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Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Nick Mariano's Rest-of-Season Outlooks for Jung Hoo Lee, Taylor Ward, Trevor Story, Jonathan Aranda, Michael King

Jung Hoo Lee - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Nick Mariano's top 300 fantasy baseball rankings as of Week 4 (April 2025). His updated rest-of-season rankings and projections for hitters and pitchers.

We're already onto Week 4 of the new fantasy baseball campaign, and while you should be reacting to early-season results, it's too early to get too high or too low on your roster. Below is another edition of Nick Mariano's updated 2025 fantasy baseball rankings and tiers for roto leagues (5x5 mixed leagues) heading into Week 4.

Use these rest-of-season roto league rankings to identify risers and fallers from preseason rankings and identify potential buy and sell candidates moving forward.

The MLB season is a marathon and not a sprint, so continue to monitor player performance over the next few weeks before locking rest-of-season outlooks in place.

Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources:

 

Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings Updates

While we've lost a few key names to injury, such as CJ Abrams, this past week has seen far more returns to action versus losses. Freddie Freeman has been back in the saddle for nearly a week. Others like Matt McLain, Jesus Sanchez, Clarke Schmidt, and a top-10 arm in Spencer Strider are back on the field, with players like Jackson Merrill, Wyatt Langford, and Pablo Lopez trending towards swift returns.

It's easy to succumb to knee-jerk reactions in the middle of April, but it's still early! We must balance trust in our preseason stances with the small sample size shown in the first few weeks of the 2025 season. And don't forget that we're getting ever closer to the next crop of prospects joining the bigs! How much patience are you willing to show your early- and mid-round players who are facing early struggles in the face of shiny new toys on the waiver wire?

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 Jung Hoo Lee, Taylor Ward, Trevor Story, Jonathan Aranda, and Michael King are listed in our early rest of-season rankings.

 

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


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