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Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Dynasty League Rankings and Tiers (2024)

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RotoBaller's fantasy baseball dynasty league rankings for mixed league drafts (February 2024 update). MLB tiered dynasty rankings for C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, SP, RP, DH.

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Welcome back, RotoBallers, to more fantasy baseball rankings! It's an exciting time for fantasy baseball as pitchers and catchers report soon while the heart of the draft season is rapidly approaching. Today, we will review our 2024 fantasy baseball dynasty league rankings. These rankings cover both hitters and pitchers.

It's never too early to begin your draft preparation. There's a ton of offseason news to keep track of. Two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani signed a massive contract with the Dodgers, while the Yankees acquired superstar outfielder Juan Soto. There are still top free agents, such as Blake Snell and Cody Bellinger, who have yet to sign with a team. The dynasty rankings below are for managers drafting for the first time or evaluating the keeper value of each player on your roster. Below you will see where key players such as Jackson Holliday, Wyatt Langford, Jasson Dominguez, Anthony Volpe, Elly De La Cruz, Kyle Bradish, and Shane McClanahan are listed in our MLB team's dynasty rankings.

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Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Dynasty League Rankings (February Update)

Rankings by Chris Clegg, Benjamin Chase, and Justin Raffone. Our dynasty rankings will be updated regularly on our main fantasy baseball rankings dashboard through Opening Day. Download our free mobile app with push notification alerts and stay on top of all the MLB news and analysis.

Tier Ranking Player Name Position
1 1 Ronald Acuna Jr. OF
1 2 Julio Rodriguez OF
1 3 Shohei Ohtani DH/SP
1 4 Corbin Carroll OF
1 5 Juan Soto OF
2 6 Kyle Tucker OF
2 7 Bobby Witt Jr. SS
2 8 Fernando Tatis Jr. OF
2 9 Yordan Alvarez OF
2 10 Mookie Betts 2B/SS/OF
2 11 Aaron Judge OF
2 12 Matt Olson 1B
2 13 Spencer Strider SP
2 14 Corey Seager SS
2 15 Bryce Harper 1B
2 16 Luis Robert OF
2 17 Gunnar Henderson 3B/SS
2 18 Jose Ramirez 3B
2 19 Austin Riley 3B
2 20 Trea Turner SS
2 21 Freddie Freeman 1B
3 22 Gerrit Cole SP
3 23 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B
3 24 Bo Bichette SS
3 25 Rafael Devers 3B
3 26 Ozzie Albies 2B
3 27 Pete Alonso 1B
3 28 Corbin Burnes SP
3 29 Michael Harris II OF
3 30 Elly De La Cruz 3B/SS
3 31 Zac Gallen SP
3 32 Luis Castillo SP
3 33 Francisco Lindor SS
3 34 George Kirby SP
3 35 Wyatt Langford OF
3 36 Adley Rutschman C
3 37 Jackson Chourio OF
3 38 Eury Perez SP
3 39 Junior Caminero 3B
3 40 Mike Trout OF
3 41 Logan Webb SP
3 42 Randy Arozarena OF
3 43 Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP
4 44 Royce Lewis 3B
4 45 Kevin Gausman SP
4 46 Jose Altuve 2B
4 47 Jackson Holliday SS
4 48 Manny Machado 3B
4 49 Zack Wheeler SP
4 50 Marcus Semien 2B
4 51 Grayson Rodriguez SP
4 52 Pablo Lopez SP
4 53 Evan Carter OF
4 54 Tyler Glasnow SP
4 55 Oneil Cruz SS
4 56 CJ Abrams SS
4 57 Jordan Walker OF
4 58 Tarik Skubal SP
4 59 Cody Bellinger 1B/OF
4 60 Blake Snell SP
4 61 Max Fried SP
4 62 Triston Casas 1B
4 63 Will Smith C
4 64 Adolis Garcia OF
4 65 Jesus Luzardo SP
4 66 Logan Gilbert SP
4 67 Matt McLain 2B/SS
4 68 Spencer Torkelson 1B
4 69 Jazz Chisholm Jr. OF
4 70 Josh Jung 3B
5 71 Aaron Nola SP
5 72 Kodai Senga SP
5 73 Dylan Crews OF
5 74 Paul Goldschmidt 1B
5 75 Riley Greene OF
5 76 Alex Bregman 3B
5 77 Bobby Miller SP
5 78 Framber Valdez SP
5 79 Bryan Reynolds OF
5 80 Xander Bogaerts SS
5 81 Christian Yelich OF
5 82 Gleyber Torres 2B
5 83 Freddy Peralta SP
5 84 Jasson Dominguez OF
5 85 Gavin Williams SP
5 86 Josh Lowe OF
6 87 Nolan Jones 1B/OF
6 88 Jordan Lawlar SS
6 89 Anthony Volpe SS
6 90 Francisco Alvarez C
6 91 Hunter Greene SP
6 92 Vinnie Pasquantino 1B
6 93 Nico Hoerner 2B/SS
6 94 Tanner Bibee SP
6 95 Joe Ryan SP
6 96 Noelvi Marte 3B
6 97 Seiya Suzuki OF
6 98 Walker Jenkins OF
6 99 Kyle Bradish SP
6 100 Ketel Marte 2B
7 101 Andres Gimenez 2B
7 102 Joe Musgrove SP
7 103 Bryson Stott 2B
7 104 Shane McClanahan SP
7 105 Zack Gelof 2B
7 106 J.T. Realmuto C
7 107 Nolan Arenado 3B
7 108 Ha-Seong Kim 2B/3B/SS
7 109 Josh Naylor 1B
7 110 Cole Ragans SP/RP
7 111 Kyle Schwarber OF
7 112 William Contreras C
7 113 Colt Keith 3B
7 114 Christian Walker 1B
7 115 Sandy Alcantara SP
7 116 Nick Lodolo SP
7 117 Josh Hader RP
7 118 Justin Steele SP
7 119 Spencer Steer 1B/2B/3B/OF
7 120 Yandy Diaz 1B
7 121 Zach Eflin SP
7 122 Brandon Woodruff SP
7 123 Emmanuel Clase RP
7 124 Christian Encarnacion-Strand 3B
7 125 Nick Castellanos OF
8 126 Lars Nootbaar OF
8 127 Bryce Miller SP
8 128 Dylan Cease SP
8 129 Walker Buehler SP
8 130 George Springer OF
8 131 Devin Williams RP
8 132 Zach Neto SS
8 133 Edwin Diaz RP
8 134 Eloy Jimenez OF
8 135 Jordan Montgomery SP
8 136 Hunter Brown SP
8 137 Colson Montgomery 3B
8 138 Nathaniel Lowe 1B
8 139 James Wood OF
8 140 Shane Baz SP
8 141 Jackson Merrill SS
8 142 Sean Murphy C
8 143 Coby Mayo 3B
8 144 Paul Skenes SP
8 145 Dansby Swanson SS
8 146 TJ Friedl OF
8 147 Roman Anthony OF
9 148 Miguel Vargas 2B
9 149 Gabriel Moreno C
9 150 Cedric Mullins II OF
9 151 Taj Bradley SP
9 152 Cristian Javier SP
9 153 Jacob deGrom SP
9 154 Jhoan Duran RP
9 155 Ethan Salas C
9 156 Jordan Romano RP
9 157 Ian Happ OF
9 158 Nolan Gorman 2B/3B
9 159 Nathan Eovaldi SP
9 160 Brandon Nimmo OF
9 161 Pete Crow-Armstrong OF
9 162 James Outman OF
9 163 Max Muncy 3B
9 164 Felix Bautista RP
9 165 Shane Bieber SP
10 166 Isaac Paredes 1B/2B/3B
10 167 Chris Sale SP
10 168 Sonny Gray SP
10 169 Luis Arraez 1B/2B
10 170 Emmet Sheehan SP
10 171 Brendan Donovan 1B/2B/OF
10 172 Jung Hoo Lee OF
10 173 Andrew Painter SP
10 174 Daniel Espino SP
10 175 Samuel Basallo C
10 176 Mitch Keller SP
10 177 Yainer Diaz C
10 178 Masataka Yoshida OF
10 179 Ricky Tiedemann SP
10 180 Edouard Julien 2B
10 181 Andrew Abbott SP
10 182 Ezequiel Tovar SS
10 183 Curtis Mead 2B
10 184 Bryan Woo SP
10 185 Jordan Westburg 2B/3B
10 186 Chas McCormick OF
10 187 Alexis Diaz RP
10 188 Kyle Manzardo 1B
10 189 Camilo Doval RP
10 190 Daulton Varsho OF
10 191 Brayan Bello SP
10 192 Carlos Correa SS
11 193 Jorge Soler OF
11 194 Lane Thomas OF
11 195 Cade Horton SP
11 196 Raisel Iglesias RP
11 197 David Bednar RP
11 198 Carlos Rodon SP
11 199 Heston Kjerstad OF
11 200 Jeremy Pena SS
11 201 Jarred Kelenic OF
11 202 Ceddanne Rafaela OF
11 203 Brett Baty 3B
11 204 Jake Burger 3B
11 205 Jackson Jobe SP
11 206 Anthony Santander 1B/OF
11 207 Matt Shaw SS
11 208 Shota Imanaga SP
11 209 Byron Buxton DH
11 210 Bailey Ober SP
11 211 Triston McKenzie SP
11 212 Brandon Pfaadt SP
11 213 Colt Emerson SS
11 214 Justin Verlander SP
11 215 Mason Miller SP
11 216 Chase DeLauter OF
11 217 Andrew Vaughn 1B
11 218 Max Clark OF
11 219 Rhys Hoskins 1B
11 220 Jose Berrios SP
11 221 Andres Munoz RP
11 222 Willy Adames SS
12 223 Jonathan India 2B
12 224 Marco Luciano SS
12 225 Esteury Ruiz OF
12 226 Thairo Estrada 2B/SS
12 227 Logan O'Hoppe C
12 228 Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B
12 229 Cal Raleigh C
12 230 Pete Fairbanks RP
12 231 Merrill Kelly SP
12 232 Colton Cowser OF
12 233 Willson Contreras C
12 234 Ryan Pressly RP
12 235 Adael Amador SS
12 236 Alec Bohm 1B/3B
12 237 Jorge Polanco 2B/3B
12 238 Bo Naylor C
12 239 Robby Snelling SP
12 240 Christopher Morel 2B/OF
12 241 Sebastian Walcott SS
12 242 Teoscar Hernandez OF
12 243 Ryan Pepiot SP/RP
12 244 Ryan Mountcastle 1B
12 245 Tommy Edman 2B/SS/OF
12 246 Jarren Duran OF
12 247 Kyle Harrison SP
12 248 Justyn-Henry Malloy OF
13 249 Evan Phillips RP
13 250 Yu Darvish SP
13 251 Ryan McMahon 2B/3B
13 252 Brandon Lowe 2B
13 253 Steven Kwan OF
13 254 Luis Campusano C
13 255 Brooks Lee SS
13 256 Lucas Giolito SP
13 257 Matt Wallner OF
13 258 Jack Suwinski OF
13 259 Trevor Story SS
13 260 Eduardo Rodriguez SP
13 261 Tyler O'Neill OF
13 262 Nestor Cortes Jr. SP
13 263 Matt Chapman 3B
13 264 Luis Matos OF
13 265 Owen Caissie OF
13 266 Jeffrey Springs SP/RP
13 267 Max Scherzer SP
13 268 Reid Detmers SP
13 269 Clay Holmes RP
13 270 Emmanuel Rodriguez OF
13 271 Kerry Carpenter OF
13 272 Edward Cabrera SP
13 273 Tyler Black 3B
13 274 J.P. Crawford SS
13 275 AJ Smith-Shawver SP
13 276 Braxton Garrett SP
13 277 Brandon Marsh OF
13 278 Chris Bassitt SP
13 279 Sal Frelick OF
13 280 Ronny Mauricio 2B
13 281 Henry Davis OF
13 282 Harry Ford C
13 283 Vaughn Grissom SS
13 284 Kris Bryant OF
13 285 Masyn Winn SS
13 286 Marcelo Mayer SS
14 287 Kenley Jansen RP
14 288 Michael King SP/RP
14 289 Brendan Rodgers 2B
14 290 Druw Jones OF
14 291 Jett Williams SS
14 292 Jacob Misiorowski SP
14 293 Aaron Civale SP
14 294 Spencer Jones OF
14 295 Robbie Ray SP
14 296 Taylor Ward OF
14 297 Termarr Johnson 2B
14 298 Cole Young SS
14 299 Drew Thorpe SP
14 300 Drew Gilbert OF
14 301 Michael Busch 3B
14 302 Luis Garcia (SP) SP
14 303 Gavin Lux 2B/OF
14 304 Xavier Isaac 1B
14 305 Clayton Kershaw SP
15 306 Paul Sewald RP
15 307 Josh Bell 1B
15 308 Nolan Schanuel 1B
15 309 Tink Hence SP
15 310 Drew Rasmussen SP
15 311 MJ Melendez C/OF
15 312 MacKenzie Gore SP
15 313 Brady House SS
15 314 Luis Severino SP
15 315 Everson Pereira OF
15 316 Will Benson OF
16 317 Joey Wiemer OF
16 318 Hurston Waldrep SP
16 319 Adbert Alzolay RP
16 320 Brandon Drury 1B/2B
16 321 Robert Stephenson RP


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