FantasyPros Staff | Fri, Apr 24th 2026, 10:18am EDT

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

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 (4/20 – 4/26)

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
James Wood	WSH	OF,DH	100	A
Oneil Cruz	PIT	OF	100	A
Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B,DH	100	A
Aaron Judge	NYY	OF,DH	100	A
Drake Baldwin	ATL	DH,C	100	A
CJ Abrams	WSH	SS	100	A
Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	OF	100	A
Yordan Alvarez	HOU	OF,DH	100	A
Cal Raleigh	SEA	DH,C	100	A
Byron Buxton	MIN	OF	99	A
Ben Rice	NYY	1B,DH,C	98	A
Munetaka Murakami	CWS	1B,3B	97	A
Kyle Schwarber	PHI	OF,DH	95	A
Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS	95	A
Chandler Simpson	TB	OF	94	A
Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	OF	93	A
Kyle Tucker	LAD	OF,DH	90	A
Zach Neto	LAA	SS	90	A
Michael Harris II	ATL	OF	90	A
Nico Hoerner	CHC	2B	89	B
Junior Caminero	TB	3B	89	B
Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	OF	88	B
Mike Trout	LAA	OF,DH	87	B
Ian Happ	CHC	OF	87	B
Matt Olson	ATL	1B	87	B
Elly De La Cruz	CIN	SS	86	B
Shea Langeliers	ATH	DH,C	86	B
Jo Adell	LAA	OF	85	B
Riley Greene	DET	OF,DH	85	B
Wilyer Abreu	BOS	OF	84	B
Hunter Goodman	COL	DH,C	84	B
Luis Robert Jr.	NYM	OF	83	B
Ivan Herrera	STL	DH,C	83	B
Gunnar Henderson	BAL	SS	83	B
Brice Turang	MIL	2B	83	B
Jake Bauers	MIL	1B,OF	83	B
Teoscar Hernandez	LAD	OF	83	B
Mickey Moniak	COL	OF	82	B
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B,DH	82	B
Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	2B,3B	81	B
Julio Rodriguez	SEA	OF	81	B
Colson Montgomery	CWS	3B,SS	80	B
Jose Altuve	HOU	2B,OF,DH	80	B
Randy Arozarena	SEA	OF	80	B
Corbin Carroll	ARI	OF	79	C
Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B	79	C
Seiya Suzuki	CHC	OF,DH	79	C
Jakob Marsee	MIA	OF	79	C
David Hamilton	MIL	2B,3B,SS	79	C
Gary Sanchez	MIL	1B,DH,C	78	C
Trea Turner	PHI	SS	78	C
Agustin Ramirez	MIA	DH,C	78	C
Yandy Diaz	TB	1B,DH	78	C
Daylen Lile	WSH	OF	78	C
Josh Naylor	SEA	1B,DH	78	C
Sal Stewart	CIN	1B	78	C
Cody Bellinger	NYY	OF	77	C
William Contreras	MIL	DH,C	77	C
Jose Caballero	NYY	2B,3B,SS,OF	77	C
Giancarlo Stanton	NYY	OF,DH	77	C
Corey Seager	TEX	SS	76	C
Juan Soto	NYM	OF	76	C
Nick Kurtz	ATH	1B	76	C
Eugenio Suarez	CIN	3B,DH	76	C
Maikel Garcia	KC	2B,3B,SS,OF	75	C
Bryan Reynolds	PIT	OF,DH	75	C
Taylor Ward	BAL	OF	75	C
Dansby Swanson	CHC	SS	75	C
Max Muncy	LAD	3B	75	C
Jorge Soler	LAA	OF,DH	75	C
Ramon Laureano	SD	OF	74	C
Ketel Marte	ARI	2B,DH	74	C
Luis Garcia	WSH	1B,2B	74	C
Salvador Perez	KC	1B,DH,C	74	C
Konnor Griffin	PIT	SS,OF	74	C
Carter Jensen	KC	DH,C	74	C
Brandon Nimmo	TEX	OF	74	C
Moises Ballesteros	CHC	DH,C	73	C
Chase DeLauter	CLE	OF,DH	73	C
Jackson Merrill	SD	OF	73	C
Josh Bell	MIN	1B,DH	73	C
Andy Pages	LAD	OF	73	C
Bryce Harper	PHI	1B	73	C
Jordan Walker	STL	OF	72	C
Dominic Smith	ATL	1B,DH	72	C
Roman Anthony	BOS	OF,DH	72	C
Nasim Nunez	WSH	2B,SS	72	C
George Valera	CLE	OF,DH	72	C
Austin Wells	NYY	C	72	C
Alec Burleson	STL	1B,OF,DH	72	C
Vinnie Pasquantino	KC	1B,DH	72	C
Troy Johnston	COL	1B,OF	72	C
Ryan O’Hearn	PIT	1B,OF,DH	72	C
Jacob Young	WSH	OF	72	C
Kyle Stowers	MIA	OF	71	C
Dillon Dingler	DET	C	71	C
Marcell Ozuna	PIT	DH	71	C
Austin Riley	ATL	3B	71	C
Daulton Varsho	TOR	OF	71	C
Michael Busch	CHC	1B	71	C
Ceddanne Rafaela	BOS	2B,OF	70	C
Nolan Gorman	STL	2B,3B,DH	70	C
Tyler Soderstrom	ATH	1B,OF	70	C
Trevor Story	BOS	SS	70	C
Kerry Carpenter	DET	OF,DH	70	C
Kevin McGonigle	DET	3B,SS	70	C
Jarren Duran	BOS	OF	70	C
Will Smith	LAD	C	69	D
Leody Taveras	BAL	OF	69	D
Brandon Lowe	PIT	2B	69	D
Evan Carter	TEX	OF	69	D
Alex Bregman	CHC	3B	69	D
Everson Pereira	CWS	OF	68	D
Francisco Alvarez	NYM	C	68	D
Otto Lopez	MIA	2B,SS	68	D
TJ Rumfield	COL	1B,DH	68	D
Pete Alonso	BAL	1B	68	D
Steven Kwan	CLE	OF	68	D
Garrett Mitchell	MIL	OF	68	D
Manny Machado	SD	3B	68	D
Rafael Devers	SF	1B,DH	67	D
Masataka Yoshida	BOS	OF,DH	67	D
Willi Castro	COL	2B,3B,OF	67	D
Trevor Larnach	MIN	OF,DH	67	D
Jonathan Aranda	TB	1B	67	D
Mark Vientos	NYM	1B,3B,DH	67	D
Dominic Canzone	SEA	OF,DH	67	D
Edouard Julien	COL	1B,2B,DH	67	D
Andrew Benintendi	CWS	OF,DH	67	D
Logan O’Hoppe	LAA	C	66	D
Miguel Andujar	SD	3B,OF,DH	66	D
Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	66	D
Cedric Mullins II	TB	OF	66	D
Carlos Cortes	ATH	OF,DH	66	D
Jeremiah Jackson	BAL	2B,3B,OF	66	D
Liam Hicks	MIA	1B,DH,C	66	D
Spencer Steer	CIN	1B,OF	66	D
JJ Wetherholt	STL	2B,3B,SS	66	D
Gleyber Torres	DET	2B	66	D
Kyle Manzardo	CLE	1B,DH	66	D
Brandon Marsh	PHI	OF	66	D
Willson Contreras	BOS	1B	66	D
Adolis Garcia	PHI	OF	66	D
Carlos Correa	HOU	3B,SS	66	D
Trent Grisham	NYY	OF	65	D
Yainer Diaz	HOU	DH,C	65	D
Casey Schmitt	SF	1B,2B,3B,DH	65	D
Cam Smith	HOU	OF	65	D
Miguel Vargas	CWS	1B,3B	65	D
Eloy Jimenez	TOR	OF,DH	65	D
Tyler Freeman	COL	2B,OF,DH	65	D
Richie Palacios	TB	2B,OF	65	D
Bo Bichette	NYM	3B,SS	65	D
Victor Scott	STL	OF	65	D
Christian Walker	HOU	1B	65	D
Brandon Lockridge	MIL	OF	65	D
Colt Keith	DET	1B,2B,3B,DH	65	D
Luis Arraez	SF	1B,2B,DH	65	D
Luke Keaschall	MIN	2B	65	D
Justin Crawford	PHI	OF	64	D
Carson Kelly	CHC	C	64	D
Hyeseong Kim	LAD	2B,SS,OF	64	D
Xavier Edwards	MIA	2B,SS	64	D
Sal Frelick	MIL	OF	64	D
Gavin Sheets	SD	1B,OF,DH	64	D
Javier Baez	DET	2B,3B,SS,OF	64	D
Jose Tena	WSH	2B,3B,DH	64	D
Dalton Rushing	LAD	C	64	D
Owen Caissie	MIA	OF	64	D
Isaac Collins	KC	OF	64	D
Mauricio Dubon	ATL	2B,3B,SS,OF	63	D
Joc Pederson	TEX	DH	63	D
Matt Chapman	SF	3B	63	D
Kody Clemens	MIN	1B,2B,OF	63	D
Pedro Pages	STL	C	63	D
Jose Fernandez	ARI	1B,SS,DH	63	D
Daniel Schneemann	CLE	2B,3B,SS,OF	63	D
Oswald Peraza	LAA	1B,2B,3B,SS	63	D
Wenceel Perez	DET	OF	63	D
Victor Caratini	MIN	1B,DH,C	63	D
Rece Hinds	CIN	OF	63	D
Ryan Jeffers	MIN	DH,C	63	D
Xander Bogaerts	SD	SS	63	D
Isaac Paredes	HOU	3B	63	D
Mike Yastrzemski	ATL	OF	63	D
Matt McLain	CIN	2B	63	D
Jesus Sanchez	TOR	OF	63	D
Adrian Del Castillo	ARI	DH,C	63	D
Miguel Amaya	CHC	DH,C	62	D
Willy Adames	SF	SS	62	D
Carlos Narvaez	BOS	C	62	D
Jahmai Jones	DET	OF,DH	62	D
Brice Matthews	HOU	2B,OF	62	D
Lawrence Butler	ATH	OF	62	D
Geraldo Perdomo	ARI	SS	62	D
Drew Millas	WSH	C	62	D
Lenyn Sosa	TOR	1B,2B,DH	61	D
Dylan Beavers	BAL	OF,DH	61	D
Heliot Ramos	SF	OF	61	D
Jake Fraley	TB	OF	61	D
Adley Rutschman	BAL	C	61	D
Royce Lewis	MIN	3B	61	D
Taylor Walls	TB	SS	61	D
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	ARI	OF	61	D
Matt Wallner	MIN	OF	61	D
Heriberto Hernandez	MIA	OF,DH	61	D
Dustin Harris	HOU	OF	61	D
Keibert Ruiz	WSH	C	61	D
Brady House	WSH	3B	61	D
Masyn Winn	STL	SS	61	D
Ernie Clement	TOR	1B,2B,3B,SS	61	D
TJ Friedl	CIN	OF	60	D
Nathan Lukes	TOR	OF	60	D
Zack Gelof	ATH	2B,OF	60	D
Tyler Stephenson	CIN	C	60	D
Caleb Durbin	BOS	2B,3B	60	D
Edgar Quero	CWS	DH,C	60	D
Luis Campusano	SD	DH,C	60	D
Nathan Church	STL	OF	60	D
Jacob Wilson	ATH	SS	60	D
Sam Antonacci	CWS	2B,3B,OF	60	D
Marcus Semien	NYM	2B	60	D
Henry Davis	PIT	C	60	D
Nick Castellanos	SD	OF,DH	60	D
Josh Smith	TEX	1B,2B,3B,SS,OF	60	D
Kazuma Okamoto	TOR	1B,3B	60	D
Jake McCarthy	COL	OF	60	D
Luke Raley	SEA	1B,OF	60	D
Samuel Basallo	BAL	DH,C	59	F
Brett Baty	NYM	1B,2B,3B,OF	59	F
Bo Naylor	CLE	C	59	F
Starling Marte	KC	OF,DH	59	F
Blaze Alexander	BAL	2B,3B,OF	59	F
Brenton Doyle	COL	OF	59	F
Andres Gimenez	TOR	2B,SS	59	F
Lane Thomas	KC	OF	59	F
Jung Hoo Lee	SF	OF	59	F
Drew Gilbert	SF	OF	59	F
Jake Burger	TEX	1B	59	F
Luis Rengifo	MIL	2B,3B,OF	59	F
MJ Melendez	NYM	OF,DH	59	F
Randal Grichuk	NYY	OF,DH	59	F
Jeff McNeil	ATH	2B,OF	59	F
Freddy Fermin	SD	C	59	F
Rob Refsnyder	SEA	OF,DH	59	F
Jake Mangum	PIT	OF	58	F
Matt Shaw	CHC	3B,OF	58	F
Alex Call	LAD	OF	58	F
Spencer Torkelson	DET	1B	58	F
Bryce Teodosio	LAA	OF	58	F
Matt Vierling	DET	OF	58	F
Kyle Higashioka	TEX	DH,C	58	F
Joey Wiemer	WSH	OF	58	F
Nolan Schanuel	LAA	1B	58	F
Nathaniel Lowe	CIN	1B,DH	58	F
Jordan Beck	COL	OF	58	F
Michael Conforto	CHC	OF,DH	58	F
Danny Jansen	TEX	C	58	F
Max Muncy	ATH	2B,3B,SS	58	F
Coby Mayo	BAL	1B,3B	58	F
Jac Caglianone	KC	1B,OF	58	F
Jonah Heim	ATL	DH,C	58	F
Alek Thomas	ARI	OF	58	F
Davis Schneider	TOR	2B,OF	57	F
Felix Reyes	PHI	1B,OF	57	F
Mitch Garver	SEA	DH,C	57	F
Michael Massey	KC	2B,OF	57	F
Kyle Isbel	KC	OF	57	F
Luisangel Acuna	CWS	2B,SS,OF	57	F
Carson Benge	NYM	OF	57	F
Tristan Peters	CWS	OF	57	F
Tyler Heineman	TOR	C	57	F
Colton Cowser	BAL	OF	57	F
Andrew McCutchen	TEX	OF,DH	57	F
Javier Sanoja	MIA	2B,3B,SS,OF	57	F
Alec Bohm	PHI	1B,3B	57	F
Kyle Farmer	ATL	1B,2B,3B,SS,DH	57	F
Garrett Stubbs	PHI	DH,C	57	F
Dane Myers	CIN	OF	56	F
Reese McGuire	CWS	C	56	F
Alejandro Osuna	TEX	OF	56	F
Jose Fermin	STL	2B,OF	56	F
Leo Rivas	SEA	2B,3B,SS	56	F
David Fry	CLE	OF,DH	56	F
Ezequiel Tovar	COL	SS	56	F
Austin Martin	MIN	2B,OF	56	F
Hunter Feduccia	TB	C	56	F
Jonny DeLuca	TB	OF	56	F
Thomas Saggese	STL	2B,3B,SS,OF	56	F
Weston Wilson	BAL	2B,OF	56	F
Connor Norby	MIA	1B,3B	56	F
Nick Gonzales	PIT	2B,3B,SS	56	F
Rafael Marchan	PHI	C	56	F
Myles Straw	TOR	OF	56	F
Ezequiel Duran	TEX	1B,2B,3B,SS,OF	56	F
Kyle Karros	COL	3B	56	F
Nick Fortes	TB	C	55	F
Josh Lowe	LAA	OF	55	F
Angel Martinez	CLE	2B,OF	55	F

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