Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Nick Mariano's Rest-of-Season Outlooks for Matt McLain, Christopher Morel, Bobby Miller, more

Welcome back, RotoBallers! We are in Week 9 and seven days away from May being over. 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 24, 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 recently seen some top prospects, such as Los Angeles Dodgers pitching prospects Bobby Miller and Gavin Stone, called up to the big leagues. At the same time, fantasy managers patiently wait for the call-up of Baltimore Orioles' top prospect Jordan Westburg, who has been tearing it up in Triple-A. The 24-year-old is hitting .295 (23-for-78) with seven home runs, 19 RBI, and 19 runs over 19 games.

Miller was impressive in his MLB debut, allowing one run on four hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings. Unfortunately, Stone struggled again, yielding five runs on five hits and five walks over four innings during his second big league start versus Atlanta.

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May Top-300 Updates

Injuries continue to pile up; the Los Angeles Dodgers placed left-hander Julio Urias (hamstring) on the injured list. Minnesota Twins shortstop Carlos Correa (foot) has plantar fasciitis in his left foot, while Luis Robert Jr. (hip) tweaked his right hip on Tuesday. Seattle Mariners infielder Ty France (wrist) is out with a bruised wrist, and Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Brandon Lowe (neck) has a stiff neck.

Reinforcements are coming, as New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton (hamstring) could play rehab games this weekend. In contrast, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Tyler O'Neill (back) has resumed baseball activities. Cleveland Guardians right-hander Triston McKenzie (shoulder) is set for another rehab start on Thursday.

Chicago Cubs utilityman Christopher Morel continues to rake and has homered in five straight games. The 23-year-old is slashing .367/.404/.980 with nine home runs, 15 RBI, 17 runs, and a stolen base over 12 games since being called up on May 8. Minnesota has one of the best rotations in baseball with Pablo Lopez, Joe Ryan, Sonny Gray, and the emergence of Louie Varland and Bailey Ober.

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 Christopher Morel, Josh Lowe, Josh Jung, Nolan Gorman, Bobby Miller, Bryan De La Cruz, Jake Burger, Miguel Castro, Taj Bradley, Matt McLain, Gavin Stone, and Michael Wacha rank, all of who are off to interesting starts in 2023.

 

Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Week 9 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 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.

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

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