Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice (Week 1)

Welcome to our fantasy baseball Quick Grades. Or Start/Sit Grades. Whatever you want to call it. This is our weekly 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 (3/29 – 4/5)

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
Kyle Schwarber PHI OF,DH 100 A
Cal Raleigh SEA DH,C 100 A
Jose Ramirez CLE 3B,DH 100 A
George Springer TOR OF,DH 100 A
Juan Soto NYM OF 100 A
Aaron Judge NYY OF,DH 100 A
Zach Neto LAA SS 100 A
Byron Buxton MIN OF 100 A
Josh Naylor SEA 1B,DH 100 A
Corbin Carroll ARI OF 99 A
Kyle Tucker LAD OF,DH 99 A
Ronald Acuna Jr. ATL OF 97 A
Bobby Witt Jr. KC SS 95 A
Pete Crow-Armstrong CHC OF 93 A
Shea Langeliers ATH C 91 A
Jakob Marsee MIA OF 91 A
Trevor Story BOS SS 90 A
Jazz Chisholm Jr. NYY 2B,3B 89 B
Yordan Alvarez HOU OF,DH 89 B
Julio Rodriguez SEA OF 88 B
Jose Altuve HOU 2B,OF,DH 88 B
Bryce Harper PHI 1B 87 B
Agustin Ramirez MIA DH,C 87 B
Kerry Carpenter DET OF,DH 86 B
Oneil Cruz PIT OF 86 B
Ketel Marte ARI 2B,DH 86 B
Francisco Lindor NYM SS 86 B
Riley Greene DET OF,DH 86 B
Christian Yelich MIL OF,DH 85 B
Luis Robert Jr. NYM OF 85 B
Giancarlo Stanton NYY OF,DH 85 B
Jose Caballero NYY 2B,3B,SS,OF 85 B
Brandon Nimmo TEX OF 84 B
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 1B,DH 84 B
Ivan Herrera STL DH,C 83 B
Colson Montgomery CWS 3B,SS 83 B
Nick Kurtz ATH 1B 83 B
Mickey Moniak COL OF 83 B
Hunter Goodman COL DH,C 83 B
Fernando Tatis Jr. SD OF 82 B
Rafael Devers SF 1B,DH 82 B
James Wood WSH OF,DH 81 B
Junior Caminero TB 3B 81 B
Jo Adell LAA OF 81 B
Gabriel Moreno ARI C 80 B
Corey Seager TEX SS 80 B
Brent Rooker ATH OF,DH 80 B
Jarren Duran BOS OF 80 B
Jake Bauers MIL 1B,OF 80 B
Wilyer Abreu BOS OF 79 C
Austin Hays CWS OF,DH 79 C
Mike Trout LAA OF,DH 79 C
Daulton Varsho TOR OF 79 C
Jorge Polanco NYM 2B,3B,DH 79 C
Trea Turner PHI SS 78 C
Will Smith LAD C 78 C
Munetaka Murakami CWS 1B,3B 78 C
Vinnie Pasquantino KC 1B,DH 77 C
Randy Arozarena SEA OF 77 C
Matt Chapman SF 3B 77 C
Jeremy Pena HOU SS 76 C
Drake Baldwin ATL C 76 C
David Hamilton MIL 2B,SS 76 C
Josh Lowe LAA OF 76 C
Michael Busch CHC 1B 76 C
Maikel Garcia KC 2B,3B,SS,OF 75 C
Gunnar Henderson BAL SS 75 C
Roman Anthony BOS OF 74 C
Bryson Stott PHI 2B,SS 74 C
Wyatt Langford TEX OF 74 C
Salvador Perez KC 1B,DH,C 74 C
Andrew Benintendi CWS OF,DH 74 C
Yandy Diaz TB 1B,DH 73 C
William Contreras MIL DH,C 73 C
Chandler Simpson TB OF 73 C
Teoscar Hernandez LAD OF 73 C
Freddie Freeman LAD 1B 73 C
Joey Loperfido HOU OF 72 C
Brice Turang MIL 2B 72 C
Elly De La Cruz CIN SS 72 C
Carter Jensen KC C 72 C
Alec Burleson STL 1B,OF,DH 72 C
Max Muncy LAD 3B 72 C
Sal Stewart CIN 1B 72 C
Cedric Mullins II TB OF 72 C
Andy Pages LAD OF 71 C
Brandon Lowe PIT 2B 71 C
Willi Castro COL 2B,3B,OF 71 C
Matt Olson ATL 1B 71 C
Michael Harris II ATL OF 70 C
Colt Keith DET 1B,2B,3B,DH 70 C
Evan Carter TEX OF 70 C
Kyle Manzardo CLE 1B,DH 70 C
J.T. Realmuto PHI C 70 C
Willy Adames SF SS 70 C
Tyler Soderstrom ATH 1B,OF 70 C
Nasim Nunez WSH 2B,SS 70 C
Cody Bellinger NYY OF 70 C
Jake McCarthy COL OF 69 D
Taylor Ward BAL OF 69 D
Moises Ballesteros CHC DH,C 69 D
Adolis Garcia PHI OF 69 D
Marcell Ozuna PIT DH 69 D
Pete Alonso BAL 1B 69 D
Addison Barger TOR 3B,OF 69 D
Austin Riley ATL 3B 69 D
Daylen Lile WSH OF 68 D
Steven Kwan CLE OF 68 D
Bo Naylor CLE C 68 D
Luis Arraez SF 1B,2B,DH 68 D
Ian Happ CHC OF 68 D
Trent Grisham NYY OF 68 D
Manny Machado SD 3B 68 D
Miguel Andujar SD 3B,OF,DH 68 D
Ben Rice NYY 1B,DH,C 68 D
Brandon Marsh PHI OF 67 D
Yainer Diaz HOU DH,C 67 D
Carson Kelly CHC C 67 D
Jackson Merrill SD OF 67 D
Jonathan Aranda TB 1B 67 D
Geraldo Perdomo ARI SS 67 D
Jorge Soler LAA OF,DH 67 D
Lawrence Butler ATH OF 67 D
Eugenio Suarez CIN 3B 67 D
Jordan Beck COL OF 67 D
Nolan Gorman STL 2B,3B,DH 67 D
Alejandro Kirk TOR C 66 D
Gavin Sheets SD 1B,OF,DH 66 D
Josh Smith TEX 1B,3B,SS,OF 66 D
Noelvi Marte CIN 3B,OF 66 D
Josh Bell MIN 1B,DH 66 D
Mookie Betts LAD SS 66 D
Sal Frelick MIL OF 66 D
Jesus Sanchez TOR OF 66 D
Luke Keaschall MIN 2B 66 D
Bryan Reynolds PIT OF,DH 66 D
Samuel Basallo BAL C 66 D
Dominic Canzone SEA OF 66 D
Joc Pederson TEX DH 66 D
CJ Abrams WSH SS 66 D
Ceddanne Rafaela BOS 2B,OF 65 D
Griffin Conine MIA OF 65 D
Alex Bregman CHC 3B 65 D
Willson Contreras BOS 1B 65 D
Liam Hicks MIA 1B,DH,C 65 D
Ryan O’Hearn PIT 1B,OF,DH 65 D
Jake Fraley TB OF 65 D
Ramon Laureano SD OF 65 D
Pavin Smith ARI 1B,DH 65 D
Colton Cowser BAL OF 65 D
Owen Caissie MIA OF 65 D
Caleb Durbin BOS 2B,3B 65 D
Victor Caratini MIN 1B,DH,C 65 D
Nico Hoerner CHC 2B 65 D
Isaac Collins KC OF 64 D
Bo Bichette NYM SS 64 D
Heliot Ramos SF OF 64 D
Miguel Vargas CWS 1B,3B 64 D
Cam Smith HOU OF 64 D
Ozzie Albies ATL 2B 64 D
Justin Crawford PHI OF 64 D
Matt Wallner MIN OF 64 D
Trevor Larnach MIN OF,DH 64 D
Brenton Doyle COL OF 63 D
Carlos Correa HOU 3B,SS 63 D
Ryan Jeffers MIN DH,C 63 D
Kazuma Okamoto TOR 1B,3B 63 D
Brendan Donovan SEA 2B,SS,OF 63 D
Jonathan India KC 2B,3B,OF,DH 63 D
Casey Schmitt SF 1B,2B,3B 63 D
Logan O’Hoppe LAA C 63 D
Will Benson CIN OF 63 D
Christopher Morel MIA OF 63 D
Dansby Swanson CHC SS 63 D
Yoan Moncada LAA 3B 63 D
Richie Palacios TB OF 63 D
Tyler Stephenson CIN C 63 D
Garrett Mitchell MIL OF 63 D
Jung Hoo Lee SF OF 62 D
Mike Yastrzemski ATL OF 62 D
Xavier Edwards MIA 2B,SS 62 D
Christian Walker HOU 1B 62 D
Nick Fortes TB C 62 D
Luke Raley SEA 1B,OF 62 D
Harrison Bader SF OF 62 D
Jared Triolo PIT 1B,2B,3B,SS 62 D
Edgar Quero CWS DH,C 62 D
Kevin McGonigle DET SS 62 D
Alec Bohm PHI 1B,3B 62 D
Victor Scott STL OF 62 D
TJ Friedl CIN OF 61 D
Nolan Schanuel LAA 1B 61 D
Chase DeLauter CLE OF 61 D
Brett Baty NYM 2B,3B 61 D
Austin Wells NYY C 61 D
Daniel Schneemann CLE 2B,3B,SS,OF 61 D
Seiya Suzuki CHC OF,DH 61 D
Andrew Vaughn MIL 1B 61 D
Andrew McCutchen TEX OF,DH 61 D
Everson Pereira CWS OF 61 D
Masataka Yoshida BOS OF,DH 61 D
Jake Meyers HOU OF 61 D
Luis Garcia WSH 2B 61 D
Tyler O’Neill BAL OF 61 D
Carson Benge NYM OF 60 D
Parker Meadows DET OF 60 D
Denzel Clarke ATH OF 60 D
Adley Rutschman BAL C 60 D
Starling Marte KC OF,DH 60 D
JJ Wetherholt STL 2B,3B,SS 60 D
Nathan Church STL OF 60 D
Jordan Walker STL OF 60 D
Jahmai Jones DET OF,DH 60 D
Carlos Narvaez BOS C 60 D
Alek Thomas ARI OF 60 D
Otto Lopez MIA 2B,SS 60 D
Javier Baez DET 2B,3B,SS,OF 60 D
Matt McLain CIN 2B 59 F
Jeff McNeil ATH 2B,OF 59 F
Dillon Dingler DET C 59 F
Jac Caglianone KC 1B,OF 59 F
Jacob Young WSH OF 59 F
Xander Bogaerts SD SS 59 F
Mauricio Dubon ATL 2B,3B,SS,OF 59 F
Marcus Semien NYM 2B 59 F
Kyle Higashioka TEX DH,C 59 F
Kyle Isbel KC OF 59 F
Francisco Alvarez NYM C 59 F
Heriberto Hernandez MIA OF,DH 59 F
Jonny DeLuca TB OF 59 F
Dominic Smith ATL 1B 59 F
Sam Haggerty TEX OF 59 F
Ryan Vilade TB OF 59 F
Jake Cronenworth SD 1B,2B,SS 59 F
Austin Martin MIN 2B,OF 59 F
Patrick Bailey SF C 59 F
Ryan Mountcastle BAL 1B,DH 59 F
Randal Grichuk NYY OF,DH 58 F
Spencer Steer CIN 1B,OF 58 F
Spencer Torkelson DET 1B 58 F
Max Muncy ATH 2B,3B,SS 58 F
Keibert Ruiz WSH C 58 F
Rob Refsnyder SEA OF,DH 58 F
Chase Meidroth CWS 2B,3B,SS 58 F
Lane Thomas KC OF 58 F
Jake Mangum PIT OF 58 F
Pedro Pages STL C 58 F
Ezequiel Tovar COL SS 58 F
Mark Vientos NYM 3B,DH 58 F
Nolan Arenado ARI 3B 58 F
Troy Johnston COL 1B,OF 58 F
Jake Burger TEX 1B 58 F
Jeremiah Jackson BAL 3B,OF 58 F
Adam Frazier LAA 2B,OF 57 F
Luis Campusano SD DH,C 57 F
Freddy Fermin SD C 57 F
Ezequiel Duran TEX 1B,2B,3B,SS,OF 57 F
Jonah Heim ATL DH,C 57 F
Ernie Clement TOR 1B,2B,3B,SS 57 F
Royce Lewis MIN 3B 57 F
Dane Myers CIN OF 57 F
Nathan Lukes TOR OF 57 F
Henry Davis PIT C 57 F
Myles Straw TOR OF 57 F
Masyn Winn STL SS 57 F
Bryce Johnson SD OF 57 F
Mitch Garver SEA DH,C 57 F
Davis Schneider TOR 2B,OF 57 F
Kyle Farmer ATL 1B,2B,3B,SS,DH 57 F
Brandon Lockridge MIL OF 57 F
Gleyber Torres DET 2B 57 F
Leody Taveras BAL OF 57 F
Marcelo Mayer BOS 2B,3B 57 F
Rhys Hoskins CLE 1B 57 F
Alex Call LAD OF 57 F
Otto Kemp PHI 1B,3B,OF 56 F
Danny Jansen TEX C 56 F
Santiago Espinal LAD 2B,3B,OF 56 F
Dylan Beavers BAL OF 56 F
Derek Hill CWS OF 56 F
David Fry CLE DH 56 F
Jared Young NYM 1B,OF,DH 56 F
Miguel Amaya CHC C 56 F
Nick Castellanos SD OF 56 F
Kody Clemens MIN 1B,2B,OF 56 F
Carlos Cortes ATH OF 56 F
Austin Wynns ATH C 56 F
Tyrone Taylor NYM OF 56 F
Luis Rengifo MIL 2B,3B,OF 56 F
Eli White ATL OF 56 F
Joey Wiemer WSH OF 56 F
Tyler Heineman TOR C 55 F
Javier Sanoja MIA 2B,3B,SS,OF 55 F
Gabriel Arias CLE 2B,SS 55 F
Jared Oliva SF OF 55 F
Carlos Santana ARI 1B 55 F
Luisangel Acuna CWS 2B 55 F
Tyler Tolbert KC OF 55 F
Zach McKinstry DET 3B,SS,OF 55 F

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