James Wood, in dynasty and redraft. The FanRanked staff dynasty board has Wood ahead, Wood #4 and DH #7, but the expert consensus has DH ahead (#1 to #5). The community disagrees, leaning DH, FRV 93.6 to 81.4. For 2026 redraft, the consensus has Wood ahead, #8 to #20.
JD on James Wood (Sep 24, 2026): James Wood just missed being in the top tier of dynasty assets for me, because his injury in the second half derailed what otherwise would have been a monumental season for him. At the ASB, he was on a 162 game pace of 47 HR / 25 SB with a .279/.410/.575 slash, which would have made him far and away the most valuable player outside of PCA this year. He also hits the ball much harder than any of the guys in the top 3 (95.3 avg EV), although that comes with a higher K rate at 28.6%. Unfortunately, that oblique strain really torpedoed his second half and clearly has been affecting him since he came back from the injured list. Interestingly enough, it hasn't necessarily tanked his exit velocities as he's actually at 96.4 avg EV in the last 30 days, but instead caused a dramatic reduction in his barrel rate to 7.7%. I think this is the risk with James Wood and why he is not in the top tier for me. When you run K rates close to 30%, you're prone to some intense streakiness that you don't necessarily want to see from your #1 overall player. James Wood is still an elite asset to own and if I had the fourth pick, I would be very happy taking him here but his warts and second-half 2026 performance keep me from really putting him in the top tier of dynasty assets.
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 | James Wood | Shohei Ohtani DH |
|---|---|---|
| Team | WAS | LAD |
| Position | OF | DH |
| Age | 24 | 32 |
| Staff Dynasty Rank | #4 | #7 |
| Dynasty Consensus Rank | #5 | #1 |
| Redraft Consensus Rank | #8 | #20 |
| FRV (FanRanked Value) | 81.4 | 93.6 |
| Expert Sources | 11 | 11 |
| Dynasty Rank Range | #3–#35 | #1–#18 |
| Rest-of-Season Value | $42 | $42 |
| $ Earned Year to Date | $29 | $24 |
| ROS Rank (Top 300) | #9 | #10 |
| 30-Day Consensus Move | No move | No move |
| Stat | James Wood | Shohei Ohtani DH |
|---|---|---|
| PA | 606 | 596 |
| HR | 30 | 30 |
| R | 104 | 89 |
| RBI | 76 | 80 |
| SB | 21 | 11 |
| AVG | .265 | .277 |
| OBP | .388 | .380 |
| SLG | .509 | .522 |
| OPS | .897 | .902 |
| wOBA | .385 | .381 |
| xwOBA | .406 | .399 |
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