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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