Top 125 Dynasty Outfield Rankings for 2025
George Bissell ranks the top 125 outfielders for dynasty leagues heading into 2025.
Omaha. The herculean task of compiling extensive breakdowns for virtually every dynasty-relevant outfielder in the entire fantasy landscape, with the clock ticking down towards spring training, wasn’t exactly proceeding as planned. Rather than continue the seemingly endless trek towards the finish line, the executive decision was made — fittingly enough during Super Bowl week — to call a metaphorical audible and distill the mega-article into a meandering dialogue that tackles seven burning dynasty-related questions at the position.
With fewer than 50 days left prior to Opening Day (seriously), dynasty managers have begun to throw it into high gear in preparation for the 2025 season and beyond. You can find my complete Top 500 Dynasty Rankings for 2025 at Rotoworld. They’ll continue to be updated weekly to reflect the latest player movement including trades and signings. In case you missed it, here’s the rest of my position-specific dynasty rankings series: C, 1B, 2B, 3B and SS.
Editors Note: We’re using a 20-game threshold to determine positional eligibility across the board during The Buzz’s ongoing positional preview series, which means that UTIL-only sluggers — Brent Rooker, Kyle Schwarber, Marcell Ozuna, Joc Pederson, Heston Kjerstad, Giancarlo Stanton and Masataka Yoshida — will not be included in this specific set of dynasty rankings.
Question 1: Are James Wood and Wyatt Langford ready to make the proverbial superstar leap?
Yes. There is going to be some volatility from a production standpoint, but both James Wood and Wyatt Langford possess the talent required to finish among the true upper-echelon fantasy contributors at the position. If you had to pick a pair of guys to make the jump into the Julio Rodríguez, Corbin Carroll and Jackson Chourio range, it would be Wood or Langford. It might not happen right away this upcoming season, but they’re clearly ascending apex mountain, which leads to their lofty rankings.
Wood made significant progress last year by shortening his swing to cut back on strikeouts, which led to a stratospheric 1.058 OPS with 10 homers and 10 steals in 52 contests for Triple-A Rochester before getting the call to the majors in early July. The 22-year-old burgeoning superstar is still going to strike out more than a quarter of the time, but he makes a ton of hard contact, and his power-speed blend ranks among the most potent in the fantasy landscape. It’s relatively easy to project a realistic 20-homer, 20-steal baseline along with respectable batting averages and strong counting stats. The omnipresent strikeout concerns amplify the risk factor in his profile and might make him prone to extended hot and cold streaks, but he’s the total package from a raw talent standpoint. It helps that he’s surrounded by an extremely talented young nucleus in Washington headlined by CJ Abrams and Dylan Crews.
Langford possesses every physical tool necessary to evolve into a full-fledged five-category superstar with 30-homer, 30-steal potential at his peak. The 23-year-old, who was selected fourth overall in the 2023 MLB Draft, was the talk of spring training last year, setting the Cactus League ablaze on the heels of a ridiculous professional debut to break camp in the big leagues. He hit a bit of a metaphorical speed bump at the highest level, mostly due to injury, before getting into a groove down the home stretch in September when he batted .300 (30-for-100) with eight homers and seven steals over his final 26 contests. There are zero questions regarding Langford’s raw talent, and he finds himself in the perfect situation to excel amid Texas’s loaded lineup. If he carries over some of the momentum from last year’s sizzling-hot finish, he’s a virtual lock to finish as a top 15 outfielder for fantasy purposes until further notice.
Question 2: Roman Anthony vs. Dylan Crews
This one is extremely close. Despite possessing wider range of potential outcomes given his age and skillset, Roman Anthony gets the slight nod over Dylan Crews in my rankings almost entirely due to his stratospheric upside if he continues to add over-the-fence pop. My choice as the top positional prospect in the dynasty landscape, Anthony tore the cover off the ball last year in the upper minors, slashing .291/.396/.498 with 18 homers and 21 steals in 540 plate appearances between Double-A Portland and Triple-A Worcester to finish on the doorstep of the big leagues. The 20-year-old prodigy will compete in spring training for a spot on Boston’s season-opening roster and should arrive in the majors by midseason at the latest. I’ve always gravitated towards the riskier, extremely polarizing talents and that’s never going to change.
I’ve bumped Crews up several spots in my latest Top 500 update based on the confidence of my Rotoworld colleagues Chris Crawford and Matthew Pouliot that Crews will emerge as an immediate five-category fantasy contributor. The biggest concerns from a dynasty standpoint last year throughout Crews’ ascension to the majors were the lack of a true standout carrying tool and pedestrian exit velocity data, but he didn’t look overmatched at the highest level, posting three homers and 12 steals in 31 late-season contests. The 22-year-old doesn’t have any weaknesses to his game from a scouting standpoint which makes it easy to project him as an extremely high floor from a long-term standpoint as a perennial 20-homer, 30-steal threat.
Question 3: Are we underrating Jasson Domínguez?
New York’s front office has ostensibly cleared a highway-sized lane for Domínguez to open next season as their everyday left fielder in the wake of Juan Soto’s offseason departure and he projects to make a significant impact for fantasy purposes as a high-ceiling power-speed contributor. The 22-year-old prodigy made some serious noise back in 2023 when he looked like an emerging superstar, batting .258 (8-for-31) with four homers and one steal in eight games before suffering an elbow injury that led to Tommy John surgery. I’m willing to write off last year as a complete aberration due to factors beyond his control (injuries and front office decisions) and believe in the combination of raw talent and opportunity turning Domínguez into a fantasy monster. He’ll need some batted ball luck to make the entire offensive profile work, but his power-speed ceiling is extremely enticing, especially in hitter-friendly Yankee Stadium. There’s a wider range of potential outcomes with Domínguez than most elite fantasy prospects, but I’m willing to roll the dice here based on his talent and opportunity.
Question 4: Who is the top outfield prospect in the dynasty landscape entering 2026?
There are four compelling candidates in my opinion: Walker Jenkins, Zyhir Hope, Max Clark and Josue De Paula.
I’m giving the nod to Jenkins on the strength of his impressive physical frame and athleticism. The 19-year-old phenom boasts an above-average hit tool in addition to an emerging power-speed combination that gives him a chance to join the truly elites at the position group down the road. If he stays healthy, he has a chance to be an absolute fantasy force. There are zero guarantees when it comes to prospect development, but Jenkins feels like the total package.
I’m a firm believer in both Clark and De Paula but the other candidate here is Hope based on his five-category ceiling. The 20-year-old phenom began rocketing up dynasty rankings before suffering a shoulder injury in late April that knocked him out for nearly three months. He finished with a strong .287/.415/.490 triple-slash line with nine homers and eight steals in 248 plate appearances for Single-A Rancho Cucamonga before crushing five homers and registering sublime exit velocity numbers during Arizona Fall League action. The 20-year-old prodigy is oozing with power-speed combo potential, which makes him one of the most intriguing young talents in the entire dynasty landscape. He checks in as the ninth-ranked prospect in my latest Rotoworld Top 500 update and should crack the top 50 overall in those rankings if his current trajectory continues.
Question 5: Who are your favorite outfield targets for dynasty purposes?
Evan Carter is the relatively easy answer here. One of my favorite dynasty targets given the delta between his raw talent and present-day acquisition cost, Carter is poised to make a huge leap in these rankings if last year’s persistent back issues have finally been put to bed. Every offseason update has been extremely encouraging regarding his health, and he’ll enter spring training without any limitations.
I’ll throw in a handful of veterans that I believe are quite a bit undervalued from a long-term perspective: Jurickson Profar, Jorge Soler and Michael Conforto.
The common thread uniting this trio is that the find themselves in extremely favorable situations due to environmental factors like path to playing time and surrounding talent. They feel like perfect complementary pieces for a contending dynasty roster.
Question 6: Which non-prospect outfielder makes a significant leap this season?
The logical choice here is Parker Meadows. He was my choice for the annual Rotoworld staff sleeper candidates article. I’m a firm believer that last year’s swing adjustment during his Triple-A exile will ultimately lead to a 20-homer, 30-steal season. I’m also optimistic that Pete Crow-Armstrong reaches his ceiling as a near-elite steals source and takes a big step forward. I’ll throw Garrett Mitchell, Jake McCarthy and Jung Hoo Lee in the mix here as potential fits for this criterion. I’d love to believe that the version we saw of Victor Robles in Seattle wasn’t a complete mirage. There’s a ton of hype industry-wide for guys like Matt Wallner and Jordan Walker finally figuring things out, so I won’t dismiss them either as possibilities. I’m less optimistic on Walker specifically since the lack of hard contact at the minor-league level is extremely troubling since it was his calling card a few years ago during his meteoric rise to the big leagues.
The name that really stands out to me during this process is Victor Scott II. I’ll admit that I was probably a year too early proclaiming him as my favorite sleeper candidate last spring when injuries. He looked completely overmatched in his first taste of the majors and was quickly shipped back to Triple-A Memphis. Things got interesting shortly afterwards as he made some mechanical adjustments to his swing, which resulted in a slight uptick in hard contact upon returning to the big leagues in early August as he batted .244 (21-for-86) with two homers and three steals over his final 32 contests.
The 23-year-old no longer qualifies as a prospect and remains a work in progress at the dish. However, his game-changing speed remains firmly intact, and his superstar-caliber center field defense bolsters his case for everyday playing time. There’s enough talent here to envision him taking a slight step forward at the plate and resulting in a 40-plus stolen base season.
Question 7: Who are some compelling non-elite outfield prospects to watch closely in the early stages of the year?
The prospect I’ll be circling outside of the upper-echelon names include Braden Montgomery, Ryan Waldschmidt, Robert Calaz and Cole Carrigg.
Montgomery, who was shipped to Chicago earlier this offseason in the Garrett Crochet trade, and Waldschmidt can make significant leaps in these rankings as they embark on their professional debuts. Calaz has posted some of the most impressive exit velocity data in the lower minors and is ticketed for Coors Field down the road. Carrigg offers a ton of defensive versatility and will also benefit from Colorado’s high-octane offensive environment down the road.