Director of Dynasty Content - Canadian born and raised, moved to Arkansas with my wife and two sons Ezra and Ari. Followed and played baseball my whole life; played dynasty for 25+ years.
A career-game for Garcia Jr. as he slugged three home runs (106.6, 97.7 and 110.3 mph) against the White Sox. Garcia, while not an on-base merchant, provides just enough power, speed and batting average to be a worthwhile play in most league formats. Garcia has bumped his power metrics (9.1% barrel rate, 46.1% hard hit rate and15.4% AIRPULL rate) and contact rates (88.5% ZCon and 78.4% overall contact rate) while maintaining double-digit speed (13 SB). The 25-year-old is a backend-top ten second base option in dynasty.
If you're in a deep dynasty league, Sosa might be a player to take a look at. Often, we move past the bad teams in search of good players on good teams. But playing time is a huge deal in fantasy and someone has to play for these cellar-dwellers. Sosa has amassed 536 plate appearances in 2025 and pumped out 22 home runs with a .262 batting average. His hard hit metrics (10.0% barrel rate, 43.4% hard hit rate) are trending up, and he's also dual-eligible at 1B and 2B (MI/CI) which is handy when injuries arise. This may not be a terribly long runway of playing time, but he should be relevant the next year or two and should provide depth in deeper leagues.
It was vintage-Aaron Nola on Friday night as he delivered his best performance of the season. 2025 has been a tough (6.01 ERA, 3.72 xFIP) season for Nola as he's dealt with injury and inconsistency all year long. This performance is well-timed as the Phillies look to make a deep run without their ace Zack Wheeler. It looks like Nola will most likely lineup as the Game 1 starter in their NLDS series to start on Saturday of next week. Nola remains a decent mid-rotation option in dynasty.
Westburg is a very under-the-radar hitter in dynasty since he has never put together a full season. We haven't seen what he can do in a full year; are 25-30 home runs a possibility? His barrel rate (10.7%) and hard hit rate (43.8%) seem to indicate he can hit those marks with 600 PA. While he won't be very helpful in OBP leagues (.314 OBP), the power he provides can be helpful as a 3B or CI.
Giancarlo lives for this time of year; we know how valuable home runs are in the playoffs and Stanton can hit them in bunches. He will be a key cog for the Bombers as he provides essential protection for Aaron Judge. Fortunately for the Yankees, Judge is able to take the field on defense which keeps Stanton as a DH - a place where he has much less injury-risk. He is what he is at this point: a feared slugger: and even at 35 years old he can provide value (as long as you bake in the injury risk).
Director of Dynasty Content - Canadian born and raised, moved to Arkansas with my wife and two sons Ezra and Ari. Followed and played baseball my whole life; played dynasty for 25+ years.
A Giants fan living in San Diego, been playing fantasy baseball since 2005 and dynasty since 2021. Started the Dynasty Baseball Pickups podcast in June 2023 and joined Prospects Live in March of 2024.
Dynasty player of 10+ years. Helping you find the building blocks of your championship rosters as a co-host on the Dynasty Baseball Pickups podcast since mid-season 2023, joined Prospects Live at the start of 2024.
Director of Dynasty Content - Canadian born and raised, moved to Arkansas with my wife and two sons Ezra and Ari. Followed and played baseball my whole life; played dynasty for 25+ years.
