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

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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