FantasyPros Staff | Fri, Aug 14th 2026, 3:29pm EDT

Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice (Week 20)

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 (8/17 – 8/23)

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
CJ Abrams	WSH	SS,DH	100	A
Yordan Alvarez	HOU	OF,DH	100	A
Pete Alonso	BAL	1B,DH	100	A
Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B,DH	100	A
Jackson Chourio	MIL	OF	100	A
Jake McCarthy	COL	OF,DH	100	A
Wyatt Langford	TEX	OF,DH	100	A
Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS	100	A
Seiya Suzuki	CHC	OF,DH	100	A
Esteury Ruiz	MIA	OF	100	A
Ben Rice	NYY	1B,DH,C	100	A
Ceddanne Rafaela	BOS	2B,OF	99	A
Jarren Duran	BOS	OF,DH	98	A
Junior Caminero	TB	3B	97	A
Sal Stewart	CIN	1B,2B,3B,DH	97	A
Luis Garcia	NYY	1B,2B,DH	95	A
Jake Bauers	MIL	1B,OF	94	A
Mike Trout	LAA	OF,DH	94	A
Andy Pages	LAD	OF	93	A
Yandy Diaz	TB	1B,DH	92	A
Hunter Goodman	COL	DH,C	91	A
Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	OF,DH	91	A
Jac Caglianone	KC	1B,OF,DH	90	A
Jeremy Pena	HOU	SS	90	A
Bryce Harper	PHI	1B,OF,DH	89	B
Dominic Canzone	SEA	OF,DH	88	B
Munetaka Murakami	CWS	1B,3B,DH	88	B
Brandon Lowe	PIT	2B,DH	87	B
Corbin Carroll	ARI	OF	87	B
Gunnar Henderson	BAL	SS,DH	87	B
Ezequiel Duran	TEX	1B,2B,3B,SS,OF	87	B
Julio Rodriguez	SEA	OF,DH	87	B
Drake Baldwin	ATL	DH,C	87	B
Mickey Moniak	COL	OF,DH	86	B
Randy Arozarena	SEA	OF	86	B
Brandon Nimmo	TEX	OF,DH	86	B
Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	2B,3B	85	B
Kyle Schwarber	PHI	OF,DH	85	B
Griffin Conine	MIA	OF,DH	84	B
Jordan Walker	STL	OF	83	B
Carter Jensen	KC	DH,C	83	B
Tyler O’Neill	BAL	OF,DH	83	B
Elly De La Cruz	CIN	SS	83	B
Ryan Jeffers	MIN	DH,C	83	B
Jake Mangum	PIT	OF	83	B
Rafael Devers	SF	1B,DH	83	B
JJ Bleday	CIN	OF,DH	82	B
Jonathan Aranda	TB	1B,DH	81	B
Wilyer Abreu	BOS	OF	81	B
Dansby Swanson	CHC	SS	80	B
Manny Machado	SD	3B,DH	80	B
Michael Harris II	ATL	OF	80	B
Salvador Perez	KC	1B,DH,C	79	C
Colson Montgomery	CWS	3B,SS,DH	79	C
Alec Burleson	STL	1B,OF,DH	78	C
Corey Seager	TEX	SS	78	C
Ivan Herrera	STL	DH,C	78	C
Bryan Reynolds	PIT	OF,DH	78	C
Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	2B,OF	78	C
Josh Bell	MIN	1B,DH	78	C
Alex Bregman	CHC	3B,DH	78	C
Tim Tawa	ARI	1B,2B,3B,OF,DH	78	C
Willson Contreras	BOS	1B	78	C
Cole Carrigg	COL	SS,OF	77	C
Caleb Durbin	BOS	2B,3B	77	C
William Contreras	MIL	DH,C	76	C
Zach Neto	LAA	SS	76	C
Gabriel Moreno	ARI	DH,C	76	C
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B,DH	76	C
Chase DeLauter	CLE	OF,DH	76	C
Ketel Marte	ARI	2B,DH	76	C
Dylan Crews	WSH	OF	75	C
Moises Ballesteros	LAA	DH,C	75	C
Otto Lopez	MIA	2B,SS	75	C
David Hamilton	MIL	2B,3B,SS	75	C
Kyle Tucker	LAD	OF,DH	75	C
A.J. Ewing	NYM	2B,OF	75	C
Zack Gelof	ATH	2B,3B,OF	74	C
Daylen Lile	WSH	OF,DH	74	C
Heriberto Hernandez	MIA	OF,DH	73	C
Jung Hoo Lee	SF	OF	73	C
Isaac Paredes	HOU	1B,3B,DH	73	C
Bryce Eldridge	SF	1B,DH	73	C
Byron Buxton	MIN	OF,DH	73	C
Jackson Merrill	SD	OF	72	C
Oswald Peraza	LAA	1B,2B,3B,SS,DH	72	C
Jackson Holliday	BAL	2B,SS	72	C
Josh Naylor	SEA	1B,DH	72	C
Carson Benge	NYM	OF	72	C
Masataka Yoshida	BOS	OF,DH	72	C
Sam Antonacci	CWS	2B,3B,OF	72	C
Tyler Soderstrom	ATH	1B,OF,DH	72	C
Owen Caissie	MIA	OF,DH	72	C
Teoscar Hernandez	LAD	OF	72	C
Cal Raleigh	SEA	DH,C	71	C
Coby Mayo	BAL	1B,3B,DH	71	C
Royce Lewis	MIN	1B,2B,3B	71	C
Nick Loftin	KC	2B,3B,OF	71	C
Luis Rengifo	SD	2B,3B,OF,DH	71	C
Esmerlyn Valdez	PIT	1B,OF	70	C
Eugenio Suarez	CIN	3B,DH	70	C
Jakob Marsee	MIA	OF	70	C
Joc Pederson	TEX	1B,DH	70	C
Henry Davis	PIT	C	70	C
Jo Adell	CLE	OF,DH	70	C
Miguel Vargas	CWS	1B,3B	70	C
Trent Grisham	NYY	OF	70	C
Luis Arraez	PHI	1B,2B,DH	70	C
Travis Bazzana	CLE	2B,DH	69	D
Wade Meckler	LAA	OF	69	D
Spencer Jones	NYY	OF,DH	69	D
Brady House	WSH	3B,DH	69	D
Carson Kelly	CHC	DH,C	69	D
Willy Adames	SF	SS	69	D
Kody Clemens	MIN	1B,2B,OF	69	D
George Springer	TOR	OF,DH	69	D
Jose Altuve	HOU	2B,OF,DH	69	D
Brice Turang	MIL	2B	69	D
Henry Bolte	ATH	OF	69	D
Bryson Stott	PHI	2B,3B,SS	69	D
Dillon Dingler	DET	DH,C	69	D
Luke Keaschall	MIN	2B,OF	68	D
J.T. Realmuto	PHI	C	68	D
Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	68	D
Matt Olson	ATL	1B	68	D
Brandon Marsh	PHI	OF	68	D
Gary Sanchez	MIL	1B,DH,C	68	D
Willi Castro	COL	1B,2B,3B,SS,OF	68	D
Garrett Mitchell	MIL	OF	67	D
Trevor Larnach	MIN	OF,DH	67	D
Dane Myers	CIN	OF,DH	67	D
Michael Massey	KC	2B,OF	67	D
Francisco Alvarez	NYM	DH,C	67	D
Lawrence Butler	ATH	OF	67	D
TJ Rumfield	COL	1B,DH	67	D
Drew Cavanaugh	SF	C	66	D
Chandler Simpson	TB	OF	66	D
Andres Chaparro	WSH	1B,DH	66	D
Jonny DeLuca	TB	OF	66	D
Christian Yelich	MIL	OF,DH	66	D
Andrew Benintendi	CWS	OF,DH	66	D
Xavier Edwards	MIA	2B,SS	66	D
Cedric Mullins II	TB	OF	65	D
Lars Nootbaar	ARI	OF,DH	65	D
Adley Rutschman	BOS	DH,C	65	D
Taylor Trammell	HOU	OF	65	D
Andruw Monasterio	BOS	1B,2B,3B,SS,DH	65	D
Jared Young	NYM	1B,OF,DH	65	D
Cam Smith	HOU	OF	65	D
Pedro Ramirez	CHC	2B,3B,DH	65	D
Trea Turner	PHI	SS	65	D
Jonah Heim	ATH	1B,DH,C	65	D
Tommy Edman	LAD	2B,3B,OF	65	D
Daulton Varsho	HOU	OF	65	D
Justin Foscue	TEX	1B,2B,DH	65	D
Tyler Stephenson	CIN	C	64	D
Ronny Simon	PIT	2B,OF	64	D
Nathaniel Lowe	CLE	1B,DH	64	D
Mookie Betts	LAD	SS	64	D
Tyler Tolbert	KC	SS,OF	64	D
Liam Hicks	TB	1B,DH,C	64	D
Ian Happ	CHC	OF	64	D
Gavin Sheets	SD	1B,OF,DH	64	D
Jose Siri	LAA	OF	64	D
Jake Burger	TEX	1B	64	D
Hector Rodriguez	CIN	OF	63	D
JJ Wetherholt	STL	2B,3B,SS	63	D
Yainer Diaz	HOU	DH,C	63	D
Max Muncy	LAD	3B	63	D
Luis Campusano	SD	DH,C	63	D
Joe Mack	MIA	C	63	D
Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	63	D
Taylor Ward	SEA	OF	63	D
Brooks Lee	MIN	2B,3B,SS	63	D
Osleivis Basabe	SF	2B,3B,SS	63	D
Victor Bericoto	SF	1B,OF	63	D
Jesus Sanchez	TOR	OF,DH	63	D
Victor Mesa Jr.	TB	OF	63	D
Max Clark	DET	OF	62	D
Leody Taveras	BAL	OF	62	D
Luis Robert Jr.	NYM	OF	62	D
Jorge Polanco	NYM	2B,3B,DH	62	D
Braden Montgomery	CWS	OF	62	D
Nathan Church	STL	OF	62	D
Austin Wells	NYY	C	62	D
Heliot Ramos	NYY	OF	62	D
Michael Conforto	CHC	OF,DH	61	D
Jacob Young	WSH	OF	61	D
Connor Norby	COL	1B,3B,DH	61	D
Michael Busch	CHC	1B	61	D
Jose Fermin	STL	2B,3B,OF	61	D
Carlos Narvaez	BAL	C	61	D
Geraldo Perdomo	ARI	SS	61	D
Javier Baez	DET	2B,3B,SS,OF	61	D
Steven Kwan	CLE	OF	61	D
Dylan Beavers	BAL	OF,DH	61	D
Carlos Cortes	ATH	OF,DH	61	D
Jose Tena	WSH	2B,3B,OF,DH	61	D
Connor Wong	BOS	C	61	D
Brendan Donovan	SEA	2B,3B,SS,OF	61	D
Nasim Nunez	WSH	2B,SS	61	D
Ryan Waldschmidt	ARI	OF	60	D
Leo Jimenez	MIA	2B,3B,DH	60	D
Drew Gilbert	SF	OF	60	D
Starling Marte	KC	OF,DH	60	D
Agustin Ramirez	MIA	DH,C	60	D
Nolan Arenado	ARI	3B	60	D
Miguel Amaya	CHC	DH,C	60	D
Brett Bateman	TOR	OF	60	D
Nico Hoerner	CHC	2B,SS	60	D
Evan Carter	TEX	OF	60	D
Eduardo Valencia	DET	1B,DH,C	60	D
Vaughn Grissom	LAA	1B,2B,3B	60	D
Isaac Collins	KC	OF	60	D
Victor Caratini	MIN	1B,DH,C	60	D
Javier Sanoja	MIA	2B,3B,SS,OF	60	D
Bo Bichette	NYM	3B,SS	60	D
Mauricio Dubon	ATL	2B,3B,SS,OF	60	D
Austin Hays	SD	OF,DH	60	D
Richie Palacios	TB	2B,OF	59	F
Troy Johnston	COL	1B,OF,DH	59	F
Colt Keith	DET	1B,2B,3B,DH	59	F
Zac Veen	COL	OF	59	F
Randal Grichuk	CWS	OF,DH	59	F
Taylor Walls	TB	SS	59	F
Josh Lowe	LAA	OF	59	F
Brenton Doyle	CWS	OF	59	F
Keibert Ruiz	WSH	C	59	F
Nathan Lukes	TOR	OF	59	F
Ty France	SD	1B	59	F
John Rave	KC	OF	59	F
Justin Crawford	PHI	OF	59	F
Kyle Isbel	KC	OF	59	F
Elias Diaz	TEX	C	59	F
Tristan Peters	CWS	OF	58	F
Max Muncy	ATH	2B,3B,SS,DH	58	F
Cam Cauley	TEX	2B,SS,OF	58	F
Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B	58	F
Nelson Velazquez	HOU	OF,DH	58	F
Everson Pereira	STL	OF,DH	58	F
Nolan Schanuel	LAA	1B	58	F
Riley Greene	DET	OF,DH	58	F
Kevin McGonigle	DET	3B,SS	58	F
Alejandro Kirk	TOR	C	58	F
Jeff McNeil	ATH	1B,2B,OF	58	F
Andrew Pinckney	WSH	OF	58	F
Abimelec Ortiz	WSH	1B,OF	58	F
Brett Baty	NYM	1B,2B,3B,OF	58	F
Jimmy Crooks III	STL	DH,C	58	F
Harry Ford	WSH	C	58	F
George Lombard	NYY	2B,3B,SS	58	F
Myles Straw	TOR	OF	58	F
Derek Hill	PHI	OF	58	F
Max Kepler	ARI	OF	58	F
Edgar Quero	CWS	DH,C	57	F
Patrick Bailey	CLE	C	57	F
Dominic Smith	ATL	1B,DH	57	F
Angel Martinez	CLE	2B,OF	57	F
Yohel Pozo	BAL	DH,C	57	F
Nick Sogard	BOS	1B,2B,3B	57	F
Nick Gonzales	PIT	2B,3B,SS	57	F
Luisangel Acuna	CWS	2B,SS,OF	57	F
Rhys Hoskins	CLE	1B,DH	57	F
Ryan Kreidler	MIN	3B,SS,OF	57	F
Ryan Vilade	TB	1B,2B,OF	57	F
James McCann	ARI	C	57	F
Cole Young	SEA	2B	57	F
Luis Lara	MIL	OF	57	F
Grant McCray	SF	OF	57	F
Jahmai Jones	BOS	OF,DH	57	F
Drew Romo	CWS	C	57	F
Amed Rosario	NYY	2B,3B,OF,DH	57	F
Tyrone Taylor	CHC	OF	57	F
Jorge Mateo	TB	2B,SS,OF,DH	57	F
Christian Walker	HOU	1B	57	F
Kaelen Culpepper	MIN	SS	57	F
Mike Yastrzemski	ATL	OF	56	F
Brett Sullivan	COL	C	56	F
Ben Malgeri	DET	OF	56	F
Garrett Stubbs	PHI	DH,C	56	F
Colton Cowser	BAL	OF	56	F
Christian Encarnacion-Strand	BAL	1B,3B	56	F
Paul Goldschmidt	NYY	1B,DH	56	F
Andres Gimenez	TOR	2B,SS	56	F
Jeremiah Jackson	BAL	2B,3B,OF	56	F
Kyle Stowers	MIA	1B,OF,DH	56	F
Austin Martin	MIN	2B,OF	56	F
Christian Franklin	BAL	OF	56	F
Alan Roden	MIN	OF	56	F
Edouard Julien	COL	1B,2B,DH	56	F
Brayan Rocchio	CLE	2B,SS	56	F
Nick Fortes	TB	C	56	F
Jordan Beck	COL	OF	56	F
Zach McKinstry	DET	2B,3B,SS,OF	55	F
Masyn Winn	STL	SS	55	F
Petey Halpin	CLE	OF	55	F
Ryan McMahon	NYY	3B	55	F
Edmundo Sosa	PHI	2B,3B,SS,OF	55	F

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