Patreon Post: Top 433 April 2023 Dynasty Baseball Rankings

It’s Dynasty Baseball Rankings Week over on the Patreon and the full Top 433 has now been completed. Quick blurbs for almost everyone, off-season rankings are in parenthesis, and the Top 21 are free here on the Brick Wall. Here is the Top 433 April 2023 Dynasty Baseball Rankings:

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1) (1) Shohei Ohtani LAA, RHP/DH, 28.10 – 0 steals. What a disappointment

2) (2) Julio Rodriguez SEA, OF, 22.3 – Not regressing from his breakout rookie year with a .283 BA, 2 homers and 4 steals. And it doesn’t even feel like he’s gotten hot yet.

3) (3) Ronald Acuna Jr. ATL, OF, 25.3 – The launch angle hasn’t bounced back yet with a 4.9 degree launch, but his .434 xwOBA is back to being elite

Shadow3) (6) Shohei Ohtani LAA, DH only/Weekly Leagues, 28.9

4) (6) Kyle Tucker HOU, OF, 26.3 – Tucker somehow still feels underrated in the baseball world. Off to an elite start with a .454 xwOBA and 2 steals

5) (4) Yordan Alvarez HOU, OF, 25.9 – .979 OPS. The hand issue proved to be overblown

6) (9) Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR, 1B, 24.1 – He has a .399 xBA and a .439 BA. Launch angle still isn’t optimal at 8.2 degrees, but he’s a beast no matter how you slice it

7) (5) Juan Soto SDP, OF, 24.5 – There might actually be a buy low window here with a slow start coming off a poor 2nd half. Everything in the underlying numbers shows he is still elite, but his low launch angle does cap his homer upside a bit

8) (10) Aaron Judge NYY, OF, 30.11 – 1.194 OPS. He didn’t get lazy coming off the huge contract.

9) (7) Fernando Tatis Jr. SDP, SS/OF, 24.3 – Played generally well in spring and now has a 1.012 OPS in 4 games at Triple-A. It sure seems like he will hit the ground running when his suspension is up

10) (14) Rafael Devers BOS, 3B, 26.5 – 95.4 MPH EV with 4 homers and a 1.084 OPS. With steals easier to come by, I might be leaning towards a masher like him earlier

11) (13) Bo Bichette TOR, SS, 25.1 – Carrying over insane finish to 2022 into 2023 with a .996 OPS and .490 xwOBA. He’s yet to steal a bag though coming off only 13 steals last year, and it’s definitely a thought that he might not be a huge base stealer

12) (16) Wander Franco TBR, SS, 22.1 – The breakout is here with 4 homers, a 90.5 MPH EV and a 16.8 degree launch

13) (8) Bobby Witt Jr. KCR, SS/3B, 22.10 – 21.1% K%, 98.4 MPH FB/LD EV (which was his issue last year), and 30.4 ft/sec sprint speed. He’s going to be fine. Don’t sell low and try to buy if you can.

14) (11) Trea Turner PHI, SS, 29.9 – Rough start everywhere you look with 0 homers, a 29.3% K% and a 28.3 ft/sec sprint (30+ his entire career). His track record is too long to worry at this point, but maybe unlike Judge, he did get lazy with the big contract?

15) (12) Jose Ramirez CLE, 3B, 30.6 – 0 homers with an 86.5 MPH EV is not what you want to see coming off off-season thumb surgery. Too early to panic, but it’s not like there is completely no reason to point to for why he is off to a slow power start

16) (15) Michael Harris ATL, OF, 22.1 – 92.5 MPH EV with a 20%/8% K%/BB% overshadows the .541 OPS

17) (17) Mookie Betts LAD, OF, 30.6 – Just hasn’t got hot yet. .830 OPS and underlying numbers look good

18) (26) Pete Alonso NYM, 1B, 28.4 – Continues to lock in his K% gains with a career best 16.3% K%. He’s also jacked 5 homers already

19) (27) Mike Trout LAA, OF, 31.8 – Saying the back looks good is an understatement with a 1.234 OPS and .535 xwOBA.

20) (18) Bryce Harper PHI, OF, 30.6 – Started to take live batting practice and is expected back in June

21) (20) Shane McClanahan TBR, LHP, 25.11 – September shoulder injury looks to be behind him with a career high 97.4 MPH fastball. With Burnes struggling, he moves into my top pitcher slot

By Michael Halpern (@MichaelCHalpern)
Email: michaelhalpern@imaginarybrickwall.com
Twitter: Imaginary Brick Wall (@DynastyHalp)

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