Top-200 Hitters 2026 Fantasy Rankings

March 19, 2026

Overview

As usual, my rankings have a heavy projection base and, for now, will closely mirror the auction calculator. I suspect more changes as I receive feedback and dive further into the player pool.

Two items. The rank is not specific to the tier order. For the tiers, I grouped batters by their skill type (e.g., power, speed, etc). Also, the placement of the catchers in the overall ranks will be league-specific, especially between one and two-catcher leagues. I need to dive into the current market on them. I’ll write a full analysis in a future update or separate article.

Changelog

- 12/5/2025 – First release
- 1/5/2026 – Post-holiday update. A few movers.
- 1/21/2026 – Update with a few players on new teams.
- 2/2/2026 – Update, little movement
- 2/10/2026 – Update
- 2/12/2026 – Spring Training update. I have bullets of the bullets
  - Dinged Lindor, Corbin Carroll, and Jackson Holliday on plate appearances and a 5% talent reduction.
  - Kyle Schwarber and Ivan Herrera should take a round or two hit in leagues where they are Utility-only.
  - Previously, for a player to be in the “Change” column, they needed to move 20 or more spots. I dropped the minimum mark down to 10 spots.
  - Updated ADP data from NFBC Draft Champions to NFBC Online Championships.
- 2/25/2026 – Just moving a few players around
- 3/12/2026 – Minor moves with some injury updates
- 3/19/2026 – Not much movement among these top guys, dig through the positional ones for late movers.

Ranking Methodology

ADP is based on 30-day rolling NFBC Online Championship Leagues.
$ Values are based on a standard 5×5 12-team league using the FanGraphs Depth Charts and these Auction Calculator settings. They default to a player’s most valuable position, so if the first base list includes a catcher, it will show that player’s value at catcher.
ADP and $ Values are updated as of the last update date on this post.
5-game eligibility was used for these lists to cast the widest net.

Five-Category Studs

These hitters provide value in every aspect of the game with speed, power, and batting average. There are no flaws in their game.

Five-Category Studs

Rank	Name	Team	Pos	Change	ADP	$
1	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	DH	–	1	$47
2	Aaron Judge	NYY	OF	–	2	$37
3	Bobby Witt Jr.	KCR	SS	–	3	$35
4	Juan Soto	NYM	OF	–	5	$36
5	Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B	–	6	$30
6	Elly De La Cruz	CIN	SS	–	9	$28
7	Julio Rodriguez	SEA	OF	–	10	$30
8	Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	OF	–	5	$33
9	Kyle Tucker	LAD	OF	–	13	$30
10	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SDP	OF	–	14	$28
11	Gunnar Henderson	BAL	SS	–	12	$28
18	Corbin Carroll	ARI	OF	–	15	$27
31	Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	–	26	$21

Four-Category Studs

Some of these hitters may be better real-life players than those in the above tier, but lack in one roto category, usually steals.

Four-Category Studs

Rank	Name	Team	Pos	Change	ADP	$
13	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B	–	18	$30
17	Junior Caminero	TBR	3B	–	17	$28
20	Nick Kurtz	ATH	1B	–	19	$22
22	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	OF	–	32	$23
23	Brent Rooker	ATH	OF	–	44	$24
25	Pete Alonso	BAL	1B	–	25	$24
30	James Wood	WSN	OF	–	35	$19
36	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	OF	–	33	$20
37	Matt Olson	ATL	1B	–	49	$17
47	Rafael Devers	SFG	1B	–	59	$17

Five-Category Pillars

These hitters are good across the board, but don’t match up to those in the first tier.

Five-Category Pillars

Rank	Name	Team	Pos	Change	ADP	$
14	Jackson Chourio	MIL	OF	–	19	$24
16	Trea Turner	PHI	SS	–	26	$22
19	Zach Neto	LAA	SS	–	30	$23
21	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	2B/3B	–	20	$15
26	Josh Naylor	SEA	1B	–	65	$17
27	Manny Machado	SDP	3B	–	38	$15
28	Bryce Harper	PHI	1B	–	47	$22
29	Ketel Marte	ARI	2B	–	32	$17
32	Mookie Betts	LAD	SS	–	58	$20
35	Wyatt Langford	TEX	OF	–	41	$18
39	Christian Yelich	MIL	OF	–	126	$12
40	Byron Buxton	MIN	OF	–	72	$15
43	Brice Turang	MIL	2B	–	51	$10
49	Geraldo Perdomo	ARI	SS	–	77	$16
50	Michael Harris II	ATL	OF	–	100	$15
51	Jarren Duran	BOS	OF	–	67	$10

Elite Power Bat, Nothing Else

These bats have 40+ home run power with a ton of counting stats. They provide very little in speed and batting average.

Elite Power Bat, Nothing Else

Rank	Name	Team	Pos	Change	ADP	$
15	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	OF	–	24	$23

Elite Catchers

These catchers are the best available, and drafting one will provide a team with a nice anchor at the position.

Elite Catchers

Rank	Name	Team	Pos	Change	ADP	$
12	Cal Raleigh	SEA	C	–	18	$30
24	William Contreras	MIL	C	–	55	$22
33	Shea Langeliers	ATH	C	–	55	$21
38	Hunter Goodman	COL	C	–	65	$23
45	Ivan Herrera	STL	C	–	171	$22
46	Ben Rice	NYY	C/1B	–	54	$19
52	Salvador Perez	KCR	C/1B	–	92	$19
55	Agustin Ramirez	MIA	C	–	84	$13
63	Drake Baldwin	ATL	C	–	80	$19
76	Yainer Diaz	HOU	C	–	111	$14
81	Samuel Basallo	BAL	C	–	172	$7
84	Will Smith	LAD	C	–	98	$13

Balanced 2nd Division Bat (Pick Your Poison Tiers)

This tier and the next six tiers comprise the point in the draft where the talent starts to level off, and fantasy managers can focus on category specialists. Some of the unbalanced bats may provide some other category juice, but most of their value is wrapped up in a single category. This is another balanced tier, but in these instances, their trait is not being a drag in any category. They won’t allow a manager to catch up in any category.

Balanced 2nd Division Bat (Pick Your Poison Tiers)

Rank	Name	Team	Pos	Change	ADP	$
34	CJ Abrams	WSN	SS	–	65	$16
41	Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	–	67	$20
44	Trevor Story	BOS	SS	–	109	$16
53	Cody Bellinger	NYY	1B/OF	–	80	$16
54	George Springer	TOR	OF	–	93	$13
57	Maikel Garcia	KCR	2B/3B/SS/OF	–	66	$15
64	Roman Anthony	BOS	OF	–	52	$12
65	Jeremy Pena	HOU	SS	–	114	$11
67	Andy Pages	LAD	OF	–	134	$13
68	Steven Kwan	CLE	OF	–	169	$11
69	Lawrence Butler	ATH	OF	–	158	$10
71	Jose Altuve	HOU	2B/OF	–	115	$10
74	Ceddanne Rafaela	BOS	2B/OF	–	129	$11
77	Brandon Nimmo	TEX	OF	–	143	$7
79	Seiya Suzuki	CHC	OF	–	99	$11
89	Luke Keaschall	MIN	2B	–	123	$6
90	Ian Happ	CHC	OF	–	183	$9
96	Heliot Ramos	SFG	OF	–	218	$9
100	Ezequiel Tovar	COL	SS	–	208	$12
102	Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B	–	153	$5
105	Xander Bogaerts	SDP	SS	–	239	$5
106	Brenton Doyle	COL	OF	–	168	$7
110	Otto Lopez	MIA	2B/SS	–	229	$5
116	Daylen Lile	WSN	OF	–	206	$5
123	Caleb Durbin	BOS	2B/3B	–	224	$4
124	Noelvi Marte	CIN	3B/OF	–	142	$0
125	Masyn Winn	STL	SS	–	326	$7
131	Ramon Laureano	SDP	OF	–	223	$3
133	TJ Friedl	CIN	OF	–	263	$3
134	Royce Lewis	MIN	3B	–	185	$6
135	Andres Gimenez	TOR	2B/SS	–	373	$5
143	Jackson Holliday	BAL	2B/SS	▲11	199	-$1
155	Joey Ortiz	MIL	SS	–	744	$3
169	Harrison Bader	SFG	OF	–	504	$1
170	Connor Norby	MIA	3B	–	725	-$3
177	Austin Hays	CHW	OF	–	630	-$3
183	J.P. Crawford	SEA	SS	–	747	-$5

Power and Average but zero Speed (Pick Your Poison Tiers)

The major contributions from these hitters are home runs and batting average, but no stolen bases.

Power and Average but zero Speed (Pick Your Poison Tiers)

Rank	Name	Team	Pos	Change	ADP	$
58	Vinnie Pasquantino	KCR	1B	–	77	$13
60	Bo Bichette	NYM	SS	–	95	$17
75	Corey Seager	TEX	SS	–	95	$12
83	Yandy Diaz	TBR	1B	–	137	$15
88	Tyler Soderstrom	ATH	1B/OF	–	83	$10
91	Alex Bregman	CHC	3B	–	118	$9
93	Alec Burleson	STL	1B/OF	–	177	$11
95	Jackson Merrill	SDP	OF	–	70	$15
111	Jonathan Aranda	TBR	1B	–	196	$9
112	Bryan Reynolds	PIT	OF	–	204	$5
114	Gleyber Torres	DET	2B	–	249	$6
140	Jordan Beck	COL	OF	–	231	$4
154	Jordan Westburg	BAL	2B/3B	–	549	-$2
162	Carlos Correa	HOU	3B/SS	–	283	$1
164	Nolan Arenado	ARI	3B	–	675	$2
167	Nolan Schanuel	LAA	1B	–	582	$4
182	Josh Bell	MIN	1B	–	654	$1
186	Spencer Steer	CIN	1B/OF	–	328	-$10
199	Jeff McNeil	ATH	2B/OF	–	485	$2

Power Focused (Pick Your Poison Tiers)

The major contribution from these hitters is home runs.

Power Focused (Pick Your Poison Tiers)

Rank	Name	Team	Pos	Change	ADP	$
48	Eugenio Suarez	CIN	3B	–	100	$12
59	Riley Greene	DET	OF	–	78	$18
61	Teoscar Hernandez	LAD	OF	–	129	$15
62	Austin Riley	ATL	3B	–	62	$16
80	Michael Busch	CHC	1B	–	106	$12
82	Jo Adell	LAA	OF	–	119	$12
86	Taylor Ward	BAL	OF	–	150	$12
97	Spencer Torkelson	DET	1B	–	183	$8
101	Willson Contreras	BOS	1B	–	168	$8
104	Christian Walker	HOU	1B	–	209	$3
107	Kyle Stowers	MIA	OF	–	133	$8
113	Addison Barger	TOR	3B/OF	–	196	$2
117	Daulton Varsho	TOR	OF	–	199	$9
118	Jake Burger	TEX	1B	–	238	$7
126	Brandon Lowe	PIT	2B	–	183	$1
132	Isaac Paredes	HOU	3B	–	238	-$1
136	Jorge Polanco	NYM	2B/3B	–	213	$4
146	Marcell Ozuna	PIT	DH	–	364	-$1
151	Mike Trout	LAA	OF	–	179	$4
159	Andrew Vaughn	MIL	1B	–	280	-$1
163	Miguel Vargas	CHW	1B/3B	–	299	$1
168	Giancarlo Stanton	NYY	OF	–	257	-$5
172	Josh Jung	TEX	3B	–	631	-$2
174	Trent Grisham	NYY	OF	–	251	$0
175	Jac Caglianone	KCR	1B/OF	–	180	-$1
178	Colson Montgomery	CHW	3B/SS	–	245	$2
187	Max Muncy	LAD	3B	–	241	-$5
188	Kazuma Okamoto	TOR	3B	–		$6
200	Brooks Lee	MIN	2B/3B/SS	–	522	-$1

Speed Focused (Pick Your Poison Tiers)

The major contribution from these hitters is stolen bases.

Speed Focused (Pick Your Poison Tiers)

Rank	Name	Team	Pos	Change	ADP	$
78	Jakob Marsee	MIA	OF	–	138	$5
144	Victor Scott II	STL	OF	–	367	-$1
185	Jordan Lawlar	ARI	2B/3B	–	269	-$5
192	Chase Meidroth	CHW	2B/SS	–	633	-$3
195	Luisangel Acuna	CHW	2B/3B/SS	–	422	-$8

Average Focused (Pick Your Poison Tiers)

The major contribution of these hitters is batting average.

Average Focused (Pick Your Poison Tiers)

Rank	Name	Team	Pos	Change	ADP	$
94	Jacob Wilson	ATH	SS	–	192	$13
108	Luis Arraez	SFG	1B/2B	–	283	$7
137	Ernie Clement	TOR	1B/2B/3B/SS	–	346	$6
145	Alec Bohm	PHI	1B/3B	–	245	$7
157	Jung Hoo Lee	SFG	OF	–	349	$3
171	Brendan Donovan	SEA	2B/SS/OF	–	269	$1

Speed and Power but Average Sink (Pick Your Poison Tiers)

These hitters provide a combination of home runs and stolen bases, but are a major drag on batting average.

Speed and Power but Average Sink (Pick Your Poison Tiers)

Rank	Name	Team	Pos	Change	ADP	$
42	Randy Arozarena	SEA	OF	–	90	$12
66	Oneil Cruz	PIT	OF	–	95	$9
70	Willy Adames	SFG	SS	–	130	$12
72	Luis Robert Jr.	NYM	OF	–	106	$10
73	Dansby Swanson	CHC	SS	–	149	$10
85	Adolis Garcia	PHI	OF	–	217	$12
92	Matt Chapman	SFG	3B	–	165	$12
99	Dylan Crews	WSN	OF	–	173	$7
109	Matt McLain	CIN	2B/SS	–	164	$6
115	Colton Cowser	BAL	OF	–	254	$1
120	Munetaka Murakami	CHW	1B	–		$9
153	Marcus Semien	NYM	2B	–	260	$5
191	Anthony Volpe	NYY	SS	–	633	-$5

Speed and Average (Pick Your Poison Tiers)

These hitters provide a combination of speed and batting average.

Speed and Average (Pick Your Poison Tiers)

Rank	Name	Team	Pos	Change	ADP	$
56	Nico Hoerner	CHC	2B/SS	–	104	$11
87	Bryson Stott	PHI	2B/SS	–	186	$7
98	Xavier Edwards	MIA	2B/SS	–	186	$6
138	Sal Frelick	MIL	OF	–	217	$0
139	Chandler Simpson	TBR	OF	–	184	$3

Acceptable Catchers

The catcher position talent drops off after this tier. Expect to be streaming catchers if waiting after this point.

Acceptable Catchers

Rank	Name	Team	Pos	Change	ADP	$
103	Adley Rutschman	BAL	C	–	151	$13
121	J.T. Realmuto	PHI	C	–	214	$8
122	Alejandro Kirk	TOR	C	–	158	$9
130	Gabriel Moreno	ARI	C	–	180	$8
147	Austin Wells	NYY	C	–	256	$5
148	Ryan Jeffers	MIN	C	–	306	$7
152	Francisco Alvarez	NYM	C	–	168	$8
158	Dillon Dingler	DET	C	–	267	$2
161	Kyle Teel	CHW	C	–	230	$0
165	Logan O'Hoppe	LAA	C	–	245	$3
176	Tyler Stephenson	CIN	C	–	281	$1
179	Willi Castro	COL	2B/3B/SS/OF	–	259	$1
189	Carter Jensen	KCR	C	–		$1
193	Bo Naylor	CLE	C	–	647	$2
194	Patrick Bailey	SFG	C	–	746	$0
198	Carlos Narvaez	BOS	C	–	414	-$2

Platoon Bats

These guys are strong-side platoon bats who will max out around 400 to 500 plate appearances.

Platoon Bats

Rank	Name	Team	Pos	Change	ADP	$
127	Kerry Carpenter	DET	OF	–	235	$6
128	Wilyer Abreu	BOS	OF	–	206	$4
129	Evan Carter	TEX	OF	–	279	-$3
141	Luis Garcia Jr.	WSN	2B	–	253	$2
142	Josh Lowe	LAA	OF	–	305	$2
150	Mickey Moniak	COL	OF	–	246	$6
156	Brandon Marsh	PHI	OF	–	646	-$1
160	Ryan O'Hearn	PIT	1B/OF	–	281	$1
180	Kyle Manzardo	CLE	1B	–	246	$0
184	Cedric Mullins	TBR	OF	–	324	-$4
190	Colt Keith	DET	1B/2B/3B	–	453	-$2
196	Matt Wallner	MIN	OF	–	364	-$1

Time Shares

Rank	Name	Team	Pos	Change	ADP	$
149	Sal Stewart	CIN	1B/3B	–	176	$4
197	Jose Caballero	NYY	2B/3B/SS/OF	–	205	-$11

Top Prospects, No MLB Experience

These touted prospects have a clear role to start the season.

Top Prospects, No MLB Experience

Rank	Name	Team	Pos	Change	$
119	Konnor Griffin	PIT	SS	–	$6
166	Jonathan Wetherholt	STL	SS	–	$2
173	Justin Crawford	PHI	OF	–	$3
181	Kevin McGonigle	DET	SS	–	$4

Full Rankings Without Tiers

No tiers. Just the rankings.

Full Rankings Without Tiers

Rank	Name	Team	Pos	Change	ADP	$
1	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	DH	–	1	$47
2	Aaron Judge	NYY	OF	–	2	$37
3	Bobby Witt Jr.	KCR	SS	–	3	$35
4	Juan Soto	NYM	OF	–	5	$36
5	Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B	–	6	$30
6	Elly De La Cruz	CIN	SS	–	9	$28
7	Julio Rodriguez	SEA	OF	–	10	$30
8	Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	OF	–	5	$33
9	Kyle Tucker	LAD	OF	–	13	$30
10	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SDP	OF	–	14	$28
11	Gunnar Henderson	BAL	SS	–	12	$28
12	Cal Raleigh	SEA	C	–	18	$30
13	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B	–	18	$30
14	Jackson Chourio	MIL	OF	–	19	$24
15	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	OF	–	24	$23
16	Trea Turner	PHI	SS	–	26	$22
17	Junior Caminero	TBR	3B	–	17	$28
18	Corbin Carroll	ARI	OF	–	15	$27
19	Zach Neto	LAA	SS	–	30	$23
20	Nick Kurtz	ATH	1B	–	19	$22
21	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	2B/3B	–	20	$15
22	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	OF	–	32	$23
23	Brent Rooker	ATH	OF	–	44	$24
24	William Contreras	MIL	C	–	55	$22
25	Pete Alonso	BAL	1B	–	25	$24
26	Josh Naylor	SEA	1B	–	65	$17
27	Manny Machado	SDP	3B	–	38	$15
28	Bryce Harper	PHI	1B	–	47	$22
29	Ketel Marte	ARI	2B	–	32	$17
30	James Wood	WSN	OF	–	35	$19
31	Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	–	26	$21
32	Mookie Betts	LAD	SS	–	58	$20
33	Shea Langeliers	ATH	C	–	55	$21
34	CJ Abrams	WSN	SS	–	65	$16
35	Wyatt Langford	TEX	OF	–	41	$18
36	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	OF	–	33	$20
37	Matt Olson	ATL	1B	–	49	$17
38	Hunter Goodman	COL	C	–	65	$23
39	Christian Yelich	MIL	OF	–	126	$12
40	Byron Buxton	MIN	OF	–	72	$15
41	Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	–	67	$20
42	Randy Arozarena	SEA	OF	–	90	$12
43	Brice Turang	MIL	2B	–	51	$10
44	Trevor Story	BOS	SS	–	109	$16
45	Ivan Herrera	STL	C	–	171	$22
46	Ben Rice	NYY	C/1B	–	54	$19
47	Rafael Devers	SFG	1B	–	59	$17
48	Eugenio Suarez	CIN	3B	–	100	$12
49	Geraldo Perdomo	ARI	SS	–	77	$16
50	Michael Harris II	ATL	OF	–	100	$15
51	Jarren Duran	BOS	OF	–	67	$10
52	Salvador Perez	KCR	C/1B	–	92	$19
53	Cody Bellinger	NYY	1B/OF	–	80	$16
54	George Springer	TOR	OF	–	93	$13
55	Agustin Ramirez	MIA	C	–	84	$13
56	Nico Hoerner	CHC	2B/SS	–	104	$11
57	Maikel Garcia	KCR	2B/3B/SS/OF	–	66	$15
58	Vinnie Pasquantino	KCR	1B	–	77	$13
59	Riley Greene	DET	OF	–	78	$18
60	Bo Bichette	NYM	SS	–	95	$17
61	Teoscar Hernandez	LAD	OF	–	129	$15
62	Austin Riley	ATL	3B	–	62	$16
63	Drake Baldwin	ATL	C	–	80	$19
64	Roman Anthony	BOS	OF	–	52	$12
65	Jeremy Pena	HOU	SS	–	114	$11
66	Oneil Cruz	PIT	OF	–	95	$9
67	Andy Pages	LAD	OF	–	134	$13
68	Steven Kwan	CLE	OF	–	169	$11
69	Lawrence Butler	ATH	OF	–	158	$10
70	Willy Adames	SFG	SS	–	130	$12
71	Jose Altuve	HOU	2B/OF	–	115	$10
72	Luis Robert Jr.	NYM	OF	–	106	$10
73	Dansby Swanson	CHC	SS	–	149	$10
74	Ceddanne Rafaela	BOS	2B/OF	–	129	$11
75	Corey Seager	TEX	SS	–	95	$12
76	Yainer Diaz	HOU	C	–	111	$14
77	Brandon Nimmo	TEX	OF	–	143	$7
78	Jakob Marsee	MIA	OF	–	138	$5
79	Seiya Suzuki	CHC	OF	–	99	$11
80	Michael Busch	CHC	1B	–	106	$12
81	Samuel Basallo	BAL	C	–	172	$7
82	Jo Adell	LAA	OF	–	119	$12
83	Yandy Diaz	TBR	1B	–	137	$15
84	Will Smith	LAD	C	–	98	$13
85	Adolis Garcia	PHI	OF	–	217	$12
86	Taylor Ward	BAL	OF	–	150	$12
87	Bryson Stott	PHI	2B/SS	–	186	$7
88	Tyler Soderstrom	ATH	1B/OF	–	83	$10
89	Luke Keaschall	MIN	2B	–	123	$6
90	Ian Happ	CHC	OF	–	183	$9
91	Alex Bregman	CHC	3B	–	118	$9
92	Matt Chapman	SFG	3B	–	165	$12
93	Alec Burleson	STL	1B/OF	–	177	$11
94	Jacob Wilson	ATH	SS	–	192	$13
95	Jackson Merrill	SDP	OF	–	70	$15
96	Heliot Ramos	SFG	OF	–	218	$9
97	Spencer Torkelson	DET	1B	–	183	$8
98	Xavier Edwards	MIA	2B/SS	–	186	$6
99	Dylan Crews	WSN	OF	–	173	$7
100	Ezequiel Tovar	COL	SS	–	208	$12
101	Willson Contreras	BOS	1B	–	168	$8
102	Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B	–	153	$5
103	Adley Rutschman	BAL	C	–	151	$13
104	Christian Walker	HOU	1B	–	209	$3
105	Xander Bogaerts	SDP	SS	–	239	$5
106	Brenton Doyle	COL	OF	–	168	$7
107	Kyle Stowers	MIA	OF	–	133	$8
108	Luis Arraez	SFG	1B/2B	–	283	$7
109	Matt McLain	CIN	2B/SS	–	164	$6
110	Otto Lopez	MIA	2B/SS	–	229	$5
111	Jonathan Aranda	TBR	1B	–	196	$9
112	Bryan Reynolds	PIT	OF	–	204	$5
113	Addison Barger	TOR	3B/OF	–	196	$2
114	Gleyber Torres	DET	2B	–	249	$6
115	Colton Cowser	BAL	OF	–	254	$1
116	Daylen Lile	WSN	OF	–	206	$5
117	Daulton Varsho	TOR	OF	–	199	$9
118	Jake Burger	TEX	1B	–	238	$7
119	Konnor Griffin	PIT	SS	–		$6
120	Munetaka Murakami	CHW	1B	–		$9
121	J.T. Realmuto	PHI	C	–	214	$8
122	Alejandro Kirk	TOR	C	–	158	$9
123	Caleb Durbin	BOS	2B/3B	–	224	$4
124	Noelvi Marte	CIN	3B/OF	–	142	$0
125	Masyn Winn	STL	SS	–	326	$7
126	Brandon Lowe	PIT	2B	–	183	$1
127	Kerry Carpenter	DET	OF	–	235	$6
128	Wilyer Abreu	BOS	OF	–	206	$4
129	Evan Carter	TEX	OF	–	279	-$3
130	Gabriel Moreno	ARI	C	–	180	$8
131	Ramon Laureano	SDP	OF	–	223	$3
132	Isaac Paredes	HOU	3B	–	238	-$1
133	TJ Friedl	CIN	OF	–	263	$3
134	Royce Lewis	MIN	3B	–	185	$6
135	Andres Gimenez	TOR	2B/SS	–	373	$5
136	Jorge Polanco	NYM	2B/3B	–	213	$4
137	Ernie Clement	TOR	1B/2B/3B/SS	–	346	$6
138	Sal Frelick	MIL	OF	–	217	$0
139	Chandler Simpson	TBR	OF	–	184	$3
140	Jordan Beck	COL	OF	–	231	$4
141	Luis Garcia Jr.	WSN	2B	–	253	$2
142	Josh Lowe	LAA	OF	–	305	$2
143	Jackson Holliday	BAL	2B/SS	▲11	199	-$1
144	Victor Scott II	STL	OF	–	367	-$1
145	Alec Bohm	PHI	1B/3B	–	245	$7
146	Marcell Ozuna	PIT	DH	–	364	-$1
147	Austin Wells	NYY	C	–	256	$5
148	Ryan Jeffers	MIN	C	–	306	$7
149	Sal Stewart	CIN	1B/3B	–	176	$4
150	Mickey Moniak	COL	OF	–	246	$6
151	Mike Trout	LAA	OF	–	179	$4
152	Francisco Alvarez	NYM	C	–	168	$8
153	Marcus Semien	NYM	2B	–	260	$5
154	Jordan Westburg	BAL	2B/3B	–	549	-$2
155	Joey Ortiz	MIL	SS	–	744	$3
156	Brandon Marsh	PHI	OF	–	646	-$1
157	Jung Hoo Lee	SFG	OF	–	349	$3
158	Dillon Dingler	DET	C	–	267	$2
159	Andrew Vaughn	MIL	1B	–	280	-$1
160	Ryan O'Hearn	PIT	1B/OF	–	281	$1
161	Kyle Teel	CHW	C	–	230	$0
162	Carlos Correa	HOU	3B/SS	–	283	$1
163	Miguel Vargas	CHW	1B/3B	–	299	$1
164	Nolan Arenado	ARI	3B	–	675	$2
165	Logan O'Hoppe	LAA	C	–	245	$3
166	Jonathan Wetherholt	STL	SS	–		$2
167	Nolan Schanuel	LAA	1B	–	582	$4
168	Giancarlo Stanton	NYY	OF	–	257	-$5
169	Harrison Bader	SFG	OF	–	504	$1
170	Connor Norby	MIA	3B	–	725	-$3
171	Brendan Donovan	SEA	2B/SS/OF	–	269	$1
172	Josh Jung	TEX	3B	–	631	-$2
173	Justin Crawford	PHI	OF	–		$3
174	Trent Grisham	NYY	OF	–	251	$0
175	Jac Caglianone	KCR	1B/OF	–	180	-$1
176	Tyler Stephenson	CIN	C	–	281	$1
177	Austin Hays	CHW	OF	–	630	-$3
178	Colson Montgomery	CHW	3B/SS	–	245	$2
179	Willi Castro	COL	2B/3B/SS/OF	–	259	$1
180	Kyle Manzardo	CLE	1B	–	246	$0
181	Kevin McGonigle	DET	SS	–		$4
182	Josh Bell	MIN	1B	–	654	$1
183	J.P. Crawford	SEA	SS	–	747	-$5
184	Cedric Mullins	TBR	OF	–	324	-$4
185	Jordan Lawlar	ARI	2B/3B	–	269	-$5
186	Spencer Steer	CIN	1B/OF	–	328	-$10
187	Max Muncy	LAD	3B	–	241	-$5
188	Kazuma Okamoto	TOR	3B	–		$6
189	Carter Jensen	KCR	C	–		$1
190	Colt Keith	DET	1B/2B/3B	–	453	-$2
191	Anthony Volpe	NYY	SS	–	633	-$5
192	Chase Meidroth	CHW	2B/SS	–	633	-$3
193	Bo Naylor	CLE	C	–	647	$2
194	Patrick Bailey	SFG	C	–	746	$0
195	Luisangel Acuna	CHW	2B/3B/SS	–	422	-$8
196	Matt Wallner	MIN	OF	–	364	-$1
197	Jose Caballero	NYY	2B/3B/SS/OF	–	205	-$11
198	Carlos Narvaez	BOS	C	–	414	-$2
199	Jeff McNeil	ATH	2B/OF	–	485	$2
200	Brooks Lee	MIN	2B/3B/SS	–	522	-$1

Outfield 2026 Fantasy Rankings

The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1487 – 2026 Starting Pitcher Preview Pt. 5

Jeff, one of the authors of the fantasy baseball guide,The Process, writes for RotoGraphs, The Hardball Times, Rotowire, Baseball America, and BaseballHQ. He has been nominated for two SABR Analytics Research Award for Contemporary Analysis and won it in 2013 in tandem with Bill Petti. He has won four FSWA Awards including on for his Mining the News series. He's won Tout Wars three times, LABR twice, and got his first NFBC Main Event win in 2021. Follow him on Twitter @jeffwzimmerman.

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resist1922Member since 2024

9 months ago

What?! You have that guy there?

Gho5tRun3rMember since 2016

9 months ago

PCA has no business being that high

ccovilleMember since 2020

9 months ago

Oh yeah baseball!

gydemeMember since 2020

9 months ago

PCA is a solid 30,40 spots too high. End of the year he was Nico Hoerner on offense–the thing that matters for fantasy

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TransmissionMember since 2017

9 months ago

First things first is, great list, thank you for doing this.

My own personal nit-to-pick is that Matt Shaw having Average but not Speed is probably news to Matt Shaw. (.226, .243 steamer projection, 60-grade speed in last scouting report.)

But again, mostly, yay for the head start on 2026.

GreggMember since 2020

9 months ago

Reply to Transmission

Good point – Baseball Savant has Shaw at 90th percentile speed too.

SucramRenrutMember since 2017

9 months ago

Double Power/Speed byline in the pick your poison section.

docgooden85Member since 2018

9 months ago

Thanks Jeff! I’m already drafting, so you’re not screaming into the void. This article made my day. Some of the rankings are even good 🙂

TKDCMember since 2016🏆 MVP

9 months ago

Not sure how Josh Bell can be a power and average guy but Austin Riley isn’t? He probably fits in that category over a few others, too.

Brian MartinMember since 2020

9 months ago

Omission that confuses me: Cam Smith, Astros. See a lot of upside and seems reasonably comparable to #165 Jac Caglione, except Smith had some much better samples in the majors (before collapsing to become a …Caglione-level producer at the end of the season).

bookbookMember since 2019

9 months ago

I was trying to understand how dollar value correlates to rank, and what the role of position is in all this. Why is Julio one spot below Elly, but also $5 higher, for example?

theojdMember since 2023

9 months ago

Barger ranking is trash. This guy gonna mash.

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Jasper FranciscoMember since 2017

7 months ago

Reply to theojd

How about I just go eat some hay? I can make things out of clay and lay by the bay, I just may. What do you say?

excuses

9 months ago

Interesting choice to put Kirk under acceptable catchers instead of elite compared to others.

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JolieMember since 2017

8 months ago

Thank you! Friendly edit: Willi Castro should not be listed as an acceptable catcher, unless I’m missing something.

mrfisterMember since 2024

8 months ago

Jordan Beck has no speed? Since when?

mrfisterMember since 2024

8 months ago

Did ChatGPT write this? Beck having zero speed…..Willi Castro as a catcher. These are not small typos.

Last edited 8 months ago by mrfister

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Paul NorbergMember since 2022

7 months ago

What is the reasoning behind dropping Jackson Merrill 32 spots? Just curious; I checked to see if he was injured.

wipkip

7 months ago

I’m shocked, yet exceedingly happy you put Cowser so high. He played nearly the full year injured. I’m expecting big things in 2026 for him, especially if they slot him back as leadoff.

lainMember since 2024

7 months ago

Where would Bobby Witt Jr rank?

jtsnow8Member since 2021

7 months ago

Alright, who sent Bobby Witt Jr. to Mars?

MatthewMember since 2017

7 months ago

Am I crazy or is Brice Turang not listed here at all?

jtsnow8Member since 2021

7 months ago

Reply to Matthew

Seems like they accidentally left a few key players out.

diamondbags

7 months ago

This appears to be the OF rankings under the Top 200 header

cnovakMember since 2025

7 months ago

Vlad didn’t make it? Ooooops

Chadwick MatlinMember since 2024

7 months ago

Appears that this is now showing only outfielders?

ReynoldMember since 2018

7 months ago

Ohtani???

BlackSoxMember since 2026

7 months ago

Why has Merrill dropped 30 slots?

BlackSoxMember since 2026

7 months ago

Why the big drop with Merrill?

carterMember since 2020

7 months ago

I know I’m not the first but article updates need to not jump it to the front. I realize what gets clicks but that’s low brow bs for fangraphs where we make fun of low brow

krusherkovalev55Member since 2025

6 months ago

Reply to carter

yes its straight up aggressively bad and daring us to complain. I am making a conscious decision to no longer click on these going forward. Please stop with the slop

MichaelMember since 2017

6 months ago

4 Brewers in the top 43. Maybe they will exceed expectations again this year.

JakeJakeJakeMember since 2025

6 months ago

What was the point of this? It’s not even bad content, it’s no content you just reposted a prior article and changed one thing.