Dynasty/Keeper Outfielder Buys Heading Into 2026

I suppose you could call this a buy week at the Dynasty Dugout. No, we are not taking a bye week; instead, we are giving you all the players to buy or pick up before the season ends.

This article series will feature some MLB hitters that may be worth buying low on. Today, we talk about five outfielders who may be worth buying now. Maybe it is an injured player. Perhaps it was just someone who struggled and saw their stock fall, but still has things under the hood to like. All players can buy now!

Outfielders to Buy or Stash for 2026

Daylen Lile, OF, Washington Nationals

Lile strung together an impressive Triple-A season to begin 2025 and earned himself a promotion to the Nationals in late May. The surface numbers are just fine if you pull up his fangraphs page, but doing so would miss the growth that Lile has had this year. In 294 Triple-A plate appearances, Lile is slashing .285/.329/.456 with five home runs and eight stolen bases.

The results just keep getting better, though. Lile has an 11-game hit streak and has been on base in 35 of 40 games since the All-Star break. Over that span and 162 plate appearances, Lile is slashing .336/.373/.550 with three home runs, seven doubles, and eight triples. Five of his stolen bases have come during this time.

So, is it legit? While the barrel rate of four percent is low, there are a lot of traits to like. The sweet spot percent of 44 percent is tops in the majors, and Lile consistently squares up balls with a 30 percent squared up rate. The average exit velocity and hard-hit rate are close to average, but it is also important to remember he is only 22 years old. The 21 percent air pull rate is at the top of the scale, which allows Lile to really get to power.

The contact and approach are both sound as well. Lile has an in-zone contact rate of 87 percent, which has steadily improved all year. The overall contact rate of 81 percent to pair with above-average swing decisions is impressive. Having a 25 percent chase rate, Lile also hammers pitches in the zone, having a zone-swing rate nine percentage points higher than league average.

With near elite sprint speed, Lile is likely going to be a threat on the base paths for a long time. What kind of home run output should you expect? I think a 15 home run threat with 20 stolen bases is realistic with room to grow. Lile is a solid investment for me.

Daulton Varsho, OF, Toronto Blue Jays

Injuries have been Varsho’s story for most of the last two years. While a rotator cuff injury plagued him in 2024, Varsho suffered a hamstring injury early in 2025, which caused him to miss most of the season. He was hit on the hand in a game in late August, but fortunately, it did not cause him to miss time.

Since returning in August, Varsho has blasted ten home runs in 120 trips to the plate with a .255/.325/.604 slash. He has added five doubles and a triple, while putting up some impressive exit velocities. The barrel rate sits at 17 percent, and Varsho has a strong 41 percent hard-hit rate.

While the contact rates are somewhat concerning, Varsho has maintained respectable numbers with a 77 percent in-zone contact rate and a 69 percent overall mark. The swing decisions are as Varsho has a 26 percent chase rate and impressive zone-swing rates. Both the in-zone swing rate and heart-swing rates are ten percent higher than league averages.

Varsho has fallen out of favor with most dynasty players, but there is a chance that Varsho really returns to form in 2026 and passes his career high of 27 home runs. The last of stolen bases may be concerning, but I just attribute it to injuries. He could return to 10-15 stolen bases. Add Varsho or grab him cheap in a trade.

Jurickson Profar, OF, Atlanta Braves

When Profar was popped for performance-enhancing drugs and missed the first half of the season, he tanked in dynasty rankings. Honestly, I was out too. Profar’s 2024 season, where he hit 24 home runs, was the same number as his previous two seasons combined, and I chalked it up to the PEDs.

Instead, Profar returned and has hit. In 295 trips to the plate, Profar has 13 home runs and eight stolen bases in nine attempts. The .257/.353/.471 slash has been backed by impressive underlying traits. The numbers have only gotten better as the season has gone on, as Profar has as many walks as strikeouts in his last 162 plate appearances, and he has a .285/.395/.569 slash with ten home runs and six stolen bases.

The exit velocities and barrel rates have improved all year and are up to nearly ten percent since the start of August, with a 44 percent hard-hit rate. The zone contact rate sits at 90.5 percent over that span, and the overall contact rate at an impressive 84 percent. The swing decisions have been great, and Profar has a 22 percent chase rate.

Profar will be in the Braves lineup the next two seasons, and that offense will be better next year for sure. Profar is still a solid acquisition, and the skills are there for him to have success for several more seasons.

Ramón Laureano, OF, San Diego Padres

Laureano is working on a career-best season during his age-30 season. Traded from Baltimore to San Diego at the deadline, Laureano has continued to hit and looks like a new hitter in all aspects of his game. Currently up to 23 home runs in 444 trips to the plate, Laureano needs just one more home run to reach his career-best, and all the underlying data is there to back it.

Since joining San Diego, Laureano has eight home runs and 16 extra base hits in 154 trips to the plate with a .298/.357/.539. Since then, Laureano has a 92.2 mph average exit velocity, which, if you look at the entire season, is a career-high 90.5 mph. The near 14 percent barrel rate ranks in the 86th percentile among all hitters.

Under the hood, Laureano has seen his zone contact rate rise all year and the chase rate trend downward toward a career-best mark. Everything points to Laureano being a legit breakout that should sustain moving forward. He has a team option for 2026, which the Padres would be crazy not to pick up at $6.5 million. Buy Laureano.

Brenton Doyle, OF, Colorado Rockies

I was very out on Doyle last offseason thanks to his 71 ADP and scary whiff rates despite a 23 home run/30 stolen base season. It is always about opportunity cost, and Doyle has put himself in a great spot to be a good value in 2026.

Through his first 263 trips to the plate, Doyle was slashing just .191/.251/.303 with five home runs and a 25 percent strikeout rate. Since that date, Doyle has picked things up significantly and is slashing .301/.326/.486 with nine home runs and 13 doubles over 228 plate appearances.

So what changed? Honestly, it was a lot of bad luck early in the season. The barrel rate has remained around 11.5 percent all year. The biggest change in the profile is more aggression on pitches in the zone, with a six percentage point jump on zone swings.

The pull rate has jumped nearly five percentage points, and the number of pulled balls in the air has soared. All his exit velocity data is actually worse than it was during the bad stretch early in the year. The difference in a .238 BABIP in the first half and a .371 in the second half is sure to find a happy medium next year, but Doyle’s cost is so diminished at this point that I would consider buying back in on the power/speed threat even if the batting average is lower.