A blessing and a curse... I've finished ranking nearly 1,700 players. I want to keep making edits but at a certain point you need to force yourself to stop.
The 600+ fantasy prospect rankings curated by our dynasty team have been woven in with MLB players. The prospects are in order of the Top 600+ list with just a few edits for guys I think will make a 2026 impact that doesn't align with their prospect value.
Smada
As a reminder, this is not just one list of 1,700 players. It's a customizable dynasty tool with multiple inputs for league size, type, and valuation preferences that then feeds into our:
- Trade Analyzer Tool
- Trade Matchmaker Tool
- League Analyzer Tool
Default Settings
The default order and $ values were created with the following league settings in mind:
- 15 team league with 5x5 roto scoring, OBP and SV
- A note on relievers - they can hold a wide range of value depending on your league. Please use their ranks as groups more so than compared to other positions as it applies to your league. I've continued devaluing them outside the top group with each update. If you desperately need saves and you're forced to "overpay" by our rankings, do not let them hold you back.
- Starting roster with 14 H spots (1x C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, CI, MI, 5x OF, 2x UT) and 9 P spots
- 7 bench spots and 10 MiLB roster spots
Here's what the list looks like in the app suite where you can find the full rankings. You'll see the values, position, team, age, prospect rank and peak projections. You can also toggle to show some short form player notes (they are mostly injury related in this update, player outlooks will be in player profiles on the site very soon).
Creating Your Custom Top 1500+ List
There is not a "standard" dynasty league. That fact makes league settings & value preferences extremely important when it comes to trade & draft values. Which makes every static dynasty list inherently lacking.
Custom League Settings
With that fact in mind, we built the ability to create your own list and values based on your settings and preferences. The default settings that I mention above act as a starting point and our tool allows you to customize the list from there. Below are all the current options and filters:
- There are two settings that change the order of the players are ranked:
- Changing the League Type from OBP to AVG moves the hitters around quite a bit. The process used was to take peak projections for OBP & AVG and change them into Z-scores (happy to go into more detail if you want) then calculate a value change to a players OBP $ value. For example, Jackson Holliday was ranked 57th in January with a peak projected OBP of .380, but a projected AVG of just .265. This results in an adjustment of $5 in average leagues, bringing his value down from $18 to $13 and his rank down from 57th to 107.
- Ding older players dynamically creates a more youth friendly list. It crudely reduces 30-31 yo player's $ value by 20%, 32-34 yo by 25% and 35+ yo by 35%.
- Then there are the settings that keep the player order but change the $ values, impacting replacement level:
- The number of teams, starting roster spots, bench & MiLB squad total all impact $ calculations.
- The Dollar Value Calculation setting changes the $ values by either "Valuing Stars" more or "Valuing Depth" more. You know how your league operates and sometimes it's impossible to trade for a star player without "overpaying." Conversely, maybe your trying to evaluate your team as a whole and give value to the depth of your squad. Whatever the case is, you have options to increase & decrease $ values quickly and can be helpful to find a range to that player's value.
- Under the Filter Options you'll also see a toggle to choose AL/NL only leagues. Dollar values will re-calculate with only those players included.
List Filters
Quickly view subsets of the list by position, age and team. New in this update is Movement which filters the list to see the players who were added or had big movements from the last update.
If you upload your Fantrax all players file and then toggle "Filter by Upload" you can activate the filters for Manager and Contract.
If you upload your Fantrax or CBS available players file and then toggle "Filter by Upload" you'll see the top available players in your league. If you need help with this, please reach out!
Updated Tools
This list and customizable values also feed into three tools in the app suite:
The Trade Analyzer
The Trade Analyzer tool sits on another page in the app suite, but it utilizes the Top 1500+ dynasty list as its backbone. All the same league setting options are here and if you were already changing settings on the dynasty list page, you can copy over those settings here.
Trade Matchmaker
The Trade Matchmaker tool is a tab within the Trade Analyzer where you can build out potential deals. You can see an example in this thread where I built a deal and completed a trade.
First, upload your Fantrax owned players file. Next, choose your team, trade partners & value wiggle room. Then develop the deal with numbers of players to send and receive, as well as minimum player value and honing in on the type of players you're looking for.
Select your players to trade and the tool spits out potential deals to consider that are within the value range you selected.
League Analyzer
The League Analyzer tool sits within the dynasty list in a tab that says "Evaluate League". You'll upload All Owned Players files from either Fantrax or CBS and be presented with cumulative team value, average age, average own%, Hitting/Pitching split and MLB/Prospect split. You can also toggle teams to see players with their values and ranks.
Where To Find the List & Tools
The list and tools can be found in the PLIVE+ App Suite which is available to The 70 Tier subscribers ($12/mo). The app suite post also has a google sheet of the Top 1500+ that includes the tiers.
Smada
If you're new around here, would love to introduce myself. I go by Smada in the fantasy world and have been playing fantasy in some capacity for over 20 years. I love all formats, from 5x5 leagues to H2H Dynasty categories and bestball. I've had a lot of recent success in NFBC Draft Champions redraft leagues and have already drafted 12 of those teams this offseason. I hold a win-now or teardown philosophy for dynasty. Life is too short - go for it! Through trial and error I've found player projections are extremely important to winning fantasy leagues and for dynasty I utilize our PLIVE+ Peak Projections tool in combination with our Top 600+ Prospect list religiously. Prospects Live has served as an incredible creative outlet for me and I've had the privilege of being in leadership as President for over 5 years. I'm thrilled to see major growth at the site and excited for new enhancement rollouts in 2026. Wish you all the best in pursuit of your fantasy championships in 2026!
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