Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice: Week 4 (2023)

Welcome to Quick Grades. Or Start/Sit Grades. Whatever you want to call it, this is our weekly fantasy baseball 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.

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Fantasy Baseball Weekly Player Rankings & Grades

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

Name	Team	Position	Score	Grade
Trea Turner	PHI	SS	100	A
Shohei Ohtani	LAA	DH	100	A
Julio Rodriguez	SEA	CF	100	A
Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	RF,DH	100	A
Aaron Judge	NYY	CF,RF,DH	100	A
Kyle Tucker	HOU	RF	98	A
J.T. Realmuto	PHI	C	98	A
Juan Soto	SD	LF,RF	97	A
Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B,DH	97	A
Mookie Betts	LAD	2B,RF	96	A
Yordan Alvarez	HOU	LF,DH	95	A
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B,DH	94	A
Bo Bichette	TOR	SS	94	A
Mike Trout	LAA	CF	92	A
Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	3B,SS	89	B
Kyle Schwarber	PHI	DH,LF	87	B
Manny Machado	SD	3B	87	B
Randy Arozarena	TB	LF,RF,DH	87	B
Daulton Varsho	TOR	C,CF,LF,RF	86	B
Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	86	B
Cedric Mullins II	BAL	CF	85	B
Rafael Devers	BOS	3B	84	B
Salvador Perez	KC	C,DH	84	B
Pete Alonso	NYM	1B,DH	84	B
Luis Robert Jr.	CWS	CF	84	B
George Springer	TOR	CF,RF,DH	84	B
Adolis Garcia	TEX	CF,RF,DH	83	B
Teoscar Hernandez	SEA	RF	83	B
Marcus Semien	TEX	2B,SS	83	B
Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	83	B
Starling Marte	NYM	RF	81	B
Adley Rutschman	BAL	C,DH	81	B
Eloy Jimenez	CWS	LF,DH	80	B
Austin Riley	ATL	3B	80	B
Bryan Reynolds	PIT	CF,LF	80	B
Paul Goldschmidt	STL	1B,DH	80	B
Byron Buxton	MIN	CF,DH	78	C
Jazz Chisholm Jr.	MIA	2B,CF	78	C
Anthony Santander	BAL	LF,RF,DH	78	C
Willson Contreras	STL	C,DH	78	C
Matt Olson	ATL	1B	78	C
Christian Yelich	MIL	LF,DH	77	C
Tyler O’Neill	STL	LF,CF	77	C
Alejandro Kirk	TOR	C,DH	77	C
Nolan Arenado	STL	3B	77	C
J.D. Martinez	LAD	DH	77	C
Corbin Carroll	ARI	CF,LF,RF	77	C
Steven Kwan	CLE	LF,RF	76	C
Nick Castellanos	PHI	DH,RF	75	C
Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B	75	C
Taylor Ward	LAA	CF,LF,RF	75	C
Jake McCarthy	ARI	LF,CF,RF	75	C
Kris Bryant	COL	LF,RF	75	C
Amed Rosario	CLE	SS,LF	74	C
Hunter Renfroe	LAA	RF	74	C
Jose Abreu	HOU	1B,DH	74	C
Sean Murphy	ATL	C,DH	74	C
Seiya Suzuki	CHC	RF	74	C
Alex Bregman	HOU	3B	74	C
Nathaniel Lowe	TEX	1B	73	C
Dansby Swanson	CHC	SS	73	C
Christian Walker	ARI	1B	73	C
Ian Happ	CHC	LF	73	C
Andres Gimenez	CLE	2B,SS	73	C
MJ Melendez	KC	C,LF,RF,DH	73	C
Andrew Vaughn	CWS	1B,LF,RF,DH	73	C
William Contreras	MIL	C,DH	73	C
Tommy Edman	STL	2B,SS	73	C
Xander Bogaerts	SD	SS	73	C
Tyler Stephenson	CIN	C,DH	72	C
Gleyber Torres	NYY	2B	72	C
C.J. Cron	COL	1B,DH	72	C
Brandon Nimmo	NYM	CF	72	C
Alex Verdugo	BOS	LF,RF	72	C
Gunnar Henderson	BAL	3B,SS	72	C
Jeff McNeil	NYM	2B,LF,RF	72	C
Max Muncy	LAD	2B,3B,DH	71	C
Willy Adames	MIL	SS	71	C
Matt Chapman	TOR	3B	70	C
Cal Raleigh	SEA	C	69	D
Riley Greene	DET	CF	69	D
Ty France	SEA	1B,3B	69	D
Joey Meneses	WSH	1B,DH,RF	69	D
Ryan Mountcastle	BAL	1B,DH	69	D
Whit Merrifield	TOR	2B,CF,LF,RF	69	D
Vinnie Pasquantino	KC	1B,DH	69	D
Wander Franco	TB	SS	69	D
Danny Jansen	TOR	C	68	D
Keibert Ruiz	WSH	C	68	D
Josh Naylor	CLE	1B,RF,DH	68	D
Rowdy Tellez	MIL	1B	68	D
Lars Nootbaar	STL	LF,CF,RF	68	D
Andrew Benintendi	CWS	LF	68	D
Oscar Gonzalez	CLE	RF	68	D
Thairo Estrada	SF	2B,SS,LF	68	D
Ryan McMahon	COL	2B,3B	68	D
Cody Bellinger	CHC	CF	68	D
Anthony Rizzo	NYY	1B	68	D
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	ARI	DH,LF	68	D
Eugenio Suarez	SEA	3B	67	D
Masataka Yoshida	BOS	LF	67	D
Carlos Correa	MIN	SS	67	D
Ke’Bryan Hayes	PIT	3B	67	D
Brandon Lowe	TB	2B	66	D
Chris Taylor	LAD	2B,CF,LF,RF,SS	66	D
Alec Bohm	PHI	1B,3B	66	D
Austin Hays	BAL	LF,RF	66	D
Michael Conforto	SF	LF,RF	66	D
Nico Hoerner	CHC	2B,SS	65	D
Jake Cronenworth	SD	1B,2B,SS	65	D
Esteury Ruiz	OAK	CF,LF	65	D
Wil Myers	CIN	1B,LF,RF	65	D
Jesse Winker	MIL	DH,LF	65	D
Luis Arraez	MIA	1B,2B,DH	65	D
Gabriel Moreno	ARI	C	65	D
Mike Yastrzemski	SF	CF,LF,RF	65	D
Jose Miranda	MIN	1B,3B,DH	65	D
Charlie Blackmon	COL	RF,DH	65	D
Trey Mancini	CHC	1B,LF,RF,DH	65	D
Jonah Heim	TEX	C	65	D
Jorge Soler	MIA	DH,LF	65	D
Jon Berti	MIA	2B,3B,SS,LF	65	D
Josh Bell	CLE	1B,DH	65	D
Dylan Carlson	STL	CF,LF,RF	64	D
Lane Thomas	WSH	LF,CF,RF	64	D
Joey Gallo	MIN	1B,LF,RF	64	D
Jeremy Pena	HOU	SS	64	D
Yandy Diaz	TB	1B,3B	64	D
Jake Fraley	CIN	CF,DH,LF,RF	64	D
Manuel Margot	TB	LF,CF,RF	64	D
Jonathan India	CIN	2B	64	D
Ketel Marte	ARI	2B,DH	64	D
Yasmani Grandal	CWS	C,DH	64	D
Trent Grisham	SD	CF	64	D
Tommy Pham	NYM	DH,LF	63	D
Logan O’Hoppe	LAA	C	63	D
Shea Langeliers	OAK	C,DH	63	D
Andrew McCutchen	PIT	LF,RF,DH	63	D
Eric Haase	DET	C,LF	63	D
Jordan Walker	STL	3B,RF	63	D
Nelson Cruz	SD	DH	63	D
Christian Vazquez	MIN	C,1B	63	D
Javier Baez	DET	SS	63	D
Justin Turner	BOS	3B,DH	62	D
DJ LeMahieu	NYY	1B,2B,3B	62	D
Marcell Ozuna	ATL	LF,DH	62	D
Harold Ramirez	TB	1B,RF,DH	62	D
Oswaldo Cabrera	NYY	LF,RF	62	D
Nick Gordon	MIN	2B,SS,LF,CF	62	D
Myles Straw	CLE	CF	62	D
Christian Arroyo	BOS	1B,2B,3B,SS,RF	62	D
Max Kepler	MIN	RF	62	D
Mark Canha	NYM	CF,DH,LF	62	D
Brandon Marsh	PHI	LF,CF	62	D
Jurickson Profar	COL	LF	62	D
Ezequiel Tovar	COL	SS	62	D
Jarred Kelenic	SEA	CF,LF,RF	62	D
Anthony Rendon	LAA	3B	62	D
TJ Friedl	CIN	LF,CF,RF	62	D
Oscar Colas	CWS	CF,RF	62	D
AJ Pollock	SEA	LF,CF,RF	62	D
Brandon Drury	LAA	1B,2B,3B,DH	62	D
Bryan De La Cruz	MIA	LF,CF,RF	62	D
Leody Taveras	TEX	CF	62	D
Josh Rojas	ARI	2B,3B	62	D
Elias Diaz	COL	C	62	D
Avisail Garcia	MIA	RF	62	D
Victor Robles	WSH	CF	61	D
Tony Kemp	OAK	2B,LF	61	D
Joey Bart	SF	C	61	D
Brendan Donovan	STL	1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF	61	D
Kerry Carpenter	DET	DH,LF,RF	61	D
Jean Segura	MIA	2B,3B	61	D
Kike Hernandez	BOS	2B,SS,CF	61	D
Miguel Vargas	LAD	1B,2B	61	D
Akil Baddoo	DET	LF,CF	60	D
Mike Zunino	CLE	C	60	D
Kyle Isbel	KC	LF,CF,RF	60	D
Triston Casas	BOS	1B	60	D
Anthony Volpe	NYY	SS	60	D
Jose Trevino	NYY	C	60	D
Alek Thomas	ARI	CF	60	D
Patrick Wisdom	CHC	1B,3B,RF	60	D
Vaughn Grissom	ATL	2B,SS	60	D
Matt Carpenter	SD	RF,DH	60	D
Nick Senzel	CIN	CF	60	D
Edward Olivares	KC	LF,RF	60	D
Daniel Vogelbach	NYM	DH	59	F
Austin Nola	SD	C	59	F
Adam Frazier	BAL	2B,LF,RF	59	F
Francisco Alvarez	NYM	C,DH	59	F
Josh Lowe	TB	LF,CF,RF	59	F
Gavin Sheets	CWS	1B,DH,RF	59	F
CJ Abrams	WSH	2B,SS	59	F
Kolten Wong	SEA	2B	59	F
Eddie Rosario	ATL	LF,RF	59	F
Blake Sabol	SF	C,LF	59	F
Josh Jung	TEX	3B	59	F
Ha-Seong Kim	SD	2B,3B,SS	59	F
Nick Fortes	MIA	C	59	F
Jorge Mateo	BAL	SS	59	F
Jack Suwinski	PIT	LF,CF,RF	58	F
James Outman	LAD	CF,LF	58	F
LaMonte Wade Jr.	SF	1B,LF,RF	58	F
Christian Bethancourt	TB	C,1B	58	F
David Peralta	LAD	LF	58	F
Jace Peterson	OAK	3B,RF	58	F
Kevin Kiermaier	TOR	CF	58	F
Aledmys Diaz	OAK	1B,2B,3B,SS,LF	58	F
Spencer Torkelson	DET	1B	58	F
Bryson Stott	PHI	2B,SS	58	F
Elvis Andrus	CWS	2B,SS	57	F
Jesus Sanchez	MIA	CF,LF,RF	57	F
Yan Gomes	CHC	C	57	F
Raimel Tapia	BOS	LF,CF,RF	57	F
Matt Vierling	DET	3B,LF,CF,RF	57	F
Wilmer Flores	SF	1B,2B,3B,DH	57	F
Brian Anderson	MIL	3B,LF,RF	57	F
Jeimer Candelario	WSH	3B	57	F
Spencer Steer	CIN	1B,3B	57	F
Brandon Belt	TOR	1B,DH	57	F
Isaac Paredes	TB	1B,2B,3B	57	F
Ryan Jeffers	MIN	C	57	F
Eduardo Escobar	NYM	3B	57	F
Hunter Dozier	KC	1B,3B,LF,RF,DH	57	F
Franmil Reyes	KC	RF,DH	57	F
Carlos Santana	PIT	1B,DH	56	F
Miguel Cabrera	DET	DH	56	F
Francisco Mejia	TB	C	56	F
Aaron Hicks	NYY	LF,CF	56	F
Gio Urshela	LAA	3B,SS	56	F
Eric Hosmer	CHC	1B,DH	56	F
Will Brennan	CLE	LF,RF	56	F
Luis Rengifo	LAA	2B,3B,SS	56	F
Yonathan Daza	COL	LF,CF	56	F
Robbie Grossman	TEX	LF,RF	56	F
Jarren Duran	BOS	CF,RF	56	F
Garrett Cooper	MIA	1B,DH	56	F
Tommy La Stella	SEA	DH	56	F
Luke Voit	MIL	1B,DH	55	F
Nick Madrigal	CHC	2B,3B	55	F
Ji Hwan Bae	PIT	2B,CF	55	F
Michael A. Taylor	MIN	CF	55	F
Santiago Espinal	TOR	2B,3B,SS	55	F
Ryan Noda	OAK	1B,LF	55	F
Rodolfo Castro	PIT	2B,3B,SS	55	F
Jason Heyward	LAD	CF,RF	55	F
Victor Caratini	MIL	C	55	F
Jose Azocar	SD	LF,CF,RF	55	F
Vidal Brujan	TB	2B,RF	55	F
Nate Eaton	KC	3B,RF	55	F
Cavan Biggio	TOR	1B,2B,RF	55	F
Kevin Newman	CIN	2B,SS	55	F
J.P. Crawford	SEA	SS	55	F
Dominic Smith	WSH	1B	55	F
Reese McGuire	BOS	C	55	F
Jacob Stallings	MIA	C	55	F
J.D. Davis	SF	1B,3B,DH	55	F
Trevor Larnach	MIN	LF,RF	54	F
Isiah Kiner-Falefa	NYY	CF,SS	54	F
Brett Baty	NYM	3B	54	F
Martin Maldonado	HOU	C	54	F
Connor Joe	PIT	1B,LF,RF,DH	54	F
Edwin Rios	CHC	DH	54	F
Luis Garcia	WSH	2B,SS	54	F
Luke Raley	TB	1B,LF,RF	54	F
Michael Massey	KC	2B	54	F
Josh H. Smith	TEX	3B,LF,SS	54	F
Ramon Urias	BAL	2B,3B	54	F
Joey Wiemer	MIL	CF,RF	54	F
Mauricio Dubon	HOU	2B,SS,LF,CF	54	F
Brice Turang	MIL	2B,SS	54	F
James McCann	BAL	C	54	F
Jonathan Schoop	DET	2B	54	F
Garrett Hampson	MIA	2B,3B,SS,CF	53	F
Conner Capel	OAK	LF,RF	53	F
Nicky Lopez	KC	2B,3B,SS	53	F
Tucupita Marcano	PIT	2B,LF	53	F
Kyle Higashioka	NYY	C	53	F
Mike Moustakas	COL	1B,3B,DH	53	F
Nolan Gorman	STL	2B,DH	53	F
Brad Miller	TEX	3B,LF,DH	53	F
Brandon Crawford	SF	SS	53	F
Nick Maton	DET	2B,3B,LF,RF	53	F
Evan Longoria	ARI	3B	53	F
Alex Call	WSH	LF	53	F
Connor Wong	BOS	C	53	F
Canaan Smith-Njigba	PIT	LF,RF	53	F
Jesus Aguilar	OAK	1B,DH	53	F
Stone Garrett	WSH	LF	53	F
Stuart Fairchild	CIN	LF,CF	52	F
Brian Serven	COL	C	52	F
Cristian Pache	PHI	CF,LF	52	F
Cooper Hummel	SEA	C,DH,LF	52	F
David Villar	SF	1B,2B,3B	52	F
Eli White	ATL	LF,CF	52	F
Alec Burleson	STL	LF,RF	52	F
Jake Cave	PHI	LF,RF	52	F
Tom Murphy	SEA	C	52	F
Darin Ruf	SF	1B,LF,RF,DH	52	F
Elehuris Montero	COL	1B,3B	52	F
Pavin Smith	ARI	1B,RF,DH	52	F
Austin Hedges	PIT	C	52	F
Jake Meyers	HOU	CF	52	F
Yuli Gurriel	MIA	1B	52	F
Tomas Nido	NYM	C	52	F
Jake Rogers	DET	C	51	F
Travis Jankowski	TEX	LF,CF,RF	51	F
Austin Barnes	LAD	C	51	F
Kevin Pillar	ATL	LF	51	F
Jackie Bradley Jr.	KC	CF,RF	51	F
Jake Lamb	LAA	1B,LF	51	F
Tucker Barnhart	CHC	C	51	F
Willi Castro	MIN	2B,SS,LF,CF,RF	51	F
Edouard Julien	MIN	2B	51	F
Sam Hilliard	ATL	LF,CF	51	F
Franchy Cordero	NYY	1B,LF,RF	51	F
Riley Adams	WSH	C	51	F
Ryan O’Hearn	BAL	1B,RF,DH	51	F
Ezequiel Duran	TEX	2B,3B,LF	51	F
Owen Miller	MIL	1B,2B,DH	50	F
David Hensley	HOU	2B,DH	50	F
Kody Clemens	PHI	1B,2B,3B,LF	50	F
Willie Calhoun	NYY	DH	50	F
Brent Rooker	OAK	DH,LF	50	F
Seby Zavala	CWS	C	50	F
Donovan Solano	MIN	1B,2B,3B,DH	50	F
Ryan McKenna	BAL	LF,CF,RF	50	F
Matt Thaiss	LAA	C,1B	50	F
Terrin Vavra	BAL	2B,LF,RF	50	F
Harold Castro	COL	1B,2B,3B,SS	50	F
Edmundo Sosa	PHI	3B,SS	50	F
Nick Ahmed	ARI	SS	50	F
Curt Casali	CIN	C	50	F
Michael Chavis	WSH	1B,2B,3B	49	F
Josh Harrison	PHI	2B,3B	49	F
Luis Torrens	CHC	C,DH	49	F
Taylor Walls	TB	2B,3B,SS	49	F
Zach McKinstry	DET	2B,3B,SS	49	F
Luke Maile	CIN	C	49	F
Matt Duffy	KC	1B,2B,3B	49	F
Yainer Diaz	HOU	C	49	F
Rougned Odor	SD	2B,RF	48	F
Alan Trejo	COL	2B,3B,SS	48	F
Corey Julks	HOU	3B,LF,RF	48	F
Jose Herrera	ARI	C	48	F
Yu Chang	BOS	1B,2B,SS	48	F
Tyler Nevin	DET	1B,3B	48	F
Luis Guillorme	NYM	2B,3B,SS	48	F
Jose Barrero	CIN	CF,SS	48	F
Garrett Stubbs	PHI	C	48	F
Geraldo Perdomo	ARI	3B,SS	47	F
Jason Delay	PIT	C	47	F
Jake Burger	CWS	3B	47	F
Lenyn Sosa	CWS	2B,SS	47	F
Gabriel Arias	CLE	1B,3B	47	F
Romy Gonzalez	CWS	2B,RF	47	F
Kevin Smith	OAK	3B,SS	47	F
Mike Brosseau	MIL	3B	46	F
Mark Mathias	PIT	2B,DH	46	F
Cam Gallagher	CLE	C	46	F
Sandy Leon	TEX	C	45	F
Jason Vosler	CIN	1B,3B	43	F
Taylor Motter	STL	2B,3B	43	F

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