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Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Nick Mariano's Rest-of-Season Outlooks for Jarred Kelenic, Nick Lodolo, Adley Rutschman, more

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Nick's updated top 300 fantasy baseball rankings for roto as of Week 3 (Apr 16, 2023). His rest-of-season rankings and projections for hitters and pitchers.

Welcome back RotoBallers! We are in Week 3 of the fantasy baseball season, so it's time for a rankings check-in. Below you will find Nick Mariano's updated 2023 fantasy baseball rankings and tiers for roto leagues (5x5 mixed leagues) as of April 16, 2023. These rankings are being released in mid-April and are looking at rest-of-season fantasy baseball rankings and player values for the rest of this MLB season from this point going forward.

The shift is banned, and we are headed toward a boom in offense in 2023. It's a small sample size, but homers are way up in 2023 as the ball is flying out of the yard. The average distance on flyballs is up, and homers are on pace to reach 2019 levels when 6,776 long balls were hit that year (671 more than any previous season). New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso and Baltimore Orioles outfielder Ryan Mountcastle lead the majors with six home runs in 2023.

Some players are off to a terrific start, while some have struggled mightily to start the year. Which of these starts do we take seriously, and which do we put less stock into? Is it time to elevate our expectations on certain players and elevate touted prospects into a higher tier for fantasy baseball leagues? How much patience must we show for highly-touted players who have struggled out of the gate, especially veterans with proven track records? Hopefully, the rankings below will give you some perspective on our thoughts on these topics and help you assess the strength of your rosters going forward. Let's see where players such as Jarred Kelenic, Nick Lodolo, Adley Rutschman, Jesus Luzardo, Alec Bohm, and Jordan Walker rank, all of who are off to incredible starts in 2023.

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Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Week 3 Update

These rankings will be updated every week throughout the season, so some of these situations are very fluid. It's not panic time yet, and we may not be ready to elevate hot-starting players into the elite yet, but it's certainly a good checkpoint for the long fantasy season. As always, be sure to stay on top of all of the MLB news with our running list of 24x7 fantasy baseball news and injuries. And if you don't yet have our free mobile app, be sure to download it and stay on top of all the MLB news and analysis with our free push notification alerts.

Nick Mariano's ranks are as of April 13th, 2023. They are for 5x5 category mixed roto leagues, and will be updated regularly on our main fantasy baseball rankings dashboard all season long. Be sure to read our daily fantasy baseball analysis articles as well.

 Tier Ranking Player Name Pos
1 1 Ronald Acuna Jr. OF
1 2 Aaron Judge OF
1 3 Julio Rodriguez OF
1 4 Trea Turner SS
1 5 Jose Ramirez 3B
1 6 Shohei Ohtani DH/SP
1 7 Kyle Tucker OF
2 8 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B
2 9 Gerrit Cole SP
2 10 Mookie Betts OF
2 11 Bo Bichette SS
2 12 Mike Trout OF
2 13 Manny Machado 3B
2 14 Yordan Alvarez OF
2 15 Rafael Devers 3B
2 16 Juan Soto OF
2 17 Freddie Freeman 1B
2 18 Jacob deGrom SP
2 19 Fernando Tatis Jr. SS/OF
2 20 Pete Alonso 1B
2 21 Matt Olson 1B
2 22 Austin Riley 3B
3 23 Randy Arozarena OF
3 24 Corbin Burnes SP
3 25 Bobby Witt Jr. 3B/SS
3 26 Sandy Alcantara SP
3 27 Spencer Strider SP
3 28 Marcus Semien 2B/SS
3 29 Shane McClanahan SP
3 30 Francisco Lindor SS
3 31 Paul Goldschmidt 1B
3 32 Luis Robert OF
3 33 Corbin Carroll OF
3 34 Aaron Nola SP
3 35 Zack Wheeler SP
3 36 Max Scherzer SP
3 37 Michael Harris II OF
3 38 Nolan Arenado 3B
3 39 Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B
3 40 Cristian Javier SP/RP
3 41 Shane Bieber SP
3 42 Luis Castillo SP
3 43 Julio Urias SP
3 44 Cedric Mullins II OF
3 45 Emmanuel Clase RP
3 46 Kyle Schwarber OF
3 47 Josh Hader RP
4 48 Kevin Gausman SP
4 49 Dylan Cease SP
4 50 Corey Seager SS
4 51 Devin Williams RP
4 52 Yu Darvish SP
4 53 Jordan Romano RP
4 54 Zac Gallen SP
4 55 Gleyber Torres 2B
4 56 Wander Franco SS
4 57 George Springer OF
4 58 J.T. Realmuto C
4 59 Justin Verlander SP
4 60 Daulton Varsho C/OF
4 61 Felix Bautista RP
4 62 Teoscar Hernandez OF
4 63 Bryan Reynolds OF
4 64 Starling Marte OF
4 65 Andres Gimenez 2B/SS
4 66 Framber Valdez SP
4 67 Adolis Garcia OF
4 68 Brandon Woodruff SP
5 69 Ryan Pressly RP
5 70 Nestor Cortes Jr. SP/RP
5 71 Ryan Helsley RP
5 72 Xander Bogaerts SS
5 73 Alex Bregman 3B
5 74 Joe Musgrove SP
5 75 Dansby Swanson SS
5 76 Will Smith C
5 77 Taylor Ward OF
5 78 Jose Abreu 1B
5 79 Willy Adames SS
5 80 Vinnie Pasquantino 1B
5 81 Byron Buxton OF
5 82 Ozzie Albies 2B
5 83 Amed Rosario SS/OF
5 84 Jeremy Pena SS
5 85 Steven Kwan OF
5 86 Alek Manoah SP
5 87 Tim Anderson SS
6 88 Max Fried SP
6 89 Clayton Kershaw SP
6 90 Nathaniel Lowe 1B
6 91 George Kirby SP
6 92 Carlos Rodon SP
6 93 Ryan Mountcastle 1B
6 94 Adley Rutschman C
6 95 Clay Holmes RP
6 96 Christian Yelich OF
6 97 Hunter Greene SP
6 98 Logan Webb SP
6 99 Nico Hoerner SS
6 100 Jesus Luzardo SP
6 101 Matt Chapman 3B
6 102 Salvador Perez C
6 103 Raisel Iglesias RP
6 104 Kris Bryant OF
6 105 Seiya Suzuki OF
6 106 Thairo Estrada 2B/SS/OF
6 107 Giancarlo Stanton OF
6 108 Freddy Peralta SP
6 109 Brandon Lowe 2B
6 110 Drew Rasmussen SP
6 111 Camilo Doval RP
6 112 Gunnar Henderson 3B/SS
6 113 Jake McCarthy OF
6 114 Anthony Santander OF
6 115 Willson Contreras C
7 116 Kenley Jansen RP
7 117 Chris Sale SP
7 118 Logan Gilbert SP
7 119 C.J. Cron 1B
7 120 Ty France 1B/3B
7 121 Jhoan Duran RP
7 122 David Bednar RP
7 123 Alec Bohm 1B/3B
7 124 Max Muncy 2B/3B
7 125 Joe Ryan SP
7 126 Pete Fairbanks RP
7 127 Pablo Lopez SP
7 128 Nick Castellanos OF
8 129 Jordan Walker 3B
8 130 Tyler Stephenson C
8 131 Kodai Senga SP
8 132 Hunter Renfroe OF
8 133 Carlos Correa SS
8 134 Tommy Edman 2B/SS
8 135 Alexis Diaz RP
8 136 Masataka Yoshida OF
8 137 Alejandro Kirk C
8 138 Nick Lodolo SP
8 139 Luis Severino SP
8 140 Paul Sewald RP
8 141 Blake Snell SP
8 142 Chris Bassitt SP
8 143 MJ Melendez C/OF
8 144 Lance Lynn SP
8 145 Tyler O'Neill OF
8 146 Eugenio Suarez 3B
8 147 Jonathan India 2B
8 148 Christian Walker 1B
8 149 Andrew Vaughn 1B/OF
8 150 Anthony Rizzo 1B
8 151 Brendan Donovan 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF
8 152 Ian Happ OF
8 153 Robbie Ray SP
8 154 Rowdy Tellez 1B
9 155 Jake Cronenworth 1B/2B/SS
9 156 Dustin May SP
9 157 William Contreras C
9 158 Ryan McMahon 2B/3B
9 159 Eloy Jimenez OF
9 160 Jordan Montgomery SP
9 161 Josh Rojas 2B/3B
9 162 Reid Detmers SP
9 163 Andrew Heaney SP
9 164 Sonny Gray SP
9 165 David Robertson RP
9 166 Evan Phillips RP
9 167 Liam Hendriks RP
9 168 Sean Murphy C
9 169 Bryce Harper OF
9 170 Brandon Nimmo OF
9 171 Jeff McNeil 2B/OF
9 172 Charlie Morton SP
9 173 Triston Casas 1B
9 174 Miguel Vargas OF
9 175 J.D. Martinez DH
10 176 Alex Verdugo OF
10 177 Kyle Wright SP
10 178 Whit Merrifield 2B/OF
10 179 Cody Bellinger OF
10 180 Brady Singer SP
10 181 Patrick Sandoval SP
10 182 Josh Naylor 1B/OF
10 183 Nathan Eovaldi SP
10 184 Anthony Rendon 3B
10 185 Anthony Volpe SS
10 186 Garrett Whitlock SP/RP
10 187 Scott Barlow RP
10 188 Ketel Marte 2B
10 189 Bryson Stott 2B/SS
10 190 Josh Bell 1B
10 191 Lars Nootbaar OF
11 192 Grayson Rodriguez SP
11 193 Alex Cobb SP
11 194 Ezequiel Tovar SS
11 195 Marcus Stroman SP
11 196 Luis Arraez 1B/2B
11 197 Riley Greene OF
11 198 Jose Altuve 2B
11 199 Brice Turang SS
11 200 Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B
11 201 Jose Miranda 1B/3B
11 202 Josh Jung 3B
11 203 Luis Garcia (SP) SP
11 204 Jon Gray SP
11 205 Jorge Polanco 2B
11 206 Jean Segura 2B
11 207 Logan O'Hoppe C/DH
11 208 Joey Meneses 1B/OF
11 209 Ramon Laureano OF
11 210 Michael Fulmer RP
11 211 Jorge Mateo SS
11 212 Tyler Glasnow SP
11 213 Jorge Lopez RP
11 214 Andrew Benintendi OF
11 215 Austin Hays OF
11 216 Garrett Mitchell OF
11 217 Tony Gonsolin SP
11 218 Tyler Mahle SP
11 219 Yandy Diaz 1B/3B
11 220 Justin Turner 3B
11 221 Mitch Haniger OF
12 222 Spencer Torkelson 1B
12 223 Jose Leclerc RP
12 224 A.J. Minter RP
12 225 Javier Baez SS
12 226 Oscar Gonzalez OF
12 227 Michael Conforto OF
12 228 Manuel Margot OF
12 229 Cal Raleigh C
12 230 CJ Abrams 2B/SS
12 231 Andres Munoz RP
12 232 Triston McKenzie SP
12 233 Sean Manaea SP
12 234 Lucas Giolito SP
12 235 Harrison Bader OF
12 236 Danny Jansen C
12 237 Merrill Kelly SP
12 238 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. OF
12 239 Graham Ashcraft SP
12 240 Isaac Paredes 1B/2B/3B
12 241 Yoan Moncada 3B
12 242 Hunter Brown RP
12 243 Jonah Heim C
12 244 Kenta Maeda SP
12 245 Jose Urquidy SP
12 246 Drey Jameson SP
12 247 Brandon Drury 1B/2B/3B
12 248 Joc Pederson OF
12 249 Jorge Soler OF
13 250 Patrick Wisdom 1B/3B/OF
13 251 Kolten Wong 2B
13 252 Luis Rengifo 2B/3B/SS
13 253 Jake Fraley OF
13 254 Esteury Ruiz OF
13 255 James Outman OF
13 256 Alex Lange RP
13 257 Seth Lugo RP
13 258 Jason Adam RP
13 259 Andrew Chafin RP
13 260 Seranthony Dominguez RP
13 261 Jose Alvarado RP
13 262 Trey Mancini 1B/OF
13 263 Daniel Hudson RP
13 264 Oscar Colas OF
13 265 Carlos Estevez RP
13 266 A.J. Puk RP
13 267 Reynaldo Lopez RP
13 268 Adam Ottavino RP
13 269 Jarred Kelenic OF
13 270 James Karinchak RP
13 271 Ha-Seong Kim 3B/SS
13 272 Brandon Marsh OF
13 273 Elvis Andrus SS
13 274 Trent Grisham OF
13 275 DJ LeMahieu 1B/2B/3B
13 276 Aroldis Chapman RP
13 277 Harold Ramirez 1B/OF
13 278 Charlie Blackmon OF
13 279 Oswaldo Cabrera OF
13 280 Garrett Cooper 1B
13 281 Trayce Thompson OF
13 282 Michael King RP
13 283 Spencer Steer 1B/3B
13 284 Lane Thomas OF
13 285 Luis Garcia (2B) 2B/SS
14 286 Nolan Gorman 2B
14 287 Kyle Finnegan RP
14 288 Dylan Floro RP
14 289 Brusdar Graterol RP
14 290 Orlando Arcia 2B
14 291 Craig Kimbrel RP
14 292 Brett Baty 3B
14 293 Adbert Alzolay RP
14 294 Matt Strahm RP
14 295 Alex Call OF
14 296 Jurickson Profar OF
14 297 Joey Wiemer OF
14 298 Myles Straw OF
14 299 Chas McCormick OF
14 300 Zach Neto SS


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