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Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Nick Mariano's Rest-of-Season Outlooks for Kyren Paris, Teoscar Hernandez, Spencer Strider, Tyler Soderstrom, more

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Nick Mariano's top 300 fantasy baseball rankings as of Week 3 (April 2025). His updated rest-of-season rankings and projections for hitters and pitchers.

The 2025 fantasy baseball campaign is off to a hot start. But if your fantasy team is not, it's far too early to panic. Alternatively, be sure not to get complacent if you're leading your league so far. Below is another edition of Nick Mariano's updated 2025 fantasy baseball rankings and tiers for roto leagues (5x5 mixed leagues) heading into Week 3.

These updated early April rankings examine rest-of-season fantasy baseball rankings and player values for the rest of this MLB season. We are following many interesting storylines closely, and they are baked into these updated rankings.

Using these rankings, you can identify potential future risers, buy or sell targets, and quickly examine how key members are your roster stand among the other fantasy baseball studs around the MLB.

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Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings Updates

The barrage of injuries continues. Wyatt Langford was placed on the 10-day injured list due to an oblique issue but the expectation is that he won't need a lengthy stay, which is also true of Jackson Merrill (hamstring). Blake Snell (shoulder) and Justin Steele (elbow) could miss significant time, while Pablo Lopez (hamstring) hopes to be back soon. We're also expecting ace Spencer Strider back in action shortly while prospect buzz around Nick Kurtz, Bubba Chandler, and Roman Anthony continues to build.

Some players are off to a terrific start, while some have struggled mightily to kick off April. 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 Kyren Paris, Teoscar Hernandez, Seiya Suzuki, Spencer Strider, Tyler Soderstrom, Brice Turang, Jesus Luzardo, Kris Bubic, and Jose Alvarado are listed in our early rest of-season rankings.

 

Rest-Of-Season 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 time to overreact, and we may not be ready to elevate hot-starting players into the elite yet, either, but it's certainly a good checkpoint for the long fantasy season.

As always, be sure to stay on top of all 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 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.

Ranking Tier Player Position
1 1 Shohei Ohtani DH
2 1 Bobby Witt Jr. SS
3 1 Aaron Judge OF
4 1 Elly De La Cruz SS
5 1 Jose Ramirez 3B
6 2 Kyle Tucker OF
7 2 Corbin Carroll OF
8 2 Fernando Tatis Jr. OF
9 2 Juan Soto OF
10 2 Julio Rodriguez OF
11 2 Mookie Betts 2B/SS/OF
12 2 Gunnar Henderson SS
13 2 Tarik Skubal SP
14 2 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B/3B
15 2 Paul Skenes SP
16 2 Francisco Lindor SS
17 2 Jackson Chourio OF
18 2 Yordan Alvarez OF
19 2 Zack Wheeler SP
20 2 Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B/3B/OF
21 3 Garrett Crochet SP
22 3 Oneil Cruz SS/OF
23 3 Logan Gilbert SP
24 3 Cole Ragans SP
25 3 Jose Altuve 2B/OF
26 3 Manny Machado 3B
27 3 Jarren Duran OF
28 3 Trea Turner SS
29 3 Teoscar Hernandez OF
30 3 Rafael Devers 3B
31 3 Bryce Harper 1B
32 3 Pete Alonso 1B
33 3 Jacob deGrom SP
34 3 Freddie Freeman 1B
35 3 Josh Hader RP
36 3 Edwin Diaz RP
37 3 Michael Harris II OF
38 3 Chris Sale SP
39 3 Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP
40 3 Ronald Acuna Jr. OF
41 4 Emmanuel Clase RP
42 4 Dylan Cease SP
43 4 Mason Miller RP
44 4 CJ Abrams SS
45 4 Devin Williams RP
46 4 James Wood OF
47 4 Austin Riley 3B
48 4 Michael King SP
49 4 Kyle Schwarber DH
50 4 Spencer Schwellenbach SP
51 4 Marcell Ozuna DH
52 4 Ryan Helsley RP
53 4 Raisel Iglesias RP
54 4 Corey Seager SS
55 4 Brent Rooker OF
56 4 Seiya Suzuki OF
57 4 Jackson Merrill OF
58 4 Joe Ryan SP
59 5 Tyler Glasnow SP
60 5 Lawrence Butler OF
61 5 Matt Olson 1B
62 5 William Contreras C
63 5 Brenton Doyle OF
64 5 Cody Bellinger 1B/OF
65 5 Ketel Marte 2B
66 5 Ozzie Albies 2B
67 5 Andres Munoz RP
68 5 Hunter Greene SP
69 5 Corbin Burnes SP
70 5 Adley Rutschman C
71 5 Will Smith C
72 5 Junior Caminero 3B
73 5 Anthony Volpe SS
74 5 Framber Valdez SP
75 5 Robert Suarez RP
76 5 Max Fried SP
77 5 Jordan Westburg 2B/3B
78 5 Ryan Walker RP
79 5 Tanner Bibee SP
80 5 Shota Imanaga SP
81 5 Logan Webb SP
82 5 Spencer Strider SP
83 5 Luis Robert Jr. OF
84 5 Jhoan Duran RP
85 5 Pablo Lopez SP
86 5 Bryan Reynolds OF
87 5 Mike Trout OF
88 6 Josh Naylor 1B
89 6 Alex Bregman 3B
90 6 Robbie Ray SP
91 6 Bryan Woo SP
92 6 Hunter Brown SP
93 6 Felix Bautista RP
94 6 Jeff Hoffman RP
95 6 Bryce Miller SP
96 6 Christian Yelich OF
97 6 Sandy Alcantara SP
98 7 Christian Walker 1B
99 7 Matt McLain 2B/SS
100 7 Freddy Peralta SP
101 7 Riley Greene OF
102 7 Anthony Santander OF
103 7 Xander Bogaerts 2B/SS
104 7 Matt Chapman 3B
105 7 Bo Bichette SS
106 7 Luis Castillo SP
107 7 Aaron Nola SP
108 7 Sonny Gray SP
109 7 Steven Kwan OF
110 7 Cristopher Sanchez SP
111 7 Salvador Perez C/1B
112 7 Jack Flaherty SP
113 7 Cal Raleigh C
114 7 Logan O'Hoppe C
115 7 Tanner Scott RP
116 8 Eugenio Suarez 3B
117 8 Ian Happ OF
118 8 Yainer Diaz C/1B
119 8 Jasson Dominguez OF
120 8 Nathan Eovaldi SP
121 8 Vinnie Pasquantino 1B
122 8 Paul Goldschmidt 1B
123 8 Carlos Rodon SP
124 8 Dansby Swanson SS
125 8 Ryan Pepiot SP
126 8 Brandon Lowe 1B/2B
127 8 Ezequiel Tovar SS
128 8 Randy Arozarena OF
129 8 Trevor Megill RP
130 8 Kenley Jansen RP
131 8 Adolis Garcia OF
132 9 Mark Vientos 3B
133 9 Pete Crow-Armstrong OF
134 9 Kodai Senga SP
135 9 Wyatt Langford OF
136 9 Xavier Edwards SS
137 9 Zac Gallen SP
138 9 Jake Burger 1B/3B
139 9 Drew Rasmussen SP/RP
140 9 Shane Baz SP
141 9 Tommy Edman 2B/SS/OF
142 9 Kris Bubic SP/RP
143 9 Pete Fairbanks RP
144 9 Brice Turang 2B
145 9 Justin Martinez RP
146 9 Tyler Soderstrom 1B
147 9 Andres Gimenez 2B
148 9 Kristian Campbell 2B
149 9 Zach Neto SS
150 9 Jesus Luzardo SP
151 9 Triston Casas 1B
152 9 Spencer Steer 1B/2B/OF
153 9 Willy Adames SS
154 9 Jose Alvarado RP
155 9 Jeremy Pena SS
156 9 Brandon Nimmo OF
157 9 Carlos Estevez RP
158 9 Nick Castellanos OF
159 9 Taylor Ward OF
160 9 Wilyer Abreu OF
161 9 MacKenzie Gore SP
162 9 Austin Wells C
163 9 Jacob Wilson SS
164 9 Ryan Pressly RP
165 9 Marcus Semien 2B
166 9 Luke Jackson RP
167 9 Aroldis Chapman RP
168 9 Heliot Ramos OF
169 9 Bailey Ober SP
170 9 Willson Contreras C/1B
171 9 Dylan Crews OF
172 9 Kyle Finnegan RP
173 9 Masyn Winn SS
174 9 Lane Thomas OF
175 9 Tyler O'Neill OF
176 9 A.J. Puk SP/RP
177 9 Nico Hoerner 2B/SS
178 10 Bryson Stott 2B/SS
179 10 Blake Snell SP
180 10 Justin Steele SP
181 10 Isaac Paredes 1B/3B
182 10 Jason Adam RP
183 10 Lucas Erceg RP
184 10 Blake Treinen RP
185 10 Dennis Santana RP
186 10 George Kirby SP
187 10 Kyren Paris SS
188 10 Kirby Yates RP
189 10 Michael Toglia 1B/OF
190 10 Kerry Carpenter OF
191 10 Luke Weaver RP
192 10 Jung Hoo Lee OF
193 10 Nick Pivetta SP
194 10 Trevor Story SS
195 10 Porter Hodge RP
196 10 Cade Smith RP
197 10 Maikel Garcia 2B/3B
198 10 Taj Bradley SP
199 10 Shea Langeliers C
200 10 Cedric Mullins II OF
201 10 George Springer OF
202 10 Brendan Donovan 2B/3B/OF
203 10 Anthony Bender RP
204 10 Tommy Kahnle RP
205 10 Alec Bohm 1B/3B
206 10 Yandy Diaz 1B
207 10 Seth Lugo SP
208 10 Gavin Williams SP
209 10 Orion Kerkering RP
210 10 Griffin Jax RP
211 10 Emilio Pagan RP
212 11 Justin Slaten RP
213 11 Nolan Arenado 3B
214 11 Nathaniel Lowe 1B
215 11 Sean Murphy C
216 11 Victor Scott II OF
217 11 Clay Holmes SP/RP
218 11 Tyler Fitzgerald 2B/SS/OF
219 11 Luis Rengifo 2B/3B/SS/OF
220 11 Jackson Holliday 2B/SS
221 11 Lars Nootbaar OF
222 11 Kyle Manzardo 1B
223 11 Ben Rice 1B
224 11 Ivan Herrera C/DH
225 11 Jeffrey Springs SP
226 11 Dustin May SP
227 11 Yimi Garcia RP
228 11 Seth Halvorsen RP
229 11 Jorge Soler OF
230 11 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. OF
231 11 Roki Sasaki SP
232 11 Chris Martin RP
233 12 Jeremiah Estrada RP
234 12 Ben Joyce RP
235 12 Beau Brieske SP/RP
236 12 Edwin Uceta RP
237 12 Ceddanne Rafaela 2B/SS/OF
238 12 Alexis Diaz RP
239 12 Matt Strahm RP
240 12 Tony Santillan RP
241 12 Cam Smith 3B/OF
242 12 TJ Friedl OF
243 12 Jonathan India 2B
244 12 Matt Shaw 2B/3B/SS
245 12 Matt Wallner OF
246 12 Nick Lodolo SP
247 12 Michael Conforto OF
248 12 Jordan Walker OF
249 12 Carlos Correa SS
250 12 Brandon Pfaadt SP
251 12 Josh Lowe OF
252 13 Yusei Kikuchi SP
253 13 Luis Garcia (2B) 2B
254 13 Geraldo Perdomo 2B/3B/SS
255 13 Bowden Francis SP/RP
256 13 Luis Arraez 1B/2B
257 13 J.T. Realmuto C
258 13 Jack Leiter SP
259 13 Max Meyer SP
260 13 Jake McCarthy OF
261 13 Alex Vesia RP
262 13 Royce Lewis 3B
263 13 Byron Buxton OF
264 13 Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B
265 13 Joey Ortiz 3B/SS
266 13 Josh Jung 3B
267 13 JJ Bleday OF
268 13 Michael Busch 1B
269 13 Garrett Mitchell OF
270 13 Zac Veen OF
271 13 Ryan McMahon 3B
272 13 Grant Holmes SP/RP
273 13 Gabriel Moreno C
274 13 Heston Kjerstad OF
275 13 Tyler Holton SP/RP
276 13 Keibert Ruiz C
277 13 Jorge Polanco 2B
278 13 Roman Anthony OF
279 13 Connor Norby 2B/3B
280 13 Spencer Torkelson 1B
281 13 Reese Olson SP
282 13 Tylor Megill SP
283 13 Nick Kurtz 1B
284 13 Kevin Gausman SP
285 14 Jo Adell OF
286 14 Alejandro Kirk C
287 14 Colton Cowser OF
288 14 Ryan Mountcastle 1B
289 14 Nolan Schanuel 1B
290 14 Hunter Goodman C/OF
291 14 Max Muncy 3B
292 14 Chandler Simpson OF
293 14 Bubba Chandler SP
294 14 Jose Soriano RP
295 14 Andrew Vaughn 1B
296 14 Jake Mangum OF
297 14 Zebby Matthews SP
298 14 Mason Montgomery RP
299 14 Jeimer Candelario 1B/3B
300 14 Jac Caglianone 1B


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