Projecting Rest of Season Top 10 Hitters in 2024 Fantasy Baseball (Week 16)

July 13, 2024

Thunder Dan Palyo projects which ten hitters will finish the season in the top 10 for the 2024 fantasy baseball season.

If you managed to avoid Matt Olson, Julio Rodriguez, and Fernando Tatis Jr. with your first-round pick in your fantasy baseball league, then you're likely in pretty good shape as the rest of the top hitters that were taken early have produced as predicted (or better)

If Yordan Alvarez, Kyle Tucker, or Corey Seager could stay healthy, then they'd be in the conversation for the top ten this season, but the reality is that star players get hurt every season and have their overall impact limited.

As we approach the All-Star break, it's time to take stock of our star players and their production. Which hitters who are off to great starts can stick in the top 10 all season, which hitters may fall down the rankings, and which others will move up before the fantasy baseball season is over?

Current Top 10 Hitters Fantasy Baseball

According to Yahoo's player rankings, here are the top 10 most valuable hitters in 5x5 roto leagues today.

Ohtani remains the top dog, and it's hard to imagine him going anywhere with his well-rounded fantasy game, barring an injury. Aaron Judge's power surge has pushed him up to the second spot ahead of the super shortstops Henderson and Witt Jr.

Juan Soto has been stuck in neutral lately after dealing with a few nagging injuries as he was once up in the top three earlier this year but has seen his teammate Judge surge ahead of him in power numbers. He doesn't steal enough bases to stick in the top five without more run production.

I keep waiting for EDC to slip out of the top 10, but his stolen base craze continues to prop up his poor average and lack of run production. If he keeps running this much, it's probably going to keep him in the top 10 the rest of the way.

Devers and Harper are two guys with nearly identical numbers who have pushed up into the top ten and displaced the injured Kyle Tucker and Fernando Tatis Jr. over the last few weeks.

And just outside the top 10 are two Diamondbacks - Christian Walker and Ketel Marte - who are both having fantastic seasons as well.

Projected Top 10 Hitters for Fantasy Baseball

Using a blend of ATC projections, Nick Mariano's projections, and my own opinions - here is my projected top-10 finish for hitters in the 2024 fantasy baseball season.

1. Shohei Ohtani
2. Bobby Witt Jr.
3. Gunnar Henderson
4. Aaron Judge
5. Jose Ramirez
6. Elly De La Cruz
7. Bryce Harper
8. Juan Soto
9. Rafael Devers
10. Christian Yelich

I like Witt Jr. and Henderson to pass up Judge at some point as they have a more well-rounded game with their base stealing and Judge's home run production has to slow down at some point, right?

Jose Ramirez is so steady and solid across the board that he shouldn't go anyway, barring some kind of fluky slump or injury.

I can't get behind Kyle Tucker or Yordan Alvarez with how much time they miss with injuries. Both should have fine second halves but likely won't do enough to crack the top ten.

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— Mike Vassallo (@MikeVassallo13) July 11, 2024

I mentioned the dangerous Diamondbacks duo already, but one guy just outside the top ten now who I think makes his move to finish tenth overall is Christian Yelich, who is quietly looking like the best version of himself lately. Yelich is hitting .353 over the last month with five home runs, 22 runs scored, and 10 steals.

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