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Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Nick Mariano's Rest-of-Season Outlooks for Eury Perez, Luis Robert, Christopher Morel, more

Luis Robert Fantasy Baseball Injury Update

Nick's updated top 300 fantasy baseball rankings for roto as of Week 8 (May 17, 2023). His rest-of-season rankings and projections for hitters and pitchers.

Welcome back, RotoBallers! Week 8 is here, and we are already halfway through May. It's time for another rankings check-in. Below is another edition of Nick Mariano's updated 2023 fantasy baseball rankings and tiers for roto leagues (5x5 mixed leagues) as of May 17, 2023. These rankings are being released in May and are looking at rest-of-season fantasy baseball rankings and player values for the rest of this MLB season from this point forward. There are many interesting storylines we are following closely, all baked into these updated rankings.

We have seen some top prospects, such as Cincinnati Reds shortstop Matt McLain, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Matthew Liberatore, and New York Mets designated hitter Mark Vientos called up to the big leagues recently, while Taj Bradley will get another shot in the majors with all the injuries to Tampa Bay's starting rotation. Liberatore was excellent in his season debut, allowing three hits and three walks while striking out six batters over five scoreless innings. Vientos homered in his 2023 debut.

Injuries continue to pile up, especially for pitchers. Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Dustin May (elbow) was diagnosed with a right flexor pronator strain after exiting his previous start early. Cincinnati Reds right-hander Nick Lodolo (calf) was placed on the 15-day injured list with left calf tendinosis. San Diego Padres star third baseman Manny Machado (hand) is dealing with a fractured hand.

Reinforcements are on the way as Cleveland Guardians right-hander Triston McKenzie (should) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Columbus on Saturday, while Chicago White Sox outfielder Eloy Jimenez (shoulder) could return by next weekend.

Chicago Cubs utilityman Christopher Morel has been on absolute fire since getting recalled to the big leagues on May 9th. He is slashing .371/.389/.857 with five home runs, 10 RBI, nine runs, and a stolen base over eight games. Chicago White Sox outfielder Luis Robert Jr. has been red hot by homering in four of his last five games.

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 Luis Robert Jr., Christopher Morel, Nick Pratto, Liam Hendriks, Eury Perez, Alex Kirilloff, Chris Bassitt, Harrison Bader, Taylor Walls, Alex Lange, Brandon Pfaadt, rank, all of who are off to interesting starts in 2023.

 

Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Week 8 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.

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 as of May 17, 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 Rank Player Name Pos
1 1 Shohei Ohtani DH/SP
1 2 Ronald Acuna Jr. OF
1 3 Aaron Judge OF
1 4 Bo Bichette SS
1 5 Fernando Tatis Jr. SS/OF
1 6 Julio Rodriguez OF
1 7 Jose Ramirez 3B
2 8 Juan Soto OF
2 9 Spencer Strider SP
2 10 Trea Turner SS
2 11 Rafael Devers 3B
2 12 Gerrit Cole SP
2 13 Bobby Witt Jr. 3B/SS
2 14 Marcus Semien 2B/SS
2 15 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B
2 16 Freddie Freeman 1B
2 17 Kyle Tucker OF
2 18 Mike Trout OF
2 19 Mookie Betts OF
2 20 Yordan Alvarez OF
2 21 Matt Olson 1B
2 22 Pete Alonso 1B
3 23 Shane McClanahan SP
3 24 Manny Machado 3B
3 25 Francisco Lindor SS
3 26 Paul Goldschmidt 1B
3 27 Randy Arozarena OF
3 28 Ozzie Albies 2B
3 29 Adolis Garcia OF
3 30 Cedric Mullins II OF
3 31 Austin Riley 3B
3 32 Zac Gallen SP
3 33 Corbin Burnes SP
3 34 Luis Robert OF
3 35 Corbin Carroll OF
3 36 Luis Castillo SP
3 37 Zack Wheeler SP
3 38 Kevin Gausman SP
3 39 Clayton Kershaw SP
3 40 Justin Verlander SP
3 41 Bryce Harper OF
3 42 Sandy Alcantara SP
3 43 Cristian Javier SP/RP
3 44 Emmanuel Clase RP
3 45 Josh Hader RP
3 46 Wander Franco SS
3 47 George Springer OF
4 48 Julio Urias SP
4 49 Yu Darvish SP
4 50 Framber Valdez SP
4 51 Corey Seager SS
4 52 Devin Williams RP
4 53 Jordan Romano RP
4 54 Nolan Arenado 3B
4 55 Kyle Schwarber OF
4 56 Aaron Nola SP
4 57 J.T. Realmuto C
4 58 Michael Harris II OF
4 59 Jose Altuve 2B
4 60 Felix Bautista RP
4 61 Joe Ryan SP
4 62 Bryan Reynolds OF
4 63 Byron Buxton OF
4 64 Xander Bogaerts SS
4 65 Thairo Estrada 2B/SS/OF
4 66 Anthony Volpe SS
4 67 Max Scherzer SP
4 68 Raisel Iglesias RP
5 69 Ryan Mountcastle 1B
5 70 Cody Bellinger OF
5 71 Joe Musgrove SP
5 72 Jacob deGrom SP
5 73 Daulton Varsho C/OF
5 74 Sonny Gray SP
5 75 Vinnie Pasquantino 1B
5 76 Willy Adames SS
5 77 Christian Yelich OF
5 78 Alex Bregman 3B
5 79 Taylor Ward OF
5 80 George Kirby SP
5 81 Pablo Lopez SP
5 82 Jeremy Pena SS
5 83 Nathaniel Lowe 1B
5 84 Max Muncy 2B/3B
5 85 Starling Marte OF
5 86 Logan Webb SP
5 87 Chris Sale SP
6 88 Alec Bohm 1B/3B
6 89 Yandy Diaz 1B/3B
6 90 Ryan Helsley RP
6 91 Tim Anderson SS
6 92 Matt Chapman 3B
6 93 Ryan Pressly RP
6 94 Shane Bieber SP
6 95 Will Smith C
6 96 Gleyber Torres 2B
6 97 Nestor Cortes Jr. SP/RP
6 98 Nick Castellanos OF
6 99 Ty France 1B/3B
6 100 Salvador Perez C
6 101 Josh Jung 3B
6 102 Dylan Cease SP
6 103 Nathan Eovaldi SP
6 104 Adley Rutschman C
6 105 Kenley Jansen RP
6 106 Teoscar Hernandez OF
6 107 Masataka Yoshida OF
6 108 Freddy Peralta SP
6 109 Josh Lowe OF
6 110 Jonathan India 2B
6 111 Hunter Greene SP
6 112 Dansby Swanson SS
6 113 Logan Gilbert SP
6 114 Jhoan Duran RP
6 115 Alex Verdugo OF
7 116 David Bednar RP
7 117 Luis Severino SP
7 118 Hunter Renfroe OF
7 119 Anthony Rizzo 1B
7 120 Paul Sewald RP
7 121 Liam Hendriks RP
7 122 Christian Walker 1B
7 123 Jorge Mateo SS
7 124 Tyler Glasnow SP
7 125 Jesus Luzardo SP
7 126 Patrick Wisdom 1B/3B/OF
7 127 Alexis Diaz RP
7 128 Chris Bassitt SP
8 129 Jordan Montgomery SP
8 130 Brandon Lowe 2B
8 131 Andres Gimenez 2B/SS
8 132 Camilo Doval RP
8 133 Kris Bryant OF
8 134 Sean Murphy C
8 135 Jonah Heim C
8 136 Jarred Kelenic OF
8 137 Willson Contreras C
8 138 Hunter Brown RP
8 139 Cal Raleigh C
8 140 Andrew Heaney SP
8 141 Bryce Miller SP
8 142 Amed Rosario SS/OF
8 143 Steven Kwan OF
8 144 Pete Fairbanks RP
8 145 Rowdy Tellez 1B
8 146 Seiya Suzuki OF
8 147 Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B
8 148 Carlos Correa SS
8 149 Charlie Morton SP
8 150 Nico Hoerner SS
8 151 Eugenio Suarez 3B
8 152 Andrew Vaughn 1B/OF
8 153 DJ LeMahieu 1B/2B/3B
8 154 Brandon Woodruff SP
9 155 Brandon Nimmo OF
9 156 Triston McKenzie SP
9 157 Harrison Bader OF
9 158 Lars Nootbaar OF
9 159 Eduardo Rodriguez SP
9 160 Alex Lange RP
9 161 Jake Cronenworth 1B/2B/SS
9 162 William Contreras C
9 163 Luis Arraez 1B/2B
9 164 Brandon Drury 1B/2B/3B
9 165 Javier Baez SS
9 166 Tanner Bibee SP
9 167 Ian Happ OF
9 168 Miguel Vargas OF
9 169 James Outman OF
9 170 Jon Gray SP
9 171 Austin Hays OF
9 172 Mitch Keller SP
9 173 David Robertson RP
9 174 Scott Barlow RP
9 175 MJ Melendez C/OF
10 176 Carlos Rodon SP
10 177 Jorge Polanco 2B
10 178 Ryan McMahon 2B/3B
10 179 Justin Steele SP
10 180 Whit Merrifield 2B/OF
10 181 Alex Kirilloff 1B/OF
10 182 Alex Cobb SP
10 183 Lucas Giolito SP
10 184 Ezequiel Tovar SS
10 185 Carlos Estevez RP
10 186 Marcus Stroman SP
10 187 Blake Snell SP
10 188 Nolan Gorman 2B
10 189 Taylor Walls 2B/3B/SS
10 190 Logan Allen RP
10 191 Lance Lynn SP
11 192 Jeff McNeil 2B/OF
11 193 Brandon Marsh OF
11 194 Tyler Stephenson C
11 195 J.D. Martinez DH
11 196 Giancarlo Stanton OF
11 197 Esteury Ruiz OF
11 198 Zach Eflin SP/RP
11 199 Eury Perez SP
11 200 Joey Gallo OF
11 201 Anthony Rendon 3B
11 202 Joey Meneses 1B/OF
11 203 Matt Mervis 1B
11 204 Jorge Soler OF
11 205 Anthony Santander OF
11 206 Jose Siri OF
11 207 Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B
11 208 Tommy Edman 2B/SS
11 209 Jose Alvarado RP
11 210 Ketel Marte 2B
11 211 Gunnar Henderson 3B/SS
11 212 Reid Detmers SP
11 213 Kodai Senga SP
11 214 Bryson Stott 2B/SS
11 215 Bailey Ober SP
11 216 Justin Turner 3B
11 217 Bryce Elder SP
11 218 Josh Naylor 1B/OF
11 219 Nick Lodolo SP
11 220 Patrick Sandoval SP
11 221 Triston Casas 1B
12 222 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. OF
12 223 Riley Greene OF
12 224 Jake Fraley OF
12 225 Isaac Paredes 1B/2B/3B
12 226 Michael King RP
12 227 Evan Phillips RP
12 228 Jarren Duran OF
12 229 Harold Ramirez 1B/OF
12 230 Shea Langeliers C
12 231 William Smith RP
12 232 Grayson Rodriguez SP
12 233 Brett Baty 3B
12 234 Tony Gonsolin SP
12 235 Clay Holmes RP
12 236 Gabriel Moreno C
12 237 J.P. France SP
12 238 Brendan Donovan 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF
12 239 Christopher Morel 2B/3B/SS/OF
12 240 Brandon Pfaadt SP
12 241 Josiah Gray SP
12 242 Andrew Chafin RP
12 243 Merrill Kelly SP
12 244 Alejandro Kirk C
12 245 Graham Ashcraft SP
12 246 Drew Smyly SP
12 247 Mitch Haniger OF
12 248 Andrew Benintendi OF
12 249 Jose Berrios SP
13 250 Jon Berti 2B/3B/SS/OF
13 251 Ji Hwan Bae OF
13 252 Brent Rooker OF
13 253 Leody Taveras OF
13 254 Maikel Garcia SS
13 255 Eloy Jimenez OF
13 256 Tyler Wells RP
13 257 Jason Adam RP
13 258 Craig Kimbrel RP
13 259 Spencer Steer 1B/3B
13 260 Yennier Cano RP
13 261 Brice Turang SS
13 262 Matt McLain SS
13 263 A.J. Puk RP
13 264 Jake Burger 3B
13 265 Jack Suwinski OF
13 266 Josh Rojas 2B/3B
13 267 Tyler O'Neill OF
13 268 Nick Senzel OF
13 269 Adam Ottavino RP
13 270 Jordan Walker 3B
13 271 Jose Abreu 1B
13 272 Luis Garcia (2B) 2B/SS
13 273 CJ Abrams 2B/SS
13 274 Dustin May SP
13 275 Andres Munoz RP
13 276 C.J. Cron 1B
13 277 Kyle Finnegan RP
13 278 Andrew McCutchen OF
13 279 Aroldis Chapman RP
13 280 Brusdar Graterol RP
13 281 Jurickson Profar OF
13 282 Connor Joe 1B/OF
13 283 Enmanuel Valdez 2B
13 284 Mark Leiter Jr. RP
13 285 Ezequiel Duran 2B/3B
14 286 Jack Flaherty SP
14 287 Oswaldo Cabrera OF
14 288 Michael Conforto OF
14 289 Dominic Fletcher OF
14 290 Nick Pratto 1B/OF
14 291 Louie Varland SP
14 292 Ramon Laureano OF
14 293 Edward Cabrera SP
14 294 Johan Oviedo SP/RP
14 295 Adbert Alzolay RP
14 296 Yoan Moncada 3B
14 297 Orlando Arcia 2B
14 298 TJ Friedl OF
14 299 Lane Thomas OF
14 300 Dylan Floro RP


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