2026 Fantasy Baseball Cheat Sheet

Updated May 7, 2026. Expert consensus from 36+ ranking sources.

Your complete 2026 fantasy baseball cheat sheet powered by FanRanked's expert consensus rankings. This cheat sheet aggregates rankings from 36+ expert sources and combines them with community FRV ratings from thousands of votes. Use this as your draft-day companion for redraft, keeper, and dynasty leagues.

Overall Top 50

Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV	Sources
1	Aaron Judge	NYY	OF	34	39.1	23
2	Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS/3B	25.9	36.0	23
3	Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B	33.6	35.0	23
4	Juan Soto	NYM	OF	27.5	36.0	23
5	Paul Skenes	PIT	SP	25.9	35.0	23
6	Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	OF	28.4	35.0	23
7	Shohei Ohtani DH	LAD	DH	31.8	35.0	23
8	Kyle Tucker	LAD	OF	29.3	39.8	23
9	Julio Rodriguez	SEA	OF	25.4	38.5	23
10	Corbin Carroll	ARI	OF	25.7	38.4	23
11	Elly De La Cruz	CIN	SS/3B	24.3	38.5	23
12	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	SS/OF	27.3	39.5	23
13	Gunnar Henderson	BAL	SS/3B	24.9	38.5	23
14	Junior Caminero	TB	3B/SS	25.7	37.1	23
15	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B	27.1	35.0	23
16	Tarik Skubal	DET	SP	29.5	35.0	23
17	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	OF	33.2	35.0	23
18	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	DH/OF	28.9	35.0	23
19	Ketel Marte	ARI	2B/OF	32.6	35.0	23
20	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	SP	27.7	35.0	23
21	Garrett Crochet	BOS	SP	26.9	38.8	23
22	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	SP	29.4	36.0	23
23	Cal Raleigh	SEA	C	29.4	35.0	23
24	Trea Turner	PHI	SS	32.9	36.0	23
25	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	2B/OF	28.3	35.0	23
26	Nick Kurtz	ATH	1B	23.2	36.2	23
27	Bryan Woo	SEA	SP	26.3	35.0	23
28	Manny Machado	SD	3B	33.8	34.0	23
29	Pete Alonso	BAL	1B	31.4	35.0	23
30	Chris Sale	ATL	SP	37.1	35.1	23
31	Logan Gilbert	SEA	SP	29	35.0	23
32	Jackson Chourio	MIL	OF	22.2	35.0	23
33	James Wood	WAS	OF	23.6	35.0	23
34	Max Fried	NYY	SP	32.3	35.0	23
35	Mason Miller	SD	SP	27.7	35.0	24
36	Bryce Harper	PHI	1B/DH	33.6	34.0	23
37	Matt Olson	ATL	1B	32.1	36.0	23
38	Jacob deGrom	TEX	SP	37.9	35.0	23
39	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	OF	24.1	35.0	23
40	Brent Rooker	ATH	OF/DH	31.5	35.0	23
41	Brice Turang	MIL	2B	26.5	38.8	23
42	Logan Webb	SF	SP	29.5	35.6	23
43	Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	32.5	36.2	23
44	Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	36.7	35.0	23
45	Zach Neto	LAA	SS/SP	22.8	38.4	23
46	George Kirby	SEA	SP	28.3	38.5	23
47	Cole Ragans	KC	SP	28.4	37.2	23
48	Jackson Merrill	SD	SS/OF	24.5	37.0	23
49	Roman Anthony	BOS	OF	22	35.0	23
50	Wyatt Langford	TEX	OF	24.5	35.0	23

Rankings by Position

Top Catchers

C Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Cal Raleigh	SEA	C	29.4	35.0
2	Shea Langeliers	ATH	C	28.5	35.0
3	William Contreras	MIL	C/DH	28.4	36.0
4	Drake Baldwin	ATL	C	25.1	35.0
5	Hunter Goodman	COL	C	26.6	35.0
6	Salvador Perez	KC	C/DH	36	34.0
7	Will Smith	LAD	C	31.1	35.0
8	Agustin Ramirez	MIA	C	24.7	35.0
9	Ivan Herrera	STL	C	25.9	35.0
10	Daulton Varsho	TOR	OF/C	29.8	35.0
11	Adley Rutschman	BAL	C	28.2	36.0
12	Yainer Diaz	HOU	C	27.6	35.0

Top First Bases

1B Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B	27.1	35.0
2	Nick Kurtz	ATH	1B	23.2	36.2
3	Pete Alonso	BAL	1B	31.4	35.0
4	Bryce Harper	PHI	1B/DH	33.6	34.0
5	Matt Olson	ATL	1B	32.1	36.0
6	Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	36.7	35.0
7	Cody Bellinger	NYY	OF/1B	30.8	39.8
8	Ben Rice	NYY	1B	27.2	36.9
9	Josh Naylor	SEA	1B/DH	28.9	36.8
10	Rafael Devers	SF	1B	29.5	35.0
11	Vinnie Pasquantino	KC	1B/DH	28.6	35.0
12	Michael Busch	CHC	1B	28.5	36.8
13	Yandy Diaz	TB	1B/3B	34.7	35.0
14	Sal Stewart	CIN	1B	22.4	35.0
15	Alec Burleson	STL	1B	27.4	35.0
16	Munetaka Murakami	CWS	1B	26.3	35.0
17	Willson Contreras	BOS	1B	34	35.0
18	Christian Walker	HOU	1B	35.1	35.0
19	Jonathan Aranda	TB	1B	28	35.0
20	Isaac Paredes	HOU	3B/1B	27.2	36.0

Top Second Bases

2B Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Ketel Marte	ARI	2B/OF	32.6	35.0
2	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	2B/OF	28.3	35.0
3	Brice Turang	MIL	2B	26.5	38.8
4	Nico Hoerner	CHC	SS/2B	29	36.0
5	Jose Altuve	HOU	2B	36	36.8
6	Luke Keaschall	MIN	2B	23.7	36.1
7	Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B	29.3	35.0
8	Xavier Edwards	MIA	2B	26.7	35.0
9	Brandon Lowe	PIT	2B	31.8	35.0
10	Matt McLain	CIN	SS/2B/SP	26.1	33.3
11	Gleyber Torres	DET	2B	29.4	35.0
12	Bryson Stott	PHI	SS/2B	28.6	35.1
13	Otto Lopez	MIA	SS/2B	27.6	35.0
14	JJ Wetherholt (P)	STL	2B	23.7	35.0
15	Marcus Semien	NYM	2B	35.6	35.0

Top Third Bases

3B Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS/3B	25.9	36.0
2	Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B	33.6	35.0
3	Elly De La Cruz	CIN	SS/3B	24.3	38.5
4	Gunnar Henderson	BAL	SS/3B	24.9	38.5
5	Junior Caminero	TB	3B/SS	25.7	37.1
6	Manny Machado	SD	3B	33.8	34.0
7	Austin Riley	ATL	3B	29.1	35.3
8	Maikel Garcia	KC	3B	26.2	35.0
9	Bo Bichette	NYM	3B	28.2	35.0
10	Alex Bregman	CHC	3B	32.1	35.0
11	Eugenio Suarez	CIN	3B	34.8	32.8
12	Yandy Diaz	TB	1B/3B	34.7	35.0
13	Matt Chapman	SF	3B	33	35.0
14	Kazuma Okamoto	TOR	3B	29.9	35.0
15	Isaac Paredes	HOU	3B/1B	27.2	36.0
16	Noelvi Marte	CIN	3B/SS	24.2	35.0

Top Shortstops

SS Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS/3B	25.9	36.0
2	Elly De La Cruz	CIN	SS/3B	24.3	38.5
3	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	SS/OF	27.3	39.5
4	Gunnar Henderson	BAL	SS/3B	24.9	38.5
5	Junior Caminero	TB	3B/SS	25.7	37.1
6	Trea Turner	PHI	SS	32.9	36.0
7	Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	32.5	36.2
8	Zach Neto	LAA	SS/SP	22.8	38.4
9	Jackson Merrill	SD	SS/OF	24.5	37.0
10	Mookie Betts	LAD	OF/SS	33.6	34.0
11	Geraldo Perdomo	ARI	SS	26.5	36.8
12	CJ Abrams	WAS	SS	25.6	35.0
13	Corey Seager	TEX	SS	32	38.5
14	Nico Hoerner	CHC	SS/2B	29	36.0
15	Jeremy Pena	HOU	SS	28.6	33.3
16	Willy Adames	SF	SS	30.7	35.0
17	Dansby Swanson	CHC	SS	32.2	35.0
18	Trevor Story	BOS	SS	33.5	35.0
19	Jacob Wilson	ATH	SS	24.1	35.0
20	Ceddanne Rafaela	BOS	SS/OF/SP	25.1	35.0

Top Outfields

OF Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Aaron Judge	NYY	OF	34	39.1
2	Juan Soto	NYM	OF	27.5	36.0
3	Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	OF	28.4	35.0
4	Kyle Tucker	LAD	OF	29.3	39.8
5	Julio Rodriguez	SEA	OF	25.4	38.5
6	Corbin Carroll	ARI	OF	25.7	38.4
7	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	SS/OF	27.3	39.5
8	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	OF	33.2	35.0
9	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	DH/OF	28.9	35.0
10	Ketel Marte	ARI	2B/OF	32.6	35.0
11	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	2B/OF	28.3	35.0
12	Jackson Chourio	MIL	OF	22.2	35.0
13	James Wood	WAS	OF	23.6	35.0
14	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	OF	24.1	35.0
15	Brent Rooker	ATH	OF/DH	31.5	35.0
16	Jackson Merrill	SD	SS/OF	24.5	37.0
17	Roman Anthony	BOS	OF	22	35.0
18	Wyatt Langford	TEX	OF	24.5	35.0
19	Cody Bellinger	NYY	OF/1B	30.8	39.8
20	Mookie Betts	LAD	OF/SS	33.6	34.0

Top Starting Pitchers

SP Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Paul Skenes	PIT	SP	25.9	35.0
2	Tarik Skubal	DET	SP	29.5	35.0
3	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	SP	27.7	35.0
4	Garrett Crochet	BOS	SP	26.9	38.8
5	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	SP	29.4	36.0
6	Bryan Woo	SEA	SP	26.3	35.0
7	Chris Sale	ATL	SP	37.1	35.1
8	Logan Gilbert	SEA	SP	29	35.0
9	Max Fried	NYY	SP	32.3	35.0
10	Mason Miller	SD	SP	27.7	35.0
11	Jacob deGrom	TEX	SP	37.9	35.0
12	Logan Webb	SF	SP	29.5	35.6
13	Zach Neto	LAA	SS/SP	22.8	38.4
14	George Kirby	SEA	SP	28.3	38.5
15	Cole Ragans	KC	SP	28.4	37.2
16	Freddy Peralta	NYM	SP	29.9	35.0
17	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	SP	28.6	35.0
18	Joe Ryan	MIN	SP	29.9	35.6
19	Framber Valdez	DET	SP	32.5	34.0
20	Andres Munoz	SEA	SP	27.3	35.0

Top Relief Pitchers

RP Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Pete Fairbanks	TB	RP	32.4	31.5

Draft Strategy Tips

• Don't reach for closers early — Relief pitchers are volatile year-to-year. Target saves in the middle rounds.
• Prioritize elite bats — The top hitters provide category coverage across R, HR, RBI, SB, and AVG.
• Stack starting pitchers in rounds 3-8 — The SP pool is deep; target aces early but fill out your rotation mid-draft.
• Monitor FRV vs. consensus gaps — Players where FRV diverges from expert consensus are potential sleepers or busts.
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