Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings (May Updates) - Nick Mariano's Rest-of-Season Outlooks for Paul Skenes, Christian Scott, Corbin Carroll, more

Hey, RotoBallers! Can you believe it? The fantasy baseball season is flying by; we are already halfway through May. With that being said, it's time for another rankings check-in. Below is another edition of Nick Mariano's updated 2024 fantasy baseball rankings and tiers for roto leagues (5x5 mixed leagues) as of May 17, 2024. These rankings are being released in May and are looking at rest-of-season fantasy baseball rankings and player values for the rest of this MLB season from this point forward. We are following many interesting storylines closely, all baked into these updated rankings.

We have recently seen top prospects such as Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes, New York Mets right-hander Christian Scott, and Milwaukee Brewers southpaw Robert Gasser get the call to the big leagues. Skenes struck out seven in his MLB debut against the Cubs. The rookie phenom followed up his MLB debut with another 11 whiffs over six scoreless and no-hit frames versus the Cubs again on Friday. Since being called up on May 4, New York Mets rookie Christian Scott owns a 4.32 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, and a 17:4 K: BB across 16 2/3 big league innings in 2024. At the same time, fantasy managers patiently wait for the call-up of Washington Nationals outfielder James Wood, who is putting up video game numbers, slashing .356/.460/.582 with seven home runs, 25 RBI, 35 runs, and nine stolen bases over 176 plate appearances with Triple-A Rochester.

Cincinnati Reds infielder Elly De La Cruz is off to a terrific start to the season and is making a case to be the top player in fantasy baseball after slashing .270/.370/.503 with nine home runs and 30 stolen bases over 45 games in 2024. Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani is arguably fantasy baseball's top overall player, slashing .358/.426/.676 with 13 home runs, 32 RBI, 36 runs, and 11 stolen bases over 204 plate appearances. Speaking of Dodgers, Tyler Glasnow is the No. 1 ranked pitcher after posting a (6-2) record with a 2.90 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, and an 81:16 K: BB over 62 innings this season.

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Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings Updates

Injuries continue to pile up as Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner will be out for six weeks due to a left hamstring strain, while Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson is sidelined with a right knee injury. The Cincinnati Reds placed left-hander Nick Lodolo on the 15-day injured list on Wednesday with a left groin strain. Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Ryan Pepiot was also placed on the 15-day injured list with a left lower leg contusion. San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee will miss the remainder of the 2024 season after suffering a torn labrum in last Sunday's game versus the Reds.

Reinforcements are coming, as San Diego Padres right-hander Joe Musgrove could return from the injured list on Sunday. At the same time, Colorado Rockies outfielder Nolan Jones began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Albuquerque on Wednesday.

Some notable performances include Detroit Tigers outfielder Kerry Carpenter, who is hitting .346 (9-for-26) with two home runs and seven RBI over his last seven games. Colorado Rockies outfielder Brenton Doyle is slashing .290/.405/.613 with two home runs, five RBI, nine runs, and four stolen bases over his previous 38 plate appearances. While Skenes and Scott are getting all the headlines, Gasser owns a 0.82 ERA, 0.82 WHIP, and six strikeouts over 11 innings in his first two starts in the majors.

Some players are off to a terrific start, while some have struggled mightily to start the season. Which of these starts do we take seriously, and which do we put less stock into? Is it time to elevate our expectations on certain players and elevate touted prospects into a higher tier for fantasy baseball leagues? How much patience must we show for highly touted players who have struggled out of the gate, especially veterans with proven track records?

Hopefully, the rankings below will give you some perspective on our thoughts on these topics and help you assess the strength of your rosters going forward. Let's see where players such as Paul Skenes, Christian Scott, Robert Gasser, Corbin Carroll, Jared Jones, Teoscar Hernandez, Mason Miller, Nick Castellanos, Paul Goldschmidt, Bo Bichette, Brice Turang, Shea Langeliers, and Jo Adell rank. All of them are off to interesting starts in 2024.

 

Rest-Of-Season Fantasy Baseball Rankings (Week 9 Update)

These rankings will be updated every week throughout the season, so some of these situations are very fluid. It's not panic time yet, and we may not be ready to elevate hot-starting players into the elite yet, either, but it's certainly a good checkpoint for the long fantasy season.

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Nick Mariano's ranks are as of May 18, 2024. They are for 5x5 category mixed roto leagues and will be updated regularly on our main fantasy baseball rankings dashboard all season long. Be sure to read our daily fantasy baseball analysis articles as well.

Tier	Ranking	Player	Position
1	1	Shohei Ohtani	DH
1	2	Elly De La Cruz	3B/SS
1	3	Mookie Betts	2B/SS/OF
1	4	Kyle Tucker	OF
1	5	Bobby Witt Jr.	SS
1	6	Ronald Acuna Jr.	OF
1	7	Aaron Judge	OF
2	8	Juan Soto	OF
2	9	Freddie Freeman	1B
2	10	Julio Rodriguez	OF
2	11	Fernando Tatis Jr.	OF
2	12	Jose Ramirez	3B
2	13	Bryce Harper	1B
2	14	Gunnar Henderson	3B/SS
2	15	Yordan Alvarez	OF
2	16	Tyler Glasnow	SP
2	17	Marcus Semien	2B
2	18	Zack Wheeler	SP
2	19	Corbin Burnes	SP
2	20	Adolis Garcia	OF
2	21	Rafael Devers	3B
2	22	Matt Olson	1B
3	23	Austin Riley	3B
3	24	Francisco Lindor	SS
3	25	Randy Arozarena	OF
3	26	Tarik Skubal	SP
3	27	Trea Turner	SS
3	28	Ozzie Albies	2B
3	29	Michael Harris II	OF
3	30	Pablo Lopez	SP
3	31	Corey Seager	SS
3	32	Luis Castillo	SP
3	33	Jose Altuve	2B
3	34	George Kirby	SP
3	35	Freddy Peralta	SP
3	36	Josh Naylor	1B
3	37	Corbin Carroll	OF
3	38	CJ Abrams	SS
3	39	Oneil Cruz	SS
3	40	Jared Jones	SP
3	41	Cody Bellinger	1B/OF
3	42	Adley Rutschman	C
3	43	Alec Bohm	1B/3B
3	44	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	SP
3	45	Cole Ragans	SP/RP
3	46	Max Fried	SP
3	47	Emmanuel Clase	RP
4	48	Chris Sale	SP
4	49	William Contreras	C
4	50	Teoscar Hernandez	OF
4	51	Shota Imanaga	SP
4	52	Christian Yelich	OF
4	53	Edwin Diaz	RP
4	54	Pete Alonso	1B
4	55	Josh Hader	RP
4	56	Logan Webb	SP
4	57	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1B
4	58	Zac Gallen	SP
4	59	Aaron Nola	SP
4	60	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	OF
4	61	Marcell Ozuna	DH
4	62	Mason Miller	SP, RP
4	63	Alex Bregman	3B
4	64	Dylan Cease	SP
4	65	Anthony Volpe	SS
4	66	Christian Walker	1B
4	67	Seiya Suzuki	OF
4	68	Ketel Marte	2B
5	69	Bryson Stott	2B
5	70	Nico Hoerner	2B/SS
5	71	Logan Gilbert	SP
5	72	Ha-Seong Kim	2B/3B/SS
5	73	Willy Adames	SS
5	74	Manny Machado	3B
5	75	Joe Ryan	SP
5	76	Ryan Helsley	RP
5	77	Kevin Gausman	SP
5	78	Bryan Reynolds	OF
5	79	Bailey Ober	SP
5	80	Spencer Steer	1B/2B/3B/OF
5	81	Riley Greene	OF
5	82	Sonny Gray	SP
5	83	Kyle Schwarber	OF
5	84	Kyle Bradish	SP
5	85	J.T. Realmuto	C
5	86	Raisel Iglesias	RP
5	87	Yu Darvish	SP
6	88	Camilo Doval	RP
6	89	Tyler O'Neill	OF
6	90	Andres Munoz	RP
6	91	Will Smith	C
6	92	Zach Eflin	SP
6	93	Andres Gimenez	2B
6	94	Jhoan Duran	RP
6	95	Nick Castellanos	OF
6	96	Clay Holmes	RP
6	97	Jesus Luzardo	SP
6	98	Garrett Crochet	SP, RP
6	99	Luis Robert Jr.	OF
6	100	Xander Bogaerts	2B/SS
6	101	Jackson Chourio	OF
6	102	Anthony Santander	1B/OF
6	103	Robert Suarez	RP
6	104	Evan Phillips	RP
6	105	Paul Goldschmidt	1B
6	106	Brandon Nimmo	OF
6	107	Framber Valdez	SP
6	108	David Bednar	RP
6	109	Zack Gelof	2B
6	110	Bo Bichette	SS
6	111	Jordan Westburg	2B/3B
6	112	Grayson Rodriguez	SP
6	113	Ranger Suarez	SP
6	114	Isaac Paredes	1B/2B/3B
6	115	Pete Fairbanks	RP
7	116	Christopher Morel	2B/OF
7	117	Kutter Crawford	SP/RP
7	118	Mike Trout	OF
7	119	Gleyber Torres	2B
7	120	Ian Happ	OF
7	121	Cal Raleigh	C
7	122	Bobby Miller	SP
7	123	Salvador Perez	C/1B
7	124	Justin Steele	SP
7	125	Paul Skenes	SP
7	126	Jack Flaherty	SP
7	127	Maikel Garcia	3B/SS
7	128	Josh Lowe	OF
8	129	Nathaniel Lowe	1B
8	130	Taylor Ward	OF
8	131	Yusei Kikuchi	SP
8	132	Christian Scott	SP
8	133	Jurickson Profar	OF
8	134	Jeremy Pena	SS
8	135	Anthony Rizzo	1B
8	136	Jarren Duran	OF
8	137	Yandy Diaz	1B
8	138	Nolan Arenado	3B
8	139	Michael King	SP/RP
8	140	Nolan Jones	1B/OF
8	141	Daulton Varsho	OF
8	142	Vinnie Pasquantino	1B
8	143	Jordan Romano	RP
8	144	Lane Thomas	OF
8	145	Evan Carter	OF
8	146	Alexis Diaz	RP
8	147	Steven Kwan	OF
8	148	Luis Arraez	1B/2B
8	149	Wyatt Langford	OF
8	150	Jonah Heim	C
8	151	Kyle Finnegan	RP
8	152	Bryce Miller	SP
8	153	Byron Buxton	DH
8	154	George Springer	OF
9	155	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	1B
9	156	Yainer Diaz	C/1B
9	157	Justin Verlander	SP
9	158	Joe Musgrove	SP
9	159	Ryan McMahon	2B/3B
9	160	Gabriel Moreno	C
9	161	MacKenzie Gore	SP
9	162	Jake Cronenworth	1B/2B
9	163	Royce Lewis	3B
9	164	Ryan Jeffers	C
9	165	Max Muncy	3B
9	166	Walker Buehler	SP
9	167	Nick Pivetta	SP/RP
9	168	Zach Neto	SS
9	169	Brice Turang	2B/SS
9	170	Logan O'Hoppe	C
9	171	Chas McCormick	OF
9	172	Luis Campusano	C
9	173	Thairo Estrada	2B/SS
9	174	John Means	SP
9	175	Ryan Pepiot	SP/RP
10	176	Willson Contreras	C
10	177	Ezequiel Tovar	SS
10	178	Tanner Houck	SP
10	179	Seth Lugo	SP
10	180	Craig Kimbrel	RP
10	181	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	OF
10	182	Gerrit Cole	SP
10	183	Starling Marte	OF
10	184	Rhys Hoskins	1B
10	185	Jackson Merrill	SS/OF
10	186	Chris Bassitt	SP
10	187	Luke Raley	1B/OF
10	188	Brent Rooker	OF
10	189	Lars Nootbaar	OF
10	190	Junior Caminero	3B
10	191	Shea Langeliers	C
11	192	Edouard Julien	2B
11	193	Ryan Mountcastle	1B
11	194	Josh Jung	3B
11	195	Kerry Carpenter	OF
11	196	Jose Caballero	2B/SS
11	197	Cristopher Sanchez	SP
11	198	Tanner Scott	RP
11	199	Jeimer Candelario	1B/3B
11	200	Dansby Swanson	SS
11	201	J.D. Martinez	DH
11	202	Tanner Bibee	SP
11	203	Carlos Rodon	SP
11	204	Willi Castro	2B/3B/OF
11	205	Jo Adell	OF
11	206	Carlos Correa	SS
11	207	Ceddanne Rafaela	SS/OF
11	208	Elias Diaz	C
11	209	Paul Sewald	RP
11	210	Eloy Jimenez	OF
11	211	Spencer Torkelson	1B
11	212	Kenley Jansen	RP
11	213	Ke'Bryan Hayes	3B
11	214	Bryan De La Cruz	OF
11	215	Brenton Doyle	OF
11	216	Eugenio Suarez	3B
11	217	Carlos Santana	1B
11	218	Tyler Stephenson	C
11	219	Nolan Schanuel	1B
11	220	Jose Berrios	SP
11	221	Luis Gil	SP
12	222	Javier Assad	SP/RP
12	223	Michael Busch	1B/3B
12	224	Brayan Bello	SP
12	225	Michael Kopech	SP
12	226	Blake Snell	SP
12	227	Jordan Montgomery	SP
12	228	Jose Alvarado	RP
12	229	Ronel Blanco	SP, RP
12	230	Jorge Soler	OF
12	231	Hunter Greene	SP
12	232	Nolan Gorman	2B/3B
12	233	Giancarlo Stanton	OF
12	234	Reese Olson	SP
12	235	Nestor Cortes	SP
12	236	Sal Frelick	OF
12	237	Brendan Donovan	1B/2B/OF
12	238	Reynaldo Lopez	RP
12	239	Carlos Estevez	RP
12	240	Kodai Senga	SP
12	241	Jonathan India	2B
12	242	Francisco Alvarez	C
12	243	Masataka Yoshida	OF
12	244	Will Benson	OF
12	245	Cristian Javier	SP
12	246	Jackson Holliday	SS
12	247	Charlie Morton	SP
12	248	Colton Cowser	OF
12	249	Taj Bradley	SP
13	250	Matt Chapman	3B
13	251	Casey Mize	SP
13	252	Jorge Polanco	2B/3B
13	253	James McArthur	RP
13	254	Charlie Blackmon	OF
13	255	Jason Foley	RP
13	256	Travis d'Arnaud	C
13	257	Tommy Pham	OF
13	258	Bryan Woo	SP
13	259	Wilyer Abreu	OF
13	260	Joc Pederson	OF
13	261	Michael Conforto	OF
13	262	Andy Pages	OF
13	263	Jake Fraley	OF
13	264	Triston Casas	1B
13	265	Jeff Hoffman	RP
13	266	Gavin Stone	SP
13	267	Clarke Schmidt	SP
13	268	Orlando Arcia	SS
13	269	Luis Rengifo	2B/3B/SS/OF
13	270	Jose Siri	OF
13	271	Aaron Civale	SP
13	272	MJ Melendez	C/OF
13	273	Brandon Pfaadt	SP
13	274	Hunter Brown	SP
13	275	Wenceel Perez	2B/OF
13	276	Mitch Garver	C
13	277	Triston McKenzie	SP
13	278	Jake Burger	3B
13	279	Cedric Mullins II	OF
13	280	Nathan Eovaldi	SP
13	281	Sean Murphy	C
13	282	Brady Singer	SP
13	283	Alex Verdugo	OF
13	284	Erick Fedde	SP
13	285	Jon Gray	SP
14	286	Danny Jansen	C
14	287	Trevor Megill	RP
14	288	Mitch Keller	SP
14	289	JJ Bleday	OF
14	290	Hector Neris	RP
14	291	Davis Schneider	2B
14	292	Marcus Stroman	SP
14	293	Devin Williams	RP
14	294	Johan Rojas	OF
14	295	Josh Bell	1B
14	296	Kirby Yates	RP
14	297	Connor Joe	1B/OF
14	298	Kyle Manzardo	1B
14	299	Ryan O'Hearn	1B/OF
14	300	Jacob Young	OF

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