FantasyPros Staff | Fri, Aug 21st 2026, 1:03pm EDT

Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice (Week 21)

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
Elly De La Cruz	CIN	SS,DH	100	A
Shohei Ohtani	LAD	DH	100	A
Alec Burleson	STL	1B,OF,DH	100	A
Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B,DH	100	A
Jordan Walker	STL	OF	100	A
Jake McCarthy	COL	OF,DH	100	A
Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	OF,DH	100	A
Sal Stewart	CIN	1B,2B,3B,DH	100	A
CJ Abrams	WSH	SS,DH	100	A
Yordan Alvarez	HOU	OF,DH	100	A
Julio Rodriguez	SEA	OF,DH	100	A
Ben Rice	NYY	1B,DH,C	100	A
Ivan Herrera	STL	DH,C	100	A
Drake Baldwin	ATL	DH,C	100	A
Munetaka Murakami	CWS	1B,3B,DH	99	A
Junior Caminero	TB	3B	97	A
Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	OF	97	A
Luis Garcia	NYY	1B,2B,DH	96	A
Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS	95	A
Zack Gelof	ATH	2B,3B,OF	94	A
Bryce Harper	PHI	1B,OF,DH	93	A
Yandy Diaz	TB	1B,DH	92	A
Pete Alonso	BAL	1B,DH	91	A
Cole Carrigg	COL	SS,OF	91	A
Kyle Schwarber	PHI	OF,DH	90	A
Andy Pages	LAD	OF	90	A
Jonathan Aranda	TB	1B,DH	88	B
Michael Harris II	ATL	OF	87	B
Gunnar Henderson	BAL	SS,DH	86	B
Chandler Simpson	TB	OF	86	B
JJ Bleday	CIN	OF,DH	86	B
JJ Wetherholt	STL	2B,3B,SS	86	B
Jac Caglianone	KC	1B,OF,DH	86	B
Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	2B,OF	85	B
Daylen Lile	WSH	OF,DH	85	B
Randy Arozarena	SEA	OF	84	B
Ceddanne Rafaela	BOS	2B,OF	83	B
Travis Bazzana	CLE	2B,DH	83	B
Gabriel Moreno	ARI	DH,C	83	B
Mike Trout	LAA	OF,DH	83	B
Matt Olson	ATL	1B	83	B
Wyatt Langford	TEX	OF,DH	82	B
Kyle Tucker	LAD	OF,DH	82	B
Joshua Baez	STL	OF	82	B
Griffin Conine	MIA	1B,OF,DH	81	B
Henry Bolte	ATH	OF	81	B
Seiya Suzuki	CHC	OF,DH	81	B
Jackson Chourio	MIL	OF	81	B
Carter Jensen	KC	DH,C	80	B
Mookie Betts	LAD	SS	80	B
Heriberto Hernandez	MIA	OF,DH	80	B
Mickey Moniak	COL	OF,DH	80	B
Miguel Vargas	CWS	1B,3B	80	B
Corbin Carroll	ARI	OF	79	C
Wilyer Abreu	BOS	OF	79	C
Bryan Reynolds	PIT	OF,DH	78	C
Liam Hicks	TB	1B,DH,C	78	C
Jackson Merrill	SD	OF	78	C
Manny Machado	SD	3B,DH	78	C
Brandon Lowe	PIT	2B,DH	78	C
Jake Bauers	MIL	1B,OF	78	C
Isaac Paredes	HOU	1B,3B,DH	78	C
Nathaniel Lowe	CLE	1B,DH	77	C
Cedric Mullins II	TB	OF	77	C
Dane Myers	CIN	OF,DH	77	C
Jarren Duran	BOS	OF,DH	77	C
Esteury Ruiz	MIA	OF	77	C
Dominic Canzone	SEA	OF,DH	77	C
Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	2B,3B	77	C
Zach Neto	LAA	SS	76	C
Dillon Dingler	DET	DH,C	76	C
Brandon Nimmo	TEX	OF,DH	75	C
Jose Altuve	HOU	2B,OF,DH	75	C
Trent Grisham	NYY	OF	75	C
Luis Rengifo	SD	2B,3B,OF,DH	75	C
Jackson Holliday	BAL	2B,SS	75	C
Salvador Perez	KC	1B,DH,C	75	C
Esmerlyn Valdez	PIT	1B,OF	75	C
Abimelec Ortiz	WSH	1B,OF	74	C
Josh Bell	MIN	1B,DH	74	C
Eugenio Suarez	CIN	3B,DH	74	C
Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	73	C
William Contreras	MIL	DH,C	73	C
Andruw Monasterio	BOS	1B,2B,3B,SS,DH	73	C
Luis Arraez	PHI	1B,2B,DH	73	C
Tim Tawa	ARI	1B,2B,3B,OF,DH	73	C
Kody Clemens	MIN	1B,2B,OF	73	C
Rafael Devers	SF	1B,DH	73	C
A.J. Ewing	NYM	2B,OF	72	C
Bryson Stott	PHI	2B,3B,SS	72	C
Jared Young	NYM	1B,OF,DH	72	C
Keibert Ruiz	WSH	C	72	C
Byron Buxton	MIN	OF,DH	72	C
Max Muncy	LAD	3B	72	C
Colson Montgomery	CWS	3B,SS,DH	72	C
Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	72	C
Teoscar Hernandez	LAD	OF	72	C
Coby Mayo	BAL	1B,3B,DH	72	C
Brandon Marsh	PHI	OF	71	C
Otto Lopez	MIA	2B,SS	71	C
Agustin Ramirez	MIA	DH,C	71	C
Spencer Jones	NYY	OF,DH	71	C
Caleb Durbin	BOS	2B,3B	71	C
Josh Naylor	SEA	1B,DH	71	C
TJ Rumfield	COL	1B,DH	71	C
Lawrence Butler	ATH	OF	70	C
Bryce Eldridge	SF	1B,DH	70	C
Sam Antonacci	CWS	2B,3B,OF	70	C
Chase DeLauter	CLE	OF,DH	70	C
Tyler Stephenson	CIN	C	70	C
Trea Turner	PHI	SS	70	C
Carson Benge	NYM	OF	70	C
Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B	70	C
Willi Castro	COL	1B,2B,3B,SS,OF	70	C
Angel Martinez	CLE	2B,OF	69	D
Alex Bregman	CHC	3B,DH	69	D
Ryan Jeffers	MIN	DH,C	69	D
Brayan Rocchio	CLE	2B,SS	69	D
Trevor Larnach	MIN	OF,DH	69	D
Richie Palacios	TB	2B,OF	69	D
Pedro Ramirez	CHC	2B,3B,DH	69	D
Luke Keaschall	MIN	2B,OF	69	D
Owen Caissie	MIA	OF,DH	69	D
Francisco Alvarez	NYM	DH,C	68	D
Ezequiel Duran	TEX	1B,2B,3B,SS,OF	68	D
Carlos Cortes	ATH	OF,DH	68	D
Nathan Church	STL	OF	67	D
Austin Wells	NYY	C	67	D
Tommy Edman	LAD	2B,3B,OF	67	D
Nasim Nunez	WSH	2B,SS	67	D
Royce Lewis	MIN	1B,2B,3B	67	D
Andrew Benintendi	CWS	OF,DH	67	D
Christian Yelich	MIL	OF,DH	67	D
J.T. Realmuto	PHI	C	66	D
Willson Contreras	BOS	1B	66	D
Leody Taveras	BAL	OF	66	D
Joc Pederson	TEX	1B,DH	66	D
Matt McLain	CIN	2B,SS	66	D
Cam Smith	HOU	OF	66	D
Tyler O’Neill	BAL	OF,DH	66	D
Steven Kwan	CLE	OF	66	D
Andres Chaparro	WSH	1B,DH	66	D
Jeff McNeil	ATH	1B,2B,OF	66	D
Jo Adell	CLE	OF,DH	66	D
Patrick Bailey	CLE	C	66	D
Maikel Garcia	KC	2B,3B,SS,OF	65	D
Michael Massey	KC	2B,OF	65	D
Vinnie Pasquantino	KC	1B,DH	65	D
Oneil Cruz	PIT	OF,DH	65	D
Cal Raleigh	SEA	DH,C	65	D
Connor Norby	COL	1B,2B,3B,DH	65	D
Max Muncy	ATH	2B,3B,SS,DH	65	D
Corey Seager	TEX	SS	65	D
Jonny DeLuca	TB	OF	65	D
Ryan Waldschmidt	ARI	OF	65	D
Braden Montgomery	CWS	OF	64	D
Moises Ballesteros	LAA	DH,C	64	D
Masyn Winn	STL	SS	64	D
Jake Mangum	PIT	OF	64	D
Kevin McGonigle	DET	3B,SS	64	D
Taylor Trammell	HOU	OF	64	D
Henry Davis	PIT	C	64	D
Tyler Tolbert	KC	SS,OF	64	D
Dylan Beavers	BAL	OF,DH	64	D
Jorge Mateo	TB	2B,SS,OF,DH	64	D
Wade Meckler	LAA	OF	63	D
Samuel Basallo	BAL	1B,DH,C	63	D
Jeremy Pena	HOU	SS	63	D
Adley Rutschman	BOS	DH,C	63	D
Evan Carter	TEX	OF	63	D
Brett Sullivan	COL	C	63	D
Nick Loftin	KC	2B,3B,OF	63	D
George Springer	TOR	OF,DH	63	D
Eduardo Valencia	DET	1B,DH,C	63	D
Jakob Marsee	MIA	OF	63	D
Justin Crawford	PHI	OF	63	D
Alejandro Kirk	TOR	C	63	D
Jose Tena	WSH	2B,3B,OF,DH	63	D
Mauricio Dubon	ATL	2B,3B,SS,OF	62	D
Heliot Ramos	NYY	OF	62	D
Jonah Heim	ATH	1B,DH,C	62	D
Brooks Lee	MIN	2B,3B,SS	62	D
Colt Keith	DET	1B,2B,3B,DH	62	D
Angel Genao	CLE	2B,3B,SS	62	D
Luis Campusano	SD	DH,C	62	D
Luis Robert Jr.	NYM	OF	62	D
Gary Sanchez	MIL	1B,DH,C	62	D
Daulton Varsho	HOU	OF	62	D
Brady House	WSH	3B,DH	62	D
Jesus Sanchez	TOR	OF,DH	62	D
Ian Happ	CHC	OF	62	D
Max Clark	DET	OF	61	D
Jose Fernandez	ARI	1B,3B,SS,DH	61	D
Mickey Gasper	BOS	DH,C	61	D
Javier Sanoja	MIA	2B,3B,SS,OF	61	D
Joe Mack	MIA	C	61	D
Gavin Sheets	SD	1B,OF,DH	61	D
Xavier Edwards	MIA	2B,SS	61	D
Colton Cowser	BAL	OF	61	D
Michael Conforto	CHC	OF,DH	61	D
Everson Pereira	STL	OF,DH	61	D
Luis Lara	MIL	OF	61	D
Austin Riley	ATL	3B	61	D
Jose Fermin	STL	2B,3B,OF	61	D
Carson Kelly	CHC	DH,C	61	D
Jimmy Crooks III	STL	DH,C	60	D
Jordan Beck	COL	OF	60	D
Jung Hoo Lee	SF	OF	60	D
Yainer Diaz	HOU	DH,C	60	D
Kyle Isbel	KC	OF	60	D
Mike Yastrzemski	ATL	OF	60	D
Geraldo Perdomo	ARI	SS	60	D
Justin Foscue	TEX	1B,2B,DH	60	D
Josh Lowe	LAA	OF	60	D
Brice Turang	MIL	2B	60	D
Carlos Narvaez	BAL	C	60	D
Taylor Ward	SEA	OF	60	D
Victor Caratini	MIN	1B,DH,C	60	D
Nathan Lukes	TOR	OF	60	D
Ryan Vilade	TB	1B,2B,OF	60	D
Randal Grichuk	CWS	OF,DH	60	D
Nick Sogard	BOS	1B,2B,3B	59	F
Tristan Peters	CWS	OF	59	F
Jose Caballero	NYY	2B,3B,SS,OF	59	F
Brett Bateman	TOR	OF	59	F
Lars Nootbaar	ARI	OF,DH	59	F
Chase Meidroth	CWS	2B,3B,SS	59	F
Jordan Lawlar	ARI	3B,OF	59	F
Isaac Collins	KC	OF	59	F
Connor Wong	BOS	C	59	F
Oswald Peraza	LAA	1B,2B,3B,SS,DH	59	F
Dominic Smith	ATL	1B,DH	59	F
Ty France	SD	1B	59	F
Jacob Young	WSH	OF	59	F
Bo Bichette	NYM	3B,SS	59	F
Garrett Mitchell	MIL	OF	59	F
Ildemaro Vargas	ARI	1B,2B	59	F
Miguel Amaya	CHC	DH,C	58	F
Bryan Torres	STL	2B,OF	58	F
Petey Halpin	CLE	OF	58	F
Dylan Crews	WSH	OF	58	F
Donovan Walton	ATH	2B,3B	58	F
Javier Baez	DET	2B,3B,SS,OF	58	F
Leo Jimenez	MIA	1B,2B,3B,DH	58	F
Jared Triolo	PIT	1B,2B,3B,SS	58	F
Brendan Donovan	SEA	2B,3B,SS,OF	58	F
Hunter Feduccia	LAD	C	58	F
Austin Hays	SD	OF,DH	58	F
Andres Gimenez	TOR	2B,SS	58	F
Hector Rodriguez	CIN	OF	58	F
Rhys Hoskins	CLE	1B,DH	58	F
Brett Baty	NYM	1B,2B,3B,OF	58	F
Jahmai Jones	BOS	OF,DH	57	F
Zach McKinstry	DET	2B,3B,SS,OF	57	F
Drew Cavanaugh	SF	C	57	F
Zac Veen	COL	OF	57	F
Jake Cronenworth	SD	1B,2B,SS	57	F
Nico Hoerner	CHC	2B,SS	57	F
Gleyber Torres	DET	2B	57	F
Troy Johnston	COL	1B,OF,DH	57	F
Jonah Cox	SF	OF	57	F
Hunter Goodman	COL	DH,C	57	F
Braxton Fulford	COL	DH,C	57	F
Amed Rosario	NYY	2B,3B,OF,DH	57	F
David Hamilton	MIL	2B,3B,SS	57	F
Xander Bogaerts	SD	SS	57	F
LaMonte Wade Jr.	HOU	1B,OF	57	F
Drew Gilbert	SF	OF	57	F
Vaughn Grissom	LAA	1B,2B,3B	57	F
Sean Murphy	ATL	C	57	F
Weston Wilson	SEA	2B,3B,OF	57	F
Garrett Stubbs	PHI	DH,C	57	F
Christopher Morel	NYM	1B,OF,DH	57	F
Alan Roden	MIN	OF	57	F
Luisangel Acuna	CWS	2B,SS,OF	57	F
Kaelen Culpepper	MIN	SS	57	F
Josh Smith	TOR	1B,2B,3B,SS,OF	56	F
Yohel Pozo	BAL	DH,C	56	F
Christian Franklin	BAL	OF	56	F
Brenton Doyle	CWS	OF	56	F
Paul Goldschmidt	NYY	1B,DH	56	F
Jorge Polanco	NYM	2B,3B,DH	56	F
Enrique Hernandez	LAD	1B,2B,3B,OF	56	F
Victor Bericoto	SF	1B,OF	56	F
Christian Vazquez	HOU	C	56	F
Lane Thomas	ATL	OF	56	F
Christian Encarnacion-Strand	BAL	1B,3B	56	F
Jose Siri	LAA	OF	56	F
Nelson Velazquez	HOU	OF,DH	56	F
David Fry	CLE	OF,DH,C	56	F
Joey Ortiz	MIL	3B,SS	56	F
Tyrone Taylor	CHC	OF	56	F
Kevin Alcantara	CHC	OF,DH	56	F
Myles Straw	TOR	OF	56	F
Jake Burger	TEX	1B	56	F
Eli White	BOS	OF	56	F
Nick Fortes	TB	C	55	F
Daz Cameron	TOR	OF	55	F
Jarred Kelenic	TEX	OF	55	F
John Rave	KC	OF	55	F

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