Ray’s Ramblings: Review of Top-50 Hitters in 2024
The 2024 fantasy baseball regular season is over except for the Monday double-header with the Braves and Mets. The war of attrition is finally complete, but the battle was so arduous you may have forgotten where it all began. What follows will be a review of the top-50 hitters on draft day based on NFBC…
The 2024 fantasy baseball regular season is over except for the Monday double-header with the Braves and Mets. The war of attrition is finally complete, but the battle was so arduous you may have forgotten where it all began. What follows will be a review of the top-50 hitters on draft day based on NFBC ADP in the month of March (there were 687 drafts in the ADP sample). We will list the top-50 batters based on where they finished amongst all hitter in 2024, and then give a brief comment about how the did, or didn’t, perform.
*Player Rankings are from the Razzball Player Rater.
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| Ranking | Finish | Player | Comment |
| 1 | 286 | Ronald Acuna Jr. | The universal #1 only played 49 games. |
| 2 | 3 | Bobby Witt Jr. | Insanely good in his third season going .332-32-109-125-31 w/ 211 hits. |
| 3 | 45 | Julio Rodriguez | Went 20/24 but had 68 RBI and a poor .734 OPS. |
| 4 | 43 | Mookie Betts | 2B/SS/OF and went .289-19-75-75-16 in 116 G. |
| 5 | 19 | Corbin Carroll | Miserable half but still went .231-22-76-121-35. |
| 6 | 101 | Kyle Tucker | Had an elite .993 OPS but was limited to just 78 G. |
| 7 | 97 | Fernando Tatis Jr. | Went 20/1 in 102 G. Still hasn’t played 145 games in a season. |
| 8 | 33 | Freddie Freeman | Solid at .282-22-89-81-9, but worst full year since 2015. |
| 9 | 5 | Juan Soto | Best full season at .288-41-109-128-7. Where will he be in 2025? |
| 10 | 1 | Shohei Ohtani | Amazing. Period. .310-54-130-134-59. 36 SB last 65 G. |
| 11 | 35 | Trea Turner | A homer from 20/20. Hit .295 too, but only 121 G. |
| 12 | 2 | Aaron Judge | Never been better. .322-58-144-122-10. |
| 13 | 46 | Matt Olson | Needs a homer and two RBI today for a 4th straight 30-100. |
| 14 | 15 | Yordan Alvarez | Went 30-85 for 4th straight with a .959 OPS. |
| 15 | 4 | Jose Ramirez | Homer away from a 40/40 effort. Drove in 118, scored 114. |
| 16 | 22 | Bryce Harper | Gutted out an uneven but productive .285-30-87-85-7. |
| 17 | 134 | Austin Riley | More streaky than normal and limited to 110 G (.256-19-56-63). |
| 18 | 7 | Elly De La Cruz | Insanely productive (.259-25-76-105-67) with infectious positivity. |
| 19 | 36 | Rafael Devers | Shoulders killed him late but still went .272-28-83-87. |
| 20 | 190 | Ozzie Albies | Injuries derailed his season as he went .247-9-48-50 in 97 G before Mon. |
| 21 | 11 | Francisco Lindor | Has two games to steal a base for a .270-30-85-100-30 season. |
| 22 | 34 | Pete Alonso | Before Monday had gone .240-34-88-91. |
| 23 | 141 | Michael Harris II | Only played 108 games going 16/10, but closed incredibly hot. |
| 24 | 54 | Marcus Semien | Fell off a cliff but still mildly productive at .237-23-74-101-18. |
| 25 | 52 | Corey Seager | 30 homers 3rd straight year at .278-30-74-68 in 123 G. |
| 26 | 9 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | Blistering hot half the year to finish at .323-30-103-98. |
| 27 | 6 | Gunnar Henderson | MVP level effort at .281-37-82-118-21. |
| 28 | 184 | Luis Robert Jr. | 100 games of 14/23 with 35 RBI and .657 OPS. Woof. |
| 29 | 48 | CJ Abrams | 18/47 last year to 20/31 this year. |
| 30 | 325 | Bo Bichette | Catastrophe. 81 G of .225-4-31-29-5. Embarrassingly bad. |
| 31 | 24 | Jose Altuve | 20/20 with 94 runs and a .295 average. |
| 32 | 76 | Adolis Garcia | 25-85 with 11 steals, but it was ugly as he hit .224 w/ .684 OPS. |
| 33 | 99 | Randy Arozarena | Went 20/20… while hitting an anemic .219. |
| 34 | 216 | Royce Lewis | Stopped hitting down stretch going .233-16-47-40 in 82 G. |
| 35 | 67 | Adley Rutschman | .250-19-79-68 ain’t bad, but took a step back from 2023. |
| 36 | 47 | Oneil Cruz | 20 G at SS and OF and went .259-21-76-71-22 in 1st full season. |
| 37 | 21 | Manny Machado | Ho-hum. Another .275-29-105 effort with 11 thefts. |
| 38 | 64 | Cody Bellinger | Predictably fell back to .266-18-78-72-9. |
| 39 | 333 | Nolan Jones | Disastrous 79 G at .227-3-28-28-5. Disastrous. |
| 40 | 26 | Jazz Chisholm Jr. | A homer from a 25.40 seasons – his best effort to date. |
| 41 | 337 | Mike Trout | 4th time in five years under 85 games. Sadness. |
| 42 | 65 | Nico Hoerner | Effective adjacent season at .273-7-48-86-31. |
| 43 | 145 | J.T. Realmuto | Finally lost his edge. Effective at .266-14-47-50-2, but way over drafted. |
| 44 | 128 | Christian Yelich | Double his 73 games and he goes .315-22-84-88-42. Special until hurt. |
| 45 | 17 | William Contreras | The top catcher for 2025 went .281-23-92-99-9. |
| 46 | 106 | Gleyber Torres | Took to leadoff role late, but went a disappointing .257-15-63-80-4. |
| 47 | 89 | Paul Goldschmidt | Last year in STL was dreadful: .244-22-64-70-11. |
| 48 | 60 | Will Smith | Didn’t lose PA despite Ohtani addition going .248-20-75-77. |
| 49 | 14 | Kyle Schwarber | Went 35-90-100 for a third straight season. Even hit .248. |
| 50 | 148 | Ha-Seong Kim | Season ended w/ shoulder surgery after disappointing .233-11-47-60-22. |
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