Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice (5/5 – 5/11)

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

Fantasy Baseball Trade Advice & Waiver Wire Targets

Fed up with dropping games? Turn around your season with this edition of “The Cycle,” where Mike Maher and Kelly Kirby 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!

Will Houston Astros OF/DH Yordan Alvarez or Toronto Blue Jays SS Bo Bichette regain their power? Is Texas Rangers SP Nathan Eovaldi destined to regress? Plus, can New York Mets SP Griffin Canning keep putting them down?

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

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