Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice (8/18 – 8/24)

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
Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	OF	100	A
Kyle Tucker	CHC	OF,DH	100	A
Kyle Schwarber	PHI	OF,DH	100	A
Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B,DH	100	A
Teoscar Hernandez	LAD	OF	100	A
Christian Yelich	MIL	OF,DH	100	A
Cal Raleigh	SEA	DH,C	100	A
Mookie Betts	LAD	2B,SS,OF	100	A
Aaron Judge	NYY	OF,DH	100	A
Seiya Suzuki	CHC	OF,DH	100	A
Will Smith	LAD	C	100	A
Juan Soto	NYM	OF	99	A
Nick Kurtz	ATH	1B,DH	98	A
George Springer	TOR	OF,DH	97	A
Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS	95	A
Andy Pages	LAD	OF	94	A
Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	94	A
James Wood	WSH	OF,DH	93	A
Gunnar Henderson	BAL	SS,DH	93	A
Byron Buxton	MIN	OF	91	A
Wyatt Langford	TEX	OF,DH	90	A
Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	90	A
Giancarlo Stanton	NYY	OF,DH	90	A
Josh Naylor	SEA	1B,DH	89	B
Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	2B,3B,OF	89	B
Manny Machado	SD	3B,DH	89	B
Luke Keaschall	MIN	1B,2B,OF,DH	88	B
Tyler Freeman	COL	2B,SS,OF,DH	88	B
Hunter Goodman	COL	OF,DH,C	88	B
Ketel Marte	ARI	2B,DH	87	B
Ivan Herrera	STL	DH,C	87	B
Junior Caminero	TB	3B,DH	86	B
Jose Altuve	HOU	2B,OF,DH	86	B
Maikel Garcia	KC	2B,3B,SS,OF,DH	86	B
Elly De La Cruz	CIN	SS	86	B
Shea Langeliers	ATH	DH,C	85	B
Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	OF	85	B
Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	OF	84	B
Jordan Westburg	BAL	2B,3B,DH	83	B
Agustin Ramirez	MIA	1B,DH,C	83	B
Miguel Andujar	CIN	3B,OF,DH	83	B
Zach Neto	LAA	SS	83	B
Brandon Nimmo	NYM	OF	83	B
Jordan Beck	COL	OF,DH	82	B
Cody Bellinger	NYY	1B,OF,DH	82	B
Julio Rodriguez	SEA	OF	82	B
Noelvi Marte	CIN	3B,OF	81	B
Sal Frelick	MIL	OF	81	B
Ramon Laureano	SD	OF,DH	80	B
CJ Abrams	WSH	SS	80	B
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B,3B,DH	80	B
Corey Seager	TEX	SS,DH	80	B
Luis Robert Jr.	CWS	OF	80	B
Andrew Vaughn	MIL	1B,DH	80	B
Spencer Steer	CIN	1B,OF,DH	80	B
Vinnie Pasquantino	KC	1B,DH	79	C
Victor Scott	STL	OF	79	C
Rafael Devers	SF	1B,3B,DH	79	C
Alec Burleson	STL	1B,OF,DH	79	C
Brice Turang	MIL	2B	79	C
Mike Trout	LAA	OF,DH	79	C
Randy Arozarena	SEA	OF	79	C
Matt Shaw	CHC	2B,3B,SS	79	C
William Contreras	MIL	DH,C	78	C
Corbin Carroll	ARI	OF	78	C
Michael Busch	CHC	1B	78	C
Austin Hays	CIN	OF,DH	77	C
Salvador Perez	KC	1B,DH,C	76	C
Jeremy Pena	HOU	SS	76	C
Chandler Simpson	TB	OF	76	C
Riley Greene	DET	OF,DH	76	C
Roman Anthony	BOS	OF,DH	76	C
Brent Rooker	ATH	OF,DH	76	C
Bryce Harper	PHI	1B	76	C
Xander Bogaerts	SD	2B,SS,DH	76	C
Matt Wallner	MIN	OF,DH	75	C
Trea Turner	PHI	SS	75	C
Carson Kelly	CHC	C	75	C
Brandon Lowe	TB	1B,2B,DH	74	C
Addison Barger	TOR	3B,OF	74	C
Ian Happ	CHC	OF	74	C
Lenyn Sosa	CWS	1B,2B,3B,DH	73	C
J.T. Realmuto	PHI	C	73	C
Bo Bichette	TOR	SS,DH	73	C
Wilyer Abreu	BOS	OF	73	C
Trevor Larnach	MIN	OF,DH	73	C
Daulton Varsho	TOR	OF	73	C
Romy Gonzalez	BOS	1B,2B,3B,SS	73	C
Willson Contreras	STL	1B,DH,C	73	C
Mickey Moniak	COL	OF,DH	72	C
Dansby Swanson	CHC	SS	72	C
Nolan Gorman	STL	2B,3B,DH	72	C
Tyler Soderstrom	ATH	1B,OF	72	C
Yainer Diaz	HOU	1B,DH,C	72	C
Bryan Reynolds	PIT	OF,DH	71	C
Taylor Ward	LAA	OF	71	C
Ben Rice	NYY	1B,DH,C	71	C
Jarren Duran	BOS	OF	71	C
Mike Tauchman	CWS	OF,DH	71	C
Alex Freeland	LAD	2B,3B,SS	71	C
Lars Nootbaar	STL	OF	71	C
Josh Smith	TEX	1B,3B,SS,OF,DH	71	C
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	ARI	OF,DH	71	C
Jeff McNeil	NYM	2B,OF,DH	70	C
Kerry Carpenter	DET	OF,DH	70	C
Marcell Ozuna	ATL	OF,DH	70	C
Kyle Higashioka	TEX	DH,C	70	C
Willy Adames	SF	SS	70	C
Spencer Torkelson	DET	1B,DH	70	C
Ronny Mauricio	NYM	2B,3B,DH	69	D
Jo Adell	LAA	OF	69	D
Trent Grisham	NYY	OF	69	D
Kyle Teel	CWS	DH,C	69	D
Brendan Donovan	STL	2B,3B,SS,OF	69	D
Josh Bell	WSH	1B,DH	69	D
Heriberto Hernandez	MIA	OF,DH	69	D
Ryan Mountcastle	BAL	1B,DH	68	D
Jakob Marsee	MIA	OF	68	D
Yandy Diaz	TB	1B,DH	68	D
Trevor Story	BOS	SS	68	D
Lawrence Butler	ATH	OF	68	D
Drake Baldwin	ATL	DH,C	67	D
Andrew Benintendi	CWS	OF,DH	67	D
Nathan Lukes	TOR	OF	67	D
Kody Clemens	MIN	1B,2B,3B,OF	67	D
Joey Ortiz	MIL	3B,SS	67	D
Gleyber Torres	DET	2B,DH	67	D
Dylan Crews	WSH	OF	67	D
Henry Davis	PIT	C	66	D
Heliot Ramos	SF	OF	66	D
Michael Harris II	ATL	OF	66	D
Luis Arraez	SD	1B,2B,DH	66	D
Tyler Stephenson	CIN	DH,C	66	D
Steven Kwan	CLE	OF	66	D
Nico Hoerner	CHC	2B,SS	66	D
Alejandro Kirk	TOR	DH,C	66	D
Jackson Merrill	SD	OF	66	D
Pete Alonso	NYM	1B	66	D
Rowdy Tellez	TEX	1B,DH	65	D
Nick Castellanos	PHI	OF	65	D
Caleb Durbin	MIL	2B,3B,SS	65	D
Andrew McCutchen	PIT	OF,DH	65	D
Xavier Edwards	MIA	2B,SS	65	D
Dylan Beavers	BAL	OF	65	D
Logan O’Hoppe	LAA	DH,C	65	D
Jorge Polanco	SEA	2B,3B,DH	65	D
Brandon Lockridge	MIL	OF	65	D
Coby Mayo	BAL	1B,3B,DH	65	D
Ryan Jeffers	MIN	DH,C	65	D
Geraldo Perdomo	ARI	SS	65	D
Adley Rutschman	BAL	DH,C	65	D
Wenceel Perez	DET	OF	65	D
Kyle Manzardo	CLE	1B,DH	65	D
Miguel Rojas	LAD	2B,3B,SS	65	D
Ceddanne Rafaela	BOS	2B,SS,OF	64	D
Carlos Santana	CLE	1B,DH	64	D
Tommy Pham	PIT	OF	64	D
Freddy Fermin	SD	DH,C	64	D
Colson Montgomery	CWS	3B,SS	64	D
Daniel Johnson	BAL	OF	64	D
Jonathan India	KC	2B,3B,OF,DH	64	D
Colt Keith	DET	1B,2B,3B,DH	64	D
Masataka Yoshida	BOS	OF,DH	64	D
Royce Lewis	MIN	3B,DH	63	D
Mitch Garver	SEA	DH,C	63	D
Brenton Doyle	COL	OF	63	D
Daylen Lile	WSH	OF	63	D
Evan Carter	TEX	OF	63	D
Jackson Holliday	BAL	2B,SS	63	D
Michael Conforto	LAD	OF,DH	63	D
TJ Friedl	CIN	OF	63	D
Gavin Lux	CIN	2B,3B,OF,DH	62	D
Starling Marte	NYM	OF,DH	62	D
Zach McKinstry	DET	2B,3B,SS,OF	62	D
Jasson Dominguez	NYY	OF,DH	62	D
Casey Schmitt	SF	1B,2B,3B,SS	62	D
Jurickson Profar	ATL	OF	62	D
Cedric Mullins II	NYM	OF	62	D
Joc Pederson	TEX	OF,DH	62	D
James Outman	MIN	OF	62	D
Liam Hicks	MIA	1B,DH,C	62	D
Jesus Sanchez	HOU	OF	62	D
Yoan Moncada	LAA	3B	62	D
Carlos Narvaez	BOS	C	62	D
Brandon Marsh	PHI	OF	62	D
Jung Hoo Lee	SF	OF	61	D
Ryan O’Hearn	SD	1B,OF,DH	61	D
CJ Kayfus	CLE	1B,OF	61	D
Christian Walker	HOU	1B	61	D
Alex Call	LAD	OF,DH	61	D
Andres Gimenez	TOR	2B	61	D
James McCann	ARI	C	61	D
Bryce Teodosio	LAA	OF	61	D
Mike Yastrzemski	KC	OF	61	D
Curtis Mead	CWS	1B,2B,3B	61	D
Eli White	ATL	OF,DH	61	D
Adam Frazier	KC	2B,3B,OF	61	D
Miguel Vargas	CWS	1B,3B,OF	61	D
Pedro Pages	STL	C	61	D
Eugenio Suarez	SEA	3B	61	D
Josh Lowe	TB	OF	61	D
Edgar Quero	CWS	DH,C	61	D
Ty France	TOR	1B,DH	61	D
Adrian Del Castillo	ARI	DH,C	60	D
Colby Thomas	ATH	OF	60	D
Rob Refsnyder	BOS	OF,DH	60	D
Sam Haggerty	TEX	2B,OF,DH	60	D
Javier Baez	DET	2B,3B,SS,OF	60	D
Daniel Schneemann	CLE	2B,3B,SS,OF	60	D
Francisco Alvarez	NYM	C	60	D
Eric Wagaman	MIA	1B,3B,OF,DH	60	D
Paul Goldschmidt	NYY	1B	60	D
Brett Baty	NYM	2B,3B	60	D
Michael A. Taylor	CWS	OF,DH	60	D
Cam Smith	HOU	3B,OF	60	D
Victor Caratini	HOU	1B,DH,C	60	D
Randal Grichuk	KC	OF,DH	60	D
Jose Iglesias	SD	2B,3B,SS,DH	60	D
Kyle Isbel	KC	OF	60	D
Matt Olson	ATL	1B	60	D
Yohel Pozo	STL	DH,C	60	D
Dillon Dingler	DET	C	60	D
Jacob Melton	HOU	OF	60	D
Jonah Heim	TEX	DH,C	60	D
Alek Thomas	ARI	OF	60	D
Nick Loftin	KC	2B,3B,OF	60	D
Mickey Gasper	MIN	1B,2B,DH,C	60	D
Sean Murphy	ATL	DH,C	59	F
Jack Suwinski	PIT	OF	59	F
Bo Naylor	CLE	C	59	F
Yanquiel Fernandez	COL	OF,DH	59	F
Alex Bregman	BOS	3B	59	F
Warming Bernabel	COL	1B,3B	59	F
Ezequiel Tovar	COL	SS	59	F
Dylan Carlson	BAL	OF	59	F
Marcus Semien	TEX	2B	59	F
Jake Mangum	TB	OF	59	F
Max Kepler	PHI	OF	59	F
Mark Vientos	NYM	3B,DH	59	F
Jordan Walker	STL	OF	59	F
Christopher Morel	TB	2B,3B,OF,DH	59	F
Edouard Julien	MIN	1B,2B,DH	59	F
Riley Adams	WSH	C	59	F
Nolan Schanuel	LAA	1B	59	F
Carlos Correa	HOU	3B,SS	58	F
Brooks Baldwin	CWS	2B,3B,SS,OF	58	F
Robert Hassell III	WSH	OF	58	F
Wilmer Flores	SF	1B,DH	58	F
Otto Lopez	MIA	2B,SS	58	F
Masyn Winn	STL	SS	58	F
Patrick Bailey	SF	C	58	F
Jake Burger	TEX	1B,3B,DH	58	F
David Fry	CLE	1B,OF,DH,C	58	F
Dane Myers	MIA	OF	58	F
Jose Caballero	NYY	2B,3B,SS,OF	58	F
Braxton Fulford	COL	C	58	F
Kyle Farmer	COL	1B,2B,3B,SS,DH	58	F
Harrison Bader	PHI	OF	58	F
Christian Koss	SF	2B,3B,SS	58	F
Jahmai Jones	DET	OF,DH	58	F
Mauricio Dubon	HOU	1B,2B,3B,SS,OF	58	F
Luis Garcia	WSH	2B	58	F
Jared Triolo	PIT	1B,2B,3B,SS	58	F
Dominic Canzone	SEA	OF	58	F
Donovan Solano	SEA	1B,3B,DH	57	F
Grant McCray	SF	OF	57	F
Ryan Noda	BAL	1B,OF,DH	57	F
Tyler Locklear	ARI	1B	57	F
Justin Turner	CHC	1B,3B,DH	57	F
Jacob Young	WSH	OF	57	F
Steward Berroa	MIL	OF	57	F
Austin Wells	NYY	C	57	F
Isiah Kiner-Falefa	PIT	2B,3B,SS	57	F
Taylor Trammell	HOU	OF	57	F
Angel Martinez	CLE	2B,OF	57	F
Drew Millas	WSH	C	57	F
Troy Johnston	MIA	1B,OF	57	F
Paul DeJong	WSH	2B,3B,SS	57	F
Anthony Volpe	NYY	SS	57	F
John Rave	KC	OF	56	F
Gavin Sheets	SD	1B,OF,DH	56	F
Chas McCormick	HOU	OF	56	F
Gabriel Arias	CLE	2B,3B,SS	56	F
Max Schuemann	ATH	2B,3B,SS,OF	56	F
Spencer Horwitz	PIT	1B,2B	56	F
Dylan Moore	SEA	1B,2B,3B,SS,OF	56	F
Tyler Black	MIL	1B,DH	56	F
Dalton Rushing	LAD	1B,OF,C	56	F
Niko Kavadas	LAA	1B,DH	56	F
Ernie Clement	TOR	1B,2B,3B,SS	56	F
Jeremiah Jackson	BAL	3B,SS,OF	56	F
Derek Hill	MIA	OF	56	F
Javier Sanoja	MIA	2B,3B,SS,OF	56	F
Isaac Collins	MIL	OF	55	F
Vidal Brujan	ATL	2B,3B,SS,OF	55	F
Kyle Karros	COL	3B	55	F
JJ Bleday	ATH	OF	55	F
Otto Kemp	PHI	1B,2B,3B,OF	55	F
Austin Martin	MIN	2B,OF	55	F

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