Projecting Rest of Season Top 10 Hitters in 2025 Fantasy Baseball (Week 11)

Ryan Kirksey projects which 10 hitters will finish the season in the top 10 for the 2025 fantasy baseball season as we head into Week 11 of MLB action.

The fantasy baseball season is about one month from the MLB All-Star Game, which means we have officially turned the corner from "early season" to "dog days of summer." What we see now with players might just be what we get when it comes to the hitters on our fantasy baseball rosters. Adjusting to this new reality might be the key to making the right moves toward a fantasy championship.

Juan Soto, for example, is the 79th-ranked hitter in fantasy baseball on Yahoo right now. He was a universal first-round pick, but as we get deeper and deeper into the season, how confident can we be that he will return first-round value overall in 2025? Likewise, you might think Pete Crow-Armstrong has some fluky numbers right now (and some are), but how long does he have to do it before we believe this is the type of season he is having?

In the case of many players, the numbers are starting to stabilize. In other players, more plate appearances are needed to make a firm decision. But in fantasy baseball, the stats we have are all that we can use. Making future judgments based on current data is the name of the game! It's a long season, and much baseball is left to be played. I will take a closer look at the current top-10 hitters in fantasy and make some predictions about who ends up there when it's all said and done in October.

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Current Top 10 Hitters for Fantasy Baseball

According to Yahoo's player rankings, here are the top 10 most valuable hitters in 5x5 roto leagues as of June 10, 2025.

So much for that mini batting average slump Aaron Judge had two weeks ago. Over the last seven days, Judge has hit .450/.577/.850 with two home runs to put him right back on track for a .400 average as we approach the halfway point of the season. How good have Judge's first 64 games been? He has a 5.7 WAR so far with almost 100 games left. In 2021, Trea Turner led MLB with 7.1 WAR for the ENTIRE season.

Shohei Ohtani, in case you forgot, is simply amazing in the batter's box. He is so good that he did not have a home run, steal, or RBI over the last seven days and still maintained his spot as the second-best fantasy asset in the game. He may not make 50/50 again this year, but he is certainly on pace for 50/30 and the league lead in runs.

The year of PCA continues!

Pete Crow-Armstrong sends a TOWERING shot out for his 17th home run of the season 😳 pic.twitter.com/OFnD672XoQ

— MLB (@MLB) June 7, 2025

Two players who were drafted outside the top 80 in spring drafts are now mainstays in the top-10 fantasy hitter list. Pete Crow-Armstrong, barring some kind of injury, is going to be the league's first 20/20 player this season, and he has maintained an average of around .280 all season. Cal Raleigh is still on pace for more than 60 home runs and might somehow steal a dozen bases as well. He is headed toward the best offensive season ever for a catcher.

The power of batting average is so strong in fantasy baseball that a hot streak or a slump over a week can move a player wildly in either direction. Jose Ramirez was 10th in last week's rankings, but now is fifth, primarily because of a .333 overall average and a .385 average with five steals over the last seven days. My prediction a month ago that J-Ram would end up as a top-5 hitter is looking good right now.

In his eight games this month, Pete Alonso has delivered 18 RBI, six HR & two HBP.

The only other MLB players in the live-ball era to put up those three numbers over any eight-game span in a single season are Jeff Bagwell (August 2000) and Reggie Jackson (June 1969). pic.twitter.com/SNzO9jEOZ2

— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) June 10, 2025

Similarly, Pete Alonso used a massive power surge over the last week to propel himself back into the top 10 list. Six home runs over a week is certainly unsustainable, but Alonso has career-highs in hard-hit rate and barrel rate this season. Add in the fact that his batting average and slugging percentage (.301, .594) are both BELOW his expected numbers, and this is turning into another all-time power season from him.

After a week off the list, Corbin Carroll and Rafael Devers both jump back on the top 10 after massive games at the plate. Carroll is still not near his stolen base numbers from 2024 (35) or 2023 (53), but he hit .300/.462/.800 last week and mashed three home runs from the leadoff spot. Devers slugged .522 and was on base 42% of the time over the last seven days, including two home runs. Does anybody remember the 0-for-24 start? He is hitting .302 since that time.

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 last four months of the 2025 fantasy baseball season.

If Judge, Ohtani, and Ramirez are locks near the top, the rest of the list is where things get interesting. I still feel like Elly De La Cruz has another level to his power game this season, especially playing at Great American Ball Park. He has three home runs and two steals over the last two weeks. With 14 weeks left in the season, if he keeps up that pace, he will finish with close to a 35/35 season.

That time Elly De La Cruz stole second, third AND home in the span of two pitches 🤯 pic.twitter.com/x2yqFGPKnc

— Baseball (@mlbelites_) June 8, 2025

Kyle Tucker has so far stayed healthy and was able to navigate through a hand injury and only miss a couple of games recently for the Chicago Cubs. He is such a solid and consistent player, and it seems like he is going to finish with around a .285 average, 30 home runs, and 30 stolen bases for the next 10 years.

Bobby Witt Jr. has started to see his power creep back up in recent days. He has three home runs over the last two weeks, and is now at eight home runs and 21 steals on the season. While it might be a stretch for him to match his 32/31 season from 2024, his pace from this point forward certainly could look similar. As the power returns and his average continues to creep up toward .300, he will start to emerge on the top 10 list soon.

There's no place like home!

11 of Francisco Lindor's 13 homers have come at Citi Field this season. pic.twitter.com/cfOEIY1MQN

— MLB (@MLB) June 1, 2025

Like Witt, things are all starting to click for Francisco Lindor over the last 14 days. Lindor is hitting a ridiculous .333/.388/.644 with four home runs and three steals in that time, and is only striking out 22% of the time.

Even with his broken pinky toe, Lindor is playing at a high level and will anchor the powerful Mets offense all summer. His and Pete Alonso's performances are almost making Mets fans forget that Juan Soto is hitting .244 this year.

Other names that are lurking include Fernando Tatis Jr., Kyle Schwarber, and Soto. If you're looking for deep or dark-horse candidates, I like Jacob Wilson, Jeremy Pena, and James Wood.

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