Fantasy Baseball Trade Values: Rest-of-season rankings for H2H, Categories leagues; Bobby Witt improving?

Ask most Fantasy Baseball players, and they'll tell you Bobby Witt Jr. has been a disappointment this season. Coming off an exciting, but often frustrating rookie season, he was still pushed to the bring of Round 1 in a lot of drafts this season, with the expectation that he'd take a big step forward, and that just isn't what we've seen so far.

Witt hit .254/.296/.428 last season, his first in the majors, and his .254/.296/.430 line entering play Wednesday is basically identical. Which means, he's actually been a tiny bit worse than he was last season – the raw number is effectively the same, but it's happening in a season where the league OPS has jumped from .706 to .730. Witt has, on a per-PA basis, actually been slightly worse than last season once you account for the league as a whole hitting better, and the fact that he's running a whole lot more than he did last season is only partially offsetting that, given that we've already seen nearly 75% as many steals as all of last year, league-wide.

So, Witt is stagnating, right? That's what I thought, but when I took a look at his stats yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised. See, while the surface-level numbers look largely the same, when you crack under the hood, it's clear, Witt has taken a step forward this season.

Primarily, it's coming from the kind of contact Witt is making. His plate discipline remains less-than-ideal, though he has shaved 1.1 percentage points off his strikeout rate while walking a bit more. But that's not where Witt has shown the most improvement.

No, Witt's growth has come, rather naturally, from the quality of contact he's generating. Witt's average exit velocity has jumped up 0.9 mph, while his line drive rate has jumped up to 28.7%, a very good mark. He's hitting the ball at the right launch angles more often (sweet-spot% is up to 36.4% from 32.5%, an above-average mark), and he's hitting the ball harder. Those are good things.

Add it all up, and Witt's expected batting average has jumped from .252 to .288, while his expected slugging percentage is all the way up from .427 to .512. Last season, Witt played right about at his expected stats, but so far this season, he's way underperforming; the gap between his expected wOBA (.360) and his actual wOBA (.312) is the sixth-largest in baseball. And, while he does play in a tough home park, Witt's speed (he remains arguably the fastest player in baseball) should help him overcome at least some of that.

Which is to say, there's a gap between how Witt is perceived and what he seems likely to do moving forward. Expected stats are not perfectly predictive, of course, but when it comes to a young player, we expect improvement, and that's what the underlying numbers suggest we've seen. If Witt plays more to his expected stats moving forward, you're talking about a legitimate five-category contributor, and likely a first-round caliber bat. Just like we hoped he would be.

Witt has been surpassed in my rankings by Corbin Carroll, and he has been surpassed in the hearts of baseball fans by Elly De La Cruz, but he's still a very, very good young player. And the best days of his season are ahead of him. This might be a perfect opportunity to buy him, before regression takes over and he looks like the star we knew he would. It's coming.

Here's the latest trade values and rankings heading as of Week 16:

H2H Points league Trade Values

Rank	Player	Eligible	Value	Change From Last Week
1	Ronald Acuna	DH-OF	48
2	Jose Ramirez	3B-DH	46
3	Fernando Tatis	OF-SS	46
4	Shohei Ohtani	DH-SP	46
5	Mookie Betts	2B-OF-SS	43
6	Juan Soto	OF	41
7	Bo Bichette	SS	41
8	Freddie Freeman	1B	38
9	Rafael Devers	3B	38
10	Julio Rodriguez	OF	38
11	Kyle Tucker	OF	37
12	Vladimir Guerrero	1B-DH	37
13	Trea Turner	SS	36
14	Paul Goldschmidt	1B-DH	36
15	Bryce Harper	DH	36
16	Corey Seager	DH-SS	36
17	Marcus Semien	2B	36
18	Pete Alonso	1B-DH	36
19	Corbin Carroll	OF	36	3
20	Austin Riley	3B	33
21	Gerrit Cole	SP	33
22	Matt Olson	1B	33
23	Spencer Strider	RP-SP	32
24	Yordan Alvarez	DH-OF	32
25	Corbin Burnes	SP	29
26	Randy Arozarena	DH-OF	28
27	Max Scherzer	SP	28
28	Nolan Arenado	3B-DH	28
29	Kevin Gausman	SP	28
30	Jose Altuve	2B	28
31	Wander Franco	SS	28
32	Luis Robert	OF	28
33	Framber Valdez	SP	28
34	Aaron Judge	DH-OF	28
35	Kyle Schwarber	DH-OF	25
36	Luis Castillo	SP	25
37	Bobby Witt	3B-DH-SS	25	3
38	Josh Hader	RP	25
39	Ozzie Albies	2B	25
40	Zack Wheeler	SP	24
41	Aaron Nola	SP	24
42	Zac Gallen	SP	24
43	Cedric Mullins	OF	24
44	Sandy Alcantara	SP	23
45	Shane McClanahan	SP	23	-6
46	Justin Verlander	SP	23
47	Will Smith	C-DH	22
48	Joe Musgrove	SP	21
49	Devin Williams	RP	21
50	Felix Bautista	RP	21
51	Michael Harris	OF	21
52	Jordan Romano	RP	20
53	Adolis Garcia	DH-OF	20
54	Francisco Lindor	SS	20	2
55	Manny Machado	3B	19
56	J.T. Realmuto	C	19
57	Christian Walker	1B	18
58	Yu Darvish	SP	18
59	Mitch Keller	SP	18	2
60	Emmanuel Clase	RP	18	-7
61	Alex Bregman	3B	18
62	Cristian Javier	SP	17	2
63	Clayton Kershaw	SP	17	2
64	Nate Lowe	1B	16
65	Salvador Perez	C-DH	16
66	Julio Urias	SP	15
67	Max Muncy	2B-3B-DH	15
68	Blake Snell	SP	15	2
69	Dylan Cease	SP	15
70	Christian Yelich	DH-OF	15
71	Shane Bieber	SP	15	-4
72	Camilo Doval	RP	15
73	George Springer	DH-OF	15	-6
74	Bryan Reynolds	DH-OF	15
75	Logan Webb	SP	15
76	Joe Ryan	SP	15
77	Teoscar Hernandez	DH-OF	15
78	Byron Buxton	DH-OF	15
79	Nathan Eovaldi	SP	15
80	Pablo Lopez	SP	15
81	Starling Marte	OF	15
82	Mike Trout	OF	15	-22
83	Ryan Pressly	RP	15
84	Eloy Jimenez	DH-OF	15
85	Xander Bogaerts	SS	15
86	Logan Gilbert	SP	15
87	Jazz Chisholm	2B-OF	15
88	Adley Rutschman	C-DH	15
89	Sean Murphy	C-DH	15
90	Daulton Varsho	C-OF	15
91	Ketel Marte	2B-DH	15	4
92	George Kirby	SP	15
93	Yandy Diaz	1B-3B-DH	15
94	Elly De La Cruz	3B-SS	15
95	Matt McLain	2B-SS	15
96	Dansby Swanson	SS	15
97	Jonathan India	2B-DH	15
98	Gunnar Henderson	3B-DH-SS	15
99	Steven Kwan	OF	14
100	Kenley Jansen	RP	14
101	David Bednar	RP	14
102	Willy Adames	SS	14
103	Anthony Santander	1B-DH-OF	14
104	Nick Castellanos	DH-OF	14
105	Tyler Glasnow	SP	14
106	Tim Anderson	SS	13
107	Nico Hoerner	2B-SS	13
108	Anthony Rizzo	1B-DH	13
109	Brandon Nimmo	OF	13
110	Ian Happ	OF	13
111	Jeremy Pena	SS	13	2
112	Carlos Correa	SS	12	2
113	Raisel Iglesias	RP	12	2
114	Seiya Suzuki	OF	11	-4
115	Hunter Brown	RP-SP	11
116	Paul Sewald	RP	10
117	Brandon Woodruff	SP	10	-5
118	Ty France	1B	10
119	Nestor Cortes	SP	10
120	Masataka Yoshida	DH-OF	10
121	Matt Chapman	3B	9
122	Alexis Diaz	RP	9
123	J.D. Martinez	DH	9
124	Tommy Edman	2B-OF-SS	9	-6
125	Spencer Steer	1B-3B-OF	9	4
126	Jose Berrios	SP	9
127	Alex Verdugo	OF	9
128	Giancarlo Stanton	DH-OF	9
129	Josh Bell	1B-DH	9
130	Sonny Gray	SP	8
131	Jesus Luzardo	SP	8
132	Charlie Morton	SP	8
133	Lance Lynn	SP	8
134	Chris Bassitt	SP	8
135	Josh Jung	3B	8
136	Carlos Rodon	SP	8
137	Ryan Mountcastle	1B-DH	8
138	Lucas Giolito	SP	8
139	Hunter Renfroe	OF	7
140	Ryan McMahon	2B-3B	7
141	Freddy Peralta	SP	7
142	Luis Severino	SP	7
143	Tony Gonsolin	SP	6
144	Zach Eflin	SP	6	4
145	Jordan Westburg	SS	6
146	Bailey Ober	SP	6	5
147	Brandon Lowe	2B	6
148	Jhoan Duran	RP	6
149	Josh Naylor	1B-DH	6
150	Jordan Montgomery	SP	5
151	Alec Bohm	1B-3B	5
152	Lourdes Gurriel	DH-OF	5
153	Jordan Walker	3B-OF	5
154	Luis Arraez	1B-2B-DH	5
155	Jose Abreu	1B-DH	5	-4
156	Willson Contreras	C-DH	5
157	Gleyber Torres	2B-DH	5	-3
158	Kris Bryant	DH-OF	5
159	David Robertson	RP	5
160	Jorge Soler	DH-OF	4
161	Justin Turner	1B-3B-DH	4
162	Bobby Miller	SP	4
163	William Contreras	C-DH	4
164	Cody Bellinger	1B-OF	4
165	Ke'Bryan Hayes	3B	4
166	Ezequiel Duran	3B-DH-OF-SS	4
167	Ezequiel Tovar	SS	4
168	Rowdy Tellez	1B-DH	4	-10
169	Andrew Vaughn	1B-DH-OF	4
170	Amed Rosario	SS	4
171	Thairo Estrada	2B-SS	4	-5
172	Max Fried	SP	4
173	C.J. Cron	1B-DH	3
174	Henry Davis	C-OF	3
175	Jorge Polanco	2B	3
176	Jake Cronenworth	1B-2B	3
177	Jeff McNeil	2B-OF	3
178	Bryce Miller	SP	3
179	Eduardo Rodriguez	SP	3	2
180	Tarik Skubal	SP	3	2
181	Merrill Kelly	SP	3
182	Brandon Drury	1B-2B-3B-DH	3
183	Jon Gray	SP	3
184	Riley Greene	OF	3
185	Ranger Suarez	SP	3
186	Jarred Kelenic	OF	3
187	Joey Gallo	1B-OF	3
188	Marcell Ozuna	DH-OF	3	3
189	Taijuan Walker	SP	3	2
190	Andres Gimenez	2B	3
191	Lars Nootbaar	OF	3
192	Reid Detmers	SP	3
193	Colton Cowser	OF	3	3
194	Bryson Stott	2B-SS	3
195	Nolan Gorman	2B-3B-DH	3
196	Andrew Heaney	SP	3
197	Christopher Morel	2B-DH-OF	2
198	Carlos Estevez	RP	2
199	Nolan Jones	1B-OF	2
200	Bryan Woo	SP	2	#N/A
201	Marcus Stroman	SP	2
202	Tyler Stephenson	1B-C-DH	2
203	MJ Melendez	C-DH-OF	2
204	Alek Manoah	SP	2	2
205	Leody Taveras	OF	2	2
206	Adam Duvall	OF	2
207	Francisco Alvarez	C	2
208	Royce Lewis	3B-SS	2
209	Whit Merrifield	2B-OF	2
210	Ramon Laureano	OF	2
211	Bryce Elder	SP	2
212	Will Smith	RP	2
213	Austin Hays	OF	2
214	Jose Alvarado	RP	2
215	Alejandro Kirk	C-DH	2
216	Peter Fairbanks	RP	2

Rotisserie/Categories leagues Trade Values

Rank	Player	Eligible	Value	Change From Last Week
1	Ronald Acuna	DH-OF	44
2	Fernando Tatis	OF-SS	43
3	Shohei Ohtani	DH-SP	42
4	Jose Ramirez	3B-DH	41
5	Corbin Carroll	OF	35	2
6	Bo Bichette	SS	35
7	Mookie Betts	2B-OF-SS	35
8	Freddie Freeman	1B	35
9	Juan Soto	OF	33
10	Julio Rodriguez	OF	33
11	Bobby Witt	3B-DH-SS	32	4
12	Rafael Devers	3B	32
13	Paul Goldschmidt	1B-DH	31
14	Bryce Harper	DH	30	-2
15	Trea Turner	SS	29	-2
16	Kyle Tucker	OF	29
17	Austin Riley	3B	27
18	Vladimir Guerrero	1B-DH	27
19	Matt Olson	1B	27
20	Yordan Alvarez	DH-OF	27
21	Gerrit Cole	SP	27
22	Marcus Semien	2B	26
23	Aaron Judge	DH-OF	26
24	Spencer Strider	RP-SP	25
25	Pete Alonso	1B-DH	24
26	Randy Arozarena	DH-OF	24
27	Corey Seager	DH-SS	24
28	Nolan Arenado	3B-DH	24
29	Jose Altuve	2B	24
30	Corbin Burnes	SP	23
31	Max Scherzer	SP	23
32	Wander Franco	SS	22
33	Kevin Gausman	SP	22
34	Luis Robert	OF	21
35	Luis Castillo	SP	21
36	Framber Valdez	SP	21
37	Elly De La Cruz	3B-SS	21
38	Shane McClanahan	SP	21	-3
39	Manny Machado	3B	21
40	Kyle Schwarber	DH-OF	20
41	Adolis Garcia	DH-OF	20
42	Josh Hader	RP	20
43	Zac Gallen	SP	20
44	Ozzie Albies	2B	19
45	Cedric Mullins	OF	19
46	Sandy Alcantara	SP	19	2
47	Justin Verlander	SP	18
48	Aaron Nola	SP	17
49	Zack Wheeler	SP	17
50	Joe Musgrove	SP	17
51	Felix Bautista	RP	16
52	Devin Williams	RP	16
53	Will Smith	C-DH	16
54	J.T. Realmuto	C	16
55	Mitch Keller	SP	16
56	Michael Harris	OF	16
57	Yu Darvish	SP	16
58	Jordan Romano	RP	15
59	Salvador Perez	C-DH	15
60	Nate Lowe	1B	15
61	Alex Bregman	3B	15
62	Francisco Lindor	SS	15
63	Christian Walker	1B	15
64	Emmanuel Clase	RP	15	-4
65	Christian Yelich	DH-OF	15
66	Mike Trout	OF	15	-14
67	Clayton Kershaw	SP	15
68	Eloy Jimenez	DH-OF	15
69	Camilo Doval	RP	15
70	Joe Ryan	SP	15
71	George Springer	DH-OF	15
72	Max Muncy	2B-3B-DH	15
73	Logan Webb	SP	15
74	Nathan Eovaldi	SP	15
75	Dylan Cease	SP	15
76	Adley Rutschman	C-DH	15
77	Jazz Chisholm	2B-OF	15
78	Starling Marte	OF	15
79	Daulton Varsho	C-OF	15
80	Jonathan India	2B-DH	15
81	Ryan Pressly	RP	15
82	Pablo Lopez	SP	15
83	Shane Bieber	SP	15
84	Logan Gilbert	SP	15
85	George Kirby	SP	15
86	Gunnar Henderson	3B-DH-SS	15
87	Teoscar Hernandez	DH-OF	14
88	Julio Urias	SP	14
89	Byron Buxton	DH-OF	14
90	Nick Castellanos	DH-OF	14
91	Xander Bogaerts	SS	14
92	Yandy Diaz	1B-3B-DH	14
93	Matt McLain	2B-SS	14
94	Masataka Yoshida	DH-OF	14
95	Bryan Reynolds	DH-OF	14
96	Sean Murphy	C-DH	14
97	Willy Adames	SS	14
98	Dansby Swanson	SS	14
99	Tim Anderson	SS	14
100	Nico Hoerner	2B-SS	14
101	Anthony Santander	1B-DH-OF	14
102	David Bednar	RP	14
103	Ty France	1B	14
104	Kris Bryant	DH-OF	13
105	Jeremy Pena	SS	13
106	Kenley Jansen	RP	13
107	Matt Chapman	3B	13
108	Anthony Rizzo	1B-DH	13
109	Brandon Nimmo	OF	13
110	Tyler Glasnow	SP	13
111	Cristian Javier	SP	12	-2
112	Alex Verdugo	OF	12
113	Ketel Marte	2B-DH	12
114	Alexis Diaz	RP	12
115	J.D. Martinez	DH	12
116	Ian Happ	OF	12
117	Giancarlo Stanton	DH-OF	12
118	Seiya Suzuki	OF	12	-3
119	Tommy Edman	2B-OF-SS	12	-2
120	Raisel Iglesias	RP	11
121	Carlos Correa	SS	11
122	Paul Sewald	RP	11
123	Christopher Morel	2B-DH-OF	11
124	Blake Snell	SP	11
125	Charlie Morton	SP	11
126	Josh Naylor	1B-DH	11
127	Chris Bassitt	SP	10
128	Brandon Woodruff	SP	10
129	Spencer Steer	1B-3B-OF	10
130	Josh Jung	3B	10
131	Steven Kwan	OF	10
132	Lourdes Gurriel	DH-OF	10
133	Ryan McMahon	2B-3B	10
134	Jose Abreu	1B-DH	9
135	Josh Bell	1B-DH	9
136	Esteury Ruiz	OF	9
137	Jesus Luzardo	SP	9
138	Sonny Gray	SP	9
139	Hunter Renfroe	OF	9
140	Lucas Giolito	SP	9
141	Amed Rosario	SS	9
142	David Robertson	RP	9
143	Nestor Cortes	SP	9
144	Jhoan Duran	RP	9
145	Tony Gonsolin	SP	9
146	Zach Eflin	SP	9	3
147	Bailey Ober	SP	9	8
148	Hunter Brown	RP-SP	9
149	Justin Turner	1B-3B-DH	8
150	Bryce Miller	SP	8
151	Carlos Rodon	SP	8
152	Ryan Mountcastle	1B-DH	8
153	Lance Lynn	SP	8
154	Freddy Peralta	SP	7
155	Carlos Estevez	RP	7
156	Jorge Soler	DH-OF	7
157	Ezequiel Duran	3B-DH-OF-SS	7
158	Jordan Walker	3B-OF	7
159	Luis Arraez	1B-2B-DH	7
160	Bobby Miller	SP	7
161	Ke'Bryan Hayes	3B	7
162	James Paxton	SP	7
163	Cody Bellinger	1B-OF	7
164	Rowdy Tellez	1B-DH	7	-4
165	Gleyber Torres	2B-DH	7	-8
166	Jordan Montgomery	SP	7
167	Jose Berrios	SP	7
168	C.J. Cron	1B-DH	6
169	Jon Gray	SP	6
170	Merrill Kelly	SP	6
171	Thairo Estrada	2B-SS	6	-7
172	Jeff McNeil	2B-OF	6
173	Willson Contreras	C-DH	6
174	Will Smith	RP	6
175	William Contreras	C-DH	6
176	Henry Davis	C-OF	6	6
177	Andrew Vaughn	1B-DH-OF	6
178	Jordan Westburg	SS	6
179	Marcus Stroman	SP	6
180	Jarred Kelenic	OF	6
181	Riley Greene	OF	6
182	Jake Cronenworth	1B-2B	6
183	Royce Lewis	3B-SS	6
184	Javier Baez	SS	6
185	Eduardo Rodriguez	SP	6	2
186	Andres Gimenez	2B	6
187	Brandon Drury	1B-2B-3B-DH	6
188	Ezequiel Tovar	SS	6	2
189	Tarik Skubal	SP	6	3
190	Scott Barlow	RP	5
191	Nolan Jones	1B-OF	5
192	Joshua Lowe	DH-OF	5
193	Andrew Heaney	SP	5
194	Austin Hays	OF	5
195	Max Fried	SP	5
196	Whit Merrifield	2B-OF	5
197	Bryson Stott	2B-SS	5	2
198	Nolan Gorman	2B-3B-DH	5
199	Michael Conforto	DH-OF	5
200	Bryan Woo	SP	5	5
201	Jorge Polanco	2B	5
202	Colton Cowser	OF	5	5
203	Joc Pederson	DH-OF	5
204	Ranger Suarez	SP	5
205	Alek Manoah	SP	4	4
206	Brandon Lowe	2B	4
207	Jack Suwinski	OF	4
208	Evan Phillips	RP	4
209	Adam Duvall	OF	4
210	Taijuan Walker	SP	4	3
211	Tyler Stephenson	1B-C-DH	4
212	MJ Melendez	C-DH-OF	4
213	Lars Nootbaar	OF	4
214	Francisco Alvarez	C	4
215	Bryce Elder	SP	4
216	Luis Severino	SP	4
217	Giovanny Gallegos	RP	4
218	Luis Matos	OF	4
219	Andrew Chafin	RP	4
220	Harrison Bader	OF	3
221	Jorge Mateo	SS	3
222	Marcell Ozuna	DH-OF	3	3
223	Reid Detmers	SP	3
224	Leody Taveras	OF	3	3
225	Alex Lange	RP	3
226	Joey Gallo	1B-OF	3
227	Craig Kimbrel	RP	3
228	Miles Mikolas	SP	3
229	Isaac Paredes	1B-2B-3B	3
230	Jake Fraley	DH-OF	3
231	A.J. Puk	RP	3
232	Kodai Senga	SP	3
233	Taylor Ward	OF	3
234	Michael Kopech	SP	3
235	Eury Perez	SP	3
236	Charlie Blackmon	DH-OF	3
237	Josiah Gray	SP	3	3
238	Peter Fairbanks	RP	2
239	TJ Friedl	OF	2
240	Cal Raleigh	C-DH	2
241	Bryan De La Cruz	OF	2
242	Randal Grichuk	DH-OF	2
243	Spencer Torkelson	1B	2
244	Edward Cabrera	SP	2
245	Alec Bohm	1B-3B	2
246	James Outman	OF	2	-2
247	Scott McGough	RP	2	2