Here are the July rest-of-season rankings. Players are listed based on how I perceive their 5×5 value going forward. In two weeks, I’ll present my way-too-early 2025 rankings in this same format.
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Outfielder ROS RankingsDropping off: Victor Scott II (130th), Seth Brown (152nd), Kyle Stowers (154th), Johnathan Rodriguez (162nd), Dylan Carlson (163rd), Michael A. Taylor (164th), Adam Frazier (168th), Dane Myers (169th), Oscar Colás (170th)
James Wood checks in at No. 53 for now. If I trusted Triple-A stats as much as I used to, he’d probably be 10 spots higher. That he’s gone from striking out 34% of the time in Double-A last season to 18% of the time in Triple-A is very encouraging, but the Triple-A strike zone is not the major league strike zone, and I don’t know that he’ll hit for average right away. Still, the power is fantastic, and he will likely do some running.
I was torn about where to put Heliot Ramos; I had him in the 40s initially, but I slid him down to 55th late. Ramos’s exit velocity numbers are truly terrific, but his xwOBA has sunk badly these last couple of weeks and I worry about the strikeouts. He’s also in a tough environment for right-handed power in San Francisco, and he’s not going to be much of a basestealer.
Garrett Mitchell is finally back from his broken finger, but it doesn’t appear that regular playing time is in the cards after the Brewers declined to demote an outfielder to make room for him. With Jackson Chourio having come alive in recent weeks, right field seems spoken for, leaving two spots open for Mitchell, Sal Frelick, Blake Perkins and Jake Bauers each day. Mitchell has easily the most fantasy potential in that group, but it might not matter much in the short term.
I’d like to have Chas McCormick and Joey Loperfido higher than 70th and 87th, respectively, but the Astros sat McCormick three of the last five games and Loperfido the last three in a row. McCormick has excelled from an xwOBA standpoint lately, so it’s frustrating that he’s not getting more of a chance. Really, though, the Astros just need to pick an arrangement and stick with it for a little bit.