, to give you an idea where we’re at. 2025 Projections: 56/16/52/.232/12 in 432 ABs
75. Jacob Young – He was caught stealing 10 times last year and I’m convinced Davey Martinez just doesn’t give a flying eff if his guys get caught or not. It’s an aggressive game-play like when you were a kid and ran through every stop sign on the basepaths until you reached home or were tagged out. So, Young could steal 45 bags or 30, depending on how often the ball is thrown just in front of him for the tag. 2025 Projections: 72/3/41/.254/35 in 490 ABs
76. Roman Anthony – Already gave you my Roman Anthony fantasy. It was written while making gelato. One word about this ranking, I like Anthony a lot for a flyer in the last round of a 12-teamer, but you absolutely might drop him the day before the season starts, and I will be moving him down in the rankings if he doesn’t break camp. 2025 Projections: 44/12/41/.266/16 in 327 ABs
77. Matt Wallner – He had a 31.3 K% in Double-A at 24 years of age. I am cackling very loud. At 26 last year, he had a 36.4 K% in the majors. I am holding out a thumb, hitchhiking away from him. Then, I’m seeing his exit velocity and getting out at the first stop sign and walking back to him. He had a home run at a 53-degree Launch Angle, the highest in the Statcast era. Wallner succeeds in spite of himself. Except vs. lefties. He doesn’t succeed vs. them at all. 2025 Projections: 48/17/54/.233/4 in 376 ABs
78. Trevor Larnach – You ever win money on roulette? Okay, imagine you took all your winnings and left it there to ride. Then again. Then again. Until you finally lost. That’s what it feels like to be a lefty playing for Baldelli. Larnach has a solid batted ball profile, looks like he could be sneaky valuable, and he won’t ever top 410 ABs because of Baldelli. 2025 Projections: 54/17/58/.266/5 in 377 ABs
79. Brandon Marsh – This is a new tier. This tier goes until the top 100 outfielders. I call this tier, “No empty promises.” “The most annoying players to draft are ones with upside! I hate those guys!” If this sounds like something you might’ve said, I have just the tier for you. As I’ve said numerous times, if you’re in a deeper league, safer but boring might be desired. This would be that tier vs. the previous tier, but the further you move down in the rankings, the harder it is to find decent and safe, and you might be looking at more like “safe to give you less than ideal stats.” This was exactly the same tier as last year, which also started with Marsh, and welcome to my echo, echo, echo, echo, echo chamber.
As for Marsh, I don’t mind him, but mostly because he has a ZZ Top beard. Oddly enough, Marsh looks like he has swamp ass. What I don’t like as much is that he gets 400+ ABs every year and hits exactly meh. Call him Brandon Mehrash. Actually, don’t. Sounds like you’re pointing out to a doctor your rash. 2025 Projections: 53/15/60/.245/15 in 409 ABs
80. Brendan Donovan – Already went over him in the top 20 2nd basemen for fantasy baseball.
CONTINUE ONTO THE TOP 100 OUTFIELDERS FOR 2025 FANTASY BASEBALL
Hey Grey, intrigued by your piece on Jordan Walker. 14 team roto, I can only keep 2 of Vladdy $41, Bellinger $17 or Walker at $4. Who gets left out?
Do you expect estevez to be the closer in KC. I mean they paid him. Erceg is there too and it seems like coachspeak that they have been non committal
yeah, he’s the closer
Estevez that is
When you publish your “top 500” spreadsheet, do the $ values reflect position value; or are they simply offense values? e.g., is Ozuna valued as if he were OF-eligible or is his value dinged accordingly?
auction values correspond to where a guy is ranked, I believe around 100 overall is $13, so 90 is $14 and 110 is $12
Who is the drop?
Ozuna $7
Crews $10
Santander $14
Thank you!
Santander
Love the Charley Lau reference! Great hitting coach, George Brett would agree. Boy, the enlightenment continues as I rock with you and Ozzy (and Hoo Lee, G. Mitchell and JJ) Where can you get a potential leadoff hitter (Lee), 3 hole bat (JJ), or a cleanup guy (Mitch?) for such a bargain? Solid way to round out your OF I think (took Mitch in round 17 in our 12 team Gladiator) but FantasyPros hates me.
Side note: actually saw Sabbath open for Grand Funk Railroad at the L.A. Forum back in ’71 as a 15 yr old – great show
Thanks! Ozzy and Grand Funk Railroad? What a crazy train!
Sabbath played almost all of their 1st album, their best
Ah nice!
Marsh looks like he has swamp ass – on his face.
The Cardinals and Jordan Walker remind me a lot of how the Nationals dealt with Victor Robles for all those years. Walker needs a change of scenery to pop off.
I’m all-in this year on Remains of Bleday. My A’s have burned me so many times, but in Sacramento, I really think this lineup with Rooker, Butler, Bleday, Sodie-pop & langeliers could be really good in 2025.
Yeah, maybe on Walker
Bleday’s gonna go off this year
Drafted in a 12 team NFBC league last week. The league has weekly waivers and is standard 5×5. This was my first time drafting in a NFBC league. How did I do? Comment, questions, concerns?
C- Ivan Herrera
C- Luis Campusano
1B- Matt Olson
2B- Ozzie Albies
3B- Alex Bregman
SS- Francisco Lindor
OF- Juan Soto
OF- Wyatt Langford
OF- Spencer Steer
OF- Parker Meadows
OF- Alec Burleson
UTIL- Brent Rooker
CI- Isaac Paredes
MI- Brice Turang
P- Shota Imanaga
P- Grayson Rodriguez
P- Bryan Woo
P- Zach Eflin
P- Bowden Francis
P- Ranger Suarez
P- Cody Bradford
P- Jhoan Duran
P- Tanner Scott
B- Jake Cronenworth
B- Lars Nootbaar
B- Trevor Larnach
B- Jonny DeLuca
B- Nick Martinez
B- Chris Martin
B- Calvin Faucher
Your catchers suck, but that’s whatever, I like your hitting, it’s a little light on speed and AVG perhaps…The pitching is solid, I like the staff a lot…Overall, solid team!
Yes totally agree about the catchers. I like Herrera but yeah miscast as C1. Missed out on Oneil Cruz by 1 pick so pivoted to Langford. When I was mocking this team I expected to get Carroll, Tucker, or Tatis. I was drafting out of the 9 spot and Skenes went like 7th, Carroll went 8th, so Soto fell to me at 9 and had to choose between him and Tucker. Kind of hurt me in speed a bit but is what it is. My draft grade came back absolutely hating my pitching but I felt pretty good about the depth. Imanaga on the lower end as an SP1 but feel like I made up for it throughout the rest of my rotation. Thanks for your thoughts!
Your pitching is the best part of this team and your hitting is not bad, so yeah that grade is way off
Most of these guys belong in a their called “a drawer of white socks”
Is that good? I like white socks
All the same? Functional? Im not familiar with the saying.
Kinda boring and whatever. Just reach in the drawer and pull one (or two). As Grey sometimes says, it sounded better in my head.
yeah, but some white socks have broke elastic and are quitters so you need to reach in and be strategic
Strategery is always wise.
Haha, yup
Hey Grey, Acuna Jr is a hold even if I was offered Vlad Jr in dynasty? I can ask for more, but most interesting player to add would be Dylan Crews. Does that move the needle?
I’d want Acuna — Vlad and Crews is fair tho
Thanks. I have one more. Keeper league with OBP as 6th category. Pete Alonso for either of my Oneil Cruz or CJ Abrams. Fair? I’m in need of HRs. I can also get Rooker for a prospect, which I’m doing. Should I still do Alonso trade?
Sure, it’s fair, Rooker for a prospect named…?
Cole Young or Cooper Pratt. Nothing crazy.
Take Rooker
No need for the Alonso trade then? Or do that one as well? Thank you for your help.
You don’t need the Alonso trade too
id want a healthy Mike Trout too. Alas that hasn’t happened knowing when to get out and profiting is the name of the dynasty game
Yup
Take it….2 ACL tears….hes becoming Mike Trout or Broken down rolls Royce Lewis….Contract year Vlad will want to get paid….Creews has a lot of upside.
Grey, thanks as always for the awesome pre-season content – my #1 source for prep every year.
Unrelated to OF but how do you feel about Ohtani as a SP this year and going forward? Obviously they’re going to be careful with him this year but do you view him as a top 10 option once healthy?
Thanks!
Thanks! Went over Ohtani in the top 10 https://razzball.com/top-10-for-2025-fantasy-baseball/ — Sounds like he’s not pitching in April
…”Unrelated to OF but how do you feel about Ohtani”….
My mind read that as “”unrelated to Only Fans but how do you feel””
Hahaha
Grey, Keep forever dynasty league, I’ve been offered Doyle for either Ober or McClanahan…take one or the other…or pass? Thanks, as always, for your wisdom.
Take Doyle for Shane Mc
Thank-you Grey.
No problem
I am not ready to call Walker an enigma, but that’s what he was last year. It was worse if you had him on your team last year. He is only 22 as you mentioned, but the ground ball rate 51%. Yikes.
Yes, his chain was yanked. That’s the perfect way of saying his team and manager didn’t help him be successful. He often would get pulled out of game for a defensive sub and get 3 ab’s or get benched and play a couple fo days a week. He needs consistency as any young player does. Not sure he is going to find with Marmol there unless he is hitting bombs or somehow improves defensively. I fear that he will have a very short leash again. I really wish he was traded. StL has been terrible for young OF development.
Stl has a real problem developing young OF, and what they’ve done with Walker isn’t changing anyone’s mind…I think Walker’s worth the flyer, but I have lost almost all hope until I see something good, i.e., it could happen, it could not and you drop
Burleson seems like the best outfielder they’ve developed in a long time.
I hope so!
Yeah I hear you. The problem is that they got inside his head. Once a problem becomes more mental, it is more difficult to correct. He went down to the minors up and the issues persisted. I was foolishly hoping he’d reset and destroy minor league pitching.
I hope so, but alas who knows
Grey, need a trade opinion in a H2H points keeper league. Currently I’ve got Witt as a 9th round value keep. I was offered a deal where he would send Chourio (13th round keep) and his 1st for for Witt and my 3rd. His 1st is early so based on who’s being kept I’d be getting either Lindor, J Ram or Betts. My 3rd round pick is the last pick of that round. What are your thoughts?
So, Lindor, J Ram or Betts and Chourio for Witt & 3rd? I’d take the Chourio side
Adell got off to a pretty good start last year. He hit .316 with a .365 obp over his first 23 games with a 22K%. Many were fooled into thinking he finally figured it out because of a more patient approach. Unfortunatley for him and “us”, he had a robust .163 ba and .255 obp over his next 75 games with a 31K%. His walk rate was league average over that stretch. That stretch lasted until August.
Adell was fun for a little while, but it was pretty rough and untolerable having him around. I would not want to have him as a starting OF. Draft late, pick him up yes, bench sure, but relying on him forget it.
He does hit the ball hard, and if he’s great for April then trails off, he’s worth drafting, then dropping later on…He’s not without his flaws tho, I agree
I picked up Adell just after that hot streak. After which as the other poster noted he went BRUTALLY cold. I think he ended up with a .127 average on my team and maybe a dozen home runs. Ouch.
Ouch, ouch, ouchie
Not great OF depth so get ‘em early. I’m actually considering drafting Lawrence Butler before Mark Vientos in leagues just because OF is at a premium with how many you need to start. I can still get Westburg or wait a bit for Chapman/Paredes.
Hit the nail on the head in Top 60 with Nootbar because seeing what’s left behind him…yeesh. Garrett Mitchell has upside because of the speed but his profile has some red flags. His chase % is elite but his whiff % is abysmal – dude has broken many a batting tee during practice.
I bet, because that’s what we do, that a lot of winning teams will have one of the Edman/Fitzgerald/Rafeala names in the lineup. That order is by floor and ceiling the opposite.
Will I draft Jo Adell – never. Will at some point in the season will I start him? In the voice of the late great Alan Rickman….Always.
Have a good one Grey!
Haha, Rickman was never wrong….I think the OF is a bit of a mess, but there’s always OF on waivers to cycle thru so there’s that
I think this year, we will re-visit the Wreck of the Edman/Fitzgerald!
your going to need to spend a too 40-50 pick on Butler. Dude is getting helium everywhere….similar to Nolan Jones last year.
Hi Grey. Wondering if Flaherty signing with Detroit changes your opinion on his value. Or does the injury and eh fastball still concern you. Thanks
I updated him in the Patreon starter ranks
Im up on Mitchell and hope he gets the job and doesnt let go.
If he doesnt, he is just a AAAA player with the same number of first names, Garrett Antony-Charles Mitchell.
Can we petition for Jung Ho Lee to name change to Ho Hum Lee? He isnt exciting, he just…exists.
Young I hope can get 40 SB and bat .270. Hoping he doesnt fall off like my sneaky speedster Mallex Smith did on me.
Tigers signed Flaherty and it feels weird. I have a bad feeling. Short term deal, seems under market, no one seemed to go after him. Were his medicals bad like Yanks said? It feels off.
At the end of the day with Mitchell, the juice is worth the squeeze…if he were drafted higher, then nah…Ho Hum Lee is good! That’s exactly what you’re getting…Flaherty is traded to the Dodgers by July again?
Haha could see that with Flaherty. 2 year/$35 mil. Says he loves DET but…that is a short deal ….and he can opt out. Making Nick Martinez money.
Just odd.
Idk if NBA fan but this trade is hilariously bad. So bad it broke MLbtraderumors and they accidently posted an article there instead of their NBA one. Imagine trading Witt for Stanton or Ozuna right now because you need more “power” in lineup I think is a decent parallel. Im not an NBA guy, but seeing players live reactions has been funny as hell.
He just needs to get to July to get traded…I don’t follow NBA, but heard it was an awful trade…Someone said it’s like Juan Soto for Trout
These reaction videos kill me. This one is short. Even the players are like whhhhhhat?
https://youtube.com/shorts/xkwS_MaR6n4?feature=shared
Hahaha
Maybe Detroit goes to the WS if he doesn’t get traded….nah he was terrible and out of gas down the stretch
Yeah, I don’t see a full year from him, but he can be solid when he is out there
Right up until his arm falls off. There’s a reason the Yankees walked away at the trade deadline last year and he was forced to sign for less than half what he was projected to sign for. Teams clearly know about a medical issue with his elbow or shoulder. Cubs fans are pissed Jed did not sign him but I think the Cubs probably dodged a bullet here.
Something’s likely up, but he is also amazing when pitching
from like 2019 to most of 2024 he wasn’t good, and lied about being healthy or he’d just have gotten himself fixed. all teams saw that happen. oh yeah and he couldn’t finish 24 healthy and good either.
sorry 20-24, 19 was when he was like last year.
Hey Grey, can you give me some feedback, hopefully to calm me down LOL…
But, I needed HR in my keepers and so i just did a trade where I traded away
Westburg and a minor pick to get Vientos and Tovar. However, i just saw vientos make the 2025 hitter profile bust article on Feb 2.
I am thinking westburg caps off at 25 HR; compared to vientos can hit 35;
Did i make a mistake getting rid of westburg for vientos?
thanks buddy.
i don’t agree that he’s a bust: https://razzball.com/mark-vientos-2025-fantasy-baseball-sleeper/
Grey!!!!
Awesome!!
a. I got excited about Adell too, he hits ’em 450 ft and beyond. Then as you did I saw the BA then I looked at his 2023 BA and shuddered. I want no part of him.
b. This year I’m gonna draft 3 SS (one at the 6, one MI and one UT) and 3 of the top 20 OF and piece together the rest.
c. Rodney Dangerfield quote of the day for February 3, 2025
I tell you, don’t get no respect at all. I mean I’m never lucky at gambling, last week at the track, they shot off the opening gun and killed my horse.
Cheers,
Ante
Thanks! B. Haha, yup
M.Ozuna at $9 or Yanier Diaz at 3? (12 team mixed)
Not grey but Diaz w C/1B vs Ozuna and no position would have me going Diaz. Ozuna aalways seems underpriced, so could probably get him back for maybe $5
yup
Diaz