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

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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