{"id":640261,"date":"2026-03-24T05:47:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T05:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/640261\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T05:47:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T05:47:55","slug":"2026-fantasy-baseball-rankings-top-600-hitters-and-pitchers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/640261\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 fantasy baseball rankings: Top 600 hitters and pitchers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Detroit<\/p>\n

Detroit’s Tarik Skubal is the top pitcher on the board for fantasy baseball 2026 drafts. Justine Willard \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

March 23, 2026Updated 1:23 pm EDT<\/p>\n

As we get into the 2026 fantasy baseball rankings, a few notes \u2026 or pre-answers to possible questions.<\/p>\n

Your team construction can alter category needs during the draft, thereby changing the value of each player and position. This is why you (if I can get philosophical for a minute) shouldn\u2019t focus much on the overall rankings for hitters and\/or pitchers while drafting. That\u2019s also why I don\u2019t recommend drafting based on overall rankings, though they\u2019re included for those who still do. There are too many factors and variables for each pick \u2014 in each very different draft you do \u2014 to say definitively that a hitter or pitcher is more valuable.<\/p>\n

With all that said, the 2026 fantasy baseball rankings (5\u00d75 Roto) are below, and if a player has position eligibility on any major site, he\u2019ll show under all those eligible positions. If you have questions or need clarification, feel free to post them in the comments.<\/p>\n

If you want this in a downloadable spreadsheet with auction values and projections, you can find it here<\/a>. And of course, the big one, the customizable projections cheat sheet\u2026 which is possibly all you need!<\/p>\n

Reminders
\nECR is \u201cexpert consensus rank.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not always 100% up to date for all contributors
\nSkews more in the overall hitters and pitchers lists (hence not getting too hung up on overall ranks)<\/p>\n

I will update these, so check back after any major news. You might have to give me a \u201cfew minutes,\u201d but I\u2019ll be tweaking all preseason.
\nFeel free to jump in the comments with questions.
\nShohei Ohtani is locked into a combined \u201cone player\u201d ranking. Sorry about that, but if only the SP, I\u2019d have him ranked SP40
\n2026 Fantasy Baseball Rankings<\/p>\n

\"Connections:\"Connections:<\/p>\n

Mar 24, 2026<\/p>\n

Connections: Sports Edition<\/p>\n

Spot the pattern. Connect the terms<\/p>\n

Find the hidden link between sports terms<\/p>\n

Play today’s puzzle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detroit’s Tarik Skubal is the top pitcher on the board for fantasy baseball 2026 drafts. Justine Willard \/…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":577524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2288],"tags":[5,28,2328,2304,4,2305,2303],"class_list":{"0":"post-640261","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb-postseason","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-fantasy-baseball","10":"tag-major-league-baseball-playoffs","11":"tag-major-league-baseball-postseason","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-mlb-playoffs","14":"tag-mlb-postseason"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116282583715265429","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}