Dynasty: too close to call. Redraft: Yordan Alvarez. The FanRanked staff dynasty board has them nearly level, Alvarez #11 and Misiorowski #13, but the expert consensus has Misiorowski ahead (#7 to #12). The community rates them even, FRV 83.4 and 81.8. For 2027 redraft, the consensus has Alvarez ahead, #6 to #10, but Frank's 2027 projection has Misiorowski ahead ($34.7 to $32.3).
JD on Jacob Misiorowski (Oct 2, 2026): Miz is very clearly the best pitcher available in dynasty leagues. He led baseball in ERA, WHIP, strikeouts, and WAR, and he led in FIP, xFIP, and SIERA behind them, so there is no "wait for the regression" argument here. He is the only starter in the game averaging over 100 on the fastball. He struck out 38 percent of the hitters he faced, three points clear of anyone else, and he did it while cutting his walk rate in half from 2025. Schlittler had a great year and still trails him in every rate stat. So the question to me isn't where he ranks among pitchers. It's whether you take him in the first round of a dynasty league at all, and what a pitcher is worth compared to a hitter. A couple of thoughts. Pitchers are far more volatile year to year than hitters, not so much from performance as from injury. With the velocity in the league now, every pitcher is one pitch away from a 12 to 18 month shutdown for major surgery. That threat just doesn't hang over hitters the same way. It makes me wonder what the number one pitcher is really worth next to the number one hitter. In this case there are 12 to 14 bats I'd take before pitching needs to come off the board. In a 12-team dynasty league, I think every first-round pick should be a hitter, and I think that's true no matter who the top pitcher is in a given year. A guy like Miz returns insane value while he's healthy. The second he gets hurt, all the capital you tied up in one player evaporates. A hitter is much less likely to get hurt, and when one does, the value doesn't erode the same way. As for Miz himself, he has clearly separated from everyone else. Schlittler is the only arm who compares on value, but Miz is younger, has better stuff, and doesn't drift into stretches of mediocrity the way Schlittler does when his mechanics get out of sync. If you have Miz, congratulations. Ride him while you can. Just be careful with pitching in general when it comes to dynasty leagues.
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 | Jacob Misiorowski | Yordan Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Team | MIL | HOU |
| Position | SP | OF |
| Age | 24 | 29 |
| Staff Dynasty Rank | #13 | #11 |
| Dynasty Consensus Rank | #7 | #12 |
| Redraft Consensus Rank | #10 | #6 |
| FRV (FanRanked Value) | 83.4 | 81.8 |
| Expert Sources | 15 | 15 |
| Dynasty Rank Range | #6–#14 | #8–#40 |
| 2027 Projected Value | $34.7 | $32.3 |
| 2026 $ Earned | $46.0 | $40.0 |
| 2027 Projected Rank | #8 | #12 |
| 30-Day Consensus Move | Down 1 spot | Up 1 spot |
| Stat | Jacob Misiorowski | Yordan Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| PA | - | 692 |
| HR | - | 42 |
| R | - | 105 |
| RBI | - | 106 |
| SB | - | 1 |
| AVG | - | .316 |
| OBP | - | .432 |
| SLG | - | .601 |
| OPS | - | 1.033 |
| wOBA | - | .429 |
| xwOBA | - | .442 |
| Stat | Jacob Misiorowski | Yordan Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| IP | 174.2 | - |
| W | 16 | - |
| SV | 0 | - |
| ERA | 1.80 | - |
| WHIP | 0.80 | - |
| K | 252 | - |
| K/9 | 13.0 | - |
Price a Jacob Misiorowski-for-Yordan Alvarez trade in the Dynasty Trade Calculator · compare their 2027 dollars in the Roto & Redraft Trade Analyzer