Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Nick Mariano's Rest-of-Season Outlooks for: Edouard Julien, Kenta Maeda, more

Welcome back, RotoBallers! We are a few days away from the beginning of August and two months from the regular season being over. The MLB trade deadline is Monday, as some teams will make major moves to gear up for a World Series run. 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 July 26, 2023. These rankings are being released in July and are looking at rest-of-season fantasy baseball rankings and player values for the rest of this MLB season. There are many interesting storylines we are following closely, which are all baked into these updated rankings.

We have recently seen some top prospects called up to the big leagues, such as Cincinnati Reds infielder Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick, and San Francisco Giants shortstop Marco Luciano. At the same time, fantasy managers patiently wait for the call-up of Detroit Tigers third base prospect Colt Keith, who has collected a hit in four of his last six games with Triple-A Toledo, while St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Masyn Winn is slashing .471/.518/.980 with five home runs, 17 RBI, 19 runs, and one stolen base over his last 11 games with Triple-A Memphis.

Los Angeles Dodgers' top pitching prospect Gavin Stone has rebounded in Triple-A Oklahoma City after being lit up for 17 earned runs over 12 innings across three big league starts. Since being sent back down in early July, the 24-year-old bounced back with a 3.18 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, and 9.5 K/9 across 17 1/3 innings in his previous three outings. Chicago Cubs first base prospect Matt Mervis has also bounced back after a disappointing MLB debut (hitting .167 over 27 big league games). Since being optioned to Triple-A Iowa on June 15, Mervis is slashing .343/.500/.429 over his last 11 contests.

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July Top-300 Updates

Injuries continue to pile up; New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge (toe) went through a simulated game at the Yankees' spring training complex in Florida. The Yankees plan to activate Judge from the injured list ahead of Friday's game against the Orioles. Los Angeles Angels star outfielder Mike Trout (hand) went through some running drills but is still weeks away from returning after undergoing hamate bone surgery in early July. Baltimore Orioles outfielder Cedric Mullins (groin) will do some light running but remains without a timetable for a return.

Some notable recent performances include Minnesota Twins second baseman Edouard Julien, who is batting .447 (21-for-47) with three doubles, one triple, five home runs, and a stolen base over his last 16 games. San Francisco Giants infielder Wilmer Flores has been red hot lately, slashing .407/.485/1.074 with five home runs, eight RBI, and eight runs scored over his last nine games. Minnesota Twins right-handed pitcher Kenta Maeda has been rolling in July, posting a 2.78 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, and a 32:7 K/BB across 22 2/3 innings over his last four starts. 

Some players are off to a terrific start in the second half, while some have struggled mightily after the All-Star break. 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 Edouard Julien, Sal Frelick, Gunnar Henderson, Kenta Maeda, Wilmer Flores, Mitch Keller, Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Ezequiel Tovar, Alex Kirilloff, CJ Abrams, Kevin Ginkel, Triston Casas, Michael Lorenzen, Nick Pivetta, Tarik Skubal, Wander Franco, Jesus Luzardo rank, all of who have had an interesting start to the second half of the season.

 

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

 

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