Dynasty: too close to call. Redraft: Jackson Chourio. The FanRanked staff dynasty board has them nearly level, Chourio #6 and DH #7, but the expert consensus has DH ahead (#1 to #11). The community leans DH, FRV 93.6 to 83.5. For 2026 redraft, the consensus has Chourio ahead, #9 to #20.
JD on Jackson Chourio (Sep 24, 2026): I think my first five players are more or less run of the mill, in line with what you'd expect to see from any dynasty list. Jackson Chourio might be my first bold take at number 6, but I couldn't justify putting him any lower than this. Chourio debuted at 20 years old and has done nothing but succeed at the major league level. I think the issue is that he hasn't thrived, just merely succeeded, and that's why people overlook him when it comes to the elite players in the league. Everything is trending in the right direction for him: His 2026 xwOBA was the highest of his career. His exit velocity has jumped 2 mph while his launch angle is continuing to improve, and he's hitting .285 while putting up his third straight 20/20 season. My bet isn't that this is Jackson Chourio's final form, but that what we are seeing is just Chourio maturing at the big league level rather than getting his seasoning in the minor leagues. Sometime in the next 3 years, he is going to establish himself as one of the most valuable players in fantasy baseball and put up a 30/30 or knock down the door of a 40/40 season and blow everyone away. Everything I'm seeing tells me that he is trending in the right direction, and if a manager in your league is suffering from Chourio fatigue I think this is the year to jump in and scoop him up. The 2026 offseason might be the last time before he truly establishes himself as a bonafide star in both fantasy baseball and the MLB.
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 | Jackson Chourio | Shohei Ohtani DH |
|---|---|---|
| Team | MIL | LAD |
| Position | OF | DH |
| Age | 22 | 32 |
| Staff Dynasty Rank | #6 | #7 |
| Dynasty Consensus Rank | #11 | #1 |
| Redraft Consensus Rank | #9 | #20 |
| FRV (FanRanked Value) | 83.5 | 93.6 |
| Expert Sources | 11 | 11 |
| Dynasty Rank Range | #4–#67 | #1–#18 |
| Rest-of-Season Value | $42 | $42 |
| $ Earned Year to Date | $26 | $24 |
| ROS Rank (Top 300) | #8 | #10 |
| 30-Day Consensus Move | No move | No move |
| Stat | Jackson Chourio | Shohei Ohtani DH |
|---|---|---|
| PA | 557 | 596 |
| HR | 24 | 30 |
| R | 90 | 89 |
| RBI | 70 | 80 |
| SB | 22 | 11 |
| AVG | .283 | .277 |
| OBP | .343 | .380 |
| SLG | .478 | .522 |
| OPS | .821 | .902 |
| wOBA | .354 | .381 |
| xwOBA | .339 | .399 |
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