The end of the 2018 MLB season marks the beginning of an active offseason for most fantasy leagues, and the beginning of rankings season. Already, owners likely are re-assessing their rosters, exploring potential trades, or preparing for prospect drafts. To help prepare fantasy owners for the hot stove, The Dynasty Guru will begin its rankings push early this year! As such, it is an ideal time to revisit the Top 500 Dynasty League Players.

Normally, The Dynasty Guru publishes its updated Top 500 in early-March, following trades and free agent acquisitions. This year, we are providing a publicly-available preview of the updated top 50 immediately following the World Series. Further, you can obtain access to the entire updated Top 500, with an additional 100 players, with a small donation.

The Top 600 Dynasty League Players represents the opinion of this writer. Consequently, the rankings are consistent with an updated version of the Top 500 Dynasty League Players, published in July, and the Top 240 Fantasy Prospects, published in August. Of course, this ranking only includes a subset of prospects (200 total, to be exact). Finally, the following rankings account for a 16-team league with a standard, 5-by-5 scoring format, but also note changes in value for on-base percentage (OBP) formats.

With that said, and without further ado, please enjoy responsibly!

Top 50 Dynasty League Players, November 2018

Rank Player Primary Position Secondary Position(s) Age 2018 Level ETA OBP July Change 1 Mike Trout LAA OF1 - 27.64 MLB - ↑↑↑ 1 0 2 Mookie Betts BOS OF2 - 26.48 MLB - ↑ 2 0 3 Ronald Acuna Jr. ATL OF3 - 21.28 AAA, MLB - 13 10 4 Francisco Lindor CLE SS1 - 25.37 MLB - 4 0 5 Jose Ramirez CLE 3B1 - 26.53 MLB - ↑ 3 -2 6 Bryce Harper FA OF4 - 26.45 MLB - ↑↑↑ 7 1 7 Manny Machado FA SS2 - 26.73 MLB - 5 -2 8 Alex Bregman HOU 3B2 SS3 24.99 MLB - ↑ 14 6 9 Trea Turner WAS SS4 - 25.74 MLB - 9 0 10 Juan Soto WAS OF5 - 20.43 A, A+, AA, MLB - ↑↑ 18 8 11 Christian Yelich MIL OF6 - 27.31 MLB - ↑ 26 15 12 Nolan Arenado COL 3B3 - 27.95 MLB - 6 -6 13 Aaron Judge NYY OF7 - 26.92 MLB - ↑↑↑ 11 -2 14 Carlos Correa HOU SS5 - 24.52 MLB - ↑ 8 -6 15 Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. TOR 3B4 - 20.03 GCL, A+, AA, AAA 2019 15 0 16 Kris Bryant CHC 3B5 OF8 27.23 MLB - ↑↑ 10 -6 17 Trevor Story COL SS6 - 26.37 MLB - 32 15 18 Andrew Benintendi BOS OF9 - 24.73 MLB - ↑ 12 -6 19 J.D. Martinez BOS OF10 - 31.60 MLB - 24 5 20 Jose Altuve HOU 2B1 - 28.89 MLB - 16 -4 21 Chris Sale BOS SP1 - 29.99 MLB - 19 -2 22 Freddie Freeman ATL 1B1 - 29.54 MLB - ↑ 20 -2 23 Cody Bellinger LAD 1B2 OF11 23.71 MLB - ↑ 21 -2 24 Javier Baez CHC 2B2 SS7, 3B6 26.33 MLB - ↓↓ 29 5 25 Ozzie Albies ATL 2B3 - 22.23 MLB - ↓ 17 -8 26 Corey Seager LAD SS8 - 24.92 MLB - 30 4 27 Aaron Nola PHI SP2 - 25.82 MLB - 35 8 28 Giancarlo Stanton NYY OF12 - 29.39 MLB - ↑ 23 -5 29 Blake Snell TB SP3 - 26.32 MLB - 49 20 30 Jacob deGrom NYM SP4 - 30.78 MLB - 42 12 31 Paul Goldschmidt ARI 1B3 - 31.55 MLB - ↑↑ 25 -6 32 Luis Severino NYY SP5 - 25.11 MLB - 22 -10 33 Noah Syndergaard NYM SP6 - 26.58 MLB - 27 -6 34 Gleyber Torres NYY 2B4 SS9 22.29 AAA, MLB - 28 -6 35 Xander Bogaerts BOS SS10 - 26.49 MLB - 33 -2 36 Shohei Ohtani LAA SP22 DH1 24.04 MLB - 31 -5 37 Eloy Jimenez CHW OF13 - 22.34 AA, AAA - ↓ 53 16 38 Max Scherzer WAS SP7 - 34.67 MLB - 38 0 39 Victor Robles WAS OF14 - 21.86 GCL, NYP, AAA, MLB - 57 18 40 Rhys Hoskins PHI OF15 - 26.03 MLB - ↑↑ 45 5 41 Anthony Rizzo CHC 1B4 - 29.64 MLB - ↑ 41 0 42 Anthony Rendon WAS 3B7 - 28.81 MLB - 44 2 43 Corey Kluber CLE SP8 - 32.97 MLB - 40 -3 44 Clayton Kershaw LAD SP9 - 31.03 MLB - 36 -8 45 Gerrit Cole HOU SP10 - 28.56 MLB - 37 -8 46 Walker Buehler LAD SP11 - 24.67 AAA, MLB - 66 20 47 Trevor Bauer CLE SP12 - 28.20 MLB - 51 4 48 Rafael Devers BOS 3B8 - 22.43 MLB - 48 0 49 Charlie Blackmon COL OF16 - 32.74 MLB - 34 -15 50 Adalberto Mondesi KC SS11 - 23.67 MLB - ↓↓ 360 310

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Next Monday, TDG will publish the Top 40 Fantasy Catcher Prospects. Stay tuned!

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