Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice: Week 8 (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
Julio Rodriguez	SEA	CF	100	A
Trea Turner	PHI	SS	100	A
Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	RF,DH	100	A
Shohei Ohtani	LAA	DH	100	A
Aaron Judge	NYY	CF,RF,DH	100	A
Kyle Tucker	HOU	RF	99	A
Yordan Alvarez	HOU	LF,DH	96	A
Bo Bichette	TOR	SS	96	A
Mike Trout	LAA	CF	94	A
Will Smith	LAD	C,DH	93	A
J.T. Realmuto	PHI	C	93	A
Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	CF,RF,SS	92	A
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B,DH	92	A
Mookie Betts	LAD	2B,RF,SS	91	A
Juan Soto	SD	LF,RF	91	A
Randy Arozarena	TB	LF,RF,DH	91	A
Rafael Devers	BOS	3B	88	B
Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	88	B
Cedric Mullins II	BAL	CF	86	B
Bryan Reynolds	PIT	CF,LF	86	B
Adley Rutschman	BAL	C,DH	85	B
Adolis Garcia	TEX	CF,RF,DH	85	B
Kyle Schwarber	PHI	DH,LF	84	B
Marcus Semien	TEX	2B,SS	83	B
Pete Alonso	NYM	1B,DH	83	B
Luis Robert Jr.	CWS	CF	83	B
Daulton Varsho	TOR	C,CF,LF,RF	82	B
Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	3B,SS	82	B
Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	80	B
Austin Riley	ATL	3B	80	B
Corbin Carroll	ARI	CF,LF,RF	80	B
Manny Machado	SD	3B	80	B
Teoscar Hernandez	SEA	DH,RF	80	B
Sean Murphy	ATL	C,DH	80	B
Paul Goldschmidt	STL	1B,DH	80	B
Christian Yelich	MIL	LF,DH	79	C
Willson Contreras	STL	C,DH	78	C
Byron Buxton	MIN	CF,DH	78	C
Wander Franco	TB	SS	78	C
George Springer	TOR	CF,RF,DH	78	C
Salvador Perez	KC	C,DH	78	C
J.D. Martinez	LAD	DH	77	C
Michael Harris II	ATL	CF	77	C
Matt Olson	ATL	1B	77	C
Starling Marte	NYM	RF	77	C
Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B	76	C
Kris Bryant	COL	DH,LF,RF	76	C
Nick Castellanos	PHI	DH,RF	76	C
Matt Chapman	TOR	3B	76	C
Steven Kwan	CLE	LF,RF	75	C
Nolan Arenado	STL	3B	75	C
Brandon Nimmo	NYM	CF	75	C
Ian Happ	CHC	LF	75	C
Alex Verdugo	BOS	LF,RF	74	C
Bryce Harper	PHI	RF,DH	74	C
Taylor Ward	LAA	CF,LF,RF	74	C
Xander Bogaerts	SD	SS	74	C
Thairo Estrada	SF	2B,SS,LF	74	C
Nathaniel Lowe	TEX	1B	73	C
Corey Seager	TEX	SS	73	C
Anthony Santander	BAL	LF,RF,DH	73	C
MJ Melendez	KC	C,LF,RF,DH	73	C
Hunter Renfroe	LAA	RF	73	C
Alex Bregman	HOU	3B	73	C
Andres Gimenez	CLE	2B,SS	73	C
Amed Rosario	CLE	SS,LF	73	C
Ryan Mountcastle	BAL	1B,DH	73	C
Andrew Vaughn	CWS	1B,LF,RF,DH	72	C
William Contreras	MIL	C,DH	72	C
Alejandro Kirk	TOR	C,DH	72	C
Max Muncy	LAD	2B,3B,DH	72	C
Seiya Suzuki	CHC	RF	72	C
Masataka Yoshida	BOS	DH,LF	72	C
Jonah Heim	TEX	C	71	C
Willy Adames	MIL	SS	71	C
Tyler Stephenson	CIN	1B,C,DH	71	C
Yandy Diaz	TB	1B,3B	71	C
Dansby Swanson	CHC	SS	71	C
Vinnie Pasquantino	KC	1B,DH	70	C
Jarred Kelenic	SEA	CF,LF,RF	70	C
Christian Walker	ARI	1B	70	C
Nolan Gorman	STL	2B,3B,DH	70	C
Gleyber Torres	NYY	2B,DH	70	C
Jeff McNeil	NYM	2B,LF,RF	70	C
Tim Anderson	CWS	SS	69	D
Cal Raleigh	SEA	C	69	D
Alec Bohm	PHI	1B,3B	69	D
Josh Naylor	CLE	1B,RF,DH	69	D
Whit Merrifield	TOR	2B,CF,LF,RF	69	D
Cody Bellinger	CHC	CF	69	D
Ty France	SEA	1B,3B	68	D
Tommy Edman	STL	2B,SS	68	D
Anthony Rizzo	NYY	1B	68	D
Andrew Benintendi	CWS	LF	68	D
Rowdy Tellez	MIL	1B	68	D
Luis Arraez	MIA	1B,2B,DH	68	D
Austin Hays	BAL	LF,RF	68	D
Patrick Wisdom	CHC	1B,3B,RF	68	D
Keibert Ruiz	WSH	C	68	D
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	ARI	DH,LF	68	D
Mitch Haniger	SF	LF,RF	68	D
Jonathan India	CIN	2B	67	D
Elias Diaz	COL	C	67	D
Brandon Lowe	TB	2B	67	D
Riley Greene	DET	CF	67	D
Michael Conforto	SF	LF,RF	67	D
Ke’Bryan Hayes	PIT	3B	66	D
Ramon Laureano	OAK	CF,RF	66	D
Danny Jansen	TOR	C	66	D
Carlos Correa	MIN	SS	66	D
Charlie Blackmon	COL	RF,DH	66	D
Lars Nootbaar	STL	LF,CF,RF	66	D
Gabriel Moreno	ARI	C	66	D
Jorge Soler	MIA	DH,LF,RF	65	D
Travis d’Arnaud	ATL	C,DH	65	D
Jake Fraley	CIN	CF,DH,LF,RF	65	D
Jeremy Pena	HOU	SS	65	D
James Outman	LAD	CF,LF	65	D
Eugenio Suarez	SEA	3B	65	D
Shea Langeliers	OAK	C,DH	65	D
Ryan McMahon	COL	2B,3B	65	D
Harrison Bader	NYY	CF	65	D
Gunnar Henderson	BAL	3B,SS	65	D
Esteury Ruiz	OAK	CF,LF	65	D
Jesse Winker	MIL	DH,LF	65	D
Randal Grichuk	COL	CF,RF	64	D
Yasmani Grandal	CWS	C,DH	64	D
Lane Thomas	WSH	LF,CF,RF	64	D
Jorge Mateo	BAL	SS	64	D
Mike Yastrzemski	SF	CF,LF,RF	64	D
Manuel Margot	TB	LF,CF,RF	64	D
Harold Ramirez	TB	1B,RF,DH	64	D
Nelson Cruz	SD	DH	64	D
Joey Gallo	MIN	1B,LF,RF	64	D
Brandon Marsh	PHI	LF,CF	64	D
Daniel Vogelbach	NYM	DH	64	D
Jose Abreu	HOU	1B,DH	64	D
Andrew McCutchen	PIT	LF,RF,DH	64	D
Chris Taylor	LAD	2B,3B,CF,LF,RF,SS	64	D
Trey Mancini	CHC	1B,LF,RF,DH	63	D
Josh Jung	TEX	3B	63	D
Geraldo Perdomo	ARI	2B,3B,SS	63	D
Brent Rooker	OAK	DH,LF	63	D
Jon Berti	MIA	2B,3B,SS,LF	63	D
Jake Cronenworth	SD	1B,2B,SS	63	D
Josh Rojas	ARI	2B,3B	63	D
Christian Vazquez	MIN	C,1B	63	D
Josh Bell	CLE	1B,DH	63	D
Harold Castro	COL	1B,2B,3B,CF,SS	63	D
Eric Haase	DET	C,DH,LF	63	D
Wil Myers	CIN	1B,LF,RF	62	D
Orlando Arcia	ATL	2B,LF,SS	62	D
Brian Anderson	MIL	3B,LF,RF	62	D
Ketel Marte	ARI	2B,DH	62	D
Ezequiel Duran	TEX	2B,3B,LF,SS	62	D
Jack Suwinski	PIT	LF,CF,RF	62	D
Jose Siri	TB	CF	62	D
Jorge Polanco	MIN	2B	62	D
Ji Hwan Bae	PIT	2B,CF	62	D
Myles Straw	CLE	CF	62	D
Javier Baez	DET	SS	62	D
Marcell Ozuna	ATL	LF,DH	62	D
Zach McKinstry	DET	2B,3B,LF,RF,SS	62	D
Brendan Donovan	STL	1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF	62	D
Justin Turner	BOS	1B,3B,DH	62	D
Bryan De La Cruz	MIA	LF,CF,RF	62	D
Trent Grisham	SD	CF	62	D
LaMonte Wade Jr.	SF	1B,LF,RF	62	D
Christian Bethancourt	TB	C,1B	61	D
Josh Lowe	TB	CF,DH,LF,RF	61	D
Yan Gomes	CHC	C	61	D
Ezequiel Tovar	COL	SS	61	D
Miguel Vargas	LAD	1B,2B	61	D
Joey Bart	SF	C	61	D
Brandon Drury	LAA	1B,2B,3B,DH	61	D
Kike Hernandez	BOS	2B,SS,CF	61	D
Anthony Volpe	NYY	SS	61	D
Mark Canha	NYM	CF,DH,LF	61	D
Jurickson Profar	COL	LF	61	D
Alex Kirilloff	MIN	1B,LF	60	D
Jarren Duran	BOS	CF,RF	60	D
DJ LeMahieu	NYY	1B,2B,3B	60	D
Luke Raley	TB	1B,LF,RF	60	D
Owen Miller	MIL	1B,2B,3B,DH,LF	60	D
Bryson Stott	PHI	2B,SS	60	D
Oswaldo Cabrera	NYY	3B,LF,RF	60	D
Nick Senzel	CIN	2B,3B,CF	60	D
Jean Segura	MIA	2B,3B	60	D
Jeimer Candelario	WSH	3B	60	D
David Peralta	LAD	LF	59	F
Austin Nola	SD	C	59	F
Kevin Kiermaier	TOR	CF	59	F
Matt Vierling	DET	3B,LF,CF,RF	59	F
Nick Fortes	MIA	C	59	F
Edward Olivares	KC	LF,RF	59	F
Leody Taveras	TEX	CF	59	F
Ryan Noda	OAK	1B,LF	59	F
Mauricio Dubon	HOU	2B,SS,LF,CF	59	F
Connor Joe	PIT	1B,LF,RF,DH	59	F
Nick Gordon	MIN	2B,SS,LF,CF	59	F
Adam Frazier	BAL	2B,LF,RF	59	F
CJ Abrams	WSH	2B,SS	59	F
Chas McCormick	HOU	LF,CF,RF	59	F
Joey Wiemer	MIL	CF,RF	59	F
Tommy Pham	NYM	DH,LF	59	F
J.D. Davis	SF	1B,3B,DH	59	F
Trevor Larnach	MIN	LF,RF	59	F
Triston Casas	BOS	1B	58	F
Ryan Jeffers	MIN	C	58	F
Miguel Cabrera	DET	DH	58	F
Tyrone Taylor	MIL	LF,CF,RF	58	F
Isaac Paredes	TB	1B,2B,3B	58	F
Luis Garcia	WSH	2B,SS	58	F
Francisco Mejia	TB	C	58	F
Eddie Rosario	ATL	DH,LF,RF	58	F
Hunter Dozier	KC	1B,3B,LF,RF,DH	58	F
Francisco Alvarez	NYM	C,DH	58	F
Aledmys Diaz	OAK	1B,2B,3B,SS,LF	58	F
Robbie Grossman	TEX	DH,LF,RF	58	F
Christopher Morel	CHC	2B,3B,SS,CF	58	F
Spencer Torkelson	DET	1B	58	F
Yoan Moncada	CWS	3B	58	F
Mike Zunino	CLE	C	58	F
Tony Kemp	OAK	2B,LF	58	F
Matt Carpenter	SD	1B,DH,RF	58	F
Gio Urshela	LAA	1B,3B,SS	58	F
AJ Pollock	SEA	CF,DH,LF,RF	58	F
Jace Peterson	OAK	2B,3B,RF	57	F
Akil Baddoo	DET	LF,CF	57	F
Wilmer Flores	SF	1B,2B,3B,DH	57	F
Juan Yepez	STL	1B,LF,RF	57	F
Garrett Cooper	MIA	1B,DH	57	F
Michael A. Taylor	MIN	CF	57	F
Rob Refsnyder	BOS	CF,LF,RF	57	F
Gavin Sheets	CWS	1B,DH,RF	57	F
Will Brennan	CLE	LF,RF	57	F
Nick Pratto	KC	1B,LF	57	F
Bubba Thompson	TEX	LF,CF,RF	57	F
Luis Rengifo	LAA	2B,3B,SS	56	F
Alex Call	WSH	CF,LF	56	F
Carlos Santana	PIT	1B,DH	56	F
Reese McGuire	BOS	C	56	F
Spencer Steer	CIN	1B,3B	56	F
Ha-Seong Kim	SD	2B,3B,SS	56	F
Corey Dickerson	WSH	LF,RF,DH	56	F
Jake Rogers	DET	C	56	F
Victor Caratini	MIL	C	56	F
Brandon Belt	TOR	1B,DH	56	F
Brandon Crawford	SF	SS	56	F
Kolten Wong	SEA	2B	56	F
Pavin Smith	ARI	1B,RF,DH	55	F
Taylor Walls	TB	2B,3B,SS	55	F
Jacob Stallings	MIA	C	55	F
Rodolfo Castro	PIT	2B,3B,SS	55	F
Jake Burger	CWS	3B,DH	55	F
J.P. Crawford	SEA	SS	55	F
James McCann	BAL	C,DH	55	F
Alec Burleson	STL	LF,RF	55	F
Martin Maldonado	HOU	C	55	F
Nick Maton	DET	2B,3B,LF,RF	55	F
Josh H. Smith	TEX	3B,DH,LF,SS	55	F
Eric Hosmer	CHC	1B,DH	55	F
Aaron Hicks	NYY	LF,CF	55	F
Isiah Kiner-Falefa	NYY	3B,CF,LF,SS	54	F
Dominic Fletcher	ARI	CF,RF	54	F
Nate Eaton	KC	3B,CF,LF,RF	54	F
Cavan Biggio	TOR	1B,2B,RF	54	F
Stone Garrett	WSH	LF	54	F
Jose Barrero	CIN	CF,SS	54	F
Jake Meyers	HOU	CF	54	F
Jesus Aguilar	OAK	1B,DH	54	F
Matt Mervis	CHC	1B	54	F
Eduardo Escobar	NYM	3B	54	F
Jason Delay	PIT	C	54	F
Matt Thaiss	LAA	C,1B	54	F
Austin Barnes	LAD	C	54	F
Raimel Tapia	BOS	LF,CF,RF	54	F
Blake Sabol	SF	C,LF	54	F
Donovan Solano	MIN	1B,2B,3B,DH	54	F
Stuart Fairchild	CIN	LF,CF	54	F
Dominic Smith	WSH	1B	53	F
Evan Longoria	ARI	3B,DH	53	F
Andrew Knizner	STL	C	53	F
Brice Turang	MIL	2B,SS	53	F
Yainer Diaz	HOU	C	53	F
Miguel Andujar	PIT	LF,RF	53	F
Jason Heyward	LAD	CF,RF	53	F
Romy Gonzalez	CWS	2B,RF	53	F
Connor Wong	BOS	C	53	F
Carlos Perez	OAK	C,DH	53	F
Kevin Pillar	ATL	LF	53	F
Matt Duffy	KC	1B,2B,3B	53	F
Willie Calhoun	NYY	DH	53	F
Joey Wendle	MIA	2B,3B,SS	53	F
Miguel Rojas	LAD	1B,SS	53	F
Sam Haggerty	SEA	2B,LF,RF	53	F
Brett Baty	NYM	3B	52	F
Santiago Espinal	TOR	2B,3B,SS	52	F
Garrett Hampson	MIA	2B,3B,CF,RF,SS	52	F
JJ Bleday	OAK	CF,LF,RF	52	F
Mike Moustakas	COL	1B,3B,DH	52	F
Curt Casali	CIN	C	52	F
Nick Ahmed	ARI	SS	52	F
Willi Castro	MIN	2B,3B,CF,LF,RF,SS	52	F
Tom Murphy	SEA	C	52	F
Kevin Newman	CIN	2B,SS	52	F
Yuli Gurriel	MIA	1B	52	F
Jackie Bradley Jr.	KC	CF,LF,RF	52	F
Rougned Odor	SD	2B,RF	52	F
Michael Massey	KC	2B	52	F
Miles Mastrobuoni	CHC	2B,RF	51	F
Ryan McKenna	BAL	LF,CF,RF	51	F
Nick Madrigal	CHC	2B,3B	51	F
Austin Hedges	PIT	C	51	F
Terrin Vavra	BAL	2B,LF,RF	51	F
Seby Zavala	CWS	C	51	F
Edmundo Sosa	PHI	3B,SS	51	F
Tucker Barnhart	CHC	C	51	F
Riley Adams	WSH	C	51	F
Dalton Guthrie	PHI	RF	51	F
Tucupita Marcano	PIT	2B,LF,SS	51	F
Gabriel Arias	CLE	1B,3B,RF,SS	50	F
Ryan O’Hearn	BAL	1B,RF,DH	50	F
Taylor Trammell	SEA	DH,LF,RF	50	F
Josh Harrison	PHI	2B,3B	50	F
Mickey Moniak	LAA	LF,CF	50	F
Kody Clemens	PHI	1B,2B,3B,LF	50	F
Brenton Doyle	COL	CF,RF	50	F
Kyle Farmer	MIN	2B,3B,SS	50	F
Luke Maile	CIN	C	49	F
Peyton Burdick	MIA	CF,LF,RF	49	F
Alan Trejo	COL	2B,3B,SS	49	F
David Hensley	HOU	2B,DH	49	F
Emmanuel Rivera	ARI	3B,DH	49	F
Nick Allen	OAK	2B,SS	49	F
Corey Julks	HOU	3B,LF,RF	49	F
Paul DeJong	STL	SS	49	F
Adam Haseley	CWS	RF	49	F
Henry Ramos	CIN	CF,DH,RF	48	F
Brett Sullivan	SD	C,LF	48	F
Jose Herrera	ARI	C	48	F
Andy Ibanez	DET	1B,3B	48	F
Austin Wynns	COL	C	48	F
Cam Gallagher	CLE	C	47	F
Jake Alu	WSH	3B	46	F
Ildemaro Vargas	WSH	3B,SS	46	F
Freddy Fermin	KC	C	46	F
Jordan Diaz	OAK	2B	45	F
Sandy Leon	TEX	C	45	F
Enmanuel Valdez	BOS	2B	44	F
Chris Owings	PIT	2B,SS	44	F
Brett Wisely	SF	2B,CF	44	F
Joey Ortiz	BAL	SS	43	F
Chad Wallach	LAA	C	43	F
Zach Neto	LAA	SS	43	F
Jose Caballero	SEA	2B,SS	43	F
Maikel Garcia	KC	3B,SS	42	F

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