2026 Fantasy Baseball Cheat Sheet

Updated March 23, 2026. Expert consensus from 16+ ranking sources.

Your complete 2026 fantasy baseball cheat sheet powered by FanRanked's expert consensus rankings. This cheat sheet aggregates rankings from 16+ 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	Shohei Ohtani DH	LAD	DH	31.7	35.0	15
2	Aaron Judge	NYY	OF	33.9	39.1	16
3	Juan Soto	NYM	OF	27.4	36.0	16
4	Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS/3B	25.8	35.0	16
5	Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B	33.5	35.0	16
6	Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	OF	28.3	35.0	16
7	Tarik Skubal	DET	SP	29.3	35.0	16
8	Paul Skenes	PIT	SP	25.8	35.0	16
9	Kyle Tucker	LAD	OF	29.2	39.8	16
10	Garrett Crochet	BOS	SP	26.8	38.8	16
11	Julio Rodriguez	SEA	OF	25.2	38.5	16
12	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	SS/OF	27.2	39.5	16
13	Corbin Carroll	ARI	OF	25.6	35.0	16
14	Elly De La Cruz	CIN	SS/3B	24.2	35.0	16
15	Gunnar Henderson	BAL	SS/3B	24.7	35.0	16
16	Junior Caminero	TB	3B/SS	25.6	35.0	16
17	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B	27	35.0	16
18	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	OF	33.1	35.0	16
19	Jackson Chourio	MIL	OF	22	35.0	16
20	Cal Raleigh	SEA	C	29.3	35.0	16
21	Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	32.4	35.0	16
22	Ketel Marte	ARI	2B/OF	32.4	35.0	16
23	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	SP	27.6	35.0	16
24	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	SP	29.3	36.0	16
25	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	2B/OF	28.1	35.0	16
26	Nick Kurtz	ATH	1B	23	35.0	16
27	Pete Alonso	NYM	1B	31.3	35.0	16
28	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	DH/OF	28.7	35.0	16
29	Manny Machado	SD	3B	33.7	34.0	16
30	Trea Turner	PHI	SS	32.7	36.0	16
31	Logan Gilbert	SEA	SP	28.9	35.0	16
32	Bryan Woo	SEA	SP	26.1	35.0	16
33	Chris Sale	ATL	SP	37	35.0	16
34	Hunter Brown	HOU	SP	27.6	35.0	16
35	Brent Rooker	ATH	OF/DH	31.4	35.0	16
36	James Wood	WAS	OF	23.5	35.0	16
37	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	OF	24	35.0	16
38	Logan Webb	SF	SP	29.3	36.8	16
39	Max Fried	ATL	SP	32.2	35.0	16
40	Bryce Harper	PHI	1B/DH	33.4	35.0	16
41	Mason Miller	SD	RP	27.6	35.0	16
42	Mookie Betts	LAD	OF/SS	33.5	34.0	16
43	Jacob deGrom	TEX	SP	37.8	35.0	16
44	Matt Olson	ATL	1B	32	35.0	16
45	Cole Ragans	KC	SP	28.3	37.2	16
46	Edwin Diaz	NYM	RP	32	35.0	16
47	Wyatt Langford	TEX	OF	24.4	35.0	16
48	Brice Turang	MIL	2B	26.3	35.0	16
49	Zach Neto	LAA	SS	22.7	35.0	16
50	Roman Anthony	BOS	OF	21.9	35.0	16

Rankings by Position

Top Catchers

C Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Cal Raleigh	SEA	C	29.3	35.0
2	William Contreras	MIL	C/DH	28.2	35.0
3	Shea Langeliers	ATH	C	28.3	35.0
4	Ben Rice	NYY	C	27.1	36.9
5	Hunter Goodman	COL	C	26.5	35.0
6	Salvador Perez	KC	C/DH	35.9	34.0
7	Agustin Ramirez	MIA	C	24.5	35.0
8	Drake Baldwin	ATL	C	25	35.0
9	Will Smith	LAD	C	31	35.0
10	Ivan Herrera	STL	C	25.8	35.0
11	Yainer Diaz	HOU	C	27.5	35.0
12	Adley Rutschman	BAL	C	28.1	36.0
13	Daulton Varsho	TOR	OF/C	29.7	35.0
14	Willson Contreras	STL	C/DH	33.9	35.0

Top First Bases

1B Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B	27	35.0
2	Nick Kurtz	ATH	1B	23	35.0
3	Pete Alonso	NYM	1B	31.3	35.0
4	Bryce Harper	PHI	1B/DH	33.4	35.0
5	Matt Olson	ATL	1B	32	35.0
6	Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	36.5	35.0
7	Cody Bellinger	NYY	OF/1B	30.7	39.8
8	Josh Naylor	SEA	1B/DH	28.8	36.8
9	Vinnie Pasquantino	KC	1B/DH	28.5	35.0
10	Michael Busch	CHC	1B	28.4	36.8
11	Yandy Diaz	TB	1B/3B	34.6	35.0
12	Spencer Torkelson	DET	1B	26.6	35.0
13	Jonathan Aranda	TB	1B	27.8	35.0
14	Jac Caglianone	KC	1B	23.1	36.0
15	Munetaka Murakami	CWS	1B	26.1	35.0

Top Second Bases

2B Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Ketel Marte	ARI	2B/OF	32.4	35.0
2	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	2B/OF	28.1	35.0
3	Brice Turang	MIL	2B	26.3	35.0
4	Maikel Garcia	KC	2B	26.1	35.0
5	Nico Hoerner	CHC	SS/2B	28.9	35.0
6	Jose Altuve	HOU	2B	35.9	36.8
7	Luke Keaschall	MIN	2B	23.6	36.1
8	Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B	29.2	35.0
9	Brandon Lowe	PIT	2B	31.7	35.0
10	Matt McLain	CIN	SS/2B	25.9	33.3
11	Bryson Stott	PHI	SS/2B	28.5	35.1
12	Gleyber Torres	NYY	2B	29.3	35.0
13	Marcus Semien	TEX	2B	35.5	35.0
14	Jackson Holliday	BAL	2B	22.3	34.0

Top Third Bases

3B Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS/3B	25.8	35.0
2	Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B	33.5	35.0
3	Elly De La Cruz	CIN	SS/3B	24.2	35.0
4	Gunnar Henderson	BAL	SS/3B	24.7	35.0
5	Junior Caminero	TB	3B/SS	25.6	35.0
6	Manny Machado	SD	3B	33.7	34.0
7	Rafael Devers	SF	3B	29.4	35.0
8	Austin Riley	ATL	3B	29	35.3
9	Alex Bregman	CHC	3B	32	35.0
10	Eugenio Suarez	CIN	3B	34.7	31.5
11	Yandy Diaz	TB	1B/3B	34.6	35.0
12	Matt Chapman	SF	3B	32.9	35.0
13	Noelvi Marte	CIN	3B/SS	24.1	35.0
14	Jorge Polanco	NYM	3B	32.7	35.0

Top Shortstops

SS Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS/3B	25.8	35.0
2	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	SS/OF	27.2	39.5
3	Elly De La Cruz	CIN	SS/3B	24.2	35.0
4	Gunnar Henderson	BAL	SS/3B	24.7	35.0
5	Junior Caminero	TB	3B/SS	25.6	35.0
6	Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	32.4	35.0
7	Trea Turner	PHI	SS	32.7	36.0
8	Mookie Betts	LAD	OF/SS	33.5	34.0
9	Zach Neto	LAA	SS	22.7	35.0
10	Jackson Merrill	SD	SS/OF	24.4	37.0
11	Geraldo Perdomo	ARI	SS	26.4	35.0
12	CJ Abrams	WAS	SS	25.5	35.0
13	Corey Seager	TEX	SS	31.9	38.5
14	Bo Bichette	NYM	SS	28.1	35.0
15	Nico Hoerner	CHC	SS/2B	28.9	35.0
16	Oneil Cruz	PIT	SS	27.5	35.0
17	Jeremy Pena	HOU	SS	28.5	33.3
18	Willy Adames	SF	SS	30.6	35.0
19	Trevor Story	BOS	SS	33.4	35.0
20	Dansby Swanson	CHC	SS	32.1	35.0

Top Outfields

OF Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Aaron Judge	NYY	OF	33.9	39.1
2	Juan Soto	NYM	OF	27.4	36.0
3	Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	OF	28.3	35.0
4	Kyle Tucker	LAD	OF	29.2	39.8
5	Julio Rodriguez	SEA	OF	25.2	38.5
6	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	SS/OF	27.2	39.5
7	Corbin Carroll	ARI	OF	25.6	35.0
8	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	OF	33.1	35.0
9	Jackson Chourio	MIL	OF	22	35.0
10	Ketel Marte	ARI	2B/OF	32.4	35.0
11	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	2B/OF	28.1	35.0
12	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	DH/OF	28.7	35.0
13	Brent Rooker	ATH	OF/DH	31.4	35.0
14	James Wood	WAS	OF	23.5	35.0
15	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	OF	24	35.0
16	Mookie Betts	LAD	OF/SS	33.5	34.0
17	Wyatt Langford	TEX	OF	24.4	35.0
18	Roman Anthony	BOS	OF	21.9	35.0
19	Jackson Merrill	SD	SS/OF	24.4	37.0
20	Cody Bellinger	NYY	OF/1B	30.7	39.8

Top Starting Pitchers

SP Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	SP	29.3	35.0
2	Paul Skenes	PIT	SP	25.8	35.0
3	Garrett Crochet	BOS	SP	26.8	38.8
4	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	SP	27.6	35.0
5	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	SP	29.3	36.0
6	Logan Gilbert	SEA	SP	28.9	35.0
7	Bryan Woo	SEA	SP	26.1	35.0
8	Chris Sale	ATL	SP	37	35.0
9	Hunter Brown	HOU	SP	27.6	35.0
10	Logan Webb	SF	SP	29.3	36.8
11	Max Fried	ATL	SP	32.2	35.0
12	Jacob deGrom	TEX	SP	37.8	35.0
13	Cole Ragans	KC	SP	28.3	37.2
14	George Kirby	SEA	SP	28.1	38.5
15	Joe Ryan	MIN	SP	29.8	35.6
16	Framber Valdez	DET	SP	32.3	35.0
17	Freddy Peralta	NYM	SP	29.8	35.0
18	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	SP	28.5	35.0
19	Dylan Cease	TOR	SP	30.2	35.0
20	Kyle Bradish	BAL	SP	29.5	35.0

Top Relief Pitchers

RP Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Mason Miller	SD	RP	27.6	35.0
2	Edwin Diaz	NYM	RP	32	35.0
3	Andres Munoz	SEA	RP	27.2	35.0
4	Cade Smith	CLE	RP	26.9	35.0
5	Jhoan Duran	MIN	RP	28.2	35.0
6	Aroldis Chapman	BOS	RP	38.1	35.0
7	David Bednar	NYY	RP	31.5	35.0
8	Devin Williams	NYM	RP	31.5	35.0
9	Raisel Iglesias	ATL	RP	36.2	35.0
10	Ryan Helsley	BAL	RP	31.7	35.0
11	Jeff Hoffman	PHI	RP	33.2	35.0
12	Josh Hader	HOU	RP	32	35.0
13	Daniel Palencia	CHC	RP	26.1	35.0
14	Emilio Pagan	CIN	RP	34.9	35.0
15	Pete Fairbanks	TB	RP	32.3	31.5
16	Kenley Jansen	BOS	RP	38.5	35.0
17	Carlos Estevez	KC	RP	33.2	34.3
18	Trevor Megill	MIL	RP	32.3	35.0
19	Abner Uribe	MIL	RP	25.8	35.0
20	Ryan Walker	SF	RP	30.3	35.0

Draft Strategy Tips

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