2026 Fantasy Baseball Cheat Sheet

Updated June 21, 2026. Expert consensus from 7+ ranking sources.

Your complete 2026 fantasy baseball cheat sheet powered by FanRanked's expert consensus rankings. This cheat sheet aggregates rankings from 7+ 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	Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS/3B	26	36.0	7
2	Juan Soto	NYM	OF	27.7	36.0	7
3	Julio Rodriguez	SEA	OF	25.5	38.5	7
4	Corbin Carroll	ARI	OF	25.8	38.4	7
5	Tarik Skubal	DET	SP	29.6	35.0	7
6	Paul Skenes	PIT	SP	26.1	35.0	7
7	Junior Caminero	TB	3B/SS	25.9	37.1	7
8	Nick Kurtz	ATH	1B	23.3	36.2	7
9	Kyle Tucker	LAD	OF	29.4	39.8	7
10	Shohei Ohtani DH	LAD	DH	32	35.0	7
11	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	DH	33.3	35.0	7
12	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	SS/OF	27.5	39.5	7
13	Elly De La Cruz	CIN	SS/3B	24.4	38.5	7
14	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	SP	29.5	36.0	7
15	Gunnar Henderson	BAL	SS/3B	25	38.5	7
16	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	DH/OF	29	35.0	7
17	Jackson Chourio	MIL	OF	22.3	35.0	7
18	James Wood	WAS	OF	23.8	35.0	7
19	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B	27.3	35.0	7
20	Pete Alonso	BAL	1B	31.5	35.0	7
21	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	2B/OF	28.4	35.0	7
22	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	SP	27.8	35.0	7
23	Trea Turner	PHI	SS	33	36.0	7
24	Mason Miller	SD	RP	27.8	35.0	7
25	Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	OF	28.5	35.0	7
26	Chris Sale	ATL	SP	37.2	35.1	6
27	Bryce Harper	PHI	1B/DH	33.7	34.0	7
28	Zach Neto	LAA	SS	23	38.4	7
29	Matt Olson	ATL	1B	32.2	36.0	7
30	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	OF	24.2	35.0	7
31	Logan Gilbert	SEA	SP	29.1	35.0	7
32	Bryan Woo	SEA	SP	26.4	35.0	7
33	Ketel Marte	ARI	2B/OF	32.7	35.0	7
34	Brice Turang	MIL	2B	26.6	38.8	7
35	Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B	33.8	35.0	7
36	Jacob deGrom	TEX	SP	38	35.0	6
37	Cade Smith	CLE	RP	27.1	35.0	6
38	Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	36.8	35.0	7
39	Ben Rice	NYY	1B/C	27.3	36.9	7
40	CJ Abrams	WAS	SS	25.7	35.0	7
41	Cody Bellinger	NYY	OF/1B	30.9	39.8	7
42	Shea Langeliers	ATH	C	28.6	35.0	7
43	Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	32.6	36.2	7
44	Byron Buxton	MIN	OF	32.5	35.0	7
45	Jhoan Duran	PHI	RP	28.5	35.0	7
46	Michael Harris II	ATL	OF	25.3	35.0	7
47	Hunter Brown	HOU	SP	27.8	36.9	7
48	Riley Greene	DET	OF	25.7	36.2	7
49	Wyatt Langford	TEX	OF	24.6	35.0	7
50	Joe Ryan	MIN	SP	30	35.6	7

Rankings by Position

Top Catchers

C Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Ben Rice	NYY	1B/C	27.3	36.9
2	Shea Langeliers	ATH	C	28.6	35.0
3	Cal Raleigh	SEA	C	29.6	35.0
4	William Contreras	MIL	C/DH	28.5	36.0
5	Hunter Goodman	COL	C	26.7	35.0
6	Drake Baldwin	ATL	C	25.2	35.0
7	Salvador Perez	KC	C/DH	36.1	34.0
8	Adley Rutschman	BAL	C	28.4	36.0
9	Will Smith	LAD	C	31.2	35.0
10	Samuel Basallo	BAL	C/1B	21.9	35.0
11	Yainer Diaz	HOU	C	27.8	35.0

Top First Bases

1B Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Nick Kurtz	ATH	1B	23.3	36.2
2	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B	27.3	35.0
3	Pete Alonso	BAL	1B	31.5	35.0
4	Bryce Harper	PHI	1B/DH	33.7	34.0
5	Matt Olson	ATL	1B	32.2	36.0
6	Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	36.8	35.0
7	Ben Rice	NYY	1B/C	27.3	36.9
8	Cody Bellinger	NYY	OF/1B	30.9	39.8
9	Josh Naylor	SEA	1B/DH	29	36.8
10	Rafael Devers	SF	1B	29.7	35.0
11	Sal Stewart	CIN	1B	22.5	35.0
12	Michael Busch	CHC	1B	28.6	36.8
13	Alec Burleson	STL	1B	27.6	35.0
14	Willson Contreras	BOS	1B	34.1	35.0
15	Christian Walker	HOU	1B	35.2	35.0
16	Vinnie Pasquantino	KC	1B/DH	28.7	35.0
17	Jonathan Aranda	TB	1B	28.1	35.0
18	Isaac Paredes	HOU	3B/1B	27.3	36.0
19	Munetaka Murakami	CWS	1B	26.4	35.0
20	Max Muncy	LAD	3B/1B/2B	35.8	35.0

Top Second Bases

2B Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	2B/OF	28.4	35.0
2	Ketel Marte	ARI	2B/OF	32.7	35.0
3	Brice Turang	MIL	2B	26.6	38.8
4	Nico Hoerner	CHC	SS/2B	29.1	36.0
5	Xavier Edwards	MIA	2B	26.9	35.0
6	Jose Altuve	HOU	2B	36.1	36.8
7	Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B	29.5	35.0
8	Otto Lopez	MIA	SS/2B	27.7	35.0
9	JJ Wetherholt	STL	2B	23.8	35.0
10	Luke Keaschall	MIN	2B	23.9	36.1
11	Brandon Lowe	PIT	2B	32	35.0
12	Matt McLain	CIN	SS/2B	26.2	33.3
13	Max Muncy	LAD	3B/1B/2B	35.8	35.0
14	Bryson Stott	PHI	SS/2B	28.7	35.1

Top Third Bases

3B Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS/3B	26	36.0
2	Junior Caminero	TB	3B/SS	25.9	37.1
3	Elly De La Cruz	CIN	SS/3B	24.4	38.5
4	Gunnar Henderson	BAL	SS/3B	25	38.5
5	Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B	33.8	35.0
6	Manny Machado	SD	3B	34	34.0
7	Maikel Garcia	KC	3B	26.3	35.0
8	Austin Riley	ATL	3B	29.2	35.3
9	Bo Bichette	NYM	3B	28.3	35.0
10	Alex Bregman	CHC	3B	32.2	35.0
11	Miguel Vargas	CWS	3B	26.6	35.0
12	Matt Chapman	SF	3B	33.1	35.0
13	Isaac Paredes	HOU	3B/1B	27.3	36.0
14	Kazuma Okamoto	TOR	3B	30	35.0
15	Max Muncy	LAD	3B/1B/2B	35.8	35.0
16	Noelvi Marte	CIN	3B/SS	24.3	35.0
17	Royce Lewis	MIN	3B	27	35.9

Top Shortstops

SS Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS/3B	26	36.0
2	Junior Caminero	TB	3B/SS	25.9	37.1
3	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	SS/OF	27.5	39.5
4	Elly De La Cruz	CIN	SS/3B	24.4	38.5
5	Gunnar Henderson	BAL	SS/3B	25	38.5
6	Trea Turner	PHI	SS	33	36.0
7	Zach Neto	LAA	SS	23	38.4
8	CJ Abrams	WAS	SS	25.7	35.0
9	Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	32.6	36.2
10	Mookie Betts	LAD	OF/SS	33.7	34.0
11	Nico Hoerner	CHC	SS/2B	29.1	36.0
12	Jackson Merrill	SD	SS/OF	24.6	37.0
13	Corey Seager	TEX	SS	32.2	38.5
14	Geraldo Perdomo	ARI	SS	26.7	36.8
15	Jeremy Pena	HOU	SS	28.7	33.3
16	Ceddanne Rafaela	BOS	SS/OF	25.2	35.0
17	Kevin McGonigle	DET	SS	21.8	35.0
18	Willy Adames	SF	SS	30.8	35.0
19	Otto Lopez	MIA	SS/2B	27.7	35.0
20	Jacob Wilson	ATH	SS	24.2	35.0

Top Outfields

OF Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Juan Soto	NYM	OF	27.7	36.0
2	Julio Rodriguez	SEA	OF	25.5	38.5
3	Corbin Carroll	ARI	OF	25.8	38.4
4	Kyle Tucker	LAD	OF	29.4	39.8
5	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	SS/OF	27.5	39.5
6	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	DH/OF	29	35.0
7	Jackson Chourio	MIL	OF	22.3	35.0
8	James Wood	WAS	OF	23.8	35.0
9	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	2B/OF	28.4	35.0
10	Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	OF	28.5	35.0
11	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	OF	24.2	35.0
12	Ketel Marte	ARI	2B/OF	32.7	35.0
13	Cody Bellinger	NYY	OF/1B	30.9	39.8
14	Byron Buxton	MIN	OF	32.5	35.0
15	Michael Harris II	ATL	OF	25.3	35.0
16	Riley Greene	DET	OF	25.7	36.2
17	Wyatt Langford	TEX	OF	24.6	35.0
18	Jarren Duran	BOS	OF	29.8	35.0
19	Aaron Judge	NYY	OF	34.2	39.1
20	Brent Rooker	ATH	OF/DH	31.6	35.0

Top Starting Pitchers

SP Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	SP	29.6	35.0
2	Paul Skenes	PIT	SP	26.1	35.0
3	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	SP	29.5	36.0
4	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	SP	27.8	35.0
5	Chris Sale	ATL	SP	37.2	35.1
6	Logan Gilbert	SEA	SP	29.1	35.0
7	Bryan Woo	SEA	SP	26.4	35.0
8	Jacob deGrom	TEX	SP	38	35.0
9	Hunter Brown	HOU	SP	27.8	36.9
10	Joe Ryan	MIN	SP	30	35.6
11	Logan Webb	SF	SP	29.6	35.6
12	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	SP	24.2	35.0
13	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	SP	28.7	35.0
14	Dylan Cease	TOR	SP	30.5	35.0
15	George Kirby	SEA	SP	28.4	38.5
16	Garrett Crochet	BOS	SP	27	38.8
17	Nolan McLean	NYM	SP	24.9	35.0
18	Chase Burns	CIN	SP	23.4	36.0
19	Zack Wheeler	PHI	SP	36.1	37.2
20	Freddy Peralta	NYM	SP	30	35.0

Top Relief Pitchers

RP Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	FRV
1	Mason Miller	SD	RP	27.8	35.0
2	Cade Smith	CLE	RP	27.1	35.0
3	Jhoan Duran	PHI	RP	28.5	35.0
4	Andres Munoz	SEA	RP	27.4	35.0
5	Aroldis Chapman	BOS	RP	38.3	35.0
6	David Bednar	NYY	RP	31.7	36.0
7	Devin Williams	NYM	RP	31.8	36.0
8	Raisel Iglesias	ATL	RP	36.5	35.0
9	Josh Hader	HOU	RP	32.2	35.0
10	Ryan Helsley	BAL	RP	31.9	35.0
11	Daniel Palencia	CHC	RP	26.4	35.0
12	Pete Fairbanks	MIA	RP	32.5	31.5
13	Kenley Jansen	DET	RP	38.7	34.0
14	Trevor Megill	MIL	RP	32.5	35.0
15	Edwin Diaz	LAD	RP	32.3	35.0
16	Seranthony Dominguez	CWS	RP	31.6	35.0

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.
• Use the Trade Calculator — Evaluate trade offers using FRV values and VAR analysis.