Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice (8/11 – 8/17)

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
Ketel Marte	ARI	2B,DH	100	A
Kyle Schwarber	PHI	OF,DH	100	A
Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B,DH	100	A
Shohei Ohtani	LAD	DH	100	A
Cal Raleigh	SEA	DH,C	100	A
Corbin Carroll	ARI	OF	100	A
Aaron Judge	NYY	OF,DH	100	A
Kerry Carpenter	DET	OF,DH	100	A
Riley Greene	DET	OF,DH	100	A
Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS	100	A
Tyler Freeman	COL	2B,SS,OF,DH	100	A
Seiya Suzuki	CHC	OF,DH	100	A
Hunter Goodman	COL	OF,DH,C	98	A
James Wood	WSH	OF,DH	96	A
CJ Abrams	WSH	SS	95	A
Jordan Beck	COL	OF,DH	95	A
Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	OF	94	A
Luke Keaschall	MIN	1B,2B,OF,DH	94	A
Bryce Harper	PHI	1B	94	A
Junior Caminero	TB	3B,DH	93	A
Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	2B,3B,OF	93	A
Nick Kurtz	ATH	1B,DH	93	A
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	ARI	OF,DH	92	A
Jose Altuve	HOU	2B,OF,DH	91	A
Shea Langeliers	ATH	DH,C	90	A
Elly De La Cruz	CIN	SS	90	A
Kyle Tucker	CHC	OF,DH	90	A
Christian Yelich	MIL	OF,DH	89	B
Maikel Garcia	KC	2B,3B,SS,OF,DH	88	B
Juan Soto	NYM	OF	87	B
Will Smith	LAD	C	87	B
Josh Naylor	SEA	1B,DH	86	B
Wenceel Perez	DET	OF	86	B
Geraldo Perdomo	ARI	SS	86	B
Chandler Simpson	TB	OF	85	B
Wyatt Langford	TEX	OF,DH	85	B
Spencer Torkelson	DET	1B,DH	85	B
Adolis Garcia	TEX	OF,DH	84	B
Colt Keith	DET	1B,2B,3B,DH	84	B
Jasson Dominguez	NYY	OF,DH	84	B
Jarren Duran	BOS	OF	83	B
Mike Trout	LAA	OF,DH	83	B
Zach Neto	LAA	SS	83	B
Tyler Locklear	ARI	1B	83	B
Luis Robert Jr.	CWS	OF	83	B
Jordan Westburg	BAL	2B,3B,DH	82	B
Brent Rooker	ATH	OF,DH	81	B
Alex Bregman	BOS	3B	81	B
Mickey Moniak	COL	OF,DH	81	B
Agustin Ramirez	MIA	1B,DH,C	80	B
Trea Turner	PHI	SS	80	B
Manny Machado	SD	3B,DH	80	B
Gunnar Henderson	BAL	SS,DH	80	B
Cody Bellinger	NYY	1B,OF,DH	80	B
Ivan Herrera	STL	DH,C	79	C
Teoscar Hernandez	LAD	OF	79	C
Kyle Stowers	MIA	OF,DH	79	C
Austin Hays	CIN	OF,DH	78	C
Trevor Story	BOS	SS	78	C
Willson Contreras	STL	1B,DH,C	78	C
Wilyer Abreu	BOS	OF	78	C
Alec Burleson	STL	1B,OF,DH	78	C
Gleyber Torres	DET	2B,DH	77	C
Zach McKinstry	DET	2B,3B,SS,OF	77	C
Salvador Perez	KC	1B,DH,C	77	C
J.T. Realmuto	PHI	C	76	C
Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	OF	76	C
Trevor Larnach	MIN	OF,DH	76	C
Alek Thomas	ARI	OF	76	C
Pete Alonso	NYM	1B	76	C
Yandy Diaz	TB	1B,DH	75	C
Mookie Betts	LAD	2B,SS,OF	75	C
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B,3B,DH	75	C
Andrew Vaughn	MIL	1B,DH	75	C
Oneil Cruz	PIT	SS,OF	75	C
Jeremy Pena	HOU	SS	75	C
Blaze Alexander	ARI	2B,3B,SS	75	C
Jorge Polanco	SEA	2B,3B,DH	75	C
Jo Adell	LAA	OF	75	C
Roman Anthony	BOS	OF,DH	74	C
Ceddanne Rafaela	BOS	2B,SS,OF	74	C
Ben Rice	NYY	1B,DH,C	74	C
Trent Grisham	NYY	OF	74	C
Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	73	C
Vinnie Pasquantino	KC	1B,DH	73	C
Yainer Diaz	HOU	1B,DH,C	73	C
Ramon Laureano	SD	OF,DH	73	C
Bo Bichette	TOR	SS,DH	72	C
Kody Clemens	MIN	1B,2B,3B,OF	72	C
Carson Kelly	CHC	C	72	C
Julio Rodriguez	SEA	OF	72	C
Ryan Jeffers	MIN	DH,C	72	C
Andrew Benintendi	CWS	OF,DH	72	C
Brandon Lowe	TB	1B,2B,DH	72	C
Taylor Ward	LAA	OF	72	C
Masataka Yoshida	BOS	OF,DH	72	C
Randy Arozarena	SEA	OF	71	C
William Contreras	MIL	DH,C	71	C
Jakob Marsee	MIA	OF	71	C
Brandon Nimmo	NYM	OF	71	C
Logan O’Hoppe	LAA	DH,C	70	C
Adrian Del Castillo	ARI	DH,C	70	C
Ezequiel Tovar	COL	SS	70	C
Andy Pages	LAD	OF	70	C
Royce Lewis	MIN	3B,DH	70	C
Matt Chapman	SF	3B	70	C
Sal Frelick	MIL	OF	70	C
Spencer Steer	CIN	1B,OF,DH	69	D
Nick Castellanos	PHI	OF	69	D
Xander Bogaerts	SD	2B,SS,DH	69	D
Eli White	ATL	OF,DH	69	D
Drew Millas	WSH	C	69	D
Isaac Collins	MIL	OF	69	D
Corey Seager	TEX	SS,DH	69	D
Warming Bernabel	COL	1B,3B	69	D
Mike Tauchman	CWS	OF,DH	69	D
Lenyn Sosa	CWS	1B,2B,3B,DH	68	D
Lawrence Butler	ATH	OF	68	D
Kyle Higashioka	TEX	DH,C	68	D
Rafael Devers	SF	1B,3B,DH	68	D
Dominic Canzone	SEA	OF	68	D
Josh Smith	TEX	1B,3B,SS,OF,DH	68	D
Carlos Santana	CLE	1B,DH	68	D
Steven Kwan	CLE	OF	68	D
Javier Baez	DET	2B,3B,SS,OF	68	D
Adley Rutschman	BAL	DH,C	68	D
Heriberto Hernandez	MIA	OF,DH	67	D
Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	67	D
Giancarlo Stanton	NYY	OF,DH	67	D
Brenton Doyle	COL	OF	67	D
Josh Lowe	TB	OF	67	D
Noelvi Marte	CIN	3B,OF	67	D
Daulton Varsho	TOR	OF	66	D
Coby Mayo	BAL	1B,3B,DH	66	D
Tyler Soderstrom	ATH	1B,OF	66	D
Ryan Mountcastle	BAL	1B,DH	66	D
Bryan Reynolds	PIT	OF,DH	66	D
Cedric Mullins II	NYM	OF	66	D
Tyler Stephenson	CIN	DH,C	66	D
Willy Adames	SF	SS	66	D
TJ Friedl	CIN	OF	65	D
Heliot Ramos	SF	OF	65	D
Blake Perkins	MIL	OF	65	D
Bo Naylor	CLE	C	65	D
Luis Arraez	SD	1B,2B,DH	65	D
Kyle Manzardo	CLE	1B,DH	65	D
Anthony Volpe	NYY	SS	65	D
Daniel Schneemann	CLE	2B,3B,SS,OF	65	D
Mark Vientos	NYM	3B,DH	65	D
Austin Martin	MIN	2B,OF	65	D
Jonathan India	KC	2B,3B,OF,DH	65	D
Luis Garcia	WSH	2B	65	D
Carlos Narvaez	BOS	C	64	D
Nolan Gorman	STL	2B,3B,DH	64	D
Marcell Ozuna	ATL	OF,DH	64	D
Jesus Sanchez	HOU	OF	64	D
Christian Walker	HOU	1B	64	D
John Rave	KC	OF	64	D
Dillon Dingler	DET	C	64	D
Jacob Young	WSH	OF	64	D
Alejandro Kirk	TOR	DH,C	64	D
Michael Harris II	ATL	OF	64	D
Jackson Merrill	SD	OF	63	D
Ronny Mauricio	NYM	2B,3B	63	D
Brendan Donovan	STL	2B,3B,SS,OF	63	D
Addison Barger	TOR	3B,OF	63	D
Sean Murphy	ATL	DH,C	63	D
Andrew McCutchen	PIT	OF,DH	63	D
Josh Bell	WSH	1B,DH	63	D
Robert Hassell III	WSH	OF	63	D
Jeff McNeil	NYM	2B,OF,DH	63	D
Dansby Swanson	CHC	SS	63	D
Edmundo Sosa	PHI	2B,3B,SS	63	D
Brandon Marsh	PHI	OF	63	D
Marcus Semien	TEX	2B	63	D
Michael Busch	CHC	1B	63	D
Jake Mangum	TB	OF	63	D
Rowdy Tellez	TEX	1B,DH	62	D
Michael A. Taylor	CWS	OF,DH	62	D
Edouard Julien	MIN	2B,DH	62	D
Ha-Seong Kim	TB	2B,SS	62	D
Carlos Correa	HOU	3B,SS	62	D
Jordan Walker	STL	OF	62	D
Brice Turang	MIL	2B	62	D
Austin Wells	NYY	C	62	D
Ian Happ	CHC	OF	62	D
Joey Loperfido	TOR	OF	62	D
Gavin Lux	CIN	2B,3B,OF,DH	62	D
Caleb Durbin	MIL	2B,3B,SS	62	D
Joc Pederson	TEX	OF,DH	62	D
Davis Schneider	TOR	2B,OF	62	D
Victor Caratini	HOU	1B,DH,C	61	D
Freddy Fermin	SD	DH,C	61	D
Yohel Pozo	STL	DH,C	61	D
Tommy Pham	PIT	OF	61	D
Francisco Alvarez	NYM	C	61	D
Matt McLain	CIN	2B,SS	61	D
Jeremiah Jackson	BAL	3B,SS,OF	61	D
Edgar Quero	CWS	DH,C	61	D
Daylen Lile	WSH	OF	61	D
Taylor Trammell	HOU	OF	61	D
Christopher Morel	TB	2B,3B,OF,DH	61	D
Mike Yastrzemski	KC	OF	61	D
Xavier Edwards	MIA	2B,SS	61	D
Michael Conforto	LAD	OF,DH	61	D
Henry Davis	PIT	C	61	D
Casey Schmitt	SF	1B,2B,3B,SS	61	D
Kyle Teel	CWS	DH,C	61	D
Cam Smith	HOU	3B,OF	61	D
Ryan O’Hearn	SD	1B,OF,DH	60	D
Victor Scott	STL	OF	60	D
Drake Baldwin	ATL	DH,C	60	D
Willi Castro	CHC	2B,3B,SS,OF	60	D
Jose Iglesias	SD	2B,3B,SS,DH	60	D
Jurickson Profar	ATL	OF	60	D
Liam Hicks	MIA	1B,DH,C	60	D
Eric Wagaman	MIA	1B,3B,OF,DH	60	D
Jung Hoo Lee	SF	OF	60	D
Mauricio Dubon	HOU	1B,2B,3B,SS,OF	60	D
Jonah Heim	TEX	DH,C	60	D
Nico Hoerner	CHC	2B,SS	60	D
Jose Herrera	ARI	C	60	D
Bryce Teodosio	LAA	OF	60	D
Greg Allen	BAL	OF	60	D
Starling Marte	NYM	OF,DH	60	D
Jackson Holliday	BAL	2B,SS	60	D
Alan Roden	MIN	OF	60	D
Mitch Garver	SEA	DH,C	59	F
Lars Nootbaar	STL	OF	59	F
Randal Grichuk	KC	OF,DH	59	F
CJ Kayfus	CLE	1B,OF	59	F
Brady House	WSH	3B	59	F
Kyle Farmer	COL	1B,2B,3B,SS,DH	59	F
Yanquiel Fernandez	COL	OF,DH	59	F
Matt Olson	ATL	1B	59	F
Kyle Isbel	KC	OF	59	F
JJ Bleday	ATH	OF	59	F
Pedro Pages	STL	C	59	F
Miguel Andujar	CIN	3B,OF,DH	59	F
Colson Montgomery	CWS	3B,SS	59	F
Nolan Schanuel	LAA	1B	59	F
Adam Frazier	KC	2B,3B,OF	59	F
Brooks Baldwin	CWS	2B,3B,SS,OF	59	F
Masyn Winn	STL	SS	59	F
Otto Kemp	PHI	1B,2B,3B,OF	59	F
Connor Wong	BOS	1B,C	59	F
Max Muncy	LAD	3B	58	F
Dylan Carlson	BAL	OF	58	F
Sam Haggerty	TEX	2B,OF,DH	58	F
Gavin Sheets	SD	1B,OF,DH	58	F
Patrick Bailey	SF	C	58	F
Nathan Lukes	TOR	OF	58	F
Ryan McMahon	NYY	3B	58	F
Wilmer Flores	SF	1B,DH	58	F
Max Kepler	PHI	OF	58	F
Abraham Toro	BOS	1B,2B,3B	58	F
Dane Myers	MIA	OF	58	F
Mickey Gasper	MIN	1B,2B,DH	58	F
Brooks Lee	MIN	2B,3B,SS	58	F
Justin Turner	CHC	1B,3B,DH	58	F
Jake Fraley	CIN	OF	58	F
Troy Johnston	MIA	1B,OF	57	F
Myles Straw	TOR	OF	57	F
Rob Refsnyder	BOS	OF,DH	57	F
Jake McCarthy	ARI	OF	57	F
Drew Gilbert	SF	OF	57	F
Romy Gonzalez	BOS	1B,2B,3B,SS	57	F
David Fry	CLE	1B,OF,DH,C	57	F
Otto Lopez	MIA	2B,SS	57	F
Kyle Karros	COL	3B	57	F
Tristan Peters	TB	OF	57	F
Amed Rosario	NYY	2B,3B,SS,OF,DH	57	F
Nathaniel Lowe	WSH	1B	57	F
Anthony Seigler	MIL	2B,3B,C	57	F
Alex Call	LAD	OF,DH	57	F
Max Schuemann	ATH	2B,3B,SS,OF	57	F
Jahmai Jones	DET	OF,DH	57	F
Jake Burger	TEX	1B,3B,DH	57	F
Angel Martinez	CLE	2B,OF	57	F
Donovan Solano	SEA	1B,3B,DH	57	F
Matt Vierling	DET	3B,OF	57	F
Nolan Jones	CLE	OF	56	F
Carlos Cortes	ATH	OF	56	F
Jack Suwinski	PIT	OF	56	F
Josh Jung	TEX	3B	56	F
Brandon Lockridge	MIL	OF	56	F
Ryan Noda	BAL	1B,DH	56	F
Curtis Mead	CWS	1B,2B,3B	56	F
James McCann	ARI	C	56	F
Harrison Bader	PHI	OF	56	F
Grant McCray	SF	OF	56	F
Darell Hernaiz	ATH	3B,SS	56	F
Gustavo Campero	LAA	OF	56	F
Riley Adams	WSH	C	55	F
Bryce Johnson	SD	OF	55	F
Javier Sanoja	MIA	2B,3B,SS,OF	55	F
Melky Mesa	KC	OF,DH	55	F
Matt Shaw	CHC	2B,3B,SS	55	F
Cooper Hummel	HOU	1B,OF	55	F
Ernie Clement	TOR	1B,2B,3B,SS	55	F

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