Memorial Day weekend is an unofficial benchmark of the Major League Baseball season. Teams have played about a third of their games, and most stats are beginning to normalize. This weekend is a great time to reassess the fantasy landscape and update my rest of season rankings. We know – or at least we think we do – which players and teams are here to stay and which will fade. Having said that, there are always surprises and outliers. For example, I did not expect Christopher Morel to hit nine home runs in his first 12 games of the season. Nor did I think he would have nine more homers than Jose Abreu has managed in over 200 plate appearances.
And yet, I have Abreu higher in my ROS rankings than Morel. Don’t get me wrong – I do not expect Abreu to suddenly turn things around. His underlying metrics are not exactly encouraging. But I also do not think we should overreact to what Morel has done in an extremely small sample size. His walk and strikeout rates are worse than they were last year. I question how long he can continue to defy his metrics. But that’s part of the beauty of ROS rankings. We all have opinions on players and what constitutes a true breakout versus a flash in the pan or a simple hot streak.
So, am I too low on Morel? Too high on Abreu? Which other players do you think I am too high or low on? Let me know in the comments below! I will update these rankings every two weeks moving forward, so time will tell how these rankings will shake out in the coming months.
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Rest of Season Fantasy Baseball Rankings
RANK | PLAYER | TEAM | POS |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ronald Acuna Jr. | ATL | OF |
2 | Aaron Judge | NYY | OF |
3 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | TOR | 1B |
4 | Freddie Freeman | LAD | 1B |
5 | Shohei Ohtani | LAA | DH |
6 | Jose Ramirez | CLE | 3B |
7 | Kyle Tucker | HOU | OF |
8 | Fernando Tatis Jr. | SD | SS/OF |
9 | Yordan Alvarez | HOU | OF |
10 | Julio Rodriguez | SEA | OF |
11 | Spencer Strider | ATL | SP |
12 | Mike Trout | LAA | OF |
13 | Rafael Devers | BOS | 3B |
14 | Bo Bichette | TOR | SS |
15 | Mookie Betts | LAD | 2B/OF |
16 | Paul Goldschmidt | STL | 1B |
17 | Juan Soto | SD | OF |
18 | Pete Alonso | NYM | 1B |
19 | Trea Turner | PHI | SS |
20 | Bobby Witt Jr. | KC | SS/3B |
21 | Randy Arozarena | TB | OF |
22 | Matt Olson | ATL | 1B |
23 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | SP |
24 | Austin Riley | ATL | 3B |
25 | Cedric Mullins | BAL | OF |
26 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | SP |
27 | Bryce Harper | PHI | DH |
28 | Framber Valdez | HOU | SP |
29 | Bryan Reynolds | PIT | OF |
30 | Marcus Semien | TEX | 2B |
31 | Shane McClanahan | TB | SP |
32 | Justin Verlander | NYM | SP |
33 | Max Scherzer | NYM | SP |
34 | Aaron Nola | PHI | SP |
35 | Luis Castillo | SEA | SP |
36 | Corbin Burnes | MIL | SP |
37 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | SP |
38 | Zac Gallen | ARI | SP |
39 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | SP |
40 | Wander Franco | TB | SS |
41 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | SP |
42 | Luis Robert Jr. | CHW | OF |
43 | Adolis Garcia | TEX | OF |
44 | Josh Hader | SD | RP |
45 | Yu Darvish | SD | SP |
46 | Corey Seager | TEX | SS |
47 | Ozzie Albies | ATL | 2B |
48 | Cristian Javier | HOU | SP |
49 | Francisco Lindor | NYM | SS |
50 | Joe Ryan | MIN | SP |
51 | Emmanuel Clase | CLE | RP |
52 | Manny Machado | SD | 3B |
53 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | SP |
54 | Nolan Arenado | STL | 3B |
55 | Christian Yelich | MIL | OF |
56 | Corbin Carroll | ARI | OF |
57 | Xander Bogaerts | SD | SS |
58 | George Springer | TOR | OF |
59 | Dansby Swanson | CHC | SS |
60 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | SP |
61 | Joe Musgrove | SD | SP |
62 | Kyle Schwarber | PHI | OF |
63 | Logan Webb | SF | SP |
64 | Ryan Mountcastle | BAL | 1B |
65 | Gleyber Torres | NYY | 2B |
66 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | SP |
67 | Will Smith | LAD | C |
68 | Jordan Romano | TOR | RP |
69 | Nathaniel Lowe | TEX | 1B |
70 | Dylan Cease | CHW | SP |
71 | Christian Walker | ARI | 1B |
72 | Charlie Morton | ATL | SP |
73 | George Kirby | SEA | SP |
74 | Felix Bautista | BAL | RP |
75 | Byron Buxton | MIN | OF |
76 | Nico Hoerner | CHC | 2B/SS |
77 | Jose Altuve | HOU | 2B |
78 | Andres Gimenez | CLE | 2B |
79 | Shane Bieber | CLE | SP |
80 | Willy Adames | MIL | SS |
81 | Teoscar Hernandez | SEA | OF |
82 | Max Muncy | LAD | 2B/3B |
83 | Tyler Glasnow | TB | SP |
84 | Tim Anderson | CHW | SS |
85 | Yandy Diaz | TB | 1B/3B |
86 | Matt Chapman | TOR | 3B |
87 | Starling Marte | NYM | OF |
88 | Devin Williams | MIL | RP |
89 | Masataka Yoshida | BOS | OF |
90 | J.T. Realmuto | PHI | C |
91 | Ryan Pressly | HOU | RP |
92 | Thairo Estrada | SF | 2B/SS |
93 | Vinnie Pasquantino | KC | 1B |
94 | David Bednar | PIT | RP |
95 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | SP |
96 | Julio Urias | LAD | SP |
97 | Rowdy Tellez | MIL | 1B |
98 | Jeremy Pena | HOU | SS |
99 | Alex Verdugo | BOS | OF |
100 | Seiya Suzuki | CHC | OF |
101 | Anthony Rizzo | NYY | 1B |
102 | Nick Castellanos | PHI | OF |
103 | Jonathan India | CIN | 2B |
104 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | SP |
105 | Michael Harris II | ATL | OF |
106 | Hunter Greene | CIN | SP |
107 | Tommy Edman | STL | 2B/SS |
108 | Alex Bregman | HOU | 3B |
109 | Raisel Iglesias | ATL | RP |
110 | Sonny Gray | MIN | SP |
111 | Salvador Perez | KC | C |
112 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | SP |
113 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | SP |
114 | Amed Rosario | CLE | SS |
115 | Kris Bryant | COL | OF |
116 | Jordan Montgomery | STL | SP |
117 | Chris Sale | BOS | SP |
118 | Ian Happ | CHC | OF |
119 | J.D. Martinez | LAD | DH |
120 | Lance Lynn | CHW | SP |
121 | Blake Snell | SD | SP |
122 | Luis Severino | NYY | SP |
123 | Anthony Santander | BAL | OF |
124 | Carlos Correa | MIN | SS |
125 | Ryan Helsley | STL | RP |
126 | Lucas Giolito | CHW | SP |
127 | Andrew Vaughn | CHW | 1B/OF |
128 | Alex Cobb | SF | SP |
129 | Brandon Nimmo | NYM | OF |
130 | Steven Kwan | CLE | OF |
131 | Eduardo Rodriguez | DET | SP |
132 | Kenley Jansen | BOS | RP |
133 | Jose Berrios | TOR | SP |
134 | Adley Rutschman | BAL | C |
135 | Alek Manoah | TOR | SP |
136 | Javier Baez | DET | SS |
137 | Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | ARI | OF |
138 | Camilo Doval | SF | RP |
139 | Jesus Luzardo | MIA | SP |
140 | Daulton Varsho | TOR | C/OF |
141 | Ketel Marte | ARI | 2B |
142 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | SP |
143 | Ke’Bryan Hayes | PIT | 3B |
144 | Paul Sewald | SEA | RP |
145 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | SP |
146 | Jarred Kelenic | SEA | OF |
147 | Hunter Renfroe | LAA | OF |
148 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | SP |
149 | Hunter Brown | HOU | SP |
150 | Alec Bohm | PHI | 1B/3B |
151 | Ryan McMahon | COL | 2B/3B |
152 | Josh Naylor | CLE | 1B |
153 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | SP |
154 | Max Fried | ATL | SP |
155 | Giancarlo Stanton | NYY | OF |
156 | Marcus Stroman | CHC | SP |
157 | Jon Gray | TEX | SP |
158 | Jhoan Duran | MIN | RP |
159 | Sean Murphy | ATL | C |
160 | Anthony Volpe | NYY | SS |
161 | Zach Eflin | TB | SP |
162 | Ty France | SEA | 1B |
163 | Tony Gonsolin | LAD | SP |
164 | C.J. Cron | COL | 1B |
165 | Mitch Keller | PIT | SP |
166 | Kodai Senga | NYM | SP |
167 | Justin Steele | CHC | SP |
168 | Jorge Soler | MIA | OF |
169 | Riley Greene | DET | OF |
170 | Jazz Chisholm Jr. | MIA | 2B/OF |
171 | Harrison Bader | NYY | OF |
172 | Patrick Sandoval | LAA | SP |
173 | Alexis Diaz | CIN | RP |
174 | Willson Contreras | STL | C |
175 | Jeff McNeil | NYM | 2B/OF |
176 | Miguel Vargas | LAD | 1B/2B |
177 | Triston McKenzie | CLE | SP |
178 | Luis Arraez | MIA | 1B/2B |
179 | Scott Barlow | KC | RP |
180 | Brandon Lowe | TB | 2B |
181 | Eloy Jimenez | CHW | OF |
182 | Tyler O’Neill | STL | OF |
183 | Josh Bell | CLE | 1B |
184 | Miles Mikolas | STL | SP |
185 | Reid Detmers | LAA | SP |
186 | Brady Singer | KC | SP |
187 | Jack Flaherty | STL | SP |
188 | Whit Merrifield | TOR | 2B/OF |
189 | Austin Hays | BAL | OF |
190 | Jorge Polanco | MIN | 2B |
191 | Charlie Blackmon | COL | OF |
192 | Gunnar Henderson | BAL | 3B |
193 | Andrew Benintendi | CHW | OF |
194 | Justin Turner | BOS | 1B/3B |
195 | Mitch Haniger | SF | OF |
196 | Lars Nootbaar | STL | OF |
197 | David Robertson | NYM | RP |
198 | Jorge Mateo | BAL | SS |
199 | Cody Bellinger | CHC | OF |
200 | Jake Fraley | CIN | OF |
201 | Randal Grichuk | COL | OF |
202 | Josh Jung | TEX | 3B |
203 | Craig Kimbrel | PHI | RP |
204 | Jake Cronenworth | SD | 1B/2B |
205 | Joc Pederson | SF | OF |
206 | Martin Perez | TEX | SP |
207 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | SP |
208 | Pete Fairbanks | TB | RP |
209 | Michael Conforto | SF | OF |
210 | Bailey Ober | MIN | SP |
211 | Nolan Gorman | STL | 2B |
212 | Joey Meneses | WSH | 1B/OF |
213 | Eugenio Suarez | SEA | 3B |
214 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | SP |
215 | Alex Lange | DET | RP |
216 | TJ Friedl | CIN | OF |
217 | Jose Abreu | HOU | 1B |
218 | Liam Hendriks | CHW | RP |
219 | Ezequiel Tovar | COL | SS |
220 | Domingo German | NYY | SP |
221 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | SP |
222 | Will Smith | TEX | RP |
223 | Tyler Wells | BAL | SP |
224 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | SP |
225 | Carlos Estevez | LAA | RP |
226 | Esteury Ruiz | OAK | OF |
227 | Evan Phillips | LAD | RP |
228 | Bryce Elder | ATL | SP |
229 | Taylor Ward | LAA | OF |
230 | Lane Thomas | WSH | OF |
231 | Christopher Morel | CHC | 2B/OF |
232 | Yennier Cano | BAL | RP |
233 | Jean Segura | MIA | 2B/3B |
234 | Jose Urquidy | HOU | SP |
235 | Jason Adam | TB | RP |
236 | MacKenzie Gore | WSH | SP |
237 | MJ Melendez | KC | C/OF |
238 | Seth Brown | OAK | 1B/OF |
239 | Andrew McCutchen | PIT | OF |
240 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | SP |
241 | Michael Wacha | SD | SP |
242 | Jose Alvarado | PHI | RP |
243 | Luis Garcia | WSH | 2B/SS |
244 | Michael King | NYY | RP |
245 | Harold Ramirez | TB | 1B/OF |
246 | Andres Munoz | SEA | RP |
247 | Josiah Gray | WSH | SP |
248 | Bryson Stott | PHI | 2B/SS |
249 | Chris Taylor | LAD | 2B/SS/ 3B/OF |
250 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | SP |
251 | Grayson Rodriguez | BAL | SP |
252 | Andrew Chafin | ARI | RP |
253 | Michael Kopech | CHW | SP |
254 | Carlos Carrasco | NYM | SP |
255 | Yoan Moncada | CHW | 3B |
256 | James Paxton | BOS | SP |
257 | Dustin May | LAD | SP |
258 | Adam Wainwright | STL | SP |
259 | Spencer Torkelson | DET | 1B |
260 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | SP |
261 | CJ Abrams | WSH | SS |
262 | James Outman | LAD | OF |
263 | Kyle Gibson | BAL | SP |
264 | Garrett Whitlock | BOS | SP |
265 | Josh Lowe | TB | OF |
266 | Cal Quantrill | CLE | SP |
267 | Anthony DeSclafani | SF | SP |
268 | Brandon Drury | LAA | 1B/2B/ 3B |
269 | Steven Matz | STL | SP |
270 | Anthony Rendon | LAA | 3B |
271 | Josh Rojas | ARI | 2B/3B |
272 | A.J. Minter | ATL | RP |
273 | Alex Wood | SF | SP |
274 | Bryce Miller | SEA | SP |
275 | Roansy Contreras | PIT | SP |
276 | Jurickson Profar | COL | OF |
277 | Giovanny Gallegos | STL | RP |
278 | Aroldis Chapman | KC | RP |
279 | Matt Strahm | PHI | SP |
280 | Tanner Houck | BOS | SP |
281 | William Contreras | MIL | C |
282 | Tyler Stephenson | CIN | C |
283 | Clay Holmes | NYY | RP |
284 | Spencer Steer | CIN | 1B/3B |
285 | Sean Manaea | SF | SP |
286 | Drew Smyly | CHC | SP |
287 | Orlando Arcia | ATL | 2B/SS |
288 | Ramon Laureano | OAK | OF |
289 | Joey Gallo | MIN | 1B/OF |
290 | Bryan Abreu | HOU | RP |
291 | Cal Raleigh | SEA | C |
292 | DJ LeMahieu | NYY | 1B/2B/ 3B |
293 | Yusei Kikuchi | TOR | SP |
294 | Brusdar Graterol | LAD | RP |
295 | A.J. Puk | MIA | RP |
296 | Brandon Marsh | PHI | OF |
297 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | SP |
298 | Brent Rooker | OAK | OF |
299 | Patrick Wisdom | CHC | 3B |
300 | Louie Varland | MIN | SP |
301 | Mike Yastrzemski | SF | OF |
302 | Dean Kremer | BAL | SP |
303 | Manuel Margot | TB | OF |
304 | Jonah Heim | TEX | C |
305 | Trevor Rogers | MIA | SP |
306 | Taj Bradley | TB | SP |
307 | Jesse Winker | MIL | OF |
308 | Kyle Finnegan | WSH | RP |
309 | Marco Gonzales | SEA | SP |
310 | Keibert Ruiz | WSH | C |
311 | Lance McCullers | HOU | SP |
312 | Tylor Megill | NYM | SP |
313 | J.D. Davis | SF | 3B |
314 | Kyle Wright | ATL | SP |
315 | Matt Brash | SEA | RP |
316 | Elias Diaz | COL | C |
317 | Matt McLain | CIN | SS |
318 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | SP |
319 | Triston Casas | BOS | 1B |
320 | Jeimer Candelario | WSH | 3B |
321 | Isaac Paredes | TB | 1B/2B/ 3B |
322 | Matthew Boyd | DET | SP |
323 | Trent Grisham | SD | OF |
324 | Jorge Lopez | MIN | RP |
325 | LaMonte Wade Jr. | SF | 1B/OF |
326 | Aaron Civale | CLE | SP |
327 | Nick Senzel | CIN | 3B/OF |
328 | Brayan Bello | BOS | SP |
329 | Gregory Soto | PHI | RP |
330 | Taylor Rogers | SF | RP |
331 | Adam Ottavino | NYM | RP |
332 | Leody Taveras | TEX | OF |
333 | Jose Siri | TB | OF |
334 | Max Kepler | MIN | OF |
335 | Myles Straw | CLE | OF |
336 | Rich Hill | PIT | SP |
337 | JP Sears | OAK | SP |
338 | Marcell Ozuna | ATL | OF |
339 | Logan Allen | CLE | SP |
340 | Bryan De La Cruz | MIA | OF |
341 | James Karinchak | CLE | RP |
342 | Brett Baty | NYM | 3B |
343 | Joe Kelly | CHW | RP |
344 | Johan Oviedo | PIT | SP |
345 | Noah Syndergaard | LAD | SP |
346 | Michael Lorenzen | DET | SP |
347 | Sixto Sanchez | MIA | SP |
348 | Alejandro Kirk | TOR | C |
349 | J.P. Crawford | SEA | SS |
350 | Eric Lauer | MIL | SP |
351 | Gabriel Moreno | ARI | C |
352 | Mason Miller | OAK | SP |
353 | Nate Pearson | TOR | RP |
354 | Alex Kirilloff | MIN | 1B/OF |
355 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | SP |
356 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | SP |
357 | Graham Ashcraft | CIN | SP |
358 | Jake McCarthy | ARI | OF |
359 | Zack Greinke | KC | SP |
360 | Erik Swanson | TOR | RP |
361 | Hector Neris | HOU | RP |
362 | Adrian Houser | MIL | SP |
363 | Royce Lewis | MIN | SS |
364 | Tarik Skubal | DET | SP |
365 | Jack Suwinski | PIT | OF |
366 | Edward Olivares | KC | OF |
367 | Jordan Lyles | KC | SP |
368 | Garrett Cooper | MIA | 1B |
369 | Oscar Gonzalez | CLE | OF |
370 | Corey Kluber | BOS | SP |
371 | Wilmer Flores | SF | 1B/2B/ 3B |
372 | Dylan Floro | MIA | RP |
373 | Pierce Johnson | COL | RP |
374 | Ji Hwan Bae | PIT | 2B/OF |
375 | Kenta Maeda | MIN | SP |
376 | Michael Fulmer | CHC | RP |
377 | Griffin Canning | LAA | SP |
378 | Gio Urshela | LAA | 3B |
379 | Ha-Seong Kim | SD | 2B/SS/ 3B |
380 | Seth Lugo | SD | SP |
381 | Jon Berti | MIA | 2B/SS/3B |
382 | J.P. France | HOU | SP |
383 | Lucas Sims | CIN | RP |
384 | Wil Myers | CIN | 1B |
385 | Ken Waldichuk | OAK | SP |
386 | Avisail Garcia | MIA | OF |
387 | Mike Clevinger | CHW | SP |
388 | Tanner Scott | MIA | RP |
389 | Carlos Santana | PIT | 1B |
390 | Jordan Walker | STL | 3B/OF |
391 | Nick Martinez | SD | SP |
392 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | SP |
393 | Jake Burger | CHW | 3B |
394 | Jordan Hicks | STL | RP |
395 | Mark Canha | NYM | OF |
396 | Zach Neto | LAA | SS |
397 | Jose Leclerc | TEX | RP |
398 | Mike Soroka | ATL | SP |
399 | Brian Anderson | MIL | 3B/OF |
400 | Daniel Bard | COL | RP |