Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice (4/28-5/4)

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 the upcoming Fantasy Baseball Week.

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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
Shohei Ohtani LAD DH 100 A
Aaron Judge NYY OF,DH 100 A
Wyatt Langford TEX OF,DH 100 A
Corbin Carroll ARI OF 100 A
Jose Ramirez CLE 3B,DH 100 A
Elly De La Cruz CIN SS 100 A
Kyle Tucker CHC OF 100 A
Ben Rice NYY 1B,DH 100 A
William Contreras MIL DH,C 100 A
Jazz Chisholm Jr. NYY 2B,3B,OF 99 A
Brent Rooker ATH OF,DH 99 A
Josh Naylor ARI 1B,DH 96 A
Francisco Lindor NYM SS 95 A
James Wood WSH OF 94 A
Adolis Garcia TEX OF,DH 94 A
Mike Trout LAA OF,DH 93 A
Brenton Doyle COL OF 93 A
Kerry Carpenter DET OF,DH 93 A
Cal Raleigh SEA DH,C 91 A
Pete Crow-Armstrong CHC OF 91 A
CJ Abrams WSH SS 90 A
Kyle Schwarber PHI OF,DH 90 A
Oneil Cruz PIT SS,OF 90 A
Marcell Ozuna ATL OF,DH 89 B
Cedric Mullins II BAL OF 88 B
Fernando Tatis Jr. SD OF 87 B
Pete Alonso NYM 1B 87 B
Shea Langeliers ATH C 87 B
Christian Yelich MIL OF,DH 86 B
Lawrence Butler ATH OF 86 B
Noelvi Marte CIN 3B 85 B
Riley Greene DET OF,DH 85 B
TJ Friedl CIN OF 84 B
Austin Hays CIN OF 83 B
Agustin Ramirez MIA 1B,C 83 B
Matt McLain CIN 2B,SS 83 B
Byron Buxton MIN OF 83 B
Jose Altuve HOU 2B,OF,DH 83 B
Wilmer Flores SF 1B,DH 82 B
Lars Nootbaar STL OF 82 B
Josh Bell WSH 1B,DH 81 B
Brendan Donovan STL 2B,3B,SS,OF 81 B
Dylan Crews WSH OF 81 B
Yordan Alvarez HOU OF,DH 80 B
Willson Contreras STL 1B,DH,C 80 B
Gunnar Henderson BAL SS 80 B
Bryce Harper PHI 1B 80 B
George Springer TOR OF,DH 80 B
Victor Scott STL OF 79 C
Brice Turang MIL 2B 79 C
Austin Riley ATL 3B 79 C
Rafael Devers BOS 3B,DH 79 C
Bobby Witt Jr. KC SS 78 C
J.T. Realmuto PHI C 78 C
Jackson Chourio MIL OF 78 C
Juan Soto NYM OF 78 C
Dylan Moore SEA 1B,2B,3B,SS,OF 78 C
Steven Kwan CLE OF 77 C
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 1B,3B,DH 77 C
Seiya Suzuki CHC OF,DH 77 C
Alex Bregman BOS 3B 77 C
Bo Naylor CLE C 76 C
Hunter Goodman COL OF,DH,C 76 C
Jarren Duran BOS OF 76 C
Tyler Soderstrom ATH 1B 76 C
Cody Bellinger NYY 1B,OF,DH 75 C
Wilyer Abreu BOS OF 75 C
Mookie Betts LAD 2B,SS,OF 75 C
Keibert Ruiz WSH C 75 C
Matt Chapman SF 3B 75 C
Bryan Reynolds PIT OF,DH 75 C
Spencer Steer CIN 1B,OF,DH 74 C
Jasson Dominguez NYY OF 74 C
Freddie Freeman LAD 1B 74 C
Jorge Soler LAA OF,DH 74 C
Andrew McCutchen PIT OF,DH 74 C
Zach Neto LAA SS 73 C
Tommy Edman LAD 2B,SS,OF 73 C
Michael Harris II ATL OF 73 C
Spencer Torkelson DET 1B 73 C
Trevor Larnach MIN OF,DH 73 C
Ozzie Albies ATL 2B 72 C
Anthony Volpe NYY SS 72 C
Chandler Simpson TB OF 72 C
Logan O’Hoppe LAA C 72 C
Luis Robert Jr. CWS OF 72 C
Luke Keaschall MIN 1B,2B,OF 72 C
Ceddanne Rafaela BOS 2B,SS,OF 71 C
Trevor Story BOS SS 71 C
Sean Murphy ATL C 71 C
Jake Burger TEX 1B,3B,DH 71 C
Tyler Fitzgerald SF 2B,SS,OF 71 C
Nolan Arenado STL 3B 71 C
Paul Goldschmidt NYY 1B 71 C
Manny Machado SD 3B,DH 71 C
Randy Arozarena SEA OF 70 C
Rhys Hoskins MIL 1B,DH 70 C
Ian Happ CHC OF 70 C
Vinnie Pasquantino KC 1B,DH 70 C
Dillon Dingler DET C 70 C
Jonathan Aranda TB 1B,2B 70 C
Julio Rodriguez SEA OF 69 D
Kyle Manzardo CLE 1B,DH 69 D
Jake Fraley CIN OF 69 D
Pedro Pages STL C 69 D
Trea Turner PHI SS 69 D
Brandon Lowe TB 1B,2B,DH 69 D
Jesus Sanchez MIA OF 69 D
Luis Garcia WSH 2B 69 D
Alek Thomas ARI OF 69 D
Gabriel Arias CLE 2B,3B,SS 69 D
Eric Wagaman MIA 1B,3B,DH 68 D
Will Smith LAD C 68 D
Geraldo Perdomo ARI SS 68 D
Anthony Santander TOR OF,DH 68 D
Drew Waters KC OF 68 D
Heliot Ramos SF OF 68 D
Jon Berti CHC 2B,3B 68 D
Pavin Smith ARI 1B,OF,DH 68 D
Jordan Walker STL OF 67 D
Jonah Heim TEX DH,C 67 D
Jorge Polanco SEA 2B,3B,DH 67 D
Austin Wells NYY C 67 D
Nathaniel Lowe WSH 1B 67 D
Willy Adames SF SS 67 D
Christopher Morel TB 2B,3B,OF,DH 67 D
Brandon Nimmo NYM OF 67 D
Adley Rutschman BAL DH,C 67 D
Junior Caminero TB 3B 67 D
Bryson Stott PHI 2B,SS 67 D
Harrison Bader MIN OF 67 D
Jordan Westburg BAL 2B,3B,DH 66 D
Gavin Lux CIN 2B,OF 66 D
Ryan Jeffers MIN DH,C 66 D
Alec Burleson STL 1B,OF,DH 66 D
Jose Caballero TB 2B,3B,SS,OF 66 D
Ryan O’Hearn BAL 1B,OF,DH 66 D
Gabriel Moreno ARI C 66 D
Jo Adell LAA OF 66 D
Michael Conforto LAD OF,DH 65 D
Jordan Beck COL OF 65 D
Mark Vientos NYM 3B 65 D
Matt Mervis MIA 1B,DH 65 D
Mickey Moniak COL OF 65 D
Jose Trevino CIN C 65 D
Teoscar Hernandez LAD OF 65 D
Edouard Julien MIN 2B,DH 65 D
Andrew Benintendi CWS OF 65 D
Josh Smith TEX 3B,SS,OF 65 D
Carson Kelly CHC C 64 D
Nick Castellanos PHI OF 64 D
Colt Keith DET 2B,DH 64 D
Kristian Campbell BOS 2B,SS,OF 64 D
Matt Olson ATL 1B 64 D
Joc Pederson TEX OF,DH 64 D
Josh Jung TEX 3B 64 D
Kyle Stowers MIA OF 64 D
Yandy Diaz TB 1B,DH 64 D
Johan Rojas PHI OF 64 D
Dane Myers MIA OF 64 D
Yainer Diaz HOU 1B,DH,C 64 D
Zach McKinstry DET 2B,3B,SS,OF 63 D
Bo Bichette TOR SS 63 D
Caleb Durbin MIL 2B,3B,SS 63 D
Michael Toglia COL 1B,OF 63 D
Jesse Winker NYM OF,DH 63 D
Andres Gimenez TOR 2B 63 D
Luis Torrens NYM C 63 D
Jeimer Candelario CIN 1B,3B,DH 63 D
Jung Hoo Lee SF OF 63 D
Tyler O’Neill BAL OF 63 D
JJ Bleday ATH OF 63 D
Salvador Perez KC 1B,DH,C 63 D
Kyren Paris LAA 2B,OF 63 D
Andrew Vaughn CWS 1B,DH 63 D
Jake Meyers HOU OF 63 D
Heston Kjerstad BAL OF 62 D
Sal Frelick MIL OF 62 D
Masyn Winn STL SS 62 D
Starling Marte NYM OF,DH 62 D
Nolan Jones CLE OF 62 D
Marcus Semien TEX 2B 62 D
Joey Bart PIT C 62 D
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. ARI OF 62 D
Taylor Ward LAA OF 62 D
Gavin Sheets SD 1B,OF,DH 62 D
Maikel Garcia KC 2B,3B,OF 62 D
Jeremy Pena HOU SS 62 D
Jacob Young WSH OF 62 D
Mike Yastrzemski SF OF 61 D
Tim Tawa ARI 1B,2B,OF 61 D
Gleyber Torres DET 2B 61 D
Patrick Bailey SF C 61 D
Isaac Paredes HOU 1B,3B 61 D
Leody Taveras TEX OF 61 D
Nick Martini COL OF,DH 61 D
Dustin Harris TEX 3B,OF,DH 61 D
Tyrone Taylor NYM OF 61 D
Carlos Narvaez BOS C 61 D
Jacob Wilson ATH SS 61 D
Alex Verdugo ATL OF 60 D
Amed Rosario WSH 2B,3B,SS,OF,DH 60 D
Garrett Mitchell MIL OF 60 D
Edgar Quero CWS C 60 D
Kyle Isbel KC OF 60 D
Yohel Pozo STL DH,C 60 D
Javier Baez DET 3B,SS,OF 60 D
Luken Baker STL 1B,DH 60 D
Michael Massey KC 2B 60 D
Ty France MIN 1B 60 D
Angel Martinez CLE OF 60 D
Connor Norby MIA 2B,3B 60 D
Andy Pages LAD OF 60 D
Will Wagner TOR 2B,3B,DH 60 D
Nico Hoerner CHC 2B,SS 60 D
Justin Turner CHC 1B,DH 60 D
Luke Raley SEA 1B,OF 60 D
Jonathan India KC 2B,3B,OF 59 F
Nick Maton CWS 1B,3B,SS,DH 59 F
Danny Jansen TB C 59 F
Cam Smith HOU 3B,OF 59 F
Eugenio Suarez ARI 3B 59 F
Freddy Fermin KC DH,C 59 F
Tyler Wade SD 2B,3B,SS,OF 59 F
Kameron Misner TB OF 59 F
Austin Wynns CIN C 59 F
Trent Grisham NYY OF 59 F
Kyle Farmer COL 2B,3B,SS 59 F
Joshua Palacios CWS OF 59 F
Tommy Pham PIT OF 59 F
Kyle Higashioka TEX C 59 F
Nick Kurtz ATH 1B 59 F
Sean Bouchard COL OF 58 F
Brooks Baldwin CWS 2B,SS,OF 58 F
Jarred Kelenic ATL OF 58 F
Michael Busch CHC 1B 58 F
Dansby Swanson CHC SS 58 F
Alejandro Kirk TOR C 58 F
Max Kepler PHI OF 58 F
Randal Grichuk ARI OF,DH 58 F
Oscar Gonzalez SD OF 58 F
Justyn-Henry Malloy DET OF,DH 58 F
Miguel Vargas CWS 3B,OF 58 F
Liam Hicks MIA C 58 F
Isiah Kiner-Falefa PIT 2B,3B,SS 58 F
Adam Frazier PIT 2B,3B,OF 58 F
Luisangel Acuna NYM 2B,SS 58 F
Nolan Schanuel LAA 1B 58 F
Alan Roden TOR OF 58 F
Hunter Renfroe KC OF 57 F
Martin Maldonado SD C 57 F
Alex Call WSH OF 57 F
Gary Sanchez BAL DH,C 57 F
Christian Walker HOU 1B 57 F
Xavier Edwards MIA SS 57 F
Luis Urias ATH 2B,3B 57 F
Mitch Garver SEA DH,C 57 F
Miguel Andujar ATH OF 57 F
Yuli Gurriel SD 1B,DH 57 F
LaMonte Wade Jr. SF 1B,OF 57 F
Myles Straw TOR OF 57 F
Nathan Lukes TOR OF 57 F
Carlos Santana CLE 1B 57 F
Mark Canha KC 1B,OF,DH 57 F
Drake Baldwin ATL C 57 F
Jake Bauers MIL 1B,OF 57 F
Eli White ATL OF 57 F
Ryan McMahon COL 3B 57 F
Oswaldo Cabrera NYY 1B,2B,3B 57 F
Stuart Fairchild ATL OF 57 F
Michael A. Taylor CWS OF 56 F
Nolan Gorman STL 2B 56 F
Jacob Stallings COL C 56 F
Daniel Schneemann CLE 2B,3B,SS,OF 56 F
Ke’Bryan Hayes PIT 3B 56 F
Kevin Pillar TEX OF 56 F
Otto Lopez MIA 2B,SS 56 F
Tirso Ornelas SD OF 56 F
Donovan Solano SEA 1B,3B,DH 56 F
Matt Thaiss CWS C 56 F
Alec Bohm PHI 1B,3B 56 F
DaShawn Keirsey MIN OF 56 F
Jonah Bride MIN 1B,3B,DH 56 F
Brooks Lee MIN 2B,3B,SS 56 F
Mauricio Dubon HOU 1B,2B,3B,OF 56 F
Zach Dezenzo HOU 1B,OF 56 F
Trey Sweeney DET SS 56 F
Travis d’Arnaud LAA C 56 F
Cavan Biggio KC 1B,2B,3B,OF 56 F
Addison Barger TOR 3B,OF 56 F
Luis Matos SF OF 56 F
Javier Sanoja MIA 2B,SS,OF 56 F
Henry Davis PIT C 55 F
Chas McCormick HOU OF 55 F
Carlos Correa MIN SS 55 F
Alexander Canario PIT OF 55 F
Luis Rengifo LAA 2B,3B 55 F
Seth Brown ATH 1B,OF 55 F
Enrique Hernandez LAD 1B,2B,3B,SS,OF 55 F
Tyler Heineman TOR C 55 F

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