Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice: Week 18 (7/29-8/4)

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 18.

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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
Yordan Alvarez HOU LF,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
Shohei Ohtani LAD DH 100 A
Jose Ramirez CLE 3B,DH 97 A
Marcell Ozuna ATL LF,DH 96 A
William Contreras MIL C,DH 95 A
Gunnar Henderson BAL 3B,SS 95 A
Adley Rutschman BAL C,DH 95 A
Elly De La Cruz CIN 3B,SS 90 A
Freddie Freeman LAD 1B 90 A
Matt Olson ATL 1B 88 B
Kyle Schwarber PHI LF,DH 86 B
Corey Seager TEX DH,SS 86 B
Salvador Perez KC C,1B,DH 85 B
Bryce Harper PHI 1B,DH 85 B
Will Smith LAD C 85 B
Teoscar Hernandez LAD DH,LF,RF 84 B
Luis Robert Jr. CWS CF 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
Jose Altuve HOU 2B 82 B
Ketel Marte ARI 2B,DH 82 B
Seiya Suzuki CHC DH,RF 81 B
Adolis Garcia TEX CF,DH,RF 81 B
Randy Arozarena SEA CF,DH,LF 81 B
Marcus Semien TEX 2B 81 B
CJ Abrams WSH SS 80 B
Francisco Lindor NYM SS 80 B
Trea Turner PHI SS 79 C
Pete Alonso NYM 1B 79 C
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 1B,DH 79 C
Austin Riley ATL 3B 79 C
Corbin Carroll ARI LF,CF,RF 79 C
Jazz Chisholm Jr. NYY CF 78 C
James Wood WSH CF,LF,RF 77 C
Tyler O’Neill BOS CF,DH,LF,RF 77 C
Steven Kwan CLE LF 77 C
Taylor Ward LAA DH,LF 77 C
Lane Thomas WSH CF,RF 76 C
Josh Naylor CLE 1B,DH 76 C
J.T. Realmuto PHI C 75 C
Logan O’Hoppe LAA C 75 C
Yainer Diaz HOU C,1B,DH 75 C
George Springer TOR RF,DH 75 C
Manny Machado SD 3B,DH 74 C
Anthony Santander BAL 1B,RF,DH 74 C
Brandon Nimmo NYM LF,CF 74 C
Riley Greene DET CF,DH,LF,RF 74 C
Brenton Doyle COL CF 73 C
Sean Murphy ATL C 73 C
Nico Hoerner CHC 2B,SS 73 C
Nick Castellanos PHI RF 73 C
David Fry CLE 1B,C,DH,LF,RF 73 C
Ian Happ CHC DH,LF 72 C
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. ARI LF,DH 72 C
Jorge Soler SF RF,DH 72 C
Cedric Mullins II BAL CF 72 C
Willy Adames MIL SS 72 C
Cal Raleigh SEA C,DH 72 C
Christian Walker ARI 1B 72 C
Ceddanne Rafaela BOS 2B,CF,SS 72 C
Eloy Jimenez CWS RF,DH 71 C
Ha-Seong Kim SD 2B,3B,SS 71 C
Alec Bohm PHI 1B,3B 71 C
Jackson Chourio MIL CF,LF,RF 71 C
Brent Rooker OAK LF,RF,DH 71 C
Lars Nootbaar STL LF,CF,RF 70 C
Nolan Arenado STL 3B 70 C
Daulton Varsho TOR LF,CF 70 C
Oneil Cruz PIT SS 70 C
Andres Gimenez CLE 2B 70 C
Jonah Heim TEX C,DH 70 C
Willson Contreras STL C,DH 70 C
Gabriel Moreno ARI C 69 D
Alec Burleson STL 1B,LF,RF,DH 69 D
Wyatt Langford TEX DH,LF 69 D
Bryson Stott PHI 2B,SS 69 D
Luis Arraez SD 1B,2B,DH 69 D
Paul Goldschmidt STL 1B,DH 69 D
Jo Adell LAA CF,DH,RF 69 D
Anthony Volpe NYY SS 68 D
Luis Rengifo LAA 2B,3B,OF,RF,SS 68 D
J.D. Martinez NYM LF,DH 68 D
Christopher Morel CHC 2B,3B,CF,DH,MI,OF,RF 68 D
Bo Bichette TOR SS 68 D
Francisco Alvarez NYM C 68 D
Ezequiel Tovar COL SS 68 D
Heliot Ramos SF CF,LF,RF 68 D
Ryan Jeffers MIN C,DH 68 D
Byron Buxton MIN CF,DH 67 D
Andy Pages LAD CF,RF 67 D
Jackson Merrill SD SS,CF 67 D
Chas McCormick HOU LF,CF,RF 67 D
Josh Lowe TB CF,RF,DH 67 D
Shea Langeliers OAK C 67 D
Brendan Donovan STL 1B,2B,3B,DH,LF,RF 67 D
Mark Canha DET 1B,DH,LF,RF 67 D
Ryan O’Hearn BAL 1B,DH,LF,RF 67 D
Ryan McMahon COL 2B,3B 67 D
Jake Fraley CIN LF,RF,DH 67 D
Colton Cowser BAL LF,CF,RF 67 D
Wilyer Abreu BOS LF,CF,RF 67 D
Isaac Paredes TB 1B,2B,3B,DH 67 D
Keibert Ruiz WSH C,DH 67 D
Jeremy Pena HOU SS 66 D
Jurickson Profar SD DH,LF 66 D
Jose Caballero TB 2B,3B,SS 66 D
Brandon Marsh PHI LF,CF 66 D
Tyler Stephenson CIN C,DH 66 D
Mitch Garver SEA C,DH 66 D
Sal Frelick MIL CF,LF,RF 65 D
Vinnie Pasquantino KC 1B,DH 65 D
Nathaniel Lowe TEX 1B 65 D
Luis Campusano SD C 65 D
Bryan De La Cruz MIA LF,RF,DH 65 D
Masataka Yoshida BOS LF,DH 65 D
Alex Bregman HOU 3B 65 D
Rhys Hoskins MIL 1B,DH 65 D
Ryan Mountcastle BAL 1B,DH 65 D
Tommy Pham CWS LF,CF,RF,DH 64 D
James Outman LAD LF,CF 64 D
Charlie Blackmon COL RF,DH 64 D
Dansby Swanson CHC SS 64 D
Gleyber Torres NYY 2B 64 D
Max Kepler MIN RF 64 D
Wenceel Perez DET 2B,CF,RF 64 D
Leody Taveras TEX CF 64 D
Amed Rosario TB 2B,3B,DH,RF,SS 63 D
Alex Verdugo NYY CF,LF,RF 63 D
Maikel Garcia KC 2B,3B,SS 63 D
Davis Schneider TOR 2B,LF 63 D
Masyn Winn STL SS 63 D
Will Benson CIN LF,CF,RF 63 D
Luke Raley SEA 1B,LF,CF,RF 63 D
Brice Turang MIL 2B,SS 63 D
Matt Chapman SF 3B 63 D
Jordan Westburg BAL 2B,3B 63 D
Bo Naylor CLE C 62 D
Mark Vientos NYM 1B,3B,DH 62 D
Jake Burger MIA 1B,3B,DH 62 D
Alek Thomas ARI CF 62 D
Jeff McNeil NYM 2B,LF,RF 62 D
Mitch Haniger SEA DH,LF,RF 62 D
Harrison Bader NYM CF 62 D
Matt Vierling DET 3B,LF,CF,RF 62 D
Ke’Bryan Hayes PIT 3B 62 D
Elias Diaz COL C,DH 62 D
Lawrence Butler OAK CF,RF 62 D
Joc Pederson ARI LF,DH 62 D
Jack Suwinski PIT LF,CF,RF 62 D
Tyler Fitzgerald SF 2B,CF,SS 62 D
Heston Kjerstad BAL DH,LF,RF 62 D
David Hamilton BOS 2B,SS 61 D
Jonathan India CIN 2B,DH 61 D
Jarred Kelenic ATL LF,CF,RF 61 D
Hunter Renfroe KC 1B,RF 61 D
Connor Wong BOS 1B,C,DH 61 D
Patrick Bailey SF C 61 D
Jose Siri TB CF 61 D
Michael Conforto SF LF,RF 61 D
Justin Turner TOR 1B,2B,3B,DH 61 D
Jeimer Candelario CIN 1B,3B,DH 61 D
Alejandro Kirk TOR C 61 D
Zach Neto LAA SS 61 D
Joey Loperfido HOU 2B,CF,LF,RF 61 D
Andrew Benintendi CWS LF 61 D
Travis d’Arnaud ATL C 61 D
Gavin Lux LAD 2B,LF,OF 60 D
Nacho Alvarez Jr. ATL SS 60 D
Adam Duvall ATL CF,LF,RF 60 D
Austin Hays PHI LF,CF 60 D
Jesus Sanchez MIA CF,DH,LF,RF 60 D
Joey Ortiz MIL 2B,3B 60 D
Kris Bryant COL 1B,RF,DH 60 D
Paul DeJong CWS 3B,SS 60 D
Nolan Gorman STL 2B,3B,DH 60 D
Ben Rice NYY 1B,C 60 D
Matt Wallner MIN LF,RF 60 D
Johan Rojas PHI CF 59 F
Jake Cronenworth SD 1B,2B 59 F
Willi Castro MIN 2B,3B,CF,LF,SS 59 F
Zack Gelof OAK 2B 59 F
Andrew Vaughn CWS 1B,DH 59 F
Josh Bell MIA 1B,DH 59 F
Connor Joe PIT 1B,LF,RF 59 F
Xander Bogaerts SD 2B,SS 59 F
Abraham Toro OAK 1B,2B,3B,DH 58 F
Mike Yastrzemski SF LF,CF,RF 58 F
LaMonte Wade Jr. SF 1B,LF,RF 58 F
Thairo Estrada SF 2B,SS 58 F
Luis Garcia WSH 2B 58 F
Mickey Moniak LAA LF,CF,RF 58 F
Kyle Isbel KC CF 58 F
Jason Heyward LAD CF,RF 58 F
Jake Rogers DET C,DH 58 F
Will Brennan CLE CF,DH,LF,RF 58 F
Danny Jansen BOS C,DH 58 F
Connor Norby BAL 2B,LF 58 F
Garrett Mitchell MIL CF,RF 58 F
Dairon Blanco KC 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
Brendan Rodgers COL 2B 58 F
Noelvi Marte CIN 3B 57 F
Otto Lopez MIA 2B,3B,LF,SS 57 F
DJ LeMahieu NYY 1B,2B,3B 57 F
Nick Senzel CWS 3B,CF,DH,LF,RF 57 F
Jake McCarthy ARI CF,LF,RF 57 F
Colt Keith DET 2B,3B,DH 57 F
Nick Gonzales PIT 2B,SS 57 F
Eddie Rosario ATL CF,DH,LF,RF 57 F
Michael Busch CHC 1B,3B 57 F
Tyler Freeman CLE 2B,3B,CF,SS 57 F
Patrick Wisdom CHC 1B,3B,DH,OF 57 F
Orlando Arcia ATL SS 57 F
Eugenio Suarez ARI 3B 57 F
Jorge Polanco SEA 2B,3B 57 F
Brandon Lowe TB 2B,DH 57 F
Korey Lee CWS C,DH 56 F
Pete Crow-Armstrong CHC CF 56 F
Miguel Amaya CHC C 56 F
Zach McKinstry DET 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF 56 F
Dylan Carlson STL CF,LF,RF 56 F
Edouard Julien MIN 2B,DH 56 F
Freddy Fermin KC C,DH 56 F
Brandon Drury LAA 1B,2B,DH 56 F
Richie Palacios TB 2B,CF,LF,RF 56 F
Josh Rojas SEA 2B,3B,LF 56 F
Michael A. Taylor PIT CF 56 F
Brayan Rocchio CLE 3B,SS 55 F
Nick Fortes MIA C 55 F
Nolan Schanuel LAA 1B 55 F
JJ Bleday OAK LF,CF,RF 55 F
Andrew McCutchen PIT RF,DH 55 F
Victor Robles SEA CF,LF,RF 55 F
Christian Vazquez MIN C 55 F
Jesse Winker WSH LF,DH 55 F
Trent Grisham NYY CF,DH 55 F
Mauricio Dubon HOU 1B,2B,CF,LF,RF,SS 55 F
Carson Kelly DET C 55 F
Kevin Kiermaier TOR CF 55 F
Javier Baez DET SS 55 F
Jake Meyers HOU CF 54 F
Kike Hernandez LAD 1B,2B,3B,CF,LF,SS 54 F
Ben Rortvedt TB C 54 F
Geraldo Perdomo ARI 2B,3B,SS 54 F
Harold Ramirez WSH DH,LF,RF 54 F
Justyn-Henry Malloy DET 3B,DH,LF 54 F
Vidal Brujan MIA 2B,3B,CF,SS 54 F
Hunter Goodman COL 1B,C,DH,RF 54 F
Drew Waters KC CF,RF 54 F
Jake Bauers MIL 1B,LF,RF 54 F
Cavan Biggio LAD 1B,2B,3B,RF 54 F
Yasmani Grandal PIT C 53 F
Adam Frazier KC 2B,DH,LF,RF 53 F
Garrett Hampson KC 2B,SS,LF,CF,RF 53 F
J.D. Davis NYY 1B,3B,DH 53 F
Andy Ibanez DET 1B,2B,3B,LF,OF,RF 53 F
Eric Haase MIL C,LF 53 F
Tyrone Taylor NYM CF,DH,LF,RF 53 F
Manuel Margot MIN CF,DH,LF,RF 53 F
Carlos Santana MIN 1B 53 F
Kyle Higashioka SD C 53 F
Gavin Sheets CWS 1B,RF,DH 53 F
Rowdy Tellez PIT 1B,DH 53 F
Randal Grichuk ARI CF,DH,LF,RF 53 F
Andrew Knizner TEX C 53 F
Michael Toglia COL 1B,RF 52 F
Miguel Andujar OAK LF,RF 52 F
Nick Gordon MIA 2B,LF,CF 52 F
Dylan Moore SEA 2B,3B,LF,SS 52 F
Mike Tauchman CHC CF,DH,LF,RF 52 F
Michael Massey KC 2B,DH 52 F
Stuart Fairchild CIN CF,DH,LF,RF 52 F
Jared Triolo PIT 1B,2B,3B,SS 52 F
Oswaldo Cabrera NYY 2B,3B,LF,RF,SS 52 F
Reese McGuire BOS C 52 F
Jorge Mateo BAL 2B,SS 51 F
Joshua Palacios PIT LF,CF,RF 51 F
Riley Adams WSH C 51 F
Gio Urshela DET 1B,3B,SS 51 F
James McCann BAL C 51 F
Travis Jankowski TEX CF,DH,LF,RF 51 F
Joey Bart PIT C 51 F
Miles Mastrobuoni CHC 2B,3B,RF,SS 51 F
Anthony Rendon LAA 3B,DH 51 F
Addison Barger TOR 3B,LF,RF,SS 51 F
Spencer Horwitz TOR 1B,2B,DH 51 F
Blake Perkins MIL LF,CF,RF 51 F
Jacob Young WSH CF 51 F
DJ Stewart NYM DH,LF,RF 51 F
Josh Smith TEX 3B,SS,LF 51 F
Jonny DeLuca TB LF,CF,RF 51 F
David Peralta SD DH,LF,RF 50 F
Austin Martin MIN 2B,CF,DH,LF,SS 50 F
Santiago Espinal CIN 2B,3B,DH,SS 50 F
Trevor Larnach MIN DH,LF,RF 50 F
Trey Cabbage HOU 1B,LF,RF 50 F
Austin Slater CIN LF,CF,RF 50 F
Curtis Mead TB 2B,3B 50 F
Justin Foscue TEX 1B,2B,3B 50 F
Nick Loftin KC 1B,2B,3B 50 F
Austin Hedges CLE C 49 F
Romy Gonzalez BOS 1B,2B,OF,SS 49 F
Brooks Lee MIN 3B,SS 49 F
Juan Yepez WSH 1B,LF 49 F
Dominic Smith BOS 1B 49 F
Jacob Stallings COL C 49 F
Austin Barnes LAD C 49 F
Taylor Walls TB 2B,3B,SS 49 F
Ramon Urias BAL 1B,2B,3B 49 F
Rece Hinds CIN RF 49 F
Cristian Pache PHI LF,CF 49 F
Kevin Pillar LAA CF,DH,LF,RF 49 F
Ildemaro Vargas WSH 2B,3B,LF,SS 49 F
Donovan Solano SD 1B,2B,3B,DH 48 F
Andruw Monasterio MIL 2B,3B,SS 48 F
Edmundo Sosa PHI 2B,3B,SS 48 F
Nick Ahmed LAD SS 48 F
Jose Herrera ARI C 48 F
Trey Lipscomb WSH 3B 47 F
Nicky Lopez CWS 2B,3B,SS 46 F
Emmanuel Rivera MIA 1B,3B 46 F
Jon Singleton HOU 1B,DH 46 F
Tomas Nido CHC C 46 F
Kevin Newman ARI 1B,2B,3B,SS 45 F
Ernie Clement TOR 2B,3B,SS 45 F
Xavier Edwards MIA 2B,SS 45 F
Luis Guillorme LAA 2B,3B 44 F

 


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