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Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice: Week 18 (2023)

Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice: Week 18 (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 98 A
Jose Ramirez CLE 3B,DH 97 A
Julio Rodriguez SEA CF 95 A
Corbin Carroll ARI CF,LF,RF 94 A
Freddie Freeman LAD 1B 94 A
Juan Soto SD LF,RF 94 A
Will Smith LAD C,DH 92 A
Rafael Devers BOS 3B 89 B
Randy Arozarena TB LF,RF,DH 89 B
Luis Robert Jr. CWS CF 88 B
Adley Rutschman BAL C,DH 88 B
Adolis Garcia TEX CF,RF,DH 88 B
Bo Bichette TOR SS 87 B
J.T. Realmuto PHI C 87 B
Bryce Harper PHI 1B,DH,RF 87 B
Austin Riley ATL 3B 85 B
Sean Murphy ATL C,DH 85 B
Corey Seager TEX DH,SS 84 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
Yordan Alvarez HOU LF,DH 83 B
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 1B,DH 83 B
Bobby Witt Jr. KC 3B,DH,SS 82 B
Kyle Schwarber PHI DH,LF 82 B
George Springer TOR CF,RF,DH 82 B
J.D. Martinez LAD DH 82 B
Daulton Varsho TOR C,CF,LF,RF 82 B
Aaron Judge NYY CF,RF,DH 82 B
Paul Goldschmidt STL 1B,DH 81 B
Michael Harris II ATL CF 81 B
Teoscar Hernandez SEA DH,RF 81 B
Marcus Semien TEX 2B,SS 80 B
Ozzie Albies ATL 2B 80 B
Salvador Perez KC C,DH 80 B
Nick Castellanos PHI DH,RF 79 C
Pete Alonso NYM 1B,DH 79 C
Masataka Yoshida BOS DH,LF 78 C
Francisco Lindor NYM SS 77 C
Wander Franco TB SS 77 C
Byron Buxton MIN CF,DH 77 C
Manny Machado SD 3B,DH 77 C
Nolan Arenado STL 3B,DH 76 C
Eloy Jimenez CWS DH,LF,RF 76 C
Anthony Santander BAL 1B,DH,LF,RF 76 C
Jazz Chisholm Jr. MIA 2B,CF 74 C
Nico Hoerner CHC 2B,SS 74 C
Willson Contreras STL C,DH 74 C
Seiya Suzuki CHC RF 74 C
Josh Naylor CLE 1B,RF,DH 74 C
Christian Walker ARI 1B 73 C
Steven Kwan CLE LF,RF 73 C
Cody Bellinger CHC 1B,CF 73 C
Ian Happ CHC LF 73 C
William Contreras MIL C,DH 73 C
Alex Bregman HOU 3B 73 C
Brandon Nimmo NYM CF 73 C
Nathaniel Lowe TEX 1B 72 C
Alex Verdugo BOS LF,RF 72 C
Elly De La Cruz CIN 3B,SS 72 C
Matt Chapman TOR 3B 72 C
Jorge Soler MIA DH,LF,RF 71 C
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. ARI DH,LF 71 C
Luis Arraez MIA 1B,2B,DH 71 C
Hunter Renfroe LAA 1B,RF 71 C
Xander Bogaerts SD DH,SS 71 C
Andrew Vaughn CWS 1B,LF,RF,DH 71 C
Yandy Diaz TB 1B,3B,DH 71 C
Cal Raleigh SEA C,DH 71 C
Ketel Marte ARI 2B,DH 71 C
Gleyber Torres NYY 2B,DH 70 C
MJ Melendez KC C,LF,RF,DH 70 C
Tommy Edman STL 2B,CF,RF,SS 70 C
Giancarlo Stanton NYY RF,DH 70 C
Max Muncy LAD 2B,3B,DH 70 C
Joc Pederson SF DH,LF,RF 69 D
Travis d’Arnaud ATL C,DH 69 D
Austin Hays BAL CF,LF,RF 69 D
Dansby Swanson CHC SS 69 D
Lane Thomas WSH LF,CF,RF 68 D
Alejandro Kirk TOR C,DH 68 D
Willy Adames MIL SS 68 D
Riley Greene DET CF,DH 68 D
Whit Merrifield TOR 2B,CF,LF,RF 68 D
Tyler Stephenson CIN 1B,C,DH 68 D
Harrison Bader NYY CF 68 D
Jose Altuve HOU 2B 68 D
Gunnar Henderson BAL 3B,DH,SS 68 D
Ezequiel Duran TEX 2B,3B,DH,LF,SS 68 D
Jeff McNeil NYM 2B,LF,RF 68 D
Keibert Ruiz WSH C 67 D
Josh Jung TEX 3B 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
Jordan Walker STL 3B,LF,RF 67 D
Danny Jansen TOR C,DH 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
Ryan Mountcastle BAL 1B,DH 66 D
Francisco Alvarez NYM C,DH 66 D
Joey Meneses WSH 1B,DH,RF 66 D
Jeremy Pena HOU SS 66 D
Leody Taveras TEX CF 65 D
Tim Anderson CWS SS 65 D
Seth Brown OAK 1B,CF,DH,LF,RF 65 D
C.J. Cron LAA 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
Henry Davis PIT C,RF 65 D
Ty France SEA 1B,3B 65 D
Anthony Rizzo NYY 1B,DH 65 D
Jack Suwinski PIT LF,CF,RF 65 D
Jose Abreu HOU 1B,DH 64 D
Alec Bohm PHI 1B,3B 64 D
Bryan De La Cruz MIA LF,CF,RF 64 D
Elias Diaz COL C,DH 64 D
Jose Siri TB CF 64 D
Jake McCarthy ARI LF,CF,RF 64 D
Chris Taylor LAD 2B,3B,CF,LF,RF,SS 64 D
Connor Wong BOS C 64 D
Carlos Correa MIN SS 64 D
James Outman LAD CF,LF,RF 63 D
LaMonte Wade Jr. SF 1B,LF,RF 63 D
Brandon Marsh PHI LF,CF 63 D
Matt McLain CIN 2B,SS 63 D
Christopher Morel CHC 2B,3B,CF,DH,LF,RF,SS 63 D
Yasmani Grandal CWS 1B,C,DH 63 D
Adam Duvall BOS LF,CF,RF 63 D
Marcell Ozuna ATL LF,DH 63 D
Joey Gallo MIN 1B,CF,LF,RF 63 D
Daniel Vogelbach NYM DH 63 D
Trent Grisham SD CF 63 D
Randal Grichuk LAA CF,DH,LF,RF 63 D
Andrew McCutchen PIT LF,RF,DH 63 D
Shea Langeliers OAK C,DH 63 D
Mitch Garver TEX C,DH 62 D
Nolan Gorman STL 2B,3B,DH 62 D
Luis Matos SF CF 62 D
Kerry Carpenter DET DH,LF,RF 62 D
Tyler O’Neill STL LF,CF 62 D
Eric Haase DET C,DH,LF 62 D
Will Brennan CLE CF,LF,RF 62 D
Yan Gomes CHC C,DH 62 D
Javier Baez DET SS 62 D
Nolan Jones COL 1B,LF,RF 62 D
Ezequiel Tovar COL SS 62 D
Jarren Duran BOS CF,LF,RF 62 D
Jurickson Profar COL DH,LF 62 D
Josh Bell MIA 1B,DH 62 D
Yainer Diaz HOU C,DH 62 D
Ramon Laureano OAK CF,RF 61 D
Manuel Margot TB LF,CF,RF 61 D
Eugenio Suarez SEA 3B 61 D
Luke Raley TB 1B,DH,LF,RF 61 D
Jorge Polanco MIN 2B,3B 61 D
Austin Wynns COL C 61 D
Bryson Stott PHI 2B,SS 61 D
Brent Rooker OAK DH,LF,RF 61 D
Patrick Bailey SF C 61 D
Anthony Volpe NYY SS 61 D
Joey Wiemer MIL CF,RF 61 D
Corey Julks HOU 3B,DH,LF,RF 61 D
J.D. Davis SF 1B,3B,DH 60 D
Jake Cronenworth SD 1B,2B,SS 60 D
Oscar Gonzalez CLE RF 60 D
Dylan Carlson STL CF,LF,RF 60 D
Jake Burger MIA 1B,2B,3B,DH 60 D
Matt Vierling DET 3B,LF,CF,RF 60 D
Harold Ramirez TB 1B,RF,DH 60 D
Max Kepler MIN RF 60 D
Christian Vazquez MIN C,1B 60 D
Ke’Bryan Hayes PIT 3B 60 D
Mickey Moniak LAA CF,LF,RF 60 D
Jeimer Candelario CHC 3B 60 D
Eddie Rosario ATL DH,LF,RF 60 D
Brandon Lowe TB 2B 60 D
Drew Waters KC CF,RF 60 D
Edward Olivares KC DH,LF,RF 59 F
Kevin Kiermaier TOR CF 59 F
Zach McKinstry DET 2B,3B,LF,RF,SS 59 F
Christian Bethancourt TB C,1B 59 F
Myles Straw CLE CF 59 F
Isaac Paredes TB 1B,2B,3B 59 F
Nick Senzel CIN 2B,3B,CF,LF,RF 59 F
Nick Fortes MIA C 59 F
Bo Naylor CLE C 59 F
David Peralta LAD LF,RF 59 F
Jon Berti MIA 2B,3B,SS,LF 59 F
Spencer Torkelson DET 1B 59 F
Blake Sabol SF C,DH,LF 59 F
Ha-Seong Kim SD 2B,3B,SS 59 F
Mauricio Dubon HOU 2B,SS,LF,CF 59 F
Oscar Colas CWS CF,RF 59 F
Jake Rogers DET C,DH 59 F
Brenton Doyle COL CF,RF 58 F
CJ Abrams WSH 2B,SS 58 F
Miguel Cabrera DET DH 58 F
Kyle Isbel KC LF,CF,RF 58 F
Akil Baddoo DET LF,CF 58 F
Michael A. Taylor MIN CF 58 F
Chas McCormick HOU LF,CF,RF 58 F
Adam Frazier BAL 2B,LF,RF 58 F
Triston Casas BOS 1B 58 F
Harold Castro COL 1B,2B,3B,CF,SS 58 F
Will Benson CIN CF,LF,RF 58 F
Jesus Sanchez MIA CF,LF,RF 58 F
DJ LeMahieu NYY 1B,2B,3B 58 F
Avisail Garcia MIA LF,RF 58 F
Tony Kemp OAK 2B,LF 57 F
Ryan Jeffers MIN C 57 F
Ryan O’Hearn BAL 1B,RF,DH 57 F
Geraldo Perdomo ARI 2B,3B,SS 57 F
Isiah Kiner-Falefa NYY 3B,CF,LF,RF,SS 57 F
Alek Thomas ARI CF 57 F
Jorge Mateo BAL SS 57 F
Luis Campusano SD C 57 F
Gary Sanchez SD C,DH 57 F
Joey Votto CIN 1B,DH 56 F
Colton Cowser BAL CF,RF 56 F
Jason Heyward LAD 1B,CF,DH,LF,RF 56 F
Alex Call WSH CF,LF 56 F
Jake Meyers HOU CF 56 F
Willi Castro MIN 2B,3B,CF,LF,RF,SS 56 F
Maikel Garcia KC 3B,SS 56 F
Robbie Grossman TEX DH,LF,RF 56 F
Freddy Fermin KC C 56 F
Carlos Santana MIL 1B,DH 56 F
Christian Arroyo BOS 1B,2B,3B,SS,RF 56 F
Tyrone Taylor MIL LF,CF,RF 56 F
JJ Bleday OAK CF,DH,LF,RF 56 F
Jace Peterson ARI 2B,3B,RF 56 F
Carson Kelly ARI C 56 F
Dylan Moore SEA 2B,SS,LF,CF,RF 56 F
Omar Narvaez NYM C 56 F
Andy Ibanez DET 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF 56 F
Matt Thaiss LAA C,1B 56 F
Austin Slater SF LF,CF,RF 56 F
Tom Murphy SEA C,DH 55 F
Travis Jankowski TEX LF,CF,RF 55 F
Brandon Belt TOR 1B,DH 55 F
Mike Tauchman CHC CF,DH,LF 55 F
Endy Rodriguez PIT C 55 F
Yoan Moncada CWS 3B 55 F
Rob Refsnyder BOS CF,DH,LF,RF 55 F
Josh Rojas SEA 2B,3B,DH 55 F
Jake Bauers NYY 1B,LF,RF 55 F
Victor Caratini MIL C 55 F
Kyle Higashioka NYY C 55 F
Dairon Blanco KC CF,LF,RF 55 F
Martin Maldonado HOU C 55 F
J.P. Crawford SEA SS 55 F
Aledmys Diaz OAK 1B,2B,3B,DH,LF,SS 55 F
Alec Burleson STL 1B,DH,LF,RF 55 F
Brett Baty NYM 3B 55 F
Luis Rengifo LAA 2B,3B,LF,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
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
Brandon Crawford SF SS 54 F
Ji Man Choi SD 1B,DH 53 F
Emmanuel Rivera ARI 1B,3B,DH 53 F
Stone Garrett WSH LF,RF 53 F
Josh H. Smith TEX 3B,DH,LF,SS 53 F
Nick Maton DET 2B,3B,DH,LF,RF 53 F
Joey Wendle MIA 2B,3B,SS 53 F
Ramon Urias BAL 1B,2B,3B 53 F
Kyle Lewis ARI RF,DH 53 F
Ildemaro Vargas WSH 2B,3B,LF,SS 53 F
Andrew Knizner STL C 53 F
Michael Massey KC 2B,DH 53 F
Sal Frelick MIL CF,RF 53 F
Cavan Biggio TOR 1B,2B,DH,RF 52 F
Brice Turang MIL 2B,SS 52 F
Donovan Solano MIN 1B,2B,3B,DH 52 F
Edouard Julien MIN 2B,DH 52 F
Eduardo Escobar LAA 1B,2B,3B 52 F
Casey Schmitt SF 2B,3B,SS 52 F
David Fry CLE 1B,C,RF 52 F
Blake Perkins MIL CF,LF,RF 52 F
Elvis Andrus CWS 2B,SS 52 F
Kevin Pillar ATL LF 52 F
Matt Beaty KC RF 51 F
Santiago Espinal TOR 2B,3B,SS 51 F
Nick Gonzales PIT 2B,SS 51 F
DJ Stewart NYM DH,LF,RF 51 F
Elehuris Montero COL 1B,3B,DH 51 F
Jordan Westburg BAL 2B,3B,SS 51 F
Edmundo Sosa PHI 3B,SS 51 F
Jake Cave PHI LF,RF 51 F
Riley Adams WSH C 51 F
Matt Wallner MIN DH,LF,RF 51 F
Tucker Barnhart CHC C 51 F
Seby Zavala CWS C 51 F
Kevin Newman CIN 1B,2B,3B,DH,SS 50 F
Mike Moustakas LAA 1B,3B,DH 50 F
Nick Madrigal CHC 2B,3B 50 F
Kyle Farmer MIN 2B,3B,SS 50 F
Chad Wallach LAA C 50 F
Cody Thomas OAK LF,RF 50 F
Yuli Gurriel MIA 1B 50 F
Michael Toglia COL 1B,RF 50 F
Zach Remillard CWS 2B,3B,RF,SS 49 F
Mike Ford SEA 1B,DH 49 F
Ryan McKenna BAL LF,CF,RF 49 F
Garrett Stubbs PHI C 49 F
Cade Marlowe SEA LF,CF 48 F
Jordan Diaz OAK 1B,2B,DH 48 F
Cam Gallagher CLE C 48 F
Yu Chang BOS 1B,2B,SS 48 F
Mark Vientos NYM 1B,3B,DH 48 F
Alan Trejo COL 2B,3B,SS 48 F
Michael Chavis WSH 1B,2B,3B 48 F
Rafael Ortega NYM LF,CF,RF,DH 47 F
Nick Ahmed ARI SS 47 F
Zack Short DET 2B,3B,SS 47 F
Zack Gelof OAK 2B 47 F
Ben Rortvedt NYY C 46 F
Jose Herrera ARI C 46 F
Andruw Monasterio MIL 2B,3B,SS 46 F
Nick Allen OAK 2B,SS 46 F
Tyler Soderstrom OAK 1B,C,DH 46 F
Rene Pinto TB C 46 F
Brendan Rodgers COL 2B 46 F
Tyler Freeman CLE 2B,3B,DH,SS 45 F
Jared Triolo PIT 3B,SS 44 F
Jake Alu WSH 3B 44 F
Abraham Toro MIL 2B,3B,DH 44 F
Isan Diaz SF 2B,3B 44 F
Jose Fermin STL 3B,SS 43 F
Taylor Motter STL 2B,3B 42 F
Andrew Velazquez LAA 2B,SS 42 F
Danny Mendick NYM 2B,SS 42 F
Liover Peguero PIT SS 40 F

 

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