August 2025 Top 400+ Dynasty Baseball Rankings (Patreon)

It’s that time again to update the ole’ trusty Dynasty Baseball Rankings for August over on the Patreon. Or as I’m calling it, the Kyle Stowers update. Gotta fly him up the rankings right before he hits .198 in the last month and a half 😉 As usual, I’m going over 400 deep with blurbs for every player. Top 29 free here on the Brick Wall. Here is the August 2025 Top 400+ Dynasty Baseball Rankings (1-100):

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1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Shohei Ohtani – LAD, RHP/DH, 31.1 – Ohtani’s ramping up on the mound, and his last start left little doubt that this man might be the best pitcher in baseball too. He went 4 IP with 2 hits, 1 ER and a 8/0 K/BB. The fastball sat 98.9 MPH and put up a 44% whiff%. The sweeper notched a 50% whiff%, slider a 67% whiff%, and sinker 100% whiff%. He now has a 2.37 ERA with a 32.5/6.5 K%/BB% in 19 IP. He also homered in that game. It’s insane. Remember when everyone was worried about the shoulder this off-season? It weighed on me a bit in my rankings, but the conclusion I came to is that there is zero chance I’m betting against the GOAT. I didn’t budge off at #1, and I’m happy I didn’t

2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Bobby Witt Jr. – KCR, SS, 25.2 – It doesn’t even feel like that great of a season for Witt and he’s still going to go like 25/40 with a .280+ BA. The slight power dip is zero to be worried about as he has 12 homers in his last 59 games, and the 93.3 MPH EV is a career high

3) (3) (3) (3) (3) Elly De La Cruz – CIN, SS, 23.7 – Pretty wild that my #1, #2, and #3 are all exactly the same as the off-season. Or maybe it’s not that wild. I don’t know. But either way, all 3 have proven worthy of their spots, including Elly who continues to stabilize his hit tool with a career best 25.3% K% and .275 BA.

4) (5) (11) (9) (5) Juan Soto – NYM, OF, 26.9 – Here is what I wrote about Soto after he broke up the Gavin Williams no no, “Gavin Williams took a no hitter into the 9th inning with 1 out and Juan Soto up at the dish, and just check out Soto smiling as he steps into the batter’s box. That is the look of a man who absolutely relishes being in a situation like that. That is how we should all handle pressure. Like this is what it’s all about. This is what we live for. And then of course he smashed a homer to end the no hit bid.” … He’s also a career high 18 for 19 on bases this year. Usually guys don’t run as much after getting the big contract, but not Soto. His .440 xwOBA is 2nd to only Aaron Judge. If we could really count on him running this much in future years, he would likely be #2 overall, but with a 25.8 ft/sec sprint, it’s hard to really count on that.

Shadow4) (5) (5) (6) (5) Shohei Ohtani – LAD, DH only/Weekly Leagues, 31.1 – This is where I would rank Ohtani in weekly lineup leagues or as a hitter only

5) (4) (10) (11) (10) Ronald Acuna Jr. – ATL, OF, 27.8 – This wasn’t like the last time where Acuna put up a measly 115 wRC+ in his return from the first ACL surgery. He went right back to elite Acuna this time with a 1.006 OPS in 55 games. But he wasn’t running much at all with only 4 steals, and the 30.3% whiff% was a career worst. He then hit the IL with another leg injury, this time a minor calf injury, but still. I don’t want to put this on him, but this feels a bit Mike Trouty. Constant injuries, doesn’t run as much, and a whiff rate that starts creeping up there. Obviously I’m not budging off Acuna, but you can’t deny it does feel a bit Trouty

6) (6) (4) (5) (6) Corbin Carroll – ARI, OF, 24.11 – Returned from a chip fracture in his left wrist after just 2 weeks, which is wild. And the even wilder thing is that it doesn’t seem to be impacting his power much at all with 6 homers, a 91.6 MPH EV and a 12.2% Barrel% in 30 games.

7) (9) (5) (4) (4) Gunnar Henderson – BAL, SS, 24.1 – Here is what I wrote about Gunnar in the last update: “I’m seeing people getting frustrated with Gunnar, but there is no way I’m budging off him very far. The 93.2 MPH EV is a career high and so is the 17.2% Air Pull%. He’s just playing to the low end of his ability right now, and the low end of his ability is still a 125 wRC+ with a 20/20 pace” … and then he went out and slashed .330/.402/.564 with 4 homers, 6 steals, and a 15.0/10.3 K%/BB% in 28 games. Sure a few more homers would be nice, but with a 52.2% Hard Hit%, I’m not too worried about it

8) (10) (7) (10) (8) Aaron Judge – NYY, OF, 33.3 – .449 xwOBA leads all baseball by a healthy margin. He’s 33 years old, but there are zero signs of slowing down. Is he going to be the best hitter on the planet when he’s 35? Or when he’s 37? Win now mode you aren’t trading him, but these are the decisions that make dynasty so fun. When do you cash on in Judge? Do you just ride him into the ground? I’m inclined to keep pushing it

9) (11) (8) (6) (9) Fernando Tatis Jr. – SDP, OF, 26.7 – He had a .771 OPS in 2023, a .832 OPS in 2024 and now a .801 OPS in 2025. I mean, I get why people are starting to feel a tad underwhelmed by Tatis. Really good numbers there, but not quite great. He has career bests in K%, BB%, Whiff%, and Chase%, but he had to give up some launch and Air Pull% to do it. Having said all that, I’m still buying hard on a 26 year old with a .385 xwOBA, a 52.1% Hard hit%, and 24 steals

10) (8) (6) (8) (7) Kyle Tucker – CHC, OF, 28.7 – .632 OPS in his last 32 games. Damn, what did that slump cost him? Like a hundred mil? But yes, it’s likely just a slump

11) (13) (15) (33) (64) Pete Crow-Armstrong – CHC, OF, 23.5 – .524 OPS with a 19/2 K/BB in his last 15 games … uh oh, is this where the drop off comes? Is this what the Crow doubters have been waiting all season for? You know I’m not budging, but the off-season arguments over PCA will be quite fun if he closes the season in a slump

12) (7) (12) (13) (12) James Wood – WAS, OF, 22.11 – The hit tool risk is popping up it’s ugly head with a 44.2% K% and .507 OPS in his last 25 games. He’s 6’7” with a 32% whiff% and 30% K%, so that hit tool risk will likely always be a part of his game. The good news is that he’s coming out of the slump already, going 6 for 14 with a homer in his last 3 games, but in those 3 games he struck out 6 times. I can’t lie, it’s a bit concerning, but obvious you can’t run at the first sign of struggle for such an elite young player. I’m definitely holding through the slump, but I don’t think you can just hand wave it way completely

13) (18) (18) (15) (13) Jackson Chourio – MIL, OF, 21.5 – Chourio is the new Julio Rodriguez for better or worse with much better 2nd halves than 1st halves for the last 3 seasons. He was in the midst of that monster 2nd half with a 1.065 OPS before going down with a hamstring strain

14) (19) (16) (12) (11) Julio Rodriguez – SEA, OF, 24.7 – The old Julio Rodriguez is in the midst of a huge 2nd half, like clockwork, with a 1.011 OPS in his last 26 games

15) (14) (19) (18) (19) Paul Skenes – PIT, RHP, 23.2 – 1.42 ERA with a 34.2/3.3 K%/BB% in 38 IP since the last update. Skubal has a 2.97 ERA with a 35.0/5.0 K%/BB% in 36.1 IP since the last update. You gotta knock the champ out. And Skubal can’t quite knock out Skenes. Your reigning, defending, undisputed #1 Dynasty Baseball Pitcher in the world, Paul Skenes, ladies and gentlemen

16) (15) (24) (24) (28) Tarik Skubal – DET, LHP, 28.8 – See above. Sooooo close, but Skenes is 5 years younger and pitching just as well if not better of late

17) (45) (71) (74) (159) Nick Kurtz – OAK, 1B, 22.4 – Caminero vs. Kurtz is a fun one. Kurtz has the 3rd fastest gun, er, bat this side of the Mississippi at 77.5 MPH (Jordan Walker and Jo Adell are #1 and #2 west of the Mississippi). He lifts more than Caminero with a 15 degree launch, but Caminero beats him on Air Pull% (15.4% vs. 21.4%). And the thing that has me leaning Kurtz by a hair, is that over his last 29 games, Kurtz has brought the K% down to 24.2%, while destorying Caminero on Chase% (22.2% vs. 33.8%). So while Kurtz’ 30.4% K% and 33% whiff% is much worse than Caminero’s 20.6% K% and 24.3% whiff%, we’ve seen improvement there with Kurtz of late. It’s coin flip, but my gut says Kurtz

18) (24) (58) (39) (46) Junior Caminero – TBR, 3B, 22.1 – Ain’t no shame in finishing one behind Kurtz. It was already clear that Caminero was an elite young power bat in the last update, but if you weren’t convinced, he jacked out 12 more homers in 28 games since then. He’s got the fastest gun, er, bat south of the Mason Dixon Line (Cruz owns North of the Mason Dixon Line). And yes, I classify all my leaderboards based on east/west of the Mississippi and north/south of the Mason Dixon Line. Caminero vs. Kurtz is a coin flip

19) (25) (20) (37) (43) Zach Neto – LAA, SS, 24.6 – 8 for 10 on the bases in his last 34 games. Love to see that because I was getting a tad concerned about how much he was getting caught. He’s also hit 7 homers with a .288 BA over that time. He’s cementing that my lofty rankings of him since the off-season were warranted

20) (20) (21) (19) (18) Jose Ramirez – CLE, 3B, 32.9 – In the midst of another elite season. My rule for elite studs like Ramirez is that you ride them until their age 33 year old season. Only then do you start to consider selling, but even that is based on your team.

21) (21) (26) (26) (29) Garrett Crochet – BOS, LHP, 26.1 – He’s so close to the true elite Skenes/Skubal tier, but he’s not quite there. The main thing holding him back is the 1.10 WHIP. Skenes has a 0.93 WHIP and Skubal a 0.86 WHIP. Can’t put him in there quite yet

22) (27) (29) (23) (17) Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – TOR, 1B, 25.9 – The much awaited homer binge has arrived with 7 homers in his last 21 games. Caminero and Kurtz are younger and hitting more homers, but they can’t tough Vlad’s hit tool. He’s not the cool new kid on the block anymore, but he’s still banging

23) (12) (13) (17) (25) CJ Abrams – WAS, SS, 24.10 – .614 OPS with a 35.1% Hard Hit% in 32 games since the last update. He isn’t sustaining that power uptick like I really wanted to see, but he’s still about to go 20/30 for the 2nd straight season as a 24 year old, and the contact rates remained strong even during the slump with a 16% K%. I still think there is another level of raw power in here in his mid 20’s. I’m still buying hard

24) (17) (14) (14) (14) Wyatt Langford – TEX, OF, 23.9 – .683 OPS with 3 homers and a 30.7% K% in his last 36 games. The monster breakout doesn’t look like it’s coming this year, but I’m still betting on it coming in the future. Everything looks too good under the hood. Power, speed, plate skills, launch … everything is still right there to be a fantasy beast. So while he deserves a drop, I would be careful about giving up too soon here

25) (50) (43) (57) (66) Roman Anthony – BOS, OF, 21.2 – The 3 homers and 2 steals in 51 games does show the things I nitpicked this off-season were warranted, but the 94.3 MPH EV, 74.6 MPH swing, 19.1% Chase%, 28.4% whiff%, .827 OPS and .373 xwOBA as a barely 21 year old in the majors is screaming special bat. No matter how you slice it, it sure looks like Anthony will be a beast

26) (35) (40) (44) (61) Kyle Schwarber – PHI, OF, 32.5 – .425 xwOBA is tied for 3rd best in baseball with Ohtani. 10 steals are tied for a career high. It’s obviously a career year, but even in regular years he’s a beast

27) (32) (22) (20) (20) Bryce Harper – PHI, 1B, 32.9 – .918 OPS in 32 games since returning from the wrist injury. I’m betting on Harper raking deep into his 30’s

28) (29) (32) (48) (52) Ketel Marte – ARI, 2B, 31.10 – He’s one of the best hitters in baseball with a .410 xwOBA that is 6th best overall. He’s just kinda slowly gotten better in a pretty linear way (other than the 2019 super happy fun ball year) with his 14.8% Barrel% being a career high

29) (64) (83) (182) (161) Konnor Griffin – PIT, OF, 19.3 – This is my final plea to you. DO NOT TRADE GRIFFIN UNDER ANY SCENARIO. I don’t even think Roman Anthony can touch his upside. Just don’t trade him, please

By Michael Halpern (@MichaelCHalpern)
Email: michaelhalpern@imaginarybrickwall.com
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