Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Nick Mariano's Rest-of-Season Outlooks for: Lars Nootbaar, Josh Bell, Justin Verlander, more

Welcome back, RotoBallers! Now that the dust has settled and the MLB trade deadline is over. It's time for another rankings check-in. We saw many players on the move this past week, which either increased or decreased a player's fantasy value. Some of the big names that changed jerseys include Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Jordan Montgomery, Amed Rosario, Jake Burger, Paul Sewald, Lucas Giolito, Randal Grichuk, C.J. Cron, Jordan Hicks, Scott Barlow, Aaron Civale, Jack Flaherty, Lance Lynn, David Robertson, Michael Lorenzen, and Josh Bell. Below is another edition of Nick Mariano's updated 2023 fantasy baseball rankings and tiers for roto leagues (5x5 mixed leagues) as of August 2, 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. 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 Cleveland Guardians shortstop Brayan Rocchio. 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 seven of his last 10 games with Triple-A Toledo, while St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Masyn Winn is slashing .327/.393/.673 with eight home runs, 27 RBI, 28 runs, and two stolen bases over 25 games with Triple-A Memphis.

The Guardians acquired top prospect Kyle Manzardo (shoulder) from the Rays as part of the Aaron Civale deal. He has been on the 7-day injured list since July 6 due to a sore shoulder. The 23-year-old had struggled this season, slashing .238/.342/.442 with 11 home runs, 19 RBI, 33 runs, and a .784 OPS over 73 games with Triple-A Durham. After the Mets sell-off at the MLB deadline, infield prospect Ronny Mauricio could be the next prospect to be promoted to the big leagues. The 22-year-old is slashing .290/.340/.487 with 16 home runs and 16 stolen bases over 427 plate appearances at Triple-A Syracuse.

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August Top-300 Updates

Injuries continue to pile up; Chicago White Sox right-hander Liam Hendriks (elbow) underwent Tommy John surgery on Wednesday and will miss the rest of the season. The Blue Jays placed Bo Bichette (knee) and Jordan Romano (back) on the injured list. Tampa Bay Rays Shane McClanahan (forearm) is battling with forearm tightness and exited Wednesday's start early. The Yankees placed Domingo German on the restricted list. Reinforcements are coming as Boston Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story (elbow) and New York Yankees southpaw Nestor Cortes Jr. are set to come off the injured list soon.

Some notable recent performances include Boston Red Sox right-hander Nick Pivetta, who has racked up two double-digit strike-out performances while posting a 1.40 ERA and 0.57 WHIP over his last 19 1/3 innings. St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar is starting to live up to all the hype given to him this offseason. Nootbaar is hitting .500 (11-for-22) with four home runs and seven RBI over his last five contests. The Angels acquired Randal Grichuk from the Rockies before the MLB deadline. Grichuk should have an everyday role with Mike Trout (wrist) sidelined. The 31-year-old is slashing .375/.405/.700, four home runs, five RBI, seven runs, and a stolen base over his last 10 games.

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 Nick Pivetta, Randal Grichuk, Lars Nootbaar,  Josh Bell, Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Jake Burger, Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Will Benson, Andrew Abbott, Luke Raley, Anthony Volpe, Triston Casas, Giancarlo Stanton, Brandon Woodruff, Wilmer Flores, Lucas Giolito, rank, all of who have had an interesting start to the second half of the season.

 

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

 

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