2026 Fantasy Baseball Top 300: Pete Crow-Armstrong takes over top spot, Josue De Paula debuts

Here’s our rest-of-season Top 300. Expect this space to be updated every Monday. Players are ranked for 5×5 mixed leagues using a one-catcher format. I include the mixed-league disclaimer because I do reward upside, particularly past the top 200 or so.

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2026 Fantasy Baseball Top 300 overall ranks

**Updated Sept. 14**

Sept. 14	Top 300	Team	Pos	Pos Rk	Sept. 7
1	Pete Crow-Armstrong	Cubs	OF	1	2
2	Yordan Alvarez	Astros	OF	2	1
3	Bobby Witt Jr.	Royals	SS	1	3
4	Ronald Acuna Jr.	Braves	OF	3	4
5	Fernando Tatis Jr.	Padres	2B	1	7
6	Junior Caminero	Rays	3B	1	5
7	James Wood	Nationals	OF	4	6
8	Juan Soto	Mets	OF	5	10
9	Aaron Judge	Yankees	OF	6	14
10	Jacob Misiorowski	Brewers	SP	1	21
11	Tarik Skubal	Dodgers	SP	2	9
12	Pete Alonso	Orioles	1B	1	11
13	Jackson Chourio	Brewers	OF	7	15
14	Elly De La Cruz	Reds	SS	2	12
15	Kyle Schwarber	Phillies	1B	2	13
16	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	Dodgers	SP	3	18
17	Bryce Harper	Phillies	1B	3	17
18	Julio Rodriguez	Mariners	OF	8	16
19	Cristopher Sanchez	Phillies	SP	4	22
20	CJ Abrams	Nationals	SS	3	20
21	Kyle Tucker	Dodgers	OF	9	30
22	Matt Olson	Braves	1B	4	23
23	Blake Snell	Dodgers	SP	5	28
24	Mason Miller	Padres	RP	1	24
25	Corbin Carroll	Diamondbacks	OF	10	19
26	Sal Stewart	Reds	2B	2	26
27	Michael Harris II	Braves	OF	11	29
28	Josh Hader	Astros	RP	2	35
29	Chris Sale	Braves	SP	6	25
30	Brice Turang	Brewers	2B	3	50
31	Oneil Cruz	Pirates	OF	12	39
32	Ben Rice	Yankees	C	1	40
33	Ketel Marte	Diamondbacks	2B	4	38
34	Cam Schlittler	Yankees	SP	7	27
35	Corey Seager	Rangers	SS	4	79
36	Gunnar Henderson	Orioles	SS	5	36
37	Francisco Lindor	Mets	SS	6	43
38	Manny Machado	Padres	3B	2	54
39	Zach Neto	Angels	SS	7	48
40	Dylan Cease	Blue Jays	SP	8	37
41	Jackson Merrill	Padres	OF	13	68
42	Jordan Walker	Cardinals	OF	14	32
43	Alex Bregman	Cubs	3B	3	57
44	Mookie Betts	Dodgers	SS	8	86
45	Jhoan Duran	Phillies	RP	3	44
46	Zack Wheeler	Phillies	SP	9	42
47	Cade Smith	Guardians	RP	4	47
48	Trea Turner	Phillies	SS	9	55
49	Randy Arozarena	Mariners	OF	15	87
50	Cody Bellinger	Yankees	OF	16	60
51	Seiya Suzuki	Cubs	OF	17	53
52	Miguel Vargas	White Sox	3B	4	49
53	Riley Greene	Tigers	OF	18	64
54	Jose Ramirez	Guardians	3B	5	31
55	Alec Burleson	Cardinals	1B	5	59
56	Jacob deGrom	Rangers	SP	10	75
57	Aroldis Chapman	Red Sox	RP	5	61
58	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	Blue Jays	1B	6	46
59	Jeremy Pena	Astros	SS	10	45
60	Roman Anthony	Red Sox	OF	19	62
61	Mike Trout	Angels	OF	20	70
62	Gavin Williams	Guardians	SP	11	78
63	David Bednar	Yankees	RP	6	69
64	Louis Varland	Blue Jays	RP	7	66
65	Max Fried	Yankees	SP	12	52
66	Logan Gilbert	Mariners	SP	13	33
67	Teoscar Hernandez	Dodgers	OF	21	95
68	Hunter Brown	Astros	SP	14	82
69	Parker Messick	Guardians	SP	15	73
70	Yandy Diaz	Rays	1B	7	72
71	Andres Munoz	Mariners	RP	8	63
72	Kevin McGonigle	Tigers	SS	11	85
73	Logan Henderson	Brewers	SP	16	74
74	Drake Baldwin	Braves	C	2	76
75	Bryan Woo	Mariners	SP	17	67
76	Freddie Freeman	Dodgers	1B	8	34
77	Bo Bichette	Mets	SS	12	77
78	Wyatt Langford	Rangers	OF	22	80
79	Gerrit Cole	Yankees	SP	18	56
80	Hunter Goodman	Rockies	C	3	106
81	Trevor Megill	Brewers	RP	9	83
82	Tommy Edman	Dodgers	2B	5	119
83	Drew Rasmussen	Rays	SP	19	81
84	Josh Naylor	Mariners	1B	9	94
85	Reid Detmers	Angels	SP	20	186
86	Henry Bolte	Athletics	OF	23	100
87	Raisel Iglesias	Braves	RP	10	90
88	Willson Contreras	Red Sox	1B	10	187
89	Bryan Reynolds	Pirates	OF	24	92
90	Jarren Duran	Red Sox	OF	25	91
91	Nolan McLean	Mets	SP	21	65
92	Ivan Herrera	Cardinals	C	4	88
93	Jesus Luzardo	Phillies	SP	22	51
94	Brandon Nimmo	Rangers	OF	26	93
95	Luke Keaschall	Twins	2B	6	98
96	Wilyer Abreu	Red Sox	OF	27	103
97	Cal Raleigh	Mariners	C	5	108
98	Geraldo Perdomo	Diamondbacks	SS	13	113
99	Daylen Lile	Nationals	OF	28	96
100	William Contreras	Brewers	C	6	102
101	Sonny Gray	Red Sox	SP	23	99
102	Max Muncy	Dodgers	3B	6	124
103	Austin Riley	Braves	3B	7	112
104	Dominic Canzone	Mariners	OF	29	178
105	Sandy Alcantara	Marlins	SP	24	110
106	Paul Skenes	Pirates	SP	25	71
107	Otto Lopez	Marlins	SS	14	117
108	Isaac Paredes	Astros	3B	8	115
109	Mason Montgomery	Pirates	RP	11	175
110	Michael Busch	Cubs	1B	11	120
111	Nico Hoerner	Cubs	SS	15	101
112	Kyle Stowers	Marlins	1B	12	111
113	Bryan Baker	Rays	RP	12	125
114	Jake Bauers	Brewers	1B	13	126
115	Konnor Griffin	Pirates	SS	16	121
116	Jacob Latz	Rangers	RP	13	114
117	Troy Melton	Tigers	SP	26	132
118	Luis Garcia Jr.	Yankees	2B	7	128
119	Jose Soriano	Blue Jays	SP	27	155
120	Ranger Suarez	Red Sox	SP	28	123
121	Jose Altuve	Astros	2B	8	122
122	Framber Valdez	Tigers	SP	29	109
123	Jo Adell	Guardians	OF	30	130
124	Max Clark	Tigers	OF	31	184
125	Freddy Peralta	Rays	SP	30	97
126	Carson Benge	Mets	OF	32	131
127	Christian Yelich	Brewers	OF	33	129
128	Tyler Glasnow	Dodgers	SP	31	107
129	Munetaka Murakami	White Sox	3B	9	127
130	Vinnie Pasquantino	Royals	1B	14	118
131	Eury Perez	Marlins	SP	32	84
132	Chase DeLauter	Guardians	OF	34	143
133	Luis Arraez	Phillies	2B	9	134
134	Dylan Crews	Nationals	OF	35	138
135	Jonathan Aranda	Rays	1B	15	136
136	Carlos Rodon	Yankees	SP	33	135
137	Alec Bohm	Phillies	3B	10	137
138	Gabriel Moreno	Diamondbacks	C	7	140
139	Kazuma Okamoto	Blue Jays	3B	11	146
140	Bryce Eldridge	Giants	1B	16	144
141	Steven Kwan	Guardians	OF	36	164
142	Kenley Jansen	Tigers	RP	14	148
143	Trevor Story	Red Sox	SS	17	142
144	Garrett Mitchell	Brewers	OF	37	151
145	Kade Anderson	Mariners	SP	34	133
146	Jake McCarthy	Rockies	OF	38	200
147	Bryson Stott	Phillies	2B	10	147
148	Christian Walker	Astros	1B	17	153
149	Payton Tolle	Red Sox	SP	35	157
150	Chandler Simpson	Rays	OF	39	139
151	Spencer Jones	Yankees	OF	40	158
152	Tanner Bibee	Guardians	SP	36	156
153	Xavier Edwards	Marlins	SS	18	NR
154	Sam Antonacci	White Sox	2B	11	161
155	George Springer	Blue Jays	OF	41	104
156	Ozzie Albies	Braves	2B	12	160
157	Brett Bateman	Blue Jays	OF	42	174
158	Daulton Varsho	Astros	OF	43	169
159	Xander Bogaerts	Padres	SS	19	207
160	Shea Langeliers	Athletics	C	8	NR
161	Cade Cavalli	Nationals	SP	37	179
162	Brandon Lowe	Pirates	2B	13	163
163	Noah Cameron	Royals	SP	38	152
164	Caleb Durbin	Red Sox	3B	12	168
165	Josue De Paula	Dodgers	OF	44	NR
166	Emilio Pagan	Reds	RP	15	194
167	Colson Montgomery	White Sox	SS	20	165
168	Shane Baz	Orioles	SP	39	201
169	Brandon Marsh	Phillies	OF	45	172
170	Michael Wacha	Royals	SP	40	215
171	TJ Rumfield	Rockies	1B	18	241
172	Ty France	Padres	1B	19	190
173	A.J. Ewing	Mets	OF	46	188
174	George Kirby	Mariners	SP	41	170
175	Will Smith	Dodgers	C	9	224
176	Cole Carrigg	Rockies	SS	21	220
177	Nick Martinez	Rays	SP	42	236
178	Ian Happ	Cubs	OF	47	167
179	Joe Ryan	Twins	SP	43	89
180	Travis Bazzana	Guardians	2B	14	225
181	Quinn Mathews	Cardinals	SP	44	274
182	Clay Holmes	Cubs	SP	45	192
183	Jonah Tong	Mets	SP	46	217
184	Griffin Jax	Rays	SP	47	NR
185	Kaelen Culpepper	Twins	SS	22	176
186	Lawrence Butler	Athletics	OF	48	150
187	Dustin May	Brewers	SP	48	268
188	Jac Caglianone	Royals	OF	49	193
189	Kodai Senga	Mets	RP	16	218
190	Tyler Mahle	Braves	SP	49	198
191	Tanner Scott	Dodgers	RP	17	191
192	Josh Jung	Rangers	3B	13	NR
193	Riley O’Brien	Cardinals	RP	18	173
194	Shota Imanaga	Cubs	SP	50	149
195	Foster Griffin	Guardians	SP	51	166
196	Lazaro Montes	Mariners	OF	50	NR
197	Ezequiel Duran	Rangers	SS	23	181
198	Zack Gelof	Athletics	2B	15	185
199	Coby Mayo	Orioles	3B	14	272
200	Jared Jones	Pirates	SP	52	210
201	Eugenio Suarez	Reds	3B	15	199
202	Cam Smith	Astros	OF	51	NR
203	Kevin Gausman	Cubs	SP	53	105
204	Michael King	Padres	SP	54	145
205	Lars Nootbaar	Diamondbacks	OF	52	197
206	Will Warren	Yankees	SP	55	216
207	Hector Rodriguez	Reds	OF	53	182
208	Heriberto Hernandez	Marlins	OF	54	205
209	Casey Mize	Padres	SP	56	211
210	Kody Clemens	Twins	2B	16	259
211	Michael Conforto	Cubs	OF	55	287
212	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	Orioles	3B	16	189
213	Jackson Jobe	Tigers	SP	57	196
214	Josh Bell	Twins	1B	20	208
215	Matthew Boyd	Cubs	SP	58	141
216	Taj Bradley	Twins	SP	59	195
217	Ryan O’Hearn	Pirates	1B	21	NR
218	Adley Rutschman	Red Sox	C	10	219
219	Cal Quantrill	Rangers	SP	60	204
220	Jakob Marsee	Marlins	OF	56	231
221	Jake Burger	Rangers	1B	22	212
222	Bubba Chandler	Pirates	SP	61	202
223	Emmet Sheehan	Dodgers	SP	62	240
224	JJ Bleday	Reds	OF	57	203
225	Jung Hoo Lee	Giants	OF	58	209
226	Joey Cantillo	Guardians	SP	63	232
227	Jacob Lopez	Athletics	SP	64	248
228	Ryan Jeffers	Twins	C	11	221
229	Robbie Ray	Padres	SP	65	247
230	Chris Bassitt	Orioles	SP	66	234
231	Logan Webb	Giants	SP	67	116
232	Andrew Painter	Phillies	SP	68	154
233	Nolan Arenado	Diamondbacks	3B	17	261
234	Christian Scott	Mets	SP	69	226
235	Grant Taylor	White Sox	RP	19	228
236	Andres Gimenez	Blue Jays	SS	24	239
237	Colt Keith	Tigers	2B	17	244
238	Cooper Pratt	Brewers	SS	25	245
239	Griffin Conine	Marlins	OF	59	242
240	Pete Fairbanks	Marlins	RP	20	NR
241	Dustin Harris	Padres	OF	60	NR
242	Carter Jensen	Royals	C	12	289
243	Jeff McNeil	Athletics	2B	18	159
244	Trevor Rogers	Orioles	SP	70	162
245	Salvador Perez	Royals	C	13	238
246	Maikel Garcia	Royals	3B	18	NR
247	Andre Pallante	Cardinals	SP	71	NR
248	Walker Jenkins	Twins	OF	61	180
249	Joshua Baez	Cardinals	OF	62	171
250	Jackson Holliday	Orioles	2B	19	223
251	Mickey Moniak	Rockies	OF	63	279
252	Tristan Peters	White Sox	OF	64	249
253	Ben Joyce	Angels	RP	21	267
254	Ethan Pecko	Astros	SP	72	NR
255	Landen Roupp	Giants	SP	73	270
256	Aaron Nola	Phillies	SP	74	252
257	J.P. Crawford	Mariners	SS	26	NR
258	Zebby Matthews	Twins	SP	75	263
259	Brandon Young	Orioles	SP	76	278
260	Hao-Yu Lee	Tigers	2B	20	265
261	Nick Pivetta	Padres	SP	77	288
262	Davis Martin	White Sox	SP	78	290
263	Cole Young	Mariners	2B	21	NR
264	Peter Lambert	Astros	SP	79	235
265	Nick Gonzales	Pirates	2B	22	266
266	Cody Bradford	Rangers	SP	80	264
267	Spencer Torkelson	Tigers	1B	23	237
268	Alex Freeland	Dodgers	2B	23	NR
269	Jake Bennett	Red Sox	SP	81	256
270	Nathaniel Lowe	Guardians	1B	24	280
271	Wade Meckler	Angels	OF	65	275
272	Sean Manaea	Mets	SP	82	NR
273	Mickey Gasper	Red Sox	C	14	276
274	Brooks Lee	Twins	SS	27	NR
275	Sean Burke	White Sox	SP	83	213
276	Yoendrys Gomez	Twins	RP	22	271
277	Adael Amador	Rockies	2B	24	NR
278	Dean Kremer	Twins	SP	84	NR
279	Chase Meidroth	White Sox	SS	28	NR
280	Samad Taylor	Padres	OF	66	NR
281	Tim Tawa	Diamondbacks	2B	25	292
282	Walbert Urena	Angels	SP	85	NR
283	Leo Bernal	Cardinals	C	15	297
284	Merrill Kelly	Diamondbacks	SP	86	NR
285	Javier Sanoja	Marlins	SS	29	NR
286	Luis Campusano	Padres	C	16	NR
287	Matt McLain	Reds	SS	30	227
288	Patrick Sandoval	Red Sox	SP	87	NR
289	Vaughn Grissom	Angels	2B	26	286
290	Alejandro Kirk	Blue Jays	C	17	294
291	Max Scherzer	Blue Jays	SP	88	258
292	Pedro Ramirez	Cubs	2B	27	230
293	Jake Mangum	Pirates	OF	67	NR
294	Andrew Vaughn	Brewers	3B	19	233
295	Kyle Karros	Rockies	3B	20	NR
296	Emmanuel Rodriguez	Twins	OF	68	NR
297	George Lombard Jr.	Yankees	SS	31	277
298	Masyn Winn	Cardinals	SS	32	NR
299	Ernie Clement	Blue Jays	SS	33	229
300	Ezequiel Tovar	Rockies	SS	34	NR

September 14 Notes

Falling off: Shohei Ohtani DH (eighth), Rafael Devers (41st), Jazz Chisholm Jr. (58th), Bryce Miller (177th), Gleyber Torres (183rd), Hayden Wesneski (206th), Royce Lewis (214th), Kyle Bradish (222nd), Michael McGreevy (243rd), Brandon Pfaadt (246th), Braxton Ashcraft (250th) and 21 other players

– I don’t have much of a notes section for you right now, since it’s after 3 am and I’d like to get some sleep. Still, the rankings are updated for the final 14 days of the season. A lot of the pitcher movement this week is elevating guys with three starts remaining and dropping those with only two. I also gave Rockies hitters a nice boost, as they play 10 of their remaining 13 games at home. Padres hitters also got a little lift from that, as they’ll be starting a four-game series in Coors Field on Monday.

September 7 Notes

Falling off: Kyle Harrison (101st), Shane McClanahan (125th), Luis Robert Jr. (163rd), Trent Graham (180th), Joe Musgrove (192nd), Byron Buxton (202nd), Cam Smith (219th), Brendan Donovan (227th), JJ Wetherholt (236th), Eric Lauer (243rd), Jesús Sánchez (247th), Xavier Edwards (254th), Sean Manaea (261st), Samuel Basallo (262nd), Nathan Eovaldi (265th), Connor Norby (268th), Chase Burns (273rd), Shohei Ohtani SP (280th), Tommy White (282nd), Daniel Palencia (285th), Colton Cowser (286th), Taylor Ward (289th), Ezequiel Tovar (290th), Alek Thomas (292nd), Willi Castro (294th), Elvis Alvarado (295th), Brandyn Garcia (299th)

– With three weeks to go, nearly every injured player is off the rankings at this point, with the exception of a few guys hopefully returning before the end of this week. Also, I’m paying a lot more attention to matchups, particularly this week’s. So, some starters with multiple starts this week who wouldn’t normally be in the top 300 make the cut. Also, Athletics hitters have moved up, since they’ll be at home for six games this week. Rockies hitters have dropped off as that team goes back on the road after a week of home games.

– Rafael Devers gets an overdue late bump. There really was good reason for concern early on with his strikeout rate up and his bat speed down, but he bounced back nicely in both categories. Amazing is the consistency in his wOBAs since 2021: .373, .373, .359, .364, .365 and .365. His xwOBAs, on the other hand, still show a little decline: .391, .365, .380, .366, .367, .340. Still, it’s been a really impressive season, and getting to 100 runs scored (maybe) and 100 RBI (almost certainly) on the moribund Giants offense is one heck of an accomplishment.

– The Orioles getting swept by Red Sox over the weekend, dropping their postseason odds at Fangraphs to just three percent, would seem to greatly increase the chances that Kyle Bradish gets shut down with a week or two to go. He’s up to 152 innings in his first full year back from Tommy John, and he’s not exactly doing his best work at the moment.

– Kyle Harrison might have lost his rotation spot with his performance Sunday against the Reds, though I thought about keeping him on the list anyway, since he could be well set up for wins in middle relief if moved to the pen. In the end, he didn’t quite make the cut. It will be really interesting to see how the Brewers play things the rest of the way. I imagine both Jacob Misiorowski and Logan Henderson will make a couple of shorter starts in an attempt to save bullets for October.

– It’ll be nice to see Corbin Burnes back on a major league mound Tuesday, but given that he threw just two innings in his lone rehab start after Tommy John, so I couldn’t see including him here just yet. San Diego’s Nick Pivetta, on the other hand, at least made it up to 4 1/3 innings in his last rehab start as he returns from an elbow injury. That gets him a spot on the bottom of the list, even if he’s a long shot to get a win Monday in his return.

August 31 Notes

Falling off: Pete Fairbanks (158th), Emerson Hancock (179th), Shane Bieber (220th), Roki Sasaki (228th), Masyn Winn (257th), Tyler O’Neill (269th), Willy Adames (273rd), Evan Carter (274th), Shane Drohan (282nd), Hogan Harris (291st), Jordan Lawlar (293rd), Alejandro Kirk (294th), Edwin Díaz (295th), Landen Roupp (296th), Hao-Yu Lee (297th), Abimelec Ortiz (298th), Jeff Hoffman (299th)

– The healthy rankings plummeter of the week is Chase Burns, who apparently was making his last traditional start of 2026 while picking up his 15th win Sunday night against the Cubs. Instead of shutting Burns down early, the Reds have instead decided to have him make a series of short starts the rest of the way. If they committed to using an opener in front of him in those outings, he still might be worth playing in shallow leagues. However, that’s not part of the plan, which is fair; given that the change is about keeping him healthy, disrupting his routine by using him in relief probably wouldn’t be a good idea. But since he won’t be going five innings as a starter, wins are off the table, making him pretty useless in mixed leagues even if he excels.

– That Baltimore claimed Luis Robert Jr. was rather surprising and probably not great for Robert’s fantasy value, since he could do a fair amount of sitting against righties. I had him No. 142 this week as a Met, but he’s down to No. 163 now. A.J. Ewing got a little boost with Robert gone from the Mets’ outfield, but it’s still not great for him that he’s been dropping in the lineup with Juan Soto back.

– Things with the Mariners got pretty interesting in the last couple of days. Bryce Miller was sent to the pen, only to apparently immediately regain his rotation spot because of Emerson Hancock‘s adductor strain. And the news came down Sunday night that left-handed slugger Lazaro Montes was going to be the team’s Sept. 1 position player callup. The addition of the 21-year-old Montes, who has 38 homers but also a 31 percent strikeout rate between Double- and Triple-A this year, only really makes sense if he’s going to start against righties, and if that’s going to happen, it only really makes sense that he does so in place of trade deadline pickup Taylor Ward. Since he’ll be a platoon guy in a tough ballpark for hitters, I decided against putting Montes in the top 300. Ward dropped from No. 206 to No. 289, and he’ll be off the list next week if he does start sitting against righties.

As for Miller, I was planning to drop him off the list this week, but the Hancock injury gets him back up to No. 189. Hancock is, unfortunately, gone from the list after landing on the 15-day IL.

– Playing six home games gets most of the Rockies hitters little boosts this week and puts Ezequiel Tovar and Willi Castro back on the list, probably for one week only.

– With injuries to JJ Wetherholt and Xavier Edwards taking a toll on middle infield depth, it still seems like a good time to give Kaelen Culpepper a look.

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