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	8	3	0.6	2	–
3	Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS	3	2	7	3.3	1.5	3	–
4	Mookie Betts	LAD	2B,SS,RF	4	2	10	4.4	1.4	4	–
5	Corbin Carroll	ARI	LF,CF,RF	5	2	6	4.5	0.8	10	5
6	Kyle Tucker	HOU	RF	6	3	13	6.5	1.2	5	-1
7	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	DH,SP	7	2	16	8.6	1.7	106	99
8	Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	8	6	17	9	2	9	1
9	Aaron Judge	NYY	CF,RF,DH	9	4	14	9.3	2.6	7	-2
10	Juan Soto	NYY	LF	10	7	18	9.7	1	8	-2
11	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	RF	11	5	23	10.1	4.7	6	-5
12	Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B,DH	12	9	18	11.7	1	12	–
13	Trea Turner	PHI	SS	13	8	16	12.7	2.5	11	-2
14	Matt Olson	ATL	1B	15	7	16	13.7	1.4	16	1
15	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	LF,DH	16	12	21	14.6	1.6	14	-2
16	Corey Seager	TEX	SS	18	11	29	15.7	2.5	19	1
17	Austin Riley	ATL	3B	19	12	20	17.5	1.2	17	-2
18	Bryce Harper	PHI	1B,DH	20	13	23	18.3	2.2	26	6
19	Rafael Devers	BOS	3B	21	16	26	19.5	2.1	18	-3
20	Marcus Semien	TEX	2B	22	13	28	20.4	3.3	22	–
21	Pete Alonso	NYM	1B	23	19	26	21.5	0.9	21	-2
22	Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B	24	14	33	21.7	3.1	23	-1
23	Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	26	15	31	24	2.4	25	-1
24	Luis Robert Jr.	CWS	CF	27	21	31	24.3	1.1	28	1
25	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B,DH	29	19	37	25	4.8	24	-5
26	Michael Harris II	ATL	CF	31	25	33	27.6	1.5	29	-2
27	Gunnar Henderson	BAL	3B,SS	32	21	33	27.9	3.1	32	–
28	Randy Arozarena	TB	LF	34	20	41	29.1	1.9	34	–
29	Jose Altuve	HOU	2B	33	26	43	29.3	2.9	36	3
30	Bo Bichette	TOR	SS	36	23	54	30.5	5	30	-6
31	Adolis Garcia	TEX	CF,RF	37	23	33	31	1.6	35	-2
32	Elly De La Cruz	CIN	3B,SS	38	17	57	31.1	5.7	55	17
33	CJ Abrams	WSH	SS	42	15	53	33.7	5.2	52	10
34	Paul Goldschmidt	STL	1B,DH	43	25	47	35.5	4.6	49	6
35	Cody Bellinger		1B,CF	45	25	43	35.8	4.5	59	14
36	Nolan Jones	COL	1B,LF,RF	44	29	47	35.8	2.3	63	19
37	Adley Rutschman	BAL	C,DH	48	34	62	38.5	2.7	39	-9
38	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	MIA	CF	52	27	49	38.9	1.7	57	5
39	Matt McLain	CIN	2B,SS	50	35	71	39	2.2	78	28
40	Manny Machado	SD	3B,DH	51	26	52	39.4	3.4	44	-7
41	Mike Trout	LAA	CF	59	32	51	42.5	3.8	43	-16
42	Josh Lowe	TB	CF,RF,DH	61	36	50	42.5	2.7	79	18
43	Royce Lewis	MIN	3B	58	32	101	42.6	8.1	60	2
44	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	LF,DH	63	26	61	44.5	6.7	48	-15
45	Christian Yelich	MIL	LF,DH	64	31	52	44.7	3.6	66	2
46	Oneil Cruz	PIT	SS	66	31	83	46.7	4	69	3
47	Nico Hoerner	CHC	2B,SS	69	32	80	47.2	5.1	56	-13
48	Christian Walker	ARI	1B	72	35	83	49.5	5.9	74	2
49	J.T. Realmuto	PHI	C	71	45	64	49.9	4.5	51	-20
50	Will Smith	LAD	C	75	42	66	53.9	5.1	62	-13
51	Alex Bregman	HOU	3B	77	46	74	54.7	4.2	72	-5
52	Triston Casas	BOS	1B	78	47	69	54.9	3.9	107	29
53	Ha-Seong Kim	SD	2B,3B,SS	80	44	95	55.5	11.2	101	21
54	Bryan Reynolds	PIT	LF,CF	83	49	69	56.8	4.4	76	-7
55	Gleyber Torres	NYY	2B	81	41	85	57	9.1	92	11
56	Josh Jung	TEX	3B	84	49	99	57.6	5.2	113	29
57	Nolan Arenado	STL	3B	85	54	96	59.2	4.9	71	-14
58	Spencer Torkelson	DET	1B	89	46	72	60.3	5.5	140	51
59	Nick Castellanos	PHI	RF	88	47	109	60.7	7	87	-1
60	Spencer Steer	CIN	1B,2B,3B,LF	92	35	104	62	9.2	111	19
61	William Contreras	MIL	C,DH	93	46	100	62.1	12.4	73	-20
62	Evan Carter	TEX	LF	95	39	87	62.2	10.6	102	7
63	Lane Thomas	WSH	CF,RF	96	51	79	63.2	4.2	130	34
64	Seiya Suzuki	CHC	RF	100	61	79	64.9	3.1	115	15
65	Ketel Marte	ARI	2B	99	50	93	66.1	4.3	114	15
66	George Springer	TOR	RF,DH	102	55	82	68.2	2.9	88	-14
67	Dansby Swanson	CHC	SS	104	57	105	68.3	3.4	108	4
68	Xander Bogaerts	SD	SS	105	44	104	69.3	14	89	-16
69	Jordan Walker	STL	LF,RF	107	59	90	70.3	6.2	105	-2
70	Yandy Diaz	TB	1B,3B	108	51	120	70.9	9.7	125	17
71	Bryson Stott	PHI	2B	110	40	130	71.4	12.4	126	16
72	Josh Naylor	CLE	1B,DH	113	62	138	73.9	5.1	142	29
73	Zack Gelof	OAK	2B	119	50	101	76.7	3.6	137	18
74	Esteury Ruiz	OAK	LF,CF,RF	118	57	116	77.1	10.1	128	10
75	Vinnie Pasquantino	KC	1B	120	55	98	77.4	6.7	129	9
76	Ian Happ	CHC	LF	121	65	112	78.9	8.8	150	29
77	Anthony Volpe	NYY	SS	125	65	102	80.5	5.3	127	2
78	TJ Friedl	CIN	LF,CF	126	61	105	81.5	6.9	164	38
79	Anthony Santander	BAL	1B,RF,DH	128	54	155	81.9	11.5	120	-8
80	Yainer Diaz	HOU	C,1B,DH	129	52	133	83.2	11	117	-12
81	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	CIN	1B,DH	130	55	182	83.9	13.8	116	-14
82	Andres Gimenez	CLE	2B	131	63	121	84.5	14.5	103	-28
83	Jorge Soler		RF,DH	132	71	105	85.1	5.9	165	33
84	Teoscar Hernandez	LAD	RF,DH	133	68	140	85.5	9.7	109	-24
85	Cal Raleigh	SEA	C	134	54	109	86.8	9.1	141	7
86	Marcell Ozuna	ATL	LF,DH	136	68	122	87.3	6	171	35
87	Cedric Mullins II	BAL	CF	138	34	158	88.1	11.9	110	-28
88	Masataka Yoshida	BOS	LF,DH	139	52	151	89.4	13.7	169	30
89	Luis Arraez	MIA	2B	143	67	114	92.1	11.6	152	9
90	Sean Murphy	ATL	C	141	79	139	92.2	5.8	119	-22
91	Max Muncy	LAD	3B	144	57	121	94.4	11.3	134	-10
92	James Outman	LAD	LF,CF	145	50	108	94.5	8.6	178	33
93	Francisco Alvarez	NYM	C	148	77	149	95.3	8.9	147	-1
94	Riley Greene	DET	CF,RF	147	62	140	95.5	15	154	7
95	Salvador Perez	KC	C,1B,DH	146	75	171	96	11.8	118	-28
96	Thairo Estrada	SF	2B,SS	149	80	201	99.1	7.1	153	4
97	Nathaniel Lowe	TEX	1B	151	72	123	100.8	8.4	163	12
98	Gabriel Moreno	ARI	C	152	78	150	101.7	16	174	22
99	Chas McCormick	HOU	LF,CF,RF	153	55	119	102.1	7.7	180	27
100	Alec Bohm	PHI	1B,3B	156	82	171	103	15.8	148	-8
101	Brandon Nimmo	NYM	LF,CF	158	83	127	106.5	9.3	161	3
102	Tommy Edman	STL	2B,SS,CF,RF	159	81	143	107.5	17.5	145	-14
103	Jake Burger	MIA	3B,DH	162	99	129	107.5	7	167	5
104	Isaac Paredes	TB	1B,2B,3B	160	59	130	107.7	11.2	189	29
105	Eloy Jimenez	CWS	RF,DH	165	72	180	108	13.7	151	-14
106	Edouard Julien	MIN	2B,DH	163	52	139	108.2	12	221	58
107	Willson Contreras	STL	C,DH	161	78	172	108.6	16.9	143	-18
108	Lars Nootbaar	STL	LF,CF,RF	164	51	177	110.2	19.2	192	28
109	Nolan Gorman	STL	2B,3B,DH	166	63	171	110.5	17.6	204	38
110	J.D. Martinez		LF,DH	167	47	139	110.7	6.9	195	28
111	Rhys Hoskins		1B	173	76	151	114.1	18.1	200	27
112	Jonah Heim	TEX	C	176	94	168	115	15.8	184	8
113	Willy Adames	MIL	SS	174	85	151	115.4	5.9	176	2
114	Steven Kwan	CLE	LF	178	88	144	116.9	9.8	182	4
115	Noelvi Marte	CIN	3B	184	81	197	117	30.3	170	-14
116	Christopher Morel	CHC	2B,CF,RF,DH	183	86	153	119.2	16.7	211	28
117	Ke’Bryan Hayes	PIT	3B	185	85	168	120.7	9.6	179	-6
118	Trevor Story	BOS	SS	189	90	184	120.8	22.3	226	37
119	Wyatt Langford	TEX	LF	186	36	206	121.5	48.5	172	-14
120	Jonathan India	CIN	2B	193	88	170	121.5	15.4	183	-10
121	Bo Naylor	CLE	C	190	91	151	122.8	11.2	191	1
122	Kerry Carpenter	DET	LF,RF,DH	194	105	140	123.8	10.8	241	47
123	Jackson Chourio	MIL	CF	191	71	142	111.9	21.5	160	-31
124	Ezequiel Tovar	COL	SS	195	99	212	125.5	12.1	193	-2
125	Carlos Correa	MIN	SS	196	108	156	128.2	11.4	206	10
126	Ryan Mountcastle	BAL	1B,DH	197	102	153	129	11.5	232	35
127	Jackson Holliday	BAL	2B,SS	201	91	205	129.7	28.2	186	-15
128	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	ARI	LF,DH	199	103	179	130.3	10.4	228	29
129	Jeremy Pena	HOU	SS	200	118	193	131	7.6	205	5
130	Daulton Varsho	TOR	LF,CF	198	92	148	131.4	9.9	199	1
131	Jarren Duran	BOS	LF,CF	205	82	187	132.7	24.7	225	20
132	Keibert Ruiz	WSH	C	207	87	188	133.2	22.6	190	-17
133	Jeimer Candelario	CIN	1B,3B	204	110	147	133.6	6.2	245	41
134	Jarred Kelenic	ATL	LF,CF,RF	210	120	176	134.5	5.5	239	29
135	Byron Buxton	MIN	DH	206	99	172	134.7	9.7	224	18
136	Taylor Ward	LAA	LF	209	124	187	135.6	7.5	238	29
137	Tyler O’Neill	BOS	LF,CF	211	91	149	137.5	5.7	209	-2
138	Logan O’Hoppe	LAA	C	208	95	177	137.5	19.7	203	-5
139	Junior Caminero	TB	3B,SS	214	63	204	138.2	29.6	185	-29
140	Matt Chapman		3B	213	101	153	138.2	13.1	223	10
141	J.P. Crawford	SEA	SS	216	48	161	139.9	14.1	246	30
142	Starling Marte	NYM	RF	215	113	189	140.6	6.9	198	-17
143	Jack Suwinski	PIT	LF,CF,RF	218	79	178	141.5	13.3	278	60
144	Brandon Lowe	TB	2B	217	98	171	143.1	18.3	248	31
145	Jorge Polanco	MIN	2B,3B	221	94	189	143.5	13.5	257	36
146	Andrew Vaughn	CWS	1B	224	98	236	143.7	30.6	212	-12
147	Eugenio Suarez	ARI	3B	226	115	184	146.8	17.4	229	3
148	Brandon Drury	LAA	1B,2B	228	117	191	146.8	18.7	242	14
149	Josh Bell	MIA	1B,DH	227	123	195	147.6	11.8	262	35
150	Jose Abreu	HOU	1B	231	130	200	150.9	6.5	235	4

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.