FantasyPros Staff | Fri, Apr 5th 2024, 3:34pm EDT

Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice: Week 3 (2024)

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	100	A
Julio Rodriguez	SEA	CF	100	A
Shohei Ohtani	LAD	DH	100	A
Adley Rutschman	BAL	C,DH	100	A
Mookie Betts	LAD	2B,SS,RF	100	A
Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS	100	A
Kyle Tucker	HOU	RF	98	A
Corbin Carroll	ARI	LF,CF,RF	98	A
Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B,DH	97	A
Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	RF	94	A
Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	94	A
Juan Soto	NYY	LF,RF	94	A
Yordan Alvarez	HOU	LF,DH	90	A
Michael Harris II	ATL	CF	89	B
Luis Robert Jr.	CWS	CF	88	B
Trea Turner	PHI	SS	88	B
J.T. Realmuto	PHI	C	87	B
Aaron Judge	NYY	CF,RF,DH	87	B
Austin Riley	ATL	3B	87	B
Rafael Devers	BOS	3B	87	B
Matt Olson	ATL	1B	87	B
Will Smith	LAD	C	87	B
William Contreras	MIL	C,DH	87	B
Randy Arozarena	TB	LF	86	B
Corey Seager	TEX	SS	85	B
Mike Trout	LAA	CF	84	B
Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B	83	B
Bryan Reynolds	PIT	LF,CF	83	B
Bryce Harper	PHI	1B,DH	83	B
Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	83	B
Adolis Garcia	TEX	CF,RF	82	B
Nolan Jones	COL	1B,LF,RF	81	B
Christian Yelich	MIL	LF,DH	81	B
Gunnar Henderson	BAL	3B,SS	80	B
Cody Bellinger	CHC	1B,CF	80	B
Marcus Semien	TEX	2B	79	C
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B,DH	79	C
Evan Carter	TEX	LF	79	C
Jazz Chisholm Jr.	MIA	CF	79	C
Wyatt Langford	TEX	LF,OF	79	C
Kyle Schwarber	PHI	LF,DH	79	C
Pete Alonso	NYM	1B	79	C
Seiya Suzuki	CHC	RF	79	C
Yainer Diaz	HOU	C,1B,DH	78	C
Riley Greene	DET	CF,RF	78	C
Willson Contreras	STL	C,DH	78	C
Bo Bichette	TOR	SS	77	C
Elly De La Cruz	CIN	3B,SS	77	C
Manny Machado	SD	3B,DH	77	C
Alex Bregman	HOU	3B	76	C
Ian Happ	CHC	LF	76	C
George Springer	TOR	RF,DH	76	C
Brandon Nimmo	NYM	LF,CF	76	C
CJ Abrams	WSH	SS	76	C
Jose Altuve	HOU	2B	76	C
Cal Raleigh	SEA	C	76	C
Teoscar Hernandez	LAD	RF,DH	75	C
Nick Castellanos	PHI	RF	75	C
James Outman	LAD	LF,CF	74	C
Jarren Duran	BOS	LF,CF	74	C
Chas McCormick	HOU	LF,CF,RF	74	C
Ha-Seong Kim	SD	2B,3B,SS	74	C
Christian Walker	ARI	1B	74	C
Jordan Walker	STL	LF,RF	74	C
Paul Goldschmidt	STL	1B,DH	73	C
Byron Buxton	MIN	DH	73	C
Steven Kwan	CLE	LF	73	C
Oneil Cruz	PIT	SS	73	C
Cedric Mullins II	BAL	CF	73	C
Marcell Ozuna	ATL	LF,DH	73	C
Gabriel Moreno	ARI	C	73	C
Logan O’Hoppe	LAA	C	72	C
Gleyber Torres	NYY	2B	72	C
Jorge Soler	SF	RF,DH	72	C
Ceddanne Rafaela	BOS	SS,CF	72	C
Masataka Yoshida	BOS	LF,DH	72	C
Dansby Swanson	CHC	SS	71	C
Nolan Arenado	STL	3B	71	C
Lane Thomas	WSH	CF,RF	71	C
Triston Casas	BOS	1B	71	C
Andres Gimenez	CLE	2B	71	C
Nico Hoerner	CHC	2B,SS	71	C
Daulton Varsho	TOR	LF,CF	71	C
Jonah Heim	TEX	C	70	C
Tyler O’Neill	BOS	LF,CF	70	C
Jung Hoo Lee	SF	CF	70	C
Salvador Perez	KC	C,1B,DH	70	C
Xander Bogaerts	SD	2B,SS	70	C
Jackson Chourio	MIL	CF,RF	70	C
Spencer Steer	CIN	1B,2B,3B,LF	70	C
Ketel Marte	ARI	2B	69	D
Francisco Alvarez	NYM	C	69	D
Yandy Diaz	TB	1B,3B	69	D
Bo Naylor	CLE	C	69	D
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	ARI	LF,DH	69	D
Kerry Carpenter	DET	LF,RF,DH	69	D
Eloy Jimenez	CWS	RF,DH	69	D
Jack Suwinski	PIT	LF,CF,RF	68	D
Anthony Volpe	NYY	SS	68	D
Alejandro Kirk	TOR	C	68	D
Anthony Santander	BAL	1B,RF,DH	68	D
MJ Melendez	KC	C,LF,RF	67	D
Starling Marte	NYM	RF	67	D
Henry Davis	PIT	C,RF	67	D
Gavin Lux	LAD	2B,LF,OF	67	D
Taylor Ward	LAA	LF	67	D
Spencer Torkelson	DET	1B	67	D
Trevor Story	BOS	SS	67	D
Ke’Bryan Hayes	PIT	3B	67	D
Brent Rooker	OAK	LF,RF,DH	66	D
Christian Encarnacion-Strand	CIN	1B,DH	66	D
Austin Hays	BAL	LF,CF	66	D
Jake Burger	MIA	3B,DH	66	D
Jeff McNeil	NYM	2B,LF,RF	66	D
Josh Naylor	CLE	1B,DH	66	D
Vinnie Pasquantino	KC	1B	66	D
Willy Adames	MIL	SS	66	D
Luis Arraez	MIA	1B,2B	66	D
Giancarlo Stanton	NYY	RF,DH	66	D
Thairo Estrada	SF	2B,SS	66	D
Brendan Donovan	STL	1B,2B,LF,RF	66	D
Christopher Morel	CHC	2B,CF,RF,DH	66	D
Leody Taveras	TEX	CF	65	D
Jackson Merrill	SD	CF,SS	65	D
Mitch Garver	SEA	C,DH	65	D
Keibert Ruiz	WSH	C	65	D
Max Muncy	LAD	3B	65	D
Bryson Stott	PHI	2B	65	D
Alec Bohm	PHI	1B,3B	65	D
Tyler Stephenson	CIN	C,DH	65	D
Ryan Jeffers	MIN	C	65	D
Zack Gelof	OAK	2B	65	D
Isaac Paredes	TB	1B,2B,3B	65	D
Harrison Bader	NYM	CF	64	D
Sal Frelick	MIL	CF,RF	64	D
Edouard Julien	MIN	2B,DH	64	D
Shea Langeliers	OAK	C	64	D
Max Kepler	MIN	RF	64	D
Nolan Gorman	STL	2B,3B,DH	64	D
Alex Verdugo	NYY	LF,RF	64	D
Jake Fraley	CIN	LF,RF,DH	64	D
Luis Campusano	SD	C	64	D
Parker Meadows	DET	CF	64	D
Jarred Kelenic	ATL	LF,CF,RF	64	D
Jose Siri	TB	CF	64	D
Ezequiel Tovar	COL	SS	64	D
Matt Chapman	SF	3B	64	D
Bryan De La Cruz	MIA	LF,RF	64	D
Rhys Hoskins	MIL	1B	64	D
Will Benson	CIN	LF,RF	64	D
LaMonte Wade Jr.	SF	1B,LF,RF	64	D
Mitch Haniger	SEA	LF,RF	64	D
Andrew Benintendi	CWS	LF	63	D
Jake McCarthy	ARI	CF,RF	63	D
Jeremy Pena	HOU	SS	63	D
Nelson Velazquez	KC	LF,RF	63	D
Jorge Polanco	SEA	2B,3B	63	D
Kris Bryant	COL	1B,RF,DH	63	D
Elias Diaz	COL	C	62	D
Whit Merrifield	PHI	2B,LF	62	D
Alex Kirilloff	MIN	1B,LF,RF	62	D
Joc Pederson	ARI	LF,DH	62	D
Andrew Vaughn	CWS	1B	62	D
Willi Castro	MIN	2B,3B,LF,CF	62	D
Matt Wallner	MIN	LF,RF	62	D
Luke Raley	SEA	1B,LF,CF,RF	62	D
Victor Scott	STL	CF	62	D
Carlos Correa	MIN	SS	62	D
Brenton Doyle	COL	CF	61	D
Ramon Laureano	CLE	CF,RF	61	D
Cavan Biggio	TOR	1B,2B,3B,RF	61	D
Brandon Marsh	PHI	LF,CF	61	D
Eugenio Suarez	ARI	3B	61	D
Charlie Blackmon	COL	RF,DH	61	D
Michael Conforto	SF	LF,RF	61	D
Jake Rogers	DET	C	61	D
Ezequiel Duran	TEX	3B,SS,LF,DH	61	D
Jeimer Candelario	CIN	1B,3B	61	D
Ryan Mountcastle	BAL	1B,DH	61	D
Austin Wells	NYY	C	61	D
Ryan O’Hearn	BAL	1B,RF	61	D
Chris Taylor	LAD	3B,SS,LF	60	D
Mickey Moniak	LAA	LF,CF,RF	60	D
Zach Neto	LAA	SS	60	D
Connor Wong	BOS	C	60	D
Johan Rojas	PHI	CF	60	D
Patrick Bailey	SF	C	60	D
Hunter Renfroe	KC	1B,RF	60	D
J.P. Crawford	SEA	SS	60	D
Jesse Winker	WSH	DH,OF	60	D
Maikel Garcia	KC	3B,SS	60	D
Mark Canha	DET	1B,LF,RF,DH	60	D
Brandon Drury	LAA	1B,2B	60	D
Jordan Westburg	BAL	2B,3B	60	D
Anthony Rizzo	NYY	1B	59	F
Nolan Schanuel	LAA	1B	59	F
Jonathan India	CIN	2B	59	F
Yan Gomes	CHC	C	59	F
Ty France	SEA	1B	59	F
Justin Turner	TOR	1B,2B,3B,DH	59	F
Seth Brown	OAK	1B,LF,RF	59	F
Rene Pinto	TB	C	59	F
Brice Turang	MIL	2B,SS	59	F
Adam Duvall	ATL	CF,RF	59	F
Ryan McMahon	COL	2B,3B	59	F
Jose Abreu	HOU	1B	58	F
Kike Hernandez	LAD	1B,2B,3B,CF,LF,SS	58	F
Josh Bell	MIA	1B,DH	58	F
Travis d’Arnaud	ATL	C	58	F
Brendan Rodgers	COL	2B	58	F
Harold Ramirez	TB	LF,RF,DH	58	F
Connor Joe	PIT	1B,LF,RF	58	F
Eddie Rosario	WSH	LF	58	F
Zach McKinstry	DET	2B,3B,SS,LF,RF	58	F
Joey Gallo	WSH	1B,CF,LF,RF	58	F
Jesus Sanchez	MIA	LF,CF,RF	58	F
Tim Anderson	MIA	SS	57	F
Matt Vierling	DET	3B,LF,CF,RF	57	F
Mike Yastrzemski	SF	LF,CF,RF	57	F
Edward Olivares	PIT	LF,DH	57	F
Ryan Noda	OAK	1B	57	F
Anthony Rendon	LAA	3B	57	F
Jose Caballero	TB	2B,SS	57	F
Christian Bethancourt	MIA	C	57	F
Wilyer Abreu	BOS	LF,CF	57	F
Jared Triolo	PIT	1B,2B,3B	57	F
Dominic Canzone	SEA	LF,RF	57	F
Isiah Kiner-Falefa	TOR	3B,LF,CF	57	F
Richie Palacios	TB	LF,CF	57	F
Lawrence Butler	OAK	CF,RF	57	F
Michael A. Taylor	PIT	CF	57	F
Kyle Isbel	KC	CF	57	F
Tyrone Taylor	NYM	LF,CF,RF	56	F
Jake Cronenworth	SD	1B,2B	56	F
Gavin Sheets	CWS	1B,RF	56	F
JJ Bleday	OAK	LF,CF,RF	56	F
Michael Busch	CHC	1B,3B	56	F
Brett Baty	NYM	3B	56	F
Colt Keith	DET	2B,3B	56	F
Alec Burleson	STL	1B,LF,RF,DH	56	F
Nick Fortes	MIA	C	56	F
Oswaldo Cabrera	NYY	2B,3B,SS,LF,RF	56	F
Andrew McCutchen	PIT	RF,DH	56	F
Estevan Florial	CLE	CF	56	F
Jurickson Profar	SD	LF	56	F
Christian Vazquez	MIN	C	56	F
Kevin Kiermaier	TOR	CF	56	F
Brandon Lowe	TB	2B	56	F
Amed Rosario	TB	2B,SS	56	F
Orlando Arcia	ATL	SS	56	F
Aaron Hicks	LAA	CF,LF,RF	56	F
Wilmer Flores	SF	1B,3B,DH	56	F
Jose Trevino	NYY	C	56	F
Jake Meyers	HOU	CF	55	F
J.D. Davis	OAK	1B,3B	55	F
Tyler Freeman	CLE	2B,3B,CF,SS	55	F
Jared Walsh	TEX	1B,RF	55	F
Nick Gordon	MIA	2B,LF,CF	55	F
Joey Meneses	WSH	1B,DH	55	F
Victor Caratini	HOU	C	55	F
Javier Baez	DET	SS	55	F
Will Brennan	CLE	LF,CF,RF	55	F
Avisail Garcia	MIA	LF,RF	55	F
Carlos Santana	MIN	1B	55	F
Masyn Winn	STL	SS	55	F
Luis Garcia	WSH	2B	55	F
Yoan Moncada	CWS	3B	54	F
Adam Frazier	KC	2B,OF	54	F
Josh Rojas	SEA	2B,3B	54	F
Andy Ibanez	DET	2B,3B,LF,RF	54	F
Geraldo Perdomo	ARI	2B,3B,SS	54	F
Dominic Fletcher	CWS	CF,RF	54	F
Rowdy Tellez	PIT	1B,DH	54	F
Jake Bauers	MIL	1B,LF,RF	53	F
Martin Maldonado	CWS	C	53	F
Elehuris Montero	COL	1B,3B	53	F
Luke Maile	CIN	C	53	F
Michael Toglia	COL	1B,RF	53	F
Stuart Fairchild	CIN	LF,CF,RF	53	F
Brayan Rocchio	CLE	3B,SS	53	F
Jorge Mateo	BAL	SS	52	F
Josh H. Smith	TEX	3B,SS,LF	52	F
Mike Tauchman	CHC	CF,RF	52	F
DJ Stewart	NYM	RF	52	F
Nick Martini	CIN	LF	51	F
Reese McGuire	BOS	C	51	F
Luis Urias	SEA	2B,3B	51	F
Curtis Mead	TB	3B	51	F
Santiago Espinal	CIN	2B,3B,SS	51	F
Graham Pauley	SD	3B	50	F
Paul DeJong	CWS	SS	50	F
Nick Ahmed	SF	SS	50	F
Ramon Urias	BAL	1B,2B,3B	50	F
Trey Lipscomb	WSH	3B	48	F
Matt Carpenter	STL	1B,DH	48	F
Nicky Lopez	CWS	2B,3B,SS	48	F
Chadwick Tromp	ATL	C	48	F
Enmanuel Valdez	BOS	2B	48	F
Miguel Sano	LAA	1B	48	F
Blaze Alexander	ARI	2B,SS	47	F
Nick Allen	OAK	SS	47	F
Ernie Clement	TOR	2B,SS	46	F
Miguel Rojas	LAD	SS	45	F
Oliver Dunn	MIL	2B,3B	45	F
Tyler Wade	SD	3B,SS	42	F

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