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    FantasyPros Staff | Wed, Jan 24th 2024, 5:01am 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 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.


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