Everybody – RANKS, RANKS, RANKS-RANKS-RANKS! Today we go 500 deep, on base flavored. The Dynasty Guru, Bret Sayre, posts his Top 500 later this month so don’t forget to … hey, where are you going? Get back here! Bret may be the dynasty guru, but I am at least a dynasty guru.

I highly recommend comparing these ranks to Bret’s next week, if only to note where the biggest risers are in the OBP format. So much of the dynasty analysis available to us is for standard formats, which is tough for those of us who love to learn from talented dynasty players, but also represents an opportunity to identify under and overvalued assets.

Right off the top you’ll notice that my top 10 features two players who can’t drink legally in the United States slotted ahead of proven young stars such as Mookie Betts, Corey Seager and Manny Machado. As I stated in my piece, “Tank to Win: My Rotowire Dynasty Invitation Draft,” not all top overall dynasty prospects are created equally. Acuna is differentiated, even among special prospects, and he just happens to be coming of age along with another differentiated OBP prospect in Vladimir Guerrero Jr. In my opinion, Acuna is the best dynasty prospect to come along since the two players at the top of this list.

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Here they are, folks. Enjoy!

Rank Player Pos Team Opening Day Age 1 Mike Trout CF LAA 26.6 2 Bryce Harper RF WAS 25.4 3 Carlos Correa SS HOU 23.5 4 Kris Bryant 3B CHC 26.2 5 Francisco Lindor SS CLE 24.4 6 Trea Turner SS WAS 24.7 7 Jose Altuve 2B HOU 27.9 8 Nolan Arenado 3B COL 27 9 Ronald Acuna CF ATL 20.3 10 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 3B TOR 19 11 Corey Seager SS LAD 23.9 12 Manny Machado 3B BAL 25.7 13 Cody Bellinger 1B LAD 22.7 14 Mookie Betts RF BOS 25.5 15 Paul Goldschmidt 1B ARI 30.5 16 Giancarlo Stanton RF NYY 28.4 17 Aaron Judge RF NYY 25.9 18 Byron Buxton CF MIN 24.3 19 Anthony Rizzo 1B CHC 28.6 20 Freddie Freeman 1B ATL 28.5 21 Gary Sanchez C NYY 25.3 22 Rhys Hoskins LF PHI 25 23 Joey Gallo 3B TEX 24.4 24 Clayton Kershaw SP LAD 30 25 Chris Sale SP BOS 29 26 Jose Ramirez 3B CLE 25.5 27 Victor Robles RF WAS 20.9 28 George Springer CF HOU 28.5 29 Alex Bregman 3B HOU 24 30 Andrew Benintendi LF BOS 23.7 31 Anthony Rendon 3B WAS 27.8 32 Miguel Sano 3B MIN 24.9 33 Yoan Moncada 2B CHW 22.8 34 Christian Yelich CF MIL 26.3 35 Rafael Devers 3B BOS 21.4 36 J.D. Martinez RF ARI 30.6 37 Josh Donaldson 3B TOR 32.3 38 Joey Votto 1B CIN 34.5 39 Fernando Tatis SS SD 19.2 40 Noah Syndergaard SP NYM 25.6 41 Charlie Blackmon CF COL 31.7 42 Max Scherzer SP WAS 33.7 43 Corey Kluber SP CLE 32 44 Stephen Strasburg SP WAS 29.7 45 Brendan Rodgers SS COL 21.6 46 Ozzie Albies 2B ATL 21.2 47 Nick Senzel 3B CIN 22.7 48 Eloy Jimenez RF CHW 21.3 49 Marcell Ozuna OF STL 27.4 50 Willson Contreras C CHC 25.9 51 Luis Severino SP NYY 24.1 52 Xander Bogaerts SS BOS 25.5 53 Michael Conforto LF NYM 25.1 54 Gleyber Torres SS NYY 21.3 55 Justin Upton LF LAA 30.6 56 Dee Gordon 2B SEA 29.9 57 Billy Hamilton CF CIN 27.6 58 Buster Posey C SF 31 59 Carlos Martinez SP STL 26.5 60 Wil Myers 1B SD 27.3 61 Ian Happ CF CHC 23.6 62 Trevor Story SS COL 25.4 63 Brian Dozier 2B MIN 30.9 64 Nomar Mazara RF TEX 22.9 65 Luis Castillo SP CIN 25.3 66 Bradley Zimmer CF CLE 25.3 67 Yasiel Puig RF LAD 27.3 68 A.J. Pollock OF ARI 30.3 69 Shohei Ohtani SP LAA 23.7 70 James Paxton SP SEA 29.4 71 Craig Kimbrel RP BOS 29.8 72 Jacob deGrom SP NYM 29.8 73 Chris Archer SP TB 29.5 74 Aaron Nola SP PHI 24.8 75 Jake Lamb 3B ARI 27.5 76 Starling Marte LF PIT 29.5 77 Andrew McCutchen CF SF 31.5 78 Kyle Seager 3B SEA 30.4 79 Madison Bumgarner SP SF 28.7 80 Carlos Carrasco SP CLE 31 81 Robbie Ray SP ARI 26.5 82 Nick Castellanos 3B DET 26.1 83 Tommy Pham LF STL 30.1 84 Kenley Jansen RP LAD 30.5 85 Rougned Odor 2B TEX 24.1 86 Willie Calhoun LF TEX 23.4 87 Greg Bird 1B NYY 25.4 88 Khris Davis LF OAK 30.3 89 Jose Abreu 1B CHW 31.2 90 Eric Hosmer 1B KC 28.4 91 Lewis Brinson CF MIA 23.9 92 Kyle Tucker CF HOU 21.2 93 Bo Bichette SS TOR 20.1 94 Jorge Mateo SS OAK 22.8 95 Lance McCullers SP HOU 24.5 96 Yu Darvish SP FA 31.6 97 Zack Greinke SP ARI 34.4 98 Jameson Taillon SP PIT 26.4 99 Jose Quintana SP CHC 29.2 100 Ryan Braun LF MIL 34.4 101 Francisco Mejia C CLE 22.4 102 Royce Lewis SS MIN 18.8 103 Matt Olson 1B OAK 24 104 Justin Turner 3B LAD 33.3 105 Robinson Cano 2B SEA 35.4 106 Yoenis Cespedes LF NYM 32.4 107 Dallas Keuchel SP HOU 30.2 108 Luis Robert CF CHW 20.7 109 Juan Soto RF WAS 19.4 110 Nelson Cruz DH SEA 37.7 111 Aroldis Chapman RP NYY 30.1 112 Kyle Schwarber LF CHC 25.1 113 Elvis Andrus SS TEX 29.6 114 Jonathan Schoop 2B BAL 26.4 115 Daniel Murphy 2B WAS 33 116 Jean Segura SS SEA 28 117 Jose Berrios SP MIN 23.8 118 Alex Reyes SP STL 23.6 119 Manuel Margot CF SD 23.5 120 Javier Baez 2B CHC 25.3 121 Amed Rosario SS NYM 22.4 122 Carlos Santana 1B PHI 32 123 Forrest Whitley SP HOU 20.5 124 Brent Honeywell SP TB 23 125 Michael Kopech SP CHW 21.9 126 Walker Buehler RP LAD 23.7 127 Edwin Encarnacion DH CLE 35.2 128 Alex Wood SP LAD 27.2 129 Justin Smoak 1B TOR 31.3 130 Edwin Diaz RP SEA 24 131 Corey Knebel RP MIL 26.3 132 Masahiro Tanaka SP NYY 29.4 133 Mike Moustakas 3B KC 29.5 134 Marcus Stroman SP TOR 26.9 135 Gregory Polanco RF PIT 26.5 136 Chris Taylor CF LAD 27.6 137 David Dahl LF COL 24 138 Luke Weaver SP STL 24.6 139 Gerrit Cole SP HOU 27.6 140 Justin Verlander SP HOU 35.1 141 Jon Gray SP COL 26.4 142 Kevin Kiermaier CF TB 27.9 143 Adam Eaton CF WAS 29.3 144 Felipe Rivero RP PIT 26.7 145 Garrett Richards SP LAA 29.8 146 Sonny Gray SP NYY 28.4 147 Blake Snell SP TB 25.3 148 Willy Adames SS TB 22.6 149 Roberto Osuna RP TOR 23.1 150 Mitch Keller SP PIT 22 151 Taylor Trammell LF CIN 20.5 152 Keston Hiura 2B MIL 21.7 153 Estevan Florial CF NYY 20.3 154 Leody Taveras CF TEX 19.6 155 Addison Russell SS CHC 24.2 156 Luiz Gohara SP ATL 21.7 157 Jon Lester SP CHC 34.2 158 David Price SP BOS 32.6 159 Ender Inciarte CF ATL 27.4 160 Matt Chapman 3B OAK 24.9 161 Domingo Santana RF MIL 25.6 162 Travis Shaw 3B MIL 28 163 Jesse Winker RF CIN 24.6 164 Danny Duffy SP KC 29.3 165 Josh Bell 1B PIT 25.6 166 Adrian Beltre 3B TEX 39 167 Matt Carpenter 1B STL 32.3 168 Lorenzo Cain CF KC 32 169 Odubel Herrera CF PHI 26.2 170 J.T. Realmuto C MIA 27 171 Ryan McMahon 1B COL 23.3 172 Adam Jones CF BAL 32.7 173 Jay Bruce RF NYM 31 174 Eugenio Suarez 3B CIN 26.7 175 Miguel Cabrera 1B DET 34.9 176 Maikel Franco 3B PHI 25.6 177 Zack Godley SP ARI 27.9 178 Michael Fulmer SP DET 25 179 Jake Arrieta SP CHC 32.1 180 Salvador Perez C KC 27.9 181 Kyle Hendricks SP CHC 28.3 182 J.P. Crawford 3B PHI 23.2 183 Steven Souza Jr. RF TB 28.9 184 Clint Frazier LF NYY 23.6 185 Austin Barnes C LAD 28.2 186 Scott Kingery 2B PHI 23.9 187 Whit Merrifield 2B KC 29.2 188 Justin Bour 1B MIA 29.8 189 Trey Mancini LF BAL 26 190 Raisel Iglesias RP CIN 28.2 191 A.J. Puk SP OAK 22.9 192 Carter Kieboom SS WAS 20.6 193 Bobby Bradley 1B CLE 21.8 194 Zack Collins C CHW 20.4 195 Dansby Swanson SS ATL 24.1 196 Jackie Bradley Jr. CF BOS 27.9 197 Ken Giles RP HOU 27.5 198 Taijuan Walker SP ARI 25.6 199 Didi Gregorius SS NYY 28.1 200 Tim Anderson SS CHW 24.8 201 Orlando Arcia SS MIL 23.6 202 Gio Gonzalez SP WAS 32.5 203 Franklin Barreto SS OAK 22.1 204 Alex Verdugo CF LAD 21.9 205 Anthony Alford LF TOR 23.7 206 Aaron Hicks CF NYY 28.5 207 Monte Harrison CF MIA 22.6 208 Ian Desmond 1B COL 32.5 209 DJ LeMahieu 2B COL 29.7 210 Joc Pederson CF LAD 25.9 211 Michael Wacha SP STL 26.7 212 Brad Hand RP SD 28 213 Sixto Sanchez SP PHI 19.7 214 MacKenzie Gore SP SD 19.1 215 Luis Urias SS SD 20.8 216 Austin Riley 3B ATL 21 217 Jhailyn Ortiz RF PHI 19.4 218 Dexter Fowler CF STL 32 219 Brandon Belt 1B SF 29.9 220 Marcus Semien SS OAK 27.5 221 Jonathan Villar 2B MIL 26.9 222 Paul DeJong SS STL 24.7 223 Sean Manaea SP OAK 26.2 224 Scott Schebler RF CIN 27.5 225 Heliot Ramos CF SF 18.6 226 Evan Longoria 3B SF 32.5 227 Jesus Sanchez LF TB 20.5 228 Dinelson Lamet SP SD 25.7 229 Mitch Haniger RF SEA 27.3 230 Trevor Bauer SP CLE 27.2 231 Cody Allen RP CLE 29.4 232 Aaron Sanchez SP TOR 25.7 233 Stephen Piscotty RF OAK 27.2 234 Andrelton Simmons SS LAA 28.6 235 Eric Thames 1B MIL 31.4 236 Jake Bauers LF TB 22.5 237 Raimel Tapia RF COL 24.1 238 Austin Meadows CF PIT 22.9 239 Mike Zunino C SEA 27 240 Triston McKenzie SP CLE 20.7 241 Nick Williams RF PHI 24.6 242 Jedd Gyorko 3B STL 29.5 243 Ketel Marte SS ARI 24.5 244 Avisail Garcia RF CHW 26.8 245 Ryan Zimmerman 1B WAS 33.5 246 Shin-Soo Choo RF TEX 35.7 247 Max Kepler RF MIN 25.1 248 Danny Salazar SP CLE 28.2 249 Carlos Rodon SP CHW 25.3 250 Hunter Greene SP CIN 18.6 251 Raul Mondesi 2B KC 22.7 252 Kenta Maeda SP LAD 30 253 Jimmy Nelson SP MIL 28.8 254 Keibert Ruiz C LAD 19.7 255 Tyler Glasnow SP PIT 24.6 256 Brett Gardner LF NYY 34.6 257 Dylan Bundy SP BAL 25.4 258 Jordon Adell LF LAA 19 259 Kevin Gausman SP BAL 27.2 260 Jacob Faria SP TB 24.7 261 Eduardo Nunez 3B BOS 30.8 262 Adam Duvall LF CIN 29.6 263 Mike Clevinger SP CLE 27.3 264 Evan Gattis C HOU 31.6 265 Chris Davis 1B BAL 32 266 Josh Reddick RF HOU 31.1 267 Neil Walker 2B MIL 32.5 268 Corey Dickerson LF TB 28.9 269 Michel Baez SP SD 22.2 270 Alec Hansen SP CHW 23.5 271 Kolby Allard SP ATL 20.6 272 Cole Tucker SS PIT 21.7 273 Cristian Pache CF ATL 19.4 274 Yulieski Gurriel 1B HOU 33.8 275 Miguel Andujar 3B NYY 23.1 276 Tyler O’Neill LF STL 22.8 277 Kyle Lewis CF SEA 22.7 278 Jahmai Jones CF LAA 20.6 279 Wander Javier SS MIN 19.2 280 Johnny Cueto SP SF 32.1 281 Kyle Wright SP ATL 22.5 282 Nick Gordon SS MIN 22.4 283 Jason Groome SP BOS 19.6 284 Andrew Miller RP CLE 32.9 285 Wade Davis RP COL 32.6 286 Yadier Alvarez SP LAD 22.1 287 Jose Peraza 2B CIN 23.9 288 Adrian Morejon SP SD 19.1 289 Ian Kinsler 2B LAA 35.8 290 Michael Brantley LF CLE 30.9 291 Archie Bradley RP ARI 25.6 292 Tim Beckham SS BAL 28.2 293 Todd Frazier 3B NYY 32.1 294 Hanley Ramirez DH BOS 34.3 295 Zach Britton RP BAL 30.3 296 Jorge Polanco SS MIN 24.7 297 David Peralta RF ARI 30.6 298 Kole Calhoun RF LAA 30.5 299 Brent Rooker LF MIN 23.4 300 Isan Diaz 2B MIA 21.8 301 Yordan Alvarez LF HOU 20.8 302 Delino DeShields LF TEX 25.6 303 Charlie Morton SP HOU 34.4 304 Eduardo Rodriguez SP BOS 25 305 Derek Fisher LF HOU 24.6 306 Yasmani Grandal C LAD 29.4 307 Jason Kipnis 2B CLE 31 308 Brandon Marsh RF LAA 20.3 309 Francis Martes RP HOU 22.3 310 Kolten Wong 2B STL 27.5 311 Brandon Morrow RP CHC 33.7 312 Jeurys Familia RP NYM 28.5 313 Rich Hill SP LAD 38 314 Jeff Samardzija SP SF 33.2 315 Mark Melancon RP SF 32.8 316 Franklin Perez SP DET 20.3 317 Eddie Rosario LF MIN 26.5 318 Logan Morrison 1B TB 30.6 319 Kevin Pillar CF TOR 29.2 320 Freudis Nova SS HOU 18.2 321 Brett Phillips CF MIL 23.8 322 Luis Garcia 2B WAS 17.9 323 Gabriel Arias SS SD 18.1 324 Ryan Vilade SS COL 19.1 325 Shane Baz SP PIT 18.8 326 Austin Beck CF OAK 19.4 327 Yasel Antuna SS WAS 18.4 328 Joey Wentz SP ATL 20.5 329 Zack Cozart SS LAA 32.6 330 Lance Lynn SP STL 30.9 331 Justus Sheffield SP NYY 21.9 332 Jorge Soler RF KC 26.1 333 Aaron Altherr LF PHI 27.2 334 Lucas Duda 1B TB 32.1 335 Corey Ray CF MIL 23.5 336 Jose Martinez LF STL 29.7 337 Anderson Espinoza SP SD 20.1 338 Albert Abreu SP NYY 22.5 339 Julio Urias SP LAD 21.6 340 Vince Velasquez SP PHI 25.8 341 J.A. Happ SP TOR 35.4 342 Jordan Montgomery SP NYY 25.3 343 Jake Burger 3B CHW 22 344 Michael Taylor CF WAS 27 345 Lucas Giolito SP CHW 23.7 346 Mallex Smith CF TB 24.9 347 Brendan McKay 1B TB 22.3 348 Garrett Whitley LF TB 21 349 Yusniel Diaz RF LAD 21.5 350 Drew Pomeranz SP BOS 29.3 351 Marco Estrada SP TOR 34.7 352 Shedric Long 2B CIN 22.6 353 DJ Peters CF LAD 22.3 354 Colton Welker 3B COL 20.5 355 Dustin Pedroia 2B BOS 34.6 356 Yonder Alonso 1B CLE 31 357 Alex Colome RP TB 29.2 358 Sean Doolittle RP WAS 31.5 359 Kelvin Herrera RP KC 28.2 360 Blake Treinen RP OAK 29.7 361 Josh Naylor 1B SD 20.8 362 Magneuris Sierra RF MIA 22 363 Akil Baddoo CF MIN 19.6 364 Michael Soroka SP ATL 20.6 365 Greg Holland RP FA 32.4 366 Corbin Burnes SP MIL 23.4 367 J.B. Bukauskas SP HOU 21.5 368 Ryan Mountcastle SS BAL 21.1 369 Jurickson Profar LF TEX 25.1 370 Alex Jackson C ATL 22.3 371 Rick Porcello SP BOS 29.3 372 Michael Chavis 3B BOS 22.6 373 Austin Hays RF BAL 22.7 374 Anthony DeSclafani SP CIN 27.9 375 Tanner Roark SP WAS 31.5 376 Tyler Chatwood SP CHC 28.3 377 Yasmany Tomas LF ARI 27.4 378 Yu-Cheng Chang SS CLE 22.6 379 Nick Pratto 1B KC 19.5 380 Alex Cobb SP TB 30.5 381 Jharel Cotton SP OAK 26.2 382 Patrick Corbin SP ARI 28.7 383 Dan Straily SP MIA 29.3 384 Miles Mikolas SP STL 29.6 385 Jorge Bonifacio RF KC 24.8 386 Brian Anderson 3B MIA 24.9 387 Cole Hamels SP TEX 34.3 388 Josh Harrison 2B PIT 30.7 389 Kevin Maitan SS ATL 18.1 390 Kendrys Morales DH TOR 34.8 391 Matt Harvey SP NYM 29 392 Jason Heyward RF CHC 28.6 393 Mitch Moreland 1B BOS 32.6 394 Troy Tulowitzki SS TOR 33.5 395 Brad Miller 2B TB 28.4 396 Brandon Woodruff SP MIL 25.1 397 Jon Duplantier SP ARI 23.7 398 Scooter Gennett 2B CIN 27.9 399 Chase Anderson SP MIL 30.3 400 Brad Peacock SP HOU 30.2 401 Steven Matz SP NYM 26.8 402 Julio Teheran SP ATL 27.2 403 Cal Quantrill SP SD 23.1 404 Teoscar Hernandez LF TOR 25.5 405 Marwin Gonzalez LF HOU 29 406 Mark Trumbo DH BAL 32.2 407 Cesar Hernandez 2B PHI 27.8 408 Wilmer Flores 3B NYM 26.6 409 Wilson Ramos C TB 30.6 410 Dominic Smith 1B NYM 22.8 411 Felix Hernandez SP SEA 32 412 Jose Siri CF CIN 22.7 413 Brandon Crawford SS SF 31.2 414 Sean Newcomb SP ATL 24.8 415 Dellin Betances RP NYY 30 416 Hector Neris RP PHI 28.8 417 Christin Stewart LF DET 24.3 418 Andres Gimenez SS NYM 19.6 419 Tyler Anderson SP COL 28.2 420 Arodys Vizcaino RP ATL 27.4 421 Pavin Smith 1B ARI 22.1 422 Jake Odorizzi SP TB 28 423 Ian Anderson SP ATL 19.9 424 Keon Broxton CF MIL 27.9 425 Mike Montgomery RP CHC 28.7 426 Logan Forsythe 2B LAD 31.2 427 Randal Grichuk LF STL 26.6 428 Tyler Mahle SP CIN 23.5 429 Blake Rutherford CF CHW 20.9 430 Esteury Ruiz 2B SD 19.1 431 Matt Manning SP DET 20.2 432 Chance Adams SP NYY 23.6 433 Jesus Luzardo SP OAK 20.5 434 Andrew Heaney SP LAA 26.8 435 Stephen Gonsalves SP MIN 23.7 436 Alex Faedo SP DET 22.4 437 Tyler Skaggs SP LAA 26.7 438 Garrett Hampson 2B COL 23.5 439 Joe Panik 2B SF 27.4 440 Joe Ross SP WAS 24.9 441 Ervin Santana SP MIN 35.3 442 Nolan Jones 3B CLE 19.9 443 Asdrubal Cabrera SS NYM 32.4 444 Cam Bedrosian RP LAA 26.5 445 Ronald Guzman 1B TEX 23.4 446 Harrison Bader CF STL 23.8 447 Wilmer Difo SS WAS 26 448 Joe Musgrove RP PIT 25.3 449 Luis Perdomo SP SD 24.9 450 Yadier Molina C STL 35.7 451 Jack Flaherty SP STL 22.5 452 James Kaprielian SP OAK 24.1 453 Jorge Guzman SP NYY 22.1 454 Russell Martin C TOR 35.1 455 AJ Reed 1B HOU 24.9 456 Yandy Diaz 3B CLE 26.6 457 Adam Haseley CF PHI 22 458 Lucas Erceg 3B MIL 22.9 459 Jeisson Rosario CF SD 18.4 460 A.J. Minter RP ATL 24.6 461 Ke’Bryan Hayes 3B PIT 21.2 462 Pete Alonso 1B NYM 23.3 463 Will Benson RF CLE 19.8 464 Hyun-Jin Ryu SP LAD 31 465 Max Fried RP ATL 24.2 466 Nick Pivetta SP PHI 25.1 467 Brian McCann C HOU 34.1 468 Robinson Chirinos C TEX 33.8 469 Tyler Flowers C ATL 32.2 470 Welington Castillo C CHW 30.9 471 Jed Lowrie 2B OAK 33.9 472 Mickey Moniak CF PHI 19.9 473 Chance Sisco C BAL 23.1 474 Tristen Lutz CF MIL 19.6 475 Mychal Givens RP BAL 27.9 476 Lazaro Armenteros LF OAK 18.9 477 Bubba Thompson CF TEX 19.8 478 Tirso Ornelas OF SD 18 479 Nate Pearson RP TOR 21.6 480 Keone Kela RP TEX 25 481 Starlin Castro 2B MIA 28 482 Jeimer Candelario 3B DET 24.3 483 Josh Hader RP MIL 24 484 Dustin Fowler RF OAK 23.2 485 Jorge Alfaro C PHI 24.8 486 Jonathan Lucroy C COL 31.8 487 Seth Romero SP WAS 21.9 488 Reynaldo Lopez SP CHW 24.2 489 Khalil Lee OF KC 19.8 490 Evan White 1B SEA 21.9 491 Zack Wheeler SP NYM 27.8 492 Daulton Varsho C ARI 21.7 493 Hunter Harvey SP BAL 23.3 494 Jeren Kendall CF LAD 22.1 495 Danny Jansen C TOR 23 496 Ben Zobrist 2B CHC 36.8 497 Wander Franco SS TB 21.5 498 Daz Cameron CF DET 21.2 499 Jeter Downs SS CIN 19.7 500 Erick Fedde SP WAS 25.1