Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Nick Mariano's Rest-of-Season Outlooks for Mason Miller, James Outman, Anthony Volpe, more

Welcome back RotoBallers! April is almost over, and 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 April 25, 2023. These rankings are being released in late April and are looking at rest-of-season fantasy baseball rankings and player values for the rest of this MLB season from this point forward.

The Pirates surprisingly remain hot and have provided managers with some quality fantasy options in Connor Joe, Jack Suwinski, Ji Hwan Bae, and Rodolfo Castro. Per usual, there is more injury news and prospect call-ups that shake up the rest of the season's rankings. Seattle Mariners left-hander Robbie Ray will undergo season-ending surgery to repair the flexor tendon in his left elbow and is out for the season. Los Angeles Angels catcher Logan O'Hoppe is expected to miss 4-to-6 months after being diagnosed with a torn labrum. We had some recent big-league promotions, such as Logan Taylor Allen, Tanner Bibee, and Mason Miller, make a fantasy impact in the MLB debuts. The Cardinals sent down top-prospect Jordan Walker sent down to Triple-A, while the Diamondbacks optioned outfielder Jake McCarthy to the minors.

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 Mason Miller, James Outman, Anthony Volpe, Jonathan India, Nico Hoerner, Joe Ryan, Jarren Duran, Jarred Kelenic, and Nick Lodolo rank, all of who are off to interesting starts in 2023.

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

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