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Below are our 2023 MLB Best Ball and Fantasy Baseball rankings – sorted by positional tiers. Currently, these rankings are live during the 2023 Spring Training. As such, they are subject to changes based on the latest news from Spring Training, including Starting Lineup changes, Starting Rotation Changes and Injuries. We will also be releasing our Top 250 Overall Rankings very shortly.
These rankings will be updated periodically as we gather more information on teams, players, and projections based on Spring Training.
We also adjust our rankings for Average Draft Position (ADP), so that you are able to maximize the value of players that we have ranked above their ADP. Currently, we are utilizing ADP from both Underdog Fantasy and Drafters Fantasy 2023 MLB Best Ball tournaments.
*Last Updated Tuesday February 28th, 2023 12:15 PM ET*
| Rank | Tier | Pitcher | Team | Tier | Infielder | Team | Tier | Outfielder | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Corbin Burnes | MIL | 1 | Jose Ramirez | CLE | 1 | Aaron Judge | NYY |
| 2 | 1 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | 1 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | TOR | 1 | Juan Soto | SDP |
| 3 | 2 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | 1 | Trea Turner | PHI | 1 | Ronald Acuna Jr. | ATL |
| 4 | 2 | Jacob Degrom | TEX | 1 | Freddie Freeman | LAD | 1 | Julio Rodriguez | SEA |
| 5 | 2 | Spencer Strider | ATL | 2 | Fernando Tatis Jr. | SDP | 1 | Shohei Ohtani | LAA |
| 6 | 2 | Dylan Cease | CHW | 2 | Paul Goldschmidt | STL | 1 | Yordan Alvarez | HOU |
| 7 | 2 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | 2 | Pete Alonso | NYM | 1 | Mike Trout | LAA |
| 8 | 2 | Aaron Nola | PHI | 2 | Manny Machado | SDP | 1 | Mookie Betts | LAD |
| 9 | 2 | Max Scherzer | NYM | 2 | Bo Bichette | TOR | 2 | Kyle Tucker | HOU |
| 10 | 2 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | 2 | Austin Riley | ATL | 2 | Kyle Schwarber | PHI |
| 11 | 2 | Shane McLanahan | TB | 2 | Matt Olson | ATL | 2 | Michael Harris II | ATL |
| 12 | 2 | Luis Castillo | SEA | 2 | Rafael Devers | BOS | 2 | Byron Buxton | MIN |
| 13 | 2 | Cristian Javier | HOU | 3 | Jose Altuve | HOU | 2 | Luis Robert | CHW |
| 14 | 3 | Shane Bieber | CLE | 3 | Bobby Witt Jr. | KC | 2 | Randy Arozarena | TB |
| 15 | 3 | Justin Verlander | NYM | 3 | Marcus Semien | TEX | 2 | George Springer | HOU |
| 16 | 3 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | 3 | Alex Bregman | HOU | 3 | Eloy Jimenez | CHW |
| 17 | 3 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | 3 | Francisco Lindor | NYM | 3 | Cedric Mullins | BAL |
| 18 | 3 | Framber Valdez | HOU | 3 | Nolan Arenado | STL | 3 | Bryan Reynolds | PIT |
| 19 | 3 | Tyler Glasnow | TB | 3 | Corey Seager | TEX | 3 | Adolis Garcia | TEX |
| 20 | 3 | Robbie Ray | SEA | 3 | Xander Bogaerts | SDP | 3 | Teoscar Hernandez | SEA |
| 21 | 3 | Zac Gallen | ARI | 4 | Jose Abreu | HOU | 4 | Bryce Harper | PHI |
| 22 | 3 | Joe Musgrove | SDP | 4 | Jazz Chisholm Jr. | MIA | 4 | Brandon Nimmo | NYM |
| 23 | 3 | Julio Urias | LAD | 4 | Oneil Cruz | PIT | 4 | Taylor Ward | LAA |
| 24 | 3 | Yu Darvish | SDP | 4 | Rhys Hoskins | PHI | 4 | Kris Bryant | COL |
| 25 | 3 | Max Fried | ATL | 4 | Dansby Swanson | CHC | 4 | Nick Castellanos | PHI |
| 26 | 3 | Alek Manoah | TOR | 4 | Ozzie Albies | ATL | 4 | J.D. Martinez | LAD |
| 27 | 4 | Hunter Greene | CIN | 4 | Wander Franco | TB | 4 | Christian Yelich | MIL |
| 28 | 4 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | 4 | Jeremy Pena | HOU | 4 | Corbin Carroll | ARI |
| 29 | 4 | Blake Snell | SDP | 4 | Willy Adames | MIL | 4 | Daulton Varsho | TOR |
| 30 | 4 | Lance Lynn | CHW | 5 | Carlos Correa | MIN | 5 | Giancarlo Stanton | NYY |
| 31 | 4 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | 5 | Vinnie Pasquantino | KC | 5 | Steven Kwan | CLE |
| 32 | 4 | Jesus Luzardo | MiA | 5 | Tommy Edman | STL | 5 | Tyler O'Neil | STL |
| 33 | 4 | Triston McKenzie | CLE | 5 | Nathaniel Lowe | TEX | 5 | Starling Marte | NYM |
| 34 | 4 | Luis Severino | NYY | 5 | Christian Walker | ARI | 5 | Anthony Santander | BAL |
| 35 | 4 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | 5 | Gunnar Henderson | BAL | 5 | Ian Happ | CHC |
| 36 | 4 | Kyle Wright | ATL | 5 | C.J. Cron | COL | 5 | Masataka Yoshida | BOS |
| 37 | 4 | Logan Webb | SFG | 5 | Jake Cronenworth | SDP | 5 | Jake McCarthy | ARI |
| 38 | 4 | Charlie Morton | ATL | 5 | Matt Chapman | TOR | 5 | Jesse Winker | MIL |
| 39 | 5 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | 5 | J.T. Realmuto | PHI | 5 | Seiya Suzuki | CHC |
| 40 | 5 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | 5 | Anthony Rizzo | NYY | 6 | Hunter Renfroe | LAA |
| 41 | 5 | Lucas Giolito | CHW | 5 | Eugenio Suarez | SEA | 6 | Alex Verdugo | BOS |
| 42 | 5 | Joe Ryan | MIN | 5 | Ty France | SEA | 6 | Lars Nootbar | STL |
| 43 | 5 | George Kirby | SEA | 5 | Max Muncy | LAD | 6 | Mitch Haniger | SFG |
| 44 | 5 | Jordan Montgomery | STL | 5 | Rowdy Tellez | MIL | 6 | Riley Greene | DET |
| 45 | 5 | Jeffrey Springs | TB | 6 | Andrew Vaughn | CHW | 6 | Seth Brown | OAK |
| 46 | 5 | Grayson Rodriguez | BAL | 6 | Ryan Mountcastle | BAL | 6 | Cody Bellinger | CHC |
| 47 | 6 | Sean Manaea | SFG | 6 | Tim Anderson | CHW | 6 | Joey Meneses | WAS |
| 48 | 6 | Hunter Brown | HOU | 6 | Ketel Marte | ARI | 6 | Austin Meadows | DET |
| 49 | 6 | Dustin May | LAD | 6 | Jonathan India | CIN | 6 | Joc Pederson | SFG |
| 50 | 6 | Tony Gonsolin | LAD | 6 | Anthony Rendon | LAA | 6 | Adam Duvall | BOS |
| 51 | 6 | Tyler Mahle | MIN | 6 | Wilson Contreras | STL | 7 | Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | ARI |
| 52 | 6 | Jose Berrios | TOR | 6 | Adley Rutschman | BAL | 7 | Mark Canha | NYM |
| 53 | 6 | Chris Sale | BOS | 6 | Josh Bell | CLE | 7 | Oscar Gonzales | CLE |
| 54 | 6 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | 6 | Jorge Polanco | MIN | 7 | Harrison Bader | NYY |
| 55 | 6 | Kodai Senga | NYM | 6 | Andrés Gimenez | CLE | 7 | Andrew Benintendi | CHW |
| 56 | 6 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | 6 | DJ LeMahieu | NYY | 7 | Joey Gallo | MIN |
| 57 | 6 | Brady Singer | KC | 6 | Ryan McMahon | COL | 7 | Trey Mancini | CHC |
| 58 | 6 | Luis Garcia | HOU | 6 | Jose Miranda | MIN | 7 | Charlie Blackmon | COL |
| 59 | 6 | Reid Detmers | LAA | 6 | Will Smith | LAD | 7 | Mike Yastrzemski | SFG |
| 60 | 6 | Patrick Sandoval | LAA | 6 | Gleyber Torres | NYY | 7 | Ramon Laureano | OAK |
| 61 | 7 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | 7 | Brandon Lowe | TB | 8 | Michael Conforto | SFG |
| 62 | 7 | Adam Wainwright | STL | 7 | Triston Casas | BOS | 8 | Dylan Carlson | STL |
| 63 | 7 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | 7 | Alec Bohm | PHI | 8 | Randal Grichuk | COL |
| 64 | 7 | Jon Gray | TEX | 7 | Miguel Vargas | LAD | 8 | Trent Grisham | SDP |
| 65 | 7 | Jack Flaherty | STL | 7 | MJ Melendez | KC | 8 | Lane Thomas | WAS |
| 66 | 7 | Alex Cobb | SFG | 7 | Amed Rosario | CLE | 8 | Garrett Mitchell | MIL |
| 67 | 7 | Mackenzie Gore | WAS | 7 | Salvador Perez | KC | 8 | Kiké Hernandez | BOS |
| 68 | 7 | Sonny Gray | MIN | 7 | Javier Baez | DET | 8 | TJ Freidl | CIN |
| 69 | 7 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | 7 | Jeff McNeil | NYM | 8 | Jake Fraley | CIN |
| 70 | 7 | Miles Mikolas | STL | 7 | Justin Turner | BOS | 8 | Esteury Ruiz | OAK |
| 71 | 7 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | 8 | Yoan Moncada | CHW | 8 | Austin Hays | BAL |
| 72 | 7 | Martin Perez | TEX | 8 | Ke'Bryan Hayes | PIT | 8 | Jorge Soler | MIA |
| 73 | 7 | Justin Steele | CHC | 8 | Luis Arraez | MIA | 8 | Marcell Ozuna | ATL |
| 74 | 7 | Lance McCullers Jr. | HOU | 8 | Nico Hoerner | CHC | 8 | Alex Kirilloff | MIN |
| 75 | 7 | Jose Urquidy | HOU | 8 | Ezequiel Tovar | COL | 8 | Michael Brantley | HOU |
| 76 | 7 | Alex Wood | SFG | 8 | Brandon Drury | LAA | 8 | Josh Lowe | TB |
| 77 | 7 | German Marquez | COL | 8 | Sean Murphy | ATL | 8 | JJ Bleday | OAK |
| 78 | 7 | Mitch Keller | PIT | 8 | Whit Merrifield | TOR | 8 | Will Benson | CIN |
| 79 | 7 | Eric Lauer | MIL | 8 | Spencer Torkelson | DET | 8 | AJ Pollock | SEA |
| 80 | 7 | Trevor Rogers | MIA | 8 | Kolten Wong | SEA | 8 | Jarred Kelenic | SEA |
| 81 | 8 | Drey Jameson | ARI | ||||||
| 82 | 8 | Josiah Gray | WAS | ||||||
| 83 | 8 | Cade Cavalli | WAS | ||||||
| 84 | 8 | Marcus Stroman | CHC | ||||||
| 85 | 8 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | ||||||
| 86 | 8 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | ||||||
| 87 | 8 | Michael Kopech | CHW | ||||||
| 88 | 8 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | ||||||
| 89 | 8 | Roansy Contreras | PIT | ||||||
| 90 | 8 | Zach Eflin | TB |
