Shohei Ohtani DH, in dynasty and redraft. The FanRanked staff dynasty board has DH ahead, DH #7 and Alvarez #11, and the expert consensus agrees (#3 and #12). The community agrees too, FRV 93.6 to 81.8. For 2027 redraft, the consensus has DH ahead, #2 to #6, and Frank's 2027 projection agrees ($33.3 and $32.3).
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.
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 | Shohei Ohtani DH | Yordan Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Team | LAD | HOU |
| Position | DH | OF |
| Age | 32 | 29 |
| Staff Dynasty Rank | #7 | #11 |
| Dynasty Consensus Rank | #3 | #12 |
| Redraft Consensus Rank | #2 | #6 |
| FRV (FanRanked Value) | 93.6 | 81.8 |
| Expert Sources | 15 | 15 |
| Dynasty Rank Range | #1–#18 | #8–#40 |
| 2027 Projected Value | $33.3 | $32.3 |
| 2026 $ Earned | $23.0 | $40.0 |
| 2027 Projected Rank | #11 | #12 |
| 30-Day Consensus Move | No move | Up 1 spot |
| Stat | Shohei Ohtani DH | Yordan Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| PA | 618 | 692 |
| HR | 30 | 42 |
| R | 89 | 105 |
| RBI | 81 | 106 |
| SB | 11 | 1 |
| AVG | .275 | .316 |
| OBP | .377 | .432 |
| SLG | .512 | .601 |
| OPS | .889 | 1.033 |
| wOBA | .377 | .429 |
| xwOBA | .397 | .442 |
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