Top 150 Hitters for Fantasy Baseball 2026 – Week 10

Not as many charts as last time, but the rankings are as fresh as it gets.

• As a reminder, these rankings are geared toward a standard, daily, 12-team H2H redraft league, which is typically the most popular fantasy baseball format. They will only factor in the five standard categories: runs, RBI, home runs, batting average, and stolen bases.
• These are not best ball or draft and hold rankings. The 12-team redraft format with daily moves is the fundamental opposite of that. Pure volume plays are not valued as much here as in those no-move formats.
• I take rankings like this more as art than science. Every person’s rankings are influenced by their biases, strategic philosophies, risk assessments, and projections. It’s why no two rankings are ever exactly alike. My way of evaluating and ranking players has worked well for me, but it might not be an excellent fit for you. I can’t possibly predict your team’s specific needs, your leaguemates’ player evaluations, or your current waiver wire, and if I could, it’d be weird in a bad way.
• This is a safe space for me where I answer to no one but myself…and you if you leave a comment.
• I’m doing my best to use five starts or 10 appearances as the threshold for positional eligibility. I have not included presumed eligibilities based on likely new positions, but I’ll add them once those eligibilities are earned. This is just a maintenance thing, and we will update eligibility throughout the season. Feel free to let me know if I’m missing any!

 

Ranking Philosophy

 

To keep things in the same ilk, here are a couple of notes on how I generally evaluate hitters before we dive in:

 

• In 12-team formats, I don’t see much value in guys who only provide stolen bases. It’s an important category, especially in Roto, but in shallower formats, there are too many other (and better) ways to get the steals you need without sacrificing production in the other categories.
• No stat is an island, and they should all be taken in proper context. For ranking purposes, the primary starting points I use are plate discipline, wRC+, quality of contact metrics (also known as Statcast batted ball data), lineup context, and the skills we can measure using tools such as our PLV Hitter Attributes (available for PL Pro members). I also use various projections (some free, some I buy) and dollar value generators.
• Positional eligibility, specifically multi-eligibility, is neat but isn’t a huge factor in many 10- and 12-team leagues anymore due to the prevalence of multi-eligible players. It’s of more value in deeper contests like the NFBC or in leagues with limited roster moves (draft and hold leagues, transaction limits/costs, extremely short benches, etc.). Still, the value is fairly situational and context-dependent.
• Similarly, I don’t penalize players for only qualifying in the utility slot. At most, it is a mild inconvenience if a DH-only player is available at a great value and you already have filled your utility spots.
• Regardless of true talent, anyone talented enough to make it to the big leagues can be brilliant or putrid for 50 to 100 at-bats. It could even last over a month with no change in potential or skill. It also could be wildly meaningful. We can’t and don’t know which will be valid until it’s over, though track record, scouting, and trends can give us hints.
• One of the most difficult things to account for in these rankings is the dynamic between low-ceiling players who have clear roles and players who could have higher ceilings but are without a clear path to playing time. I try to note this in the blurbs as much as I can.
• THIS IS NOT A TRADE CHART. Trade charts need to account for “market” value, which is largely perception-based.

 

Read The Notes

 

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Tier 1 

 

• It should go without saying, but if you’re in a daily league where you can use Ohtani as a hitter and a pitcher, then he’s by far the best fantasy player in the land.

 

Tier 2

 

• No changes in here, though if you’re in points leagues with a strikeout penalty, you could argue that Tier 1 should extend all the way through Yordan Alvarez.

 

Tier 3 

 

• James Wood is striking out 30% of the time in his last 40 plate appearances, but as long as he doesn’t get into the high-30s or 40s before correcting the issue, things will be fine.
• Nick Kurtz either has zero home runs in his last 10 games or three in his last four. That’s a side effect of his limited contact ability. Just weather those storms and you’ll be handsomely rewarded.
• Ronald Acuña Jr. sure showed me. Now here’s to hoping he stays healthy and finds that kind of power more often.

 

Tier 4

 

• Oneil Cruz might just be such a force of nature that he doesn’t need things like “plate discipline”. That approach likely doesn’t have a lot of longevity, but it’s going to be a lot of fun to watch while it lasts.
• Vladimir Guerrero has just one home run and 12 RBI in his last 38 games, but look on the bright side…at least he has four steals in that stretch! Seriously though, unless you’re in a points league you’re likely frustrated with these results. I wish I could tell you it’s just bad luck, but the reality is that Vladito is hitting a ton of grounders and infield flies. The latter is a short-term problem that is likely to fade, but the former is something he’s struggled with his entire career.

 

Tier 5 

 

• Jordan Walker has slowed down a little bit, mostly due to some extra grounders. As you can see in the chart, Walker’s wOBA is closely tied to how well he gets the ball off the ground.

• Freddie Freeman has 23 combined runs and RBI in his last 11 games, which is an absurd collection of counting stats in such a short time. I guess batting third for the Dodgers has its perks.

 

Tier 6

 

• Josh Naylor hasn’t fully made up for his atrocious start to the season; that said, he’s made up for quite a bit of lost time and should get close to the 20 home runs and 30 steals from 2025. The .290 batting average is likely out of reach, though, and the runs and RBI totals will each likely fall 10-15 short, though not all of that is his fault. Still, the final outcome should be a top-30 hitter from here on out, even if he doesn’t quite finish that high.
• Fernando Tatis Jr. is finally on the board for home runs! I still am holding out hope that he has a month where he smacks seven or more homers and at least slightly rights the ship to get to 15-17 total dingers to go with 30-40 steals and a plus batting average.
• Miguel Vargas has never shown us this much power for this long before, and that’s pretty exciting stuff. He’s been one of baseball’s very best hitters, and since April 19, only one player has a better xwOBA (Yordan Alvarez). It’s one thing to do that for a few weeks, but this is a 41-game sample for Vargas as an elite hitter, and I’m starting to buy in long-term.
• Kyle Tucker has shown signs of life here and there, and being part of the Dodger lineup should keep his counting stats strong. I suspect Tucker will find his way to a sixth consecutive season with at least 20 home runs and double-digit steals, but even if a hot streak is on the way, he hasn’t shown us the skills that made him a top-15 hitter for so long. At some point, a barrel rate that has been nearly cut in half, back-to-back seasons with persistent injuries, and large stretches of poor performance in 2025 and 2026 start to outweigh the extremely steady performances of years past. Don’t be silly and cut him, though. We aren’t even close to that point yet in 10-12 teamers.
• Mike Trout is getting streakier as he gets older, but while healthy, he’s remained an excellent hitter. In OBP leagues, I’d have him up inside the top-30.
• Bryan Reynolds has been one of the steadiest hitters of the season, which used to be his calling card back from 2021-2024. It’s nice to see that version returning after a down 2025.

 

Tier 7 

 

• Trea Turner has come back from poor starts before. In fact, he was very nearly this bad in 2023, rolling into August with just a .242/.296/.378 batting line only to go absolutely ballistic the rest of the season, hitting 16 home runs with a tidy 1.000 OPS over the final two months to salvage his season. That history is mildly comforting, as we’ve seen him pull this off, but counting on two incredible months is a tall order for even the most fervent supporter.
• JJ Bleday is the biggest riser in the top-50, and even though he isn’t making contact quite as well as he used to per our PLV metrics, he has solidified himself in the heart of the Reds’ batting order and has kept the strikeout rate extremely manageable. He’s also continued to swing the bat extremely hard compared to years past, and barreling up the ball regularly. He’s been a top-20 hitter in standard leagues over the last 30 days, and while that pace is not realistic to expect from Bleday’s breakout, I think a top-50 pace rest of the way is very much on the table.
• Pete Crow-Armstrong continues to show pop and speed. Again, I don’t think we see a run like he had last year, but there’s still a very good hitter in here.
• Just when Ozzie Albies looks like he’s falling apart, he goes on a tear. I think Albies will be a roller coaster all season, but one very much worth the price of the ticket. This might be a case where you just have to ignore the statcast data and just let nature take its course.

 

Tier 8

 

• Josh Jung has continued to avoid strikeouts in a way he never could before, without sacrificing any power or contact ability. While we once saw Jung as a candidate to hit 30 home runs, this more stable version is more likely to hit 20-22 with a .280 batting average. The ceiling won’t be quite as high, but the floor looks more solid than ever.
• Casey Schmitt hit a home run while I was working on this, so maybe this tiny fall was pointless, but the strikeouts were noticeably up in the last six games leading up to Thursday and the walks remain absent, so there’s some mild concern here that we could be looking at the start of a cold streak.
• Willson Contreras was a bit overdue for a bump, so he moves to a tier closer to his actual performance on the season. He has been mostly quiet over the last week or two, but there are no concerns from me. Just needed to readjust.

 

Tier 9 

 

• I do still believe Manny Machado will look like his old self eventually, but every week we wait, the less excited I am about it.
• Brent Rooker basically stopped walking the last few weeks and continues to strike out at a high clip. I had hoped 2025 represented a floor for Rooker after his brilliant 2024, but it now feels like a ceiling.
• At some point, a zone contact rate below 75% is going to start to bite you, and we might be seeing that with Rafael Devers. Pitchers are aggressively attacking him in the zone, and it’s working. He’s been especially poor against fastballs, which is a concern for a guy who has made a career feasting on them.

• Dillon Dingler aka Dillon Dinger has been white hot of late and has already eclipsed his home run total from all of 2024. I’m a little skeptical he can continue to maintain a home run-to-fly ball rate over 20% like he has so far.  Still, there’s a decent chance this rank is still considerably too low.
• Carson Benge continues to reap the rewards of the leadoff spot. As a reminder, Benge would definitely drop in these rankings if he slumped his way back into the bottom-third of the order by multiple tiers, but until then, the floor remains strong.

 

Tier 10

 

• I still have faith Eugenio Suárez is going to turn it back on soon, and I am not that turned off by how bad he’s been while cold because that’s just how cold streaks are with these extreme power hitters.
• Spencer Steer continues to show off all three PLV skills (decision value, contact ability, and power), and I love that. The one odd bit is that Steer has been so average against right-handed pitching. Even in his standout May, Steer had an uninspiring .688 OPS against right-handers, though he smashed lefties to the tune of a 1.100 OPS. That should level out a little bit, and until he stops showing all three skills (something he has never done before, not even when he put up those strong seasons in the early 2020’s), I’ll be interested.

 

Tier 11

There is a lot of turnover from this point on, so don’t read too deeply into a +10 or higher.

• Austin Riley just hasn’t been what we hoped so far this season. This ranking is still too high to drop for merely a short-term play in all but the shallowest of formats, though I’ve noticeably ranked Riley right next to players who are rostered far less frequently than he is. Make of that what you will.
• Speaking of all three PLV skills, Curtis Mead is doing it all! I touched on him briefly at the back of the list last week, and found myself adding him everywhere to see how real this can be. Mead was a touted prospect early on with the Rays, though he never really found any footing in that notably fickle organization. You wouldn’t think landing in Washington would revive a guy’s offensive performance, but the Nats have been one of baseball’s toughest offenses to face, and Mead has inserted himself right into the middle of the order. Mead is an incredibly patient hitter at the plate, shows plus contact skills, and has now added a double-digit barrel rate and a 50% pull rate to the mix. Now, seeing a player spike his home run-to-fly ball rate and his pull rate at the same time generally screams good fortune, but when you combine the pedigree and the opportunity with the excellent PLV metrics, I think the gamble is more than worth it.

• Tyler Soderstrom continues to do enough to stay in this tier, which is more or less me trying to figure out whether he’s going to truly show us a 30-home run ceiling or if he’s just a back-end outfielder.

 

Tier 12

 

• Isaac Paredes seems to be finding a groove, and it may not be long before he jumps up these rankings. I still believe in the version of Paredes who can pull balls right down the line to the tune of 30 home runs for Houston (he has 27 in 159 games for them so far, after all).
• There’s some good fortune driving Ezequiel Duran’s success, as he outperformed his expected slugging by 66 points since the start of May, but even if that good luck fades away, there’s a useful hitter here who can provide some ratios and cover a lot of positions.
• Chandler Simpson isn’t hitting or running, which makes him a massive sandbag on your roster. I never thought we’d see a month like May, where Simpson stole just three bases and was caught a whopping five times, but here we are. If you drafted Simpson, it’s because you have a giant hole in stolen bases and can’t really afford to give up on him yet, though those of you in points leagues should cut bait and run to someone who can actually hit for some power.
• Welcome back, Gleyber Torres! The Tigers looked like a new team since his return, and as long as they can hit just a little bit, the tandem of Torres and McGonigle at the top of the order should give Torres a chance to score a lot of runs and be a useful second baseman (even if he isn’t an exciting one).

 

Tier 13

 

• Jung Hoo Lee has bounced back well from his trip to the IL and would be ranked in Tier 11 if this were geared towards points leagues. It shouldn’t be long before he’s back in the leadoff role.
• Jake McCarthy is hitting a bit, and the Rockies are about to be at home for two series. That’s all it takes. Oh, and he can run.
• Bryce Eldridge is showing a lot of positive signs at the plate in recent days, and now is the time to strike if you haven’t already. He extended his on-base streak to 11 games Thursday and has cut the strikeouts while also finally tapping into that prodigious power. He’s also found his way into starting lineups against left-handed pitching, and when he doesn’t play, he still gets to pinch-hit. Eldridge has clear 30+ home run power and cannot be left on the wire in any 10+ team format, starting now.
• Vaugh Grissom is hitting third for the Angels and roping doubles all over the place. He isn’t likely to hit a lot of home runs or steal bases, but he’ll put a lot of balls in play, and that could lead to decent counting stats if Grissom keeps hitting third.
• Paul Goldschmidt is hot right now, and there seem to be plenty of at-bats to go around, especially if Judge is out for a while. I don’t really believe in this performance long-term as he hasn’t shown a home run-to-fly ball rate like this for extended periods since he was a Cardinal and has been mostly been average (or worse) in his time with the Yankees, but if you want to see if there’s one last run in this old bat, now’s the time.
• Cam Smith has shown us flashes, only to disappoint us for weeks afterward, but I’m ready to get hurt again.
• Wade Meckler is more of a points league play than anything else, but I can’t deny the early results. If you need ratrios or just a hot bat who doesn’t strike out much, here you go.
• Nick Gonzales doesn’t have a ton of power or speed, but he’s found a way to hit for a ton of batting average so far if you’re in need, and the Pirates’ offense has been surprisingly competent.
• I kept Kyle Stowers, Ryan Waldschmidt, Alec Bohm, Austin Martin, Zack Gelof, Luke Raley, and Dansby Swanson ranked because I felt they had a decent chance of coming right back on this list if they had a bad week. Make no mistake, though, they are very much on the bubble. Even Raley, because even though the results have been good lately, the strikeout rate has gotten out of control, and I want off that ship before it sinks.

 

Rank	Hitter	Team	Position	Change
1	Shohei OhtaniT1	LAD	DH	+1
2	Juan Soto T2	NYM	OF	+1
3	José Ramírez	CLE	3B	+1
4	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	OF	+1
5	Julio Rodríguez	SEA	OF	+1
6	Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS	+1
7	James Wood	WSH	OF	+4
8	Nick Kurtz	ATH	1B	+4
9	Ben Rice	NYY	C, 1B	+4
10	Shea Langeliers	ATH	C	+4
11	Corbin Carroll T3	ARI	OF	-1
12	Matt Olson	ATL	1B	+4
13	Byron Buxton	MIN	OF	+2
14	CJ Abrams	WSH	SS	+10
15	Jackson Chourio	MIL	OF	+16
16	Brice Turang	MIL	2B	+13
17	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	OF	-8
18	Jordan Walker	STL	OF	+8
19	Cody Bellinger T4	NYY	1B	+2
20	Bryce Harper	PHI	1B	-3
21	Randy Arozarena	SEA	OF	+16
22	Michael Harris II	ATL	OF	+8
23	Junior Caminero	TB	3B	-1
24	Pete Alonso	BAL	1B	+1
25	William Contreras T5	MIL	C	+14
26	Hunter Goodman	COL	C	+20
27	Ivan Herrera	STL	C, DH	+11
28	Andy Pages	LAD	OF	-1
29	Zach Neto	LAA	SS	+3
30	Miguel Vargas	CWS	1B, 3B	+34
31	Josh Naylor T6	SEA	1B	-11
32	Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	+10
33	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	OF	+30
34	Jeremy Peña	HOU	SS	+26
35	Christian Yelich	MIL	OF	+21
36	Yandy Díaz	TB	1B	+22
37	Otto Lopez	MIA	2B, SS	+14
38	Ketel Marte	ARI	2B	-19
39	Dillon Dingler	DET	C	+53
40	Riley Greene	DET	OF	+3
41	Bryan Reynolds	PIT	OF	+20
42	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. T7	TOR	1B	-19
43	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	OF	-2
44	Kevin McGonigle	DET	SS	+1
45	Sal Stewart	CIN	1B, 3B	-5
46	Josh Jung	TEX	3B	+38
47	Casey Schmitt	SF	1B, 2B, 3B	+3
48	Ian Happ	CHC	OF	+4
49	Trea Turner	PHI	SS	-21
50	Xavier Edwards	MIA	2B, SS	+7
51	Brandon Lowe	PIT	2B	+4
52	Mike Trout T8	LAA	OF	+10
53	JJ Bleday	CIN	OF	+27
54	Liam Hicks	MIA	C, 1B	+18
55	Samuel Basallo	BAL	C	+21
56	Jonathan Aranda	TB	1B	-7
57	Willson Contreras	BOS	1B	+38
58	Gunnar Henderson	BAL	SS	-22
59	Kyle Tucker	LAD	OF	-25
60	Alec Burleson	STL	1B, OF	+15
61	Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B	+25
62	Carson Benge T9	NYM	OF	+31
63	Willy Adames	SF	SS	+11
64	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	2B, 3B	-11
65	Christian Walker	HOU	1B	+12
66	Brandon Marsh	PHI	OF	+30
67	Corey Seager	TEX	SS	+UR
68	Max Muncy	LAD	3B	+19
69	Daylen Lile	WSH	OF	+10
70	Luis Arraez	SF	1B, 2B	+15
71	Gabriel Moreno T10	ARI	C	+42
72	Adley Rutschman	BAL	C	+42
73	Colson Montgomery	CWS	SS	+16
74	Spencer Steer	CIN	1B, OF	+44
75	Ernie Clement	TOR	1B, 2B, 3B, SS	+30
76	JJ Wetherholt	STL	2B, SS	-9
77	Tyler Soderstrom	ATH	1B, OF	+44
78	Luis García Jr.	WSH	2B	+32
79	Isaac Paredes	HOU	3B	+52
80	Brent Rooker	ATH	OF	-32
81	Rafael Devers T11	SF	1B	-34
82	Michael Busch	CHC	1B	-11
83	Trent Grisham	NYY	OF	+16
84	Jo Adell	LAA	OF	+20
85	Wyatt Langford	TEX	OF	+UR
86	Jung Hoo Lee	SF	OF	+UR
87	Jake Bauers	MIL	1B, OF	+35
88	Ceddanne Rafaela	BOS	2B, OF	+3
89	Nico Hoerner	CHC	2B, SS	-21
90	Sam Antonacci	CWS	2B, OF	-
91	Kazuma Okamoto T12	TOR	3B	+7
92	Jake Burger	TEX	1B	+5
93	Seiya Suzuki	CHC	OF	-12
94	Salvador Perez	KC	C, 1B	-24
95	Jarren Duran	BOS	OF	+6
96	Manny Machado	SD	3B	-42
97	Eugenio Suárez	CIN	3B	-32
98	Alex Bregman	CHC	3B	-29
99	Curtis Mead	WSH	1B, 2B, 3B	+26
100	Carter Jensen	KC	C	+16
101	Spencer Horwitz	PIT	1B	+31
102	Ryan O’Hearn T13	PIT	1B	+UR
103	Wilyer Abreu	BOS	OF	-21
104	Brooks Lee	MIN	2B, 3B, SS	+4
105	Gleyber Torres	DET	2B	+UR
106	Jacob Young	WSH	OF	+27
107	Chase Meidroth	CWS	2B, SS	-13
108	Mookie Betts	LAD	SS	-49
109	Bryce Eldridge	SF	1B, DH	+UR
110	Matt Chapman	SF	OF	+UR
111	Taylor Ward	BAL	OF	+27
112	Colton Cowser	BAL	OF	+UR
113	Travis Bazzana	CLE	2B	-25
114	Zack Gelof	ATH	3B, SS, OF	+16
115	Bryson Stott	PHI	2B, SS	-8
116	Jake McCarthy T14	COL	OF	+UR
117	Keibert Ruiz	WSH	C	+12
118	Nick Gonzales	PIT	2B, 3B	+UR
119	Paul Goldschmidt	NYY	1B	+UR
120	Ezequiel Duran	TEX	2B, 3B, SS, OF	+8
121	Austin Riley	ATL	3B	-55
122	Maikel Garcia	KC	2B, 3B, SS, OF	-39
123	Bo Bichette	NYM	3B, SS	-20
124	Jackson Merrill	SD	OF	+10
125	Braden Montgomery	CWS	OF	+UR
126	TJ Rumfield	COL	1B, 3B	-24
127	José Caballero	NYY	2B, 3B, SS, OF	+8
128	Wade Meckler	LAA	OF	+UR
129	Jac Caglianone	KC	OF	+UR
130	A.J. Ewing T15	NYM	OF	+16
131	Jackson Holliday	BAL	2B	+18
132	Alec Bohm	PHI	3B	-17
133	Xander Bogaerts	SD	SS	-24
134	Chase DeLauter	CLE	OF	-34
135	Ezequiel Tovar	COL	SS	+15
136	Lars Nootbaar	STL	OF	+UR
137	Matt McLain	CIN	2B, SS	+10
138	David Hamilton	MIL	2B, 3B, SS	+UR
139	Dalton Rushing	LAD	C	+UR
140	Geraldo Perdomo	ARI	SS	-21
141	Brandon Nimmo	TEX	OF	-29
142	Mauricio Dubón	ATL	2B, 3B, SS, OF	+UR
143	Cam Smith	HOU	OF	+UR
144	Brayan Rocchio	CLE	SS	-20
145	Jakob Marsee	MIA	OF	-22
146	Kyle Manzardo	CLE	1B	-5
147	Chandler Simpson	TB	OF	-69
148	Nolan Arenado	ARI	3B	-31

 

Catcher

• Austin Wells (C, NYY) — Love the walks, and he’s been unlucky with batted balls. Viable second catcher.
• Dalton Rushing (C, LAD) — Lost all of the early-season magic and is not showing any signs of getting it back. Zero extra-base hits over his last 21 appearances (65 PA).
• Brandon Valenzuela (C, TOR) — His minor league track record is uninspiring at best.
• Tyler Stephenson (C, CIN) — A fine fill-in if you just lost your catcher.
• Edgar Quero (C, CWS) — Making the most of very limited playing time.
• J.T. Realmuto (C, PHI) — Not the hitter he once was, but plays often and doesn’t strike out a ton.

First Base

• Andrew Vaughn (1B, MIL) — Streamer with upside if he breaks out of this platoon with Bauers.
• Nolan Schanuel (1B, LAA) — Points league streamer who is on the IL.
• Spencer Torkelson (1B, DET) — A few signs of life, but I can’t rank him quite yet.
• Vinnie Pasquantino (1B, KCR) — The plate discipline is good lately, but nothing else is palatable.
• Mark Vientos (1B/3B, NYM) — Swinging at everything lately, which means a ton of poor contact and zero walks.
• Nathaniel Lowe (1B, CIN) — Streaky lefty platoon guy.
• Ildemaro Vargas (1B/2B, ARI) — The magic has evaporated, though his tendency to put a lot of balls in play makes him somewhat useful in points.

Second Base

• Cole Young (2B, SEA) — The plate discipline has improved, but there’s just not that much category juice in this bat.
• David Hamilton (2B/SS, MIL) — Middle infielder who plays most of the time and steals bases. Might be slightly more interesting if he keeps walking.
• Willi Castro (2B/3B/OF, COL) — Utility streamer at home.
• Jeff McNeil (2B/OF, ATH) — Points league streamer.
• Mauricio Dubón (2B/3B/SS/OF, ATL) — Eligible everywhere and a fine short-term streamer, especially in points.
• Marcus Semien (2B, NYM) — Hit some home runs recently but I don’t see more than a boring plug-in when you are desperate.
• Edwin Arroyo (2B/SS, CIN) — Hit well in the minors this season but his overall track record is not that exciting. Just a streamer in deeper formats.
• Matt McLain (2B/SS, CIN) — Streamer at home, I guess.
• Angel Martínez (2B/OF, CLE) — Hitting .176/.176/.255 since that weird onslaught of homers in mid-May.

Third Base

• Coby Mayo (1B/3B, BAL) — Showing some signs of life, but the strikeout rate is still way too high for a guy with an average walk rate.
• Matt Chapman (3B, SFG) — I’m sure he’ll go on a hot streak at some point and get re-ranked, but if you’re in a 10-12 teamer, it’s OK to move on if there are ranked players available.
• Brady House (3B, WAS) — Despite the rough plate discipline, I was shocked to see him go to the minors.
• Royce Lewis (3B, MIN) — Getting sent down was not on my bingo card. Not a ton of mixed league formats where he’s a must-roster.
• Javier Sanoja (2B/3B/SS/OF, MIA) — Might be ranked in points. Slaps the ball around and can play almost anywhere.
• Blaze Alexander (2B/3B/SS/OF, BAL) — Racking up some hits against lefties of late, but may not play as much when the Orioles see more right-handers.
• Brett Baty (1B/2B/3B, NYM) — Can’t seem to string together more than a week’s worth of good plate appearances.

Shortstop

• Colt Emerson (SS, SEA) — The power hasn’t really shown up yet, but if it does, maybe he hits the back of the list.
• Nasim Nuñez (SS, WSN) — Speed streamer.
• Anthony Volpe (SS, NYY) — He’s back up for a little. Might steal some bags, but I’m not interested outside of dynasty.
• Ha-Seong Kim (2B/SS, ATL) — Looks like a starter, now the question is whether I care. Injuries and limited effectiveness have made him mostly unworthy of a roster spot in 12-teamers since 2021.
• Masyn Winn (SS, STL) — Had two fun weeks but has quieted down to a below-replacement option.
• Tristan Gray (SS, MIN) — Some random RBI from the bottom of the Twins’ batting order is cool but not something I’d keep counting on.
• Dansby Swanson (SS, CHC) — Bumped off due to O’Hearn needing to be added in. The slumps have been worse than ever and the position is deep enough that you can move on.

Outfield/DH

• Mike Yastrzemski (OF, ATL) — Streaky lefty platoon guy.
• Dominic Canzone (OF, SEA) — Streaky lefty platoon guy.
• Owen Caissie (OF, MIA) — Streaky lefty platoon guy.
• Gavin Sheets (1B/OF, SDP) — Streaky lefty platoon guy.
• Noelvi Marte (OF, CIN) — He’s back up, but I see Marte as just a speculative play in deep leagues. He’s been too awful at the major league level the last few years for me to have any FOMO about his minor league performance.
• Jesús Sánchez (OF, TOR) — Streamer who hits in a good spot in the lineup with middling results.
• Henry Bolte (OF, ATH) — Batted ball luck is driving up that batting average. The speed is real, and the early strikeout rate is encouraging, but more of a lottery ticket than a sure-fire contributor outside of the steals.
• Jorge Soler (OF, LAA) — Streaky power streamer.
• Garrett Mitchell (OF, MIL) — Takes walks and has a power-speed blend, but the strikeouts are maddening.
• Ramón Laureano (OF, SDP) — Is the magic fading as quickly as it appeared?
• Jac Caglianone (OF, KCR) — The power is there, but the decision-making is awful, and the contact ability is volatile at best.
• Steven Kwan (OF, CLE) — There is no path to success with an average exit velocity under 82 mph.
• Carlos Cortes (OF, ATH) — Might be ranked if this were geared towards points and OBP.
• Dylan Crews (OF, WAS) — I just don’t see enough to get excited about.
• Justin Crawford (OF, PHI) — Lost interest until the walk rate is closer to 10%.
• Ryan Ward (OF, LAD) — His minor league numbers (36 dingers and 122 RBI in 2025!) would be more eye-popping if it hadn’t been his age-27 season in the hitter-friendly PCL. There’s some power upside here, but playing time may be tough to come by, and he’ll likely hit low in the batting order. A fifth outfielder stream in deep leagues.
• Evan Carter (OF, TEX) — He’s somewhat in a platoon, but stealing some bases and is worth a stream if you need some speed.
• Joc Pederson (DH, TEX) — The streaky veteran southpaw still has a few tricks up his sleeve, but don’t expect it to last very long, and don’t expect him to get any looks against lefties.
• Leody Taveras (OF, BAL) — A second hot streak in the same half of a season? Weird. I’d feel a lot better about his chances of staying an everyday guy if he could hit lefties (career 73 wRC+ against them).
• Jacob Gonzalez (OF, CWS) — Hit more HR in his first 52 games in triple-A this season then he had in almost 300 games from 2023-2025. Go ahead and stream if you have an open spot and want to roll the dice, but when a player’s HR/FB% was previously below 5% and now it’s above 30%, I’m going to have some healthy skepticism.
• Joshua Baez (OF, STL) — Nootbaar’s return muddies the water a bit on when he might debut. There’s definitely power here, but the 30.8% strikeout rate in triple-A so far scares me.
• Kerry Carpenter (OF, DET) — Starting to feel like a streaky lefty platoon guy (albeit one of the better ones).
• Miguel Andujar (OF, SDP) — Just a streamer for some ratios and RBI when he’s hot.