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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. Here are the grades for Fantasy Baseball Week 16.
If you want to dive deeper into fantasy baseball , be sure to check out our award-winning slate of Fantasy Baseball Tools as you navigate your season. From our Lineup Assistant – which provides your optimal lineup, based on accurate consensus projections – to our Waiver Wire Assistant – that allows you to quickly see which available players will improve your team, and by how much – we’ve got you covered this fantasy baseball season.
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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. Here are the grades for Fantasy Baseball Week 16.
If you want to dive deeper into fantasy baseball , be sure to check out our award-winning slate of Fantasy Baseball Tools as you navigate your season. From our Lineup Assistant – which provides your optimal lineup, based on accurate consensus projections – to our Waiver Wire Assistant – that allows you to quickly see which available players will improve your team, and by how much – we’ve got you covered this fantasy baseball season.
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
Aaron Judge NYY
CF,RF,DH
100
A
Yordan Alvarez HOU
LF,DH
100
A
Juan Soto NYY
LF,RF
100
A
Bobby Witt Jr. KC
SS
100
A
Shohei Ohtani LAD
DH
100
A
Jose Ramirez CLE
3B,DH
97
A
Marcell Ozuna ATL
LF,DH
96
A
Adley Rutschman BAL
C,DH
95
A
Gunnar Henderson BAL
3B,SS
95
A
William Contreras MIL
C,DH
95
A
Julio Rodriguez SEA
CF
94
A
Christian Yelich MIL
LF,DH
90
A
Elly De La Cruz CIN
3B,SS
90
A
Freddie Freeman LAD
1B
90
A
Matt Olson ATL
1B
88
B
Corey Seager TEX
DH,SS
86
B
Bryan Reynolds PIT
CF,DH,LF,RF
86
B
Ozzie Albies ATL
2B
86
B
Luis Robert Jr. CWS
CF
85
B
Will Smith LAD
C
85
B
Salvador Perez KC
C,1B,DH
85
B
Teoscar Hernandez LAD
DH,LF,RF
84
B
Rafael Devers BOS
3B,DH
83
B
Adolis Garcia TEX
CF,DH,RF
82
B
Spencer Steer CIN
1B,2B,3B,LF
82
B
Jarren Duran BOS
LF,CF
82
B
Seiya Suzuki CHC
DH,RF
81
B
Cody Bellinger CHC
1B,CF,DH,RF
81
B
Marcus Semien TEX
2B
81
B
Randy Arozarena TB
CF,LF
81
B
Corbin Carroll ARI
LF,CF,RF
80
B
Trea Turner PHI
SS
80
B
CJ Abrams WSH
SS
80
B
Francisco Lindor NYM
SS
80
B
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR
1B,DH
79
C
Jazz Chisholm Jr. MIA
CF
79
C
Pete Alonso NYM
1B
79
C
Austin Riley ATL
3B
79
C
Jose Altuve HOU
2B
78
C
Tyler O’Neill BOS
CF,DH,LF,RF
77
C
James Wood WSH
CF,OF,RF
77
C
Taylor Ward LAA
DH,LF
77
C
Steven Kwan CLE
LF
77
C
Ketel Marte ARI
2B,DH
77
C
Lane Thomas WSH
CF,RF
76
C
Yainer Diaz HOU
C,1B,DH
76
C
Logan O’Hoppe LAA
C
75
C
Josh Naylor CLE
1B,DH
75
C
David Fry CLE
1B,C,DH,LF,RF
75
C
Riley Greene DET
CF,DH,LF,RF
75
C
George Springer TOR
RF,DH
75
C
Anthony Santander BAL
1B,RF,DH
75
C
Nick Castellanos PHI
RF
74
C
Brandon Nimmo NYM
LF,CF
74
C
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. ARI
LF,DH
73
C
Nico Hoerner CHC
2B,SS
73
C
Sean Murphy ATL
C
73
C
Manny Machado SD
3B,DH
73
C
Bo Bichette TOR
SS
73
C
Cedric Mullins II BAL
CF
72
C
Ian Happ CHC
DH,LF
72
C
Jorge Soler SF
RF,DH
72
C
Christian Walker ARI
1B
72
C
Willy Adames MIL
SS
71
C
Ceddanne Rafaela BOS
2B,CF,SS
71
C
Nolan Arenado STL
3B
71
C
Eloy Jimenez CWS
RF,DH
71
C
Jackson Chourio MIL
CF,LF,RF
71
C
Cal Raleigh SEA
C,DH
71
C
Andres Gimenez CLE
2B
71
C
Lars Nootbaar STL
LF,CF,RF
70
C
Jonah Heim TEX
C,DH
70
C
Ha-Seong Kim SD
2B,3B,SS
70
C
Willson Contreras STL
C,DH
70
C
Daulton Varsho TOR
LF,CF
70
C
Oneil Cruz PIT
SS
70
C
Jo Adell LAA
CF,DH,RF
69
D
Ezequiel Tovar COL
SS
69
D
Paul Goldschmidt STL
1B,DH
69
D
Gabriel Moreno ARI
C
69
D
Wyatt Langford TEX
DH,LF
69
D
Alec Burleson STL
1B,LF,RF,DH
69
D
Alec Bohm PHI
1B,3B
69
D
Yandy Diaz TB
1B,3B,DH
69
D
Bryson Stott PHI
2B,SS
69
D
Mark Canha DET
1B,DH,LF,RF
68
D
Anthony Volpe NYY
SS
68
D
Luis Arraez SD
1B,2B,DH
68
D
Christopher Morel CHC
2B,3B,CF,DH,MI,OF,RF
68
D
Jose Caballero TB
2B,3B,SS
68
D
J.D. Martinez NYM
LF,DH
68
D
Heliot Ramos SF
CF,LF,RF
68
D
Jake Fraley CIN
LF,RF,DH
67
D
Jeremy Pena HOU
SS
67
D
Andy Pages LAD
CF,RF
67
D
Francisco Alvarez NYM
C
67
D
Josh Lowe TB
CF,RF,DH
67
D
Keibert Ruiz WSH
C,DH
67
D
Wilyer Abreu BOS
LF,CF,RF
67
D
Byron Buxton MIN
CF,DH
67
D
Brandon Marsh PHI
LF,CF
67
D
Chas McCormick HOU
LF,CF,RF
67
D
Brenton Doyle COL
CF
67
D
Brent Rooker OAK
LF,RF,DH
67
D
Ryan McMahon COL
2B,3B
67
D
Ryan Jeffers MIN
C,DH
67
D
Isaac Paredes TB
1B,2B,3B,DH
67
D
Nolan Jones COL
1B,LF,RF
67
D
Brendan Donovan STL
1B,2B,3B,DH,LF,RF
67
D
Colton Cowser BAL
LF,CF,RF
67
D
Vinnie Pasquantino KC
1B,DH
66
D
Ryan O’Hearn BAL
1B,DH,LF,RF
66
D
Tyler Stephenson CIN
C,DH
66
D
Shea Langeliers OAK
C
66
D
MJ Melendez KC
C,LF,RF
66
D
Alex Bregman HOU
3B
66
D
Jurickson Profar SD
DH,LF
66
D
Max Kepler MIN
RF
66
D
Rhys Hoskins MIL
1B,DH
66
D
Mitch Garver SEA
C,DH
65
D
Masataka Yoshida BOS
LF,DH
65
D
Dansby Swanson CHC
SS
65
D
Gleyber Torres NYY
2B
65
D
Ryan Mountcastle BAL
1B,DH
65
D
Jackson Merrill SD
SS,CF
65
D
Sal Frelick MIL
CF,LF,RF
65
D
Leody Taveras TEX
CF
64
D
Wenceel Perez DET
2B,CF,RF
64
D
Maikel Garcia KC
2B,3B,SS
64
D
Tommy Pham CWS
LF,CF,RF,DH
64
D
Amed Rosario TB
2B,3B,DH,RF,SS
64
D
Charlie Blackmon COL
RF,DH
64
D
Bryan De La Cruz MIA
LF,RF,DH
64
D
Nathaniel Lowe TEX
1B
64
D
Brice Turang MIL
2B,SS
63
D
Will Benson CIN
LF,CF,RF
63
D
Jake Burger MIA
1B,3B,DH
63
D
Alex Verdugo NYY
CF,LF,RF
63
D
Luke Raley SEA
1B,LF,CF,RF
63
D
Masyn Winn STL
SS
63
D
Jordan Westburg BAL
2B,3B
63
D
Davis Schneider TOR
2B,LF
63
D
Carlos Correa MIN
SS
63
D
Bo Naylor CLE
C
62
D
David Hamilton BOS
2B,SS
62
D
Paul DeJong CWS
SS
62
D
Mitch Haniger SEA
DH,LF,RF
62
D
Ke’Bryan Hayes PIT
3B
62
D
Matt Vierling DET
3B,LF,CF,RF
62
D
Alek Thomas ARI
CF
62
D
Jack Suwinski PIT
LF,CF,RF
62
D
Elias Diaz COL
C,DH
62
D
Jeimer Candelario CIN
1B,3B,DH
62
D
Matt Chapman SF
3B
62
D
Jarred Kelenic ATL
LF,CF,RF
62
D
Jeff McNeil NYM
2B,LF,RF
62
D
Andrew Benintendi CWS
LF
62
D
Harrison Bader NYM
CF
62
D
Alejandro Kirk TOR
C
61
D
Joc Pederson ARI
LF,DH
61
D
Jonathan India CIN
2B,DH
61
D
Jesus Sanchez MIA
CF,DH,LF,RF
61
D
Hunter Renfroe KC
1B,RF
61
D
Connor Wong BOS
C,DH
61
D
Whit Merrifield PHI
2B,3B,LF
61
D
Patrick Bailey SF
C
61
D
Heston Kjerstad BAL
DH,OF
61
D
Zach Neto LAA
SS
61
D
Joey Loperfido HOU
2B,CF,LF,RF
61
D
Michael Conforto SF
LF,RF
61
D
Travis d’Arnaud ATL
C
61
D
Jose Siri TB
CF
61
D
Gavin Lux LAD
2B,LF,OF
60
D
Ivan Herrera STL
C,DH
60
D
Ben Rice NYY
1B,C
60
D
Adam Duvall ATL
CF,LF,RF
60
D
Austin Hays BAL
LF,CF
60
D
Edward Olivares PIT
DH,LF,RF
60
D
Nolan Gorman STL
2B,3B,DH
60
D
Zack Gelof OAK
2B
59
F
Josh Bell MIA
1B,DH
59
F
Jake Cronenworth SD
1B,2B
59
F
Mark Vientos NYM
1B,3B,DH
59
F
Connor Joe PIT
1B,LF,RF
59
F
Mickey Moniak LAA
LF,CF,RF
59
F
Garrett Mitchell MIL
CF
59
F
Willi Castro MIN
2B,3B,CF,LF,SS
59
F
J.P. Crawford SEA
SS
59
F
Andrew Vaughn CWS
1B,DH
59
F
Johan Rojas PHI
CF
59
F
Kyle Isbel KC
CF
58
F
Danny Jansen TOR
C
58
F
Jake Rogers DET
C
58
F
Luis Garcia WSH
2B
58
F
LaMonte Wade Jr. SF
1B,LF,RF
58
F
Nick Gonzales PIT
2B,SS
58
F
Austin Wells NYY
C
58
F
Luis Matos SF
LF,CF,RF
58
F
Jason Heyward LAD
CF,RF
58
F
Mike Yastrzemski SF
LF,CF,RF
58
F
Orlando Arcia ATL
SS
58
F
Ramon Laureano ATL
CF,RF
58
F
Ty France SEA
1B
57
F
Jake McCarthy ARI
CF,LF,RF
57
F
Josh Rojas SEA
2B,3B,LF
57
F
Zach McKinstry DET
2B,3B,SS,LF,RF
57
F
Nick Senzel WSH
3B,CF,DH,LF,RF
57
F
Tyler Soderstrom OAK
C,1B
57
F
DJ LeMahieu NYY
1B,2B,3B
57
F
Patrick Wisdom CHC
1B,3B,DH,OF
57
F
Miguel Vargas LAD
2B,LF
57
F
Tyler Freeman CLE
2B,3B,CF,MI,SS
57
F
Eugenio Suarez ARI
3B
57
F
Jorge Polanco SEA
2B,3B
57
F
Brandon Lowe TB
2B,DH
57
F
Lawrence Butler OAK
CF,RF
56
F
Richie Palacios TB
2B,CF,LF,RF
56
F
Miguel Amaya CHC
C
56
F
Chris Taylor LAD
2B,3B,LF,SS
56
F
Michael Busch CHC
1B,3B
56
F
Colt Keith DET
2B,3B,DH
56
F
Jose Trevino NYY
C
56
F
Michael A. Taylor PIT
CF
56
F
Korey Lee CWS
C,DH
56
F
Mauricio Dubon HOU
1B,2B,CF,LF,RF,SS
56
F
Freddy Fermin KC
C
56
F
Dominic Canzone SEA
LF,RF
56
F
Brendan Rodgers COL
2B
56
F
Brandon Drury LAA
1B,2B,DH
56
F
Pete Crow-Armstrong CHC
CF
56
F
Dylan Carlson STL
CF,LF,RF
56
F
Kike Hernandez LAD
1B,2B,3B,CF,LF,SS
56
F
Nolan Schanuel LAA
1B
55
F
Nick Fortes MIA
C
55
F
Geraldo Perdomo ARI
2B,3B,SS
55
F
Brayan Rocchio CLE
3B,SS
55
F
JJ Bleday OAK
LF,CF,RF
55
F
Noelvi Marte CIN
3B
55
F
Andrew McCutchen PIT
RF,DH
55
F
Trent Grisham NYY
CF
55
F
Carson Kelly DET
C
55
F
Jesse Winker WSH
LF,DH
55
F
Victor Robles SEA
CF,LF,RF
55
F
Christian Vazquez MIN
C
55
F
Kevin Kiermaier TOR
CF
55
F
Hunter Goodman COL
1B,C,DH,RF
54
F
Ben Rortvedt TB
C
54
F
Jake Meyers HOU
CF
54
F
Gabriel Arias CLE
1B,2B,3B,OF,RF,SS
54
F
Vidal Brujan MIA
2B,3B,OF,SS
54
F
Justyn-Henry Malloy DET
3B,DH,LF,OF
54
F
Jake Bauers MIL
1B,LF,RF
54
F
Harold Ramirez WSH
DH,LF,RF
54
F
Cavan Biggio LAD
1B,2B,3B,RF
54
F
Jorge Mateo BAL
2B,SS
53
F
Yasmani Grandal PIT
C
53
F
Randal Grichuk ARI
CF,DH,LF,RF
53
F
Andy Ibanez DET
1B,2B,3B,LF,OF,RF
53
F
Rowdy Tellez PIT
1B,DH
53
F
Dylan Moore SEA
2B,3B,LF,SS
53
F
Luke Maile CIN
C
53
F
Kyle Higashioka SD
C
53
F
J.D. Davis NYY
1B,3B,DH
53
F
Manuel Margot MIN
CF,DH,LF,RF
53
F
Gavin Sheets CWS
1B,RF,DH
53
F
Oswaldo Cabrera NYY
2B,3B,LF,MI,RF,SS
53
F
Tyrone Taylor NYM
CF,DH,LF,RF
53
F
Andrew Knizner TEX
C
53
F
Carlos Santana MIN
1B
53
F
Miguel Andujar OAK
LF,RF
52
F
Santiago Espinal CIN
2B,3B,DH,SS
52
F
Reese McGuire BOS
C
52
F
Nick Gordon MIA
2B,LF,CF
52
F
Jared Triolo PIT
1B,2B,3B
52
F
Stuart Fairchild CIN
CF,DH,LF,RF
52
F
Michael Toglia COL
1B,RF
52
F
Mike Tauchman CHC
CF,DH,LF,RF
52
F
Michael Massey KC
2B,DH
52
F
Blake Dunn CIN
CF,LF,OF
52
F
DJ Stewart NYM
DH,LF,RF
51
F
Joey Bart PIT
C
51
F
Travis Jankowski TEX
CF,DH,LF,RF
51
F
James McCann BAL
C
51
F
Kyle Farmer MIN
2B,3B,SS
51
F
Gio Urshela DET
1B,3B,SS
51
F
Spencer Horwitz TOR
1B,2B,DH
51
F
Addison Barger TOR
3B,LF,RF,SS
51
F
Miles Mastrobuoni CHC
2B,3B,RF,SS
51
F
Blake Perkins MIL
LF,CF,RF
51
F
Josh Smith TEX
3B,SS,LF
51
F
Jacob Young WSH
CF
51
F
Jonny DeLuca TB
LF,CF,RF
51
F
Austin Martin MIN
2B,CF,LF,SS
50
F
David Peralta SD
DH,LF,RF
50
F
Trevor Larnach MIN
DH,LF,RF
50
F
Akil Baddoo DET
LF
50
F
Tyler Fitzgerald SF
2B,CF,SS
50
F
Matt Thaiss LAA
C
50
F
Austin Slater SF
LF,CF,RF
50
F
Brooks Lee MIN
SS
50
F
Nick Martini CIN
DH,LF,RF
50
F
Trey Cabbage HOU
1B,LF,RF
50
F
Ramon Urias BAL
1B,2B,3B
50
F
Taylor Walls TB
2B,3B,SS
50
F
Nick Loftin KC
1B,2B,3B
50
F
Miguel Sano LAA
1B,3B,DH
50
F
Austin Hedges CLE
C
49
F
Romy Gonzalez BOS
1B,2B,OF,SS
49
F
Dominic Smith BOS
1B
49
F
Jose Miranda MIN
1B,3B,DH
49
F
Ildemaro Vargas WSH
2B,3B,LF,SS
49
F
Jacob Stallings COL
C
49
F
Austin Barnes LAD
C
49
F
Nick Ahmed SF
SS
49
F
Andruw Monasterio MIL
2B,3B,SS
49
F
Kevin Pillar LAA
CF,DH,LF,RF
49
F
Donovan Solano SD
1B,2B,3B,DH
48
F
Jose Herrera ARI
C
48
F
Matt Carpenter STL
1B,DH
47
F
Enmanuel Valdez BOS
2B
47
F
Brett Sullivan SD
C
47
F
Alex Jackson TB
C
47
F
Nicky Lopez CWS
2B,3B,SS
47
F
Tomas Nido CHC
C
46
F
Jon Singleton HOU
1B,DH
46
F
Emmanuel Rivera MIA
1B,3B
46
F
Xavier Edwards MIA
2B,SS
46
F
Kevin Newman ARI
1B,2B,3B,SS
46
F
Zack Short ATL
2B,3B,SS
45
F
Ryan Bliss SEA
2B,SS
45
F
Ernie Clement TOR
2B,3B,SS
45
F
Miguel Rojas LAD
2B,3B,SS
45
F
Brandon Crawford STL
SS
44
F
Lenyn Sosa CWS
2B,3B
43
F
Fantasy Baseball Prospects to Stash Another week, another prospect update, Join Joey P and The Welsh as they grab their shovels and pick axes and go prospecting to see what the minor leagues has to offer for your fantasy baseball team. What do you think of this week’s batch of prospects? You stashing any of these guys? Join the other Peanuts & Cracker Jacks down in the comments and let your voice be heard!
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Timestamps:
0:0:41 – Brooks Lee (Minnesota Twins)
0:2:33 – Shane Baz (Tampa Bay Rays)
0:5:07 – Coby Mayo (Baltimore Orioles)
0:6:47 – Deyvison De Los Santos (Arizona Diamondbacks)
0:7:56 – Shay Whitcomb (Houston Astros)
0:8:48 – Conclusion
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