Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice: Week 9 (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
Shohei Ohtani	LAA	DH	100	A
Aaron Judge	NYY	CF,RF,DH	100	A
Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	RF,DH	100	A
Bo Bichette	TOR	SS	99	A
Kyle Tucker	HOU	RF	98	A
Yordan Alvarez	HOU	LF,DH	98	A
Julio Rodriguez	SEA	CF	96	A
Trea Turner	PHI	SS	96	A
Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B,DH	96	A
Mike Trout	LAA	CF	94	A
J.T. Realmuto	PHI	C	93	A
Will Smith	LAD	C,DH	93	A
Randy Arozarena	TB	LF,RF,DH	93	A
Juan Soto	SD	LF,RF	91	A
Mookie Betts	LAD	2B,RF,SS	91	A
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B,DH	90	A
Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	89	B
Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	CF,RF,SS	89	B
Rafael Devers	BOS	3B	89	B
Cedric Mullins II	BAL	CF	86	B
Adolis Garcia	TEX	CF,RF,DH	86	B
Adley Rutschman	BAL	C,DH	85	B
Bryan Reynolds	PIT	CF,LF	85	B
Marcus Semien	TEX	2B,SS	84	B
Sean Murphy	ATL	C,DH	83	B
Kyle Schwarber	PHI	DH,LF	83	B
Luis Robert Jr.	CWS	CF	83	B
Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	3B,DH,SS	83	B
Pete Alonso	NYM	1B,DH	82	B
Paul Goldschmidt	STL	1B,DH	81	B
Daulton Varsho	TOR	C,CF,LF,RF	81	B
Teoscar Hernandez	SEA	DH,RF	80	B
Christian Yelich	MIL	LF,DH	80	B
Austin Riley	ATL	3B	80	B
Corbin Carroll	ARI	CF,LF,RF	80	B
Salvador Perez	KC	C,DH	79	C
Byron Buxton	MIN	CF,DH	79	C
Bryce Harper	PHI	RF,DH	79	C
Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	78	C
Wander Franco	TB	SS	78	C
J.D. Martinez	LAD	DH	77	C
Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B	77	C
George Springer	TOR	CF,RF,DH	77	C
Nick Castellanos	PHI	DH,RF	77	C
Willson Contreras	STL	C,DH	77	C
Matt Olson	ATL	1B	77	C
Nolan Arenado	STL	3B	76	C
Michael Harris II	ATL	CF	76	C
Steven Kwan	CLE	LF,RF	75	C
Alex Verdugo	BOS	LF,RF	75	C
Starling Marte	NYM	RF	75	C
Kris Bryant	COL	DH,LF,RF	75	C
Ian Happ	CHC	LF	74	C
Masataka Yoshida	BOS	DH,LF	74	C
Tommy Edman	STL	2B,RF,SS	74	C
Brandon Nimmo	NYM	CF	74	C
Thairo Estrada	SF	2B,SS,LF	74	C
Matt Chapman	TOR	3B	73	C
Xander Bogaerts	SD	SS	73	C
Ryan Mountcastle	BAL	1B,DH	73	C
Alex Bregman	HOU	3B	73	C
Max Muncy	LAD	2B,3B,DH	73	C
Nathaniel Lowe	TEX	1B	73	C
Anthony Santander	BAL	LF,RF,DH	73	C
Amed Rosario	CLE	SS,LF	73	C
Hunter Renfroe	LAA	RF	73	C
Taylor Ward	LAA	CF,LF,RF	73	C
Alejandro Kirk	TOR	C,DH	72	C
Seiya Suzuki	CHC	RF	72	C
Christian Walker	ARI	1B	72	C
Yandy Diaz	TB	1B,3B	72	C
MJ Melendez	KC	C,LF,RF,DH	72	C
Jonah Heim	TEX	C	72	C
Corey Seager	TEX	SS	72	C
Andrew Vaughn	CWS	1B,LF,RF,DH	72	C
Nico Hoerner	CHC	2B,SS	72	C
Andres Gimenez	CLE	2B,SS	71	C
Jarred Kelenic	SEA	CF,LF,RF	71	C
Dansby Swanson	CHC	SS	71	C
Tyler Stephenson	CIN	1B,C,DH	71	C
William Contreras	MIL	C,DH	71	C
Willy Adames	MIL	SS	70	C
Jeff McNeil	NYM	2B,LF,RF	70	C
Vinnie Pasquantino	KC	1B,DH	70	C
Gleyber Torres	NYY	2B,DH	70	C
Anthony Rizzo	NYY	1B	69	D
Cal Raleigh	SEA	C,DH	69	D
Tim Anderson	CWS	SS	69	D
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	ARI	DH,LF	69	D
Luis Arraez	MIA	1B,2B,DH	68	D
Ty France	SEA	1B,3B	68	D
Austin Hays	BAL	LF,RF	68	D
Whit Merrifield	TOR	2B,CF,LF,RF	68	D
Jonathan India	CIN	2B,DH	68	D
Josh Naylor	CLE	1B,RF,DH	68	D
Brent Rooker	OAK	DH,LF	68	D
Patrick Wisdom	CHC	1B,3B,DH,RF	68	D
Rowdy Tellez	MIL	1B	68	D
Alec Bohm	PHI	1B,3B	68	D
Andrew Benintendi	CWS	LF	67	D
Mitch Haniger	SF	LF,RF	67	D
Harold Ramirez	TB	1B,RF,DH	67	D
Michael Conforto	SF	LF,RF	67	D
Riley Greene	DET	CF	67	D
Elias Diaz	COL	C	67	D
Joey Meneses	WSH	1B,DH,RF	67	D
Keibert Ruiz	WSH	C	67	D
Lars Nootbaar	STL	LF,CF,RF	67	D
Jeremy Pena	HOU	SS	66	D
Ke’Bryan Hayes	PIT	3B	66	D
Gabriel Moreno	ARI	C	66	D
Jake Fraley	CIN	CF,DH,LF,RF	66	D
Danny Jansen	TOR	C,DH	66	D
James Outman	LAD	CF,LF	66	D
Brandon Lowe	TB	2B	66	D
Esteury Ruiz	OAK	CF,LF	66	D
Charlie Blackmon	COL	RF,DH	66	D
Jorge Soler	MIA	DH,LF,RF	66	D
Harrison Bader	NYY	CF	65	D
Ramon Laureano	OAK	CF,RF	65	D
Carlos Correa	MIN	SS	65	D
Shea Langeliers	OAK	C,DH	65	D
Travis d’Arnaud	ATL	C,DH	65	D
Jesse Winker	MIL	DH,LF	65	D
Ryan McMahon	COL	2B,3B	65	D
LaMonte Wade Jr.	SF	1B,LF,RF	64	D
Gunnar Henderson	BAL	3B,SS	64	D
Josh Jung	TEX	3B	64	D
TJ Friedl	CIN	LF,CF,RF	64	D
Chris Taylor	LAD	2B,3B,CF,LF,RF,SS	64	D
Yasmani Grandal	CWS	C,DH	64	D
Mike Yastrzemski	SF	CF,LF,RF	64	D
Jorge Mateo	BAL	SS	64	D
Brandon Marsh	PHI	LF,CF	64	D
Seth Brown	OAK	1B,LF,CF,RF	64	D
Andrew McCutchen	PIT	LF,RF,DH	64	D
Nolan Gorman	STL	2B,3B,DH	64	D
Randal Grichuk	COL	CF,RF	64	D
Lane Thomas	WSH	LF,CF,RF	64	D
Joey Gallo	MIN	1B,LF,RF	64	D
Eugenio Suarez	SEA	3B	64	D
Jose Altuve	HOU	2B	63	D
Bryan De La Cruz	MIA	LF,CF,RF	63	D
Jose Abreu	HOU	1B,DH	63	D
Jon Berti	MIA	2B,3B,SS,LF	63	D
Eric Haase	DET	C,DH,LF	63	D
Manuel Margot	TB	LF,CF,RF	63	D
Ezequiel Duran	TEX	2B,3B,DH,LF,SS	63	D
Justin Turner	BOS	1B,3B,DH	63	D
Josh Bell	CLE	1B,DH	63	D
Christian Vazquez	MIN	C,1B	63	D
Trey Mancini	CHC	1B,LF,RF,DH	63	D
Ji Hwan Bae	PIT	2B,CF	63	D
Daniel Vogelbach	NYM	DH	63	D
Josh Lowe	TB	CF,DH,LF,RF	63	D
Ketel Marte	ARI	2B,DH	63	D
Josh Rojas	ARI	2B,3B	62	D
Marcell Ozuna	ATL	LF,DH	62	D
Luke Raley	TB	1B,LF,RF	62	D
Jake Cronenworth	SD	1B,2B,SS	62	D
Brian Anderson	MIL	3B,LF,RF	62	D
Jarren Duran	BOS	CF,RF	62	D
Javier Baez	DET	SS	62	D
Jack Suwinski	PIT	LF,CF,RF	62	D
Myles Straw	CLE	CF	62	D
Trent Grisham	SD	CF	62	D
Jose Siri	TB	CF	62	D
Wil Myers	CIN	1B,LF,RF	62	D
Brendan Donovan	STL	1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF	62	D
Kike Hernandez	BOS	2B,SS,CF	61	D
Ezequiel Tovar	COL	SS	61	D
Mark Canha	NYM	CF,DH,LF	61	D
Brandon Drury	LAA	1B,2B,3B,DH	61	D
Jurickson Profar	COL	LF	61	D
Anthony Volpe	NYY	SS	61	D
Miguel Vargas	LAD	1B,2B	61	D
Orlando Arcia	ATL	2B,LF,SS	61	D
Christian Bethancourt	TB	C,1B	61	D
Yan Gomes	CHC	C	61	D
Oswaldo Cabrera	NYY	3B,LF,RF	60	D
Nick Fortes	MIA	C	60	D
Christopher Morel	CHC	2B,3B,SS,CF	60	D
Nick Senzel	CIN	2B,3B,CF	60	D
Mauricio Dubon	HOU	2B,SS,LF,CF	60	D
Leody Taveras	TEX	CF	60	D
Kevin Kiermaier	TOR	CF	60	D
Francisco Alvarez	NYM	C,DH	60	D
DJ LeMahieu	NYY	1B,2B,3B	60	D
Joey Wiemer	MIL	CF,RF	60	D
Alex Kirilloff	MIN	1B,LF	60	D
CJ Abrams	WSH	2B,SS	59	F
Robbie Grossman	TEX	DH,LF,RF	59	F
Bryson Stott	PHI	2B,SS	59	F
Ryan Noda	OAK	1B,LF	59	F
Isaac Paredes	TB	1B,2B,3B	59	F
Connor Joe	PIT	1B,LF,RF,DH	59	F
Alex Call	WSH	CF,LF	59	F
Jeimer Candelario	WSH	3B	59	F
Adam Frazier	BAL	2B,LF,RF	59	F
Jean Segura	MIA	2B,3B	59	F
Edward Olivares	KC	DH,LF,RF	59	F
Austin Nola	SD	C	59	F
J.D. Davis	SF	1B,3B,DH	59	F
Tommy Pham	NYM	DH,LF	59	F
Connor Wong	BOS	C	59	F
Gio Urshela	LAA	1B,3B,SS	58	F
Triston Casas	BOS	1B	58	F
Matt Vierling	DET	3B,LF,CF,RF	58	F
AJ Pollock	SEA	CF,DH,LF,RF	58	F
David Peralta	LAD	LF	58	F
Eddie Rosario	ATL	DH,LF,RF	58	F
Ryan Jeffers	MIN	C	58	F
Mike Zunino	CLE	C	58	F
Yoan Moncada	CWS	3B	58	F
Jake Rogers	DET	C	58	F
Luis Garcia	WSH	2B,SS	58	F
Harold Castro	COL	1B,2B,3B,CF,SS	58	F
Zach McKinstry	DET	2B,3B,LF,RF,SS	58	F
Chas McCormick	HOU	LF,CF,RF	58	F
Tyrone Taylor	MIL	LF,CF,RF	58	F
Gavin Sheets	CWS	1B,DH,RF	58	F
Pavin Smith	ARI	1B,RF,DH	57	F
Michael A. Taylor	MIN	CF	57	F
Nick Pratto	KC	1B,LF	57	F
Francisco Mejia	TB	C	57	F
Matt Carpenter	SD	1B,DH,RF	57	F
Matt Thaiss	LAA	C,1B	57	F
Spencer Torkelson	DET	1B	57	F
Garrett Cooper	MIA	1B,DH	57	F
Akil Baddoo	DET	LF,CF	57	F
Wilmer Flores	SF	1B,2B,3B,DH	57	F
Owen Miller	MIL	1B,2B,3B,DH,LF	57	F
Tony Kemp	OAK	2B,LF	57	F
Miguel Cabrera	DET	DH	57	F
Will Brennan	CLE	LF,RF	57	F
Spencer Steer	CIN	1B,3B	56	F
Jace Peterson	OAK	2B,3B,RF	56	F
Carlos Santana	PIT	1B,DH	56	F
Dominic Fletcher	ARI	CF,RF	56	F
Brandon Belt	TOR	1B,DH	56	F
Rob Refsnyder	BOS	CF,LF,RF	56	F
Jake Burger	CWS	3B,DH	56	F
Geraldo Perdomo	ARI	2B,3B,SS	56	F
Blake Sabol	SF	C,LF	56	F
Jake Meyers	HOU	CF	56	F
Victor Caratini	MIL	C	56	F
Kolten Wong	SEA	2B	56	F
Reese McGuire	BOS	C	56	F
Corey Dickerson	WSH	LF,RF,DH	56	F
Luis Rengifo	LAA	2B,3B,SS	56	F
Ha-Seong Kim	SD	2B,3B,SS	56	F
Willi Castro	MIN	2B,3B,CF,LF,RF,SS	55	F
Jason Delay	PIT	C	55	F
Jared Walsh	LAA	1B	55	F
Jacob Stallings	MIA	C	55	F
Brett Baty	NYM	3B	55	F
Stuart Fairchild	CIN	CF,LF,RF	55	F
Kevin Pillar	ATL	LF	55	F
Brandon Crawford	SF	SS	55	F
Rodolfo Castro	PIT	2B,3B,SS	55	F
Alec Burleson	STL	LF,RF	55	F
Taylor Walls	TB	2B,3B,SS	55	F
J.P. Crawford	SEA	SS	55	F
Dominic Smith	WSH	1B	54	F
Nick Maton	DET	2B,3B,DH,LF,RF	54	F
Corey Julks	HOU	3B,DH,LF,RF	54	F
Jose Barrero	CIN	CF,SS	54	F
Martin Maldonado	HOU	C	54	F
Garrett Hampson	MIA	2B,3B,CF,RF,SS	54	F
Matt Mervis	CHC	1B	54	F
Eduardo Escobar	NYM	2B,3B	54	F
Brenton Doyle	COL	CF,RF	54	F
Josh H. Smith	TEX	3B,DH,LF,SS	54	F
James McCann	BAL	C,DH	54	F
Brice Turang	MIL	2B,SS	53	F
Sam Hilliard	ATL	LF,CF	53	F
Donovan Solano	MIN	1B,2B,3B,DH	53	F
Kyle Higashioka	NYY	C	53	F
Jonathan Schoop	DET	2B,3B	53	F
Andrew Knizner	STL	C	53	F
Raimel Tapia	BOS	LF,CF,RF	53	F
Jason Heyward	LAD	CF,RF	53	F
Willie Calhoun	NYY	DH,RF	53	F
Austin Barnes	LAD	C	53	F
Nate Eaton	KC	3B,CF,LF,RF	53	F
Isiah Kiner-Falefa	NYY	3B,CF,LF,SS	53	F
Darin Ruf	MIL	1B,LF,RF,DH	52	F
Evan Longoria	ARI	3B,DH	52	F
Miguel Rojas	LAD	1B,SS	52	F
Mike Moustakas	COL	1B,3B,DH	52	F
Romy Gonzalez	CWS	2B,RF	52	F
Sam Haggerty	SEA	2B,LF,RF	52	F
Tom Murphy	SEA	C	52	F
Brett Wisely	SF	2B,CF	52	F
Yainer Diaz	HOU	C	52	F
Curt Casali	CIN	C	52	F
Gabriel Arias	CLE	1B,3B,RF,SS	52	F
Tucupita Marcano	PIT	2B,LF,SS	52	F
Matt Duffy	KC	1B,2B,3B	52	F
JJ Bleday	OAK	CF,LF,RF	52	F
Joey Wendle	MIA	2B,3B,SS	52	F
Rougned Odor	SD	2B,RF	52	F
Kody Clemens	PHI	1B,2B,3B,LF	51	F
Seby Zavala	CWS	C	51	F
Kevin Newman	CIN	2B,3B,SS	51	F
Jackie Bradley Jr.	KC	CF,LF,RF	51	F
Edmundo Sosa	PHI	3B,SS	51	F
Terrin Vavra	BAL	2B,LF,RF	51	F
Taylor Trammell	SEA	DH,LF,RF	51	F
Yuli Gurriel	MIA	1B	51	F
Tucker Barnhart	CHC	C	51	F
Michael Massey	KC	2B	51	F
Michael Toglia	COL	1B,RF	51	F
Ryan McKenna	BAL	LF,CF,RF	51	F
Nick Madrigal	CHC	2B,3B	51	F
Brett Sullivan	SD	C,LF	50	F
Bryce Johnson	SF	CF	50	F
Miles Mastrobuoni	CHC	2B,RF	50	F
Mickey Moniak	LAA	LF,CF	50	F
Ryan O’Hearn	BAL	1B,RF,DH	50	F
Austin Hedges	PIT	C	50	F
Paul DeJong	STL	SS	50	F
Nicky Lopez	KC	2B,3B,SS	50	F
Nick Ahmed	ARI	SS	50	F
Luke Maile	CIN	C	50	F
Kyle Farmer	MIN	2B,3B,SS	49	F
Jose Herrera	ARI	C	49	F
Jake Bauers	NYY	1B,LF,RF	49	F
Freddy Fermin	KC	C	49	F
Andy Ibanez	DET	1B,2B,3B	49	F
Emmanuel Rivera	ARI	3B,DH	48	F
Josh Palacios	PIT	RF	48	F
Enmanuel Valdez	BOS	2B	48	F
Cam Gallagher	CLE	C	48	F
Nick Allen	OAK	2B,SS	47	F
Edouard Julien	MIN	2B	47	F
Mike Tauchman	CHC	CF,LF	47	F
Chad Wallach	LAA	C	47	F
Mike Brosseau	MIL	3B	46	F
Jose Caballero	SEA	2B,SS	45	F
Chris Owings	PIT	2B,SS	45	F
Maikel Garcia	KC	3B,SS	45	F
Ildemaro Vargas	WSH	3B,SS	44	F
Zack Short	DET	2B,3B,SS	44	F
Zach Neto	LAA	SS	44	F
Tyler Freeman	CLE	3B,SS	44	F
Xavier Edwards	MIA	2B	43	F
Mark Vientos	NYM	3B,DH	43	F
Joey Ortiz	BAL	SS	42	F
Casey Schmitt	SF	3B,SS	42	F
Matt McLain	CIN	SS	41	F
Pablo Reyes	BOS	2B,SS	41	F

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