Dynasty: too close to call. Redraft: Shohei Ohtani DH. The FanRanked staff dynasty board has them nearly level, DH #7 and Soto #8, and the expert consensus agrees (#2 and #1). The community rates them even, FRV 93.1 and 93.6. For 2026 redraft, the consensus has DH ahead, #20 to #76.
JD on Juan Soto (Sep 24, 2026): Juan Soto is a generational talent and while I don't want to say he has been underestimated when it comes to how valuable he has been, I think it's worth just putting some of his performance into context through his age-27 season. Some of my favorite stats: -.945 career OPS His lowest season in wRC+ was 143, meaning in his worst season he has 43% better than league average. Among hitters with 7+ full seasons through age 27, Soto's worst is .389 (2026), which ranks 4th all-time. Only Joe Kelley (.398), Pujols (.394) and Mantle (.390) had a higher floor. -9th all time in HR's through age 27 (270) He has never had a BB% below 15.9% in the big leagues for a full season. He has never had a K% greater than 20% in the big leagues. He has walked more than he has struck out in his career. He has never had a month in his career where his xwOBA was lower than .350 (I didn't believe this one either you have to check this out). Soto is clearly a generational talent and his ranking here reflects more his position on the aging curve rather than his talent. If he was 24 or 25 years old, he would be in consideration for number 1 for me. Unfortunately, I don't think he will age that gracefully, as he's starting to get a little thick and I don't think he can stay this elite forever. I still think there will be a very great 3- to 4-year period where you can ride his generational talent until it becomes clear he is not the same player he once was. In OBP leagues he's still a top-five asset for me.
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 | Juan Soto | Shohei Ohtani DH |
|---|---|---|
| Team | NYM | LAD |
| Position | OF | DH |
| Age | 27 | 32 |
| Staff Dynasty Rank | #8 | #7 |
| Dynasty Consensus Rank | #2 | #1 |
| Redraft Consensus Rank | #76 | #20 |
| FRV (FanRanked Value) | 93.1 | 93.6 |
| Expert Sources | 11 | 11 |
| Dynasty Rank Range | #1–#7 | #1–#18 |
| Rest-of-Season Value | $42 | $42 |
| $ Earned Year to Date | $17 | $24 |
| ROS Rank (Top 300) | #12 | #10 |
| 30-Day Consensus Move | Up 1 spot | No move |
| Stat | Juan Soto | Shohei Ohtani DH |
|---|---|---|
| PA | 458 | 596 |
| HR | 26 | 30 |
| R | 59 | 89 |
| RBI | 66 | 80 |
| SB | 9 | 11 |
| AVG | .275 | .277 |
| OBP | .389 | .380 |
| SLG | .518 | .522 |
| OPS | .908 | .902 |
| wOBA | .387 | .381 |
| xwOBA | .411 | .399 |
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