The 2025 Sports Ethos Fantasy Baseball All-Stars – Outfielders

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  • By SportsEthos Staff

    Last Updated on July 15, 2025 8:13 pm by Paul Williamson | Published: July 15, 2025

    The 2025 All-Star break is a time for reflection on the first part of the season and recognizing the best players of the season so far.

    But that’s not just for real baseball.

    For fantasy purposes, we are wondering, who are the ‘All-Stars’ of our game?

    Is it someone who is performing as elite as they were expected to or should we choose the lowly drafted players that are well outperforming their ADP.

    Each of our contributors have compiled a list of their selections.

    This piece will cover our selections for outfielders.

    Nathan Baker – Follow on X here

    Pete Crow-Armstrong

    PCA’s bat won’t continue to be as great as it was in the first half, but few could’ve predicted him to be on pace for a 40/40 season; he’ll drive in and score well over 100 to boot.

    James Wood

    Wood believers had to reach into the top 5 rounds to snag the sophomore slugger, and that reach has been justified in every way possible. 24 bombs, 59 walks and a .915 OPS are the marks of an all star started, and there’s more production to be tapped into if he continues to pull more and more fly balls.

    George Springer

    To have his best year with the Jays at age 35 is a shock, but to do it so sustainably after a year where a couple hot streaks propped up poor numbers is a greater surprise. Toronto has gone as he has, and if he continues at this pace, they’ll be back in the playoffs when it’s all done.

    Larry Vannozzi – Follow on X here

    Aaron Judge

    You selected him #1 overall and that’s exactly what you received in the first “half.” He has over 200 runs/HRs/RBI combined and he is hitting over .350. You just can’t beat that. All rise!

    Pete Crow-Armstrong

    Most managers would have been very satisfied if PCA had 25 HRs and 25 SBs for the YEAR. Instead, PCA joined the 25/25 club before the break! On top of that, he’s hitting for a much higher average than anyone expected and is an easy top 10 overall player in any format.

    Byron Buxton

    How can you not call Byron Buxton an All-Star OF? At the risk of jinxing him, Buxton is finally staying healthy and very productive. The poor guy never stays on the field but this year has been a pleasant exception which has allowed him to be a top 5 fantasy OF with nearly 40 combined HRs/SBs plus an excellent .280+ batting average.

    Chris Rossi – Follow on X here, Blue Sky, here

    Aaron Judge

    Arson Judge aka the modern day Sultan of Swat does what he does and makes it look easy.

    Pete Crow-Armstrong

    We haven’t seen such a combination of power, production, and free-swinging since Alfonso Soriano. It’s fascinating and it works.

    James Wood

    Rising perennial all-star cements himself at the top. Or at least that’s how the headline would read if I was writing them.

    Chris Houston – Follow on X here, Blue Sky, here

    Aaron Judge

    Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but Aaron Judge is good at baseball. Just HOW good, you ask? Well, take a gander at these numbers. So far this season, Judge has slashed an astounding .355/.462/.733, while accumulating a whopping 35 home runs, 85 runs scored, 81 RBI and has even added five stolen bases, to boot. Plus, if you visit the slugger’s Baseball Savant page, you’ll see that it is lit up like a Christmas tree. The All-Star’s 3.17 expected batting average, .470 xwOBA, .744 expected slugging percentage, 56.9% hard-hit rate, 26.4% barrel rate, 95.4 average exit velocity and 16.2% walk rate are all at least in the 98th percentile. Indeed, Judge, with his staggering 7.4 fWAR, is the best hitter in baseball right now, and it’s not particularly close.

    Pete Crow-Armstrong

    PCA has arguably been the breakout player of the year thus far, earning an amazing 4.9 fWAR. Considering his 44.1% chase rate , 28% whiff rate and miniscule 4.5% walk rate, however, the young All-Star will probably never produce much better than his current .265 batting average and .302 OBP, but with a ridiculous 25 homers, 71 RBI and 27 steals, the counting stats are just too good to have a super-high level of concern about the percentages right now. The electric outfielder also boasts a .351 xwOBA, .527 expected slugging percentage and 14.1% barrel rate, which are all in the 70th percentile or higher. Combine that with PCA’s 29.6 sprint speed, and, despite his swing and miss tendencies and low walk rate, fantasy managers should still have themselves an exciting fantasy player who will get on base plenty and wreak havoc on the base paths once he gets there.

    Kyle Tucker

    Another year, another well-rounded fantasy performance so far from Tucker, as he has a .280 batting average with 17 home runs, 68 runs scored, 56 RBI and 22 stolen bases. Below the surface, the All-Star outfielder shines, as well. His .291 expected batting average, .392 xwOBA, .535 expected slugging percentage, 13.9% strikeout rate, 17.5% chase rate and 13.9% walk rate are all in the 88th percentile or better. Tucker continues to be an absolute stud, and one of my favorite players to roster for fantasy baseball purposes.

    Paul Williamson – Follow on X here, Blue Sky here

    Aaron Judge

    All Rise, y’all. 

    He’s hit 35 homers, driven in 81, scored 85 and has a .355/.462/.733 slashline. He is looking like he is going to have a 200+ wRC+ for the third time in four seasons as it stands at 219 this year. Judge should end up with a fourth straight year of a 26%+ barrel rate and a fifth straight year of 95 MPH+ on the avgEV.

    Judge is truly one of the best hitters in the world.

    I don’t really care that the SwStr% is up to 14.8%. With quality of contact numbers like that, swing-away big fella’!

    Pete Crow-Armstrong

    He is the second-ranked outfielder behind Judge and was drafted 127th overall.

    Now that’s what I call value. 

    PCA has hit 25 homers, stolen 27 bases with 67 runs, 71 RBI and a .265/.302/.544 slash line. The wOBA is .352 and the wRC+ is now 133.

    From his rookie year to now, he has improved the barrel rate from 7.4% to 14.2%, the hard-hit rate from 36.8% to 41.3% and the ground ball rate from 37.5% to 30.8%.

    The bummer? The O-Swing% has actually gone up this year from 41.3% to 45.0%.

    The good news?

    He has improved his in-zone contract rate from 78.8% to 83.4%.

    As long as that continues, we can live with the chase.

    Kyle Stowers

    I went with two no duh options but for the my third pick, so, I will dig a little deeper and go with someone who was only drafted in the deepest of the deep leagues with an ADP of 552.8 per Fangraphs.

    In 346 PA, he has hit an impressive 19 homers so far this year with 46 runs, 54 RBI and 293/.368/.543 on the slash. The wOBA Is .389 and the wRC+ is at 151.

    While the K% of 28.0% isn’t great, he has dropped it to around 25.5% over the last 30 days and with an elite barrel rate like 19.4%  and a similarly elite hard-hit rate of 53.6% (both are better over the last 30 days, just sayin’) a poor K% won’t be a drag.

    This dude has been found fantasy gold all year and should continue to be just that for the rest of season. Do not view him as a sell-high. 

    July 15, 2025, 8:13 pm