Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Nick Mariano's Rest-of-Season Outlooks for Matt McLain, Alek Manoah, Jarren Duran, more

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2. Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Week 16 Update

Welcome back, RotoBallers! The first half of the 2023 season is officially in the books. It's time for another rankings check-in. Below is another edition of Nick Mariano's updated 2023 fantasy baseball rankings and tiers for roto leagues (5x5 mixed leagues) as of July 13, 2023. These rankings are being released in July and are looking at rest-of-season fantasy baseball rankings and player values for the rest of this MLB season from this point forward. There are many interesting storylines we are following closely, all baked into these updated rankings.

We have recently seen some top prospects, such as Baltimore Orioles outfielder Colton Cowser, Chicago White Sox outfielder Oscar Colas, and Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Dominic Canzone were recently called up to the big leagues before the All-Star break. At the same time, fantasy managers patiently wait for the call-up of Cincinnati Reds third base prospect Christian Encarnacion-Strand, who is slashing .321/.392/.620 with 20 homers over 65 games in Triple-A, while Detroit Tigers third base prospect Colt Keith, who was recently promoted to Triple-A Toledo, is hitting .414 (12-for-34) with two home runs and seven RBI over 34 plate appearances.

Since being sent back down in late May, Baltimore Orioles' top pitching prospect Grayson Rodriguez has posted a 1.83 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, and 51 strikeouts across 34 1/3 innings in his previous six starts. The 23-year-old is lined up for a big league promotion after struggling in the majors earlier in the season. He owned a 7.35 ERA, 1.74 WHIP, and a 56: 21 K: BB over 45 1/3 frames during his first 10 starts.

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Injuries continue to pile up; Los Angeles star outfielder Mike Trout is out 4-to-8 weeks after undergoing surgery to remove his fractured left hamate bone. New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge (toe) has been doing some light hitting but remains without a timetable for a return. Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve (oblique) and designated hitter Yordan Alvarez (oblique) remain on the injured list but could return within the next few weeks. Luis Robert (calf) sat out the All-Star game after experiencing tightness in his right calf during the first round of the Home Run Derby.

Some notable recent performances include Boston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran, who is hit .609 (14-for-23) with six doubles, two triples, and two stolen bases over his last seven games. After struggling all season and being optioned to the minors in early June, Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah was promoted to the big leagues last Friday. Manoah bounced back by allowing one run on five hits while striking out eight over six innings to earn the win. Houston Astros outfielder Corey Julks is hitting .500 (11-for-22) with two RBI and three stolen bases over his last six games.

Some players are off to a terrific start, while some have struggled mightily to start the year. 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 Jordan Westburg, Colton Cowser, Alek Manoah, Matt McLain, Joe Musgrove, Francisco Alvarez, Mike Trout, Jordan Walker, Ezequiel Tovar, Jarren Duran, Corey Julks, Mickey Moniak, Zach Eflin, Bryce Elder, Marcus Stroman, Mitch Keller, Luke Raley, Bryce Miller rank, all of who have had an interesting first half of the season.

Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Week 16 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 July 13, 2023. 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	Rank	Player Name	Pos.
1	1	Ronald Acuna Jr.	OF
1	2	Shohei Ohtani	DH/SP
1	3	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SS/OF
1	4	Mookie Betts	OF
1	5	Jose Ramirez	3B
1	6	Freddie Freeman	1B
1	7	Julio Rodriguez	OF
2	8	Trea Turner	SS
2	9	Corbin Carroll	OF
2	10	Elly De La Cruz	3B/SS
2	11	Spencer Strider	SP
2	12	Bobby Witt Jr.	3B/SS
2	13	Bo Bichette	SS
2	14	Kyle Tucker	OF
2	15	Kevin Gausman	SP
2	16	Matt Olson	1B
2	17	Juan Soto	OF
2	18	Paul Goldschmidt	1B
2	19	Gerrit Cole	SP
2	20	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1B
2	21	Adolis Garcia	OF
2	22	Luis Robert	OF
3	23	Luis Castillo	SP
3	24	Ozzie Albies	2B
3	25	Corey Seager	SS
3	26	Francisco Lindor	SS
3	27	Zac Gallen	SP
3	28	Blake Snell	SP
3	29	Manny Machado	3B
3	30	Wander Franco	SS
3	31	Pete Alonso	1B
3	32	Randy Arozarena	OF
3	33	Michael Harris II	OF
3	34	George Springer	OF
3	35	Rafael Devers	3B
3	36	Austin Riley	3B
3	37	Marcus Semien	2B/SS
3	38	Zack Wheeler	SP
3	39	Aaron Judge	OF
3	40	Shane McClanahan	SP
3	41	Clayton Kershaw	SP
3	42	Felix Bautista	RP
3	43	Framber Valdez	SP
3	44	Yordan Alvarez	OF
3	45	Kyle Schwarber	OF
3	46	Corbin Burnes	SP
3	47	Joe Musgrove	SP
4	48	Max Scherzer	SP
4	49	Josh Hader	RP
4	50	Emmanuel Clase	RP
4	51	Devin Williams	RP
4	52	Masataka Yoshida	OF
4	53	Nathan Eovaldi	SP
4	54	Nolan Arenado	3B
4	55	Aaron Nola	SP
4	56	Josh Jung	3B
4	57	Christian Yelich	OF
4	58	Logan Webb	SP
4	59	Joe Ryan	SP
4	60	Matt McLain	SS
4	61	Teoscar Hernandez	OF
4	62	Jordan Romano	RP
4	63	Cedric Mullins II	OF
4	64	Jose Altuve	2B
4	65	Jonathan India	2B
4	66	Nick Castellanos	OF
4	67	George Kirby	SP
4	68	Justin Verlander	SP
5	69	Sandy Alcantara	SP
5	70	Nico Hoerner	SS
5	71	Tyler Glasnow	SP
5	72	Bryce Harper	OF
5	73	Bryson Stott	2B/SS
5	74	Alex Bregman	3B
5	75	Jorge Soler	OF
5	76	Alec Bohm	1B/3B
5	77	Yu Darvish	SP
5	78	Spencer Steer	1B/3B
5	79	J.T. Realmuto	C
5	80	Julio Urias	SP
5	81	Starling Marte	OF
5	82	Will Smith	C
5	83	Shane Bieber	SP
5	84	Xander Bogaerts	SS
5	85	Raisel Iglesias	RP
5	86	Daulton Varsho	C/OF
5	87	Byron Buxton	OF
6	88	Dylan Cease	SP
6	89	Christian Walker	1B
6	90	Sean Murphy	C
6	91	Ryan Pressly	RP
6	92	Camilo Doval	RP
6	93	J.D. Martinez	DH
6	94	Pablo Lopez	SP
6	95	Alexis Diaz	RP
6	96	Yandy Diaz	1B/3B
6	97	Nathaniel Lowe	1B
6	98	Max Muncy	2B/3B
6	99	Gunnar Henderson	3B/SS
6	100	Luis Arraez	1B/2B
6	101	Ryan Mountcastle	1B
6	102	Chris Bassitt	SP
6	103	Anthony Volpe	SS
6	104	Ketel Marte	2B
6	105	Dansby Swanson	SS
6	106	Alex Verdugo	OF
6	107	Francisco Alvarez	DH
6	108	Mike Trout	OF
6	109	Andrew Vaughn	1B/OF
6	110	Andres Gimenez	2B/SS
6	111	Jordan Walker	3B
6	112	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	2B
6	113	Craig Kimbrel	RP
6	114	Paul Sewald	RP
6	115	Austin Hays	OF
7	116	Josh Lowe	OF
7	117	Tommy Edman	2B/SS
7	118	Marcus Stroman	SP
7	119	Zach Eflin	SP/RP
7	120	Josh Naylor	1B/OF
7	121	Ezequiel Duran	2B/3B
7	122	Jesus Luzardo	SP
7	123	Hunter Brown	RP
7	124	Sonny Gray	SP
7	125	David Bednar	RP
7	126	Jon Gray	SP
7	127	Mitch Keller	SP
7	128	Carlos Rodon	SP
8	129	Cody Bellinger	OF
8	130	Thairo Estrada	2B/SS/OF
8	131	Seiya Suzuki	OF
8	132	Adley Rutschman	C
8	133	Jonah Heim	C
8	134	Justin Turner	3B
8	135	Taylor Ward	OF
8	136	Jhoan Duran	RP
8	137	Kenley Jansen	RP
8	138	Jordan Montgomery	SP
8	139	Willy Adames	SS
8	140	Carlos Estevez	RP
8	141	Bryan Reynolds	OF
8	142	Ty France	1B/3B
8	143	Amed Rosario	SS/OF
8	144	Eloy Jimenez	OF
8	145	Ezequiel Tovar	SS
8	146	Salvador Perez	C
8	147	Logan Gilbert	SP
8	148	Leody Taveras	OF
8	149	Justin Steele	SP
8	150	Braxton Garrett	SP
8	151	Willson Contreras	C
8	152	Pete Fairbanks	RP
8	153	Charlie Morton	SP
8	154	Luke Raley	OF
9	155	Cristian Javier	SP/RP
9	156	Spencer Torkelson	1B
9	157	Brandon Nimmo	OF
9	158	Bobby Miller	SP
9	159	Lane Thomas	OF
9	160	Ryan McMahon	2B/3B
9	161	Matt Chapman	3B
9	162	Freddy Peralta	SP
9	163	Jarren Duran	OF
9	164	Tyler Wells	RP
9	165	David Robertson	RP
9	166	Brandon Drury	1B/2B/3B
9	167	Anthony Santander	OF
9	168	Kodai Senga	SP
9	169	Giancarlo Stanton	OF
9	170	James Paxton	SP
9	171	Andrew Abbott	SP
9	172	Tyler Stephenson	C
9	173	Lucas Giolito	SP
9	174	Scott Barlow	RP
9	175	Gleyber Torres	2B
10	176	Jarred Kelenic	OF
10	177	A.J. Puk	RP
10	178	Jeremy Pena	SS
10	179	Jose Siri	OF
10	180	Ian Happ	OF
10	181	Lance Lynn	SP
10	182	Ha-Seong Kim	3B/SS
10	183	Bryce Miller	SP
10	184	Nolan Jones	OF
10	185	Isaac Paredes	1B/2B/3B
10	186	Brendan Donovan	1B/2B/3B/SS/OF
10	187	Bailey Ober	SP
10	188	Jason Adam	RP
10	189	Tanner Bibee	SP
10	190	Jose Berrios	SP
10	191	Steven Kwan	OF
11	192	Christopher Morel	2B/3B/SS/OF
11	193	Joey Votto	1B
11	194	Jose Abreu	1B
11	195	C.J. Cron	1B
11	196	Brandon Lowe	2B
11	197	Kyle Bradish	SP
11	198	Reid Detmers	SP
11	199	Eugenio Suarez	3B
11	200	Maikel Garcia	SS
11	201	Orlando Arcia	2B
11	202	Max Fried	SP
11	203	Jake Burger	3B
11	204	Eduardo Rodriguez	SP
11	205	William Contreras	C
11	206	TJ Friedl	OF
11	207	Andrew Heaney	SP
11	208	Elias Diaz	C
11	209	Harrison Bader	OF
11	210	Carlos Correa	SS
11	211	Clay Holmes	RP
11	212	Jake McCarthy	OF
11	213	William Smith	RP
11	214	Triston Casas	1B
11	215	Alex Lange	RP
11	216	Brandon Woodruff	SP
11	217	Bryce Elder	SP
11	218	Nestor Cortes Jr.	SP/RP
11	219	Jake Fraley	OF
11	220	Jack Flaherty	SP
11	221	Harold Ramirez	1B/OF
12	222	Eddie Rosario	OF
12	223	Adam Duvall	OF
12	224	Adbert Alzolay	RP
12	225	LaMonte Wade Jr.	1B/OF
12	226	CJ Abrams	2B/SS
12	227	Alek Manoah	SP
12	228	Jeimer Candelario	3B
12	229	Joey Meneses	1B/OF
12	230	Tony Gonsolin	SP
12	231	Scott McGough	RP
12	232	Evan Phillips	RP
12	233	Michael King	RP
12	234	Tim Anderson	SS
12	235	Willi Castro	2B/SS/OF
12	236	Taj Bradley	SP
12	237	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	OF
12	238	Michael Wacha	SP
12	239	Cal Raleigh	C
12	240	Riley Greene	OF
12	241	Jordan Westburg	SS
12	242	Hunter Greene	SP
12	243	Jake Cronenworth	1B/2B/SS
12	244	Jack Suwinski	OF
12	245	Corey Julks	OF
12	246	Merrill Kelly	SP
12	247	Nick Gonzales	SS
12	248	Esteury Ruiz	OF
12	249	MacKenzie Gore	SP
13	250	Ranger Suarez	SP
13	251	Hunter Renfroe	OF
13	252	Taijuan Walker	SP
13	253	Gavin Williams	SP
13	254	Anthony Rizzo	1B
13	255	Garrett Whitlock	SP/RP
13	256	Eury Perez	SP
13	257	Bryan De La Cruz	OF
13	258	Garrett Cooper	1B
13	259	Marcell Ozuna	OF
13	260	J.P. France	SP
13	261	Taylor Walls	2B/3B/SS
13	262	Henry Davis	C
13	263	Liam Hendriks	RP
13	264	Alex Cobb	SP
13	265	Trevor Story	2B
13	266	Bryan Woo	SP
13	267	Brayan Bello	SP
13	268	Tarik Skubal	SP
13	269	Yainer Diaz	DH
13	270	Nick Pratto	1B/OF
13	271	Jurickson Profar	OF
13	272	Michael Conforto	OF
13	273	Luis Matos	OF
13	274	Alex Kirilloff	1B/OF
13	275	Brett Baty	3B
13	276	MJ Melendez	C/OF
13	277	Mike Ford	1B
13	278	Hunter Harvey	RP
13	279	Joey Wiemer	OF
13	280	Griffin Canning	SP
13	281	Andres Munoz	RP
13	282	Kris Bryant	OF
13	283	Dane Myers	OF
13	284	J.P. Crawford	SS
13	285	David Peralta	OF
14	286	Aaron Hicks	OF
14	287	Jameson Taillon	SP
14	288	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	3B
14	289	Michael Kopech	SP
14	290	Kendall Graveman	RP
14	291	Matt Vierling	3B/OF
14	292	Nolan Gorman	2B
14	293	Jesus Sanchez	OF
14	294	Mickey Moniak	OF
14	295	Mike Tauchman	OF
14	296	Trevor May	RP
14	297	Seth Brown	1B/OF
14	298	Aroldis Chapman	RP
14	299	Erik Swanson	RP
14	300	Tyler O'Neill	OF

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