Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice: Week 19 (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
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
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
Randy Arozarena TB LF,RF,DH 89 B
Rafael Devers BOS 3B 89 B
Luis Robert Jr. CWS CF 89 B
Adley Rutschman BAL C,DH 88 B
Adolis Garcia TEX CF,RF,DH 87 B
Bryce Harper PHI 1B,DH,RF 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 85 B
Corey Seager TEX DH,SS 84 B
Aaron Judge NYY CF,RF,DH 84 B
Matt Olson ATL 1B 84 B
Bobby Witt Jr. KC 3B,DH,SS 83 B
Christian Yelich MIL LF,DH 83 B
Yordan Alvarez HOU LF,DH 83 B
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 1B,DH 83 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
Bryan Reynolds PIT CF,DH,LF 82 B
Michael Harris II ATL CF 81 B
Teoscar Hernandez SEA DH,RF 81 B
Paul Goldschmidt STL 1B,DH 81 B
Ozzie Albies ATL 2B 80 B
Marcus Semien TEX 2B,SS 80 B
Salvador Perez KC 1B,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
Manny Machado SD 3B,DH 77 C
Wander Franco TB SS 77 C
Francisco Lindor NYM SS 77 C
Nolan Arenado STL 3B,DH 76 C
Anthony Santander BAL 1B,DH,LF,RF 76 C
Eloy Jimenez CWS DH,LF,RF 76 C
Jazz Chisholm Jr. MIA 2B,CF 75 C
Cody Bellinger CHC 1B,CF 74 C
Nico Hoerner CHC 2B,SS 74 C
Seiya Suzuki CHC RF 74 C
Willson Contreras STL C,DH 74 C
Ian Happ CHC LF 73 C
Steven Kwan CLE LF,RF 73 C
Christian Walker ARI 1B 73 C
Alex Bregman HOU 3B 73 C
William Contreras MIL C,DH 73 C
Brandon Nimmo NYM CF 73 C
Luis Arraez MIA 1B,2B,DH 72 C
Matt Chapman TOR 3B 72 C
Elly De La Cruz CIN 3B,SS 72 C
Thairo Estrada SF 2B,SS,LF 72 C
Alex Verdugo BOS LF,RF 72 C
Nathaniel Lowe TEX 1B 72 C
Xander Bogaerts SD DH,SS 71 C
Jorge Soler MIA DH,LF,RF 71 C
Cal Raleigh SEA C,DH 71 C
Amed Rosario LAD 2B,LF,SS 71 C
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. ARI DH,LF 71 C
Yandy Diaz TB 1B,3B,DH 71 C
Hunter Renfroe LAA 1B,RF 71 C
Ketel Marte ARI 2B,DH 71 C
Andrew Vaughn CWS 1B,LF,RF,DH 71 C
MJ Melendez KC C,LF,RF,DH 70 C
Max Muncy LAD 2B,3B,DH 70 C
Tommy Edman STL 2B,CF,RF,SS 70 C
Gleyber Torres NYY 2B,DH 70 C
Giancarlo Stanton NYY RF,DH 70 C
Joc Pederson SF DH,LF,RF 69 D
Alejandro Kirk TOR C,DH 69 D
Austin Hays BAL CF,LF,RF 69 D
Dansby Swanson CHC SS 69 D
Travis d’Arnaud ATL C,DH 69 D
Lane Thomas WSH LF,CF,RF 68 D
Ezequiel Duran TEX 2B,3B,DH,LF,SS 68 D
Tyler Stephenson CIN 1B,C,DH 68 D
Willy Adames MIL SS 68 D
Riley Greene DET CF,DH 68 D
Gunnar Henderson BAL 3B,DH,SS 68 D
Whit Merrifield TOR 2B,CF,LF,RF 68 D
Jeff McNeil NYM 2B,LF,RF 68 D
Andrew Benintendi CWS LF 68 D
Jose Altuve HOU 2B 68 D
Harrison Bader NYY CF 68 D
Esteury Ruiz OAK CF,LF 67 D
Michael Conforto SF DH,LF,RF 67 D
Spencer Steer CIN 1B,3B,DH,LF 67 D
Lars Nootbaar STL LF,CF,RF 67 D
Jordan Walker STL 3B,DH,LF,RF 67 D
Keibert Ruiz WSH C,DH 67 D
Danny Jansen TOR C,DH 67 D
TJ Friedl CIN LF,CF,RF 66 D
Joey Meneses WSH 1B,DH,RF 66 D
Ryan Mountcastle BAL 1B,DH 66 D
Francisco Alvarez NYM C,DH 66 D
Andres Gimenez CLE 2B,SS 66 D
Jeremy Pena HOU SS 66 D
Josh Lowe TB CF,DH,LF,RF 65 D
Justin Turner BOS 1B,2B,3B,DH 65 D
C.J. Cron LAA 1B,DH 65 D
Ryan McMahon COL 2B,3B 65 D
Tim Anderson CWS SS 65 D
Orlando Arcia ATL 2B,LF,SS 65 D
Leody Taveras TEX CF 65 D
Jack Suwinski PIT LF,CF,RF 65 D
Henry Davis PIT C,RF 65 D
Seth Brown OAK 1B,CF,DH,LF,RF 65 D
Ty France SEA 1B,3B 65 D
Alec Bohm PHI 1B,3B 64 D
Connor Wong BOS C 64 D
Elias Diaz COL C,DH 64 D
Jake McCarthy ARI LF,CF,RF 64 D
Jose Abreu HOU 1B,DH 64 D
Bryan De La Cruz MIA LF,CF,RF 64 D
Andrew McCutchen PIT LF,RF,DH 64 D
Chris Taylor LAD 2B,3B,CF,LF,RF,SS 64 D
Carlos Correa MIN SS 64 D
Jose Siri TB CF 64 D
LaMonte Wade Jr. SF 1B,LF,RF 63 D
Shea Langeliers OAK C,DH 63 D
Matt McLain CIN 2B,SS 63 D
Yainer Diaz HOU C,DH 63 D
Yasmani Grandal CWS 1B,C,DH 63 D
Adam Duvall BOS LF,CF,RF 63 D
Randal Grichuk LAA CF,DH,LF,RF 63 D
Christopher Morel CHC 2B,3B,CF,DH,LF,RF,SS 63 D
Tyler O’Neill STL LF,CF 63 D
Daniel Vogelbach NYM DH 63 D
Marcell Ozuna ATL LF,DH 63 D
Trent Grisham SD CF 63 D
Joey Gallo MIN 1B,CF,LF,RF 63 D
James Outman LAD CF,LF,RF 63 D
Will Brennan CLE CF,LF,RF 62 D
Jorge Polanco MIN 2B,3B 62 D
Luis Matos SF CF 62 D
Josh Bell MIA 1B,DH 62 D
Nolan Gorman STL 2B,3B,DH 62 D
Nolan Jones COL 1B,LF,RF 62 D
Javier Baez DET SS 62 D
Kerry Carpenter DET DH,LF,RF 62 D
Mitch Garver TEX C,DH 62 D
Jarren Duran BOS CF,LF,RF 62 D
Yan Gomes CHC C,DH 62 D
Eric Haase DET C,DH,LF 62 D
Patrick Wisdom CHC 1B,3B,DH,LF,RF 62 D
Ezequiel Tovar COL SS 62 D
Jurickson Profar COL DH,LF 62 D
Austin Wynns COL C 61 D
Luke Raley TB 1B,DH,LF,RF 61 D
Anthony Volpe NYY SS 61 D
Eugenio Suarez SEA 3B 61 D
Ke’Bryan Hayes PIT 3B 61 D
Joey Wiemer MIL CF,RF 61 D
Brent Rooker OAK DH,LF,RF 61 D
Bryson Stott PHI 2B,SS 61 D
Patrick Bailey SF C 61 D
Manuel Margot TB LF,CF,RF 61 D
Chas McCormick HOU LF,CF,RF 60 D
Jake Burger MIA 1B,2B,3B,DH 60 D
Drew Waters KC CF,RF 60 D
Brandon Lowe TB 2B 60 D
Bo Naylor CLE C 60 D
Eddie Rosario ATL DH,LF,RF 60 D
Nick Senzel CIN 2B,3B,CF,LF,RF 60 D
Jeimer Candelario CHC 1B,3B 60 D
Harold Ramirez TB 1B,RF,DH 60 D
Christian Vazquez MIN C,1B 60 D
Max Kepler MIN RF 60 D
Mark Canha MIL 1B,CF,DH,LF,RF 60 D
Mickey Moniak LAA CF,LF,RF 60 D
J.D. Davis SF 1B,3B,DH 60 D
Dylan Carlson STL CF,LF,RF 60 D
Jake Cronenworth SD 1B,2B,SS 60 D
Matt Vierling DET 3B,LF,CF,RF 60 D
Tommy Pham ARI CF,DH,LF 60 D
Oscar Gonzalez CLE DH,RF 60 D
David Peralta LAD LF,RF 59 F
Zach McKinstry DET 2B,3B,LF,RF,SS 59 F
Blake Sabol SF C,DH,LF 59 F
Spencer Torkelson DET 1B 59 F
Jake Rogers DET C,DH 59 F
Ha-Seong Kim SD 2B,3B,SS 59 F
Myles Straw CLE CF 59 F
Jon Berti MIA 2B,3B,SS,LF 59 F
Christian Bethancourt TB C,1B 59 F
Nick Fortes MIA C 59 F
Oscar Colas CWS CF,RF 59 F
Isaac Paredes TB 1B,2B,3B 59 F
Brandon Drury LAA 1B,2B,3B,DH 59 F
Mauricio Dubon HOU 2B,SS,LF,CF 59 F
Edward Olivares KC DH,LF,RF 59 F
Brian Anderson MIL 3B,LF,RF 59 F
Kyle Isbel KC LF,CF,RF 58 F
Adam Frazier BAL 2B,LF,RF 58 F
Kike Hernandez LAD 2B,CF,LF,SS 58 F
Michael A. Taylor MIN CF 58 F
CJ Abrams WSH 2B,SS 58 F
Brenton Doyle COL CF,RF 58 F
DJ LeMahieu NYY 1B,2B,3B 58 F
Will Benson CIN CF,LF,RF 58 F
Miguel Cabrera DET DH 58 F
Connor Joe PIT 1B,LF,RF,DH 58 F
Triston Casas BOS 1B 58 F
Jesus Sanchez MIA CF,LF,RF 58 F
Akil Baddoo DET CF,LF,RF 58 F
Harold Castro COL 1B,2B,3B,CF,SS 58 F
Luis Campusano SD C 57 F
Gary Sanchez SD C,DH 57 F
Alek Thomas ARI CF 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
Tony Kemp OAK 2B,LF 57 F
Maikel Garcia KC 3B,DH,SS 56 F
Robbie Grossman TEX DH,LF,RF 56 F
Colton Cowser BAL CF,LF,RF 56 F
Willi Castro MIN 2B,3B,CF,LF,RF,SS 56 F
Jake Meyers HOU CF 56 F
Gavin Sheets CWS 1B,DH,LF,RF 56 F
Carlos Santana MIL 1B,DH 56 F
Freddy Fermin KC C 56 F
Carson Kelly ARI C 56 F
Matt Thaiss LAA C,1B 56 F
Alex Call WSH CF,LF 56 F
Jason Heyward LAD 1B,CF,DH,LF,RF 56 F
Omar Narvaez NYM C 56 F
Isiah Kiner-Falefa NYY 3B,CF,LF,RF,SS 56 F
J.P. Crawford SEA SS 56 F
Andy Ibanez DET 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF 56 F
Joey Votto CIN 1B,DH 56 F
Jace Peterson ARI 2B,3B,RF 56 F
JJ Bleday OAK CF,DH,LF,RF 56 F
Dylan Moore SEA 2B,SS,LF,CF,RF 56 F
Kyle Higashioka NYY C 55 F
Martin Maldonado HOU C 55 F
Jake Bauers NYY 1B,LF,RF 55 F
Tom Murphy SEA C,DH 55 F
Brandon Belt TOR 1B,DH 55 F
Travis Jankowski TEX LF,CF,RF 55 F
Alec Burleson STL 1B,DH,LF,RF 55 F
Dairon Blanco KC CF,LF,RF 55 F
Reese McGuire BOS C 55 F
Mike Tauchman CHC CF,DH,LF,RF 55 F
Yoan Moncada CWS 3B 55 F
Rob Refsnyder BOS CF,DH,LF,RF 55 F
Endy Rodriguez PIT C 55 F
Josh Rojas SEA 2B,3B,DH 55 F
Luis Rengifo LAA 2B,3B,LF,SS 54 F
Gabriel Arias CLE 1B,3B,RF,SS 54 F
Paul DeJong TOR SS 54 F
Jacob Stallings MIA C 54 F
Trevor Story BOS 2B 54 F
Trayce Thompson CWS LF,CF,RF 54 F
Brandon Crawford SF SS 54 F
Miguel Rojas LAD 1B,SS 54 F
Luke Maile CIN C 54 F
Christian Encarnacion-Strand CIN 1B,3B,DH 54 F
Dominic Smith WSH 1B 54 F
Billy McKinney NYY CF,LF,RF 54 F
Stone Garrett WSH LF,RF 53 F
Josh Palacios PIT CF,LF,RF 53 F
Ji Man Choi SD 1B,DH 53 F
Ildemaro Vargas WSH 2B,3B,LF,SS 53 F
Josh H. Smith TEX 3B,DH,LF,SS 53 F
Ramon Urias BAL 1B,2B,3B 53 F
Jason Delay PIT C 53 F
Joey Wendle MIA 2B,3B,SS 53 F
Emmanuel Rivera ARI 1B,3B,DH 53 F
Nick Maton DET 2B,3B,DH,LF,RF 53 F
Wilmer Flores SF 1B,2B,3B,DH 53 F
Sal Frelick MIL CF,RF 53 F
Michael Massey KC 2B,DH 53 F
Andrew Knizner STL C 53 F
Cavan Biggio TOR 1B,2B,DH,RF 52 F
Stuart Fairchild CIN CF,LF,RF 52 F
Eduardo Escobar LAA 1B,2B,3B 52 F
Brice Turang MIL 2B,SS 52 F
Edouard Julien MIN 2B,DH 52 F
Luis Urias BOS 2B,3B,SS 52 F
Dominic Canzone SEA DH,LF,RF 52 F
Donovan Solano MIN 1B,2B,3B,DH 52 F
Elvis Andrus CWS 2B,SS 52 F
Elehuris Montero COL 1B,3B,DH 51 F
Riley Adams WSH C 51 F
Matt Wallner MIN DH,LF,RF 51 F
Santiago Espinal TOR 2B,3B,SS 51 F
Edmundo Sosa PHI 3B,SS 51 F
Matt Beaty KC DH,RF 51 F
Jake Cave PHI 1B,LF,RF 51 F
DJ Stewart NYM DH,LF,RF 51 F
Jordan Westburg BAL 2B,3B,SS 51 F
Nick Madrigal CHC 2B,3B 50 F
Mike Moustakas LAA 1B,3B,DH 50 F
Kevin Newman CIN 1B,2B,3B,DH,SS 50 F
Sam Huff TEX C,DH 50 F
Chad Wallach LAA C 50 F
Kyle Farmer MIN 2B,3B,SS 50 F
Michael Toglia COL 1B,RF 50 F
Cody Thomas OAK LF,RF 50 F
Austin Barnes LAD C 50 F
Brendan Rodgers COL 2B 49 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
Matt Duffy KC 1B,2B,3B 49 F
Miguel Amaya CHC C,DH 49 F
Cam Gallagher CLE C 48 F
Cade Marlowe SEA LF,CF 48 F
Jordan Diaz OAK 1B,2B,3B,DH 48 F
Michael Chavis WSH 1B,2B,3B 48 F
Jordan Luplow MIN LF,RF 48 F
Kole Calhoun CLE LF,RF,DH 48 F
Mark Vientos NYM 1B,3B,DH 48 F
Alan Trejo COL 2B,3B,SS 48 F
Pablo Reyes BOS 2B,SS 47 F
Rafael Ortega NYM LF,CF,RF,DH 47 F
Nick Ahmed ARI SS 47 F
Zack Gelof OAK 2B 47 F
Ben Rortvedt NYY C 46 F
Nick Allen OAK 2B,SS 46 F
Rene Pinto TB C 46 F
Tyler Soderstrom OAK 1B,C,DH 46 F
Alfonso Rivas PIT 1B 46 F
Andruw Monasterio MIL 2B,3B,SS 46 F
Jose Herrera ARI C 46 F
Jared Triolo PIT 3B,SS 44 F
Jake Alu WSH 2B,3B 44 F
Brayan Rocchio CLE 2B,3B,SS 43 F
Danny Mendick NYM 2B,SS 42 F
Andrew Velazquez LAA 2B,SS 42 F
Taylor Motter STL 2B,3B 42 F
Liover Peguero PIT 2B,SS 40 F

 

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