High 40 outfielders for 2025 fantasy baseball are right here they usually’re purdy like your little mouth! Sorry, been wanting to look at Deliverance, however can’t discover it streaming, so been reenacting it from my recollections with some toys I purchased at a yard sale. *holds up Miss Piggy plushie* Squeal, Piggy! So, right here’s Steamer’s 2025 Fantasy Baseball Projections for Hitters and 2025 Fantasy Baseball Projections for Pitchers. Subscriptions are up and operating, and you’ll already get Rudy’s Draft Conflict Room. Anyway, right here’s the highest 40 outfielders for 2025 fantasy baseball:
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21. Lawrence Butler – This tier began within the prime 20 outfielders. This tier ends at Schwarber. I known as this tier, “Goldilocks of adults.” As for Butler, I practically ranked Butler above a number of guys within the earlier tier within the prime 20 outfielders. I kinda love Butler like I’m the governor on Benson. There’s a lot to like right here: Energy at each degree, so 22 HRs final 12 months in solely 125 video games is the iceberg and that iceberg sunk Oakland and now he’s hitting in a minor league park for dwelling video games with some new winds blowing out. The velocity is simple 20-steal velocity, and the pitch clock might make that 30. He solely Ok’d 23.9% of the time, and in Triple-A he was usually a sub-20 Ok% man. Arduous contact and plenty of it? Give me extra shares please. The one factor that stopped me from being silly and transferring him up, and never being an Grownup Goldilocks, was his lack of monitor report and the A’s would possibly lack counting stats. Noticed somebody draft Luis Robert Jr. earlier than Butler and I want I have been in that league. 2025 Projections: 84/27/67/.269/23 in 581 ABs
22. Spencer Steer – Already went over him within the prime 20 1st basemen for 2025 fantasy baseball.
23. Seiya Suzuki – Was the alternative of Butler. I wished to decrease Seiya earlier than Goldlicks’ing him right here. Well being, growing Ks, and Cubs actually need to commerce him have been my considerations they usually all felt kinda made-up and dumb. He simply hit .283, so his Ks went as much as 27.4%, however clearly that wasn’t a difficulty. He’s but to play a full season, however his numbers have been nonetheless 21/16/.283. fifteenth finest outfielder on the Participant Rater. So, dot dot dot, the place am I imagined to rank a man who’s the fifteenth finest outfielder in solely 132 video games? That a lot decrease than this? Why? I’m positive with the Goldilocks’ing I’ve performed right here. 2025 Projections: 75/23/81/.281/15 in 519 ABs
24. Riley Greene – Have I discussed that I wrote a Riley Greene sleeper final 12 months? I did? I’ve talked about it every single day for the final 12 months? Okay, level taken. This rating is mainly identical as his rating on final 12 months’s Participant Rater when he went 82/24/74/.262/4 in 512 ABs. That looks like his absolute flooring. Tigers didn’t run in any respect (simply barely greater than Ohtani himself). That feels extra like a Tigers drawback than a Greene drawback, i.e., they’ve a bunch of 25/2 hitters, and no 30/30 guys. Greene does appear as if he has 12+ steal velocity, and never under-five. The facility, Arduous Hit% and all the things is ideal. So, 30/12/.280 or 24/4/.260 once more, both approach it’s worthwhile. 2025 Projections: 74/27/86/.274/7 in 527 ABs
25. Anthony Santander – Signed with the Jays as a result of the Dodgers clearly didn’t need him. I child. However, a considerate pause, am I kidding? Jays have been so thirsty for a free company win they gave Santander about three years too many and fifty-plus million greater than they need to’ve, nevertheless it ain’t my cash, and, for this 12 months, I nonetheless would fortunately draft him. Is he trending up after a 44-homer season? I’d be shocked. Is he about to fall off a cliff and change into former Jays nice, Cliff Johnson? [looking at Cliff’s career numbers] No, he’s not. The 80’s have been a hilarious time for energy hitters. Cliff Johnson and DHs within the 80’s have been, like, 15-homer hitters. Cliff Johnson and the DHs could be an superior band, although. 2025 Projections: 84/36/97/.244/3 in 588 ABs
26. Bryan Reynolds – As a long-time fan and defender of Bryan Reynolds, I need to ask for all his haters to indicate their face. They are going to be scorned! The place are The Bryan Reynolds Haters now to inform me he’s not this good? [intern whispers] I used to be the one who hated Reynolds? Hmm, let’s maintain that between us. Reynolds now has 24/10 throughout the final two seasons and hit .275 final 12 months. You won’t like him –I didn’t for a very long time — however [shrugs] his rating is Goldilocks’d to perfection right here. As a result of I’m a grown-ass grownup! 2025 Projections: 84/25/87/.272/10 in 591 ABs
27. Kyle Schwarber – This may be the most important “Have a look at me, I’m an grownup Goldilocks,” as I placed on my large boy pants and admit Schwarber is nice, if you happen to’re searching for that. *That* being a 40-homer, .240 hitter. *That* will not be *that* unhealthy both. Final 12 months, he raised his common, by leveling off his bat, and hitting the ball extra “proper over the 2nd baseman” and fewer “Let me attempt to do a ba-zoomer over the proper fielder’s head” whereas nonetheless doing ba-zoomers! 2025 Projections: 106/40/105/.231/3 in 581 ABs
28. Ian Happ – It is a new tier. This tier goes from right here till Cowser. I name this tier, “Projections, schmjections, however rankings, schmankings.” Can’t consider we’ve gotten this deep into the rankings and I haven’t talked about rankings vs. projections. An unbelievable omission. Dot dot dot. If not for having mentioned this actual matter about 500 different occasions in earlier rankings posts. Any hoo! I’ll say shortly: Is eighteen/18/.282 higher than 25/10/.245? No, proper? Improper, sucker! It could possibly be, however there’s extra to projections and rankings than merely numbers. I’m speaking about Michael Harris II vs. Happ right here, for unstints, and Harris’s 18/18/.282 is at the very least equal if not higher than Happ’s 25/10/.245 however Happ was the sixteenth finest outfielder final 12 months, and Harris was barely within the prime 60. There’s issues like this within the rankings that aren’t all the time readily obvious from projections. I need Happ extra as a result of he simply places up strong stats 12 months over 12 months. Parker Meadows? Due to upside. Trout? Extra in a shallow league the place I can readily change him when he’s damage. So, Harris over Trout in deeper leagues? Positive. In case you have Trea Turner and Corbin Carroll, you higher not be drafting Pete Crow-Armstrong from this tier. There’s extra to all of this than merely taking a look at one man’s identify over one other man’s identify. As I’ve mentioned many occasions previously, there’s no approach anybody is rating for each single league. That’s why we’ve got rankings for dozens of various leagues. It’s additionally why it’s so foolish when Fantasy Execs ranks the most effective rankings, even when I used to be ranked primary final 12 months. 2025 Projections: 86/24/69/.247/12 in 571 ABs
29. Parker Meadows – Already gave you my Parker Meadows sleeper. It was written whereas photocopying my butt. 2025 Projections: 76/20/60/.258/26 in 509 ABs
30. Mike Trout – 4 of his final 5 years are so unhappy. The decline of Mike Trout is miserable. Silly degenerative again situation. Baseball actually is the cruelest sport. We might’ve had among the best of all-time. As an alternative, we obtained among the best ten-year stretches in baseball historical past. Nonetheless a feat, however Quentin Tarantino ain’t digging feats, ya really feel me? 2025 Projections: 48/21/57/.265/5 in 349 ABs
Mike Trout was such a particular one earlier than his physique broke down
— Razzball (@razzball.bsky.social) December 12, 2024 at 8:26 AM
31. Pete Crow-Armstrong – I used to be so near writing a PCA sleeper to the purpose the place I searched by means of my sleeper posts twice searching for it, pondering I did write it. I suppose I hadn’t, however I actually wished to. The really hilarious factor is I don’t know why I didn’t write it. Possibly it was as a result of I felt like he was correctly ranked. That’s a degree that isn’t made sufficient. It appears to be that I write a sleeper put up and it places a flashing gentle on a man, however simply because I didn’t write a put up a couple of man doesn’t imply he’s not popular with me. He’s simply popular with everybody, perhaps. PCA’s ADP appears to fall into that class. I like the 15/30/.230 potential, and everybody does. Properly, giddy up, PCA pardners! He has 20-homer energy, 40-steal velocity and will hit .260+. His one actual disadvantage is the Cubs have to bat him increased within the order. Guys breakout yearly, and this 12 months it looks like PCA’s likelihood. There’s not many guys who could possibly be as enormous a breakout as PCA, and you should draft him. I implore you, even when I didn’t write a sleeper on him. 2025 Projections: 59/14/66/.248/32 in 510 ABs
32. Jasson Dominguez – Already gave you my Jasson Dominguez fantasy. It starred in an grownup movie named Chutzpah & Hoohah. 2025 Projections: 68/26/76/.232/25 in 527 ABs
33. Dylan Crews – Already gave you my Dylan Crews fantasy. It had fairly little butterflies. 2025 Projections: 72/16/67/.258/26 in 517 ABs
34. Heliot Ramos – Already gave you my Heliot Ramos sleeper. It was written whereas making gaga-goo-goo sounds. 2025 Projections: 79/26/78/.266/10 in 549 ABs
35. Colton Cowser – I eyeballed Cowser’s spray chart (seems like one of many worst euphemisms you may think about) and it appears like he would’ve gained three homers final 12 months if the fences have been moved in, as they’re now. Eyeballing is an inexact science (and, rattling, simply say what you imply somewhat than these euphemisms), so take it or depart it, however what I by no means perceive with different projections programs is how they all the time anticipate younger gamers to worsen. “He hit 24 homers final 12 months as a rookie? Cool, let’s see if he can barely squeak out 20 homers this 12 months!” Yeah, I don’t know. I don’t love some elements of his sport for batting common, however he swings for homers and has energy. 2025 Projections: 74/27/82/.234/11 in 512 ABs
36. Michael Harris II – It is a new tier. This tier goes from right here till Robert. I name this tier, “Excavating out my 10-foot skeleton and placing in these guys.” So, after Halloween, as most of us do, I dig a 10-foot grave in my entrance yard and bury my large, ornamental skeleton till subsequent 12 months when it sticks its hand by means of the soil round September 1st. Properly, I’m digging up Fred, the 10-foot Skeleton, and placing him within the passenger seat of my convertible for the HOV lane, and in his place I’m placing the blokes on this tier. Burying them!
As for Megahertz, some day I hope you’re keen on somebody like projections programs love Megahertz. He’s averaged 17 HRs and 15 steals throughout two seasons. Final 12 months, he went 16/10/.264. Off 12 months? Positive, okay. Throughout his “nice” 12 months, he went 18/20/.293. He’s being drafted approach earlier than this. Why? Prolly as a result of projections programs are saying he’s going to have a profession 12 months, simply as they mentioned final 12 months too. I’m sorry, however I obtained a squad collectively known as the Megahaterz and all we do is hate on Megahertz, as a result of I simply don’t get the love. He’s actually (not actually) the one man who projections programs all the time assume shall be higher. (Additionally Vlad Jr.) 2025 Projections: 74/18/62/.282/18 in 523 ABs
37. Christian Yelich – Him and Cody Bellinger have been without end linked in rankings and ADP. Why? I truthfully don’t know. They actually had nothing in frequent apart from all the time being subsequent to one another in rankings and ADP. Like all the time till this 12 months. Don’t look it up, it won’t have been all the time. However it felt like all the time. Now they’re sadly linked by “one has a recurring shoulder subject” and “one has one in his again.” Undecided which is worse, however they’re each equally lower than very best. Again feels extra recurring. Recurringier? Yeah, that’s a phrase. But, like a merciless father, I separated these two brothers after Bellinger went to the Cubs, as a result of he’s youthful and 25/12 feels extra achievable than Yelich’s 12/25 for an growing older participant with again points. Possibly they’ll discover one another once more on the Participant Rater on the finish of the 12 months. One can hope. 2025 Projections: 68/13/63/.281/22 in 461 ABs
38. Randy Arozarena – The Rice Bowl is tremendous enjoyable. He wears cowboy boots and appears like an undercover sheriff in Narcos. His peripherals? Oh man they’re horrible and never enjoyable in any respect. xBA is a weak stat. It doesn’t work for varied causes. His xBA was .219. Dude. I imply. C’mon. He made among the worst contact I’ve seen. He makes about the identical contact as Nick Fortes. Oh…[climbs to the top of the Empire State Building]…kay. That’s not nice, over-the-internet associates. Oh, yeah, and he’s in one of many worst hitting parks. An emoji that’s checking the Assist Wished adverts as a result of it may well not emoji. 2025 Projections: 72/19/74/.225/24 in 556 ABs
39. Adolis Garcia – When you’ve adopted me for a minute — an City Dictionary minute which implies you’ve adopted me for years — you realize I did all the things I might to be constructive on Adolis. Me love him very long time. Tried all the things I might to get him in entrance of Randy, however, on the finish of the day, the batted ball profile for Adolis doesn’t age effectively, and it’s growing older quickly. Additionally, for merely Randy vs. Adolis: 20/20/.225 vs. 25/10/.225 is benefit Randy, if solely barely. 2025 Projections: 71/27/84/.218/10 in 581 ABs
40. Luis Robert Jr. – Has he been traded but? What, have the White Sox not obtained Paul Skenes and Oneil Cruz for him? Have they not obtained Jordan Lawlar, Ketel Marte and Zac Gallen? Are you telling me they’re asking for an excessive amount of? C’mon, no approach. I don’t consider it, as a result of the White Sox are well-run group and wouldn’t do one thing foolish like that. Chris simply Getz it. They simply traded Crochet for…Oh, I do know, provide a catcher for Robert, that’ll do it. Possibly Pedro Pages for Lou Bob? Any hoo! Taking a look at LouBob’s earlier season and I have to warn you, it’s a lot stinkier than you may ever think about, if you happen to’re not acquainted. Pee-ewe, my pungent, that’s unhealthy. He went 14/23/.224 with 47 runs and 35 RBIs in nearly 400 ABs! That’s Leody Taveras with worse counting stats. When you’re getting again in on LouBob since you assume you’re shopping for low, effectively, good luck, nevertheless it ain’t me. 2025 Projections: 68/20/58/.233/25 in 518 ABs
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