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    FantasyPros Staff | Thu, Jan 18th 2024, 5:02am EST

Fantasy Baseball Draft Rankings: Hitters (2024)

The 2023 MLB season is in the books, but it’s never too early to look ahead to the upcoming campaign. While much of the MLB landscape is sure to change over the offseason, it can be helpful to get an early sense of where the experts stand in terms of initial fantasy baseball rankings. We’ll have you covered as we approach the spring and new season, but for now let’s take a look at early 2024 fantasy baseball rankings.

2024 Fantasy Baseball Rankings

Rank Player Team Positions Overall Best Worst Avg Std Dev ADP vs. ADP
1 Ronald Acuna Jr. ATL RF 1 1 1 1 0 1 –
2 Julio Rodriguez SEA CF 2 2 4 3 0.9 2 –
3 Bobby Witt Jr. KC 3B,SS 3 2 7 4.2 1.7 4 1
4 Corbin Carroll ARI CF,LF,RF 4 2 6 4.2 1.5 14 10
5 Mookie Betts LAD 2B,RF,SS 5 2 10 4.8 2.8 3 -2
6 Kyle Tucker HOU RF 7 3 13 7.6 3.3 5 -2
7 Shohei Ohtani LAD DH,SP 6 7 8 7.6 0.5 10 4
8 Freddie Freeman LAD 1B 8 6 10 8.6 1.5 9 1
9 Aaron Judge NYY CF,RF,DH 9 4 14 9.2 3.7 6 -3
10 Juan Soto NYY LF,RF 10 7 11 9.2 1.3 11 1
11 Jose Ramirez CLE 3B,DH 11 9 12 10.8 1.2 12 1
12 Fernando Tatis Jr. SD CF,RF,SS 14 5 23 12.6 6.6 7 -7
13 Trea Turner PHI SS 12 8 16 13 2.8 8 -4
14 Matt Olson ATL 1B 13 12 15 13 1.3 17 4
15 Yordan Alvarez HOU LF,DH 16 13 18 14.8 1.9 15 -1
16 Corey Seager TEX SS 17 11 18 15.6 2.4 21 4
17 Austin Riley ATL 3B 19 15 20 17.2 1.6 18 -1
18 Marcus Semien TEX 2B,SS 20 14 21 18.2 2.6 26 6
19 Bryce Harper PHI 1B,DH,RF 21 15 22 18.6 2.2 29 8
20 Rafael Devers BOS 3B 22 16 21 18.6 1.6 19 -3
21 Pete Alonso NYM 1B 23 20 22 20.8 1 20 -3
22 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 1B,DH 26 19 34 23.8 5.3 25 -1
23 Ozzie Albies ATL 2B 28 20 33 25 4.3 23 -5
24 Luis Robert Jr. CWS CF 29 23 31 25.2 2.9 28 -1
25 Francisco Lindor NYM SS 30 21 31 25.6 3.7 24 -6
26 Bo Bichette TOR SS 32 23 32 27.2 3.1 30 -2
27 Michael Harris II ATL CF 33 25 29 27.2 1.6 31 -2
28 Jose Altuve HOU 2B 31 26 30 27.4 1.7 41 10
29 Randy Arozarena TB LF,RF 34 27 30 28.2 1 37 3
30 Gunnar Henderson BAL 3B,SS 36 25 33 29.6 3.1 34 -2
31 Adolis Garcia TEX CF,RF 37 28 33 30.6 1.6 35 -2
32 Paul Goldschmidt STL 1B,DH 40 25 41 32.4 5.2 48 8
33 Cody Bellinger 1B,CF 42 26 43 35 6.1 65 23
34 Elly De La Cruz CIN 3B,SS 43 30 41 35 3.8 67 24
35 CJ Abrams WSH 2B,SS 44 24 44 35.4 6.9 70 26
36 Nolan Jones COL 1B,LF,RF 45 34 38 36 1.3 77 32
37 Manny Machado SD 3B,DH 47 34 40 36.4 2.1 42 -5
38 Adley Rutschman BAL C,DH 46 34 40 37.2 2.3 39 -7
39 Kyle Schwarber PHI DH,LF 51 35 44 39.4 3.5 51 –
40 Mike Trout LAA CF 52 32 43 39.6 4.1 43 -9
41 Jazz Chisholm Jr. MIA 2B,CF 57 37 49 41.2 4.1 53 -4
42 Josh Lowe TB CF,DH,LF,RF 60 39 50 43.6 3.6 85 25
43 Matt McLain CIN 2B,SS 62 36 65 44.2 10.6 98 36
44 Nico Hoerner CHC 2B,SS 61 41 49 45.2 3.4 62 1
45 Christian Yelich MIL LF,DH 63 37 54 45.8 5.4 63 –
46 Oneil Cruz PIT SS 67 45 52 47.6 2.4 69 2
47 J.T. Realmuto PHI C 68 46 61 51 5.5 56 -12
48 Will Smith LAD C 71 42 58 51.8 5.4 58 -13
49 Alex Bregman HOU 3B 69 46 57 51.8 3.7 71 2
50 Royce Lewis MIN 3B,SS 72 33 101 56.2 24.2 47 -25
51 Nolan Arenado STL 3B 76 54 59 56.8 1.7 61 -15
52 Triston Casas BOS 1B 75 47 69 57.2 8.3 114 39
53 Bryan Reynolds PIT CF,LF 79 50 66 57.4 5.6 73 -6
54 Evan Carter TEX CF,LF 77 45 65 58.2 7.9 102 25
55 Spencer Torkelson DET 1B 81 53 67 58.2 4.7 149 68
56 Josh Jung TEX 3B 82 50 70 59.2 6.7 120 38
57 Christian Walker ARI 1B 85 48 83 59.6 12.8 74 -11
58 Yandy Diaz TB 1B,3B 86 51 71 59.6 7.7 132 46
59 Nick Castellanos PHI RF 83 52 69 59.6 6.3 94 11
60 William Contreras MIL C,DH 89 46 80 61.6 11.5 80 -9
61 Ketel Marte ARI 2B 88 55 66 61.6 3.9 117 29
62 Lane Thomas WSH LF,CF,RF 87 56 69 61.6 4.4 142 55
63 Gleyber Torres NYY 2B 92 49 85 64.4 14.7 91 -1
64 Ha-Seong Kim SD 2B,3B,SS 96 50 95 65.2 17 116 20
65 Seiya Suzuki CHC RF 95 63 69 65.4 2.1 115 20
66 Xander Bogaerts SD SS 93 44 104 66.4 21.5 92 -1
67 Dansby Swanson CHC SS 97 57 70 66.4 4.8 106 9
68 George Springer TOR CF,RF,DH 98 55 82 66.8 8.8 84 -14
69 Vinnie Pasquantino KC 1B 100 55 72 67.6 6.5 125 25
70 Josh Naylor CLE 1B,RF,DH 103 62 73 68.2 4.4 152 49
71 Zack Gelof OAK 2B 106 50 83 70 11.6 146 40
72 Spencer Steer CIN 1B,2B,3B,LF 105 45 100 70.2 18.3 122 17
73 Jordan Walker STL 3B,LF,RF 108 63 78 70.2 5.9 105 -3
74 TJ Friedl CIN LF,CF,RF 113 61 82 74.8 7.6 183 70
75 Masataka Yoshida BOS DH,LF 114 52 85 76.2 12.3 173 59
76 Ian Happ CHC LF 115 74 80 76.6 2.3 153 38
77 Anthony Volpe NYY SS 118 67 83 77.6 5.6 124 6
78 Anthony Santander BAL 1B,DH,LF,RF 117 68 98 78 10.4 119 2
79 Luis Arraez MIA 1B,2B 122 73 91 82.6 7.4 160 38
80 Cal Raleigh SEA C 121 56 109 82.8 17.5 138 17
81 Andres Gimenez CLE 2B,SS 125 75 121 86.6 17.4 97 -28
82 Jorge Soler DH,LF,RF 126 78 99 88.2 6.7 177 51
83 Marcell Ozuna ATL LF,DH 132 84 98 88.6 5 182 50
84 Esteury Ruiz OAK CF,LF,RF 129 73 116 89 16.1 127 -2
85 Bryson Stott PHI 2B,SS 127 60 130 89.4 23.5 137 10
86 Cedric Mullins II BAL CF 135 80 112 90.8 11 99 -36
87 Riley Greene DET CF,RF 138 70 105 91 13.9 164 26
88 James Outman LAD CF,LF 139 76 103 92 9.6 187 48
89 Teoscar Hernandez LAD DH,RF 137 68 140 92.8 24.8 101 -36
90 Christian Encarnacion-Strand CIN 1B,DH 143 77 116 93 13.5 113 -30
91 Yainer Diaz HOU 1B,C,DH 134 75 133 93.2 21.4 109 -25
92 Eloy Jimenez CWS DH,LF,RF 140 72 118 93.6 15.7 144 4
93 Nathaniel Lowe TEX 1B 142 92 100 94.6 3.1 141 -1
94 Francisco Alvarez NYM C 147 77 118 96.6 13.8 156 9
95 Max Muncy LAD 2B,3B 144 82 121 96.6 14.5 129 -15
96 Thairo Estrada SF 2B,SS,LF 148 91 113 99.8 8.1 158 10
97 Gabriel Moreno ARI C 149 89 127 100.6 13.8 180 31
98 Willson Contreras STL C,DH 150 78 114 101 12.7 134 -16
99 Salvador Perez KC 1B,C,DH 151 89 128 101.2 14.4 108 -43
100 Sean Murphy ATL C 153 82 139 101.4 19.5 118 -35
101 Chas McCormick HOU LF,CF,RF 154 94 114 102.6 6.9 189 35
102 Brandon Nimmo NYM CF,LF 155 95 111 103.8 5.3 163 8
103 Isaac Paredes TB 1B,2B,3B 156 93 130 105 13.4 203 47
104 Jonah Heim TEX C 159 94 120 106.6 10.9 188 29
105 Jake Burger MIA 3B,DH 158 101 118 107 6.8 175 17
106 J.D. Martinez DH 161 103 115 108.4 4 201 40
107 Alec Bohm PHI 1B,3B 157 85 171 110 31.1 155 -2
108 Lars Nootbaar STL LF,CF,RF 160 90 139 110 16.1 179 19
109 J.P. Crawford SEA SS 164 48 137 110.8 33.2 253 89
110 Steven Kwan CLE LF,RF 163 96 124 111.2 10.4 170 7
111 Edouard Julien MIN 2B,DH 165 105 129 113.8 8.7 247 82
112 Willy Adames MIL SS 167 110 125 115 5.5 169 2
113 Christopher Morel CHC 2B,3B,CF,DH,RF,SS 168 86 153 116.8 21.8 225 57
114 Kerry Carpenter DET DH,LF,RF 169 107 130 117.6 8 256 87
115 Noelvi Marte CIN 3B,SS 173 81 197 119.2 42 140 -33
116 Bo Naylor CLE C 170 107 134 120.2 9.4 200 30
117 Carlos Correa MIN SS 172 108 140 120.8 11.8 214 42
118 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. ARI DH,LF 179 115 128 121.6 4.4 228 49
119 Nolan Gorman STL 2B,3B,DH 178 99 157 123 24.2 193 15
120 Ke’Bryan Hayes PIT 3B 175 110 133 123.8 9.3 176 1
121 Ezequiel Tovar COL SS 176 99 162 124.4 20.5 207 31
122 Jonathan India CIN 2B 180 88 145 124.6 20.3 190 10
123 Jeremy Pena HOU SS 181 122 131 127.4 3.1 186 5
124 Keibert Ruiz WSH C 183 87 188 128 33.5 199 16
125 Tommy Edman STL 2B,CF,RF,SS 186 91 120 104.8 12.5 135 -51
126 Jeimer Candelario CIN 1B,3B 182 112 141 129 9.6 262 80
127 Ryan Mountcastle BAL 1B,DH 184 113 147 129 11.1 230 46
128 Daulton Varsho TOR C,CF,LF,RF 187 111 152 130 14.9 184 -3
129 Matt Chapman 3B 193 115 153 134.4 15 226 33
130 Jarred Kelenic ATL CF,LF,RF 189 126 145 134.8 6.6 234 45
131 Byron Buxton MIN CF,DH 192 127 143 135.8 5.6 215 23
132 Taylor Ward LAA CF,LF,RF 188 128 153 136.2 9.7 236 48
133 Jarren Duran BOS CF,LF,RF 200 116 187 136.6 25.8 222 22
134 Tyler O’Neill BOS LF,CF 196 134 149 139.4 5.5 197 1
135 Wyatt Langford TEX LF 203 84 206 139.8 46.8 162 -41
136 Starling Marte NYM RF 197 136 146 139.8 4 185 -12
137 Eugenio Suarez ARI 3B 202 120 151 140.6 10.8 218 16
138 Brandon Lowe TB 2B 201 98 163 141.4 22.7 246 45
139 Junior Caminero TB 3B,SS 209 79 204 142.6 39.6 167 -42
140 Max Kepler MIN RF 205 135 150 143 6 297 92
141 Jackson Chourio MIL CF 210 106 137 123.3 11.1 181 -29
142 Brent Rooker OAK DH,LF,RF 211 134 155 145 8.7
143 Rhys Hoskins 1B 213 107 155 125.3 19.4 217 4
144 Jackson Holliday BAL 2B,SS 216 114 205 146.2 34.3 172 -44
145 Jack Suwinski PIT LF,CF,RF 212 131 178 146.2 16.9 300 88
146 Josh Bell MIA 1B,DH 208 129 161 146.6 10.5 271 63
147 Logan O’Hoppe LAA C 207 117 173 147.4 18.8 204 -3
148 Jose Abreu HOU 1B 214 141 152 147.8 3.7 223 9
149 Jorge Polanco MIN 2B,3B 219 122 189 148 22.3 263 44
150 Jordan Lawlar ARI SS 225 101 192 149 29.3

What is Fantasy Baseball?

Fantasy baseball is an online game where participants act as managers of virtual baseball teams based on real-life Major League Baseball (MLB) players. The performance of these players in actual games determines the results in the fantasy league. It’s a blend of skill, strategy, and a little bit of luck, akin to the real-world decisions team managers must make.

Basic Strategy for Fantasy Baseball Success

1. Understand Your League’s Format and Scoring

Before drafting your team, it’s essential to understand the scoring system and rules of your specific league, as this will influence your drafting and management strategy. Knowing whether you’re in a points-based, category-based, or head-to-head league will guide you in selecting players whose strengths align with the scoring system.

2. Drafting Your Team Wisely

A solid draft is the foundation of a successful season. Here are a few tips for the drafting phase:

  • Balanced Team: Ensure you have a balanced team with a mix of power hitters, average hitters, speedsters, starting pitchers, and relievers.
  • Position Scarcity: Be aware of the depth of talent at each position. Some positions, like shortstop, may have fewer high-quality players, making it beneficial to draft a top player at that position early.
  • High-Floor Players: Early in the draft, focus on players with a proven track record of consistency.
  • Upside Picks: In the later rounds, look for “upside” players. These are athletes who have the potential to outperform their draft position.

3. In-Season Management

  • Stay Active: Constantly look for ways to improve your team through waivers, trades, and free-agent pickups.
  • Mind the Matchups: Pay attention to player matchups, platoon splits, and ballparks. Starting a pitcher in a hitter-friendly park, for example, can be risky.
  • Injury Management: Stay on top of player injuries and have backups ready for your key players.


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