FantasyPros Staff | Sat, Jul 6th 2024, 7:15am EDT

Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice: Week 16 (7/8-7/21)

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.

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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
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!

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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