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Welcome back to our MLB team's 2025 Underdog Best Ball Fantasy Baseball Rankings for 2025 Best Ball leagues on the Underdog Fantasy platform. For those of you who are not familiar -- Underdog Fantasy is a platform where you can play all sorts of leagues and contests, and MLB Best Ball leagues are one of their popular offerings.
As with any league or platform, it's key to understand the format and scoring rules. On the Underdog Fantasy platform, MLB best ball leagues only have three possible positions - Infield (IF), Outfield (OF), and Pitcher (P). You will see these three positions in the rankings below, next to each player's name under the "Underdog Position" column. These MLB best ball rankings by lead analyst Nick Mariano cover both hitters and pitchers and include tiers for the top 300 players. The fantasy baseball rankings are geared towards Underdog best ball leagues and scoring rules but can be used as a guide for all fantasy baseball best ball platforms and leagues.
For anyone who isn't very familiar with fantasy baseball best ball leagues, they are essentially draft-only leagues with no moves made during the season. Once a best ball draft is completed, nothing else happens throughout the year -- no setting weekly lineups, no trading, no waiver wire moves. Every week of the season, the best combo of fantasy players on your team is automatically calculated and used to determine the highest possible scoring outcome.
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2025 Underdog Best Ball Draft Rankings
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| Rank | Tier | Player | Underdog Pos. | Position |
| 1 | 1 | Shohei Ohtani | OF | DH |
| 2 | 1 | Aaron Judge | OF | OF |
| 3 | 1 | Juan Soto | OF | OF |
| 4 | 1 | Bobby Witt Jr. | IF | SS |
| 5 | 1 | Elly De La Cruz | IF | SS |
| 6 | 1 | Corbin Carroll | OF | OF |
| 7 | 1 | Kyle Tucker | OF | OF |
| 8 | 1 | Fernando Tatis Jr. | OF | OF |
| 9 | 1 | Yordan Alvarez | OF | OF |
| 10 | 1 | Jose Ramirez | IF | 3B |
| 11 | 2 | Gunnar Henderson | IF | SS |
| 12 | 2 | Mookie Betts | IF | 2B/SS/OF |
| 13 | 2 | Kyle Schwarber | OF | DH |
| 14 | 2 | Francisco Lindor | IF | SS |
| 15 | 2 | Julio Rodriguez | OF | OF |
| 16 | 2 | Jarren Duran | OF | OF |
| 17 | 2 | Jackson Chourio | OF | OF |
| 18 | 2 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | IF | 1B/3B |
| 19 | 2 | Paul Skenes | P | SP |
| 20 | 2 | Freddie Freeman | IF | 1B |
| 21 | 2 | Bryce Harper | IF | 1B |
| 22 | 2 | Matt Olson | IF | 1B |
| 23 | 2 | Jackson Merrill | OF | OF |
| 24 | 2 | Ronald Acuna Jr. | OF | OF |
| 25 | 2 | Wyatt Langford | OF | OF |
| 26 | 2 | Marcell Ozuna | OF | DH |
| 27 | 2 | Brent Rooker | OF | OF |
| 28 | 3 | Tarik Skubal | P | SP |
| 29 | 3 | Rafael Devers | IF | 3B |
| 30 | 3 | Austin Riley | IF | 3B |
| 31 | 3 | Teoscar Hernandez | OF | OF |
| 32 | 3 | James Wood | OF | OF |
| 33 | 3 | Ketel Marte | IF | 2B |
| 34 | 3 | Trea Turner | IF | SS |
| 35 | 3 | Ian Happ | OF | OF |
| 36 | 3 | Anthony Santander | OF | OF |
| 37 | 3 | Michael Harris II | OF | OF |
| 38 | 3 | Bryan Reynolds | OF | OF |
| 39 | 3 | Zack Wheeler | P | SP |
| 40 | 3 | Pete Alonso | IF | 1B |
| 41 | 3 | Corey Seager | IF | SS |
| 42 | 3 | Manny Machado | IF | 3B |
| 43 | 3 | Riley Greene | OF | OF |
| 44 | 3 | Jazz Chisholm Jr. | IF | 3B/OF |
| 45 | 3 | Lawrence Butler | OF | OF |
| 46 | 4 | Brandon Nimmo | OF | OF |
| 47 | 4 | Garrett Crochet | P | SP |
| 48 | 4 | Ozzie Albies | IF | 2B |
| 49 | 4 | Mike Trout | OF | OF |
| 50 | 4 | Logan Gilbert | P | SP |
| 51 | 4 | Seiya Suzuki | OF | OF |
| 52 | 4 | Randy Arozarena | OF | OF |
| 53 | 4 | Blake Snell | P | SP |
| 54 | 4 | Chris Sale | P | SP |
| 55 | 5 | Cole Ragans | P | SP |
| 56 | 5 | Christian Yelich | OF | OF |
| 57 | 5 | Brenton Doyle | OF | OF |
| 58 | 5 | Corbin Burnes | P | SP |
| 59 | 5 | Dylan Cease | P | SP |
| 60 | 5 | Gerrit Cole | P | SP |
| 61 | 5 | Jacob deGrom | P | SP |
| 62 | 5 | Cody Bellinger | OF | 1B/OF |
| 63 | 5 | Oneil Cruz | IF | SS/OF |
| 64 | 5 | Jose Altuve | IF | 2B |
| 65 | 5 | Willy Adames | IF | SS |
| 66 | 5 | Luis Robert Jr. | OF | OF |
| 67 | 5 | Roki Sasaki | P | SP |
| 68 | 5 | William Contreras | IF | C |
| 69 | 5 | Spencer Steer | OF | 1B/2B/OF |
| 70 | 5 | Marcus Semien | IF | 2B |
| 71 | 5 | Adolis Garcia | OF | OF |
| 72 | 5 | Aaron Nola | P | SP |
| 73 | 6 | Christian Walker | IF | 1B |
| 74 | 6 | Steven Kwan | OF | OF |
| 75 | 6 | Michael King | P | SP |
| 76 | 6 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | P | SP |
| 77 | 6 | Mark Vientos | IF | 3B |
| 78 | 6 | Pablo Lopez | P | SP |
| 79 | 6 | George Kirby | P | SP |
| 80 | 6 | Framber Valdez | P | SP |
| 81 | 6 | Dylan Crews | OF | OF |
| 82 | 6 | Nick Castellanos | OF | OF |
| 83 | 6 | Colton Cowser | OF | OF |
| 84 | 6 | CJ Abrams | IF | SS |
| 85 | 6 | Josh Naylor | IF | 1B |
| 86 | 6 | Junior Caminero | IF | 3B |
| 87 | 6 | Jasson Dominguez | OF | OF |
| 88 | 6 | Taylor Ward | OF | OF |
| 89 | 7 | Shota Imanaga | P | SP |
| 90 | 7 | Hunter Greene | P | SP |
| 91 | 7 | Freddy Peralta | P | SP |
| 92 | 7 | Triston Casas | IF | 1B |
| 93 | 7 | Matt McLain | IF | 2B/SS |
| 94 | 7 | Matt Chapman | IF | 3B |
| 95 | 7 | Vinnie Pasquantino | IF | 1B |
| 96 | 7 | Paul Goldschmidt | IF | 1B |
| 97 | 7 | Tyler Glasnow | P | SP |
| 98 | 7 | Jurickson Profar | OF | OF |
| 99 | 7 | Logan Webb | P | SP |
| 100 | 7 | Hunter Brown | P | SP |
| 101 | 7 | Spencer Schwellenbach | P | SP |
| 102 | 7 | Luis Castillo | P | SP |
| 103 | 7 | Max Fried | P | SP |
| 104 | 7 | Alex Bregman | IF | 3B |
| 105 | 7 | Lane Thomas | OF | OF |
| 106 | 7 | Spencer Strider | P | SP |
| 107 | 7 | Zac Gallen | P | SP |
| 108 | 7 | Adley Rutschman | IF | C |
| 109 | 7 | Bo Bichette | IF | SS |
| 110 | 8 | Ezequiel Tovar | IF | SS |
| 111 | 8 | Royce Lewis | IF | 3B |
| 112 | 8 | Sonny Gray | P | SP |
| 113 | 8 | Kevin Gausman | P | SP |
| 114 | 8 | Grayson Rodriguez | P | SP |
| 115 | 8 | Bailey Ober | P | SP |
| 116 | 8 | Tanner Bibee | P | SP |
| 117 | 8 | Joe Ryan | P | SP |
| 118 | 8 | Anthony Volpe | IF | SS |
| 119 | 8 | Masyn Winn | IF | SS |
| 120 | 8 | Bryce Miller | P | SP |
| 121 | 8 | George Springer | OF | OF |
| 122 | 8 | Jung Hoo Lee | OF | OF |
| 123 | 8 | Pete Crow-Armstrong | OF | OF |
| 124 | 8 | Tyler O'Neill | OF | OF |
| 125 | 9 | Jorge Soler | OF | OF |
| 126 | 9 | Kodai Senga | P | SP |
| 127 | 9 | Seth Lugo | P | SP |
| 128 | 9 | Eugenio Suarez | IF | 3B |
| 129 | 9 | Jake Burger | IF | 1B/3B |
| 130 | 9 | Shane McClanahan | P | SP |
| 131 | 9 | Kerry Carpenter | OF | OF |
| 132 | 9 | Isaac Paredes | IF | 1B/3B |
| 133 | 9 | Yandy Diaz | IF | 1B |
| 134 | 9 | Dansby Swanson | IF | SS |
| 135 | 9 | Luis Garcia (2B) | IF | 2B |
| 136 | 9 | Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | OF | OF |
| 137 | 9 | Parker Meadows | OF | OF |
| 138 | 9 | Carlos Rodon | P | SP |
| 139 | 9 | Jordan Westburg | IF | 2B/3B |
| 140 | 9 | Heliot Ramos | OF | OF |
| 141 | 10 | Sandy Alcantara | P | SP |
| 142 | 10 | Jackson Holliday | IF | 2B |
| 143 | 10 | JJ Bleday | OF | OF |
| 144 | 10 | Justin Steele | P | SP |
| 145 | 10 | Yusei Kikuchi | P | SP |
| 146 | 10 | Luis Arraez | IF | 1B/2B |
| 147 | 10 | Michael Toglia | IF | 1B/OF |
| 148 | 10 | Jared Jones | P | SP |
| 149 | 10 | Jonathan India | IF | 2B |
| 150 | 10 | Reynaldo Lopez | P | SP |
| 151 | 10 | Jack Flaherty | P | SP |
| 152 | 10 | Nathaniel Lowe | IF | 1B |
| 153 | 10 | Xavier Edwards | IF | SS |
| 154 | 10 | Brendan Donovan | OF | 2B/3B/OF |
| 155 | 10 | Nolan Jones | OF | 1B/OF |
| 156 | 10 | Willson Contreras | IF | C |
| 157 | 10 | Gleyber Torres | IF | 2B |
| 158 | 10 | Ceddanne Rafaela | OF | 2B/SS/OF |
| 159 | 10 | Giancarlo Stanton | OF | DH |
| 160 | 10 | Luis Gil | P | SP |
| 161 | 10 | Matt Wallner | OF | OF |
| 162 | 10 | TJ Friedl | OF | OF |
| 163 | 10 | Robbie Ray | P | SP |
| 164 | 10 | Josh Lowe | OF | OF |
| 165 | 11 | Evan Carter | OF | OF |
| 166 | 11 | Cedric Mullins | OF | OF |
| 167 | 11 | Sean Manaea | P | SP |
| 168 | 11 | MacKenzie Gore | P | SP |
| 169 | 11 | Alec Bohm | IF | 1B/3B |
| 170 | 11 | Bryan Woo | P | SP |
| 171 | 11 | Ryan McMahon | IF | 3B |
| 172 | 11 | Cal Raleigh | IF | C |
| 173 | 11 | Max Muncy | IF | 3B |
| 174 | 11 | Mitch Keller | P | SP |
| 175 | 11 | Joc Pederson | OF | OF |
| 176 | 11 | Jose Berrios | P | SP |
| 177 | 11 | Taj Bradley | P | SP |
| 178 | 11 | Byron Buxton | OF | OF |
| 179 | 11 | Jeremy Pena | IF | SS |
| 180 | 11 | Salvador Perez | IF | C/1B |
| 181 | 11 | Tommy Edman | IF | SS/OF |
| 182 | 11 | Cristopher Sanchez | P | SP |
| 183 | 11 | Nathan Eovaldi | P | SP |
| 184 | 12 | Xander Bogaerts | IF | 2B/SS |
| 185 | 12 | Trevor Story | IF | SS |
| 186 | 12 | Spencer Arrighetti | P | SP |
| 187 | 12 | Zach Eflin | P | SP |
| 188 | 12 | Brandon Pfaadt | P | SP |
| 189 | 12 | Michael Conforto | OF | OF |
| 190 | 12 | Jesus Luzardo | P | SP |
| 191 | 12 | Brandon Woodruff | P | SP |
| 192 | 12 | Zach Neto | IF | SS |
| 193 | 12 | Josh Jung | IF | 3B |
| 194 | 12 | Tanner Houck | P | SP |
| 195 | 12 | Ryan Pepiot | P | SP |
| 196 | 12 | Nolan Arenado | IF | 3B |
| 197 | 12 | Nico Hoerner | IF | 2B/SS |
| 198 | 12 | Zack Gelof | IF | 2B |
| 199 | 12 | Lars Nootbaar | OF | OF |
| 200 | 12 | Jake McCarthy | OF | OF |
| 201 | 12 | Nick Pivetta | P | SP |
| 202 | 12 | Michael Busch | IF | 1B |
| 203 | 12 | Carlos Correa | IF | SS |
| 204 | 12 | Yainer Diaz | IF | C/1B |
| 205 | 12 | Luis Rengifo | IF | 2B/3B/SS/OF |
| 206 | 12 | Walker Buehler | P | SP |
| 207 | 12 | Alec Burleson | OF | 1B/OF |
| 208 | 12 | Shane Baz | P | SP |
| 209 | 12 | Brice Turang | IF | 2B |
| 210 | 13 | Tyler Fitzgerald | IF | SS/OF |
| 211 | 13 | Will Smith | IF | C |
| 212 | 13 | Andres Gimenez | IF | 2B |
| 213 | 13 | Jesus Sanchez | OF | OF |
| 214 | 13 | Jordan Walker | OF | OF |
| 215 | 13 | Bowden Francis | P | SP/RP |
| 216 | 13 | Nick Lodolo | P | SP |
| 217 | 13 | Ronel Blanco | P | SP |
| 218 | 13 | Victor Robles | OF | OF |
| 219 | 13 | Bryson Stott | IF | 2B/SS |
| 220 | 13 | Ryan Mountcastle | IF | 1B |
| 221 | 13 | Nolan Schanuel | IF | 1B |
| 222 | 13 | Roman Anthony | OF | OF |
| 223 | 13 | Jake Cronenworth | IF | 1B/2B |
| 224 | 13 | Gavin Williams | P | SP |
| 225 | 13 | Jackson Jobe | P | SP |
| 226 | 13 | Brandon Lowe | IF | 1B/2B |
| 227 | 13 | Wilyer Abreu | OF | OF |
| 228 | 13 | Rhys Hoskins | IF | 1B |
| 229 | 13 | Merrill Kelly | P | SP |
| 230 | 13 | Colt Keith | IF | 2B |
| 231 | 13 | Masataka Yoshida | OF | OF |
| 232 | 13 | Matt Shaw | IF | SS |
| 233 | 13 | Luis Severino | P | SP |
| 234 | 13 | Chris Bassitt | P | SP |
| 235 | 13 | Erick Fedde | P | SP |
| 236 | 13 | Ranger Suarez | P | SP |
| 237 | 13 | DJ Herz | P | SP |
| 238 | 14 | Nestor Cortes | P | SP |
| 239 | 14 | Matt Vierling | OF | 3B/OF |
| 240 | 14 | Garrett Mitchell | OF | OF |
| 241 | 14 | Josh Bell | IF | 1B |
| 242 | 14 | Carlos Santana | IF | 1B |
| 243 | 14 | Yu Darvish | P | SP |
| 244 | 14 | Jeffrey Springs | P | SP |
| 245 | 14 | Willi Castro | IF | 2B/3B/SS/OF |
| 246 | 14 | Christian Encarnacion-Strand | IF | 1B |
| 247 | 14 | Jo Adell | OF | OF |
| 248 | 14 | Brady Singer | P | SP |
| 249 | 14 | Daulton Varsho | OF | OF |
| 250 | 14 | Michael Wacha | P | SP |
| 251 | 14 | Frankie Montas | P | SP |
| 252 | 14 | Clarke Schmidt | P | SP |
| 253 | 14 | Kumar Rocker | P | SP |
| 254 | 14 | Joey Ortiz | IF | 3B/SS |
| 255 | 14 | Andrew Vaughn | IF | 1B |
| 256 | 14 | Connor Norby | IF | 2B/3B |
| 257 | 14 | Andrew McCutchen | OF | DH |
| 258 | 14 | Jesse Winker | OF | OF |
| 259 | 14 | Justin Verlander | P | SP |
| 260 | 14 | Charlie Morton | P | SP |
| 261 | 14 | Jhonkensy Noel | OF | 1B/3B/OF |
| 262 | 15 | Andrew Benintendi | OF | OF |
| 263 | 15 | Kyle Harrison | P | SP |
| 264 | 15 | Eury Perez | P | SP |
| 265 | 15 | Bubba Chandler | P | SP |
| 266 | 15 | Shane Bieber | P | SP |
| 267 | 15 | Lucas Giolito | P | SP |
| 268 | 15 | Reid Detmers | P | SP |
| 269 | 15 | Matthew Boyd | P | SP |
| 270 | 15 | Brandon Marsh | OF | OF |
| 271 | 15 | Trevor Larnach | OF | OF |
| 272 | 15 | Hyeseong Kim | IF | 2B |
| 273 | 15 | Clay Holmes | P | SP/RP |
| 274 | 15 | Kutter Crawford | P | SP |
| 275 | 15 | Reese Olson | P | SP |
| 276 | 15 | Nolan Gorman | IF | 2B |
| 277 | 15 | Max Kepler | OF | OF |
| 278 | 15 | Jameson Taillon | P | SP |
| 279 | 15 | Kristian Campbell | IF | 2B/OF |
| 280 | 15 | Shea Langeliers | IF | C |
| 281 | 15 | Francisco Alvarez | IF | C |
| 282 | 15 | Logan O'Hoppe | IF | C |
| 283 | 15 | Luke Raley | OF | 1B/OF |
| 284 | 15 | Spencer Horwitz | IF | 1B/2B |
| 285 | 15 | Tyler Stephenson | IF | C |
| 286 | 15 | Maikel Garcia | IF | 2B/3B |
| 287 | 15 | Spencer Torkelson | IF | 1B |
| 288 | 15 | Tyler Soderstrom | IF | C/1B |
| 289 | 15 | J.T. Realmuto | IF | C |
| 290 | 15 | Jose Miranda | IF | 3B |
| 291 | 15 | Chas McCormick | OF | OF |
| 292 | 15 | Kyle Manzardo | IF | 1B |
| 293 | 15 | Jeimer Candelario | IF | 1B/3B |
| 294 | 15 | Isiah Kiner-Falefa | IF | 2B/3B/SS |
| 295 | 16 | Jonah Bride | IF | 1B/3B |
| 296 | 16 | J.P. Crawford | IF | SS |
| 297 | 16 | Chase DeLauter | OF | OF |
| 298 | 16 | Jake Fraley | OF | OF |
| 299 | 16 | Austin Wells | IF | C |
| 300 | 16 | Mike Yastrzemski | OF | OF |
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