Too close to call in dynasty or redraft. The FanRanked staff dynasty board has them nearly level, Tatis #9 and Alvarez #11, but the expert consensus has Alvarez ahead (#12 to #16). The community rates them even, FRV 80.3 and 81.8. For 2027 redraft, the consensus has them close, Tatis #8 and Alvarez #6, but Frank's 2027 projection has Tatis ahead ($35.7 to $32.3).
JD on Fernando Tatis Jr. (Sep 24, 2026): My gut wants me to rank FTJ much lower than 9th, but as I dove into the data, my brain told me I couldn't rank him lower than this. Outside of PCA he has been the second most valuable player in the second half of 2026. In some ways he's been even more valuable than PCA, with a higher xwOBA and a K% of only 15%. He also has everything you'd expect to see from a player who would be in the top 10 dynasty assets from an underlying metrics perspective. The Savant page is glowing red and things have generally improved, most notably, for me, the K rate, which has come down from nearly 30% in his rookie year to 18.6% this year and 18.7% in 2025, while still maintaining elite exit velocity numbers. So why is my gut telling me not to rank him 9th? I feel like he is one of the most volatile players inter-season in the top 10 and is not as young as some of the guys above him on this list. I was fully ready to bury him in my rankings and more or less did back in June when I had him ranked 50th overall and thought he was a shell of his former self. I'm also concerned his launch angle issues could reemerge and take his 25-homer seasons below 20 as his speed starts to decline and he becomes more like Xander Bogaerts' profile. In an ideal world, he begins selling out for more power and starts hitting 30+ home runs a year, a la Manny Machado, and holds his value into at least his mid-30s. If he takes that path expect him to be valuable for the full 7-year period this analysis covers.
JD on Yordan Alvarez (Oct 2, 2026): Air Yordan feels like the closest thing we have to Barry Bonds. If you polled every pitcher in the big leagues on the hitter they least want to face, I have to imagine he tops the list. He just put together one of the most impressive offensive seasons of the last handful of years. He led the league in average, on-base, slugging, OPS and wRC+, drew more walks than anyone, and he did it while staying on the field for more games than he ever has in his career. I also love that he manages to do all of this with such a low K% (17.3% this year). There is really nothing to knock from a dynasty perspective except two things. He's older than most of the players ranked above him, and the injuries that seem to pop up every year and eat into his playing time are still part of the package. We probably just watched his career year, but that doesn't mean he has to repeat it to be very valuable in 2027 and beyond. If you can get Yordan with the last pick of the first round, I'm all over it.
Data as of . Consensus boards refresh daily; the staff board moves when it is republished.
| Metric | Fernando Tatis Jr. | Yordan Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Team | SD | HOU |
| Position | OF/2B | OF |
| Age | 27 | 29 |
| Staff Dynasty Rank | #9 | #11 |
| Dynasty Consensus Rank | #16 | #12 |
| Redraft Consensus Rank | #8 | #6 |
| FRV (FanRanked Value) | 80.3 | 81.8 |
| Expert Sources | 15 | 15 |
| Dynasty Rank Range | #7–#33 | #8–#40 |
| 2027 Projected Value | $35.7 | $32.3 |
| 2026 $ Earned | $36.0 | $40.0 |
| 2027 Projected Rank | #6 | #12 |
| 30-Day Consensus Move | No move | Down 1 spot |
| Stat | Fernando Tatis Jr. | Yordan Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| PA | 704 | 692 |
| HR | 25 | 42 |
| R | 96 | 105 |
| RBI | 83 | 106 |
| SB | 38 | 1 |
| AVG | .289 | .316 |
| OBP | .358 | .432 |
| SLG | .470 | .601 |
| OPS | .828 | 1.033 |
| wOBA | .358 | .429 |
| xwOBA | .379 | .442 |
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