Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice (5/19 – 5/25)

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
Wyatt Langford TEX OF,DH 100 A
Fernando Tatis Jr. SD OF 100 A
Adolis Garcia TEX OF,DH 100 A
Manny Machado SD 3B,DH 100 A
Jose Ramirez CLE 3B,DH 100 A
Elly De La Cruz CIN SS 100 A
Kerry Carpenter DET OF,DH 100 A
Corbin Carroll ARI OF 100 A
Aaron Judge NYY OF,DH 100 A
Agustin Ramirez MIA 1B,DH,C 100 A
Pete Crow-Armstrong CHC OF 99 A
Kyle Schwarber PHI OF,DH 97 A
Austin Hays CIN OF,DH 96 A
CJ Abrams WSH SS 95 A
Riley Greene DET OF,DH 95 A
Kyle Tucker CHC OF 94 A
Seiya Suzuki CHC OF,DH 94 A
Freddie Freeman LAD 1B 94 A
Ketel Marte ARI 2B,DH 92 A
Cal Raleigh SEA DH,C 91 A
George Springer TOR OF,DH 91 A
Byron Buxton MIN OF 91 A
Josh Naylor ARI 1B,DH 90 A
Bobby Witt Jr. KC SS 90 A
Brent Rooker ATH OF,DH 90 A
Mookie Betts LAD 2B,SS,OF 90 A
Michael Harris II ATL OF 87 B
Shea Langeliers ATH C 87 B
James Wood WSH OF 86 B
Zach Neto LAA SS 86 B
Junior Caminero TB 3B 85 B
Luis Robert Jr. CWS OF 84 B
Jose Caballero TB 2B,3B,SS,OF 83 B
Carson Kelly CHC C 83 B
Trevor Larnach MIN OF,DH 83 B
Francisco Lindor NYM SS 83 B
Dylan Moore SEA 1B,2B,3B,SS,OF 83 B
Christian Yelich MIL OF,DH 82 B
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 1B,3B,DH 82 B
Jake Burger TEX 1B,3B,DH 81 B
Jackson Merrill SD OF 81 B
Rafael Devers BOS 3B,DH 81 B
Amed Rosario WSH 2B,3B,SS,OF,DH 80 B
William Contreras MIL DH,C 80 B
Lars Nootbaar STL OF 80 B
Bryce Harper PHI 1B 80 B
Chandler Simpson TB OF 79 C
Ryan O’Hearn BAL 1B,OF,DH 79 C
Jarren Duran BOS OF 79 C
Eugenio Suarez ARI 3B 79 C
Gunnar Henderson BAL SS 78 C
Will Smith LAD C 78 C
Wilmer Flores SF 1B,DH 78 C
Kyle Manzardo CLE 1B,DH 78 C
Spencer Steer CIN 1B,OF,DH 77 C
Spencer Torkelson DET 1B,DH 77 C
Andy Pages LAD OF 77 C
Trent Grisham NYY OF 77 C
Austin Riley ATL 3B 77 C
Jeremy Pena HOU SS 76 C
Gabriel Moreno ARI C 76 C
Jackson Chourio MIL OF 76 C
Jonathan Aranda TB 1B,2B 76 C
Marcell Ozuna ATL OF,DH 76 C
Cedric Mullins II BAL OF 76 C
Dylan Crews WSH OF 75 C
Brandon Lowe TB 1B,2B,DH 75 C
Tyler Soderstrom ATH 1B,OF 75 C
Dansby Swanson CHC SS 75 C
J.T. Realmuto PHI C 75 C
Maikel Garcia KC 2B,3B,OF 75 C
Jose Altuve HOU 2B,OF,DH 75 C
Evan Carter TEX OF 74 C
Ozzie Albies ATL 2B 74 C
Daulton Varsho TOR OF 74 C
Jorge Polanco SEA 2B,3B,DH 74 C
Heliot Ramos SF OF 74 C
Willson Contreras STL 1B,DH,C 73 C
Cody Bellinger NYY 1B,OF,DH 73 C
Josh Jung TEX 3B 73 C
Juan Soto NYM OF 73 C
Gavin Lux CIN 2B,OF,DH 73 C
Matt Olson ATL 1B 73 C
Jorge Soler LAA OF,DH 73 C
Steven Kwan CLE OF 72 C
Xander Bogaerts SD 2B,SS 72 C
Colt Keith DET 1B,2B,DH 72 C
Trea Turner PHI SS 72 C
Keibert Ruiz WSH C 72 C
Joc Pederson TEX OF,DH 72 C
Matt Chapman SF 3B 72 C
Eli White ATL OF 72 C
Gavin Sheets SD 1B,OF,DH 72 C
Julio Rodriguez SEA OF 71 C
Marcus Semien TEX 2B 71 C
Logan O’Hoppe LAA C 71 C
Michael Conforto LAD OF,DH 71 C
Alex Bregman BOS 3B 71 C
Ceddanne Rafaela BOS 2B,SS,OF 71 C
Anthony Santander TOR OF,DH 71 C
Ben Rice NYY 1B,DH 70 C
Javier Baez DET 3B,SS,OF 70 C
Will Benson CIN OF 70 C
Vinnie Pasquantino KC 1B,DH 70 C
Austin Wells NYY C 70 C
Jacob Wilson ATH SS 70 C
Brandon Nimmo NYM OF 70 C
Jonathan India KC 2B,3B,OF,DH 70 C
Josh Smith TEX 1B,3B,SS,OF 70 C
Lawrence Butler ATH OF 70 C
Carlos Santana CLE 1B,DH 69 D
Victor Scott STL OF 69 D
Royce Lewis MIN 3B,DH 69 D
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. ARI OF 69 D
Yainer Diaz HOU 1B,DH,C 69 D
Dillon Dingler DET C 69 D
Matt McLain CIN 2B,SS 69 D
Brendan Donovan STL 2B,3B,SS,OF 69 D
Andrew McCutchen PIT OF,DH 68 D
Josh Lowe TB OF 68 D
Rhys Hoskins MIL 1B,DH 68 D
Taylor Ward LAA OF 68 D
Bo Naylor CLE C 68 D
Bo Bichette TOR SS 68 D
Pete Alonso NYM 1B 68 D
Luis Arraez SD 1B,2B,DH 68 D
TJ Friedl CIN OF 67 D
Josh Bell WSH 1B,DH 67 D
Carlos Narvaez BOS C 67 D
Kyle Stowers MIA OF 67 D
Salvador Perez KC 1B,DH,C 67 D
Kristian Campbell BOS 2B,SS,OF 67 D
Hunter Goodman COL OF,DH,C 67 D
Matt Mervis MIA 1B,DH 67 D
Brice Turang MIL 2B 67 D
Jonah Heim TEX DH,C 67 D
Jo Adell LAA OF 66 D
Jake Meyers HOU OF 66 D
Bryan Reynolds PIT OF,DH 66 D
Alex Verdugo ATL OF 66 D
Jackson Holliday BAL 2B,SS 66 D
Jordan Beck COL OF 66 D
Wilyer Abreu BOS OF 66 D
Brenton Doyle COL OF 65 D
Pavin Smith ARI 1B,OF,DH 65 D
Jake Bauers MIL 1B,OF 65 D
Adley Rutschman BAL DH,C 65 D
Kameron Misner TB OF 65 D
Trey Sweeney DET SS 65 D
Randy Arozarena SEA OF 65 D
Ryan Jeffers MIN DH,C 64 D
Daniel Schneemann CLE 2B,3B,SS,OF 64 D
Sean Murphy ATL C 64 D
Jung Hoo Lee SF OF 64 D
Harrison Bader MIN OF 64 D
Joey Bart PIT C 64 D
Jesus Sanchez MIA OF 64 D
Jasson Dominguez NYY OF 63 D
Gleyber Torres DET 2B 63 D
Santiago Espinal CIN 2B,3B,OF 63 D
Alec Burleson STL 1B,OF,DH 63 D
Nathaniel Lowe WSH 1B 63 D
Andrew Vaughn CWS 1B,DH 63 D
Zach McKinstry DET 2B,3B,SS,OF 63 D
Connor Norby MIA 2B,3B 63 D
Nick Castellanos PHI OF 63 D
Derek Hill MIA OF 62 D
Starling Marte NYM OF,DH 62 D
Miguel Andujar ATH 3B,OF 62 D
Willi Castro MIN 2B,3B,SS,OF 62 D
Eric Wagaman MIA 1B,3B,OF,DH 62 D
Zach Dezenzo HOU 1B,OF 62 D
Leody Taveras SEA OF 62 D
Willy Adames SF SS 62 D
Isaac Paredes HOU 1B,3B 62 D
Tyler Stephenson CIN C 62 D
Miguel Vargas CWS 1B,3B,OF 61 D
Matt Gorski PIT 1B,OF 61 D
Michael Busch CHC 1B 61 D
Tyler O’Neill BAL OF 61 D
Ivan Herrera STL C 61 D
Gabriel Arias CLE 2B,3B,SS 61 D
Trevor Story BOS SS 61 D
Oneil Cruz PIT SS,OF 61 D
Christian Walker HOU 1B 61 D
Ramon Laureano BAL OF 61 D
Alexander Canario PIT OF 61 D
Nico Hoerner CHC 2B,SS 61 D
Victor Caratini HOU 1B,C 61 D
Masyn Winn STL SS 61 D
Freddy Fermin KC DH,C 61 D
Alex Call WSH OF 60 D
Kyren Paris LAA 2B,OF 60 D
Alek Thomas ARI OF 60 D
Danny Jansen TB C 60 D
Michael Toglia COL 1B,OF 60 D
Nick Martini COL OF,DH 60 D
Kyle Isbel KC OF 60 D
Mark Canha KC 1B,OF,DH 60 D
Drake Baldwin ATL C 60 D
Jacob Young WSH OF 60 D
Jon Berti CHC 2B,3B 60 D
Drew Waters KC OF 60 D
Xavier Edwards MIA SS 60 D
Nathan Lukes TOR OF 60 D
Luis Matos SF OF 59 F
Francisco Alvarez NYM C 59 F
Javier Sanoja MIA 2B,SS,OF 59 F
Sal Frelick MIL OF 59 F
Travis Jankowski TB OF,DH 59 F
Jake Cronenworth SD 1B,2B 59 F
Christopher Morel TB 2B,3B,OF,DH 59 F
Matthew Lugo LAA OF 59 F
Heston Kjerstad BAL OF 59 F
Elias Diaz SD C 59 F
Mike Yastrzemski SF OF 59 F
Brooks Lee MIN 2B,3B,SS 59 F
Ezequiel Duran TEX 1B,3B,SS,OF 59 F
James Outman LAD OF 59 F
Stuart Fairchild ATL OF,DH 59 F
Addison Barger TOR 3B,OF 59 F
Alejandro Kirk TOR C 59 F
Paul Goldschmidt NYY 1B 59 F
Jordan Walker STL OF 58 F
JJ Bleday ATH OF 58 F
Edgar Quero CWS C 58 F
Randal Grichuk ARI OF,DH 58 F
Angel Martinez CLE OF 58 F
Justin Turner CHC 1B,3B,DH 58 F
Isiah Kiner-Falefa PIT 2B,3B,SS 58 F
Rece Hinds CIN OF 58 F
Cavan Biggio KC 1B,2B,3B,OF,DH 58 F
Will Brennan CLE OF 58 F
Pedro Pages STL C 58 F
Anthony Volpe NYY SS 58 F
Johan Rojas PHI OF 58 F
Tyrone Taylor NYM OF 58 F
Enrique Hernandez LAD 1B,2B,3B,SS,OF 57 F
Miguel Amaya CHC C 57 F
Brandon Marsh PHI OF 57 F
Cam Smith HOU 3B,OF 57 F
Yohel Pozo STL DH,C 57 F
Brooks Baldwin CWS 2B,SS,OF 57 F
Max Kepler PHI OF 57 F
Patrick Bailey SF C 57 F
Bryson Stott PHI 2B,SS 57 F
Nolan Jones CLE OF 57 F
Yoan Moncada LAA 3B 57 F
Jason Heyward SD OF 57 F
Jonah Bride MIN 1B,3B,DH 57 F
Sean Bouchard COL OF,DH 57 F
Myles Straw TOR OF 57 F
Ryan Mountcastle BAL 1B 57 F
Moises Ballesteros CHC C 57 F
Michael A. Taylor CWS OF 57 F
Connor Joe CIN 1B,OF 57 F
Mickey Moniak COL OF 57 F
Mitch Garver SEA DH,C 57 F
Brandon Lockridge SD OF 56 F
Jonatan Clase TOR OF 56 F
Sam Haggerty TEX OF 56 F
Luis Urias ATH 2B,3B 56 F
Jeff McNeil NYM 2B,OF 56 F
Geraldo Perdomo ARI SS 56 F
Tim Tawa ARI 2B,OF 56 F
Jose Trevino CIN C 56 F
Ernie Clement TOR 2B,3B,SS 56 F
DaShawn Keirsey MIN OF 56 F
Donovan Solano SEA 1B,3B,DH 56 F
Nolan Schanuel LAA 1B 56 F
Justyn-Henry Malloy DET OF,DH 56 F
Connor Wong BOS 1B,C 56 F
Mauricio Dubon HOU 1B,2B,3B,OF 56 F
Rob Refsnyder BOS OF 56 F
Oswald Peraza NYY 2B,3B,SS 56 F
Chris Taylor LAD 2B,3B,OF 56 F
Joshua Palacios CWS OF 56 F
Kyle Higashioka TEX C 55 F
Miles Mastrobuoni SEA 2B,3B,SS,OF 55 F
Jared Triolo PIT 1B,2B,3B,SS 55 F
Nolan Arenado STL 3B 55 F
Hunter Renfroe KC OF 55 F
Henry Davis PIT C 55 F
Seth Brown ATH 1B,OF 55 F
Taylor Walls TB SS 55 F
Adam Frazier PIT 2B,3B,OF 55 F
Mark Vientos NYM 3B 55 F
Ji Hwan Bae PIT OF 55 F
Alec Bohm PHI 1B,3B 55 F
Ronny Simon MIA 2B,3B,OF 55 F
Tyler Heineman TOR C 55 F
Jose Azocar NYM OF 55 F
Ryan McMahon COL 3B 55 F
Jhonkensy Noel CLE OF 55 F
Melky Mesa KC OF,DH 55 F
Christian Koss SF 2B,SS 55 F
Martin Maldonado SD C 55 F
Tyler Wade SD 2B,3B,SS,OF 55 F
Jose Barrero STL SS,OF 55 F

Fantasy Baseball Trade Advice & Waiver Wire Targets

Level up your team by catching another edition of “The Cycle,” where Ryan Wormeli and Mike Maher share their favorite fantasy baseball trade targets to buy-low and sell-high, plus their best waiver wire adds and deep league sleepers to pick up!

What will Kansas City Royals SP Cole Ragans currently cost you? Can Chicago Cubs OF Pete Crow-Armstrong keep up his current pace? Plus, what makes Minnesota Twins 2B/3B/SS Brooks Lee one of the top waiver wire pickups of the week?

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

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