Dynasty: Joshua Baez. The FanRanked staff dynasty board has Baez ahead, Baez #159 and Rainer #172, and the expert consensus agrees (#186 and #142). The community rates them even, FRV 54.3 and 54.8.
JD on Bryce Rainer (Jul 3, 2026): I am a big fan of Rainer and am very bullish on him long term. Here is the 11th overall pick out of Harvard Westlake in 2024 and has battled the injury bug until this year. He has put together an up-and-down performance this year with some really weird stats. The good: 15.4% BB rate 122 wRC+ .383 wOBA The bad: .408 BABIP .306 xwOBA (.77 off his actual wOBA) The ugly: 35.2% K rate So I'm not really sure what to think from here. On one hand I think he's got a pretty incredible hit tool but on the other hand it doesn't seem to be playing at the High-A level (or at least he's gotten incredibly lucky to have decent surface stats while having poor underlying numbers). I don't want to move off my aggressive ranking of him just yet but if the underlying numbers don't improve, I don't think he will be the premium prospect I once thought he was.
JD on Joshua Baez (Aug 20, 2026): It's pretty incredible that Baez hit 3 HR in his first game and now looks like he can't hit a baseball. He hit 34 home runs in AAA this year and looks like he will easily eclipse the 40-home run mark between the two levels this year. Pretty good for a player who wasn't really an upper-echelon prospect outside of a few sources heading into the year. Long term I think he will be a pretty productive bat for the Cardinals with plenty of power and a questionable hit tool that will probably lead to low averages and a lot of strikeouts. I think he'll definitely carve out a good role for himself but will be susceptible to peaks and valleys. The good news is that he doesn't have the Jordan Walker problem where he likes to beat balls into the ground for fun so he probably won't have the same initial issues that Walker had when he first came to the big leagues.
Data as of . Consensus boards refresh daily; the staff board moves when it is republished.
| Metric | Bryce Rainer | Joshua Baez |
|---|---|---|
| Team | DET | STL |
| Position | SS | OF |
| Age | 21 | 23 |
| Staff Dynasty Rank | #172 | #159 |
| Dynasty Consensus Rank | #186 | #142 |
| Redraft Consensus Rank | — | — |
| Prospect Consensus Rank | #40 | #37 |
| FRV (FanRanked Value) | 54.3 | 54.8 |
| Expert Sources | 23 | 22 |
| Dynasty Rank Range | #84–#265 | #124–#189 |
| Rest-of-Season Value | — | — |
| $ Earned Year to Date | — | — |
| ROS Rank (Top 300) | — | — |
| 30-Day Consensus Move | Down 72 spots | Down 13 spots |
| Stat | Bryce Rainer | Joshua Baez |
|---|---|---|
| PA | — | 108 |
| HR | — | 7 |
| R | — | 18 |
| RBI | — | 18 |
| SB | — | 2 |
| AVG | — | .230 |
| OBP | — | .278 |
| SLG | — | .510 |
| OPS | — | .788 |
| wOBA | — | .335 |
| xwOBA | — | .303 |
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