Top 150 Hitters for Fantasy Baseball 2026 – Week 13

 

• 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 

 

• No changes here.

 

Tier 2

 

• Welcome back, Elly De La Cruz! He already has three hard-hit balls in his first two games back, so I’d say we’re back on track.

 

Tier 3 

This tier has expanded considerably, as I think this group of players could be sorted in a lot of different ways without invoking an argument from me.

• A three-homer game from Kyle Schwarber is nothing but a reminder that the king of streakiness remains incredibly good at crushing baseballs.
• My goodness, when Pete Crow-Armstrong is hot, he is blazing. Here’s to hoping he finds a way to get back to this level of play (or maintains it for the rest of the season) so we know what to do with him going forward.
• Shea Langeliers is hitting just .193 in June despite spending nearly half of the month on an extremely hitter-friendly homestand, though at least the strikeouts have stayed down.
• Drake Baldwin will most likely be fine, but it’s hard to ignore how out of sync he looks on his return. In those eight appearances, Baldwin has just two hits, zero walks (one HBP), and a whopping 19 strikeouts (57.6% strikeout rate). In four of those eight appearances, he’s struck out at least three times. The strikeout rate had been climbing slightly before he hit the IL, but it has skyrocketed since his return. Strikeouts were never an issue for Baldwin in the minors or the majors, so I have faith he will correct the issue, but it’s impossible to ignore at the moment.
• Welcome back, Francisco Lindor! I am not at all concerned about the lame stat line from his rehab.
• Jordan Walker has been remarkably lackluster of late, slashing .237/.268/.237 in his last 10 games with two walks to 12 strikeouts and a 48.1% groundball rate. He’s also hit the ball to dead center or the opposite way 70.4% of the time. These are yellow flags rather than red ones, and I do think he’ll adjust.

 

Tier 4

The majority of the red in this tier comes from the return of De La Cruz and Lindor.

• Over his last 15 games, Miguel Vargas has an expected average of .310 and an expected slugging of .569, thanks to a 14.6% barrel rate. Unfortunately, his real batting average is 82 points lower than expected, and his slugging is .201 points lower than expected. If someone hasn’t noticed this huge discrepancy, now is the time to make offers for Vargas.
• Welcome back, Randy Arozarena! Love to see the minimum IL stay, and here’s to hoping that the brief disruption didn’t throw off the mojo of this historically streaky hitter.

 

Tier 5 

 

• The continued excellence of Otto Lopez is easily one of the biggest surprises of the season, as almost nothing in that 260-game sample from 2024-2025 indicated he had this kind of ceiling. I still wouldn’t count on more than 15 home runs on the season, but the fact he’s running so much (he’s on pace for 32 steals by year end) raises the floor, and while continuing to hit .340 is not quite a realistic expectation, I think Lopez can hit .280 or better the rest of the way (which is more in line with the underlying batted ball data).
• Hunter Goodman isn’t going to go back to hitting .278 like he did last year, as a lot of that was good fortune (even when you factor in the favorable home park), but he’s well on his way to hitting 35 or more homers on the season. There will be ups and downs due to his aggressive approach, but just leave him plugged in as your catcher and don’t overthink it. He’s a top-5 catcher.
• Yandy Díaz has just one home run this month, but I still expect him to get to 20 home runs on the season with a .300 batting average and a .400 OBP. If you’re in an OBP or points league, you’d move Yandy up a tier.

 

Tier 6

 

• Sure, Jazz is hitting just .197 in June, but the six homers, 10 steals, .310 OBP, and .479 slugging tell the real story as Jazz has been much more consistent this month. There will be more ups and downs as we go, but this is why you drafted Jazz: because he has the upside to clear 60 combined homers and steals.
• It has been a forgettable June for Andy Pages as he’s struggled to find the barrel of the bat when making contact, but the Dodgers continue to bat him second, which means the opportunity remains ripe for Pages to pile up runs and RBI even if he’s not crushing the ball. Hopefully, we see some signs of life before the Break, but even if not, it’s hard to imagine Pages falling outside the top-60 anytime soon, given the legit showings of force from earlier this season and the excellent spot he has in an excellent lineup.
• Wyatt Langford was one of baseball’s top prospects for a reason, and he’s showing it off over the last two weeks. In his last 13 games, Langford has six homers, 24 combined runs and RBI, and two steals with fantastic ratios. Langford has struggled with consistency and injuries early in his career, but I’m still going to be quick to fly him up these rankings because you never know when he’ll figure out the adjustments to find that consistency.
• This week’s featured player is Carter Jensen, who also jumped up quite a bit in the last list, as he has been a shining star in the leadoff role for Kansas City. While Jac Caglianone is the one making headlines (more on him shortly), Jensen is the one on a 16-game hitting streak, slashing .344/.389/.641 with four homers (three in his last eight games), a steal, and 29 combined runs and RBI during this stretch. The primary area of growth for Jensen has been his ability to make contact, which has gone from abysmal to very good over the last month and a half. That improvement, assuming it holds to some extent, gives Jensen a much higher floor than we would have imagined back in April and early May, and is the driver of this jump in the ranks.

 

Tier 7 

 

• • Luis García Jr. Jr is a bit underrated because he’s in a platoon, but he has consistently shown excellent power and contact ability all season long. Sure, he’s not a plus decision-maker, but that’s fine because the hit tool more than makes up for his aggressive approach. Add in the fact that Washington’s offense has been tenacious this season, and you’ve got a very solid second baseman who has a fantastic floor.

  

• Kevin McGonigle continues to hit the ball hard and play with exceptional discipline, though the offense around him isn’t hitting, limiting his fantasy value. McGonigle is slashing .273/.378/.468 with more walks than strikeouts in June, which is basically what he has done every month this year. I mean, it’s not his fault that he has 11 combined hits and walks over his last seven games with zero runs scored, but it’s something we have to consider in fantasy.

 

Tier 8

 

• It’s finally time to talk about Jac Caglianone. First things first: this isn’t luck. The underlying data suggests that his insane June (nine homers, 202 wRC+) is far more than just luck. Cags has more than enough power in his bat to clobber home runs until the cows come home, and he’s consistently finding the barrel of the bat these days. That said, there are a few things that will definitely change as time wears on, and understanding what they are helps us set expectations going forward.

  For example, there is no way Cags continues to hit line drives over 30% of the time for the rest of the season. That kind of line drive rate is reserved for slap-style hitters who are just trying to get the ball past the infield. I’d expect that number to settle closer to 22-25%, which means we have about 8 points to redistribute between fly balls and grounders. The more of those liners that become fly balls, the better, as Caglianone’s home run totals will be tied to his fly ball rate. One of the biggest thorns in Caglianone’s side as a major leaguer has been how often he hits the ball on the ground. If most of those liners convert to fly balls, then we could be looking at a top-30 bat (or better, depending on how long he sustains it). On the other hand, if most of those liners turn to grounders, you’ve basically got the subpar bat we saw from Cags in April and May.

  Also, it’s important to remember that this is the first time we’ve seen Caglianone show his upside in any real way. I’d truly love to be able to tell you that he’s “figured it out” and that this is who he is going forward, but baseball just doesn’t work that way, folks. It’s a game of constant adjustments and readjustments. Pitchers will change how they attack Cags, and Cags will change how he approaches at-bats.

  The question now, as I often point out at times like this, is how long can the heat last, and once it’s gone, how long does it take to come back? Many players have given us a flash like this and flamed out. For example, Christopher Morel had a stretch in 2023 where he hit nine homers in 12 games, and the statcast data (largely) backed it up. It wasn’t luck, but it wasn’t something he could recall with any consistency.

  I am not saying Caglianone is Morel, but what I am saying is that Statcast doesn’t tell us whether something can keep going: it only tells us whether it was deserved so far. The answer to that is a resounding yes, and therefore, Cags jumps up over 50 spots here.

• Sam Antonacci has been the model of consistency since he was called up, and a big part of that is showing plus metrics across all three of our PLV skills: contact ability, power, and decision-making. The former was something we all knew he’d bring to the table right away, but the power and decision-making have taken a little time to develop. That said, he’s rocking all three skills right now and looks like a locked-in second baseman for fantasy for the foreseeable future.

• Bo Bichette is still capable of lighting up the league for weeks at a time. Now let’s see if it can go months.

 

Tier 9 

 

• JJ Bleday is still swinging really hard, but the strikeouts are spiking lately, and the quality of contact is poor.
• Also, as a general note, this is the point in the rankings where I am going to get quite aggressive with moving outfielders up and down. In the standard league with 10-12 teams and three outfield spots, there’s just no need to carry water for middling infielders unless the upside is extremely high, so expect to see guys in this 50-75 range bounce around more than usual going forward.
• The Guardian’s offense is offensively bad right now, but not Travis Bazzana! It was pretty rough for the first half of the month, but Bazzana has popped some home runs of late and continues to steal bases. He’s outperforming his statcast metrics a bit, but some of that can be attributed to his speed.

 

Tier 10

 

• Paul Goldschmidt continues to have one of the biggest gaps between wOBA (.441) and xwOBA (.293) this month, or put another way, he ranks 6th in wOBA and 131st in xwOBA among 172 qualified hitters for June. It’s a big ol’ red flag in terms of sustaining production, but the opportunity is great, and he’s still hitting, so just keep cruising. That said, if you can trade him for a top-50 hitter, I’d do it right now.
• Welcome back, Corey Seager! This is much lower than his previous ranking, but the health issues and the lack of consistent performance have taken their toll on my faith in Seager.
• Nasim Nuñez is hitting well and stealing like crazy, but I only expect the latter to happen consistently. That said, he’s eligible at middle infield, and his .952 OPS over the last 17 games is considerably better than I thought his hot streaks could be.
• Christian Walker continues to trend downward, and I’m a bit worried that he’s only going to give us about two or three good months per season at this stage of his career (last year, it was basically just the second half).
• Josh Jung’s power outage continues as he has just two extra-base hits this month. There’s some mild bad luck involved, but not much (his .302 xwOBA is better than Goldy’s, if you want to put a positive spin on it, but it’s still quite bad). The groundball rate is fairly high compared to prior months, so that’s the first thing we need to see improve if we want to get excited again. If Jung were an outfielder, he’d have fallen further.
• Jasson Domínguez is hitting near the middle of the order against righties and lefties, and he’s putting some hits together with four stolen bases since his return, albeit with plenty of strikeouts. There’s risk here, but the opportunity and upside are worth scooping.

 

Tier 11

At this point in the ranks, you can start considering players as streamers in standard-size 10-12-team leagues. That doesn’t mean they are bad; it just means we are at/near the replacement level, as several of these guys are likely on your wire.

• Jo Adell has just one home run in June, and we still haven’t seen the power surge we’ve been hoping for. I’m not saying it won’t happen (he’s still as good a bet as anyone in the back half of the rankings to hit eight or more homers in a month), but there aren’t really any signs that it’s coming soon.
• Daulton Varsho is back and is on a hot streak, so go ahead and stream him. Injuries or a cold streak will hit eventually, but while he’s hot, he’s capable of piling up homers and steals. He did sit against a lefty, though, so that’s something worth keeping an eye on.
• Brandon Nimmo had horrific luck for most of May, but his fortunes are finally turning around. It also helps that he’s batting right next to scorching hot Wyatt Langford, so Nimmo should get plenty of counting stats whenever he can connect.
• Still a Curtis Mead fan despite the small fall. I’m just trying to get a feel for his true upside, as despite the barrage of home runs of late, he’s hitting just .189 on the month with a .259 OBP.
• Caleb Durbin was famously awful to start the season, but the light switch has flipped, particularly over his last eight games, where he’s hitting .481/.517/.926 (albeit with just a .288 xwOBA). He can cover second and third in many leagues, so while the expected stats don’t match the results, it might be worth a stream anyway in the event that he gets a bit better as the luck wears off.
• Michael Busch, Bryce Eldridge, and Willy Adames all had awful weeks. I’m definitely the most concerned about Adames in the group, as he’s the only one walking less and striking out more, though he also has the longest track record and covers the more premium position.
• Joe Mack has plenty of pop and is a solid fill-in for those who recently lost Rutschman or Hicks. Mack has done well to quiet the strikeout rate that he struggled with on his initial call-up and has steadily improved his quality of contact.

 

Tier 12

 

• Samad Taylor has risen from relative obscurity to hitting second for the Padres these days and already has six steals in just 16 games. I don’t think Taylor has much power to speak of (his hard-hit rate in triple-A was just 27.7%), but the speed and contact ability seem pretty legit, so if you need some slap-hitting speed in your lineup, Samad is a solid choice.
• Eugenio Suárez has as good a track record in the power department as anyone in the entire league, so this slow 2026 is both surprising and devastating. I understand if you need to move on in a 10-12 teamer, though if at all possible, I’d be trying to hold (it’s not like the wire is bursting with third basemen).
• Ernie Clement might not be able to hit, and if I could trade him for a top-100 player, I’d do it in a heartbeat.
• Matt Chapman is a cautionary tale of assuming a hot streak is the same as “figuring it out”, and it’s such a bummer to have seen it fade so quickly.
• Daylen Lile could be solid, but the inconsistent performance has been quite frustrating, and he’s no longer hitting line drives as he did in 2025. If those come back, he could jump right back up to the 70s.

 

Tier 13

Many players in this tier could be swapped out with guys on the Taxi Squad based on your specific needs.

• Dansby Swanson had one of the best series in baseball history and has shown to be streaky in the past. That means he’s fine to scoop if you need a shortstop, but I remain highly suspicious that he’s going to be solid for any extended period of time.
• Nick Loftin has quietly hit the ball well for the last week and covers multiple positions. Not a bad replacement if you just lost Zack Gelof or if you want to ride a hot hand over Ernie Clement.
• Chandler Simpson is running again, so he’s ranked. Not very high, mind you, but he’s ranked.
• Nolan Schanuel would be a tier higher in points leagues with a strikeout penalty as he’s ideal for that format.
• I think I want off the Jarren Duran rollercoaster.

 

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

 

UPDATE: I’ve separated the Taxi Squad and Injured List for my own organization. The Injured List will only focus on players who might actually get ranked on return.

Catcher

• Austin Wells (C, NYY) — Volume-based second catcher.
• Brandon Valenzuela (C, TOR) — Not playing nearly as much with Kirk back.
• Tyler Stephenson (C, CIN) — Boring-but-safe streamer when he’s at home.
• 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.
• Endy Rodríguez (C, PIT) — Hitting the ball hard and often lately. A solid streamer who has more upside than I initially thought.
• Dalton Rushing (C, LAD) — Not making much of this opportunity to be the feature backstop in Dodgerland.

First Base

• Spencer Torkelson (1B, DET) —Just let me have this one.
• Coby Mayo (1B/3B, BAL) — The strikeout issues just keep popping up.
• Andrew Vaughn (1B, MIL) — Just not enough playing time right now.
• Jared Young (1B, NYM) — He can get some RBI hitting behind Soto and a smoking-hot Bichette, but eventually he won’t be hitting fourth.

Second Base

• Cole Young (2B, SEA) — Love the low strikeout rate of late, but he’s hard to rank when hitting at the bottom of the order.
• Jeff McNeil (2B/OF, ATH) — Points league streamer.
• Marcus Semien (2B, NYM) — On the IL, but not a guy I intend to rank on his return.
• Angel Martínez (2B/OF, CLE) — Not worth holding on your IL unless it’s unlimited.
• Luke Keaschall (2B, MIN) — He hit another home run, but he’s at the bottom of the order and not stealing bases.
• Tommy Edman (2B/OF, LAD) — He led off against a lefty, but sat against a righty.
• David Hamilton (2B/3B/SS, MIL) — Speed streamer.
• Jackson Holliday (2B, BAL) — The strikeouts are spiking, and he’s batting at the bottom of the order.
• Ezequiel Duran (2B/3B/SS/OF, TEX) — He’s more versatile than he is useful.
• Vaughn Grissom (1B/2B/3B, LAA) — It was a fun 10-game stretch, but he’s lost his starting role.
• Matt McLain (2B/SS, CIN) — The strikeouts are back with a vengeance, though he’s hit the ball hard when he has made contact (which is not terribly often).
• Max Muncy (2B/3B, ATH) — The extreme contact issues make this Muncy wildly streaky and not a guy I’d be using unless I was a bit desperate and didn’t have to drop anyone.

Third Base

• Nolan Arenado (3B, ARI) — The power isn’t there anymore, but he can still provide ratios and RBI at a slightly above-average clip.
• Donovan Walton (3B, LAA) — Swinging a hot bat against righties and has great plate discipline, but not much more than a short-term points streamer in deeper leagues.
• Austin Riley (3B, ATL) — Now that I’ve finally done it, he’s going to turn it on.
• Kyle Karros (3B, COL) — Streamer at home.
• Jordan Lawlar (3B/OF, ARI) — This dude cannot catch a break.
• Noelvi Marte (3B/OF, CIN) — Those three straight games with a homer were cool but the strikeouts are piling up again.

Shortstop

• 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.
• Brayan Rocchio (SS, CLE) — He’s moved to the heart of the order, but without J-Ram, it’s not much of a batting order.
• Ezequiel Tovar (SS, COL) — Streamer at home.
• Xander Bogaerts (SS, SDP) — I was probably too slow to do this, but he was just so strong to start the season.
• Colt Emerson (3B/SS, SEA) — There’s long-term upside here, but I’m not waiting for it in 2026. He needs to figure out those holes in his swing and make more contact in the zone.
• JP Crawford (3B/SS, SEA) — He just gained eligibility at third and continues to lead off, but has not been hitting at all since coming off the IL.

Outfield/DH

• Kerry Carpenter (OF, DET) — The premier streaky lefty platoon guy.
• Mike Yastrzemski (OF, ATL) — Streaky lefty platoon guy.
• Owen Caissie (OF, MIA) — Streaky lefty platoon guy.
• Gavin Sheets (1B/OF, SDP) — Streaky lefty platoon guy.
• Luke Raley (OF, SEA) — Streaky lefty platoon guy.
• Mickey Moniak (OF, COL) — Sat against both lefties in his return, though he did pinch hit in both games. Streaky lefty platoon guy.
• Jesús Sánchez (OF, TOR) — Streaky lefty platoon guy.
• Jorge Soler (OF, LAA) — Streaky power streamer.
• Garrett Mitchell (OF, MIL) — Takes walks and has a power-speed blend, but the strikeouts are maddening.
• Steven Kwan (OF, CLE) — There is no path to success with an average exit velocity under 82 mph.
• Justin Crawford (OF, PHI) — Lost interest until the walk rate is closer to 10%.
• Joc Pederson (DH, TEX) — The ride is over.
• 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 than 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) — The strikeout rate has mildly improved in June, but this team already carries five guys who can play the corner outfield, and I worry that Baez still has too many holes in his swing to stash (unless you have an open minor league slot).
• Ryan Waldschmidt (OF, ARI) — Demoted. What a bummer. If he cleans up the strikeouts in triple-A, he could be interesting again.
• Ryan Ward (OF, LAD) — The power is legit, but I think the hit tool will be an issue.
• Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (OF, ARI) — I never know what to expect from him, and in a shallow league, I would just avoid the headache entirely.
• Jakob Marsee (OF, MIA) — If you’re desperate for speed, you should consider him part of the last tier.
• Wade Meckler (OF, LAA) — Points league play with limited pop or speed.
• Lawrence Butler (OF, ATH) — Feels like a flash from the favorable environment more than anything else.
• Jacob Young (OF, WAS) — Has shown signs here and there, but the wheels keep falling off soon after.
• Cam Smith (OF, HOU) — At some point, the heat will be real. But it hasn’t been yet.