Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Nick Mariano's Rest-of-Season Outlooks for: Mike Trout, Cole Ragans, Max Kepler, Zack Gelof, more

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Howdy, RotoBallers! Can you believe it? The 2023 MLB season has gone by so fast, and there is just over a month left in the fantasy baseball season. We are back with another edition of Nick Mariano's updated 2023 fantasy baseball rankings and tiers for roto leagues (5x5 mixed leagues) as of August 24, 2023. These rankings are being released in August and are looking at rest-of-season fantasy baseball rankings and player values for the rest of this MLB season. We are following many exciting storylines closely, which are all baked into these updated rankings.

We have recently seen some top prospects called up to the big leagues, such as Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Michael Busch, San Francisco Giants left-hander Kyle Harrison, St. Louis Cardinals infielder Masyn Winn, Cincinnati Reds infielder Noelvi Marte, and Los Angeles Angels first baseman Nolan Schanuel. Top prospects such as Pete Crow-Armstrong, Ceddanne Rafaela, Jordan Lawlar, Colt Keith, Matt Mervis, Ronny Mauricio, Heston Kjerstad, Coby Mayo, Xavier Edwards, and Robert Gasser patiently await the call to the big leagues.

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Injuries continue to pile up; Los Angeles Angels two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani (elbow) has been diagnosed with a torn UCL in his right elbow and won't pitch again this season. However, Ohtani will continue to serve as the team's designated hitter for the rest of the season. More bad news for the Angels: All-Star outfielder Mike Trout (wrist) is returning to the injured list and won't do any baseball activities for the next 10 days. Boston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran (toe) is in a walking boot and was placed on the 10-day injured list. Kenley Jansen (hamstring), Yordan Alvarez (finger), Stone Garrett (leg), and Sal Frelick (hamstring) are considered day-to-day. Reinforcements are coming as Nolan Gorman (back) is expected to be activated from the injured list on Friday. Texas Rangers right-hander Nathan Eovaldi (forearm) is scheduled for another bullpen session, while Cincinnati Reds outfielder Jake Fraley (toe) will work out Triple-A Louisville this weekend.

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Some notable recent performances include Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki is hitting .450 (9-for-20) with two home runs, three RBI, and seven runs scored over his last six games. The 29-year-old is slashing .263/.336/.429 with 13 home runs, 44 RBI, 52 runs, and five stolen bases over 103 games in 2023. Minnesota Twins outfielder Max Kepler is slashing .282/.349/.538 with two home runs, five RBI, and five runs over his last 11 contests. The 30-year-old owns a .332 WOBA and a career-high .505 XSLG in 2023. Kansas City Royals left-hander Cole Ragans has been one of the hottest pitchers in August. The 25-year-old owns a 2.12 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, and a 13.3 K:9 over 29 2/3 innings during the month.

Some players have been off to blazing starts since the calendar turned August and will look to close out September on a high note. Which of these hot streaks do we take seriously, and which do we put less stock into? Is it time to raise 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 recently, 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 Mike Trout, Cole Ragans, Max Kepler, CJ Abrams, Matt McLain, Gunnar Henderson, Trison Casas, Spencer Torkelson, Paul Sewald, Eury Perez, Jordan Montgomery, Zack Gelof, Grayson Rodriguez rank, all of who have had played well recently.

Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Week 23 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 either, but it's certainly a good checkpoint for the long fantasy season.

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Nick Mariano's ranks are as of August 24, 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.

Ranking	Tier	Player Name	Pos
1	1	Ronald Acuna Jr.	OF
2	1	Shohei Ohtani	DH/SP
3	1	Bobby Witt Jr.	3B/SS
4	1	Aaron Judge	OF
5	1	Freddie Freeman	1B
6	1	Mookie Betts	OF
7	1	Julio Rodriguez	OF
8	2	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SS/OF
9	2	Spencer Strider	SP
10	2	Kyle Tucker	OF
11	2	Jose Ramirez	3B
12	2	Juan Soto	OF
13	2	Matt Olson	1B
14	2	Pete Alonso	1B
15	2	Gerrit Cole	SP
16	2	Manny Machado	3B
17	2	Luis Robert	OF
18	2	Corbin Burnes	SP
19	2	Kevin Gausman	SP
20	2	Marcus Semien	2B/SS
21	2	Luis Castillo	SP
22	2	Corbin Carroll	OF
23	3	Trea Turner	SS
24	3	Ozzie Albies	2B
25	3	Corey Seager	SS
26	3	Francisco Lindor	SS
27	3	Yordan Alvarez	OF
28	3	Paul Goldschmidt	1B
29	3	Zack Wheeler	SP
30	3	Zac Gallen	SP
31	3	Austin Riley	3B
32	3	Rafael Devers	3B
33	3	Alex Bregman	3B
34	3	Bo Bichette	SS
35	3	Michael Harris II	OF
36	3	Adolis Garcia	OF
37	3	Bryce Harper	OF
38	3	Blake Snell	SP
39	3	Felix Bautista	RP
40	3	Randy Arozarena	OF
41	3	Christian Yelich	OF
42	3	Masataka Yoshida	OF
43	3	Tyler Glasnow	SP
44	3	Max Scherzer	SP
45	3	Max Fried	SP
46	3	Kyle Schwarber	OF
47	3	Clayton Kershaw	SP
48	4	Nolan Arenado	3B
49	4	Pablo Lopez	SP
50	4	Josh Hader	RP
51	4	Devin Williams	RP
52	4	Matt McLain	SS
53	4	Nico Hoerner	SS
54	4	Raisel Iglesias	RP
55	4	Sandy Alcantara	SP
56	4	Justin Verlander	SP
57	4	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	2B
58	4	Brandon Woodruff	SP
59	4	Jose Altuve	2B
60	4	Elly De La Cruz	3B/SS
61	4	Cody Bellinger	OF
62	4	Christian Walker	1B
63	4	Emmanuel Clase	RP
64	4	Bryson Stott	2B/SS
65	4	George Kirby	SP
66	4	Julio Urias	SP
67	4	Logan Webb	SP
68	4	Freddy Peralta	SP
69	5	Nick Castellanos	OF
70	5	Alec Bohm	1B/3B
71	5	Ryan Mountcastle	1B
72	5	Xander Bogaerts	SS
73	5	Ha-Seong Kim	3B/SS
74	5	Mike Trout	OF
75	5	Cedric Mullins II	OF
76	5	Yu Darvish	SP
77	5	Jesus Luzardo	SP
78	5	J.T. Realmuto	C
79	5	Zach Eflin	SP/RP
80	5	Chris Bassitt	SP
81	5	Camilo Doval	RP
82	5	George Springer	OF
83	5	CJ Abrams	2B/SS
84	5	Trevor Story	2B
85	5	Will Smith	C
86	5	Dansby Swanson	SS
87	5	Gunnar Henderson	3B/SS
88	6	Ryan Pressly	RP
89	6	Alexis Diaz	RP
90	6	Yandy Diaz	1B/3B
91	6	Lane Thomas	OF
92	6	Kodai Senga	SP
93	6	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1B
94	6	Craig Kimbrel	RP
95	6	Nathaniel Lowe	1B
96	6	Justin Turner	3B
97	6	Max Muncy	2B/3B
98	6	Teoscar Hernandez	OF
99	6	Gleyber Torres	2B
100	6	Framber Valdez	SP
101	6	Ketel Marte	2B
102	6	Adley Rutschman	C
103	6	Thairo Estrada	2B/SS/OF
104	6	Sean Murphy	C
105	6	William Contreras	C
106	6	Wilmer Flores	1B/2B/3B
107	6	Spencer Steer	1B/3B
108	6	Anthony Volpe	SS
109	6	Triston Casas	1B
110	6	Spencer Torkelson	1B
111	6	Andres Gimenez	2B/SS
112	6	Paul Sewald	RP
113	6	Jhoan Duran	RP
114	6	Jordan Walker	3B
115	6	Bryan Reynolds	OF
116	7	Chas McCormick	OF
117	7	Aaron Nola	SP
118	7	Logan Gilbert	SP
119	7	Luis Arraez	1B/2B
120	7	Jorge Soler	OF
121	7	Daulton Varsho	C/OF
122	7	Josh Lowe	OF
123	7	Jordan Montgomery	SP
124	7	Tarik Skubal	SP
125	7	David Bednar	RP
126	7	Kenta Maeda	SP
127	7	Jarren Duran	OF
128	7	Ian Happ	OF
129	8	Brandon Lowe	2B
130	8	Eury Perez	SP
131	8	Justin Steele	SP
132	8	Sonny Gray	SP
133	8	Anthony Santander	OF
134	8	Kenley Jansen	RP
135	8	Pete Fairbanks	RP
136	8	Kyle Bradish	SP
137	8	Bryce Miller	SP
138	8	Adbert Alzolay	RP
139	8	Christopher Morel	2B/3B/SS/OF
140	8	Tommy Edman	2B/SS
141	8	Steven Kwan	OF
142	8	Isaac Paredes	1B/2B/3B
143	8	Ezequiel Tovar	SS
144	8	Zack Gelof	2B
145	8	Seiya Suzuki	OF
146	8	Andrew Abbott	SP
147	8	Francisco Alvarez	DH
148	8	Eugenio Suarez	3B
149	8	Joey Votto	1B
150	8	Grayson Rodriguez	SP
151	8	Willson Contreras	C
152	8	Jordan Romano	RP
153	8	Eloy Jimenez	OF
154	8	Luke Raley	OF
155	9	Austin Hays	OF
156	9	Carlos Estevez	RP
157	9	Orlando Arcia	2B
158	9	Salvador Perez	C
159	9	Josh Bell	1B
160	9	Chris Sale	SP
161	9	Tanner Bibee	SP
162	9	Eduardo Rodriguez	SP
163	9	Whit Merrifield	2B/OF
164	9	Lance Lynn	SP
165	9	Nolan Jones	OF
166	9	Joey Meneses	1B/OF
167	9	Cal Raleigh	C
168	9	Bobby Miller	SP
169	9	Yusei Kikuchi	SP/RP
170	9	Riley Greene	OF
171	9	Dylan Cease	SP
172	9	Charlie Morton	SP
173	9	James Paxton	SP
174	9	Yainer Diaz	DH
175	9	Jose Berrios	SP
176	10	Andres Munoz	RP
177	10	Amed Rosario	SS/OF
178	10	Jonah Heim	C
179	10	Maikel Garcia	SS
180	10	Masyn Winn	SS/P
181	10	Ryan McMahon	2B/3B
182	10	Michael Lorenzen	SP
183	10	Bailey Ober	SP
184	10	Hunter Greene	SP
185	10	Matt Chapman	3B
186	10	J.D. Martinez	DH
187	10	Brandon Nimmo	OF
188	10	Jack Flaherty	SP
189	10	Merrill Kelly	SP
190	10	Brandon Drury	1B/2B/3B
191	10	TJ Friedl	OF
192	11	Starling Marte	OF
193	11	Jose Siri	OF
194	11	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	3B
195	11	Gavin Williams	SP
196	11	Byron Buxton	OF
197	11	Ke'Bryan Hayes	3B
198	11	Will Benson	OF
199	11	Evan Phillips	RP
200	11	Royce Lewis	SS
201	11	Eddie Rosario	OF
202	11	Kerry Carpenter	OF
203	11	William Smith	RP
204	11	Giancarlo Stanton	OF
205	11	Clay Holmes	RP
206	11	Aaron Civale	SP
207	11	Willy Adames	SS
208	11	Lucas Giolito	SP
209	11	Oneil Cruz	SS
210	11	Cole Ragans	SP/RP
211	11	Adam Duvall	OF
212	11	Joe Ryan	SP
213	11	Andrew Vaughn	1B/OF
214	11	Jorge Polanco	2B
215	11	David Robertson	RP
216	11	Trent Grisham	OF
217	11	Kyle Finnegan	RP
218	11	Max Kepler	OF
219	11	Jonathan India	2B
220	11	Nathan Eovaldi	SP
221	12	Jon Gray	SP
222	12	Michael Wacha	SP
223	12	Tommy Pham	OF
224	12	Lars Nootbaar	OF
225	12	Hunter Renfroe	OF
226	12	Hunter Brown	RP
227	12	Tyler O'Neill	OF
228	12	Cristian Javier	SP/RP
229	12	Noelvi Marte	SS
230	12	Esteury Ruiz	OF
231	12	Brayan Bello	SP
232	12	Trevor May	RP
233	12	Adam Ottavino	RP
234	12	Jason Foley	RP
235	12	Reid Detmers	SP
236	12	Jeimer Candelario	3B
237	12	Jordan Hicks	SP/RP
238	12	J.P. France	SP
239	12	Edouard Julien	2B
240	12	Carlos Rodon	SP
241	12	Bryan Woo	SP
242	12	Jake Burger	3B
243	12	Carlos Correa	SS
244	12	Seth Lugo	RP
245	12	Randal Grichuk	OF
246	12	LaMonte Wade Jr.	1B/OF
247	12	MJ Melendez	C/OF
248	12	Leody Taveras	OF
249	13	Giovanny Gallegos	RP
250	13	Brady Singer	SP
251	13	James Outman	OF
252	13	Mike Tauchman	OF
253	13	Braxton Garrett	SP
254	13	Jeff McNeil	2B/OF
255	13	Nolan Schanuel	1B
256	13	Mitch Keller	SP
257	13	Graham Ashcraft	SP
258	13	Mickey Moniak	OF
259	13	Josh Jung	3B
260	13	Cristopher Sanchez	SP/RP
261	13	Alex Verdugo	OF
262	13	Matt Wallner	OF
263	13	Michael Massey	2B
264	13	Henry Davis	C
265	13	Aroldis Chapman	RP
266	13	Carlos Hernandez	SP/RP
267	13	Andrew Heaney	SP
268	13	Alex Lange	RP
269	13	Brandon Belt	1B
270	13	Patrick Sandoval	SP
271	13	Kyle Hendricks	SP
272	13	Gary Sanchez	C
273	13	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	OF
274	13	Jose Urquidy	SP
275	13	Tim Anderson	SS
276	13	Jack Suwinski	OF
277	13	Harrison Bader	OF
278	13	Mike Moustakas	1B/3B
279	13	Bryce Elder	SP
280	13	Harold Ramirez	1B/OF
281	13	Marcell Ozuna	OF
282	13	Ty France	1B/3B
283	13	Dean Kremer	SP
284	13	Sal Frelick	OF
285	14	Luis Rengifo	2B/3B/SS
286	14	Andrew Benintendi	OF
287	14	Justin Lawrence	RP
288	14	Hyun Jin Ryu	SP
289	14	Elias Diaz	C
290	14	Jeremy Pena	SS
291	14	Kyle Isbel	OF
292	14	Cade Marlowe	OF
293	14	Rowdy Tellez	1B
294	14	Chase Silseth	SP
295	14	Javier Baez	SS
296	14	Logan Allen	RP
297	14	Dane Dunning	SP
298	14	Michael Conforto	OF
299	14	Clarke Schmidt	SP/RP
300	14	Zack Littell	SP/RP

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