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RotoBaller's top 300 Underdog best ball fantasy baseball rankings and tiers for 2026 MLB best ball drafts on Underdog including hitters and pitchers (OF, IF, P).
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Below you'll find our MLB team's 2026 Underdog Best Ball Fantasy Baseball Rankings for 2026 Best Ball leagues on the Underdog Fantasy platform. The 2026 MLB season is right around the corner, so use these Underdog rankings to crush your Underdog drafts. These MLB best ball rankings are put together by RotoBaller's lead analyst Nick Mariano -- one of the industry's most accurate fantasy baseball rankers -- and cover both hitters and pitchers and include tiers for the top 300 players.
In case you aren't familiar with fantasy baseball best ball leagues, they are essentially draft-only leagues with no moves made during the season. Once a best ball draft is completed, nothing else happens throughout the year -- no setting weekly lineups, no trading, no waiver wire moves. Every week of the season, the best combo of fantasy players on your team is automatically calculated and used to determine the highest possible scoring outcome.
Underdog Fantasy is a fantasy sports platform where you can play all sorts of leagues and contests, and MLB Best Ball leagues are one of their popular offerings. As with any league or platform, it's key to understand the format and scoring rules. On the Underdog Fantasy platform, MLB best ball leagues only have three possible positions - Infield (IF), Outfield (OF), and Pitcher (P). You will see these three positions in the rankings below, next to each player's name under the "Underdog Position" column. The fantasy baseball rankings are geared towards Underdog best ball leagues and scoring rules, but can be used as a guide for all fantasy baseball best ball platforms and leagues.
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2026 Underdog Best Ball Draft Rankings
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| Rank | Tier | Player | Position | UD Position |
| 1 | 1 | Shohei Ohtani | DH | OF |
| 2 | 1 | Aaron Judge | OF | OF |
| 3 | 1 | Juan Soto | OF | OF |
| 4 | 1 | Ronald Acuna Jr. | OF | OF |
| 5 | 2 | Kyle Schwarber | OF | OF |
| 6 | 2 | Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | IF |
| 7 | 2 | Kyle Tucker | OF | OF |
| 8 | 2 | Fernando Tatis Jr. | OF | OF |
| 9 | 2 | Julio Rodriguez | OF | OF |
| 10 | 2 | Corbin Carroll | OF | OF |
| 11 | 2 | Jose Ramirez | 3B | IF |
| 12 | 2 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 1B | IF |
| 13 | 2 | Elly De La Cruz | SS | IF |
| 14 | 3 | Brent Rooker | OF | OF |
| 15 | 3 | Yordan Alvarez | OF | OF |
| 16 | 3 | Gunnar Henderson | SS | IF |
| 17 | 3 | Tarik Skubal | SP | P |
| 18 | 3 | Rafael Devers | 1B | OF |
| 19 | 3 | Jackson Chourio | OF | OF |
| 20 | 3 | Nick Kurtz | 1B | IF |
| 21 | 3 | Pete Alonso | 1B | IF |
| 22 | 3 | James Wood | OF | OF |
| 23 | 3 | Paul Skenes | SP | P |
| 24 | 3 | Garrett Crochet | SP | P |
| 25 | 3 | Roman Anthony | OF | OF |
| 26 | 3 | Wyatt Langford | OF | OF |
| 27 | 3 | Cal Raleigh | C | IF |
| 28 | 3 | Francisco Lindor | SS | IF |
| 29 | 3 | Junior Caminero | 3B | IF |
| 30 | 3 | Matt Olson | 1B | IF |
| 31 | 3 | Randy Arozarena | OF | OF |
| 32 | 3 | Jackson Merrill | OF | OF |
| 33 | 3 | Pete Crow-Armstrong | OF | OF |
| 34 | 3 | Jarren Duran | OF | OF |
| 35 | 4 | Seiya Suzuki | OF | OF |
| 36 | 4 | Ian Happ | OF | OF |
| 37 | 4 | Riley Greene | OF | OF |
| 38 | 4 | Taylor Ward | OF | OF |
| 39 | 4 | George Springer | OF | OF |
| 40 | 4 | Bryce Harper | 1B | IF |
| 41 | 4 | Ketel Marte | 2B | IF |
| 42 | 4 | Freddie Freeman | 1B | IF |
| 43 | 4 | Cody Bellinger | OF | OF |
| 44 | 4 | Tyler Soderstrom | 1B/OF | OF |
| 45 | 4 | Mookie Betts | SS | IF |
| 46 | 4 | Manny Machado | 3B | IF |
| 47 | 4 | Brandon Nimmo | OF | OF |
| 48 | 4 | Austin Riley | 3B | IF |
| 49 | 4 | Byron Buxton | OF | OF |
| 50 | 4 | Teoscar Hernandez | OF | OF |
| 51 | 4 | Christian Yelich | OF | OF |
| 52 | 4 | Cristopher Sanchez | SP | P |
| 53 | 4 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | SP | P |
| 54 | 4 | Zach Neto | SS | IF |
| 55 | 4 | Trea Turner | SS | IF |
| 56 | 5 | Jazz Chisholm Jr. | 2B/3B | IF |
| 57 | 5 | Hunter Brown | SP | P |
| 58 | 5 | Cole Ragans | SP | P |
| 59 | 5 | Logan Webb | SP | P |
| 60 | 5 | Bryan Woo | SP | P |
| 61 | 5 | Logan Gilbert | SP | P |
| 62 | 5 | Bryan Reynolds | OF | OF |
| 63 | 5 | Lawrence Butler | OF | OF |
| 64 | 5 | Oneil Cruz | OF | OF |
| 65 | 5 | Dylan Cease | SP | P |
| 66 | 5 | Jose Altuve | 2B/OF | OF |
| 67 | 5 | Geraldo Perdomo | SS | IF |
| 68 | 5 | Mike Trout | OF | OF |
| 69 | 5 | Vinnie Pasquantino | 1B | IF |
| 70 | 5 | Chris Sale | SP | P |
| 71 | 5 | Alex Bregman | 3B | IF |
| 72 | 5 | Josh Naylor | 1B | IF |
| 73 | 6 | Michael Harris II | OF | OF |
| 74 | 6 | Willy Adames | SS | IF |
| 75 | 6 | Freddy Peralta | SP | P |
| 76 | 6 | Bo Bichette | SS | IF |
| 77 | 6 | Luis Robert Jr. | OF | OF |
| 78 | 6 | Jac Caglianone | 1B/OF | OF |
| 79 | 6 | Max Fried | SP | P |
| 80 | 6 | Corey Seager | SS | IF |
| 81 | 6 | Jesus Luzardo | SP | P |
| 82 | 6 | Ben Rice | C/1B | IF |
| 83 | 6 | Steven Kwan | OF | OF |
| 84 | 6 | Jo Adell | OF | OF |
| 85 | 6 | Jakob Marsee | OF | OF |
| 86 | 6 | Jacob deGrom | SP | P |
| 87 | 6 | Maikel Garcia | 2B/3B/SS/OF | IF |
| 88 | 6 | Eugenio Suarez | 3B | IF |
| 89 | 6 | George Kirby | SP | P |
| 90 | 6 | CJ Abrams | SS | IF |
| 91 | 6 | Nick Pivetta | SP | P |
| 92 | 6 | Framber Valdez | SP | P |
| 93 | 6 | Sonny Gray | SP | P |
| 94 | 6 | Yandy Diaz | 1B | IF |
| 95 | 6 | William Contreras | C | IF |
| 96 | 6 | Adolis Garcia | OF | OF |
| 97 | 6 | Heliot Ramos | OF | OF |
| 98 | 6 | Spencer Strider | SP | P |
| 99 | 6 | Joe Ryan | SP | P |
| 100 | 6 | Kyle Bradish | SP | P |
| 101 | 7 | Michael Busch | 1B | IF |
| 102 | 7 | Andy Pages | OF | OF |
| 103 | 7 | Brice Turang | 2B | IF |
| 104 | 7 | Kevin Gausman | SP | P |
| 105 | 7 | Matt Chapman | 3B | IF |
| 106 | 7 | MacKenzie Gore | SP | P |
| 107 | 7 | Nolan McLean | SP | P |
| 108 | 7 | Zack Wheeler | SP | P |
| 109 | 7 | Eury Perez | SP | P |
| 110 | 7 | Jeremy Pena | SS | IF |
| 111 | 7 | Chase Burns | SP/RP | P |
| 112 | 7 | Spencer Torkelson | 1B | IF |
| 113 | 7 | Jacob Misiorowski | SP | P |
| 114 | 7 | Brenton Doyle | OF | OF |
| 115 | 7 | Ceddanne Rafaela | 2B/OF | OF |
| 116 | 7 | Trey Yesavage | SP | P |
| 117 | 7 | Dylan Crews | OF | OF |
| 118 | 7 | Colton Cowser | OF | OF |
| 119 | 8 | Shea Langeliers | C | IF |
| 120 | 8 | Trent Grisham | OF | OF |
| 121 | 8 | TJ Friedl | OF | OF |
| 122 | 8 | Daulton Varsho | OF | OF |
| 123 | 8 | Jung Hoo Lee | OF | OF |
| 124 | 8 | Nico Hoerner | 2B | IF |
| 125 | 8 | Robbie Ray | SP | P |
| 126 | 8 | Sandy Alcantara | SP | P |
| 127 | 8 | Michael King | SP | P |
| 128 | 9 | Gavin Williams | SP | P |
| 129 | 9 | Daylen Lile | OF | OF |
| 130 | 9 | Kyle Stowers | OF | OF |
| 131 | 9 | Trevor Story | SS | IF |
| 132 | 9 | Ozzie Albies | 2B | IF |
| 133 | 9 | Dansby Swanson | SS | IF |
| 134 | 9 | Munetaka Murakami | 1B/3B | IF |
| 135 | 9 | Konnor Griffin | SS/OF | IF |
| 136 | 9 | Marcus Semien | 2B | IF |
| 137 | 9 | Cam Schlittler | SP | P |
| 138 | 10 | Luis Castillo | SP | P |
| 139 | 10 | Ryan Pepiot | SP | P |
| 140 | 10 | Marcell Ozuna | DH | OF |
| 141 | 10 | Tanner Bibee | SP | P |
| 142 | 10 | Bubba Chandler | SP | P |
| 143 | 10 | Hunter Goodman | C | IF |
| 144 | 10 | Kerry Carpenter | OF | OF |
| 145 | 10 | Brandon Woodruff | SP | P |
| 146 | 10 | Jacob Wilson | SS | IF |
| 147 | 10 | Willson Contreras | 1B | IF |
| 148 | 10 | Nathan Eovaldi | SP | P |
| 149 | 10 | Christian Walker | 1B | IF |
| 150 | 10 | Jackson Holliday | 2B/SS | IF |
| 151 | 10 | Trevor Rogers | SP | P |
| 152 | 10 | Colson Montgomery | 3B/SS | IF |
| 153 | 10 | Wilyer Abreu | OF | OF |
| 154 | 10 | Blake Snell | SP | P |
| 155 | 10 | Tyler Glasnow | SP | P |
| 156 | 10 | Tatsuya Imai | SP | P |
| 157 | 10 | Aaron Nola | SP | P |
| 158 | 10 | Gleyber Torres | 2B | IF |
| 159 | 10 | Ranger Suarez | SP | P |
| 160 | 10 | Jack Flaherty | SP | P |
| 161 | 10 | Nick Lodolo | SP | P |
| 162 | 11 | Carlos Rodon | SP | P |
| 163 | 11 | Zac Gallen | SP | P |
| 164 | 11 | Ezequiel Tovar | SS | IF |
| 165 | 11 | Sal Frelick | OF | OF |
| 166 | 11 | Chase DeLauter | OF | OF |
| 167 | 11 | Ramon Laureano | OF | OF |
| 168 | 11 | Edward Cabrera | SP | P |
| 169 | 11 | Jack Leiter | SP | P |
| 170 | 11 | Salvador Perez | C/1B | IF |
| 171 | 11 | Jordan Beck | OF | OF |
| 172 | 11 | Shota Imanaga | SP | P |
| 173 | 11 | Shane Baz | SP | P |
| 174 | 11 | Brandon Lowe | 2B | IF |
| 175 | 11 | Ivan Herrera | C | IF |
| 176 | 11 | Luke Keaschall | 2B | IF |
| 177 | 13 | Kazuma Okamoto | 1B/3B | IF |
| 178 | 11 | Emmet Sheehan | SP | P |
| 179 | 11 | Gerrit Cole | SP | P |
| 180 | 11 | Drake Baldwin | C | IF |
| 181 | 11 | Giancarlo Stanton | OF | OF |
| 182 | 11 | Will Smith | C | IF |
| 183 | 12 | Max Muncy | 3B | IF |
| 184 | 12 | Matt McLain | 2B | IF |
| 185 | 12 | Sal Stewart | 1B | IF |
| 186 | 12 | Kyle Manzardo | 1B | IF |
| 187 | 12 | Isaac Paredes | 3B | IF |
| 188 | 12 | Addison Barger | 3B/OF | IF |
| 189 | 12 | Xander Bogaerts | SS | IF |
| 190 | 12 | Willi Castro | 2B/3B/OF | OF |
| 191 | 12 | Kris Bubic | SP | P |
| 192 | 12 | Mickey Moniak | OF | OF |
| 193 | 12 | Matt Wallner | OF | OF |
| 194 | 12 | Logan Henderson | SP | P |
| 195 | 12 | Yusei Kikuchi | SP | P |
| 196 | 12 | Shane McClanahan | SP | P |
| 197 | 12 | Shane Smith | SP | P |
| 198 | 12 | Brendan Donovan | 2B/SS/OF | IF |
| 199 | 12 | Adley Rutschman | C | IF |
| 200 | 12 | Matthew Boyd | SP | P |
| 201 | 12 | Chandler Simpson | OF | OF |
| 202 | 12 | Jonathan Aranda | 1B | IF |
| 203 | 12 | Jorge Polanco | 2B/3B | IF |
| 204 | 12 | Agustin Ramirez | C | IF |
| 205 | 12 | Kevin McGonigle | SS | IF |
| 206 | 12 | Joe Musgrove | SP | P |
| 207 | 12 | Jasson Dominguez | OF | OF |
| 208 | 12 | Cade Horton | SP | P |
| 209 | 12 | Ryan Weathers | SP | P |
| 210 | 12 | Mike Yastrzemski | OF | OF |
| 211 | 12 | Jake Burger | 1B | IF |
| 212 | 13 | Noelvi Marte | 3B/OF | IF |
| 213 | 13 | Drew Rasmussen | SP | P |
| 214 | 13 | Royce Lewis | 3B | IF |
| 215 | 13 | Roki Sasaki | SP | P |
| 216 | 13 | Spencer Steer | 1B/OF | IF |
| 217 | 13 | Andrew Abbott | SP | P |
| 218 | 13 | Merrill Kelly | SP | P |
| 219 | 13 | JJ Wetherholt | 2B/3B/SS | IF |
| 220 | 13 | Xavier Edwards | 2B/SS | IF |
| 221 | 13 | Nolan Schanuel | 1B | IF |
| 222 | 13 | Jorge Soler | OF | OF |
| 223 | 13 | Mitch Keller | SP | P |
| 224 | 12 | Caleb Durbin | 2B/3B | IF |
| 225 | 13 | Chris Bassitt | SP | P |
| 226 | 13 | Harrison Bader | OF | OF |
| 227 | 13 | Miguel Vargas | 1B/3B | IF |
| 228 | 13 | Bryson Stott | 2B/SS | IF |
| 229 | 13 | Cam Smith | OF | OF |
| 230 | 13 | Alec Burleson | 1B/OF | IF |
| 231 | 13 | Nick Castellanos | OF | OF |
| 232 | 13 | Cedric Mullins II | OF | OF |
| 233 | 13 | Owen Caissie | OF | OF |
| 234 | 13 | Masyn Winn | SS | IF |
| 235 | 13 | Evan Carter | OF | OF |
| 236 | 13 | Alec Bohm | 1B/3B | IF |
| 237 | 13 | Jose Soriano | SP | P |
| 238 | 13 | Brady Singer | SP | P |
| 239 | 14 | Jordan Walker | OF | OF |
| 240 | 14 | Josh Lowe | OF | OF |
| 241 | 14 | Lars Nootbaar | OF | OF |
| 242 | 14 | Luis Arraez | 1B/2B | IF |
| 243 | 14 | Mark Vientos | 3B | IF |
| 244 | 14 | Carson Benge | OF | OF |
| 245 | 14 | Brandon Pfaadt | SP | P |
| 246 | 14 | Grayson Rodriguez | SP | P |
| 247 | 14 | Gavin Sheets | 1B/OF | OF |
| 248 | 14 | Quinn Priester | SP/RP | P |
| 249 | 14 | Andrew Vaughn | 1B | IF |
| 250 | 14 | Brandon Marsh | OF | OF |
| 251 | 14 | Tyler O'Neill | OF | OF |
| 252 | 14 | Otto Lopez | 2B/SS | IF |
| 253 | 14 | David Peterson | SP | P |
| 254 | 14 | Nolan Arenado | 3B | IF |
| 255 | 14 | Shane Bieber | SP | P |
| 256 | 14 | Samuel Basallo | C | IF |
| 257 | 14 | Justin Crawford | OF | OF |
| 258 | 14 | Bailey Ober | SP | P |
| 259 | 15 | Jordan Lawlar | 3B | IF |
| 260 | 15 | Jordan Westburg | 2B/3B | IF |
| 261 | 15 | Jake Cronenworth | 1B/2B/SS | IF |
| 262 | 15 | J.P. Crawford | SS | IF |
| 263 | 15 | Carlos Correa | 3B/SS | IF |
| 264 | 15 | Spencer Arrighetti | SP | P |
| 265 | 15 | Marcelo Mayer | 2B/3B | IF |
| 266 | 15 | Parker Messick | SP | P |
| 267 | 15 | Kodai Senga | SP | P |
| 268 | 15 | Zebby Matthews | SP | P |
| 269 | 15 | Austin Hays | OF | OF |
| 270 | 15 | Ernie Clement | 1B/2B/3B/SS | IF |
| 271 | 15 | Matt Shaw | 3B | IF |
| 272 | 15 | Luis Gil | SP | P |
| 273 | 15 | Andrew Benintendi | OF | OF |
| 274 | 15 | Andres Gimenez | 2B/SS | IF |
| 275 | 15 | Jonathan India | 2B/3B/OF | IF |
| 276 | 15 | Andrew Painter | SP | P |
| 277 | 15 | Ryan O'Hearn | 1B/OF | IF |
| 278 | 15 | Bryce Miller | SP | P |
| 279 | 15 | Alejandro Kirk | C | IF |
| 280 | 15 | Dominic Canzone | OF | OF |
| 281 | 15 | Jacob Melton | OF | OF |
| 282 | 15 | Braxton Ashcraft | SP/RP | P |
| 283 | 15 | Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | OF | OF |
| 284 | 15 | Lane Thomas | OF | OF |
| 285 | 15 | Will Warren | SP | P |
| 286 | 15 | Casey Mize | SP | P |
| 287 | 15 | Ryan McMahon | 3B | IF |
| 288 | 15 | Brayan Bello | SP | P |
| 289 | 15 | Sean Manaea | SP/RP | P |
| 290 | 15 | Jesus Sanchez | OF | OF |
| 291 | 15 | Connelly Early | SP | P |
| 292 | 15 | Anthony Volpe | SS | IF |
| 293 | 15 | Hunter Greene | SP | P |
| 294 | 15 | Ryne Nelson | SP/RP | P |
| 295 | 15 | Isaac Collins | OF | OF |
| 296 | 15 | Clay Holmes | SP | P |
| 297 | 15 | Josh Bell | 1B | IF |
| 298 | 15 | Robby Snelling | SP | P |
| 299 | 15 | Dylan Beavers | OF | OF |
| 300 | 15 | Francisco Alvarez | C | IF |
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