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Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice: Week 16 (2023)

Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice: Week 16 (2023)

Welcome to Quick Grades. Or Start/Sit Grades. Whatever you want to call it, this is our weekly fantasy baseball article where we provide rankings and grades for all fantasy baseball-relevant players to help you set your weekly lineups. By leveraging our industry-leading projections and rankings from some of the most accurate fantasy baseball experts, we’re able to provide these custom player grades each week. We continue to tweak our process for this series each season to ensure the grades are as predictive and accurate as possible, and this has become an invaluable resource for fantasy managers who have to make difficult start/sit decisions each and every week. Check back each week for updated grades that take each player’s matchups and projected stats into consideration.

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Fantasy Baseball Weekly Player Rankings & Grades

Let’s take a look at our weekly rankings and grades for all fantasy-relevant players.

Name Team Position Score Grade
Fernando Tatis Jr. SD CF,RF,SS 100 A
Mookie Betts LAD 2B,RF,SS 100 A
Ronald Acuna Jr. ATL RF,DH 100 A
Shohei Ohtani LAA DH 100 A
Kyle Tucker HOU RF 99 A
Jose Ramirez CLE 3B,DH 97 A
Julio Rodriguez SEA CF 96 A
Juan Soto SD LF,RF 95 A
Freddie Freeman LAD 1B 94 A
Corbin Carroll ARI CF,LF,RF 92 A
Will Smith LAD C,DH 92 A
Randy Arozarena TB LF,RF,DH 89 B
Rafael Devers BOS 3B 89 B
Adolis Garcia TEX CF,RF,DH 88 B
Adley Rutschman BAL C,DH 88 B
Luis Robert Jr. CWS CF 87 B
Bo Bichette TOR SS 87 B
J.T. Realmuto PHI C 87 B
Bryce Harper PHI RF,DH 87 B
Sean Murphy ATL C,DH 85 B
Austin Riley ATL 3B 85 B
Trea Turner PHI SS 84 B
Corey Seager TEX DH,SS 84 B
Matt Olson ATL 1B 83 B
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 1B,DH 83 B
Bryan Reynolds PIT CF,DH,LF 83 B
Kyle Schwarber PHI DH,LF 82 B
George Springer TOR CF,RF,DH 82 B
Christian Yelich MIL LF,DH 82 B
Daulton Varsho TOR C,CF,LF,RF 82 B
Bobby Witt Jr. KC 3B,DH,SS 82 B
Michael Harris II ATL CF 82 B
J.D. Martinez LAD DH 82 B
Teoscar Hernandez SEA DH,RF 81 B
Paul Goldschmidt STL 1B,DH 81 B
Marcus Semien TEX 2B,SS 80 B
Ozzie Albies ATL 2B 80 B
Salvador Perez KC C,DH 80 B
Pete Alonso NYM 1B,DH 79 C
Starling Marte NYM RF 79 C
Nick Castellanos PHI DH,RF 79 C
Masataka Yoshida BOS DH,LF 78 C
Nolan Arenado STL 3B,DH 77 C
Byron Buxton MIN CF,DH 77 C
Wander Franco TB SS 77 C
Manny Machado SD 3B 77 C
Eloy Jimenez CWS DH,LF,RF 76 C
Francisco Lindor NYM SS 76 C
Anthony Santander BAL 1B,DH,LF,RF 76 C
Seiya Suzuki CHC RF 75 C
Willson Contreras STL C,DH 74 C
Jonah Heim TEX C,DH 74 C
Nico Hoerner CHC 2B,SS 74 C
William Contreras MIL C,DH 73 C
Brandon Nimmo NYM CF 73 C
Ian Happ CHC LF 73 C
Christian Walker ARI 1B 73 C
Luis Arraez MIA 1B,2B,DH 73 C
Steven Kwan CLE LF,RF 73 C
Alex Bregman HOU 3B 73 C
Josh Naylor CLE 1B,RF,DH 73 C
Thairo Estrada SF 2B,SS,LF 73 C
Nathaniel Lowe TEX 1B 72 C
Alex Verdugo BOS LF,RF 72 C
Yandy Diaz TB 1B,3B,DH 72 C
Cody Bellinger CHC 1B,CF 72 C
Elly De La Cruz CIN 3B,SS 72 C
Matt Chapman TOR 3B 72 C
Andrew Vaughn CWS 1B,LF,RF,DH 71 C
Kris Bryant COL DH,LF,RF 71 C
Hunter Renfroe LAA 1B,RF 71 C
Amed Rosario CLE SS,LF 71 C
Xander Bogaerts SD DH,SS 71 C
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. ARI DH,LF 71 C
Giancarlo Stanton NYY RF,DH 71 C
Cal Raleigh SEA C,DH 71 C
MJ Melendez KC C,LF,RF,DH 70 C
Max Muncy LAD 2B,3B,DH 70 C
Jorge Soler MIA DH,LF,RF 69 D
Austin Hays BAL LF,RF 69 D
Ketel Marte ARI 2B,DH 69 D
Taylor Ward LAA CF,LF,RF 69 D
Harrison Bader NYY CF 69 D
Joc Pederson SF DH,LF,RF 69 D
Gleyber Torres NYY 2B,DH 69 D
Jonathan India CIN 2B,DH 68 D
Jeff McNeil NYM 2B,LF,RF 68 D
Ezequiel Duran TEX 2B,3B,DH,LF,SS 68 D
Gunnar Henderson BAL 3B,DH,SS 68 D
Whit Merrifield TOR 2B,CF,LF,RF 68 D
Alejandro Kirk TOR C,DH 68 D
Willy Adames MIL SS 68 D
Tyler Stephenson CIN 1B,C,DH 68 D
Andrew Benintendi CWS LF 68 D
Riley Greene DET CF 68 D
Lars Nootbaar STL LF,CF,RF 67 D
Spencer Steer CIN 1B,3B,DH,LF 67 D
Jake Fraley CIN CF,DH,LF,RF 67 D
Jordan Walker STL 3B,LF,RF 67 D
Travis d’Arnaud ATL C,DH 67 D
Josh Jung TEX 3B 67 D
Danny Jansen TOR C,DH 67 D
Lane Thomas WSH LF,CF,RF 67 D
Keibert Ruiz WSH C 67 D
Andres Gimenez CLE 2B,SS 66 D
Jeremy Pena HOU SS 66 D
Joey Meneses WSH 1B,DH,RF 66 D
Francisco Alvarez NYM C,DH 66 D
Anthony Rizzo NYY 1B,DH 66 D
Michael Conforto SF DH,LF,RF 66 D
Gabriel Moreno ARI C 65 D
Ryan McMahon COL 2B,3B 65 D
Orlando Arcia ATL 2B,LF,SS 65 D
Tim Anderson CWS SS 65 D
Josh Lowe TB CF,DH,LF,RF 65 D
Ty France SEA 1B,3B 65 D
TJ Friedl CIN LF,CF,RF 65 D
Henry Davis PIT C,RF 65 D
Seth Brown OAK 1B,CF,DH,LF,RF 65 D
Justin Turner BOS 1B,2B,3B,DH 65 D
Randal Grichuk COL CF,DH,LF,RF 64 D
Andrew McCutchen PIT LF,RF,DH 64 D
Connor Wong BOS C 64 D
Jake McCarthy ARI LF,CF,RF 64 D
Elias Diaz COL C 64 D
Chris Taylor LAD 2B,3B,CF,LF,RF,SS 64 D
Bryan De La Cruz MIA LF,CF,RF 64 D
Alec Bohm PHI 1B,3B 64 D
C.J. Cron COL 1B,DH 64 D
Carlos Correa MIN SS 64 D
Jose Abreu HOU 1B,DH 64 D
Patrick Wisdom CHC 1B,3B,DH,LF,RF 63 D
Shea Langeliers OAK C,DH 63 D
Leody Taveras TEX CF 63 D
Christopher Morel CHC 2B,3B,CF,DH,LF,RF,SS 63 D
Matt McLain CIN 2B,SS 63 D
Jose Siri TB CF 63 D
Mike Yastrzemski SF CF,LF,RF 63 D
Trent Grisham SD CF 63 D
Daniel Vogelbach NYM DH 63 D
Brandon Marsh PHI LF,CF 63 D
Joey Gallo MIN 1B,LF,RF 63 D
Jack Suwinski PIT LF,CF,RF 63 D
James Outman LAD CF,LF,RF 63 D
Yasmani Grandal CWS C,DH 63 D
LaMonte Wade Jr. SF 1B,LF,RF 63 D
Javier Baez DET SS 62 D
Jurickson Profar COL DH,LF 62 D
Yainer Diaz HOU C,DH 62 D
Brendan Donovan STL 1B,2B,3B,DH,LF,RF,SS 62 D
Yan Gomes CHC C,DH 62 D
Mitch Garver TEX C,DH 62 D
Marcell Ozuna ATL LF,DH 62 D
Nolan Jones COL 1B,LF,RF 62 D
Jesse Winker MIL DH,LF 62 D
Ezequiel Tovar COL SS 62 D
Nolan Gorman STL 2B,3B,DH 62 D
Will Brennan CLE CF,LF,RF 62 D
Eric Haase DET C,DH,LF 62 D
Luis Matos SF CF 62 D
Josh Bell CLE 1B,DH 62 D
Austin Wynns COL C 61 D
Alex Kirilloff MIN 1B,LF,RF 61 D
Joey Wiemer MIL CF,RF 61 D
Adam Duvall BOS LF,CF,RF 61 D
Anthony Volpe NYY SS 61 D
Brandon Lowe TB 2B 61 D
Kerry Carpenter DET DH,LF,RF 61 D
Nick Pratto KC 1B,LF,RF 61 D
Christian Vazquez MIN C,1B 61 D
Corey Julks HOU 3B,DH,LF,RF 61 D
Jake Cronenworth SD 1B,2B,SS 61 D
Eugenio Suarez SEA 3B 61 D
Manuel Margot TB LF,CF,RF 61 D
Patrick Bailey SF C 61 D
J.D. Davis SF 1B,3B,DH 60 D
Jarren Duran BOS CF,LF,RF 60 D
Harold Ramirez TB 1B,RF,DH 60 D
Luke Raley TB 1B,DH,LF,RF 60 D
Jeimer Candelario WSH 3B 60 D
Mark Canha NYM 1B,CF,DH,LF,RF 60 D
Drew Waters KC CF,RF 60 D
Tommy Pham NYM CF,DH,LF 60 D
Max Kepler MIN RF 60 D
Matt Vierling DET 3B,LF,CF,RF 60 D
Dylan Carlson STL CF,LF,RF 60 D
Mickey Moniak LAA CF,LF,RF 60 D
Kevin Kiermaier TOR CF 59 F
Triston Casas BOS 1B 59 F
Spencer Torkelson DET 1B 59 F
Blake Sabol SF C,DH,LF 59 F
Eddie Rosario ATL DH,LF,RF 59 F
Jose Trevino NYY C 59 F
David Peralta LAD LF,RF 59 F
Brent Rooker OAK DH,LF,RF 59 F
Jake Rogers DET C 59 F
Bryson Stott PHI 2B,SS 59 F
Myles Straw CLE CF 59 F
Bo Naylor CLE C 59 F
Edward Olivares KC DH,LF,RF 59 F
Ha-Seong Kim SD 2B,3B,SS 59 F
Christian Bethancourt TB C,1B 59 F
Zach McKinstry DET 2B,3B,LF,RF,SS 59 F
Oscar Colas CWS CF,RF 59 F
Trey Mancini CHC 1B,LF,RF,DH 59 F
Nick Fortes MIA C 59 F
Isaac Paredes TB 1B,2B,3B 59 F
Adam Frazier BAL 2B,LF,RF 58 F
Michael A. Taylor MIN CF 58 F
Brenton Doyle COL CF,RF 58 F
Owen Miller MIL 1B,2B,3B,DH,LF 58 F
Jesus Sanchez MIA CF,LF,RF 58 F
Kike Hernandez BOS 2B,SS,CF 58 F
Akil Baddoo DET LF,CF 58 F
Miguel Cabrera DET DH 58 F
Connor Joe PIT 1B,LF,RF,DH 58 F
Harold Castro COL 1B,2B,3B,CF,SS 58 F
Mauricio Dubon HOU 2B,SS,LF,CF 58 F
Oswaldo Cabrera NYY 2B,3B,LF,RF 58 F
Chas McCormick HOU LF,CF,RF 58 F
Ryan Noda OAK 1B,DH,LF 58 F
Kyle Isbel KC LF,CF,RF 58 F
CJ Abrams WSH 2B,SS 58 F
DJ LeMahieu NYY 1B,2B,3B 58 F
Will Benson CIN CF,LF,RF 58 F
Tony Kemp OAK 2B,LF 57 F
Francisco Mejia TB C 57 F
Jorge Mateo BAL SS 57 F
Luis Garcia WSH 2B,SS 57 F
Isiah Kiner-Falefa NYY 3B,CF,LF,SS 57 F
Geraldo Perdomo ARI 2B,3B,SS 57 F
Ryan O’Hearn BAL 1B,RF,DH 57 F
Garrett Cooper MIA 1B,DH 57 F
Gary Sanchez SD C,DH 57 F
Jean Segura MIA 2B,3B 57 F
Ryan Jeffers MIN C 57 F
Carlos Santana PIT 1B,DH 56 F
Willi Castro MIN 2B,3B,CF,LF,RF,SS 56 F
Matt Carpenter SD 1B,DH,RF 56 F
Colton Cowser BAL CF,RF 56 F
Jake Meyers HOU CF 56 F
Matt Thaiss LAA C,1B 56 F
Corey Dickerson WSH LF,RF,DH 56 F
Christian Arroyo BOS 1B,2B,3B,SS,RF 56 F
Robbie Grossman TEX DH,LF,RF 56 F
Andy Ibanez DET 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF 56 F
Joey Votto CIN 1B,DH 56 F
Gavin Sheets CWS 1B,DH,LF,RF 56 F
Maikel Garcia KC 3B,SS 56 F
Carson Kelly ARI C 56 F
Alek Thomas ARI CF 56 F
Alex Call WSH CF,LF 56 F
Jason Heyward LAD CF,DH,LF,RF 56 F
Austin Slater SF LF,CF,RF 56 F
Jace Peterson OAK 2B,3B,RF 56 F
JJ Bleday OAK CF,DH,LF,RF 56 F
J.P. Crawford SEA SS 56 F
Victor Caratini MIL C 55 F
Dairon Blanco KC CF,LF,RF 55 F
Taylor Walls TB 2B,3B,SS 55 F
Freddy Fermin KC C 55 F
Travis Jankowski TEX LF,CF,RF 55 F
Mike Tauchman CHC CF,DH,LF 55 F
Jake Burger CWS 3B,DH 55 F
Martin Maldonado HOU C 55 F
Kyle Higashioka NYY C 55 F
Brandon Belt TOR 1B,DH 55 F
Aledmys Diaz OAK 1B,2B,3B,DH,LF,SS 55 F
Brett Baty NYM 3B 55 F
Alec Burleson STL 1B,DH,LF,RF 55 F
Joey Bart SF C 55 F
Jonny Deluca LAD CF,LF,RF 55 F
Paul DeJong STL SS 54 F
Dane Myers MIA CF,LF,RF 54 F
Luis Rengifo LAA 2B,3B,LF,SS 54 F
Jacob Stallings MIA C 54 F
Miguel Rojas LAD 1B,SS 54 F
Ji Man Choi PIT 1B,DH 54 F
James McCann BAL C,DH 54 F
Endy Rodriguez PIT C 54 F
Wilmer Flores SF 1B,2B,3B,DH 54 F
Dominic Smith WSH 1B 54 F
Tucupita Marcano PIT 2B,LF,SS 54 F
Billy McKinney NYY CF,LF,RF 54 F
Zach Neto LAA SS 54 F
Ramon Urias BAL 1B,2B,3B 53 F
Stone Garrett WSH LF 53 F
Nick Maton DET 2B,3B,DH,LF,RF 53 F
Joey Wendle MIA 2B,3B,SS 53 F
Emmanuel Rivera ARI 1B,3B,DH 53 F
Ildemaro Vargas WSH 2B,3B,LF,SS 53 F
Michael Massey KC 2B,DH 53 F
Andrew Knizner STL C 53 F
Evan Longoria ARI 3B,DH 53 F
Luke Maile CIN C 53 F
Kolten Wong SEA 2B 53 F
Cavan Biggio TOR 1B,2B,DH,RF 52 F
Dominic Canzone ARI LF,RF 52 F
Aaron Hicks BAL CF,DH,LF,RF 52 F
Brice Turang MIL 2B,SS 52 F
Darick Hall PHI 1B,DH 52 F
Donovan Solano MIN 1B,2B,3B,DH 52 F
Edouard Julien MIN 2B,DH 52 F
Eduardo Escobar LAA 2B,3B 52 F
Casey Schmitt SF 2B,3B,SS 52 F
Brett Wisely SF 2B,CF 52 F
Raimel Tapia MIL LF,CF,RF 52 F
Kevin Pillar ATL LF 52 F
Blake Perkins MIL CF,LF,RF 52 F
David Fry CLE 1B,C,RF 52 F
Tucker Barnhart CHC C 51 F
Nick Gonzales PIT 2B,SS 51 F
Jose Caballero SEA 2B,3B,SS 51 F
DJ Stewart NYM DH,LF,RF 51 F
Santiago Espinal TOR 2B,3B,SS 51 F
Riley Adams WSH C 51 F
Miles Mastrobuoni CHC 2B,3B,DH,RF 51 F
Seby Zavala CWS C 51 F
Jordan Westburg BAL 2B,3B,SS 51 F
David Villar SF 1B,2B,3B 50 F
Mike Moustakas LAA 1B,3B,DH 50 F
Nicky Lopez KC 2B,3B,SS 50 F
Austin Barnes LAD C 50 F
Jared Young CHC 1B,DH 50 F
Tyler Nevin DET 1B,3B,DH,LF 50 F
Kyle Farmer MIN 2B,3B,SS 50 F
Oswald Peraza NYY 3B,SS 50 F
Yuli Gurriel MIA 1B 50 F
Chad Wallach LAA C 50 F
Cody Thomas OAK LF,RF 50 F
Bligh Madris HOU 1B,RF 50 F
Zach Remillard CWS 2B,3B,SS 49 F
Mike Ford SEA 1B,DH 49 F
Matt Duffy KC 1B,2B,3B 49 F
Heliot Ramos SF LF,RF 49 F
Miguel Amaya CHC C,DH 49 F
Austin Hedges PIT C 49 F
Jordan Diaz OAK 2B,DH 48 F
Cam Gallagher CLE C 48 F
Yu Chang BOS 1B,2B,SS 48 F
Ivan Herrera STL C 48 F
Michael Chavis WSH 1B,2B,3B 48 F
Nick Ahmed ARI SS 47 F
Zack Short DET 2B,3B,SS 47 F
Luis Guillorme NYM 2B,3B,SS 47 F
Zack Gelof OAK 2B 47 F
Andruw Monasterio MIL 2B,3B,SS 46 F
Nick Allen OAK 2B,SS 46 F
Tyler Soderstrom OAK C,1B 46 F
Tyler Freeman CLE 2B,3B,DH,SS 45 F
Grae Kessinger HOU SS 44 F
Jared Triolo PIT 3B,SS 44 F
Michael Stefanic LAA 2B 43 F
Matthew Batten SD 3B 43 F
Andrew Velazquez LAA 2B,SS 42 F
Yonny Hernandez LAD 3B 42 F
Liover Peguero PIT SS 40 F

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