Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice: Week 17 (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
Ronald Acuna Jr. ATL RF,DH 100 A
Fernando Tatis Jr. SD CF,RF,SS 100 A
Mookie Betts LAD 2B,RF,SS 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 95 A
Juan Soto SD LF,RF 95 A
Corbin Carroll ARI CF,LF,RF 94 A
Freddie Freeman LAD 1B 94 A
Will Smith LAD C,DH 92 A
Rafael Devers BOS 3B 89 B
Randy Arozarena TB LF,RF,DH 89 B
Adley Rutschman BAL C,DH 88 B
Adolis Garcia TEX CF,RF,DH 88 B
Luis Robert Jr. CWS CF 88 B
Bo Bichette TOR SS 87 B
Bryce Harper PHI RF,DH 87 B
J.T. Realmuto PHI C 87 B
Sean Murphy ATL C,DH 85 B
Austin Riley ATL 3B 85 B
Trea Turner PHI SS 84 B
Matt Olson ATL 1B 84 B
Bryan Reynolds PIT CF,DH,LF 83 B
Christian Yelich MIL LF,DH 83 B
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 1B,DH 83 B
George Springer TOR CF,RF,DH 82 B
Daulton Varsho TOR C,CF,LF,RF 82 B
Kyle Schwarber PHI DH,LF 82 B
Bobby Witt Jr. KC 3B,DH,SS 82 B
J.D. Martinez LAD DH 82 B
Teoscar Hernandez SEA DH,RF 81 B
Michael Harris II ATL CF 81 B
Paul Goldschmidt STL 1B,DH 81 B
Marcus Semien TEX 2B,SS 80 B
Salvador Perez KC C,DH 80 B
Ozzie Albies ATL 2B 80 B
Pete Alonso NYM 1B,DH 79 C
Nick Castellanos PHI DH,RF 79 C
Masataka Yoshida BOS DH,LF 78 C
Wander Franco TB SS 77 C
Francisco Lindor NYM SS 77 C
Manny Machado SD 3B,DH 77 C
Anthony Santander BAL 1B,DH,LF,RF 76 C
Eloy Jimenez CWS DH,LF,RF 76 C
Nolan Arenado STL 3B,DH 76 C
Josh Naylor CLE 1B,RF,DH 74 C
Nico Hoerner CHC 2B,SS 74 C
Willson Contreras STL C,DH 74 C
Seiya Suzuki CHC RF 74 C
Jonah Heim TEX C,DH 74 C
Alex Bregman HOU 3B 73 C
Ian Happ CHC LF 73 C
Brandon Nimmo NYM CF 73 C
Cody Bellinger CHC 1B,CF 73 C
Steven Kwan CLE LF,RF 73 C
Christian Walker ARI 1B 73 C
William Contreras MIL C,DH 73 C
Elly De La Cruz CIN 3B,SS 72 C
Alex Verdugo BOS LF,RF 72 C
Yandy Diaz TB 1B,3B,DH 72 C
Luis Arraez MIA 1B,2B,DH 72 C
Nathaniel Lowe TEX 1B 72 C
Matt Chapman TOR 3B 72 C
Hunter Renfroe LAA 1B,RF 71 C
Xander Bogaerts SD DH,SS 71 C
Jorge Soler MIA DH,LF,RF 71 C
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. ARI DH,LF 71 C
Andrew Vaughn CWS 1B,LF,RF,DH 71 C
Cal Raleigh SEA C,DH 71 C
Ketel Marte ARI 2B,DH 71 C
Giancarlo Stanton NYY RF,DH 70 C
Amed Rosario LAD SS,LF 70 C
MJ Melendez KC C,LF,RF,DH 70 C
Max Muncy LAD 2B,3B,DH 70 C
Gleyber Torres NYY 2B,DH 70 C
Travis d’Arnaud ATL C,DH 69 D
Jonathan India CIN 2B,DH 69 D
Joc Pederson SF DH,LF,RF 69 D
Taylor Ward LAA CF,LF,RF 69 D
Dansby Swanson CHC SS 69 D
Austin Hays BAL LF,RF 69 D
Tyler Stephenson CIN 1B,C,DH 68 D
Harrison Bader NYY CF 68 D
Lane Thomas WSH LF,CF,RF 68 D
Riley Greene DET CF,DH 68 D
Willy Adames MIL SS 68 D
Alejandro Kirk TOR C,DH 68 D
Whit Merrifield TOR 2B,CF,LF,RF 68 D
Gunnar Henderson BAL 3B,DH,SS 68 D
Jeff McNeil NYM 2B,LF,RF 68 D
Ezequiel Duran TEX 2B,3B,DH,LF,SS 68 D
Keibert Ruiz WSH C 67 D
Jordan Walker STL 3B,LF,RF 67 D
Andrew Benintendi CWS LF 67 D
Spencer Steer CIN 1B,3B,DH,LF 67 D
Lars Nootbaar STL LF,CF,RF 67 D
Danny Jansen TOR C,DH 67 D
Josh Jung TEX 3B 67 D
Jake Fraley CIN CF,DH,LF,RF 67 D
Andres Gimenez CLE 2B,SS 66 D
Michael Conforto SF DH,LF,RF 66 D
TJ Friedl CIN LF,CF,RF 66 D
Francisco Alvarez NYM C,DH 66 D
Ryan Mountcastle BAL 1B,DH 66 D
Joey Meneses WSH 1B,DH,RF 66 D
Jeremy Pena HOU SS 66 D
Leody Taveras TEX CF 65 D
Seth Brown OAK 1B,CF,DH,LF,RF 65 D
Tim Anderson CWS SS 65 D
C.J. Cron COL 1B,DH 65 D
Ryan McMahon COL 2B,3B 65 D
Orlando Arcia ATL 2B,LF,SS 65 D
Josh Lowe TB CF,DH,LF,RF 65 D
Justin Turner BOS 1B,2B,3B,DH 65 D
Ty France SEA 1B,3B 65 D
Jack Suwinski PIT LF,CF,RF 65 D
Henry Davis PIT C,RF 65 D
Anthony Rizzo NYY 1B,DH 65 D
Alec Bohm PHI 1B,3B 64 D
Jose Abreu HOU 1B,DH 64 D
Elias Diaz COL C,DH 64 D
Jose Siri TB CF 64 D
Jake McCarthy ARI LF,CF,RF 64 D
Connor Wong BOS C 64 D
Carlos Correa MIN SS 64 D
Chris Taylor LAD 2B,3B,CF,LF,RF,SS 64 D
Bryan De La Cruz MIA LF,CF,RF 64 D
Matt McLain CIN 2B,SS 63 D
Yasmani Grandal CWS C,DH 63 D
Adam Duvall BOS LF,CF,RF 63 D
Shea Langeliers OAK C,DH 63 D
Randal Grichuk COL CF,DH,LF,RF 63 D
LaMonte Wade Jr. SF 1B,LF,RF 63 D
Mike Yastrzemski SF CF,LF,RF 63 D
Christopher Morel CHC 2B,3B,CF,DH,LF,RF,SS 63 D
Daniel Vogelbach NYM DH 63 D
Brandon Marsh PHI LF,CF 63 D
Marcell Ozuna ATL LF,DH 63 D
Trent Grisham SD CF 63 D
Andrew McCutchen PIT LF,RF,DH 63 D
Joey Gallo MIN 1B,CF,LF,RF 63 D
James Outman LAD CF,LF,RF 63 D
Tyler O’Neill STL LF,CF 62 D
Nolan Jones COL 1B,LF,RF 62 D
Eric Haase DET C,DH,LF 62 D
Luis Matos SF CF 62 D
Ezequiel Tovar COL SS 62 D
Nolan Gorman STL 2B,3B,DH 62 D
Kerry Carpenter DET DH,LF,RF 62 D
Jarren Duran BOS CF,LF,RF 62 D
Josh Bell CLE 1B,DH 62 D
Yan Gomes CHC C,DH 62 D
Javier Baez DET SS 62 D
Brendan Donovan STL 1B,2B,3B,DH,LF,RF,SS 62 D
Yainer Diaz HOU C,DH 62 D
Will Brennan CLE CF,LF,RF 62 D
Jurickson Profar COL DH,LF 62 D
Patrick Wisdom CHC 1B,3B,DH,LF,RF 62 D
Mitch Garver TEX C,DH 62 D
Anthony Volpe NYY SS 61 D
Luke Raley TB 1B,DH,LF,RF 61 D
Manuel Margot TB LF,CF,RF 61 D
Alex Kirilloff MIN 1B,LF,RF 61 D
Austin Wynns COL C 61 D
Joey Wiemer MIL CF,RF 61 D
Nick Pratto KC 1B,LF,RF 61 D
Patrick Bailey SF C 61 D
Eugenio Suarez SEA 3B 61 D
Brent Rooker OAK DH,LF,RF 61 D
Corey Julks HOU 3B,DH,LF,RF 61 D
Bryson Stott PHI 2B,SS 61 D
Matt Vierling DET 3B,LF,CF,RF 60 D
Jake Cronenworth SD 1B,2B,SS 60 D
Dylan Carlson STL CF,LF,RF 60 D
J.D. Davis SF 1B,3B,DH 60 D
Mickey Moniak LAA CF,LF,RF 60 D
Christian Vazquez MIN C,1B 60 D
Max Kepler MIN RF 60 D
Tommy Pham NYM CF,DH,LF 60 D
Drew Waters KC CF,RF 60 D
Brandon Lowe TB 2B 60 D
Harold Ramirez TB 1B,RF,DH 60 D
Jeimer Candelario WSH 3B 60 D
Eddie Rosario ATL DH,LF,RF 60 D
Mark Canha NYM 1B,CF,DH,LF,RF 60 D
Jake Rogers DET C 59 F
Edward Olivares KC DH,LF,RF 59 F
Myles Straw CLE CF 59 F
Nick Senzel CIN 2B,3B,CF,LF,RF 59 F
Christian Bethancourt TB C,1B 59 F
Blake Sabol SF C,DH,LF 59 F
Zach McKinstry DET 2B,3B,LF,RF,SS 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
Kevin Kiermaier TOR CF 59 F
Ha-Seong Kim SD 2B,3B,SS 59 F
Oscar Colas CWS CF,RF 59 F
Jon Berti MIA 2B,3B,SS,LF 59 F
David Peralta LAD LF,RF 59 F
Mauricio Dubon HOU 2B,SS,LF,CF 59 F
Spencer Torkelson DET 1B 59 F
Bo Naylor CLE C 59 F
Owen Miller MIL 1B,2B,3B,DH,LF 58 F
Jesus Sanchez MIA CF,LF,RF 58 F
Adam Frazier BAL 2B,LF,RF 58 F
DJ LeMahieu NYY 1B,2B,3B 58 F
Harold Castro COL 1B,2B,3B,CF,SS 58 F
Akil Baddoo DET LF,CF 58 F
Triston Casas BOS 1B 58 F
Jake Burger CWS 1B,3B,DH 58 F
Kyle Isbel KC LF,CF,RF 58 F
Will Benson CIN CF,LF,RF 58 F
Michael A. Taylor MIN CF 58 F
Miguel Cabrera DET DH 58 F
Chas McCormick HOU LF,CF,RF 58 F
Brenton Doyle COL CF,RF 58 F
Connor Joe PIT 1B,LF,RF,DH 58 F
CJ Abrams WSH 2B,SS 58 F
Alek Thomas ARI CF 57 F
Tony Kemp OAK 2B,LF 57 F
Ryan O’Hearn BAL 1B,RF,DH 57 F
Jean Segura MIA 2B,3B 57 F
Luis Campusano SD C 57 F
Luis Garcia WSH 2B,SS 57 F
Geraldo Perdomo ARI 2B,3B,SS 57 F
Ryan Jeffers MIN C 57 F
Jorge Mateo BAL SS 57 F
Gary Sanchez SD C,DH 57 F
Isiah Kiner-Falefa NYY 3B,CF,LF,SS 57 F
Tyrone Taylor MIL LF,CF,RF 56 F
Jason Heyward LAD 1B,CF,DH,LF,RF 56 F
Alex Call WSH CF,LF 56 F
Carlos Santana PIT 1B,DH 56 F
Carson Kelly ARI C 56 F
Willi Castro MIN 2B,3B,CF,LF,RF,SS 56 F
Garrett Cooper MIA 1B,DH 56 F
Dylan Moore SEA 2B,SS,LF,CF,RF 56 F
Matt Thaiss LAA C,1B 56 F
Freddy Fermin KC C 56 F
Matt Carpenter SD 1B,DH,RF 56 F
Colton Cowser BAL CF,RF 56 F
Jake Meyers HOU CF 56 F
JJ Bleday OAK CF,DH,LF,RF 56 F
Corey Dickerson WSH LF,RF,DH 56 F
Gavin Sheets CWS 1B,DH,LF,RF 56 F
Omar Narvaez NYM C 56 F
Christian Arroyo BOS 1B,2B,3B,SS,RF 56 F
Andy Ibanez DET 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF 56 F
Jace Peterson OAK 2B,3B,RF 56 F
Austin Slater SF LF,CF,RF 56 F
Maikel Garcia KC 3B,SS 56 F
Joey Votto CIN 1B,DH 56 F
Mike Tauchman CHC CF,DH,LF 55 F
Travis Jankowski TEX LF,CF,RF 55 F
Brandon Belt TOR 1B,DH 55 F
Tom Murphy SEA C 55 F
Dairon Blanco KC CF,LF,RF 55 F
Kyle Higashioka NYY C 55 F
Jake Bauers NYY 1B,LF,RF 55 F
Victor Caratini MIL C 55 F
Aledmys Diaz OAK 1B,2B,3B,DH,LF,SS 55 F
Yoan Moncada CWS 3B 55 F
Endy Rodriguez PIT C 55 F
Martin Maldonado HOU C 55 F
J.P. Crawford SEA SS 55 F
Brett Baty NYM 3B 55 F
Alec Burleson STL 1B,DH,LF,RF 55 F
Dane Myers MIA CF,LF,RF 54 F
Luis Rengifo LAA 2B,3B,LF,SS 54 F
Paul DeJong STL SS 54 F
Gabriel Arias CLE 1B,3B,RF,SS 54 F
Jacob Stallings MIA C 54 F
Miguel Rojas LAD 1B,SS 54 F
Christian Encarnacion-Strand CIN 1B,3B,DH 54 F
Ji Man Choi PIT 1B,DH 54 F
James McCann BAL C,DH 54 F
Wilmer Flores SF 1B,2B,3B,DH 54 F
Dominic Smith WSH 1B 54 F
Billy McKinney NYY CF,LF,RF 54 F
Luke Maile CIN C 54 F
Zach Neto LAA SS 54 F
Joey Wendle MIA 2B,3B,SS 53 F
Josh H. Smith TEX 3B,DH,LF,SS 53 F
Nick Maton DET 2B,3B,DH,LF,RF 53 F
Ramon Urias BAL 1B,2B,3B 53 F
Emmanuel Rivera ARI 1B,3B,DH 53 F
Jorge Alfaro BOS C,DH 53 F
Evan Longoria ARI 3B,DH 53 F
Kolten Wong SEA 2B 53 F
Sal Frelick MIL CF,RF 53 F
Michael Massey KC 2B,DH 53 F
Brad Miller TEX 1B,3B,DH,LF 53 F
Josh Harrison PHI 2B,3B,LF 52 F
Eduardo Escobar LAA 2B,3B 52 F
Dominic Canzone ARI DH,LF,RF 52 F
Cavan Biggio TOR 1B,2B,DH,RF 52 F
Brice Turang MIL 2B,SS 52 F
Edouard Julien MIN 2B,DH 52 F
Donovan Solano MIN 1B,2B,3B,DH 52 F
Casey Schmitt SF 2B,3B,SS 52 F
Brett Wisely SF 2B,CF 52 F
Blake Perkins MIL CF,LF,RF 52 F
Elvis Andrus CWS 2B,SS 52 F
David Fry CLE 1B,C,RF 52 F
Kevin Pillar ATL LF 52 F
Jose Caballero SEA 2B,3B,SS 51 F
Jahmai Jones MIL 2B,CF 51 F
Elehuris Montero COL 1B,3B,DH 51 F
Nick Gonzales PIT 2B,SS 51 F
Garrett Hampson MIA 2B,3B,CF,RF,SS 51 F
Miles Mastrobuoni CHC 2B,3B,DH,RF 51 F
Jake Cave PHI LF,RF 51 F
Tucker Barnhart CHC C 51 F
Edmundo Sosa PHI 3B,SS 51 F
Matt Wallner MIN LF,RF 51 F
DJ Stewart NYM DH,LF,RF 51 F
Seby Zavala CWS C 51 F
Jordan Westburg BAL 2B,3B,SS 51 F
Oswald Peraza NYY 2B,3B,SS 50 F
Nicky Lopez KC 2B,3B,SS 50 F
Austin Barnes LAD C 50 F
Kyle Farmer MIN 2B,3B,SS 50 F
Kevin Newman CIN 1B,2B,3B,DH,SS 50 F
Yuli Gurriel MIA 1B 50 F
Michael Toglia COL 1B,RF 50 F
Cody Thomas OAK LF,RF 50 F
Mike Moustakas LAA 1B,3B,DH 50 F
Garrett Stubbs PHI C 49 F
Zach Remillard CWS 2B,3B,RF,SS 49 F
Mike Ford SEA 1B,DH 49 F
Miguel Amaya CHC C,DH 49 F
Ryan McKenna BAL LF,CF,RF 49 F
Matt Duffy KC 1B,2B,3B 49 F
Austin Hedges PIT C 49 F
Taylor Kohlwey SD CF,LF,RF 48 F
Cade Marlowe SEA LF,CF 48 F
Jordan Diaz OAK 2B,DH 48 F
Cam Gallagher CLE C 48 F
Yu Chang BOS 1B,2B,SS 48 F
Alan Trejo COL 2B,3B,SS 48 F
Nick Ahmed ARI SS 47 F
Zack Short DET 2B,3B,SS 47 F
Zack Gelof OAK 2B 47 F
Alfonso Rivas SD 1B 46 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
Jared Triolo PIT 3B,SS 44 F
Michael Stefanic LAA 2B 43 F
Taylor Motter STL 2B,3B 42 F
Andrew Velazquez LAA 2B,SS 42 F
Yonny Hernandez LAD 2B,3B 42 F
Liover Peguero PIT SS 40 F

 

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