Shohei Ohtani DH, in dynasty and redraft. The FanRanked staff dynasty board has DH ahead, DH #7 and Kurtz #10, and the expert consensus agrees (#9 and #1). The community agrees too, FRV 93.6 to 82.2. For 2026 redraft, the consensus has DH ahead, #20 to #216.
JD on Nick Kurtz (Sep 24, 2026): This ranking should be CJ Abrams' spot, he's done nothing but earn it this year with a 30/30 season. But as the residing president of the Nick Kurtz fan club, it would be irresponsible of me to rank him outside of the top 10 on any dynasty list. I feel like Kurtz is the first player on this list who you can't point to direct production this year to justify their placement in the top 10, which should tell you how I feel about Nick Kurtz's potential. Remember he's only 23 years old and was drafted in 2024 so he has not even entered what should be his prime yet. From this point onward in the rankings, every player is going to have their warts and there is no complete player, so you have to go by upside in a dynasty list like this. Let's talk about his potential upside, he's 98% or greater in the following categories: AVG EV (93.4) Barrel % (18.0%) Hard Hit Rate (57.3%) Bat Speed (78.2 MPH) BB % (18.2%) This profile screams when I hit the ball, I'm absolutely doing damage. I don't think there's a single player in the big leagues outside of maybe Yordan Alvarez and Aaron Judge that have this impressive batted-ball profile, but Nick Kurtz is only 23 years old. Compared to 29 for Yordan and 34 for Judge. The issue is he doesn't always "hit the ball": 32.5% K Rate 36.9% Whiff Rate And both of those stats actually trended worse in 2026 compared to his rookie year, the threat of a low batting average is very real if he doesn't improve on this. If you're at the 10th pick in your dynasty league, all of the surefire bets are gone and everyone has their warts. It's either age, sporadic performance, or some metric in an otherwise reliable skill set that gives you pause. I think Nick Kurtz's combination of youth and upside is the most attractive bet left after the first nine players are spoken for. If your league really values pitching, the Miz is a fine bet at number 10 overall. If you want to put yourself in the best chance to win next year, maybe Yordan is your guy. If you're looking for more of a 30-30 skill set, then I wouldn't fault you for taking CJ Abrams. All I'm saying is don't overlook Kurtz in 2027.
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 | Nick Kurtz | Shohei Ohtani DH |
|---|---|---|
| Team | ATH | LAD |
| Position | 1B | DH |
| Age | 23 | 32 |
| Staff Dynasty Rank | #10 | #7 |
| Dynasty Consensus Rank | #9 | #1 |
| Redraft Consensus Rank | #216 | #20 |
| FRV (FanRanked Value) | 82.2 | 93.6 |
| Expert Sources | 10 | 11 |
| Dynasty Rank Range | #7–#17 | #1–#18 |
| Rest-of-Season Value | — | $42 |
| $ Earned Year to Date | — | $24 |
| ROS Rank (Top 300) | — | #10 |
| 30-Day Consensus Move | Down 1 spot | No move |
| Stat | Nick Kurtz | Shohei Ohtani DH |
|---|---|---|
| PA | 434 | 596 |
| HR | 21 | 30 |
| R | 62 | 89 |
| RBI | 69 | 80 |
| SB | 7 | 11 |
| AVG | .256 | .277 |
| OBP | .396 | .380 |
| SLG | .483 | .522 |
| OPS | .879 | .902 |
| wOBA | .381 | .381 |
| xwOBA | .374 | .399 |
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