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Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice (4/7 – 4/13)

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
Jose Ramirez CLE 3B,DH 100 A
Christian Yelich MIL OF,DH 100 A
William Contreras MIL C,DH 100 A
Kyle Tucker CHC OF 100 A
Brent Rooker ATH OF,DH 100 A
Aaron Judge NYY OF,DH 100 A
Elly De La Cruz CIN SS 100 A
Ketel Marte ARI 2B,DH 100 A
Corbin Carroll ARI OF 100 A
Kyle Schwarber PHI OF,DH 100 A
Jazz Chisholm Jr. NYY 2B,3B,OF 100 A
Jeimer Candelario CIN 1B,3B,DH 97 A
Juan Soto NYM OF 97 A
Bobby Witt Jr. KC SS 95 A
Bryce Harper PHI 1B 94 A
Jackson Chourio MIL OF 93 A
Rafael Devers BOS 3B,DH 93 A
Marcell Ozuna ATL OF,DH 92 A
Seiya Suzuki CHC OF,DH 92 A
TJ Friedl CIN OF 91 A
J.T. Realmuto PHI C 91 A
Matt McLain CIN 2B,SS 90 A
Cody Bellinger NYY 1B,OF,DH 90 A
Vladimir Guerrero TOR 1B,3B,DH 89 B
Brenton Doyle COL OF 88 B
Willson Contreras STL C,1B,DH 87 B
Oneil Cruz PIT SS,OF 87 B
Joc Pederson TEX OF,DH 86 B
Jarren Duran BOS OF 86 B
Rhys Hoskins MIL 1B,DH 86 B
Yordan Alvarez HOU OF,DH 86 B
Mookie Betts LAD 2B,SS,OF 84 B
Anthony Santander TOR OF,DH 84 B
Lawrence Butler ATH OF 83 B
Brandon Lowe TB 1B,2B,DH 83 B
Shea Langeliers ATH C 83 B
Byron Buxton MIN OF 83 B
Wyatt Langford TEX OF,DH 82 B
Bryan Reynolds PIT OF,DH 82 B
Pete Crow-Armstrong CHC OF 82 B
Mike Trout LAA OF 81 B
Ian Happ CHC OF 81 B
Hunter Goodman COL C,OF 80 B
Francisco Lindor NYM SS 80 B
Victor Robles SEA OF 80 B
Spencer Steer CIN 1B,OF 80 B
Salvador Perez KC C,1B,DH 79 C
Eugenio Suarez ARI 3B 79 C
Riley Greene DET OF,DH 78 C
Jake Burger TEX 1B,3B,DH 78 C
Fernando Tatis Jr. SD OF 78 C
Josh Naylor ARI 1B 78 C
Jasson Dominguez NYY OF 78 C
Corey Seager TEX SS 78 C
Ivan Herrera STL C 78 C
Julio Rodriguez SEA OF 77 C
CJ Abrams WSH SS 76 C
Cal Raleigh SEA C 76 C
Cedric Mullins II BAL OF 76 C
Brice Turang MIL 2B 76 C
Lars Nootbaar STL OF 76 C
Xavier Edwards MIA SS 75 C
Luis Robert Jr. CWS OF 75 C
Luis Rengifo LAA 2B,3B 75 C
Will Smith LAD C 75 C
Kerry Carpenter DET OF,DH 75 C
Teoscar Hernandez LAD OF 75 C
Manny Machado SD 3B,DH 75 C
Ceddanne Rafaela BOS 2B,SS,OF 75 C
Jesse Winker NYM OF,DH 74 C
James Wood WSH OF 74 C
Alec Burleson STL 1B,OF,DH 73 C
Adolis Garcia TEX OF,DH 73 C
Michael Toglia COL 1B,OF 73 C
Mark Vientos NYM 3B 73 C
Victor Scott STL OF 73 C
Trea Turner PHI SS 73 C
George Springer TOR OF,DH 72 C
Willy Adames SF SS 72 C
Jake Fraley CIN OF 72 C
Connor Wong BOS C,1B 72 C
Alex Bregman BOS 3B 72 C
Tommy Edman LAD 2B,SS,OF 72 C
Brandon Nimmo NYM OF 71 C
Kristian Campbell BOS 2B,SS,OF 71 C
Matt Shaw CHC 2B,3B,SS 71 C
Joey Bart PIT C 71 C
Trevor Larnach MIN OF,DH 71 C
Vinnie Pasquantino KC 1B,DH 71 C
Pavin Smith ARI 1B,OF 70 C
Brandon Marsh PHI OF 70 C
Pete Alonso NYM 1B 70 C
Matt Chapman SF 3B 70 C
Keibert Ruiz WSH C 70 C
Trevor Story BOS SS 70 C
Jackson Merrill SD OF 70 C
Jorge Soler LAA OF,DH 70 C
Tyler O’Neill BAL OF 69 D
Adley Rutschman BAL C,DH 69 D
Austin Wells NYY C 69 D
Dansby Swanson CHC SS 69 D
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. ARI OF 69 D
Jonathan India KC 2B 69 D
Jordan Westburg BAL 2B,3B 69 D
Brendan Donovan STL 2B,3B,OF 68 D
Lane Thomas CLE OF 68 D
Christian Walker HOU 1B 68 D
Gavin Lux CIN 2B,OF 68 D
Michael Conforto LAD OF,DH 68 D
Yandy Diaz TB 1B,DH 68 D
Randy Arozarena SEA OF 68 D
Ryan Jeffers MIN C,DH 67 D
Max Kepler PHI OF 67 D
Josh Bell WSH 1B,DH 67 D
Matt Olson ATL 1B 67 D
Anthony Volpe NYY SS 67 D
Sal Frelick MIL OF 67 D
Michael Harris II ATL OF 67 D
Alek Thomas ARI OF 67 D
Yainer Diaz HOU C,1B,DH 66 D
Miguel Vargas CWS 3B,OF 66 D
Bo Naylor CLE C 66 D
Justyn-Henry Malloy DET OF,DH 66 D
Paul Goldschmidt NYY 1B 66 D
Jordan Walker STL OF 66 D
Nolan Arenado STL 3B 66 D
Nick Castellanos PHI OF 66 D
Luis Arraez SD 1B,2B,DH 66 D
Garrett Mitchell MIL OF 66 D
Alec Bohm PHI 1B,3B 66 D
Logan O’Hoppe LAA C 66 D
Hunter Renfroe KC OF 65 D
Ezequiel Tovar COL SS 65 D
Bryan De La Cruz ATL OF,DH 65 D
Jake Rogers DET C 65 D
Harrison Bader MIN OF 65 D
Nick Martini COL OF,DH 65 D
Andrew Vaughn CWS 1B,DH 65 D
Austin Riley ATL 3B 65 D
Taylor Ward LAA OF 65 D
Tommy Pham PIT OF 64 D
Christian Encarnacion-Strand CIN 1B 64 D
Mike Yastrzemski SF OF 64 D
Jose Trevino CIN C 64 D
Matt Wallner MIN OF 64 D
Matt Mervis MIA 1B,DH 64 D
Kyle Manzardo CLE 1B,DH 64 D
Steven Kwan CLE OF 64 D
Gabriel Moreno ARI C 64 D
Leody Taveras TEX OF 64 D
Nico Hoerner CHC 2B,SS 64 D
Jake Mangum TB OF 63 D
Jack Suwinski PIT OF 63 D
Luken Baker STL 1B,DH 63 D
Nolan Schanuel LAA 1B 63 D
Patrick Bailey SF C 63 D
Jose Altuve HOU 2B 63 D
Carlos Correa MIN SS 63 D
Tyler Fitzgerald SF 2B,SS,OF 63 D
Luke Raley SEA 1B,OF 63 D
Heliot Ramos SF OF 63 D
Luis Torrens NYM C 63 D
Willi Castro MIN 2B,3B,SS,OF 63 D
Max Muncy LAD 3B 63 D
Masyn Winn STL SS 63 D
Wilyer Abreu BOS OF 63 D
JJ Bleday ATH OF 62 D
Jo Adell LAA OF 62 D
Endy Rodriguez PIT C 62 D
Marcus Semien TEX 2B 62 D
Jose Caballero TB 2B,3B,SS 62 D
Bryson Stott PHI 2B,SS 62 D
Jose Miranda MIN 1B,3B,DH 62 D
Andrew Benintendi CWS OF 62 D
Otto Lopez MIA 2B,SS 62 D
Jacob Young WSH OF 62 D
Jarred Kelenic ATL OF 62 D
Spencer Torkelson DET 1B 62 D
Ryan McMahon COL 3B 62 D
Wilmer Flores SF 1B,DH 62 D
Ryan O’Hearn BAL 1B,OF,DH 62 D
Dylan Crews WSH OF 62 D
Randal Grichuk ARI OF,DH 61 D
Triston Casas BOS 1B 61 D
Bo Bichette TOR SS 61 D
Zach McKinstry DET 2B,3B,SS,OF 61 D
Miguel Amaya CHC C 61 D
Enrique Hernandez LAD 1B,2B,3B,SS,OF 61 D
Oswaldo Cabrera NYY 1B,2B,3B 61 D
Nolan Jones CLE OF 61 D
Andres Gimenez TOR 2B 61 D
Griffin Conine MIA OF 61 D
Maikel Garcia KC 2B,3B 61 D
Drake Baldwin ATL C 61 D
Travis Jankowski CWS OF,DH 61 D
Jonny DeLuca TB OF 61 D
Andy Pages LAD OF 61 D
Paul DeJong WSH 3B,SS 61 D
Luis Garcia WSH 2B 60 D
Mickey Moniak COL OF 60 D
Jeremy Pena HOU SS 60 D
Derek Hill MIA OF 60 D
Joey Ortiz MIL 3B,SS 60 D
Kyle Isbel KC OF 60 D
Alejandro Kirk TOR C 60 D
Nathaniel Lowe WSH 1B 60 D
Christopher Morel TB 2B,3B,OF,DH 60 D
MJ Melendez KC OF 60 D
Geraldo Perdomo ARI SS 60 D
Matt Thaiss CWS C 60 D
Ozzie Albies ATL 2B 60 D
LaMonte Wade Jr. SF 1B,OF 60 D
Jung Hoo Lee SF OF 60 D
Amed Rosario WSH 2B,3B,SS,OF,DH 60 D
Kameron Misner TB OF 60 D
Kris Bryant COL 1B,OF 59 F
Josh Smith TEX 3B,SS,OF 59 F
Miguel Andujar ATH OF 59 F
Yoan Moncada LAA 3B 59 F
Jonah Heim TEX C 59 F
Gavin Sheets SD 1B,OF,DH 59 F
Heston Kjerstad BAL OF 59 F
Chas McCormick HOU OF 59 F
Carlos Santana CLE 1B 59 F
Kyle Higashioka TEX C 59 F
Ryan Kreidler DET SS,OF 59 F
Justin Turner CHC 1B,DH 59 F
Freddy Fermin KC C,DH 59 F
Tyler Soderstrom ATH 1B 59 F
Michael Massey KC 2B 59 F
Jose Siri NYM OF 59 F
Jake McCarthy ARI OF 59 F
Danny Jansen TB C 59 F
Isiah Kiner-Falefa PIT 2B,3B,SS 59 F
Ben Rice NYY 1B 59 F
Kyle Stowers MIA OF 59 F
Ramon Urias BAL 3B 58 F
Michael Busch CHC 1B 58 F
Blake Dunn CIN OF 58 F
Ramon Laureano BAL OF 58 F
Carlos Narvaez BOS C 58 F
Mark Canha KC 1B,OF,DH 58 F
Nathan Lukes TOR OF 58 F
Adam Frazier PIT 2B,3B,OF 58 F
Ryan Mountcastle BAL 1B 58 F
Donovan Solano SEA 1B,3B,DH 58 F
Andrew McCutchen PIT OF,DH 58 F
Isaac Paredes HOU 1B,3B 58 F
Tyrone Taylor NYM OF 58 F
Mitch Garver SEA C,DH 58 F
Ryan Bliss SEA 2B 58 F
Alan Roden TOR OF 58 F
Junior Caminero TB 3B 58 F
Nick Fortes MIA C 58 F
Dylan Moore SEA 1B,2B,3B,SS,OF 57 F
Mauricio Dubon HOU 1B,2B,3B,OF 57 F
Ke’Bryan Hayes PIT 3B 57 F
Xander Bogaerts SD 2B,SS 57 F
Pedro Pages STL C 57 F
Dane Myers MIA OF 57 F
Carson Kelly CHC C 57 F
Rob Refsnyder BOS OF 57 F
Johan Rojas PHI OF 57 F
Brandon Lockridge SD OF 57 F
Daniel Schneemann CLE 3B,SS,OF 57 F
Starling Marte NYM OF 57 F
Graham Pauley MIA 3B 57 F
Jonathan Aranda TB 1B,2B 57 F
Alex Call WSH OF 57 F
Elias Diaz SD C 57 F
Michael A. Taylor CWS OF 57 F
Gary Sanchez BAL C,DH 57 F
Myles Straw TOR OF 56 F
Isaac Collins MIL OF 56 F
Jake Meyers HOU OF 56 F
Eric Haase MIL C 56 F
Taylor Walls TB SS 56 F
Javier Sanoja MIA 2B,SS,OF 56 F
Jhonkensy Noel CLE OF 56 F
Jake Cronenworth SD 1B,2B 56 F
Christian Vazquez MIN C 56 F
Jordan Beck COL OF 56 F
Ezequiel Duran TEX 1B,3B,SS,OF 56 F
Edmundo Sosa PHI 2B,3B,SS 56 F
Cavan Biggio KC 1B,2B,3B,OF 56 F
Tyler Freeman COL SS,OF 56 F
Liam Hicks MIA C 56 F
Colt Keith DET 2B 56 F
Seth Brown ATH 1B,OF 56 F
Trey Sweeney DET SS 56 F
Austin Slater CWS OF 55 F
Jonah Bride MIA 1B,3B 55 F
Stuart Fairchild ATL OF 55 F
Dillon Dingler DET C 55 F
Jason Heyward SD OF 55 F
Gabriel Arias CLE 3B,SS 55 F
Kevin Newman LAA 1B,2B,SS 55 F
Trent Grisham NYY OF 55 F
Max Muncy ATH 2B,SS 55 F

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Teams & Players to Target (Great Matchups + High Grades)

Cleveland Guardians (Matchup Rank: 1)

  • Games: 6 (4 vs RHP, 2 vs LHP)

  • Pitcher Matchups: Extremely favorable with several back-end arms (SPs ranked 193+)

  • Top Hitters:

    • José Ramírez (100 Grade, A)

    • Steven Kwan (64 Grade, D — but volume/OBP play in points leagues)


New York Mets (Matchup Rank: 2)

  • Games: 6 (5 vs RHP)

  • Pitcher Matchups: Mostly soft-tossers and NR-ranked arms from MIA and OAK

  • Top Hitters:

    • Juan Soto (97 Grade, A)

    • Francisco Lindor (80 Grade, B)


San Diego Padres (Matchup Rank: 3)

  • Games: 6 (4 vs RHP, 2 vs LHP)

  • Pitcher Matchups: Very soft, with multiple SPs ranked 172+

  • Top Hitters:

    • Luis Arraez (66 Grade, D — but contact machine)

    • Xander Bogaerts (57 Grade, F — but worth monitoring if slumping ends)


Miami Marlins (Matchup Rank: 4)

  • Games: 6 (5 vs RHP)

  • Pitcher Matchups: Mostly NR/low-ranked arms (Phillips, Holmes, etc.)

  • Top Hitters:

    • Xavier Edwards (75 Grade, C — speed option)


Boston Red Sox (Matchup Rank: 5)

  • Games: 7 (5 vs RHP, 2 vs LHP)

  • Pitcher Matchups: TOR + CHW back-end arms

  • Top Hitters:

    • Rafael Devers (93 Grade, A — slow start but could heat up this week)

    • Jarren Duran (86 Grade, B)

    • Wilyer Abreu (63 Grade, D — deeper league upside)


Milwaukee Brewers (Matchup Rank: 6)

  • Games: 6 (4 vs RHP, 2 vs LHP)

  • Pitcher Matchups: Coors Field + meh SPs in ARI/MIL

  • Top Hitters:

    • Christian Yelich (100 Grade, A)

    • William Contreras (100 Grade, A)

    • Rhys Hoskins (86 Grade, B)


Teams & Players to Avoid (Poor Matchups or Cold Bats)

St. Louis Cardinals (Matchup Rank: 30 – Worst)

  • Games: 6 (5 vs RHP)

  • Pitcher Matchups: PIT + PHI aces — includes Wheeler, Skenes, Nola

  • Avoid:

    • Jordan Walker (66 Grade, D)


Seattle Mariners (Matchup Rank: 29)

  • Games: 6 (5 vs RHP)

  • Pitcher Matchups: HOU + TEX top arms including Valdez, deGrom, Gilbert


Texas Rangers (Matchup Rank: 28)

  • Games: 6 (vs CHC + SEA)

  • Pitcher Matchups: Steele, Imanaga, Gilbert, Eovaldi — lots of tough arms


Chicago Cubs (Matchup Rank: 26)

  • Games: 6 (all vs RHP)

  • Pitcher Matchups: TEX + LAD with Glasnow, Sasaki, Mahle

  • Avoid:

    • Ian Happ (81 Grade, B — risky despite grade in shallow leagues)

    • Dansby Swanson (69 Grade, D)


Kansas City Royals (Matchup Rank: 25)

  • Games: 7 (6 vs RHP)

  • Pitcher Matchups: MIN + CLE arms — several ranked inside SP Top 50

  • Avoid:

    • You’re still starting Bobby Witt Jr. and Salvador Perez, but maybe avoid streaming Royals hitters this week.


Sneaky Streamers & Sleepers

  • Lawrence Butler (OAK) – 83 Grade, B – Nice matchups vs NYM/SD. He’s rostered everywhere but is off to a slow start and is a potential buy-low opportunity ahead of this week.

  • TJ Friedl (CIN) – 91 Grade, A – Underrated part of Reds attack with weak PIT staff

  • Brenton Doyle (COL) – 88 Grade, B – Coors Field bump incoming. Same deal as Lawrence Butler.

For more information about Hitter vs. Pitcher matchups, head over to the FantasyPros MLB Weekly Hitting Matchups tool.

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