Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice: Week 6 (4/29 – 5/5)

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. Here are the grades for Fantasy Baseball Week 6.

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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
Bobby Witt Jr. KC SS 100 A
Ronald Acuna Jr. ATL RF 100 A
Mookie Betts LAD 2B,SS,RF 100 A
Shohei Ohtani LAD DH 100 A
Julio Rodriguez SEA CF 100 A
Kyle Tucker HOU RF 99 A
Fernando Tatis Jr. SD RF 98 A
Adley Rutschman BAL C,DH 95 A
Juan Soto NYY LF,RF 95 A
Corbin Carroll ARI LF,CF,RF 94 A
Freddie Freeman LAD 1B 94 A
Jose Ramirez CLE 3B,DH 93 A
William Contreras MIL C,DH 93 A
Austin Riley ATL 3B 93 A
Yordan Alvarez HOU LF,DH 92 A
Trea Turner PHI SS 90 A
Mike Trout LAA CF 89 B
Michael Harris II ATL CF 88 B
Matt Olson ATL 1B 87 B
J.T. Realmuto PHI C 87 B
Aaron Judge NYY CF,RF,DH 86 B
Adolis Garcia TEX CF,RF 86 B
Randy Arozarena TB LF 85 B
Will Smith LAD C 85 B
Elly De La Cruz CIN 3B,SS 84 B
Kyle Schwarber PHI LF,DH 84 B
Rafael Devers BOS 3B 83 B
Bryce Harper PHI 1B,DH 83 B
Jazz Chisholm Jr. MIA CF 83 B
Gunnar Henderson BAL 3B,SS 82 B
Corey Seager TEX SS 82 B
Bryan Reynolds PIT LF,CF,RF 82 B
Nolan Jones COL 1B,LF,RF 80 B
Spencer Steer CIN 1B,2B,3B,LF 79 C
Salvador Perez KC C,1B,DH 79 C
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 1B,DH 79 C
George Springer TOR RF,DH 79 C
Pete Alonso NYM 1B 79 C
Marcus Semien TEX 2B 79 C
Jose Altuve HOU 2B 79 C
Teoscar Hernandez LAD DH,LF,RF 78 C
Tyler O’Neill BOS LF,CF,RF 78 C
Francisco Lindor NYM SS 78 C
CJ Abrams WSH SS 77 C
Willson Contreras STL C,DH 76 C
Anthony Santander BAL 1B,RF,DH 76 C
Bo Bichette TOR SS 75 C
Jorge Soler SF RF,DH 75 C
Cal Raleigh SEA C 75 C
Evan Carter TEX LF 75 C
Jackson Chourio MIL CF,RF 75 C
Jarren Duran BOS LF,CF 75 C
Cedric Mullins II BAL CF 74 C
Starling Marte NYM DH,RF 74 C
Alex Bregman HOU 3B 74 C
MJ Melendez KC C,LF,RF 74 C
Josh Naylor CLE 1B,DH 74 C
Taylor Ward LAA LF 74 C
Nick Castellanos PHI RF 74 C
Yainer Diaz HOU C,1B,DH 74 C
Logan O’Hoppe LAA C 73 C
Wyatt Langford TEX DH,LF 73 C
Ian Happ CHC LF 73 C
Masataka Yoshida BOS LF,DH 72 C
Brandon Nimmo NYM LF,CF 72 C
Gabriel Moreno ARI C 72 C
Nolan Arenado STL 3B 72 C
Daulton Varsho TOR LF,CF 71 C
Nico Hoerner CHC 2B,SS 71 C
Christopher Morel CHC 2B,3B,CF,DH,MI,OF,RF 71 C
Ketel Marte ARI 2B,DH 71 C
Christian Walker ARI 1B 71 C
Lars Nootbaar STL LF,CF,RF 71 C
Riley Greene DET CF,DH,LF,RF 71 C
Marcell Ozuna ATL LF,DH 71 C
Paul Goldschmidt STL 1B,DH 71 C
Dansby Swanson CHC SS 71 C
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. ARI LF,DH 71 C
Gleyber Torres NYY 2B 71 C
Oneil Cruz PIT SS 71 C
Chas McCormick HOU LF,CF,RF 70 C
Steven Kwan CLE LF 70 C
Yandy Diaz TB 1B,3B 70 C
Ceddanne Rafaela BOS 2B,CF,SS 70 C
Andres Gimenez CLE 2B 70 C
Anthony Volpe NYY SS 70 C
Jonah Heim TEX C 69 D
Ha-Seong Kim SD 2B,3B,SS 69 D
Willy Adames MIL SS 69 D
Mitch Garver SEA C,DH 69 D
Jung Hoo Lee SF CF 69 D
Xander Bogaerts SD 2B,SS 69 D
Isaac Paredes TB 1B,2B,3B 68 D
Jake Fraley CIN LF,RF,DH 68 D
James Outman LAD LF,CF 68 D
Kerry Carpenter DET LF,RF,DH 68 D
Colton Cowser BAL LF,CF,RF 67 D
Bryan De La Cruz MIA LF,RF,DH 67 D
Alec Bohm PHI 1B,3B 67 D
Luis Campusano SD C 67 D
Ezequiel Tovar COL SS 67 D
Giancarlo Stanton NYY RF,DH 67 D
Ke’Bryan Hayes PIT 3B 66 D
Keibert Ruiz WSH C 66 D
Sal Frelick MIL CF,LF,RF 66 D
Brendan Donovan STL 1B,2B,CI,LF,RF 66 D
Jack Suwinski PIT LF,CF,RF 66 D
Christian Encarnacion-Strand CIN 1B,DH 66 D
Vinnie Pasquantino KC 1B 66 D
Jose Siri TB CF 66 D
Jackson Merrill SD SS,CF 66 D
Mitch Haniger SEA LF,RF 65 D
Will Benson CIN LF,CF,RF 65 D
Byron Buxton MIN CF,DH 65 D
Jeff McNeil NYM 2B,LF,RF 65 D
Leody Taveras TEX CF 65 D
Bryson Stott PHI 2B 65 D
Esteury Ruiz OAK LF,CF,RF 65 D
Brenton Doyle COL CF 65 D
Bo Naylor CLE C 65 D
Max Muncy LAD 3B 65 D
Luis Rengifo LAA 2B,3B,OF,RF,SS 65 D
Tyler Stephenson CIN C,DH 64 D
Luis Arraez MIA 1B,2B 64 D
Charlie Blackmon COL RF,DH 64 D
Brandon Marsh PHI LF,CF 64 D
Rhys Hoskins MIL 1B,DH 64 D
Jeremy Pena HOU SS 64 D
Brent Rooker OAK LF,RF,DH 64 D
Eloy Jimenez CWS RF,DH 64 D
Max Kepler MIN RF 64 D
Maikel Garcia KC 3B,SS 64 D
Ryan O’Hearn BAL 1B,DH,RF 63 D
Edouard Julien MIN 2B,DH 63 D
Michael Conforto SF LF,RF 63 D
Alex Verdugo NYY LF,RF 63 D
Spencer Torkelson DET 1B 63 D
Elias Diaz COL C 63 D
Whit Merrifield PHI 2B,LF 63 D
Ryan McMahon COL 2B,3B 63 D
Parker Meadows DET CF 63 D
Jeimer Candelario CIN 1B,3B 63 D
Alex Kirilloff MIN 1B,DH,LF,RF 62 D
Ryan Mountcastle BAL 1B,DH 62 D
Ryan Jeffers MIN C,DH 62 D
Jarred Kelenic ATL LF,CF,RF 62 D
Andy Pages LAD CF,OF,RF 62 D
Jackson Holliday BAL 2B,SS 62 D
Gavin Lux LAD 2B,LF,OF 62 D
Alejandro Kirk TOR C 62 D
Willi Castro MIN 2B,3B,CF,LF,SS 62 D
Wilyer Abreu BOS LF,CF,RF 62 D
Nolan Gorman STL 2B,3B,DH 62 D
Ivan Herrera STL C 62 D
Mark Canha DET 1B,CI,DH,LF,RF 62 D
Andrew Benintendi CWS LF 62 D
Michael Busch CHC 1B,3B 62 D
Shea Langeliers OAK C 62 D
Matt Chapman SF 3B 62 D
Brice Turang MIL 2B,SS 61 D
Nelson Velazquez KC LF,RF,DH 61 D
Harrison Bader NYM CF 61 D
Brandon Drury LAA 1B,2B 61 D
Ramon Laureano CLE CF,RF 61 D
Edward Olivares PIT DH,LF,RF 61 D
Danny Jansen TOR C 61 D
Joc Pederson ARI LF,DH 61 D
LaMonte Wade Jr. SF 1B,LF,RF 61 D
Hunter Renfroe KC 1B,RF 61 D
Zach Neto LAA SS 61 D
Thairo Estrada SF 2B,SS 61 D
Travis d’Arnaud ATL C 61 D
Nathaniel Lowe TEX 1B 60 D
Eugenio Suarez ARI 3B 60 D
Jorge Polanco SEA 2B,3B 60 D
Mickey Moniak LAA LF,CF,RF 60 D
Anthony Rizzo NYY 1B 60 D
Henry Davis PIT C,RF 60 D
Connor Wong BOS C 60 D
Jesus Sanchez MIA LF,CF,RF 60 D
Gary Sanchez MIL C,DH 60 D
Jordan Westburg BAL 2B,3B 60 D
Amed Rosario TB 2B,SS,RF 60 D
Jake Rogers DET C 59 F
Josh Bell MIA 1B,DH 59 F
Patrick Bailey SF C 59 F
Rene Pinto TB C 59 F
Seth Brown OAK 1B,LF,RF 59 F
Kyle Isbel KC CF 59 F
Austin Wells NYY C 59 F
Ty France SEA 1B 59 F
Mike Yastrzemski SF LF,CF,RF 59 F
Davis Schneider TOR 2B,LF 59 F
Tim Anderson MIA SS 59 F
Andrew Vaughn CWS 1B 59 F
Luke Raley SEA 1B,LF,CF,RF 59 F
Lawrence Butler OAK CF,RF 58 F
Johan Rojas PHI CF 58 F
Orlando Arcia ATL SS 58 F
Jake McCarthy ARI CF,LF,RF 58 F
Cavan Biggio TOR 1B,2B,3B,RF 58 F
Jake Cronenworth SD 1B,2B 58 F
Joey Gallo WSH 1B,LF,CF,RF 58 F
Brendan Rodgers COL 2B 58 F
Nick Senzel WSH 3B,LF,CF,RF 58 F
Jose Caballero TB 2B,SS 58 F
Jonathan India CIN 2B,DH 58 F
Ezequiel Duran TEX 1B,3B,DH,LF,SS 58 F
Jose Abreu HOU 1B 58 F
Justin Turner TOR 1B,2B,3B,DH 58 F
Colt Keith DET 2B,3B 58 F
Yan Gomes CHC C 58 F
Isiah Kiner-Falefa TOR 2B,3B,CF,LF 57 F
Jurickson Profar SD LF 57 F
Chris Taylor LAD 3B,SS,LF 57 F
Christian Bethancourt MIA C 57 F
Richie Palacios TB LF,CF,RF 57 F
Luis Garcia WSH 2B 57 F
Brett Baty NYM 3B 57 F
Mauricio Dubon HOU 2B,SS,LF,CF 57 F
Connor Joe PIT 1B,LF,RF 57 F
Masyn Winn STL SS 57 F
Jesse Winker WSH LF,DH 57 F
Patrick Wisdom CHC 1B,3B,OF 57 F
Michael A. Taylor PIT CF 57 F
Sean Bouchard COL RF 57 F
Miguel Amaya CHC C 57 F
Eddie Rosario WSH LF,CF 57 F
Kike Hernandez LAD 1B,2B,3B,CF,CI,LF,SS 56 F
Will Brennan CLE CF,DH,LF,RF 56 F
Matt Vierling DET 3B,LF,CF,RF 56 F
Jose Trevino NYY C 56 F
Gavin Sheets CWS 1B,RF,DH 56 F
Gabriel Arias CLE 1B,3B,SS,RF 56 F
Freddy Fermin KC C 56 F
Nolan Schanuel LAA 1B 56 F
Harold Ramirez TB LF,RF,DH 56 F
Alec Burleson STL 1B,LF,RF,DH 56 F
Tyler Freeman CLE 2B,3B,CF,MI,SS 56 F
JJ Bleday OAK LF,CF,RF 56 F
Wilmer Flores SF 1B,3B,DH 56 F
Javier Baez DET SS 56 F
Trent Grisham NYY CF 56 F
Nick Fortes MIA C 56 F
Jared Triolo PIT 1B,2B,3B 55 F
Brayan Rocchio CLE 3B,SS 55 F
Michael Massey KC 2B 55 F
Jake Meyers HOU CF 55 F
Ryan Noda OAK 1B 55 F
Oswaldo Cabrera NYY 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF 55 F
Andrew McCutchen PIT RF,DH 55 F
Randal Grichuk ARI LF,CF,RF 55 F
Jo Adell LAA CF,RF 55 F
Estevan Florial CLE CF,DH,RF 55 F
Tyrone Taylor NYM LF,CF,RF 55 F
Aaron Hicks LAA LF,CF,RF 55 F
Christian Vazquez MIN C 55 F
Carson Kelly DET C 55 F
Carlos Santana MIN 1B 55 F
Tom Murphy SF C 55 F
Manuel Margot MIN CF,LF,RF 55 F
Andrew Knizner TEX C 54 F
Rowdy Tellez PIT 1B,DH 54 F
Victor Caratini HOU C 54 F
Adam Frazier KC 2B,OF 54 F
Joey Meneses WSH 1B,DH 54 F
Nick Gordon MIA 2B,LF,CF 54 F
Joey Ortiz MIL 2B,3B 54 F
Avisail Garcia MIA LF,RF 54 F
Garrett Hampson KC 2B,SS,LF,CF,RF 54 F
Dominic Fletcher CWS CF,RF 54 F
Elehuris Montero COL 1B,3B,DH 53 F
Reese McGuire BOS C 53 F
Jorge Mateo BAL 2B,SS 53 F
Josh Rojas SEA 2B,3B 53 F
Kyle Higashioka SD C 53 F
Dairon Blanco KC LF,CF,RF 53 F
Luke Maile CIN C 53 F
Jake Bauers MIL 1B,LF,RF 53 F
Martin Maldonado CWS C 53 F
Dylan Moore SEA 2B,CI,LF,SS 53 F
Stuart Fairchild CIN LF,CF,RF 52 F
Joey Bart PIT C 52 F
David Fry CLE 1B,C,CI,DH,RF 52 F
Josh H. Smith TEX 3B,SS,LF 52 F
James McCann BAL C 52 F
Kyle Farmer MIN 2B,3B,SS 52 F
Omar Narvaez NYM C 52 F
Riley Adams WSH C 52 F
Mike Tauchman CHC CF,RF 52 F
Robbie Grossman CWS LF,RF,DH 52 F
DJ Stewart NYM DH,RF 52 F
Korey Lee CWS C 52 F
Matt Mervis CHC 1B 51 F
Addison Barger TOR 3B,OF,RF,SS 51 F
Jacob Young WSH CF 51 F
Tyler Fitzgerald SF CF,MI,SS 51 F
Miguel Sano LAA 1B,3B,DH 51 F
Jose Miranda MIN 3B 51 F
Austin Martin MIN 2B,CF,LF,SS 51 F
Blake Perkins MIL LF,CF,RF 51 F
Matt Thaiss LAA C 51 F
Austin Slater SF LF,CF,RF 51 F
Jose Azocar SD LF,CF,RF 51 F
Paul DeJong CWS SS 51 F
Trevor Larnach MIN LF,RF 51 F
Curtis Mead TB 2B,3B 51 F
Luis Urias SEA 2B,3B 51 F
Ramon Urias BAL 1B,2B,3B 50 F
Graham Pauley SD 3B 50 F
Darell Hernaiz OAK 2B,3B,SS 50 F
Vidal Brujan MIA 2B 50 F
Abraham Toro OAK 1B,2B,3B,DH 50 F
Santiago Espinal CIN 2B,3B,SS 50 F
Alexander Canario CHC DH,LF,OF,RF 50 F
Nick Martini CIN LF,DH 50 F
Jacob Stallings COL C 50 F
Nick Ahmed SF SS 50 F
Ildemaro Vargas WSH 2B,3B,LF,SS 49 F
Austin Barnes LAD C 49 F
Cristian Pache PHI LF,CF 49 F
Austin Hedges CLE C 49 F
Kevin Pillar CWS CF,LF,RF 49 F
Tucker Barnhart ARI C 49 F
Chadwick Tromp ATL C 48 F
Enmanuel Valdez BOS 2B 48 F
Nicky Lopez CWS 2B,3B,SS 48 F
Trey Lipscomb WSH 3B 48 F
Austin Shenton TB 1B,3B 48 F
Nick Madrigal CHC 2B,3B 47 F
Tomas Nido NYM C 47 F
Emmanuel Rivera MIA 1B,3B 47 F
Nick Allen OAK SS 47 F
Jon Singleton HOU 1B 47 F
Blaze Alexander ARI 2B,DH,SS 47 F
Kevin Newman ARI 1B,2B,3B,SS 46 F
Joey Wendle NYM 2B,SS 46 F
Ernie Clement TOR 2B,3B,SS 46 F
Zack Short NYM 2B,3B,SS 46 F
Bobby Dalbec BOS 1B,3B 46 F
Eguy Rosario SD 3B 46 F
Edmundo Sosa PHI 3B,MI,SS 45 F
Alan Trejo COL 2B,3B,SS 45 F
Miguel Rojas LAD SS 45 F
Luis Guillorme ATL 2B,3B 45 F
Pablo Reyes BOS 2B,3B,SS 44 F
Oliver Dunn MIL 2B,3B 44 F
Tyler Wade SD 3B,SS 42 F

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