Updated Start/Sit Chart - All Hitter Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (April 17 - April 19)

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Updated Hitter fantasy baseball starts/sits, recommendations for all hitter matchups from 4/17 - 4/19 (2026). Our fantasy baseball BvP chart and hitter matchup ratings.

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Hello RotoBallers! It's time to set those lineups, and we're here to guide you with our fantasy baseball hitter start/sit recommendations chart for the final games in Week 3 (April 17 - April 19). Today, we'll look at some lineup decisions for players like Garrett Mitchell, Salvador Perez, Miguel Vargas, Otto Lopez, and more -- and how their matchups project for fantasy baseball. You can also check our Starting Pitcher Start/Sit Matchups Chart.

This fantasy baseball hitter matchups chart - also known as fantasy baseball BvP (batter vs. pitcher) - is designed to assist you in setting winning lineups for all fantasy baseball leagues and DFS competitions, as it identifies which players have the most favorable matchups.

So, who should you start and sit? We're here to help you with a quick reference start 'em, sit 'em grid for all of these hitter BvP matchups. This weekly article provides readers with a chart of every player matchup, the opponent, our start/sit recommendation, and the matchup rating projection confidence/startability score based on an array of metrics. Good luck RotoBallers!

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Hitters Start/Sit Matchups Chart: April 17 - April 19

Players are sorted in alphabetical order by last name. You can also use the color-coded chart below.

Injured/DTD players are marked with an *

Player	Start/Sit	Weekly Score ▾	4/17 Score	4/18 Score	4/19 Score	Team
CJ Abrams	Start	106.8	108	104.5	108	WSH
Wilyer Abreu	Risky Start	102.2	107	92.6	107	BOS
Ronald Acuña Jr.	Start	116.3	114	129.9	105	ATL
Luisangel Acuña	Sit	98.6	102.2	91.4	102.2	CHW
Willy Adames	Start	106.5	105	109.6	105	SF
Jo Adell	Risky Start	102.7	102.5	103.2	102.5	LAA
Ozzie Albies	Risky Start	103.0	103	103	103	ATL
Blaze Alexander	Sit	100.6	100	101.8	100	BAL
Pete Alonso	Start	113.2	107.8	124	107.8	BAL
Jose Altuve	Start	105.1	102	111.2	102	HOU
Yordan Alvarez	Start	108.6	110	105.8	110	HOU
Francisco Alvarez	Risky Start	103.4	101	108.3	101	NYM
Miguel Amaya	Sit	96.3	95	95	98.8	CHC
Miguel Andujar	Risky Start	102.2	99	107	100.6	SD
Roman Anthony	Start	104.0	105	102.1	105	BOS
Sam Antonacci	Risky Start	102.0	102	102	102	CHW
Jonathan Aranda	Start	105.5	101	114.6	101	TB
Nolan Arenado	Sit	101.0	101	101.1	101	ARI
Randy Arozarena	Risky Start	103.0	101	101.1	107	SEA
Luis Arraez	Start	106.7	106	109.1	105	SF
Javier Báez	Sit	99.7	101	97	101	DET
Patrick Bailey	Sit	98.8	100	96.3	100	SF
Drake Baldwin	Start	106.2	102	113.6	103.1	ATL
Moisés Ballesteros	Sit	100.6	98.8	103	100	CHC
Joey Bart	Sit	98.5	95	105.5	95	PIT
Samuel Basallo	Risky Start	102.3	102	103	101.9	BAL
Brett Baty	Risky Start	102.8	98.8	109.7	100	NYM
Jake Bauers	Risky Start	103.2	100.4	108.7	100.4	MIL
Dylan Beavers	Sit	101.8	101.4	103	101	BAL
Jordan Beck	Sit	100.1	99	99	102.4	COL
Josh Bell	Risky Start	102.3	103	101	103	MIN
Cody Bellinger	Start	110.1	99.6	131	99.6	NYY
Carson Benge	Sit	101.1	101	101.4	101	NYM
Andrew Benintendi	Risky Start	103.1	102.2	104.9	102.2	CHW
Bo Bichette	Start	106.2	101	116.1	101.5	NYM
Xander Bogaerts	Start	104.2	101.8	108.9	101.8	SD
Alec Bohm	Risky Start	102.6	102	103.8	102	PHI
Alex Bregman	Risky Start	103.6	101	108.8	101	CHC
Jake Burger	Sit	101.0	101	101	101	TEX
Alec Burleson	Start	105.0	100.4	114.1	100.4	STL
Michael Busch	Start	107.3	102	117.8	102	CHC
Lawrence Butler	Risky Start	102.1	102.3	101.8	102.3	ATH
Byron Buxton	Start	114.4	108.7	129.6	105	MIN
José Caballero	Sit	98.1	99.6	95	99.6	NYY
Jac Caglianone	Risky Start	102.3	103.6	103.2	100	KC
Owen Caissie	Risky Start	102.3	104	99	104	MIA
Junior Caminero	Start	106.0	105.4	107.3	105.4	TB
Luis Campusano	Sit	98.9	95	101.1	100.6	SD
Dominic Canzone	Risky Start	102.5	98.2	110.3	99	SEA
Victor Caratini	Sit	99.6	100.4	103.4	95	MIN
Kerry Carpenter	Risky Start	102.0	100	106	100	DET
Corbin Carroll	Start	113.5	107	126.6	107	ARI
Evan Carter	Sit	101.4	101	104.9	98.2	TEX
Nick Castellanos	Sit	99.5	100.6	99	99	SD
Adrian Del Castillo	Sit	101.5	101.5	101.9	101	ARI
Willi Castro	Risky Start	102.8	102.4	103.5	102.4	COL
Matt Chapman	Start	107.4	106	114.3	102	SF
Jazz Chisholm Jr.	Risky Start	103.2	101.9	105.7	101.9	NYY
Nathan Church	Sit	90.2	95	75.1	100.4	STL
Denzel Clarke	Sit	101.0	102.2	98.7	102.2	ATH
Kody Clemens	Sit	96.8	95	95	100.4	MIN
Ernie Clement	Sit	100.0	101	97.9	101	TOR
Isaac Collins	Sit	100.5	99.6	103	99	KC
Michael Conforto	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	CHC
William Contreras	Start	105.2	102	111.5	102	MIL
Willson Contreras	Start	104.1	101	110.4	101	BOS
Billy Cook	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	PIT
Carlos Correa	Start	104.0	104	105	102.9	HOU
Carlos Cortes	Sit	100.0	100	100	100	ATH
Colton Cowser	Sit	99.9	100	99.6	100	BAL
Justin Crawford	Risky Start	102.4	102.8	101.7	102.8	PHI
J.P. Crawford	Sit	100.8	101	102.5	99	SEA
Jake Cronenworth	Start	104.7	102.4	109.3	102.4	SD
Pete Crow-Armstrong	Start	105.1	103.7	107.5	104	CHC
Elly De La Cruz	Start	108.9	105	116.8	105	CIN
Oneil Cruz	Start	105.7	106	105	106	PIT
Travis d'Arnaud	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	LAA
Henry Davis	Sit	98.1	99.6	95	99.6	PIT
Chase DeLauter	Start	105.0	105	105	105	CLE
Jonny DeLuca	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	TB
Rafael Devers	Start	111.9	108	123.7	104	SF
Yainer Diaz	Sit	101.6	100.4	104.1	100.4	HOU
Yandy Díaz	Risky Start	102.2	101	104.7	101	TB
Dillon Dingler	Risky Start	102.5	102.5	102	103	DET
Brendan Donovan	Start	104.2	102	108.2	102.3	SEA
Brenton Doyle	Start	104.4	102.4	108.5	102.4	COL
Mauricio Dubón	Sit	98.4	100.8	93.5	100.8	ATL
Jarren Duran	Sit	99.6	101.9	95	101.9	BOS
Ezequiel Duran	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	TEX
Caleb Durbin	Sit	99.9	101	97.6	101	BOS
Xavier Edwards	Sit	101.1	101	102	100.4	MIA
Jerar Encarnacion	Sit	99.3	99	99	100	SF
Kyle Farmer	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	ATL
Hunter Feduccia	Sit	94.2	99.6	83.5	99.6	TB
Freddy Fermin	Sit	96.9	100.6	95	95	SD
José Fermín	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	STL
Jose Fernandez	Sit	101.0	101	101	101	ARI
Nick Fortes	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	TB
Jake Fraley	Sit	98.3	99.6	95.8	99.6	TB
Adam Frazier	Sit	94.0	94	94	94	LAA
Alex Freeland	Risky Start	102.5	102.4	102.6	102.4	LAD
Freddie Freeman	Start	111.1	107	119.2	107	LAD
Tyler Freeman	Sit	100.5	101	98	102.4	COL
Sal Frelick	Start	104.2	100.4	111.8	100.4	MIL
TJ Friedl	Risky Start	102.6	100.4	107	100.4	CIN
David Fry	Sit	93.3	100	85	95	CLE
Maikel Garcia	Start	104.6	103	107.9	103	KC
Luis García Jr.	Risky Start	102.2	100	105.7	101	WSH
Adolis García	Sit	101.6	101.9	101	101.9	PHI
Mitch Garver	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	SEA
Drew Gilbert	Sit	99.0	99	99	99	SF
Andrés Giménez	Risky Start	102.7	102.6	102.6	102.9	TOR
Paul Goldschmidt	Sit	99.9	95	105	99.6	NYY
Nick Gonzales	Sit	100.1	99.6	101	99.6	PIT
Hunter Goodman	Start	108.6	104.5	116.8	104.5	COL
Nolan Gorman	Sit	97.3	95	96.6	100.4	STL
Tristan Gray	Sit	101.0	101	101	101	MIN
Riley Greene	Start	108.0	101	119.9	103	DET
Randal Grichuk	Sit	98.5	95	101	99.6	NYY
Konnor Griffin	Sit	101.2	101	101.5	101	PIT
Trent Grisham	Sit	99.7	101	99	99	NYY
Vaughn Grissom	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	LAA
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	Start	106.9	102	116.8	102	TOR
David Hamilton	Sit	98.6	100.4	95	100.4	MIL
Ian Happ	Start	105.2	104	107.6	104	CHC
Bryce Harper	Start	105.6	105	106.8	105	PHI
Michael Harris II	Risky Start	102.4	102	102.8	102.4	ATL
Ke'Bryan Hayes	Sit	99.2	100.4	96.8	100.4	CIN
Austin Hedges	Sit	93.3	100	80.8	99	CLE
Jonah Heim	Sit	96.9	95	95	100.8	ATL
Taylor Heineman	Sit	97.0	97	97	97	TOR
Gunnar Henderson	Start	112.5	109	119.5	109	BAL
Heriberto Hernandez	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	MIA
Teoscar Hernández	Start	108.2	107	110.7	107	LAD
Iván Herrera	Risky Start	102.7	100.4	107.3	100.4	STL
Liam Hicks	Risky Start	102.9	103	102.8	103	MIA
Kyle Higashioka	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	TEX
Reece Hinds	Sit	101.7	100.5	101.2	103.5	CIN
Nico Hoerner	Start	104.8	104.3	104.8	105.3	CHC
Spencer Horwitz	Sit	98.1	99.6	95	99.6	PIT
Rhys Hoskins	Sit	100.0	101	98	101	CLE
Brady House	Risky Start	102.3	102.3	102.3	102.3	WSH
Jonathan India	Sit	99.8	99.6	100.2	99.6	KC
Kyle Isbel	Risky Start	102.0	103	101	102.1	KC
Jeremiah Jackson	Sit	101.1	101	101	101.2	BAL
Danny Jansen	Sit	98.1	98.2	98	98.2	TEX
Ryan Jeffers	Risky Start	103.2	102.3	105	102.3	MIN
Carter Jensen	Start	107.0	103.6	117.4	100	KC
Troy Johnston	Sit	100.8	100	100	102.4	COL
Jahmai Jones	Sit	97.7	99	99	95	DET
Aaron Judge	Start	121.6	108.9	147.1	108.9	NYY
Edouard Julien	Sit	101.5	104.5	105	95	COL
Josh Jung	Sit	100.0	100	100	100	TEX
Kyle Karros	Sit	91.7	102.4	70.2	102.4	COL
Luke Keaschall	Sit	99.7	99	101	99	MIN
Colt Keith	Sit	101.6	98	111.9	95	DET
Carson Kelly	Sit	100.2	98.8	102.9	98.8	CHC
Otto Kemp	Sit	100.0	100.8	104.2	95	PHI
Hyeseong Kim	Sit	99.9	102.4	95	102.4	LAD
Isiah Kiner-Falefa	Sit	91.4	95	78.2	101	BOS
Christian Koss	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	SF
Nick Kurtz	Start	129.2	121	145.5	121	ATH
Steven Kwan	Risky Start	102.5	103.1	102	102.5	CLE
Shea Langeliers	Start	110.0	110	112.9	107	ATH
Wyatt Langford	Risky Start	102.7	102.5	103	102.5	TEX
Trevor Larnach	Sit	99.5	99	99	100.4	MIN
Ramón Laureano	Start	104.8	104	106.5	104	SD
Jung Hoo Lee	Start	104.7	104	109.1	101	SF
Brooks Lee	Sit	99.6	100.4	98	100.4	MIN
Daylen Lile	Start	106.4	100	117.7	101.5	WSH
Francisco Lindor	Start	107.9	102.7	119.4	101.5	NYM
Brandon Lockrdige	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	MIL
Joey Loperfido	Sit	99.0	95	107	95	HOU
Otto Lopez	Risky Start	103.7	103.5	104.1	103.5	MIA
Brandon Lowe	Start	105.0	105	105	105	PIT
Josh Lowe	Sit	101.0	100.6	101.8	100.6	LAA
Nathaniel Lowe	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	CIN
Nathan Lukes	Risky Start	102.4	101	107.3	99	TOR
Manny Machado	Start	106.9	102	113.6	105	SD
Jake Mangum	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	PIT
Kyle Manzardo	Sit	96.7	95	95	100	CLE
Rafael Marchán	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	PHI
Jakob Marsee	Risky Start	102.9	102.9	103	102.9	MIA
Brandon Marsh	Risky Start	103.2	103	103.5	103	PHI
Ketel Marte	Start	112.6	106.8	125.9	105	ARI
Starling Marte	Sit	96.5	95	95	99.6	KC
Austin Martin	Sit	98.8	100.4	101	95	MIN
Angel Martínez	Risky Start	102.2	102.8	101	102.8	CLE
Michael Massey	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	KC
Brice Matthews	Sit	99.5	99	99	100.4	HOU
Marcelo Mayer	Sit	100.3	101	100	100	BOS
Coby Mayo	Sit	99.7	100	99.2	100	BAL
James McCann	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	ARI
Jake McCarthy	Sit	92.7	102.4	76.8	99	COL
Andrew McCutchen	Sit	101.0	101	101	101	TEX
Kevin McGonigle	Risky Start	102.6	102.5	101.3	104	DET
Zach McKinstry	Sit	101.0	101	101	101	DET
Matt McLain	Sit	100.3	100.4	100	100.4	CIN
Ryan McMahon	Sit	96.5	99.6	95	95	NYY
Jeff McNeil	Risky Start	102.0	103	100	103	ATH
Chase Meidroth	Sit	101.3	102.2	99.5	102.2	CHW
Jackson Merrill	Start	104.2	104.3	103.9	104.3	SD
Garrett Mitchell	Risky Start	103.8	104.1	103.2	104.1	MIL
Yoán Moncada	Sit	101.8	100.6	104.1	100.6	LAA
Mickey Moniak	Risky Start	102.8	104.5	100	103.9	COL
Colson Montgomery	Risky Start	103.3	101	107.9	101	CHW
Dylan Moore	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	PHI
Cedric Mullins	Sit	96.0	99.6	88.7	99.6	TB
Max Muncy	Start	104.3	106.5	100	106.5	LAD
Max Muncy	Risky Start	103.5	102.4	104	104	ATH
Munetaka Murakami	Risky Start	102.1	102.2	102	102.2	CHW
Dane Myers	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	CIN
Carlos Narváez	Sit	100.3	101	98.8	101	BOS
Josh Naylor	Start	104.9	101	106.7	106.9	SEA
Bo Naylor	Sit	96.7	95	95	100	CLE
Zach Neto	Start	105.6	103.4	108.2	105.3	LAA
Brandon Nimmo	Start	104.3	104	105	104	TEX
Connor Norby	Sit	97.6	100.4	92.1	100.4	MIA
Nasim Nuñez	Sit	96.5	100	89.6	100	WSH
Ryan O'Hearn	Start	104.0	102	107.9	102	PIT
Logan O'Hoppe	Sit	96.9	100.6	89.5	100.6	LAA
Shohei Ohtani	Start	114.1	109	124.3	109	LAD
Kazuma Okamoto	Risky Start	102.2	101.9	102.8	101.9	TOR
Matt Olson	Start	112.0	111	120.4	104.6	ATL
Joey Ortiz	Sit	96.5	100.4	88.6	100.4	MIL
James Outman	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	MIN
Marcell Ozuna	Sit	99.7	99	101	99	PIT
Andy Pages	Start	107.4	105	112.3	105	LAD
Pedro Pagés	Sit	98.4	100.4	94.5	100.4	STL
Richie Palacios	Sit	100.7	99.6	103	99.6	TB
Isaac Paredes	Start	104.3	102	109	102	HOU
Vinnie Pasquantino	Sit	101.4	100	104.3	100	KC
Graham Pauley	Sit	98.6	100.4	95	100.4	MIA
Joc Pederson	Sit	94.5	98.2	87.2	98.2	TEX
Oswald Peraza	Sit	95.3	100.6	84.8	100.6	LAA
Geraldo Perdomo	Start	104.6	103	107.8	103	ARI
Everson Pereira	Risky Start	102.2	102.5	102.5	101.5	CHW
Salvador Perez	Sit	101.5	101	102.5	101	KC
Blake Perkins	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	MIL
Tommy Pham	Sit	98.0	97.5	99	97.5	NYM
Jorge Polanco	Sit	101.4	100	104.3	100	NYM
Edgar Quero	Sit	100.3	102.2	96.4	102.2	CHW
Ceddanne Rafaela	Sit	97.8	101	91.5	101	BOS
Cal Raleigh	Start	106.9	100	110.8	110	SEA
Luke Raley	Risky Start	102.3	102	105	100	SEA
José Ramírez	Start	107.1	105	111.2	105	CLE
Agustín Ramírez	Sit	101.5	101	102.6	101	MIA
Heliot Ramos	Risky Start	102.5	100	107.4	100	SF
J.T. Realmuto	Sit	99.9	100.8	98	100.8	PHI
Rob Refsnyder	Sit	96.1	95	95	98.2	SEA
Luis Rengifo	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	MIL
Bryan Reynolds	Start	104.5	102.3	108.8	102.3	PIT
Ben Rice	Start	108.3	109	109	107	NYY
Austin Riley	Start	105.7	108	107	102	ATL
Ryan Ritter	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	COL
Leo Rivas	Sit	98.6	98.2	99.4	98.2	SEA
Luis Robert Jr.	Start	104.7	103	104	107	NYM
Brayan Rocchio	Sit	97.3	100	91.9	100	CLE
Julio Rodríguez	Start	104.5	100	102.5	111	SEA
Jake Rogers	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	DET
Amed Rosario	Risky Start	102.5	95	112.8	99.6	NYY
Keibert Ruiz	Sit	99.3	99	99	100	WSH
T.J. Rumfield	Risky Start	102.7	103	105	100	COL
Dalton Rushing	Sit	99.0	99	99	99	LAD
Thomas Saggese	Sit	96.8	100.4	95	95	STL
Gary Sánchez	Sit	101.9	102	102	101.6	MIL
Jesús Sánchez	Sit	101.6	101	108.8	95	TOR
Javier Sanoja	Sit	95.9	95	97.8	95	MIA
Nolan Schanuel	Risky Start	102.3	101	104.9	101	LAA
Casey Schmitt	Risky Start	103.3	100	109.8	100	SF
Daniel Schneemann	Sit	96.7	95	95	100	CLE
Davis Schneider	Sit	100.3	100	100	101	TOR
Kyle Schwarber	Start	110.9	107.6	120	105	PHI
Victor Scott II	Sit	99.2	100.4	96.9	100.4	STL
Corey Seager	Start	106.2	103.5	116.9	98.2	TEX
Matt Shaw	Sit	97.1	98.8	93.7	98.8	CHC
Gavin Sheets	Sit	99.5	100.6	99	99	SD
Chandler Simpson	Risky Start	102.2	103	102.5	101	TB
Austin Slater	Sit	97.6	95	102.8	95	MIA
Will Smith	Start	111.0	107	118.9	107	LAD
Cam Smith	Risky Start	103.9	103	104.7	104.1	HOU
Dominic Smith	Risky Start	102.7	104	100	104	ATL
Josh Smith	Sit	100.3	100	102.7	98.2	TEX
Tyler Soderstrom	Start	105.6	105.9	106.1	104.8	ATH
Jorge Soler	Sit	101.0	102	99	102	LAA
Edmundo Sosa	Sit	101.9	100.8	105	100	PHI
Lenyn Sosa	Sit	101.5	102.2	100	102.2	CHW
Lenyn Sosa	Sit	101.0	101	101	101	TOR
Giancarlo Stanton	Start	108.2	103	118.5	103	NYY
Spencer Steer	Risky Start	102.5	100.4	106.2	101	CIN
Tyler Stephenson	Risky Start	102.1	100.4	104.8	101	CIN
Sal Stewart	Start	109.9	107.9	113.8	107.9	CIN
Trevor Story	Risky Start	102.4	102.5	102.3	102.3	BOS
Bryson Stott	Sit	99.6	99	99	100.8	PHI
Myles Straw	Sit	97.0	95	95	101	TOR
Eugenio Suárez	Start	106.4	100.4	118.3	100.4	CIN
Seiya Suzuki	Start	105.7	107	105	105	CHC
Dansby Swanson	Risky Start	102.0	103	99.9	103	CHC
Fernando Tatis Jr.	Start	105.8	106	105.3	106	SD
Leody Taveras	Sit	93.0	93	93	93	BAL
Tim Tawa	Sit	96.7	100	95	95	ARI
José Tena	Sit	97.4	100	94.8	0	WSH
Alek Thomas	Sit	100.2	95	104.6	101	ARI
Lane Thomas	Sit	96.5	95	95	99.6	KC
Spencer Torkelson	Sit	101.7	101.3	103.9	100	DET
Gleyber Torres	Risky Start	103.7	102.4	104.8	104	DET
Ezequiel Tovar	Start	104.3	103.9	104.5	104.5	COL
Taylor Trammell	Sit	99.0	99	99	99	HOU
Mike Trout	Start	107.2	105	111.5	105	LAA
Kyle Tucker	Start	110.0	106	118	106	LAD
Brice Turang	Start	105.5	101	114.6	101	MIL
Trea Turner	Start	105.7	104	109.2	104	PHI
Ramón Urías	Sit	96.8	100.4	95	95	STL
Miguel Vargas	Risky Start	103.8	103.7	104.1	103.7	CHW
Illdemaro Vargas	Risky Start	103.3	103.6	103.9	102.3	ARI
Daulton Varsho	Risky Start	103.6	101	108.9	101	TOR
Mark Vientos	Sit	100.0	100	100	100	NYM
Matt Vierling	Sit	100.3	101	99	101	DET
Tyler Wade	Sit	93.7	98.2	84.8	98.2	TEX
Jordan Walker	Start	107.2	106.7	108	106.9	STL
Christian Walker	Risky Start	103.6	101.6	107.4	101.8	HOU
Matt Wallner	Risky Start	103.2	100.4	108.8	100.4	MIN
Taylor Walls	Sit	100.7	101	101	100	TB
Taylor Walls	Sit	94.2	99.6	83.5	99.6	TB
Taylor Ward	Start	106.4	105	109.3	105	BAL
Austin Wells	Sit	99.4	99.6	103.6	95	NYY
JJ Wetherholt	Risky Start	102.7	103	102	103	STL
Eli White	Sit	98.3	97	97	100.8	ATL
Joey Wiemer	Sit	101.3	101	101	102	WSH
Luke Williams	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	ATL
Ben Williamson	Sit	95.0	95	95	95	TB
Jacob Wilson	Start	107.9	105	113.6	105	ATH
Masyn Winn	Sit	100.4	100.4	100.4	100.4	STL
Bobby Witt Jr.	Start	107.4	103	114.1	105	KC
Connor Wong	Sit	99.3	100	99	99	BOS
James Wood	Start	107.0	104.5	112	104.5	WSH
Austin Wynns	Sit	98.3	95	105	95	ATH
Mike Yastrzemski	Sit	101.9	100.8	105	100	ATL
Nick Yorke	Risky Start	102.7	99	110	99	PIT
Masataka Yoshida	Sit	100.0	100	100	100	BOS
Cole Young	Sit	100.0	100	100	100	SEA
Jacob Young	Sit	96.7	100	90.1	100	WSH

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The below grid shows the same data but as a color-coded grid:

Fantasy Baseball Player News

Sal Stewart, 1B, Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds infielder Sal Stewart is in the midst of a breakout season early on in 2026 in his first full year in the big leagues. In the team's 8-3 win over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Wednesday, Stewart went 2-for-4 at the plate with two home runs, six RBI, and a strikeout. Stewart hit two three-run home runs early in this game against Giants right-hander Tyler Mahle, and the Reds never looked back.

It was Stewart's first multi-homer game of his career, and most likely the first of many to come. The 22-year-old former first-rounder in 2022 is hitting .323/.434/.726 with a 1.160 OPS, seven home runs, 17 RBI, three stolen bases, 13 runs scored, 13 walks, and 13 strikeouts in 76 plate appearances over his first 18 games in 2026. Stewart's seven home runs lead all rookie hitters, and he also leads the league with his .726 slugging percentage in the early going.

His ownership in fantasy baseball has taken off since the start of the regular season, and he's now rostered in 88% of Yahoo leagues.

Junior Caminero, 3B, Tampa Bay Rays

Across his first 77 plate appearances of 2026, Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero is hitting .234/.351/.406 with three home runs, six RBI, and nine runs scored. Fresh off a 45-homer season as a 21-year-old in 2025, Caminero hasn't been quite as dynamic early on this year. Still, Caminero's 19.5% strikeout rate is right in line with the 19.1% mark he posted last season.

Opposing pitchers are being extra cautious this year with Caminero, as his 15.6% walk rate is nearly 10 percentage points higher than his 6.3% rate from 2025. Caminero has consistently shown the ability to make hard contact throughout his MLB career to this point, which should help him regain his power stroke over a larger sample size of at-bats. Fantasy managers should be patient with Caminero through the early portion of the season.

Hunter Goodman, C, Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman had a big day at the plate on Tuesday in the team's 7-6 loss to the Houston Astros at Daikin Park. Goodman went 2-for-5 with two solo home runs, but he also struck out three times. It was Goodman's sixth multi-homer game of his career and his first since July 1 of the 2025 season. It was nice to see the 26-year-old show off his power after an injury scare last week in San Diego when he was hit by a pitch in the hand.

Goodman is now hitting .254 (15-for-59) on the year with four home runs, seven RBI, 12 runs scored, a stolen base, five walks, and a league-leading 26 home runs in 17 games played. He also has six hits in his last nine games and is batting .296 with three homers and five RBI during that span. Despite the strikeouts, Goodman proved last year that he has elite power at the catching position by hitting 31 long balls in 144 games for the Rockies in his first full season in the big leagues.

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