NFBC Best Ball Fantasy Baseball Rankings and Tiers (Top 500)

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Tier	Ranking	Player	Position
1	1	Ronald Acuna Jr.	OF
1	2	Julio Rodriguez	OF
1	3	Bobby Witt Jr.	SS
1	4	Freddie Freeman	1B
1	5	Mookie Betts	2B/SS/OF
1	6	Corbin Carroll	OF
1	7	Juan Soto	OF
2	8	Fernando Tatis Jr.	OF
2	9	Kyle Tucker	OF
2	10	Spencer Strider	SP
2	11	Aaron Judge	OF
2	12	Matt Olson	1B
2	13	Yordan Alvarez	OF
2	14	Trea Turner	SS
2	15	Austin Riley	3B
2	16	Jose Ramirez	3B
2	17	Shohei Ohtani	DH
2	18	Bryce Harper	1B
2	19	Ozzie Albies	2B
2	20	Rafael Devers	3B
2	21	Francisco Lindor	SS
2	22	Pete Alonso	1B
3	23	Corbin Burnes	SP
3	24	Michael Harris II	OF
3	25	Marcus Semien	2B
3	26	Luis Robert	OF
3	27	Corey Seager	SS
3	28	Adolis Garcia	OF
3	29	Elly De La Cruz	3B/SS
3	30	Gunnar Henderson	3B/SS
3	31	Bo Bichette	SS
3	32	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1B
3	33	Cody Bellinger	1B/OF
3	34	Royce Lewis	3B
3	35	Kevin Gausman	SP
3	36	Zack Wheeler	SP
3	37	Luis Castillo	SP
3	38	Nico Hoerner	2B/SS
3	39	Jose Altuve	2B
3	40	Nolan Jones	1B/OF
3	41	Randy Arozarena	OF
3	42	Pablo Lopez	SP
3	43	Adley Rutschman	C
3	44	William Contreras	C
3	45	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	OF
3	46	Christian Yelich	OF
3	47	Kyle Schwarber	OF
4	48	Oneil Cruz	SS
4	49	Manny Machado	3B
4	50	Mike Trout	OF
4	51	Paul Goldschmidt	1B
4	52	Zac Gallen	SP
4	53	CJ Abrams	SS
4	54	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	SP
4	55	Tyler Glasnow	SP
4	56	George Kirby	SP
4	57	Bryan Reynolds	OF
4	58	Christian Walker	1B
4	59	Nick Castellanos	OF
4	60	Ha-Seong Kim	2B/3B/SS
4	61	Yandy Diaz	1B
4	62	Tarik Skubal	SP
4	63	Max Fried	SP
4	64	Edwin Diaz	RP
4	65	J.T. Realmuto	C
4	66	Seiya Suzuki	OF
4	67	Gleyber Torres	2B
4	68	Alex Bregman	3B
5	69	Aaron Nola	SP
5	70	Blake Snell	SP
5	71	Josh Hader	RP
5	72	Wyatt Langford	OF
5	73	Nolan Arenado	3B
5	74	Framber Valdez	SP
5	75	Logan Webb	SP
5	76	Freddy Peralta	SP
5	77	Emmanuel Clase	RP
5	78	Lane Thomas	OF
5	79	Will Smith	C
5	80	Triston Casas	1B
5	81	Josh Jung	3B
5	82	Xander Bogaerts	SS
5	83	George Springer	OF
5	84	Logan Gilbert	SP
5	85	Grayson Rodriguez	SP
5	86	Thairo Estrada	2B/SS
5	87	Cole Ragans	SP/RP
6	88	Zach Eflin	SP
6	89	Jackson Chourio	OF
6	90	Camilo Doval	RP
6	91	Jordan Walker	OF
6	92	Teoscar Hernandez	OF
6	93	Spencer Steer	1B/2B/3B/OF
6	94	Evan Carter	OF
6	95	Ketel Marte	2B
6	96	Bryson Stott	2B
6	97	Spencer Torkelson	1B
6	98	Raisel Iglesias	RP
6	99	Dansby Swanson	SS
6	100	Josh Naylor	1B
6	101	Anthony Santander	1B/OF
6	102	Marcell Ozuna	DH
6	103	Bobby Miller	SP
6	104	Jesus Luzardo	SP
6	105	Joe Ryan	SP
6	106	Ian Happ	OF
6	107	Anthony Volpe	SS
6	108	Andres Gimenez	2B
6	109	Justin Steele	SP
6	110	Zack Gelof	2B
6	111	Chris Bassitt	SP
6	112	Yainer Diaz	C/1B
6	113	Esteury Ruiz	OF
6	114	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	1B
6	115	Riley Greene	OF
7	116	Max Muncy	3B
7	117	Jorge Soler	OF
7	118	Salvador Perez	C/1B
7	119	Luis Arraez	1B/2B
7	120	Alec Bohm	1B/3B
7	121	Chas McCormick	OF
7	122	David Bednar	RP
7	123	James Outman	OF
7	124	Masataka Yoshida	OF
7	125	Brandon Nimmo	OF
7	126	Alexis Diaz	RP
7	127	Eury Perez	SP
7	128	Jake Burger	3B
8	129	Shota Imanaga	SP
8	130	Isaac Paredes	1B/2B/3B
8	131	Willson Contreras	C
8	132	Cal Raleigh	C
8	133	Dylan Cease	SP
8	134	Joe Musgrove	SP
8	135	Taylor Ward	OF
8	136	Steven Kwan	OF
8	137	Sonny Gray	SP
8	138	Tanner Bibee	SP
8	139	Francisco Alvarez	C
8	140	Kodai Senga	SP
8	141	Sean Murphy	C
8	142	Cedric Mullins II	OF
8	143	Willy Adames	SS
8	144	Jonah Heim	C
8	145	Christopher Morel	2B/OF
8	146	Vinnie Pasquantino	1B
8	147	Justin Verlander	SP
8	148	Merrill Kelly	SP
8	149	Hunter Greene	SP
8	150	Ke'Bryan Hayes	3B
8	151	Jarren Duran	OF
8	152	Gabriel Moreno	C
8	153	Ezequiel Tovar	SS
8	154	Bailey Ober	SP
9	155	Trevor Story	SS
9	156	Shane Bieber	SP
9	157	Chris Sale	SP
9	158	Tanner Scott	RP
9	159	Nolan Gorman	2B/3B
9	160	Mitch Keller	SP
9	161	Jordan Montgomery	SP
9	162	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	OF
9	163	Kerry Carpenter	OF
9	164	Jose Berrios	SP
9	165	Logan O'Hoppe	C
9	166	Pete Fairbanks	RP
9	167	Carlos Rodon	SP
9	168	Hunter Brown	SP
9	169	Jordan Romano	RP
9	170	Gavin Williams	SP
9	171	Jeimer Candelario	1B/3B
9	172	Lars Nootbaar	OF
9	173	Brandon Drury	1B/2B
9	174	Michael King	SP/RP
9	175	Ryan Helsley	RP
10	176	Ryan McMahon	2B/3B
10	177	Jonathan India	2B
10	178	Jack Suwinski	OF
10	179	Nick Pivetta	SP/RP
10	180	Andres Munoz	RP
10	181	Cristian Javier	SP
10	182	Keibert Ruiz	C
10	183	Jung Hoo Lee	OF
10	184	Edouard Julien	2B
10	185	Jeremy Pena	SS
10	186	Andrew Vaughn	1B
10	187	Jarred Kelenic	OF
10	188	Kenley Jansen	RP
10	189	Evan Phillips	RP
10	190	Tommy Edman	2B/SS/OF
10	191	Luis Rengifo	2B/3B/SS/OF
11	192	Rhys Hoskins	1B
11	193	Ryan Mountcastle	1B
11	194	Craig Kimbrel	RP
11	195	Louie Varland	SP/RP
11	196	Josh Lowe	OF
11	197	Henry Davis	OF
11	198	Jake Fraley	OF
11	199	Yu Darvish	SP
11	200	Nathan Eovaldi	SP
11	201	Jackson Holliday	SS
11	202	Justin Turner	1B/2B/3B
11	203	J.D. Martinez	DH
11	204	Jackson Merrill	SS
11	205	A.J. Puk	SP/RP
11	206	Mason Miller	SP/RP
11	207	Starling Marte	OF
11	208	Daulton Varsho	OF
11	209	Carlos Correa	SS
11	210	Eloy Jimenez	OF
11	211	Brandon Lowe	2B
11	212	Clay Holmes	RP
11	213	Bryce Miller	SP
11	214	Anthony Rizzo	1B
11	215	Jhoan Duran	RP
11	216	Vaughn Grissom	SS
11	217	Tyler O'Neill	OF
11	218	Nelson Velazquez	OF
11	219	Brandon Pfaadt	SP
11	220	Mitch Garver	C
11	221	Bo Naylor	C
12	222	Ceddanne Rafaela	SS/OF
12	223	Jorge Polanco	2B/3B
12	224	Byron Buxton	DH
12	225	Nathaniel Lowe	1B
12	226	Walker Buehler	SP
12	227	J.P. Crawford	SS
12	228	Junior Caminero	3B
12	229	Charlie Morton	SP
12	230	Eugenio Suarez	3B
12	231	Brent Rooker	OF
12	232	Aaron Civale	SP
12	233	TJ Friedl	OF
12	234	Matt Chapman	3B
12	235	Victor Scott	OF
12	236	Sal Frelick	OF
12	237	Ryan Pepiot	SP/RP
12	238	Maikel Garcia	3B/SS
12	239	Jeff McNeil	2B/OF
12	240	Kris Bryant	1B/OF
12	241	John Means	SP
12	242	Austin Hays	OF
12	243	Gavin Lux	2B/OF
12	244	Yusei Kikuchi	SP
12	245	Jose Siri	OF
12	246	Max Kepler	OF
12	247	Cristopher Sanchez	SP
12	248	Giancarlo Stanton	OF
12	249	Bryan De La Cruz	OF
13	250	Luis Campusano	C
13	251	Will Benson	OF
13	252	Griffin Jax	RP
13	253	Reid Detmers	SP
13	254	Paul Sewald	RP
13	255	Brendan Donovan	1B/2B/OF
13	256	Jose Alvarado	RP
13	257	Shane Baz	SP
13	258	Kenta Maeda	SP
13	259	Michael Busch	3B
13	260	Wilmer Flores	1B/3B
13	261	Lance Lynn	SP
13	262	Eduardo Rodriguez	SP
13	263	Triston McKenzie	SP
13	264	Kyle Harrison	SP
13	265	Alex Verdugo	OF
13	266	Brayan Bello	SP
13	267	Ezequiel Duran	3B/SS/OF
13	268	Gerrit Cole	SP
13	269	Leody Taveras	OF
13	270	Marcus Stroman	SP
13	271	Adbert Alzolay	RP
13	272	Nestor Cortes Jr.	SP
13	273	Zach Neto	SS
13	274	Jose Abreu	1B
13	275	Tyler Stephenson	C
13	276	MJ Melendez	C/OF
13	277	Willi Castro	2B/3B/OF
13	278	Josh Bell	1B
13	279	Amed Rosario	2B/SS
13	280	Emmet Sheehan	SP
13	281	Griffin Canning	SP
13	282	Andrew Abbott	SP
13	283	Whit Merrifield	2B/OF
13	284	Tommy Pham	OF
13	285	Bryan Woo	SP
14	286	Nick Lodolo	SP
14	287	Seth Lugo	RP
14	288	MacKenzie Gore	SP
14	289	Matt Wallner	OF
14	290	Jon Gray	SP
14	291	Parker Meadows	OF
14	292	Ty France	1B
14	293	Kutter Crawford	SP/RP
14	294	Taj Bradley	SP
14	295	Jameson Taillon	SP
14	296	Edward Cabrera	SP
14	297	Ryan O'Hearn	1B/OF
14	298	Joey Meneses	1B
14	299	Michael Wacha	SP
14	300	Mark Canha	1B/OF
15	301	Alex Kirilloff	1B/OF
15	302	Jake Cronenworth	1B/2B
15	303	Colt Keith	3B
15	304	Erick Fedde	SP
15	305	Luis Severino	SP
15	306	Orlando Arcia	SS
15	307	Jordan Lawlar	SS
15	308	Dean Kremer	SP
15	309	Hunter Renfroe	1B/OF
15	310	Brandon Marsh	OF
15	311	Brice Turang	2B/SS
15	312	Javier Baez	SS
15	313	Reese Olson	SP
15	314	Clarke Schmidt	SP
15	315	Alex Lange	RP
15	316	Tim Anderson	SS
15	317	JP Sears	SP
15	318	Brendan Rodgers	2B
15	319	Zach McKinstry	2B/3B/SS/OF
15	320	Brett Baty	3B
15	321	Dane Dunning	SP/RP
15	322	Devin Williams	RP
15	323	Elias Diaz	C
15	324	Frankie Montas	SP
15	325	DJ LeMahieu	1B/2B/3B
16	326	Kyle Gibson	SP
16	327	Adam Duvall	OF
16	328	Josiah Gray	SP
16	329	Trevor Megill	RP
16	330	Joel Payamps	RP
16	331	Kevin Ginkel	RP
16	332	Yoan Moncada	3B
16	333	William Smith	RP
16	334	Ranger Suarez	SP
16	335	Ryan Jeffers	C
16	336	Braxton Garrett	SP
16	337	Jordan Westburg	2B/3B
16	338	LaMonte Wade Jr.	1B/OF
16	339	Andrew Heaney	SP/RP
16	340	James Paxton	SP
16	341	Jack Flaherty	SP
16	342	Alek Thomas	OF
16	343	Sean Manaea	SP/RP
16	344	Bryce Elder	SP
16	345	Geraldo Perdomo	2B/3B/SS
16	346	Jose Quintana	SP
16	347	Miles Mikolas	SP
16	348	Yuki Matsui	RP
16	349	Matt Brash	RP
16	350	Chris Taylor	3B/SS/OF
16	351	Jose Leclerc	RP
16	352	Alek Manoah	SP
16	353	Shea Langeliers	C
16	354	Matt Vierling	3B/OF
16	355	Rene Pinto	C
16	356	Andrew Benintendi	OF
16	357	Carlos Estevez	RP
16	358	Mike Clevinger	SP
16	359	Mauricio Dubon	2B/SS/OF
16	360	Gavin Stone	SP
16	361	Kyle Finnegan	RP
16	362	Kyle Manzardo	1B
16	363	Graham Ashcraft	SP
16	364	Pete Crow-Armstrong	OF
16	365	Jordan Hicks	RP
16	366	Brady Singer	SP
16	367	Logan Allen	SP
16	368	Michael Conforto	OF
16	369	Luke Raley	1B/OF
16	370	Chase Silseth	SP/RP
16	371	Alejandro Kirk	C
16	372	Robert Stephenson	RP
16	373	Tyler Wells	SP/RP
16	374	J.P. France	SP
16	375	Max Scherzer	SP
17	376	Austin Wells	C/OF
17	377	Charlie Blackmon	OF
17	378	Danny Jansen	C
17	379	Jose Caballero	2B
17	380	Trevor Rogers	SP
17	381	Jake Rogers	C
17	382	Elehuris Montero	1B/3B
17	383	Robert Suarez	RP
17	384	Joe Boyle	SP
17	385	Luis Gil	SP
17	386	Javier Assad	SP/RP
17	387	Luis Garcia (2B)	2B/SS
17	388	Nick Senzel	3B/OF
17	389	Garrett Crochet	SP/RP
17	390	Jon Berti	2B/3B/SS/OF
17	391	Yan Gomes	C
17	392	Mickey Moniak	OF
17	393	Patrick Sandoval	SP
17	394	Cavan Biggio	1B/2B/3B/OF
17	395	Tanner Houck	SP
17	396	Aaron Ashby	SP/RP
17	397	Steven Matz	SP/RP
17	398	Kyle Bradish	SP
17	399	Ryan Pressly	RP
17	400	Kyle Hendricks	SP
18	401	Johan Rojas	OF
18	402	Joey Gallo	1B/OF
18	403	Jordan Wicks	SP
18	404	Zack Littell	SP/RP
18	405	Noelvi Marte	3B
18	406	Bryan Abreu	RP
18	407	Brock Stewart	RP
18	408	Michael Lorenzen	SP
18	409	Max Meyer	SP
18	410	Nolan Schanuel	1B
18	411	Masyn Winn	SS
18	412	Clayton Kershaw	SP
18	413	Edward Olivares	OF
18	414	Mitch Haniger	OF
18	415	Tyler Black	3B
18	416	DL Hall	RP
18	417	Connor Wong	C
18	418	Martin Perez	SP/RP
18	419	Hunter Harvey	RP
18	420	Nick Martinez	SP/RP
19	421	Kike Hernandez	1B/2B/3B/SS/OF
19	422	Harrison Bader	OF
19	423	Jo Adell	OF
19	424	Mike Yastrzemski	OF
19	425	Davis Schneider	2B
19	426	Harold Ramirez	OF
19	427	Carlos Santana	1B
19	428	Garrett Whitlock	SP/RP
19	429	Patrick Bailey	C
19	430	Ji Hwan Bae	2B/OF
19	431	Jake Bauers	1B/OF
19	432	Justin Lawrence	RP
19	433	Reynaldo Lopez	RP
19	434	Michael Massey	2B
19	435	Sean Bouchard	OF
19	436	Wilyer Abreu	OF
19	437	J.D. Davis	1B/3B
19	438	Ramon Laureano	OF
19	439	Brenton Doyle	OF
19	440	Jesus Sanchez	OF
19	441	Ryan Noda	1B
19	442	Andrew McCutchen	OF
19	443	Jorge Mateo	SS
19	444	Yennier Cano	RP
19	445	Travis d'Arnaud	C
19	446	Patrick Wisdom	1B/3B/OF
19	447	Joc Pederson	OF
19	448	Wade Miley	SP
19	449	Liover Peguero	2B/SS
19	450	Hunter Goodman	1B/OF
19	451	Rowdy Tellez	1B
19	452	Jake McCarthy	OF
19	453	Eddie Rosario	OF
19	454	David Robertson	RP
19	455	Kyle Farmer	2B/3B/SS
19	456	Gio Urshela	1B/3B/SS
19	457	Aroldis Chapman	RP
19	458	Marco Luciano	SS
19	459	Trent Grisham	OF
19	460	Paul DeJong	SS
19	461	Garrett Hampson	2B/SS/OF
19	462	Chris Paddack	SP
19	463	Jared Triolo	2B/3B
19	464	Taylor Walls	2B/3B/SS
19	465	Oswald Peraza	2B/3B/SS
20	466	Seth Brown	1B/OF
20	467	Drew Waters	OF
20	468	Jason Adam	RP
20	469	Anthony Rendon	3B
20	470	C.J. Cron	1B
20	471	Ivan Herrera	C/DH
20	472	Tyler Anderson	SP
20	473	Josh Rojas	2B/3B
20	474	Akil Baddoo	OF
20	475	AJ Smith-Shawver	SP
20	476	Oscar Colas	OF
20	477	Joshua Palacios	OF
20	478	Blake Sabol	C/OF
20	479	Aaron Hicks	OF
20	480	Jurickson Profar	OF
20	481	Kevin Kiermaier	OF
20	482	John Brebbia	SP/RP
20	483	James McArthur	RP
20	484	Casey Mize	SP
20	485	Alex Cobb	SP
20	486	Kyle Isbel	OF
20	487	Ross Stripling	SP/RP
20	488	Gregory Santos	RP
20	489	JJ Bleday	OF
20	490	Taijuan Walker	SP
20	491	Patrick Corbin	SP
20	492	Myles Straw	OF
20	493	Paul Blackburn	SP
20	494	Tyrone Taylor	OF
20	495	Joey Wiemer	OF
20	496	Garrett Mitchell	OF
20	497	Jason Heyward	OF
20	498	Freddy Fermin	C
20	499	Dylan Carlson	OF
20	500	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	3B/OF
20	501	Sawyer Gipson-Long	SP
20	502	Alex Wood	SP
20	503	Lawrence Butler	OF
20	504	Michael Kopech	SP/RP
20	505	Mark Vientos	1B/3B
20	506	Mike Tauchman	OF
20	507	Emerson Hancock	SP

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