Bobby Witt Jr., in dynasty and redraft. The FanRanked staff dynasty board has Witt ahead, Witt #2 and DH #7, but the expert consensus has DH ahead (#1 to #3). The community agrees too, FRV 100.3 to 93.6. For 2026 redraft, the consensus has Witt ahead, #3 to #20, and the rest-of-season engine agrees ($47 and $42).
JD on Bobby Witt Jr. (Sep 24, 2026): If Bobby Witt Jr. was PCA's age, I think he'd be the #1 player for me. It's really that 2-year age gap (26 vs 24) that makes the 5th, 6th, and 7th years of this analysis lean in favor of PCA because he will still be in his prime while BWJ will be on his way out. It's hard to truly have a 7-year mindset when it comes to dynasty leagues, but that is the lens that I'm viewing these rankings through. I want to make sure that I start out these rankings as faithful to the rules as possible. As for BWJ's actual performance this year, he largely underwhelmed. Right? Or did he actually put together a pretty strong season all things considered? In a season, I think we'd all agree was the down season for him, he still had an OPS hovering around .800, stole 43 bases, and hit 18 home runs while only striking out 17% of the time (as of this writing on September 21st, would love to see him get to 20/40). Runs and RBIs are more of a function of the team rather than him, but he wasn't a negative in that department and was among the league leaders in runs at 87. The underlying savant metrics still back up his abilities at the plate, with a higher max EV than Junior Caminero and an average EV eclipsing mashers like J-Rod and Ben Rice. If this is what a down season looks like for BWJ, then you're establishing an incredibly high floor and should be able to rely on him for stats at least this good, with a ton of upside in 2027. He may not have as high a ceiling as PCA, but the floor is among the highest of anyone in baseball and I'm happy taking this profile with my second pick.
JD on Shohei Ohtani DH (Sep 24, 2026): Ohtani is going to start my 3rd tier of dynasty players, and I think we are in for a wake-up call when it comes to how we can expect to see Ohtani used going forward. I think Ohtani's days of playing 150+ games every season are gone. The most responsible thing for the Dodgers to do would be to throttle his usage and make sure that he is healthy for the full season, including the playoffs, and not risk an overuse injury in July. Can he still be an elite player at 140 games per season? Absolutely. Is he also 32 years old and subjecting himself to a completely novel workload that we don't know how it will affect him in the future? Also yes. To be fair I think this workload effect manifests itself more with his pitching exposure rather than him being able to DH but I think you'll see a little bit of an effect on his offensive statistics regardless. Part of me wants to move him down even more (because this is supposed to be a 7-year dynasty projection) but I also think Ohtani can continue to be an absolute force at the plate into his late 30s. No projection methodology can account for the unique athlete that Ohtani is, so I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and not trust the aging curves here. To be clear this ranking is just the hitter version of him. I'm not going to try to rank the hitter/pitcher version of him because I think it's too difficult to compare him to everyone else in the league when you have the whole package working for you.
Data as of . Consensus boards refresh daily; the staff board moves when it is republished.
| Metric | Bobby Witt Jr. | Shohei Ohtani DH |
|---|---|---|
| Team | KC | LAD |
| Position | SS | DH |
| Age | 26 | 32 |
| Staff Dynasty Rank | #2 | #7 |
| Dynasty Consensus Rank | #3 | #1 |
| Redraft Consensus Rank | #3 | #20 |
| FRV (FanRanked Value) | 100.3 | 93.6 |
| Expert Sources | 11 | 11 |
| Dynasty Rank Range | #1–#11 | #1–#18 |
| Rest-of-Season Value | $47 | $42 |
| $ Earned Year to Date | $29 | $24 |
| ROS Rank (Top 300) | #6 | #10 |
| 30-Day Consensus Move | Down 1 spot | No move |
| Stat | Bobby Witt Jr. | Shohei Ohtani DH |
|---|---|---|
| PA | 611 | 596 |
| HR | 18 | 30 |
| R | 88 | 89 |
| RBI | 54 | 80 |
| SB | 43 | 11 |
| AVG | .283 | .277 |
| OBP | .362 | .380 |
| SLG | .444 | .522 |
| OPS | .806 | .902 |
| wOBA | .348 | .381 |
| xwOBA | .379 | .399 |
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