FantasyPros Staff | Fri, May 22nd 2026, 12:05pm EDT

Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice (Week 9)

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 (4/13 – 4/19)

Let’s take a look at our weekly rankings and grades for all fantasy-relevant players.

Name	Team	Position	Score	Grade
Juan Soto	NYM	OF,DH	100	A
Aaron Judge	NYY	OF,DH	100	A
Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B,DH	100	A
Ben Rice	NYY	1B,DH,C	100	A
Shea Langeliers	ATH	DH,C	100	A
James Wood	WSH	OF,DH	100	A
Michael Harris II	ATL	OF	100	A
Elly De La Cruz	CIN	SS	100	A
Corbin Carroll	ARI	OF	99	A
Mike Trout	LAA	OF,DH	97	A
Jordan Walker	STL	OF	97	A
Yordan Alvarez	HOU	OF,DH	97	A
Shohei Ohtani	LAD	DH	96	A
Brent Rooker	ATH	OF,DH	95	A
Zach Neto	LAA	SS	95	A
Christian Yelich	MIL	OF,DH	94	A
Alec Burleson	STL	1B,OF,DH	93	A
Zack Gelof	ATH	2B,3B,OF	93	A
Oneil Cruz	PIT	OF	91	A
CJ Abrams	WSH	SS	90	A
Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	OF	90	A
Hunter Goodman	COL	DH,C	89	B
Byron Buxton	MIN	OF,DH	89	B
Carson Benge	NYM	OF	88	B
Ketel Marte	ARI	2B,DH	88	B
Riley Greene	DET	OF,DH	87	B
Matt Olson	ATL	1B	87	B
Mark Vientos	NYM	1B,3B,DH	86	B
JJ Wetherholt	STL	2B,3B,SS	86	B
Casey Schmitt	SF	1B,2B,3B,DH	86	B
Konnor Griffin	PIT	SS,OF	85	B
Sal Stewart	CIN	1B,2B,3B	85	B
Julio Rodriguez	SEA	OF	83	B
Ivan Herrera	STL	DH,C	83	B
Jarren Duran	BOS	OF,DH	83	B
Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	2B,3B	81	B
Cody Bellinger	NYY	OF	81	B
Chase DeLauter	CLE	OF,DH	81	B
Mickey Moniak	COL	OF,DH	81	B
JJ Bleday	CIN	OF	81	B
Kyle Tucker	LAD	OF,DH	80	B
Gabriel Moreno	ARI	C	80	B
Mookie Betts	LAD	SS	80	B
Yandy Diaz	TB	1B,DH	80	B
Josh Naylor	SEA	1B,DH	80	B
Andy Pages	LAD	OF	80	B
Dillon Dingler	DET	DH,C	80	B
Randy Arozarena	SEA	OF	79	C
Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B	79	C
Junior Caminero	TB	3B	79	C
Seiya Suzuki	CHC	OF,DH	78	C
Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS	78	C
Chandler Simpson	TB	OF	78	C
Jackson Chourio	MIL	OF	78	C
Bryce Harper	PHI	1B	78	C
Pete Alonso	BAL	1B,DH	77	C
Jake McCarthy	COL	OF	77	C
Kevin McGonigle	DET	3B,SS	76	C
Adley Rutschman	BAL	C	76	C
Daylen Lile	WSH	OF,DH	76	C
Jo Adell	LAA	OF	76	C
Jonny DeLuca	TB	OF	76	C
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B,DH	76	C
Munetaka Murakami	CWS	1B,3B	76	C
Dominic Smith	ATL	1B,DH	76	C
Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	OF	75	C
Kyle Schwarber	PHI	OF,DH	75	C
Liam Hicks	MIA	1B,DH,C	75	C
Ezequiel Duran	TEX	1B,2B,3B,SS,OF	75	C
Gunnar Henderson	BAL	SS	75	C
Henry Bolte	ATH	OF	75	C
Trevor Larnach	MIN	OF,DH	74	C
Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	2B,OF	74	C
Angel Martinez	CLE	2B,OF	74	C
Jorge Soler	LAA	OF,DH	74	C
Jake Bauers	MIL	1B,OF	74	C
Will Smith	LAD	C	73	C
Spencer Steer	CIN	1B,OF	73	C
Jesus Sanchez	TOR	OF,DH	73	C
Nolan Gorman	STL	2B,3B,DH	73	C
Daulton Varsho	TOR	OF	73	C
Josh Bell	MIN	1B,DH	73	C
George Springer	TOR	OF,DH	73	C
Brice Turang	MIL	2B	72	C
Bryan Reynolds	PIT	OF,DH	72	C
Otto Lopez	MIA	2B,SS	72	C
A.J. Ewing	NYM	2B,OF	72	C
William Contreras	MIL	DH,C	72	C
Tyler Freeman	COL	2B,OF,DH	72	C
Austin Riley	ATL	3B	72	C
Nick Kurtz	ATH	1B	72	C
Colson Montgomery	CWS	3B,SS	71	C
Henry Davis	PIT	C	71	C
Brett Baty	NYM	1B,2B,3B,OF	71	C
Troy Johnston	COL	1B,OF,DH	71	C
Ryan Waldschmidt	ARI	OF	71	C
Matt Vierling	DET	OF	70	C
J.T. Realmuto	PHI	C	70	C
Bryson Stott	PHI	2B,SS	70	C
Taylor Ward	BAL	OF	70	C
Jose Fernandez	ARI	1B,3B,SS,DH	70	C
Dylan Crews	WSH	OF	70	C
Ian Happ	CHC	OF	69	D
Pedro Pages	STL	C	69	D
Trea Turner	PHI	SS	69	D
TJ Rumfield	COL	1B,DH	69	D
Miguel Andujar	SD	3B,OF,DH	69	D
Teoscar Hernandez	LAD	OF	69	D
Rafael Devers	SF	1B,DH	69	D
Maikel Garcia	KC	2B,3B,SS,OF	68	D
Daniel Susac	SF	C	68	D
Bo Bichette	NYM	3B,SS	68	D
Sam Antonacci	CWS	2B,3B,OF	68	D
Luis Arraez	SF	1B,2B,DH	68	D
Brandon Marsh	PHI	OF	67	D
Carter Jensen	KC	DH,C	67	D
Wenceel Perez	DET	OF	67	D
Jake Burger	TEX	1B	67	D
Xavier Edwards	MIA	2B,SS	67	D
Nathaniel Lowe	CIN	1B,DH	67	D
Nolan Arenado	ARI	3B	67	D
Samuel Basallo	BAL	DH,C	67	D
Joe Mack	MIA	C	66	D
Connor Norby	MIA	1B,3B,DH	66	D
Ildemaro Vargas	ARI	1B,2B	66	D
Kyle Stowers	MIA	OF	66	D
Salvador Perez	KC	1B,DH,C	66	D
Jeremy Pena	HOU	SS	66	D
Kody Clemens	MIN	1B,2B,OF	66	D
Carlos Cortes	ATH	OF,DH	66	D
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	ARI	OF	66	D
Josh Jung	TEX	3B	66	D
Rhys Hoskins	CLE	1B,DH	66	D
Ceddanne Rafaela	BOS	2B,OF	66	D
Gavin Sheets	SD	1B,OF,DH	66	D
Drew Romo	CWS	C	66	D
Colt Keith	DET	1B,2B,3B,DH	66	D
Nasim Nunez	WSH	2B,SS	66	D
Victor Caratini	MIN	1B,DH,C	65	D
Wilyer Abreu	BOS	OF	65	D
Andruw Monasterio	BOS	1B,2B,3B,SS,DH	65	D
Brandon Nimmo	TEX	OF	65	D
Christian Walker	HOU	1B	65	D
Jacob Young	WSH	OF	65	D
Brandon Valenzuela	TOR	1B,C	65	D
Adrian Del Castillo	ARI	DH,C	65	D
Nick Castellanos	SD	OF,DH	65	D
Anthony Volpe	NYY	SS	65	D
MJ Melendez	NYM	OF,DH	65	D
Daniel Schneemann	CLE	2B,3B,SS,OF	65	D
Tyler O’Neill	BAL	OF	65	D
Jakob Marsee	MIA	OF	64	D
Luis Torrens	NYM	C	64	D
Jackson Merrill	SD	OF	64	D
Vinnie Pasquantino	KC	1B,DH	64	D
Michael Conforto	CHC	OF,DH	64	D
Geraldo Perdomo	ARI	SS	64	D
Garrett Mitchell	MIL	OF	64	D
Miguel Vargas	CWS	1B,3B	64	D
Max Muncy	LAD	3B	64	D
Austin Martin	MIN	2B,OF	64	D
Matt McLain	CIN	2B	64	D
Adolis Garcia	PHI	OF	64	D
Trent Grisham	NYY	OF	64	D
Andrew McCutchen	TEX	OF,DH	64	D
Willson Contreras	BOS	1B	64	D
Andrew Benintendi	CWS	OF,DH	64	D
Willi Castro	COL	2B,3B,SS,OF	63	D
Willy Adames	SF	SS	63	D
Harrison Bader	SF	OF	63	D
Brice Matthews	HOU	2B,OF	63	D
James Outman	MIN	OF	63	D
Luis Garcia	WSH	1B,2B,DH	63	D
Brayan Rocchio	CLE	2B,SS	63	D
Justin Crawford	PHI	OF	63	D
Edouard Julien	COL	1B,2B,DH	63	D
Brandon Lowe	PIT	2B	63	D
Logan O’Hoppe	LAA	C	63	D
Sal Frelick	MIL	OF	63	D
Christopher Morel	MIA	1B,OF,DH	62	D
Mauricio Dubon	ATL	2B,3B,SS,OF	62	D
Marcell Ozuna	PIT	DH	62	D
Jose Tena	WSH	2B,3B,DH	62	D
Cedric Mullins II	TB	OF	62	D
Kyle Higashioka	TEX	DH,C	62	D
Xander Bogaerts	SD	SS	62	D
Jahmai Jones	DET	OF,DH	62	D
Javier Sanoja	MIA	2B,3B,SS,OF	62	D
Jake Meyers	HOU	OF	62	D
Owen Caissie	MIA	OF	62	D
Hyeseong Kim	LAD	2B,SS,OF	62	D
Oswald Peraza	LAA	1B,2B,3B,SS	62	D
David Hamilton	MIL	2B,3B,SS	62	D
Austin Wells	NYY	C	62	D
Victor Scott	STL	OF	62	D
Dominic Canzone	SEA	OF,DH	62	D
Mike Yastrzemski	ATL	OF	61	D
David Fry	CLE	OF,DH,C	61	D
Mitch Garver	SEA	DH,C	61	D
Jonathan Aranda	TB	1B	61	D
Ramon Laureano	SD	OF	61	D
Danny Jansen	TEX	C	61	D
Kazuma Okamoto	TOR	1B,3B	61	D
Ha-Seong Kim	ATL	2B,SS	61	D
Tyler Soderstrom	ATH	1B,OF	61	D
Justin Foscue	TEX	1B,2B	61	D
Jac Caglianone	KC	1B,OF	61	D
Christian Vazquez	HOU	C	61	D
Richie Palacios	TB	2B,OF	61	D
Tristan Gray	MIN	2B,3B,SS	61	D
Josh Lowe	LAA	OF	60	D
Jeff McNeil	ATH	2B,OF	60	D
Marcus Semien	NYM	2B	60	D
Jeremiah Jackson	BAL	2B,3B,OF	60	D
Yohendrick Pinango	TOR	OF	60	D
Steven Kwan	CLE	OF	60	D
Bryce Eldridge	SF	1B,DH	60	D
Rob Refsnyder	SEA	OF,DH	60	D
Zach Dezenzo	HOU	OF	60	D
Kyle Manzardo	CLE	1B,DH	60	D
Masataka Yoshida	BOS	OF,DH	60	D
Gage Workman	DET	3B,SS,OF	60	D
Cam Smith	HOU	OF	59	F
Lenyn Sosa	TOR	1B,2B,DH	59	F
Luke Raley	SEA	1B,OF	59	F
Ezequiel Tovar	COL	SS	59	F
Moises Ballesteros	CHC	DH,C	59	F
Jake Mangum	PIT	OF	59	F
Carson Kelly	CHC	C	59	F
Ryan Vilade	TB	1B,OF	59	F
Matt Chapman	SF	3B	59	F
Joc Pederson	TEX	DH	59	F
Luis Rengifo	MIL	2B,3B,OF	59	F
Isaac Collins	KC	OF	59	F
Dansby Swanson	CHC	SS	59	F
Starling Marte	KC	OF,DH	59	F
Evan Carter	TEX	OF	59	F
Vaughn Grissom	LAA	1B,2B,3B	59	F
Sam Haggerty	TEX	OF	58	F
Miguel Amaya	CHC	DH,C	58	F
Kyle Isbel	KC	OF	58	F
Nico Hoerner	CHC	2B	58	F
Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	58	F
Brooks Lee	MIN	2B,3B,SS	58	F
Keibert Ruiz	WSH	C	58	F
Zach Cole	HOU	OF	58	F
Manny Machado	SD	3B	58	F
Zach McKinstry	DET	2B,3B,SS,OF	58	F
Michael Busch	CHC	1B	58	F
Leody Taveras	BAL	OF	58	F
Edgar Quero	CWS	DH,C	58	F
Drew Millas	WSH	C	58	F
Taylor Walls	TB	SS	58	F
Michael Helman	TEX	OF	58	F
Heriberto Hernandez	MIA	OF,DH	58	F
Ryan Jeffers	MIN	DH,C	58	F
Blake Dunn	CIN	OF	58	F
Spencer Torkelson	DET	1B	58	F
Mickey Gasper	BOS	C	57	F
Michael Massey	KC	2B,OF	57	F
Travis Bazzana	CLE	2B	57	F
Jung Hoo Lee	SF	OF	57	F
Drake Baldwin	ATL	DH,C	57	F
Drew Gilbert	SF	OF	57	F
Gary Sanchez	MIL	1B,DH,C	57	F
Weston Wilson	BAL	2B,3B,OF	57	F
Carlos Narvaez	BOS	C	57	F
Tristan Peters	CWS	OF	57	F
Jonah Heim	ATH	DH,C	57	F
Isaac Paredes	HOU	1B,3B	57	F
Tyrone Taylor	NYM	OF	57	F
Esteury Ruiz	MIA	OF	57	F
Yohel Pozo	STL	DH,C	57	F
Austin Hedges	CLE	C	57	F
Tim Tawa	ARI	1B,2B,OF	57	F
Jarred Kelenic	CWS	OF	57	F
Brady House	WSH	3B,DH	57	F
Paul Goldschmidt	NYY	1B	57	F
Brenton Doyle	COL	OF	57	F
Dane Myers	CIN	OF	56	F
Tyler Stephenson	CIN	C	56	F
Luisangel Acuna	CWS	2B,SS,OF	56	F
Alejandro Osuna	TEX	OF	56	F
Will Benson	CIN	OF	56	F
Andres Gimenez	TOR	2B,SS	56	F
Davis Schneider	TOR	2B,OF	56	F
Sandy Leon	ATL	C	56	F
Matt Shaw	CHC	2B,3B,OF,DH	56	F
Blaze Alexander	BAL	2B,3B,SS,OF	56	F
Nick Gonzales	PIT	2B,3B,SS	56	F
Colton Cowser	BAL	OF	56	F
Randal Grichuk	CWS	OF,DH	56	F
Jose Siri	LAA	OF	56	F
Nolan Schanuel	LAA	1B	56	F
Connor Wong	BOS	C	56	F
Will Brennan	SF	OF	56	F
Spencer Jones	NYY	OF	56	F
Darell Hernaiz	ATH	2B,3B,SS	56	F
Garrett Stubbs	PHI	DH,C	56	F
Hunter Feduccia	TB	C	55	F

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