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Dynasty Trade Advice: Players to Buy (2025 Fantasy Baseball)

Trying to catch all in a dynasty league is always a bit of a mission because most dynasty leagues have so many unique formats, but this is what I’m going to attempt to do in this article. I’m going to try to provide you with my eleven (going around the horn) biggest BUY calls across all formats of fantasy baseball for dynasty leagues. If you have any specific dynasty questions, please feel free to ask me on X @fantasyaceball. Please subscribe to the Fantasy Aceball Podcast and my YouTube channel TheTimkanak to follow along with all of my fantasy baseball content.

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11 Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Players to Buy

1. C Agustin Ramirez (Marlins)

“I think he might be a generational player,” is a quote from the Yankees AA hitting coach Kevin Martir prior to his trade to the Marlins for Jazz Chisholm Jr.in June of 2024. I tend to agree as far as hitting catchers go, Ramirez played the second half of the 2024 season in AAA for the Yankees and Marlins, and per my fScores is one of the better hitters at the position without a single major league AB. Ramirez posted 25 bombs and 22 steals with a 130 wRC+ in AA and AAA last season and rates out as a power hitter with some speed to go along with solid plate skills and a good hitting profile with decent enough zone contact rates (84.6%) and an aggressive in-zone profile with a 70.5% Z-Swing%. The fact he’s getting DH ABs also shows he may move off catcher some to keep his bat in the lineup ala Salvador Perez.

2. 1B Nick Kurtz (Athletics)

Kurtz popped big time in my fScores (check my 1B rankings or prospect rankings for more details) and I think he could put up Christian Walker-type stats off the bats in the majors, he’s way ahead in regards to development in comparison to many of the other recent draftees from the 2024 draft. I think the Athletics call him up sometime in the first half of 2025 after a mini-Wyatt Langford-like run in the minors (.368/.520/.763) in 12 combined A+ and AA games while hitting .353/.450/.608 in 13 games in the Arizona Fall League.

3. 2B Kristian Campbell (Red Sox)

I know, I know… cool off on the rookies, Tim. This is the last one, I swear! OK… maybe not, but Kristian Campbell is going to be a stud. The hit tool and plate skills are advanced for his age-to-level with above-average power and speed to boot. The advanced plate approach and hit tool (90.8% Z-Contact% at AAA) are going to lead to a smooth transition into the majors and what I believe to be a nice chance at a Rookie of the Year run as long as he breaks camp.

4. SS Zach Neto (Angels)

This is kind of a buy-low opportunity as Zach Neto just had shoulder surgery in November and there’s a good chance he isn’t ready to play by May or so this season, so when news starts hitting that he’s going to miss the beginning of the season, people will be pushing him down their draft boards. Neto had 23 bombs and 30 steals in his 2024 season as a 23-year-old. Go guy low while you can get him on an injury discount.

5. 3B Mark Vientos (Mets)

Vientos made massive improvements in the hit tool in 2024 via quality of contact (not necessarily more contact) by increasing his sweet spot % from 24.2% to 34.6% and also began hitting the ball in the air more (GB% dropped from 51.7% to 44%). Vientos hits the ball very hard and now he’s hitting the ball in the correct spot on his bat to cause damage. If these gains can stick, then we have a very dangerous power hitter developing as an incoming 25-year-old.

6. OF #1 Lawrence Butler (Athletics)

Butler was seen as a super toolsy guy with a terrible hit tool until last year when he made some huge gains. Namely, like Vientos, Butler started making good contact on the ball rather than just contact, raising his sweet spot % from 24.7% to 35.1% from 2023 to 2024. Butler also reduced his K%, increased his in-zone aggressiveness and increased his average and max EVs. Now, he’s entering his age 24 season going to a AAA ballpark from a pitcher’s park.

7. OF #2 Jasson Dominguez (Yankees)

Dominguez was all hype after his nice little 2023 stint with the Yankees, but his 2024 small sample size was not good and killed some of that hype – good! This means his value is down and it’s time to buy my #1 prospect pre-season 2025 while you can! He had an excellent minor league season in 2024 with some weird things disrupting his 2024 small sample size like inconsistent playing time, a .229 BABIP and a ridiculously high 37.5% pop-out rate in only 56 ABs, which is not a stable sample size.

8. OF #3 Heliot Ramos (Giants)

Ramos is a barrel monster with a 14.5% barrel rate in 2024 while rocking some excellent swing decisions within the zone with a 75.4% Z-Swing% and only a 33% chase rate (slightly subpar). His batted-ball profile is also good and if Ramos was in a better ball park, he would be a lock for 30 bombs in my opinion with 14 homers in 58 road games in 2024. He’s going into his age-25 season and everything in his profile looks good to go for another good season, though it would be nice to get some gains in his walk game.

9. SP #1 Eury Perez (Marlins)

Perez showed elite, top-20 starter stuff as a 20-year-old rookie in 2023, but suffered from Tommy John surgery and unfortunately missed the entire 2024 season. Like Neto, this presents a nice buying opportunity for Dynasty as he’s not expected to return until the second half. He had a 20.6 K-BB% as a 20-year-old, throws high 90s gas with a sick slider and really does look like a generational talent. Now might be your last chance to buy him at a decent price.

10. SP #2 Hunter Brown (Astros)

Brown is actually a pretty popular asset this offseason in my dynasty leagues, which is disappointing because I was hoping to get him everywhere. If you haven’t tried to trade low on him yet for owners who checked out to football before his killer second half, then give it a shot! In Brown’s final 13 starts, he logged 77 2/3 IP with a 17.5 K-BB%, 2.32 ERA and 1.13 WHIP showing even better after bringing back his slider on August 11th with an 18.4 K-BB%, 2.25 ERA and 1.02 WHIP.

11. SP #3 Spencer Schwellenbach (Braves)

I’ve already paid up to buy him high in two dynasty leagues this offseason. Schwellenbach has the profile of a consistent top 20-ish starter for a long time by effectively throwing a six-pitch mix with excellent command (4.6 BB%, 67.2 f-Strike% and 107 Location+) in the zone. Four of those pitches by my metrics rank out as plus from the fastball to the slider, curve and splitter and he effectively mixes not throwing one pitch more than 29% and throwing five of the six pitches more than 10% of the time. He’s almost like a more efficient Yu Darvish and is only going to be 25 years old.

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