Buy Low and Sell High: Dynasty Deals
It's time to get busy winning or get busy rebuilding in dynasty leagues. Here are some hitters to focus on as sell high candidates
While the MLB trade deadline is still nearly two months away, now is the time for dynasty trade talks to heat up. Whether you are going all-in to win a dynasty crown or looking to rebuild, everyone should be looking for buy low, sell high opportunities.
Over the next few days, I’ll have position players and pitchers to buy low or sell high to help build your trade ideas. I’ve broken the list into positions, league size, potential injured list MLB players and prospects. These are mostly for dynasty or keeper leagues, but could be useful for redraft as well.
But that’s not all.
Please use the comments section below to send us trade ideas you have and we’ll answer them here. If you could include league size, scoring type (roto/H2H/points), if there is a salary cap, and some info why you want to make this move. I’ll answer as soon as possible.
In case you missed it, here are the previous Buy Low hitters.
SELL HIGH
Outfielders
12 or less - Oneil Cruz, Pirates/Byron Buxton, Twins
14-18 - Chase DeLauter, Guardians/Jake Bauers, Brewers
20+ - Luke Raley, Mariners/JJ Bleday, Reds
IL - Addison Barger, Blue Jays
Prospect - Bo Davidson, Giants
Cruz is in the top 5-10 of most player raters this season. Is this the 27-year-old career-best season, and he will return to disappointing results next year? Or is this the Cruz we have been waiting for? Even if you think this is the latter, this could still be the peak and a great time to cash in for a monster return.
Speaking of cashing in, the oft-injured Buxton has somehow put together a season-plus of healthy, incredibly productive play. He set career highs in home runs (35), runs (97), RBI (83) and his second-best stolen base total (24) in 2025. He has had similar production in 2026 and is halfway to his fourth 100-plus game season in his 12-season MLB career. With such an injury history working against you, dealing him now makes the most sense. (BREAKING NEWS: Three minutes after typing this, I got an alert that Buxton is day-to-day)
Speaking of injury history, Guardians 2022 first-round pick DeLauter set a career high for professional games played in a season this week when he played in his 58th game. After hitting four homers in his first three games, he has hit three in his past 56. It is probably too late to get something big for him, but something could be better than the likely IL trip that is coming.
After bouncing from the Rays to the Guardians to the Mariners to the Yankees, Bauers is rewarding the Brewers for their three years of patience with 10 homers, 36 RBI and a .269 average through 53 games. A breakout at age 30 happens. But it generally does not continue into 31 and 32.
Strong-side platoon bat Raley has bounced back from an unproductive, injured 2025 to post a career-high slugging percentage in 2026. Raley, who averaged 20 homers and 12 stolen bases in 2023-24, is no longer a threat on the basepaths (one steal in 2026) and strikes out at nearly 33%, so this production is likely good for the rest of 2026 only. And that’s enough for me to move him on.
We’ve seen this from Bleday before. The former Vanderbilt slugger looked like he was settling in as an everyday outfielder for the Athletics after hitting 20 home runs in 2024. By the end of 2025 he was looking for work, and the Reds took a flyer. After starting in the minors, Bleday got a callup in late April and homered in his first game. Then he homered in four of his first eight games. After 33 games, he has 10 home runs. Unlike most lefty mashers, Bleday has held his own against lefthanded pitchers. So he might not be a platoon-only guy. And at 28 there is still a chance, but do you want to take that chance if you can get something less risky?
Risk is Barger’s game. He plays hard, swings hard, and is currently on the IL after an 101-plus MPH outfield throw injured his arm. After last year’s dream World Series run, he was near the top of my sell-high list to start 2026. With a .045 batting average and just nine games played, is this really a sell-high moment? Maybe not, unless you can find that Blue Jays’ fan who still believes.
Davidson is an incredible story. An undrafted junior college player who even took a year off, before exploding through both levels of A-ball with power and speed. At Double A this year, Davidson has seen his ratios drop off dramatically and the K-rate is going up. Turning 24 the day after the Fourth of July, this story is leaning more towards a fourth outfielder finish but if you can find someone with starting outfielder dreams, now is the time to move on.