FantasyPros Staff | Fri, Jul 21st 2023, 11:42am EDT

Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice: Week 16 (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
Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	CF,RF,SS	100	A
Mookie Betts	LAD	2B,RF,SS	100	A
Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	RF,DH	100	A
Shohei Ohtani	LAA	DH	100	A
Kyle Tucker	HOU	RF	99	A
Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B,DH	97	A
Julio Rodriguez	SEA	CF	96	A
Juan Soto	SD	LF,RF	95	A
Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	94	A
Corbin Carroll	ARI	CF,LF,RF	92	A
Will Smith	LAD	C,DH	92	A
Randy Arozarena	TB	LF,RF,DH	89	B
Rafael Devers	BOS	3B	89	B
Adolis Garcia	TEX	CF,RF,DH	88	B
Adley Rutschman	BAL	C,DH	88	B
Luis Robert Jr.	CWS	CF	87	B
Bo Bichette	TOR	SS	87	B
J.T. Realmuto	PHI	C	87	B
Bryce Harper	PHI	RF,DH	87	B
Sean Murphy	ATL	C,DH	85	B
Austin Riley	ATL	3B	85	B
Trea Turner	PHI	SS	84	B
Corey Seager	TEX	DH,SS	84	B
Matt Olson	ATL	1B	83	B
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B,DH	83	B
Bryan Reynolds	PIT	CF,DH,LF	83	B
Kyle Schwarber	PHI	DH,LF	82	B
George Springer	TOR	CF,RF,DH	82	B
Christian Yelich	MIL	LF,DH	82	B
Daulton Varsho	TOR	C,CF,LF,RF	82	B
Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	3B,DH,SS	82	B
Michael Harris II	ATL	CF	82	B
J.D. Martinez	LAD	DH	82	B
Teoscar Hernandez	SEA	DH,RF	81	B
Paul Goldschmidt	STL	1B,DH	81	B
Marcus Semien	TEX	2B,SS	80	B
Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B	80	B
Salvador Perez	KC	C,DH	80	B
Pete Alonso	NYM	1B,DH	79	C
Starling Marte	NYM	RF	79	C
Nick Castellanos	PHI	DH,RF	79	C
Masataka Yoshida	BOS	DH,LF	78	C
Nolan Arenado	STL	3B,DH	77	C
Byron Buxton	MIN	CF,DH	77	C
Wander Franco	TB	SS	77	C
Manny Machado	SD	3B	77	C
Eloy Jimenez	CWS	DH,LF,RF	76	C
Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	76	C
Anthony Santander	BAL	1B,DH,LF,RF	76	C
Seiya Suzuki	CHC	RF	75	C
Willson Contreras	STL	C,DH	74	C
Jonah Heim	TEX	C,DH	74	C
Nico Hoerner	CHC	2B,SS	74	C
William Contreras	MIL	C,DH	73	C
Brandon Nimmo	NYM	CF	73	C
Ian Happ	CHC	LF	73	C
Christian Walker	ARI	1B	73	C
Luis Arraez	MIA	1B,2B,DH	73	C
Steven Kwan	CLE	LF,RF	73	C
Alex Bregman	HOU	3B	73	C
Josh Naylor	CLE	1B,RF,DH	73	C
Thairo Estrada	SF	2B,SS,LF	73	C
Nathaniel Lowe	TEX	1B	72	C
Alex Verdugo	BOS	LF,RF	72	C
Yandy Diaz	TB	1B,3B,DH	72	C
Cody Bellinger	CHC	1B,CF	72	C
Elly De La Cruz	CIN	3B,SS	72	C
Matt Chapman	TOR	3B	72	C
Andrew Vaughn	CWS	1B,LF,RF,DH	71	C
Kris Bryant	COL	DH,LF,RF	71	C
Hunter Renfroe	LAA	1B,RF	71	C
Amed Rosario	CLE	SS,LF	71	C
Xander Bogaerts	SD	DH,SS	71	C
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	ARI	DH,LF	71	C
Giancarlo Stanton	NYY	RF,DH	71	C
Cal Raleigh	SEA	C,DH	71	C
MJ Melendez	KC	C,LF,RF,DH	70	C
Max Muncy	LAD	2B,3B,DH	70	C
Jorge Soler	MIA	DH,LF,RF	69	D
Austin Hays	BAL	LF,RF	69	D
Ketel Marte	ARI	2B,DH	69	D
Taylor Ward	LAA	CF,LF,RF	69	D
Harrison Bader	NYY	CF	69	D
Joc Pederson	SF	DH,LF,RF	69	D
Gleyber Torres	NYY	2B,DH	69	D
Jonathan India	CIN	2B,DH	68	D
Jeff McNeil	NYM	2B,LF,RF	68	D
Ezequiel Duran	TEX	2B,3B,DH,LF,SS	68	D
Gunnar Henderson	BAL	3B,DH,SS	68	D
Whit Merrifield	TOR	2B,CF,LF,RF	68	D
Alejandro Kirk	TOR	C,DH	68	D
Willy Adames	MIL	SS	68	D
Tyler Stephenson	CIN	1B,C,DH	68	D
Andrew Benintendi	CWS	LF	68	D
Riley Greene	DET	CF	68	D
Lars Nootbaar	STL	LF,CF,RF	67	D
Spencer Steer	CIN	1B,3B,DH,LF	67	D
Jake Fraley	CIN	CF,DH,LF,RF	67	D
Jordan Walker	STL	3B,LF,RF	67	D
Travis d’Arnaud	ATL	C,DH	67	D
Josh Jung	TEX	3B	67	D
Danny Jansen	TOR	C,DH	67	D
Lane Thomas	WSH	LF,CF,RF	67	D
Keibert Ruiz	WSH	C	67	D
Andres Gimenez	CLE	2B,SS	66	D
Jeremy Pena	HOU	SS	66	D
Joey Meneses	WSH	1B,DH,RF	66	D
Francisco Alvarez	NYM	C,DH	66	D
Anthony Rizzo	NYY	1B,DH	66	D
Michael Conforto	SF	DH,LF,RF	66	D
Gabriel Moreno	ARI	C	65	D
Ryan McMahon	COL	2B,3B	65	D
Orlando Arcia	ATL	2B,LF,SS	65	D
Tim Anderson	CWS	SS	65	D
Josh Lowe	TB	CF,DH,LF,RF	65	D
Ty France	SEA	1B,3B	65	D
TJ Friedl	CIN	LF,CF,RF	65	D
Henry Davis	PIT	C,RF	65	D
Seth Brown	OAK	1B,CF,DH,LF,RF	65	D
Justin Turner	BOS	1B,2B,3B,DH	65	D
Randal Grichuk	COL	CF,DH,LF,RF	64	D
Andrew McCutchen	PIT	LF,RF,DH	64	D
Connor Wong	BOS	C	64	D
Jake McCarthy	ARI	LF,CF,RF	64	D
Elias Diaz	COL	C	64	D
Chris Taylor	LAD	2B,3B,CF,LF,RF,SS	64	D
Bryan De La Cruz	MIA	LF,CF,RF	64	D
Alec Bohm	PHI	1B,3B	64	D
C.J. Cron	COL	1B,DH	64	D
Carlos Correa	MIN	SS	64	D
Jose Abreu	HOU	1B,DH	64	D
Patrick Wisdom	CHC	1B,3B,DH,LF,RF	63	D
Shea Langeliers	OAK	C,DH	63	D
Leody Taveras	TEX	CF	63	D
Christopher Morel	CHC	2B,3B,CF,DH,LF,RF,SS	63	D
Matt McLain	CIN	2B,SS	63	D
Jose Siri	TB	CF	63	D
Mike Yastrzemski	SF	CF,LF,RF	63	D
Trent Grisham	SD	CF	63	D
Daniel Vogelbach	NYM	DH	63	D
Brandon Marsh	PHI	LF,CF	63	D
Joey Gallo	MIN	1B,LF,RF	63	D
Jack Suwinski	PIT	LF,CF,RF	63	D
James Outman	LAD	CF,LF,RF	63	D
Yasmani Grandal	CWS	C,DH	63	D
LaMonte Wade Jr.	SF	1B,LF,RF	63	D
Javier Baez	DET	SS	62	D
Jurickson Profar	COL	DH,LF	62	D
Yainer Diaz	HOU	C,DH	62	D
Brendan Donovan	STL	1B,2B,3B,DH,LF,RF,SS	62	D
Yan Gomes	CHC	C,DH	62	D
Mitch Garver	TEX	C,DH	62	D
Marcell Ozuna	ATL	LF,DH	62	D
Nolan Jones	COL	1B,LF,RF	62	D
Jesse Winker	MIL	DH,LF	62	D
Ezequiel Tovar	COL	SS	62	D
Nolan Gorman	STL	2B,3B,DH	62	D
Will Brennan	CLE	CF,LF,RF	62	D
Eric Haase	DET	C,DH,LF	62	D
Luis Matos	SF	CF	62	D
Josh Bell	CLE	1B,DH	62	D
Austin Wynns	COL	C	61	D
Alex Kirilloff	MIN	1B,LF,RF	61	D
Joey Wiemer	MIL	CF,RF	61	D
Adam Duvall	BOS	LF,CF,RF	61	D
Anthony Volpe	NYY	SS	61	D
Brandon Lowe	TB	2B	61	D
Kerry Carpenter	DET	DH,LF,RF	61	D
Nick Pratto	KC	1B,LF,RF	61	D
Christian Vazquez	MIN	C,1B	61	D
Corey Julks	HOU	3B,DH,LF,RF	61	D
Jake Cronenworth	SD	1B,2B,SS	61	D
Eugenio Suarez	SEA	3B	61	D
Manuel Margot	TB	LF,CF,RF	61	D
Patrick Bailey	SF	C	61	D
J.D. Davis	SF	1B,3B,DH	60	D
Jarren Duran	BOS	CF,LF,RF	60	D
Harold Ramirez	TB	1B,RF,DH	60	D
Luke Raley	TB	1B,DH,LF,RF	60	D
Jeimer Candelario	WSH	3B	60	D
Mark Canha	NYM	1B,CF,DH,LF,RF	60	D
Drew Waters	KC	CF,RF	60	D
Tommy Pham	NYM	CF,DH,LF	60	D
Max Kepler	MIN	RF	60	D
Matt Vierling	DET	3B,LF,CF,RF	60	D
Dylan Carlson	STL	CF,LF,RF	60	D
Mickey Moniak	LAA	CF,LF,RF	60	D
Kevin Kiermaier	TOR	CF	59	F
Triston Casas	BOS	1B	59	F
Spencer Torkelson	DET	1B	59	F
Blake Sabol	SF	C,DH,LF	59	F
Eddie Rosario	ATL	DH,LF,RF	59	F
Jose Trevino	NYY	C	59	F
David Peralta	LAD	LF,RF	59	F
Brent Rooker	OAK	DH,LF,RF	59	F
Jake Rogers	DET	C	59	F
Bryson Stott	PHI	2B,SS	59	F
Myles Straw	CLE	CF	59	F
Bo Naylor	CLE	C	59	F
Edward Olivares	KC	DH,LF,RF	59	F
Ha-Seong Kim	SD	2B,3B,SS	59	F
Christian Bethancourt	TB	C,1B	59	F
Zach McKinstry	DET	2B,3B,LF,RF,SS	59	F
Oscar Colas	CWS	CF,RF	59	F
Trey Mancini	CHC	1B,LF,RF,DH	59	F
Nick Fortes	MIA	C	59	F
Isaac Paredes	TB	1B,2B,3B	59	F
Adam Frazier	BAL	2B,LF,RF	58	F
Michael A. Taylor	MIN	CF	58	F
Brenton Doyle	COL	CF,RF	58	F
Owen Miller	MIL	1B,2B,3B,DH,LF	58	F
Jesus Sanchez	MIA	CF,LF,RF	58	F
Kike Hernandez	BOS	2B,SS,CF	58	F
Akil Baddoo	DET	LF,CF	58	F
Miguel Cabrera	DET	DH	58	F
Connor Joe	PIT	1B,LF,RF,DH	58	F
Harold Castro	COL	1B,2B,3B,CF,SS	58	F
Mauricio Dubon	HOU	2B,SS,LF,CF	58	F
Oswaldo Cabrera	NYY	2B,3B,LF,RF	58	F
Chas McCormick	HOU	LF,CF,RF	58	F
Ryan Noda	OAK	1B,DH,LF	58	F
Kyle Isbel	KC	LF,CF,RF	58	F
CJ Abrams	WSH	2B,SS	58	F
DJ LeMahieu	NYY	1B,2B,3B	58	F
Will Benson	CIN	CF,LF,RF	58	F
Tony Kemp	OAK	2B,LF	57	F
Francisco Mejia	TB	C	57	F
Jorge Mateo	BAL	SS	57	F
Luis Garcia	WSH	2B,SS	57	F
Isiah Kiner-Falefa	NYY	3B,CF,LF,SS	57	F
Geraldo Perdomo	ARI	2B,3B,SS	57	F
Ryan O’Hearn	BAL	1B,RF,DH	57	F
Garrett Cooper	MIA	1B,DH	57	F
Gary Sanchez	SD	C,DH	57	F
Jean Segura	MIA	2B,3B	57	F
Ryan Jeffers	MIN	C	57	F
Carlos Santana	PIT	1B,DH	56	F
Willi Castro	MIN	2B,3B,CF,LF,RF,SS	56	F
Matt Carpenter	SD	1B,DH,RF	56	F
Colton Cowser	BAL	CF,RF	56	F
Jake Meyers	HOU	CF	56	F
Matt Thaiss	LAA	C,1B	56	F
Corey Dickerson	WSH	LF,RF,DH	56	F
Christian Arroyo	BOS	1B,2B,3B,SS,RF	56	F
Robbie Grossman	TEX	DH,LF,RF	56	F
Andy Ibanez	DET	1B,2B,3B,LF,RF	56	F
Joey Votto	CIN	1B,DH	56	F
Gavin Sheets	CWS	1B,DH,LF,RF	56	F
Maikel Garcia	KC	3B,SS	56	F
Carson Kelly	ARI	C	56	F
Alek Thomas	ARI	CF	56	F
Alex Call	WSH	CF,LF	56	F
Jason Heyward	LAD	CF,DH,LF,RF	56	F
Austin Slater	SF	LF,CF,RF	56	F
Jace Peterson	OAK	2B,3B,RF	56	F
JJ Bleday	OAK	CF,DH,LF,RF	56	F
J.P. Crawford	SEA	SS	56	F
Victor Caratini	MIL	C	55	F
Dairon Blanco	KC	CF,LF,RF	55	F
Taylor Walls	TB	2B,3B,SS	55	F
Freddy Fermin	KC	C	55	F
Travis Jankowski	TEX	LF,CF,RF	55	F
Mike Tauchman	CHC	CF,DH,LF	55	F
Jake Burger	CWS	3B,DH	55	F
Martin Maldonado	HOU	C	55	F
Kyle Higashioka	NYY	C	55	F
Brandon Belt	TOR	1B,DH	55	F
Aledmys Diaz	OAK	1B,2B,3B,DH,LF,SS	55	F
Brett Baty	NYM	3B	55	F
Alec Burleson	STL	1B,DH,LF,RF	55	F
Joey Bart	SF	C	55	F
Jonny Deluca	LAD	CF,LF,RF	55	F
Paul DeJong	STL	SS	54	F
Dane Myers	MIA	CF,LF,RF	54	F
Luis Rengifo	LAA	2B,3B,LF,SS	54	F
Jacob Stallings	MIA	C	54	F
Miguel Rojas	LAD	1B,SS	54	F
Ji Man Choi	PIT	1B,DH	54	F
James McCann	BAL	C,DH	54	F
Endy Rodriguez	PIT	C	54	F
Wilmer Flores	SF	1B,2B,3B,DH	54	F
Dominic Smith	WSH	1B	54	F
Tucupita Marcano	PIT	2B,LF,SS	54	F
Billy McKinney	NYY	CF,LF,RF	54	F
Zach Neto	LAA	SS	54	F
Ramon Urias	BAL	1B,2B,3B	53	F
Stone Garrett	WSH	LF	53	F
Nick Maton	DET	2B,3B,DH,LF,RF	53	F
Joey Wendle	MIA	2B,3B,SS	53	F
Emmanuel Rivera	ARI	1B,3B,DH	53	F
Ildemaro Vargas	WSH	2B,3B,LF,SS	53	F
Michael Massey	KC	2B,DH	53	F
Andrew Knizner	STL	C	53	F
Evan Longoria	ARI	3B,DH	53	F
Luke Maile	CIN	C	53	F
Kolten Wong	SEA	2B	53	F
Cavan Biggio	TOR	1B,2B,DH,RF	52	F
Dominic Canzone	ARI	LF,RF	52	F
Aaron Hicks	BAL	CF,DH,LF,RF	52	F
Brice Turang	MIL	2B,SS	52	F
Darick Hall	PHI	1B,DH	52	F
Donovan Solano	MIN	1B,2B,3B,DH	52	F
Edouard Julien	MIN	2B,DH	52	F
Eduardo Escobar	LAA	2B,3B	52	F
Casey Schmitt	SF	2B,3B,SS	52	F
Brett Wisely	SF	2B,CF	52	F
Raimel Tapia	MIL	LF,CF,RF	52	F
Kevin Pillar	ATL	LF	52	F
Blake Perkins	MIL	CF,LF,RF	52	F
David Fry	CLE	1B,C,RF	52	F
Tucker Barnhart	CHC	C	51	F
Nick Gonzales	PIT	2B,SS	51	F
Jose Caballero	SEA	2B,3B,SS	51	F
DJ Stewart	NYM	DH,LF,RF	51	F
Santiago Espinal	TOR	2B,3B,SS	51	F
Riley Adams	WSH	C	51	F
Miles Mastrobuoni	CHC	2B,3B,DH,RF	51	F
Seby Zavala	CWS	C	51	F
Jordan Westburg	BAL	2B,3B,SS	51	F
David Villar	SF	1B,2B,3B	50	F
Mike Moustakas	LAA	1B,3B,DH	50	F
Nicky Lopez	KC	2B,3B,SS	50	F
Austin Barnes	LAD	C	50	F
Jared Young	CHC	1B,DH	50	F
Tyler Nevin	DET	1B,3B,DH,LF	50	F
Kyle Farmer	MIN	2B,3B,SS	50	F
Oswald Peraza	NYY	3B,SS	50	F
Yuli Gurriel	MIA	1B	50	F
Chad Wallach	LAA	C	50	F
Cody Thomas	OAK	LF,RF	50	F
Bligh Madris	HOU	1B,RF	50	F
Zach Remillard	CWS	2B,3B,SS	49	F
Mike Ford	SEA	1B,DH	49	F
Matt Duffy	KC	1B,2B,3B	49	F
Heliot Ramos	SF	LF,RF	49	F
Miguel Amaya	CHC	C,DH	49	F
Austin Hedges	PIT	C	49	F
Jordan Diaz	OAK	2B,DH	48	F
Cam Gallagher	CLE	C	48	F
Yu Chang	BOS	1B,2B,SS	48	F
Ivan Herrera	STL	C	48	F
Michael Chavis	WSH	1B,2B,3B	48	F
Nick Ahmed	ARI	SS	47	F
Zack Short	DET	2B,3B,SS	47	F
Luis Guillorme	NYM	2B,3B,SS	47	F
Zack Gelof	OAK	2B	47	F
Andruw Monasterio	MIL	2B,3B,SS	46	F
Nick Allen	OAK	2B,SS	46	F
Tyler Soderstrom	OAK	C,1B	46	F
Tyler Freeman	CLE	2B,3B,DH,SS	45	F
Grae Kessinger	HOU	SS	44	F
Jared Triolo	PIT	3B,SS	44	F
Michael Stefanic	LAA	2B	43	F
Matthew Batten	SD	3B	43	F
Andrew Velazquez	LAA	2B,SS	42	F
Yonny Hernandez	LAD	3B	42	F
Liover Peguero	PIT	SS	40	F

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