Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice: Week 17 (7/22 – 7/28)

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 17.

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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
Shohei Ohtani LAD DH 100 A
Juan Soto NYY LF,RF 100 A
Aaron Judge NYY CF,RF,DH 100 A
Bobby Witt Jr. KC SS 100 A
Yordan Alvarez HOU LF,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 91 A
Freddie Freeman LAD 1B 90 A
Elly De La Cruz CIN 3B,SS 90 A
Matt Olson ATL 1B 88 B
Ozzie Albies ATL 2B 86 B
Kyle Schwarber PHI LF,DH 86 B
Bryan Reynolds PIT CF,DH,LF,RF 86 B
Corey Seager TEX DH,SS 86 B
Bryce Harper PHI 1B,DH 85 B
Will Smith LAD C 85 B
Salvador Perez KC C,1B,DH 85 B
Luis Robert Jr. CWS CF 84 B
Teoscar Hernandez LAD DH,LF,RF 84 B
Jarren Duran BOS LF,CF 83 B
Rafael Devers BOS 3B,DH 83 B
Spencer Steer CIN 1B,2B,3B,LF 82 B
Marcus Semien TEX 2B 81 B
Randy Arozarena TB CF,DH,LF 81 B
Adolis Garcia TEX CF,DH,RF 81 B
Seiya Suzuki CHC DH,RF 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
Austin Riley ATL 3B 79 C
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 1B,DH 79 C
Pete Alonso NYM 1B 79 C
Jazz Chisholm Jr. MIA CF 78 C
Jose Altuve HOU 2B 78 C
Steven Kwan CLE LF 77 C
James Wood WSH CF,LF,RF 77 C
Tyler O’Neill BOS CF,DH,LF,RF 77 C
Taylor Ward LAA DH,LF 77 C
Ketel Marte ARI 2B,DH 77 C
Lane Thomas WSH CF,RF 76 C
Josh Naylor CLE 1B,DH 76 C
Yainer Diaz HOU C,1B,DH 75 C
Logan O’Hoppe LAA C 75 C
George Springer TOR RF,DH 75 C
Riley Greene DET CF,DH,LF,RF 75 C
Nick Castellanos PHI RF 74 C
Anthony Santander BAL 1B,RF,DH 74 C
Manny Machado SD 3B,DH 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
David Fry CLE 1B,C,DH,LF,RF 73 C
Jorge Soler SF RF,DH 72 C
Willy Adames MIL SS 72 C
Cedric Mullins II BAL CF 72 C
Cal Raleigh SEA C,DH 72 C
Ian Happ CHC DH,LF 72 C
Christian Walker ARI 1B 72 C
Eloy Jimenez CWS RF,DH 71 C
Ceddanne Rafaela BOS 2B,CF,SS 71 C
Alec Bohm PHI 1B,3B 71 C
Ha-Seong Kim SD 2B,3B,SS 71 C
Jackson Chourio MIL CF,LF,RF 71 C
Jonah Heim TEX C,DH 70 C
Oneil Cruz PIT SS 70 C
Andres Gimenez CLE 2B 70 C
Nolan Arenado STL 3B 70 C
Daulton Varsho TOR LF,CF 70 C
Willson Contreras STL C,DH 70 C
Lars Nootbaar STL LF,CF,RF 70 C
Jo Adell LAA CF,DH,RF 69 D
Yandy Diaz TB 1B,3B,DH 69 D
Paul Goldschmidt STL 1B,DH 69 D
Alec Burleson STL 1B,LF,RF,DH 69 D
Wyatt Langford TEX DH,LF 69 D
Gabriel Moreno ARI C 69 D
Bryson Stott PHI 2B,SS 69 D
J.D. Martinez NYM LF,DH 68 D
Francisco Alvarez NYM C 68 D
Christopher Morel CHC 2B,3B,CF,DH,MI,OF,RF 68 D
Heliot Ramos SF CF,LF,RF 68 D
Luis Arraez SD 1B,2B,DH 68 D
Anthony Volpe NYY SS 68 D
Mark Canha DET 1B,DH,LF,RF 68 D
Ezequiel Tovar COL SS 68 D
Keibert Ruiz WSH C,DH 67 D
Chas McCormick HOU LF,CF,RF 67 D
Ryan O’Hearn BAL 1B,DH,LF,RF 67 D
Josh Lowe TB CF,RF,DH 67 D
Isaac Paredes TB 1B,2B,3B,DH 67 D
Andy Pages LAD CF,RF 67 D
Ryan Jeffers MIN C,DH 67 D
Shea Langeliers OAK C 67 D
Jackson Merrill SD SS,CF 67 D
Brenton Doyle COL CF 67 D
Brendan Donovan STL 1B,2B,3B,DH,LF,RF 67 D
Ryan McMahon COL 2B,3B 67 D
Wilyer Abreu BOS LF,CF,RF 67 D
Colton Cowser BAL LF,CF,RF 67 D
Jake Fraley CIN LF,RF,DH 67 D
Brandon Marsh PHI LF,CF 67 D
Brent Rooker OAK LF,RF,DH 67 D
Byron Buxton MIN CF,DH 67 D
Jurickson Profar SD DH,LF 66 D
Mitch Garver SEA C,DH 66 D
Max Kepler MIN RF 66 D
Tyler Stephenson CIN C,DH 66 D
Jose Caballero TB 2B,3B,SS 66 D
Jeremy Pena HOU SS 66 D
Charlie Blackmon COL RF,DH 65 D
Masataka Yoshida BOS LF,DH 65 D
Nathaniel Lowe TEX 1B 65 D
Rhys Hoskins MIL 1B,DH 65 D
Luis Campusano SD C 65 D
Vinnie Pasquantino KC 1B,DH 65 D
Alex Bregman HOU 3B 65 D
Sal Frelick MIL CF,LF,RF 65 D
Ryan Mountcastle BAL 1B,DH 65 D
James Outman LAD LF,CF 65 D
Bryan De La Cruz MIA LF,RF,DH 65 D
Dansby Swanson CHC SS 64 D
Leody Taveras TEX CF 64 D
Wenceel Perez DET 2B,CF,RF 64 D
Tommy Pham CWS LF,CF,RF,DH 64 D
Matt Chapman SF 3B 63 D
Carlos Correa MIN SS 63 D
Brice Turang MIL 2B,SS 63 D
Gleyber Torres NYY 2B 63 D
Amed Rosario TB 2B,3B,DH,RF,SS 63 D
Davis Schneider TOR 2B,LF 63 D
Masyn Winn STL SS 63 D
Alex Verdugo NYY CF,LF,RF 63 D
Maikel Garcia KC 2B,3B,SS 63 D
Jordan Westburg BAL 2B,3B 63 D
Luke Raley SEA 1B,LF,CF,RF 63 D
Will Benson CIN LF,CF,RF 63 D
Jack Suwinski PIT LF,CF,RF 62 D
Harrison Bader NYM CF 62 D
Mitch Haniger SEA DH,LF,RF 62 D
Jeff McNeil NYM 2B,LF,RF 62 D
Bo Naylor CLE C 62 D
Alek Thomas ARI CF 62 D
Jake Burger MIA 1B,3B,DH 62 D
Mark Vientos NYM 1B,3B,DH 62 D
Ke’Bryan Hayes PIT 3B 62 D
Elias Diaz COL C,DH 62 D
Andrew Benintendi CWS LF 62 D
Jarred Kelenic ATL LF,CF,RF 62 D
Matt Vierling DET 3B,LF,CF,RF 62 D
Connor Wong BOS C,DH 61 D
Patrick Bailey SF C 61 D
Jonathan India CIN 2B,DH 61 D
Zach Neto LAA SS 61 D
Jesus Sanchez MIA CF,DH,LF,RF 61 D
Alejandro Kirk TOR C 61 D
Michael Conforto SF LF,RF 61 D
David Hamilton BOS 2B,SS 61 D
Hunter Renfroe KC 1B,RF 61 D
Joey Loperfido HOU 2B,CF,LF,RF 61 D
Joc Pederson ARI LF,DH 61 D
Jose Siri TB CF 61 D
Jeimer Candelario CIN 1B,3B,DH 61 D
Travis d’Arnaud ATL C 61 D
Justin Turner TOR 1B,2B,3B,DH 60 D
Nolan Gorman STL 2B,3B,DH 60 D
Austin Hays BAL LF,CF 60 D
Ben Rice NYY 1B,C 60 D
Gavin Lux LAD 2B,LF,OF 60 D
Matt Wallner MIN LF,RF 60 D
Paul DeJong CWS SS 60 D
Adam Duvall ATL CF,LF,RF 60 D
Joey Ortiz MIL 2B,3B 60 D
Mickey Moniak LAA LF,CF,RF 59 F
Garrett Mitchell MIL CF 59 F
Willi Castro MIN 2B,3B,CF,LF,SS 59 F
Andrew Vaughn CWS 1B,DH 59 F
Connor Joe PIT 1B,LF,RF 59 F
Zack Gelof OAK 2B 59 F
Johan Rojas PHI CF 59 F
Josh Bell MIA 1B,DH 59 F
J.P. Crawford SEA SS 59 F
Xander Bogaerts SD 2B,SS 59 F
Jake Cronenworth SD 1B,2B 59 F
Mike Yastrzemski SF LF,CF,RF 58 F
Will Brennan CLE CF,DH,LF,RF 58 F
Danny Jansen TOR C,DH 58 F
Jake Rogers DET C,DH 58 F
Kyle Isbel KC CF 58 F
Luis Garcia WSH 2B 58 F
LaMonte Wade Jr. SF 1B,LF,RF 58 F
Eddie Rosario ATL CF,DH,LF,RF 58 F
Luis Matos SF LF,CF,RF 58 F
Dairon Blanco KC CF,DH,LF,RF 58 F
Nick Senzel CWS 3B,CF,DH,LF,RF 58 F
Ramon Laureano ATL CF,RF 58 F
Austin Wells NYY C 58 F
Seth Brown OAK 1B,LF,RF 58 F
Thairo Estrada SF 2B,SS 57 F
Miguel Vargas LAD 2B,LF 57 F
Brendan Rodgers COL 2B 57 F
Noelvi Marte CIN 3B 57 F
Jake McCarthy ARI CF,LF,RF 57 F
Tyler Freeman CLE 2B,3B,CF,MI,SS 57 F
Ty France SEA 1B 57 F
Josh Rojas SEA 2B,3B,LF 57 F
Michael Busch CHC 1B,3B 57 F
DJ LeMahieu NYY 1B,2B,3B 57 F
Eugenio Suarez ARI 3B 57 F
Colt Keith DET 2B,3B,DH 57 F
Orlando Arcia ATL SS 57 F
Richie Palacios TB 2B,CF,LF,RF 57 F
Brandon Lowe TB 2B,DH 57 F
Nick Gonzales PIT 2B,SS 57 F
Korey Lee CWS C,DH 56 F
Jorge Polanco SEA 2B,3B 56 F
Dylan Carlson STL CF,LF,RF 56 F
Pete Crow-Armstrong CHC CF 56 F
Michael A. Taylor PIT CF 56 F
Freddy Fermin KC C,DH 56 F
Nolan Schanuel LAA 1B 56 F
Mauricio Dubon HOU 1B,2B,CF,LF,RF,SS 56 F
Lawrence Butler OAK CF,RF 56 F
Brandon Drury LAA 1B,2B,DH 56 F
Miguel Amaya CHC C 56 F
Chris Taylor LAD 2B,3B,CF,LF,SS 56 F
Zach McKinstry DET 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF 56 F
Geraldo Perdomo ARI 2B,3B,SS 55 F
Nick Fortes MIA C 55 F
Brayan Rocchio CLE 3B,SS 55 F
JJ Bleday OAK LF,CF,RF 55 F
Andrew McCutchen PIT RF,DH 55 F
Kike Hernandez LAD 1B,2B,3B,CF,LF,SS 55 F
Kevin Kiermaier TOR CF 55 F
Javier Baez DET SS 55 F
Carson Kelly DET C 55 F
Victor Robles SEA CF,LF,RF 55 F
Trent Grisham NYY CF 55 F
Jake Bauers MIL 1B,LF,RF 55 F
Jesse Winker WSH LF,DH 55 F
Christian Vazquez MIN C 55 F
Wilmer Flores SF 1B,3B,DH 54 F
Justyn-Henry Malloy DET 3B,DH,LF 54 F
Vidal Brujan MIA 2B,3B,CF,OF,SS 54 F
Carlos Santana MIN 1B 54 F
Ben Rortvedt TB C 54 F
Jake Meyers HOU CF 54 F
Hunter Goodman COL 1B,C,DH,RF 54 F
Cavan Biggio LAD 1B,2B,3B,RF 54 F
Harold Ramirez WSH DH,LF,RF 54 F
Eric Haase MIL C,LF 54 F
Adam Frazier KC 2B,DH,LF,RF 53 F
Manuel Margot MIN CF,DH,LF,RF 53 F
Randal Grichuk ARI CF,DH,LF,RF 53 F
Gavin Sheets CWS 1B,RF,DH 53 F
Kyle Higashioka SD C 53 F
Rowdy Tellez PIT 1B,DH 53 F
Dylan Moore SEA 2B,3B,LF,SS 53 F
Oswaldo Cabrera NYY 2B,3B,LF,RF,SS 53 F
Yasmani Grandal PIT C 53 F
Garrett Hampson KC 2B,SS,LF,CF,RF 53 F
Andrew Knizner TEX C 53 F
Tyrone Taylor NYM CF,DH,LF,RF 53 F
Michael Massey KC 2B,DH 52 F
Reese McGuire BOS C 52 F
Jorge Mateo BAL 2B,SS 52 F
Michael Toglia COL 1B,RF 52 F
Nick Gordon MIA 2B,LF,CF 52 F
Joshua Palacios PIT LF,CF,RF 52 F
Jared Triolo PIT 1B,2B,3B,SS 52 F
Miguel Andujar OAK LF,RF 52 F
Robbie Grossman TEX LF,RF,DH 51 F
Riley Adams WSH C 51 F
Spencer Horwitz TOR 1B,2B,DH 51 F
Travis Jankowski TEX CF,DH,LF,RF 51 F
Miles Mastrobuoni CHC 2B,3B,RF,SS 51 F
Jacob Young WSH CF 51 F
Gio Urshela DET 1B,3B,SS 51 F
James McCann BAL C 51 F
Blake Perkins MIL LF,CF,RF 51 F
Joey Bart PIT C 51 F
Trevor Larnach MIN DH,LF,RF 51 F
Anthony Rendon LAA 3B,DH 51 F
Jonny DeLuca TB LF,CF,RF 51 F
DJ Stewart NYM DH,LF,RF 51 F
Josh Smith TEX 3B,SS,LF 51 F
Tyler Fitzgerald SF 2B,CF,SS 50 F
David Peralta SD DH,LF,RF 50 F
Ramon Urias BAL 1B,2B,3B 50 F
Taylor Walls TB 2B,3B,SS 50 F
Keston Hiura LAA 1B,2B,LF 50 F
Nick Loftin KC 1B,2B,3B 50 F
Dominic Smith BOS 1B 49 F
Jacob Stallings COL C 49 F
Rece Hinds CIN RF 49 F
Ildemaro Vargas WSH 2B,3B,LF,SS 49 F
Austin Hedges CLE C 49 F
Edmundo Sosa PHI 2B,3B,SS 49 F
Juan Yepez WSH 1B,LF 49 F
Austin Barnes LAD C 49 F
Cristian Pache PHI LF,CF 49 F
Kevin Pillar LAA CF,DH,LF,RF 49 F
Romy Gonzalez BOS 1B,2B,OF,SS 49 F
Brooks Lee MIN 3B,SS 49 F
Donovan Solano SD 1B,2B,3B,DH 48 F
Andruw Monasterio MIL 2B,3B,SS 48 F
Jose Herrera ARI C 48 F
Trey Lipscomb WSH 3B 47 F
Alex Jackson TB C 47 F
Nicky Lopez CWS 2B,3B,SS 47 F
Xavier Edwards MIA 2B,SS 46 F
Emmanuel Rivera MIA 1B,3B 46 F
Kevin Newman ARI 1B,2B,3B,SS 46 F
Tomas Nido CHC C 46 F
Jon Singleton HOU 1B,DH 46 F
Ernie Clement TOR 2B,3B,SS 45 F
Miguel Rojas LAD 2B,3B,SS 45 F
Luis Guillorme LAA 2B,3B 44 F
Brandon Crawford STL 3B,SS 43 F

 


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