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RotoBaller's top 300 Underdog best ball fantasy baseball rankings and tiers for 2026 MLB best ball drafts on Underdog including hitters and pitchers (OF, IF, P).
Below you'll find our MLB team's 2026 Underdog Best Ball Fantasy Baseball Rankings for 2026 Best Ball leagues on the Underdog Fantasy platform. The 2026 MLB season is right around the corner, so use these Underdog rankings to crush your Underdog drafts. These MLB best ball rankings are put together by RotoBaller's lead analyst Nick Mariano -- one of the industry's most accurate fantasy baseball rankers -- and cover both hitters and pitchers and include tiers for the top 300 players.
In case you aren't familiar with with fantasy baseball best ball leagues, they are essentially draft-only leagues with no moves made during the season. Once a best ball draft is completed, nothing else happens throughout the year -- no setting weekly lineups, no trading, no waiver wire moves. Every week of the season, the best combo of fantasy players on your team is automatically calculated and used to determine the highest possible scoring outcome.
Underdog Fantasy is a fantasy sports platform where you can play all sorts of leagues and contests, and MLB Best Ball leagues are one of their popular offerings. As with any league or platform, it's key to understand the format and scoring rules. On the Underdog Fantasy platform, MLB best ball leagues only have three possible positions - Infield (IF), Outfield (OF), and Pitcher (P). You will see these three positions in the rankings below, next to each player's name under the "Underdog Position" column. The fantasy baseball rankings are geared towards Underdog best ball leagues and scoring rules, but can be used as a guide for all fantasy baseball best ball platforms and leagues.
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2026 Underdog Best Ball Draft Rankings
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| Rank | Tier | Player | Position | Underdog Position |
| 1 | 1 | Shohei Ohtani | DH | OF |
| 2 | 1 | Aaron Judge | OF | OF |
| 3 | 1 | Juan Soto | OF | OF |
| 4 | 1 | Ronald Acuna Jr. | OF | OF |
| 5 | 1 | Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | IF |
| 6 | 2 | Corbin Carroll | OF | OF |
| 7 | 2 | Kyle Schwarber | OF | OF |
| 8 | 2 | Fernando Tatis Jr. | OF | OF |
| 9 | 2 | Julio Rodriguez | OF | OF |
| 10 | 2 | Kyle Tucker | OF | OF |
| 11 | 2 | Jose Ramirez | 3B | IF |
| 12 | 2 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 1B | IF |
| 13 | 2 | Elly De La Cruz | SS | IF |
| 14 | 2 | Tarik Skubal | SP | P |
| 15 | 3 | Yordan Alvarez | OF | OF |
| 16 | 3 | Brent Rooker | OF | OF |
| 17 | 3 | Jackson Chourio | OF | OF |
| 18 | 3 | Rafael Devers | 1B | OF |
| 19 | 3 | Gunnar Henderson | SS | IF |
| 20 | 3 | James Wood | OF | OF |
| 21 | 3 | Paul Skenes | SP | P |
| 22 | 3 | Garrett Crochet | SP | P |
| 23 | 3 | Nick Kurtz | 1B | IF |
| 24 | 3 | Cal Raleigh | C | IF |
| 25 | 3 | Francisco Lindor | SS | IF |
| 26 | 3 | Pete Alonso | 1B | IF |
| 27 | 3 | Roman Anthony | OF | OF |
| 28 | 3 | Pete Crow-Armstrong | OF | OF |
| 29 | 3 | Wyatt Langford | OF | OF |
| 30 | 3 | Junior Caminero | 3B | IF |
| 31 | 3 | Matt Olson | 1B | IF |
| 32 | 3 | Jackson Merrill | OF | OF |
| 33 | 3 | Bryce Harper | 1B | IF |
| 34 | 3 | Jarren Duran | OF | OF |
| 35 | 4 | Riley Greene | OF | OF |
| 36 | 4 | Randy Arozarena | OF | OF |
| 37 | 4 | Seiya Suzuki | OF | OF |
| 38 | 4 | Ketel Marte | 2B | IF |
| 39 | 4 | Freddie Freeman | 1B | IF |
| 40 | 4 | Cody Bellinger | 1B/OF | OF |
| 41 | 4 | George Springer | OF | OF |
| 42 | 4 | Ian Happ | OF | OF |
| 43 | 4 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | SP | P |
| 44 | 4 | Cristopher Sanchez | SP | P |
| 45 | 4 | Tyler Soderstrom | 1B/OF | OF |
| 46 | 4 | Hunter Brown | SP | P |
| 47 | 4 | Manny Machado | 3B | IF |
| 48 | 4 | Mookie Betts | SS | IF |
| 49 | 4 | Austin Riley | 3B | IF |
| 50 | 4 | Christian Yelich | OF | OF |
| 51 | 4 | Logan Webb | SP | P |
| 52 | 4 | Taylor Ward | OF | OF |
| 53 | 4 | Cole Ragans | SP | P |
| 54 | 4 | Zach Neto | SS | IF |
| 55 | 4 | Jazz Chisholm Jr. | 2B/3B | IF |
| 56 | 5 | Trea Turner | SS | IF |
| 57 | 5 | Byron Buxton | OF | OF |
| 58 | 5 | Brandon Nimmo | OF | OF |
| 59 | 5 | Oneil Cruz | OF | OF |
| 60 | 5 | Teoscar Hernandez | OF | OF |
| 61 | 5 | Jurickson Profar | OF | OF |
| 62 | 5 | Lawrence Butler | OF | OF |
| 63 | 5 | Logan Gilbert | SP | P |
| 64 | 5 | Dylan Cease | SP | P |
| 65 | 5 | Geraldo Perdomo | SS | IF |
| 66 | 5 | Bryan Woo | SP | P |
| 67 | 5 | Josh Naylor | 1B | IF |
| 68 | 5 | Hunter Greene | SP | P |
| 69 | 5 | Chris Sale | SP | P |
| 70 | 5 | Alex Bregman | 3B | IF |
| 71 | 5 | Jacob deGrom | SP | P |
| 72 | 5 | Max Fried | SP | P |
| 73 | 6 | Blake Snell | SP | P |
| 74 | 6 | Michael Harris II | OF | OF |
| 75 | 6 | Freddy Peralta | SP | P |
| 76 | 6 | Jose Altuve | 2B/OF | OF |
| 77 | 6 | Mike Trout | OF | OF |
| 78 | 6 | Jesus Luzardo | SP | P |
| 79 | 6 | Spencer Strider | SP | P |
| 80 | 6 | Corey Seager | SS | IF |
| 81 | 6 | Bryan Reynolds | OF | OF |
| 82 | 6 | Kyle Stowers | OF | OF |
| 83 | 6 | Steven Kwan | OF | OF |
| 84 | 6 | Vinnie Pasquantino | 1B | IF |
| 85 | 6 | Ben Rice | C/1B | IF |
| 86 | 6 | Anthony Santander | OF | OF |
| 87 | 6 | CJ Abrams | SS | IF |
| 88 | 6 | Willy Adames | SS | IF |
| 89 | 6 | Joe Ryan | SP | P |
| 90 | 6 | George Kirby | SP | P |
| 91 | 6 | Nick Pivetta | SP | P |
| 92 | 6 | Bo Bichette | SS | IF |
| 93 | 6 | Sonny Gray | SP | P |
| 94 | 6 | Framber Valdez | SP | P |
| 95 | 6 | Eugenio Suarez | 3B | IF |
| 96 | 6 | Jo Adell | OF | OF |
| 97 | 6 | Heliot Ramos | OF | OF |
| 98 | 6 | Yandy Diaz | 1B | IF |
| 99 | 6 | William Contreras | C | IF |
| 100 | 6 | Luis Robert Jr. | OF | OF |
| 101 | 7 | Jakob Marsee | OF | OF |
| 102 | 7 | Maikel Garcia | 2B/3B/SS/OF | IF |
| 103 | 7 | Michael Busch | 1B | IF |
| 104 | 7 | Kyle Bradish | SP | P |
| 105 | 7 | Spencer Schwellenbach | SP | P |
| 106 | 7 | Andy Pages | OF | OF |
| 107 | 7 | Matt Chapman | 3B | IF |
| 108 | 7 | Jackson Holliday | 2B/SS | IF |
| 109 | 7 | Brice Turang | 2B | IF |
| 110 | 7 | Pablo Lopez | SP | P |
| 111 | 7 | Kevin Gausman | SP | P |
| 112 | 7 | Dylan Crews | OF | OF |
| 113 | 7 | MacKenzie Gore | SP | P |
| 114 | 7 | Zack Wheeler | SP | P |
| 115 | 7 | Jac Caglianone | 1B/OF | OF |
| 116 | 7 | Ceddanne Rafaela | 2B/OF | OF |
| 117 | 7 | Jeremy Pena | SS | IF |
| 118 | 7 | Jacob Misiorowski | SP/RP | P |
| 119 | 7 | Nolan McLean | SP | P |
| 120 | 7 | Trey Yesavage | SP | P |
| 121 | 8 | Shea Langeliers | C | IF |
| 122 | 8 | Chase Burns | SP/RP | P |
| 123 | 8 | Brandon Woodruff | SP | P |
| 124 | 8 | Marcus Semien | 2B | IF |
| 125 | 8 | Spencer Torkelson | 1B | IF |
| 126 | 8 | Nico Hoerner | 2B/SS | IF |
| 127 | 8 | Adolis Garcia | OF | OF |
| 128 | 8 | Colton Cowser | OF | OF |
| 129 | 8 | Trent Grisham | OF | OF |
| 130 | 8 | Eury Perez | SP | P |
| 131 | 9 | Robbie Ray | SP | P |
| 132 | 9 | Sandy Alcantara | SP | P |
| 133 | 9 | Michael King | SP | P |
| 134 | 9 | Marcell Ozuna | DH | OF |
| 135 | 9 | Gavin Williams | SP | P |
| 136 | 9 | Ozzie Albies | 2B | IF |
| 137 | 9 | Jasson Dominguez | OF | OF |
| 138 | 9 | Jung Hoo Lee | OF | OF |
| 139 | 9 | Jordan Westburg | 2B/3B | IF |
| 140 | 9 | Christian Walker | 1B | IF |
| 141 | 9 | Dansby Swanson | SS | IF |
| 142 | 10 | Brenton Doyle | OF | OF |
| 143 | 10 | Cam Schlittler | SP | P |
| 144 | 10 | Luis Castillo | SP | P |
| 145 | 10 | Tyler Glasnow | SP | P |
| 146 | 10 | Tanner Bibee | SP | P |
| 147 | 10 | Trevor Story | SS | IF |
| 148 | 10 | Daulton Varsho | OF | OF |
| 149 | 10 | Bubba Chandler | SP | P |
| 150 | 10 | Kerry Carpenter | OF | OF |
| 151 | 10 | Hunter Goodman | C | IF |
| 152 | 10 | Colson Montgomery | 3B/SS | IF |
| 153 | 10 | Jacob Wilson | SS | IF |
| 154 | 10 | TJ Friedl | OF | OF |
| 155 | 10 | Tatsuya Imai | SP | P |
| 156 | 10 | Aaron Nola | SP | P |
| 157 | 10 | Gleyber Torres | 2B | IF |
| 158 | 10 | Wilyer Abreu | OF | OF |
| 159 | 10 | Munetaka Murakami | 3B | IF |
| 160 | 10 | Zac Gallen | SP | P |
| 161 | 10 | Nathan Eovaldi | SP | P |
| 162 | 10 | Spencer Steer | 1B/OF | IF |
| 163 | 10 | Jack Flaherty | SP | P |
| 164 | 10 | Nick Castellanos | OF | OF |
| 165 | 11 | Ryan Pepiot | SP | P |
| 166 | 11 | Ezequiel Tovar | SS | IF |
| 167 | 11 | Trevor Rogers | SP | P |
| 168 | 11 | Shota Imanaga | SP | P |
| 169 | 11 | Daylen Lile | OF | OF |
| 170 | 11 | Carlos Rodon | SP | P |
| 171 | 11 | Chase DeLauter | OF | OF |
| 172 | 11 | Edward Cabrera | SP | P |
| 173 | 11 | Willson Contreras | 1B | IF |
| 174 | 11 | Jack Leiter | SP | P |
| 175 | 11 | Nick Lodolo | SP | P |
| 176 | 11 | Roki Sasaki | SP | P |
| 177 | 11 | Ranger Suarez | SP | P |
| 178 | 11 | Ramon Laureano | OF | OF |
| 179 | 11 | Brandon Lowe | 2B | IF |
| 180 | 11 | Shane Baz | SP | P |
| 181 | 11 | Yusei Kikuchi | SP | P |
| 182 | 11 | Addison Barger | 3B/OF | IF |
| 183 | 11 | Isaac Paredes | 3B | IF |
| 184 | 11 | Gerrit Cole | SP | P |
| 185 | 12 | Shane Bieber | SP | P |
| 186 | 12 | Jordan Beck | OF | OF |
| 187 | 12 | Sal Frelick | OF | OF |
| 188 | 12 | Kyle Manzardo | 1B | IF |
| 189 | 12 | Salvador Perez | C/1B | IF |
| 190 | 12 | Luke Keaschall | 2B | IF |
| 191 | 12 | Mickey Moniak | OF | OF |
| 192 | 12 | Xander Bogaerts | SS | IF |
| 193 | 12 | Jonathan Aranda | 1B | IF |
| 194 | 12 | Mark Vientos | 3B | IF |
| 195 | 12 | Jorge Soler | OF | OF |
| 196 | 12 | Drake Baldwin | C | IF |
| 197 | 12 | Ivan Herrera | C | IF |
| 198 | 12 | Xavier Edwards | 2B/SS | IF |
| 199 | 12 | Noelvi Marte | 3B/OF | IF |
| 200 | 12 | Adley Rutschman | C | IF |
| 201 | 12 | Giancarlo Stanton | OF | OF |
| 202 | 12 | Chandler Simpson | OF | OF |
| 203 | 12 | Merrill Kelly | SP | P |
| 204 | 12 | Matthew Boyd | SP | P |
| 205 | 12 | Will Smith | C | IF |
| 206 | 12 | Shane Smith | SP/RP | P |
| 207 | 12 | Kris Bubic | SP/RP | P |
| 208 | 12 | Ha-Seong Kim | 2B/SS | IF |
| 209 | 12 | Konnor Griffin | SS/OF | IF |
| 210 | 12 | Jorge Polanco | 2B/3B | IF |
| 211 | 12 | Shane McClanahan | SP | P |
| 212 | 12 | Agustin Ramirez | C | IF |
| 213 | 12 | Masyn Winn | SS | IF |
| 214 | 13 | Emmet Sheehan | SP | P |
| 215 | 13 | Andrew Abbott | SP | P |
| 216 | 13 | Bryson Stott | 2B/SS | IF |
| 217 | 13 | Matt McLain | 2B/SS | IF |
| 218 | 13 | Royce Lewis | 3B | IF |
| 219 | 13 | Nolan Schanuel | 1B | IF |
| 220 | 13 | Cade Horton | SP | P |
| 221 | 13 | Hurston Waldrep | SP | P |
| 222 | 13 | Spencer Arrighetti | SP | P |
| 223 | 13 | Mitch Keller | SP | P |
| 224 | 13 | Mike Yastrzemski | OF | OF |
| 225 | 13 | Miguel Vargas | 1B/3B | IF |
| 226 | 13 | Cedric Mullins II | OF | OF |
| 227 | 13 | Matt Wallner | OF | OF |
| 228 | 13 | Brendan Donovan | 2B/SS/OF | IF |
| 229 | 13 | Kazuma Okamoto | 3B | IF |
| 230 | 13 | Lars Nootbaar | OF | OF |
| 231 | 13 | Max Muncy | 3B | IF |
| 232 | 13 | J.P. Crawford | SS | IF |
| 233 | 13 | Brady Singer | SP | P |
| 234 | 13 | Drew Rasmussen | SP/RP | P |
| 235 | 13 | Parker Messick | SP | P |
| 236 | 13 | Connelly Early | SP | P |
| 237 | 13 | Lane Thomas | OF | OF |
| 238 | 13 | Alec Bohm | 1B/3B | IF |
| 239 | 13 | Alec Burleson | 1B/OF | IF |
| 240 | 13 | Jose Soriano | SP | P |
| 241 | 13 | Grayson Rodriguez | SP | P |
| 242 | 14 | Luis Arraez | 1B/2B | IF |
| 243 | 14 | Brandon Pfaadt | SP | P |
| 244 | 14 | Clay Holmes | SP/RP | P |
| 245 | 14 | David Peterson | SP | P |
| 246 | 14 | Jordan Walker | OF | OF |
| 247 | 14 | Cam Smith | OF | OF |
| 248 | 14 | Gavin Sheets | 1B/OF | OF |
| 249 | 14 | Quinn Priester | SP/RP | P |
| 250 | 14 | Joe Musgrove | SP | P |
| 251 | 14 | Andrew Vaughn | 1B | IF |
| 252 | 14 | Josh Lowe | OF | OF |
| 253 | 14 | Evan Carter | OF | OF |
| 254 | 14 | Sal Stewart | 1B/3B | IF |
| 255 | 14 | Harrison Bader | OF | OF |
| 256 | 14 | Owen Caissie | OF | OF |
| 257 | 14 | Samuel Basallo | C | IF |
| 258 | 14 | Carson Benge | OF | OF |
| 259 | 14 | JJ Wetherholt | SS | IF |
| 260 | 14 | Marcelo Mayer | 2B/3B | IF |
| 261 | 14 | Kodai Senga | SP | P |
| 262 | 15 | Willi Castro | 2B/3B/SS/OF | OF |
| 263 | 15 | Jake Cronenworth | 1B/2B/SS | IF |
| 264 | 15 | Zebby Matthews | SP | P |
| 265 | 15 | Reid Detmers | SP/RP | P |
| 266 | 15 | Carlos Correa | 3B/SS | IF |
| 267 | 15 | Otto Lopez | 2B/SS | IF |
| 268 | 15 | Ernie Clement | 1B/2B/3B/SS | IF |
| 269 | 15 | Matt Shaw | 3B | IF |
| 270 | 15 | Luis Gil | SP | P |
| 271 | 15 | Jake Burger | 1B | IF |
| 272 | 15 | Caleb Durbin | 2B/3B | IF |
| 273 | 15 | Tommy Edman | 2B/3B/OF | IF |
| 274 | 15 | Andres Gimenez | 2B/SS | IF |
| 275 | 15 | Anthony Volpe | SS | IF |
| 276 | 15 | Ryan O'Hearn | 1B/OF | IF |
| 277 | 15 | Alejandro Kirk | C | IF |
| 278 | 15 | Will Warren | SP | P |
| 279 | 15 | Brandon Marsh | OF | OF |
| 280 | 15 | Andrew Painter | SP | P |
| 281 | 15 | Jacob Lopez | SP | P |
| 282 | 15 | Tyler O'Neill | OF | OF |
| 283 | 15 | Casey Mize | SP | P |
| 284 | 15 | Ryan McMahon | 3B | IF |
| 285 | 15 | Brayan Bello | SP | P |
| 286 | 15 | Kyle Teel | C | IF |
| 287 | 15 | Kevin McGonigle | 2B/SS | IF |
| 288 | 15 | Sean Manaea | SP | P |
| 289 | 15 | Ryne Nelson | SP/RP | P |
| 290 | 15 | Bryce Miller | SP | P |
| 291 | 15 | Bryce Eldridge | 1B | IF |
| 292 | 15 | Noah Cameron | SP | P |
| 293 | 15 | Logan Henderson | SP | P |
| 294 | 15 | Bailey Ober | SP | P |
| 295 | 15 | Josh Jung | 3B | IF |
| 296 | 15 | Josh Bell | 1B | IF |
| 297 | 15 | Jonathan India | 2B/3B/OF | IF |
| 298 | 15 | Jesus Sanchez | OF | OF |
| 299 | 15 | Andrew Benintendi | OF | OF |
| 300 | 15 | Jordan Lawlar | 2B/3B | IF |
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