Mick Ciallela’s Top 450 2023 Fantasy Baseball Rankings

Considering it has snowed where I live multiple times in the last week and the wind chill is 23 degrees as I type this, it seems farfetched that the 2023 Major League Baseball season is upon us. But indeed it is. Opening Day is just a fortnight away, and hope will spring eternal once again. By now, you have surely familiarized yourself with our fantastic (and free) Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit. It has virtually everything you need to dominate your drafts. I am adding my top 450 fantasy baseball rankings to that treasure trove of fantasy goodness.

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Mick is too modest to let you know about it, but he is annually one of the most accurate MLB analysts on FantasyPros. In fact, he’s at the head of the MLB class over the last three years.]

The season is not here yet, but why not get a head start and jump in a Fantrax Classic Draft contest? Get a jump on the season with a Best Ball league or maybe a Draft and Hold. Or put some green on the line with a new season-long league to try and conquer. There’s no better time than now to get your baseball on!

General Notes About These Rankings

As I put out these fantasy baseball rankings, I would like you to consider a few minor details first. These are my rankings based on Roto leagues. They are also geared toward leagues that count the more traditional Roto categories. These include batting average over on-base percentage wins over quality starts, and saves over holds. Again, we have tons of analysis for nearly every format you can imagine in the Draft Kit. Feel free to refer to that if your league incorporates different settings.

The other caveat regarding my top 450 rankings is that this is not the order in which I would draft these players. For example, I have Aaron Judge as my number two overall player in the rankings below. But I drafted Trea Turner with the second pick in my high-stakes league this week. There are a few reasons I did this. First, we play two middle infielders (either shortstop or second base) and three outfielders. Most leagues in our draft lobby use a starting lineup that requires five outfielders. I am not particularly in love with some outfield options once you get past the top 50, but there are plenty in the 30-40 range who should do just fine.

Another reason I chose Turner is that our league is a 6 x 4 league and counts hits as a separate category. So essentially, batters who hit for a high average are even more valuable than they are in most leagues. As great as Judge has been over the past two seasons, Turner has 54 more hits than him since the beginning of the 2021 season. Time will tell if it was the right move. But the lesson here is that you must draft according to your league settings and configurations. If you are in a two-catcher league (insert eye roll emoji here), J.T. Realmuto is probably not going to be available at Pick 43, which is where I have him ranked. I’ve participated in four such drafts over the past couple of weeks, and the Phillies’ catcher has never made it past Pick 26.

Now that all that is out of the way, let’s get to the rankings! I will be updating these close to Opening Day, but in the meantime, feel free to ask any questions you may have in the comment section below.

Mick Ciallela’s Top 450 Fantasy Baseball Rankings 2023

Rank	Player	Team	Position(s)
1	Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	OF
2	Aaron Judge	NYY	OF
3	Trea Turner	PHI	SS
4	Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B
5	Julio Rodriguez	SEA	OF
6	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	UT, P
7	Kyle Tucker	HOU	OF
8	Juan Soto	SD	OF
9	Mookie Betts	LAD	OF
10	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	OF
11	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B
12	Bo Bichette	TOR	SS
13	Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B
14	Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	3B, SS
15	Manny Machado	SD	3B
16	Corbin Burnes	MLW	P
17	Gerrit Cole	NYY	P
18	Pete Alonso	NYM	1B
19	Mike Trout	LAA	OF
20	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	SS, OF
21	Austin Riley	ATL	3B
22	Rafael Devers	BOS	3B
23	Paul Goldschmidt	STL	1B
24	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	P
25	Marcus Semien	TEX	2B
26	Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS
27	Michael Harris II	ATL	OF
28	Spencer Strider	ATL	P
29	Jose Altuve	HOU	2B
30	Brandon Woodruff	MLW	P
31	Edwin Diaz	NYM	P
32	Aaron Nola	PHI	P
33	Nolan Arenado	STL	3B
34	Randy Arozarena	TB	OF
35	Jacob deGrom	TEX	P
36	Emmanuel Clase	CLE	P
37	Justin Verlander	NYM	P
38	Shane McClanahan	TB	P
39	Max Scherzer	NYM	P
40	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	MIA	2B
41	Matt Olson	ATL	1B
42	Luis Robert Jr.	CWS	OF
43	J.T. Realmuto	PHI	C
44	Cedric Mullins	BAL	OF
45	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	OF
46	Dylan Cease	CWS	P
47	Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B
48	Corey Seager	TEX	SS
49	Daulton Varsho	TOR	C, OF
50	Adolis Garcia	TEX	OF
51	Josh Hader	SD	P
52	Shane Bieber	CLE	P
53	Corbin Carroll	ARZ	OF
54	Luis Castillo	SEA	P
55	Julio Urias	LAD	P
56	Kevin Gausman	TOR	P
57	Cristian Javier	HOU	P
58	Alek Manoah	TOR	P
59	Oneil Cruz	PIT	SS
60	Dansby Swanson	CHC	SS
61	Teoscar Hernandez	SEA	OF
62	Max Fried	ATL	P
63	Alex Bregman	HOU	3B
64	Yu Darvish	SD	P
65	Eloy Jimenez	CWS	OF
66	Ryan Pressly	HOU	P
67	Will Smith	LAD	C
68	George Springer	TOR	OF
69	Zack Wheeler	PHI	P
70	Jordan Romano	TOR	P
71	Salvador Perez	KC	C
72	Zac Gallen	ARZ	P
73	Framber Valdez	HOU	P
74	Raisel Iglesias	ATL	P
75	Devin Williams	MLW	P
76	Starling Marte	NYM	OF
77	Ryan Helsley	STL	P
78	Felix Bautista	BAL	P
79	Tommy Edman	STL	2B, SS
80	Xander Bogaerts	SD	SS
81	Adley Rutschman	BAL	C
82	Andres Gimenez	CLE	2B
83	Wander Franco	TB	SS
84	Gunnar Henderson	BAL	3B
85	Tim Anderson	CWS	SS
86	Willy Adames	MLW	SS
87	Jose Abreu	HOU	1B
88	Bryan Reynolds	PIT	OF
89	Triston McKenzie	CLE	P
90	Tyler O'Neill	STL	OF
91	Vinnie Pasquantino	KC	1B
92	Byron Buxton	MIN	OF
93	Nathaniel Lowe	TEX	1B
94	Carlos Rodon	NYY	P
95	George Kirby	SEA	P
96	Robbie Ray	SEA	P
97	Willson Contreras	STL	C
98	Kenley Jansen	BOS	P
99	Christian Yelich	MLW	OF
100	Luis Severino	NYY	P
101	Gleyber Torres	NYY	2B
102	Taylor Ward	LAA	OF
103	Hunter Greene	CIN	P
104	Jeremy Pena	HOU	SS
105	Nestor Cortes	NYY	P
106	Carlos Correa	MIN	SS
107	Jake McCarthy	ARZ	OF
108	Alejandro Kirk	TOR	C
109	Camilo Doval	SF	P
110	Joe Musgrove	SD	P
111	Blake Snell	SD	P
112	Rhys Hoskins	PHI	1B
113	Steven Kwan	CLE	OF
114	Anthony Santander	BAL	OF
115	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	P
116	Clay Holmes	NYY	P
117	Christian Walker	ARZ	1B
118	Logan Webb	SF	P
119	MJ Melendez	KC	C, OF
120	Amed Rosario	CLE	SS
121	C.J. Cron	COL	1B
122	Logan Gilbert	SEA	P
123	William Contreras	MLW	C
124	Kris Bryant	COL	OF
125	Kyle Wright	ATL	P
126	Giancarlo Stanton	NYY	OF
127	Joe Ryan	MIN	P
128	Lance Lynn	CWS	P
129	Hunter Renfroe	LAA	OF
130	Nick Castellanos	PHI	OF
131	David Bednar	PIT	P
132	Ryan Mountcastle	BAL	1B
133	Max Muncy	LAD	2B, 3B
134	Andrew Vaughn	CWS	1B, OF
135	Freddy Peralta	MLW	P
136	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	P
137	Ian Happ	CHC	OF
138	Rowdy Tellez	MLW	1B
139	Jorge Polanco	MIN	2B
140	Anthony Rizzo	NYY	1B
141	Sean Murphy	ATL	C
142	Nick Lodolo	CIN	P
143	Nico Hoerner	CHC	SS
144	Matt Chapman	TOR	3B
145	Chris Bassitt	TOR	P
146	Jeffrey Springs	TB	P
147	Daniel Bard	COL	P
148	Lucas Giolito	CWS	P
149	Chris Sale	BOS	P
150	Charlie Morton	ATL	P
151	Jordan Montgomery	STL	P
152	Eugenio Suarez	SEA	3B
153	Tyler Stephenson	CIN	C
154	Brandon Lowe	TB	2B
155	Seiya Suzuki	CHC	OF
156	Luis Garcia	HOU	P
157	Pablo Lopez	MIN	P
158	Jordan Walker	STL	3B
159	Jose Miranda	MIN	1B, 3B
160	Ty France	SEA	1B
161	Brandon Nimmo	NYM	OF
162	Alexis Diaz	CIN	P
163	Thairo Estrada	SF	2B, SS
164	Vaughn Grissom	ATL	2B
165	Alec Bohm	PHI	3B
166	Dustin May	LAD	P
167	Josh Bell	CLE	1B
168	Jhoan Duran	MIN	P
169	Ke'Bryan Hayes	PIT	3B
170	Jonathan India	CIN	2B
171	Javier Baez	DET	SS
172	Tyler Glasnow	TB	P
173	Drew Rasmussen	TB	P
174	Jeff McNeil	NYM	2B, OF
175	Pete Fairbanks	TB	P
176	Oscar Gonzalez	CLE	OF
177	Scott Barlow	KC	P
178	Brady Singer	KC	P
179	Cal Raleigh	SEA	C
180	Mitch Haniger	SF	OF
181	Cody Bellinger	CHC	OF
182	Lars Nootbaar	STL	OF
183	Paul Sewald	SEA	P
184	Riley Greene	DET	OF
185	Ryan McMahon	COL	3B
186	Andres Munoz	SEA	P
187	Alex Verdugo	BOS	OF
188	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	P
189	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	P
190	Jake Cronenworth	SD	1B, 2B
191	Masataka Yoshida	BOS	OF
192	Joey Meneses	WAS	1B, OF
193	Kodai Senga	NYM	P
194	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	P
195	Miguel Vargas	LAD	1B
196	Luis Arraez	MIA	1B, 2B
197	Ketel Marte	ARZ	2B
198	Jon Gray	TEX	P
199	Brandon Drury	LAA	1B, 2B, 3B
200	Seth Brown	OAK	1B, OF
201	J.D. Martinez	LAD	UT
202	Triston Casas	BOS	1B
203	Sonny Gray	MIN	P
204	Ramon Laureano	OAK	OF
205	Josh Jung	TEX	3B
206	Jose Leclerc	TEX	P
207	Josh Naylor	CLE	1B
208	Josh Rojas	ARZ	2B, 3B
209	Bryce Harper	PHI	UT
210	Reid Detmers	LAA	P
211	Alex Cobb	SF	P
212	Andrew Heaney	TEX	P
213	Whit Merrifield	TOR	2B, OF
214	Keibert Ruiz	WAS	C
215	Andrew Benintendi	CWS	OF
216	Ezequiel Tovar	COL	SS
217	Harrison Bader	NYY	OF
218	Hunter Brown	HOU	P
219	CJ Abrams	WAS	SS
220	Miles Mikolas	STL	P
221	Jack Flaherty	STL	P
222	Edward Cabrera	MIA	P
223	Jean Segura	MIA	2B
224	Alex Lange	DET	P
225	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	ARZ	OF
226	Merrill Kelly	ARZ	P
227	Justin Turner	BOS	3B
228	Adalberto Mondesi	BOS	SS
229	Wil Myers	CIN	1B, OF
230	Evan Phillips	LAD	P
231	Michael Conforto	SF	OF
232	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	P
233	Bryson Stott	PHI	2B, SS
234	Joc Pederson	SF	OF
235	Danny Jansen	TOR	C
236	Tyler Mahle	MIN	P
237	Luis Urias	MLW	2B, 3B, SS
238	Trevor Rogers	MIA	P
239	Seranthony Dominguez	PHI	P
240	Kyle Finnegan	WAS	P
241	Marcus Stroman	CHC	P
242	Jesse Winker	MLW	OF
243	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	P
244	Bryan De La Cruz	MIA	OF
245	Jarred Kelenic	SEA	OF
246	Gabriel Moreno	ARZ	C
247	Kolten Wong	SEA	2B
248	Trey Mancini	CHC	1B, OF
249	Jorge Lopez	MIN	P
250	Anthony Rendon	LAA	3B
251	Jose Urquidy	HOU	P
252	Eric Lauer	MLW	P
253	Yandy Diaz	TB	3B
254	Ross Stripling	SF	P
255	Lane Thomas	WAS	OF
256	Jorge Soler	MIA	OF
257	Noah Syndergaard	LAD	P
258	Brendan Donovan	STL	2B, 3B, OF
259	Zach Eflin	TB	P
260	Christopher Morel	CHC	2B, OF
261	Michael Kopech	CWS	P
262	DJ LeMahieu	NYY	1B, 2B, 3B
263	Charlie Blackmon	COL	OF
264	Carlos Estevez	LAA	P
265	Martin Perez	TEX	P
266	Oswald Peraza	NYY	SS
267	Kendall Graveman	CWS	P
268	Tyler Anderson	LAA	P
269	Austin Hays	BAL	OF
270	Jonah Heim	TEX	C
271	Justin Steele	CHC	P
272	Jose Berrios	TOR	P
273	Roansy Contreras	PIT	P
274	Austin Meadows	DET	OF
275	Garrett Mitchell	MLW	OF
276	Garrett Whitlock	BOS	P
277	Esteury Ruiz	OAK	OF
278	Brandon Marsh	PHI	OF
279	Cal Quantrill	CLE	P
280	Jorge Mateo	BAL	SS
281	Alex Kirilloff	MIN	OF
282	Travis d'Arnaud	ATL	C
283	Ha-Seong Kim	SD	3B, SS
284	Christian Vazquez	MIN	C
285	Chris Taylor	LAD	2B, OF
286	Craig Kimbrel	PHI	P
287	Manuel Margot	TB	OF
288	Jake Fraley	CIN	OF
289	Taijuan Walker	PHI	P
290	Dylan Floro	MIA	P
291	Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU	P
292	Yoan Moncada	CWS	3B
293	Kenta Maeda	MIN	P
294	Bailey Ober	MIN	P
295	Randal Grichuk	COL	OF
296	Juan Yepez	STL	OF
297	Trevor May	OAK	P
298	Eric Haase	DET	C
299	Oswaldo Cabrera	NYY	OF
300	Shea Langeliers	OAK	UT
301	Oscar Colas	CWS	OF
302	Ranger Suarez	PHI	P
303	Dylan Carlson	STL	OF
304	Sean Manaea	SF	P
305	Spencer Torkelson	DET	1B
306	Trent Grisham	SD	OF
307	Jon Berti	MIA	2B, 3B
308	Taylor Rogers	SF	P
309	Isaac Paredes	TB	1B, 2B, 3B
310	Giovanny Gallegos	STL	P
311	Luis Rengifo	LAA	2B, 3B
312	Eduardo Escobar	NYM	3B
313	Jose Siri	TB	OF
314	Logan O'Hoppe	LAA	C
315	Elvis Andrus	CWS	SS
316	Jameson Taillon	CHC	P
317	Steven Matz	STL	P
318	Yasmani Grandal	CWS	C
319	Jason Adam	TB	P
320	Jared Walsh	LAA	1B
321	Luis Garcia	WAS	2B, SS
322	Brandon Hughes	CHC	P
323	Mike Yastrzemski	SF	OF
324	Daniel Hudson	LAD	P
325	Marcell Ozuna	ATL	OF
326	Edward Olivares	KC	OF
327	Eduardo Rodriguez	DET	P
328	Nick Gordon	MIN	2B, OF
329	Domingo German	NYY	P
330	Adam Duvall	BOS	OF
331	Aaron Civale	CLE	P
332	Avisail Garcia	MIA	OF
333	Mark Canha	NYM	OF
334	Andrew McCutchen	PIT	OF
335	Wilmer Flores	SF	1B, 2B, 3B
336	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	P
337	Adam Wainwright	STL	P
338	Christian Bethancourt	TB	C, 1B
339	Josiah Gray	WAS	P
340	Joey Bart	SF	C
341	Kyle Bradish	BAL	P
342	TJ Friedl	CIN	OF
343	Elias Diaz	COL	C
344	Joey Gallo	MIN	OF
345	Max Kepler	MIN	OF
346	Enrique Hernandez	BOS	OF
347	Nolan Gorman	STL	2B
348	Mike Clevinger	CWS	P
349	David Peterson	NYM	P
350	Alex Wood	SF	P
351	Anthony Volpe	NYY	SS
352	Matt Mervis	CHC	1B
353	Rafael Montero	HOU	P
354	James Karinchak	CLE	P
355	Drey Jameson	ARZ	P
356	Aroldis Chapman	KC	P
357	Braxton Garrett	MIA	P
358	Brandon Belt	TOR	1B
359	Michael Brantley	HOU	OF
360	Brayan Bello	BOS	P
361	Brett Baty	NYM	3B
362	Harold Ramirez	TB	1B, OF
363	A.J. Puk	MIA	P
364	Hayden Wesneski	CHC	P
365	Leody Taveras	TEX	OF
366	Tanner Houck	BOS	P
367	Gregory Soto	PHI	P
368	Jose Trevino	NYY	C
369	Nick Fortes	MIA	C
370	Reynaldo Lopez	CWS	P
371	Myles Straw	CLE	OF
372	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	P
373	Brusdar Graterol	LAD	P
374	Brandon Pfaadt	ARZ	P
375	Gio Urshela	LAA	3B
376	Tommy Pham	NYM	OF
377	Rodolfo Castro	PIT	2B, 3B
378	Kerry Carpenter	DET	OF
379	Michael Wacha	SD	P
380	Corey Kluber	BOS	P
381	Mitch Keller	PIT	P
382	Tylor Megill	NYM	P
383	Joey Votto	CIN	1B
384	Jurickson Profar	SD	OF
385	Bubba Thompson	TEX	OF
386	Jeimer Candelario	WAS	3B
387	Trayce Thompson	LAD	OF
388	Francisco Alvarez	NYM	UT
389	Jose Suarez	LAA	P
390	Mitch Garver	TEX	UT
391	Spencer Steer	CIN	3B
392	Liam Hendriks	CWS	P
393	A.J. Minter	ATL	P
394	Jimmy Herget	LAA	P
395	Michael Massey	KC	2B
396	Brice Turang	MLW	SS
397	Alek Thomas	ARZ	OF
398	Aaron Ashby	MLW	P
399	James Paxton	BOS	P
400	Garrett Cooper	MIA	1B
401	Kyle Gibson	BAL	P
402	Ramon Urias	BAL	2B, 3B
403	AJ Pollock	SEA	OF
404	Josh Donaldson	NYY	3B
405	Nick Martinez	SD	P
406	Nick Pivetta	BOS	P
407	Trevor Story	BOS	2B
408	Ryne Nelson	ARZ	P
409	Gary Sanchez	MIN	C
410	German Marquez	COL	P
411	Bo Naylor	CLE	C
412	Ian Anderson	ATL	P
413	Mike Soroka	ATL	P
414	Ken Waldichuk	OAK	P
415	Cole Irvin	BAL	P
416	Jose Alvarado	PHI	P
417	Josh Lowe	TB	OF
418	Hunter Dozier	KC	1B, 3B, OF
419	Chris Martin	BOS	P
420	Nolan Jones	COL	OF
421	Jose Quintana	NYM	P
422	Chas McCormick	HOU	OF
423	David Peralta	LAD	OF
424	Aledmys Diaz	OAK	2B, OF
425	Robert Suarez	SD	P
426	J.D. Davis	SF	3B
427	Jonathan Schoop	DET	2B
428	Endy Rodriguez	PIT	C
429	Eddie Rosario	ATL	OF
430	Joey Wendle	MIA	2B, 3B, SS
431	Matt Barnes	MIA	P
432	Brandon Crawford	SF	SS
433	Erik Swanson	TOR	P
434	Cade Cavalli	WAS	P
435	Austin Nola	SD	C
436	Kyle Stowers	BAL	OF
437	Carson Kelly	ARZ	C
438	Brendan Rodgers	COL	2B
439	Dylan Moore	SEA	SS, OF
440	Anthony DeSclafani	SF	P
441	Omar Narvaez	NYM	C
442	J.P. Crawford	SEA	SS
443	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	NYY	SS
444	Kevin Ginkel	ARZ	P
445	Jack Suwinski	PIT	OF
446	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	P
447	Mark Melancon	ARZ	P
448	Hunter Harvey	WAS	P
449	Patrick Wisdom	CHC	3B
450	Andrew Painter	PHI	P

Mick Ciallela is FantasyPros’ most accurate MLB analyst over the last three seasons? For more great analysis check out the 2023 FantraxHQ Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit!