Nick Mariano's top 300 fantasy baseball rankings for Week 5 (2026). His updated rest-of-season fantasy baseball rankings, projections for hitters and pitchers.
With another month about to begin, it's a great time to produce another weekly update to my rest-of-season fantasy baseball top 300 ranks. Those of you near the top of the standings may feel invincible, while those at the bottom may feel lost in the dark. We're here for those who want to keep on fighting and aren't out to coast on autopilot or accept early defeat.
Some of you are getting Wyatt Langford and Spencer Strider back, while others are hoping for more exciting promotions on the horizon. Most of you are affected by injuries to Garrett Crochet, Francisco Lindor, Eugenio Suarez, Pete Fairbanks, Trevor Rogers, Casey Mize, Giancarlo Stanton, Kodai Senga, Max Muncy (A's), Clayton Beeter, Caleb Thielbar, and more. The IL bug can strike at any time.
As the last April rest-of-season update, we are still influenced by some preseason ranks. Don't forget that last April saw Vinnie Pasquantino produce a 49 wRC+ (130 from May 1 on), Chris Sale had a 4.84 ERA, and Luke Jackson had eight saves. Take a deep breath, and then scroll on and see where key players are ranked, such as Fernando Tatis Jr., Ildemaro Vargas, Mike Trout, Paul Skenes, Jesus Luzardo, Bryan Baker, and more.
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Rest-Of-Season Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Week 5 Update
These rankings will be updated every week throughout the season, so some of these situations are very fluid.
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Nick Mariano's ranks are updated weekly. 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 | Rank | Player | Team | Positions |
| 1 | 1 | Shohei Ohtani | LAD | DH |
| 1 | 2 | Aaron Judge | NYY | OF |
| 1 | 3 | Elly De La Cruz | CIN | SS |
| 2 | 4 | Bobby Witt Jr. | KC | SS |
| 2 | 5 | Gunnar Henderson | BAL | SS |
| 2 | 6 | Ronald Acuna Jr. | ATL | OF |
| 2 | 7 | Jose Ramirez | CLE | 3B |
| 2 | 8 | Yordan Alvarez | HOU | OF |
| 2 | 9 | Tarik Skubal | DET | SP |
| 2 | 10 | Julio Rodriguez | SEA | OF |
| 2 | 11 | Paul Skenes | PIT | SP |
| 2 | 12 | Corbin Carroll | ARI | OF |
| 2 | 13 | Kyle Tucker | LAD | OF |
| 2 | 14 | Juan Soto | NYM | OF |
| 2 | 15 | Junior Caminero | TB | 3B |
| 3 | 16 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | TOR | 1B |
| 3 | 17 | James Wood | WAS | OF |
| 3 | 18 | Mason Miller | SD | RP |
| 3 | 19 | Kyle Schwarber | PHI | OF |
| 3 | 20 | Jackson Chourio | MIL | OF |
| 4 | 21 | Nick Kurtz | OAK | 1B |
| 4 | 22 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | SP |
| 4 | 23 | Shohei Ohtani (SP) | LAD | SP |
| 4 | 24 | Trea Turner | PHI | SS |
| 4 | 25 | Cal Raleigh | SEA | C |
| 4 | 26 | Jazz Chisholm Jr. | NYY | 2B/3B |
| 4 | 27 | Matt Olson | ATL | 1B |
| 4 | 28 | Max Fried | NYY | SP |
| 4 | 29 | Fernando Tatis Jr. | SD | OF |
| 5 | 30 | Cade Smith | CLE | RP |
| 3 | 31 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | SP |
| 5 | 32 | Bryce Harper | PHI | 1B |
| 5 | 33 | Ben Rice | NYY | C/1B |
| 5 | 34 | Chris Sale | ATL | SP |
| 5 | 35 | Sal Stewart | CIN | 1B |
| 5 | 36 | Zach Neto | LAA | SS |
| 5 | 37 | Brice Turang | MIL | 2B |
| 5 | 38 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | SP |
| 5 | 39 | Ketel Marte | ARI | 2B |
| 5 | 40 | Manny Machado | SD | 3B |
| 5 | 41 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | SP |
| 6 | 42 | Cam Schlittler | NYY | SP |
| 6 | 43 | Oneil Cruz | PIT | OF |
| 6 | 44 | Aroldis Chapman | BOS | RP |
| 6 | 45 | Bryan Woo | SEA | SP |
| 6 | 46 | Mike Trout | LAA | OF |
| 6 | 47 | Brent Rooker | OAK | OF |
| 6 | 48 | Byron Buxton | MIN | OF |
| 6 | 49 | Drake Baldwin | ATL | C |
| 6 | 50 | Shea Langeliers | OAK | C |
| 6 | 51 | Andres Munoz | SEA | RP |
| 6 | 52 | Pete Alonso | BAL | 1B |
| 6 | 53 | CJ Abrams | WAS | SS |
| 6 | 54 | Nolan McLean | NYM | SP |
| 6 | 55 | Ryan Helsley | BAL | RP |
| 6 | 56 | Tyler Soderstrom | OAK | 1B/OF |
| 6 | 57 | Mookie Betts | LAD | SS |
| 6 | 58 | Pete Crow-Armstrong | CHC | OF |
| 7 | 59 | Corey Seager | TEX | SS |
| 7 | 60 | Jhoan Duran | PHI | RP |
| 7 | 61 | Jacob Misiorowski | MIL | SP |
| 7 | 62 | Freddie Freeman | LAD | 1B |
| 7 | 63 | Randy Arozarena | SEA | OF |
| 7 | 64 | Riley Greene | DET | OF |
| 7 | 65 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | SP |
| 7 | 66 | Garrett Crochet | BOS | SP |
| 7 | 67 | Seiya Suzuki | CHC | OF |
| 7 | 68 | Yandy Diaz | TB | 1B |
| 7 | 69 | Michael Harris II | ATL | OF |
| 7 | 70 | Austin Riley | ATL | 3B |
| 7 | 71 | Wyatt Langford | TEX | OF |
| 7 | 72 | Joe Ryan | MIN | SP |
| 7 | 73 | Cody Bellinger | NYY | OF |
| 7 | 74 | Josh Naylor | SEA | 1B |
| 7 | 75 | George Kirby | SEA | SP |
| 7 | 76 | Geraldo Perdomo | ARI | SS |
| 7 | 77 | Jackson Merrill | SD | OF |
| 7 | 78 | Nico Hoerner | CHC | 2B |
| 7 | 79 | Cole Ragans | KC | SP |
| 7 | 80 | Jo Adell | LAA | OF |
| 8 | 81 | Riley O'Brien | STL | RP |
| 8 | 82 | Francisco Lindor | NYM | SS |
| 8 | 83 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | SP |
| 8 | 84 | Louis Varland | TOR | RP |
| 8 | 85 | Kevin McGonigle | DET | 3B/SS |
| 8 | 86 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | SP |
| 8 | 87 | Freddy Peralta | NYM | SP |
| 8 | 88 | Roman Anthony | BOS | OF |
| 8 | 89 | Chase Burns | CIN | SP/RP |
| 8 | 90 | Dylan Cease | TOR | SP |
| 8 | 91 | Munetaka Murakami | CHW | 1B/3B |
| 8 | 92 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | SP |
| 8 | 93 | David Bednar | NYY | RP |
| 8 | 94 | Teoscar Hernandez | LAD | OF |
| 8 | 95 | Chase DeLauter | CLE | OF |
| 8 | 96 | Andy Pages | LAD | OF |
| 8 | 97 | George Springer | TOR | OF |
| 8 | 98 | Alex Bregman | CHC | 3B |
| 8 | 99 | Wilyer Abreu | BOS | OF |
| 8 | 100 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | SP |
| 8 | 101 | Tanner Scott | LAD | RP |
| 8 | 102 | Vinnie Pasquantino | KC | 1B |
| 8 | 103 | Agustin Ramirez | MIA | C |
| 8 | 104 | Jose Altuve | HOU | 2B/OF |
| 8 | 105 | Max Muncy | LAD | 3B |
| 8 | 106 | Maikel Garcia | KC | 2B/3B/SS/OF |
| 8 | 107 | Framber Valdez | DET | SP |
| 8 | 108 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | SP |
| 8 | 109 | Brandon Lowe | PIT | 2B |
| 8 | 110 | Mickey Moniak | COL | OF |
| 8 | 111 | Logan Webb | SF | SP |
| 8 | 112 | Daniel Palencia | CHC | RP |
| 9 | 113 | Will Smith | LAD | C |
| 9 | 114 | Emilio Pagan | CIN | RP |
| 9 | 115 | MacKenzie Gore | TEX | SP |
| 9 | 116 | Robbie Ray | SF | SP |
| 9 | 117 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | SP |
| 9 | 118 | Bryan Baker | TB | RP |
| 9 | 119 | Jose Soriano | LAA | SP |
| 9 | 120 | Luis Robert Jr. | NYM | OF |
| 9 | 121 | Brandon Nimmo | TEX | OF |
| 9 | 122 | William Contreras | MIL | C |
| 9 | 123 | Kyle Stowers | MIA | OF |
| 9 | 124 | Jeremy Pena | HOU | SS |
| 9 | 125 | Ozzie Albies | ATL | 2B |
| 9 | 126 | Hunter Goodman | COL | C |
| 9 | 127 | Josh Hader | HOU | RP |
| 9 | 128 | JJ Wetherholt | STL | 2B/3B/SS |
| 9 | 129 | Taylor Ward | BAL | OF |
| 9 | 130 | Kenley Jansen | DET | RP |
| 9 | 131 | Raisel Iglesias | ATL | RP |
| 9 | 132 | Bo Bichette | NYM | 3B/SS |
| 9 | 133 | Abner Uribe | MIL | RP |
| 9 | 134 | Gavin Williams | CLE | SP |
| 9 | 135 | Paul Sewald | ARI | RP |
| 9 | 136 | Parker Messick | CLE | SP |
| 9 | 137 | Konnor Griffin | PIT | SS/OF |
| 9 | 138 | Will Warren | NYY | SP |
| 9 | 139 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | SP |
| 9 | 140 | Jarren Duran | BOS | OF |
| 9 | 141 | Jordan Walker | STL | OF |
| 9 | 142 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | SP |
| 9 | 143 | Cam Smith | HOU | OF |
| 9 | 144 | Michael King | SD | SP |
| 9 | 145 | Dansby Swanson | CHC | SS |
| 9 | 146 | Devin Williams | NYM | RP |
| 10 | 147 | Kazuma Okamoto | TOR | 1B/3B |
| 10 | 148 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | SP |
| 10 | 149 | Eugenio Suarez | CIN | 3B |
| 10 | 150 | Salvador Perez | KC | C/1B |
| 10 | 151 | Eury Perez | MIA | SP |
| 10 | 152 | Braxton Ashcraft | PIT | SP/RP |
| 10 | 153 | Willy Adames | SF | SS |
| 10 | 154 | Rafael Devers | SF | 1B |
| 10 | 155 | Connelly Early | BOS | SP |
| 10 | 156 | Emerson Hancock | SEA | SP/RP |
| 10 | 157 | Carter Jensen | KC | C |
| 10 | 158 | Colson Montgomery | CHW | 3B/SS |
| 10 | 159 | Ryan Weathers | NYY | SP |
| 10 | 160 | Ivan Herrera | STL | C |
| 10 | 161 | Alec Burleson | STL | 1B/OF |
| 10 | 162 | Luke Keaschall | MIN | 2B |
| 10 | 163 | Kyle Harrison | MIL | SP/RP |
| 10 | 164 | Liam Hicks | MIA | C/1B |
| 10 | 165 | Michael Busch | CHC | 1B |
| 10 | 166 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | SP |
| 10 | 167 | Jakob Marsee | MIA | OF |
| 10 | 168 | Ryan Walker | SF | RP |
| 10 | 169 | Adley Rutschman | BAL | C |
| 10 | 170 | Ramon Laureano | SD | OF |
| 10 | 171 | Willson Contreras | BOS | 1B |
| 10 | 172 | Daylen Lile | WAS | OF |
| 10 | 173 | Matt Chapman | SF | 3B |
| 10 | 174 | Randy Vasquez | SD | SP |
| 11 | 175 | Christian Walker | HOU | 1B |
| 11 | 176 | Ryan O'Hearn | PIT | 1B/OF |
| 11 | 177 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | SP |
| 11 | 178 | Jacob Wilson | OAK | SS |
| 11 | 179 | Daulton Varsho | TOR | OF |
| 11 | 180 | Xander Bogaerts | SD | SS |
| 11 | 181 | Seranthony Dominguez | CHW | RP |
| 11 | 182 | Spencer Strider | ATL | SP |
| 11 | 183 | Noah Schultz | CHW | SP |
| 11 | 184 | Lawrence Butler | OAK | OF |
| 11 | 185 | Trey Yesavage | TOR | SP |
| 11 | 186 | Matt McLain | CIN | 2B |
| 11 | 187 | Shane McClanahan | TB | SP |
| 11 | 188 | Pete Fairbanks | MIA | RP |
| 11 | 189 | Ildemaro Vargas | ARI | 1B/2B |
| 11 | 190 | Jorge Soler | LAA | OF |
| 11 | 191 | Blake Snell | LAD | SP |
| 11 | 192 | Ceddanne Rafaela | BOS | 2B/OF |
| 11 | 193 | Jonathan Aranda | TB | 1B |
| 11 | 194 | Ian Happ | CHC | OF |
| 11 | 195 | Otto Lopez | MIA | 2B/SS |
| 11 | 196 | Jose Caballero | NYY | 2B/3B/SS/OF |
| 11 | 197 | Michael Soroka | ARI | SP/RP |
| 11 | 198 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD | SP |
| 11 | 199 | Jose Fernandez | ARI | 1B/SS |
| 11 | 200 | Reid Detmers | LAA | SP/RP |
| 11 | 201 | Landen Roupp | SF | SP |
| 11 | 202 | Alex Vesia | LAD | RP |
| 11 | 203 | Miguel Vargas | CHW | 1B/3B |
| 11 | 204 | Chandler Simpson | TB | OF |
| 11 | 205 | Kris Bubic | KC | SP |
| 11 | 206 | Matthew Boyd | CHC | SP |
| 11 | 207 | Payton Tolle | BOS | SP/RP |
| 11 | 208 | Josh Jung | TEX | 3B |
| 11 | 209 | Trevor Story | BOS | SS |
| 11 | 210 | Chase Dollander | COL | SP/RP |
| 11 | 211 | Jac Caglianone | KC | 1B/OF |
| 11 | 212 | Hunter Brown | HOU | SP |
| 11 | 213 | Xavier Edwards | MIA | 2B/SS |
| 11 | 214 | Lucas Erceg | KC | RP |
| 11 | 215 | Robert Suarez | ATL | RP |
| 11 | 216 | Connor Prielipp | MIN | SP |
| 11 | 217 | Francisco Alvarez | NYM | C |
| 11 | 218 | Gregory Soto | PIT | RP |
| 11 | 219 | Jeff Hoffman | TOR | RP |
| 11 | 220 | Jack Perkins | OAK | SP/RP |
| 11 | 221 | Angel Martinez | CLE | 2B/OF |
| 11 | 222 | Brandon Marsh | PHI | OF |
| 11 | 223 | JR Ritchie | ATL | SP |
| 11 | 224 | Christian Yelich | MIL | OF |
| 11 | 225 | Heliot Ramos | SF | OF |
| 12 | 226 | Adolis Garcia | PHI | OF |
| 12 | 227 | Samuel Basallo | BAL | C |
| 12 | 228 | Jacob Latz | TEX | SP/RP |
| 12 | 229 | Carlos Cortes | OAK | OF |
| 12 | 230 | Tyler Mahle | SF | SP |
| 12 | 231 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | SP |
| 12 | 232 | Mick Abel | MIN | SP |
| 12 | 233 | Jeremiah Jackson | BAL | 2B/3B/OF |
| 12 | 234 | Ezequiel Tovar | COL | SS |
| 12 | 235 | Edward Cabrera | CHC | SP |
| 12 | 236 | Edwin Diaz | LAD | RP |
| 12 | 237 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | SP |
| 12 | 238 | Trevor Megill | MIL | RP |
| 12 | 239 | Kerry Carpenter | DET | OF |
| 12 | 240 | Bryan Reynolds | PIT | OF |
| 12 | 241 | Dennis Santana | PIT | RP |
| 12 | 242 | Giancarlo Stanton | NYY | OF |
| 12 | 243 | Mason Montgomery | PIT | RP |
| 12 | 244 | Royce Lewis | MIN | 3B |
| 12 | 245 | Anthony Volpe | NYY | SS |
| 12 | 246 | Bubba Chandler | PIT | SP |
| 12 | 247 | Dillon Dingler | DET | C |
| 12 | 248 | Jake Burger | TEX | 1B |
| 12 | 249 | Taj Bradley | MIN | SP |
| 12 | 250 | Gleyber Torres | DET | 2B |
| 12 | 251 | Michael Wacha | KC | SP |
| 12 | 252 | Sonny Gray | BOS | SP |
| 12 | 253 | Ranger Suarez | BOS | SP |
| 12 | 254 | Brad Keller | PHI | RP |
| 12 | 255 | Colt Keith | DET | 1B/2B/3B |
| 12 | 256 | Dalton Rushing | LAD | C |
| 12 | 257 | Andres Gimenez | TOR | 2B/SS |
| 12 | 258 | Nathan Church | STL | OF |
| 12 | 259 | Carlos Correa | HOU | 3B/SS |
| 12 | 260 | Isaac Paredes | HOU | 3B |
| 13 | 261 | Sal Frelick | MIL | OF |
| 13 | 262 | Carson Benge | NYM | OF |
| 13 | 263 | Hyeseong Kim | LAD | 2B/SS/OF |
| 13 | 264 | Spencer Torkelson | DET | 1B |
| 13 | 265 | Brooks Lee | MIN | 2B/3B/SS |
| 13 | 266 | Aaron Nola | PHI | SP |
| 13 | 267 | Grant Taylor | CHW | SP/RP |
| 13 | 268 | Ben Joyce | LAA | RP |
| 13 | 269 | Bryan Abreu | HOU | RP |
| 13 | 270 | Jack Leiter | TEX | SP |
| 13 | 271 | Owen Caissie | MIA | OF |
| 13 | 272 | Ryan Jeffers | MIN | C |
| 13 | 273 | Trent Grisham | NYY | OF |
| 13 | 274 | T.J. Rumfield | COL | 1B |
| 13 | 275 | Evan Carter | TEX | OF |
| 13 | 276 | Brendan Donovan | SEA | 2B/3B/SS/OF |
| 13 | 277 | Brady House | WAS | 3B |
| 13 | 278 | Jakob Junis | TEX | RP |
| 13 | 279 | Shane Baz | BAL | SP |
| 13 | 280 | Ryan Waldschmidt | ARI | OF |
| 13 | 281 | Jake Bauers | MIL | 1B/OF |
| 13 | 282 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | SP/RP |
| 13 | 283 | Matt Shaw | CHC | 3B/OF |
| 13 | 284 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | SP/RP |
| 13 | 285 | Marcus Semien | NYM | 2B |
| 13 | 286 | TJ Friedl | CIN | OF |
| 13 | 287 | Ernie Clement | TOR | 1B/2B/3B/SS |
| 13 | 288 | Erik Sabrowski | CLE | RP |
| 13 | 289 | Rico Garcia | BAL | RP |
| 13 | 290 | Cole Winn | TEX | RP |
| 13 | 291 | Luke Weaver | NYM | RP |
| 13 | 292 | Daniel Lynch IV | KC | RP |
| 13 | 293 | Jared Jones | PIT | SP |
| 13 | 294 | Moises Ballesteros | CHC | C |
| 13 | 295 | Carlos Estevez | KC | RP |
| 13 | 296 | Caleb Durbin | BOS | 2B/3B |
| 13 | 297 | Nasim Nunez | WAS | 2B/SS |
| 13 | 298 | Jung Hoo Lee | SF | OF |
| 13 | 299 | Kirby Yates | LAA | RP |
| 13 | 300 | Travis Bazzana | CLE | 2B |
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