Fantasy baseball 2024 Top 300 hitters (mid-June update): From Bobby Witt Jr. to Ben Rice

Jun 7, 2024; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. (7) slides into third base for a triple during the ninth inning against the Seattle Mariners at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports

Jun 18, 2024

As the midpoint of the 2024 season approaches, it’s time for another update to our hitter rankings.

The most challenging ranks are players that are still relatively “new’”to the pool like David Fry and Spencer Horwitz, and the early-rounders still underperforming their projection now that we’ve moved into the back half of June (i.e. Bo Bichette and Manny Machado).

The usual caveats apply here, in that these rankings are based on a 15-team, 5×5 mixed league format, with the typical 14-hitter (two catchers) roster requirements.

For in-season rankings, players with timetables for a return from injury or suspension are included. Thus, Noelvi Marte (he’s eligible to return June 27) has made his way up this list even though he hasn’t played a game for the Reds yet this season.

Tolerance for stashing players drops as the season unfolds, and absences scheduled to last more than four weeks are penalized more heavily now. Prospects with uncertain ETAs this season — James Wood, Coby Mayo, etc. — are still ranked considerably lower than they would be if they were called up tomorrow, since their arrivals might be timed for late August to ensure that they are still eligible for ROY awards next season.

As always, I’m happy to answer questions below, or on any of the Rates & Barrels podcasts in the days and weeks ahead.

Fantasy Baseball 2024: Top 300 Hitters

Rank	Player	Team	Pos
1	Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS
2	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	UT, P
3	Aaron Judge	NYY	OF
4	Juan Soto	NYY	OF
5	José Ramírez	CLE	3B
6	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	OF
7	Gunnar Henderson	BAL	3B, SS
8	Kyle Tucker	HOU	OF
9	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	OF
10	Elly De La Cruz	CIN	3B, SS
11	Bryce Harper	PHI	1B
12	Julio Rodríguez	SEA	OF
13	Corey Seager	TEX	SS
14	Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B
15	Rafael Devers	BOS	3B
16	Royce Lewis	MIN	3B
17	Matt Olson	ATL	1B
18	Pete Alonso	NYM	1B
19	Austin Riley	ATL	3B
20	Trea Turner	PHI	SS
21	CJ Abrams	WAS	SS
22	William Contreras	MLW	C
23	Corbin Carroll	ARZ	OF
24	Christian Yelich	MLW	OF
25	Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS
26	Marcus Semien	TEX	2B
27	Luis Robert Jr.	CWS	OF
28	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B
29	Adolis García	TEX	OF
30	Ketel Marte	ARZ	2B
31	Jose Altuve	HOU	2B
32	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	MIA	OF
33	Marcell Ozuna	ATL	UT
34	Teoscar Hernández	LAD	OF
35	Will Smith	LAD	C
36	Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B
37	Bo Bichette	TOR	SS
38	Adley Rutschman	BAL	C
39	Christian Walker	ARZ	1B
40	Willy Adames	MLW	SS
41	Jordan Westburg	BAL	2B, 3B
42	Anthony Volpe	NYY	SS
43	Salvador Perez	KC	C, 1B
44	Maikel Garcia	KC	3B
45	Cody Bellinger	CHC	1B, OF
46	Jarren Duran	BOS	OF
47	Andrés Giménez	CLE	2B
48	Ha-seong Kim	SD	2B, 3B, SS
49	Oneil Cruz	PIT	SS
50	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	OF
51	Riley Greene	DET	OF
52	Josh Naylor	CLE	1B
53	Bryan Reynolds	PIT	OF
54	Taylor Ward	LAA	OF
55	Isaac Paredes	TB	1B, 3B
56	Manny Machado	SD	3B
57	Paul Goldschmidt	STL	1B
58	Gleyber Torres	NYY	2B
59	Alex Bregman	HOU	3B
60	Seiya Suzuki	CHC	OF
61	Spencer Steer	CIN	1B, 3B, OF
62	Bryson Stott	PHI	2B, SS
63	Tyler O'Neill	BOS	OF
64	Nolan Jones	COL	OF
65	Mookie Betts	LAD	2B, SS, OF
66	Randy Arozarena	TB	OF
67	Rhys Hoskins	MLW	1B
68	Yainer Diaz	HOU	C
69	Willson Contreras	STL	C
70	George Springer	TOR	OF
71	Noelvi Marte	CIN	3B
72	Jackson Chourio	MLW	OF
73	Wyatt Langford	TEX	OF
74	Alec Bohm	PHI	1B, 3B
75	Ezequiel Tovar	COL	SS
76	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	ARZ	OF
77	Daulton Varsho	TOR	OF
78	Jeremy Peña	HOU	SS
79	Sean Murphy	ATL	C
80	Evan Carter	TEX	OF
81	Dansby Swanson	CHC	SS
82	Ryan McMahon	COL	2B, 3B
83	Anthony Santander	BAL	OF
84	Josh Jung	TEX	3B
85	Nick Castellanos	PHI	OF
86	Vinnie Pasquantino	KC	1B
87	Cal Raleigh	SEA	C
88	Starling Marte	NYM	OF
89	Jurickson Profar	SD	OF
90	Ryan Jeffers	MIN	C
91	Ryan Mountcastle	BAL	1B
92	Jake Cronenworth	SD	1B, 2B
93	Brice Turang	MLW	2B, SS
94	Luis Rengifo	LAA	2B, 3B, SS, OF
95	Steven Kwan	CLE	OF
96	Christopher Morel	CHC	3B, OF
97	Lane Thomas	WAS	OF
98	Josh Lowe	TB	OF
99	Masyn Winn	STL	SS
100	Jackson Merrill	SD	SS, OF
101	Yandy Díaz	TB	1B
102	Luis Arraez	SD	1B, 2B
103	Alex Verdugo	NYY	OF
104	Michael Harris II	ATL	OF
105	Max Muncy	LAD	3B
106	J.T. Realmuto	PHI	C
107	Mike Trout	LAA	OF
108	David Fry	CLE	C, 1B, OF
109	Logan O'Hoppe	LAA	C
110	Giancarlo Stanton	NYY	OF
111	Matt Chapman	SF	3B
112	Nolan Arenado	STL	3B
113	Nolan Gorman	STL	2B
114	Jeimer Candelario	CIN	1B, 3B
115	Carlos Correa	MIN	SS
116	Jorge Soler	SF	OF
117	Zach Neto	LAA	SS
118	Thairo Estrada	SF	2B, SS
119	Ian Happ	CHC	OF
120	Brandon Nimmo	NYM	OF
121	Colton Cowser	BAL	OF
122	Nico Hoerner	CHC	2B, SS
123	Jake Burger	MIA	3B
124	Masataka Yoshida	BOS	OF
125	Justin Turner	TOR	1B, 3B
126	Gabriel Moreno	ARZ	C
127	Tommy Pham	CHW	OF
128	Ke'Bryan Hayes	PIT	3B
129	TJ Friedl	CIN	OF
130	Zack Gelof	OAK	2B
131	Lars Nootbaar	STL	OF
132	David Hamilton	BOS	2B, SS
133	Joey Ortiz	MLW	2B, 3B
134	Brenton Doyle	COL	OF
135	Ceddanne Rafaela	BOS	2B, SS, OF
136	Jo Adell	LAA	OF
137	Bryan De La Cruz	MIA	OF
138	Tyler Stephenson	CIN	C
139	Cedric Mullins	BAL	OF
140	Mitch Garver	SEA	C
141	Byron Buxton	MIN	OF
142	Brent Rooker	OAK	OF
143	Jonah Heim	TEX	C
144	Shea Langeliers	OAK	C
145	Francisco Álvarez	NYM	C
146	Josh Bell	MIA	1B
147	Carlos Santana	MIN	1B
148	Luis García Jr.	WAS	2B
149	Connor Wong	BOS	C
150	Luis Campusano	SD	C
151	Jonathan India	CIN	2B
152	Max Kepler	MIN	OF
153	Nathaniel Lowe	TEX	1B
154	J.P. Crawford	SEA	SS
155	Jorge Polanco	SEA	2B
156	Patrick Bailey	SF	C
157	Andy Pages	LAD	OF
158	Wilyer Abreu	BOS	OF
159	Jake Meyers	HOU	OF
160	Brandon Marsh	PHI	OF
161	Michael Conforto	SF	OF
162	J.D. Martinez	NYM	UT
163	Eloy Jiménez	CWS	UT
164	Joc Pederson	ARZ	OF
165	Jesse Winker	WAS	OF
166	Ryan O'Hearn	BAL	1B, OF
167	José Caballero	SEA	2B, SS
168	Brendan Donovan	STL	2B, 3B, OF
169	Jake Fraley	CIN	OF
170	Ty France	SEA	1B
171	Spencer Torkelson	DET	1B
172	Edouard Julien	MIN	2B
173	Jack Suwinski	PIT	OF
174	Mitch Haniger	SEA	OF
175	Bo Naylor	CLE	C
176	Keibert Ruiz	WAS	C
177	Brandon Drury	LAA	1B, 2B
178	Richie Palacios	TB	2B, OF
179	Will Benson	CIN	OF
180	Trevor Larnach	MIN	OF
181	Jarred Kelenic	ATL	OF
182	MJ Melendez	KC	OF
183	Adam Duvall	ATL	OF
184	Colt Keith	DET	2B, 3B
185	Jordan Walker	STL	OF
186	Jorge Mateo	BAL	SS
187	Tommy Edman	STL	2B, SS, OF
188	Brandon Lowe	TB	2B
189	Edmundo Sosa	PHI	SS
190	Jasson Domínguez	NYY	OF
191	Junior Caminero	TB	3B
192	Triston Casas	BOS	1B
193	Elias Díaz	COL	C
194	Andrew McCutchen	PIT	UT
195	Brendan Rodgers	COL	2B
196	Andrew Vaughn	CWS	1B
197	Danny Jansen	TOR	C
198	Gavin Sheets	CWS	1B, OF
199	Michael Busch	CHC	1B, 3B
200	Nelson Velázquez	KC	OF
201	Jose Siri	TB	OF
202	Jacob Young	WAS	OF
203	Willi Castro	MIN	2B, SS, 3B, OF
204	Davis Schneider	TOR	2B, OF
205	Matt Vierling	DET	3B, OF
206	Heliot Ramos	SFG	OF
207	Alec Burleson	STL	OF
208	JJ Bleday	OAK	OF
209	Nick Gonzales	PIT	2B
210	Tyler Freeman	CLE	3B, OF
211	Sal Frelick	MLW	OF
212	Blake Perkins	MIL	OF
213	Mike Tauchman	CHC	OF
214	Leody Taveras	TEX	OF
215	Eugenio Suárez	ARZ	3B
216	Harrison Bader	NYM	OF
217	Mark Vientos	NYM	3B
218	Jose Miranda	MIN	3B
219	Dylan Moore	SEA	2B, SS, 3B, OF
220	Mike Yastrzemski	SF	OF
221	Connor Joe	PIT	1B, OF
222	Chas McCormick	HOU	OF
223	Austin Hays	BAL	OF
224	Gavin Lux	LAD	2B, OF
225	Amed Rosario	TB	2B, SS, 3B, OF
226	Esteury Ruiz	OAK	OF
227	Michael Massey	KC	2B
228	Oswaldo Cabrera	NYY	3B, OF
229	Luke Raley	SEA	1B, OF
230	Mark Canha	DET	1B, OF
231	Charlie Blackmon	COL	OF
232	Abraham Toro	OAK	2B, 3B
233	Travis d'Arnaud	ATL	C
234	Jesús Sánchez	MIA	OF
235	Orlando Arcia	ATL	SS
236	Wenceel Pérez	DET	OF
237	Joey Meneses	WAS	1B
238	Nick Senzel	WAS	3B, OF
239	LaMonte Wade Jr.	SF	1B, OF
240	Gabriel Arias	CLE	1B, 2B, SS, 3B, OF
241	Eddie Rosario	WAS	OF
242	Nolan Schanuel	LAA	1B
243	Jake Rogers	DET	C
244	Jeff McNeil	NYM	2B, OF
245	Austin Wells	NYY	C
246	Miguel Andujar	OAK	OF
247	Alek Thomas	ARZ	OF
248	Spencer Horwitz	TOR	1B, 2B
249	Alejandro Kirk	TOR	C
250	James Wood	WAS	OF
251	Jackson Holliday	BAL	2B, SS
252	Kyle Manzardo	CLE	1B
253	Jordan Lawlar	ARZ	SS
254	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	OF
255	Heston Kjerstad	BAL	UT
256	Coby Mayo	BAL	3B
257	Joey Loperfido	HOU	OF
258	Parker Meadows	DET	OF
259	Kerry Carpenter	DET	OF
260	Henry Davis	PIT	C, OF
261	Andrew Benintendi	CWS	OF
262	Elehuris Montero	COL	1B
263	Kris Bryant	COL	1B, OF
264	Iván Herrera	STL	C
265	Korey Lee	CWS	C
266	Daniel Schneemann	CLE	OF
267	Mauricio Dubón	HOU	2B, OF
268	Tyler Locklear	SEA	1B
269	Edward Olivares	PIT	OF
270	Tim Anderson	MIA	SS
271	Javier Báez	DET	SS
272	Gary Sánchez	MIL	C
273	Hunter Renfroe	KC	OF
274	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	TOR	2B, 3B, OF
275	Wilmer Flores	SF	1B, 3B
276	Dylan Carlson	STL	OF
277	Vaughn Grissom	BOS	2B, SS
278	Brayan Rocchio	CLE	SS
279	Addison Barger	TOR	OF
280	Geraldo Perdomo	ARZ	2B, SS
281	Jason Heyward	LAD	OF
282	Freddy Fermin	KC	C
283	Jared Triolo	PIT	2B, 3B
284	Miguel Amaya	CHC	C
285	Ryan Bliss	SEA	2B
286	Trent Grisham	NYY	OF
287	Josh Rojas	SEA	2B, 3B, OF
288	Dominic Fletcher	CWS	OF
289	Mickey Moniak	LAA	OF
290	Manuel Margot	MIN	OF
291	Connor Norby	BAL	2B
292	Justyn-Henry Malloy	DET	3B
293	Tyler Soderstrom	OAK	1B
294	Jake McCarthy	ARZ	OF
295	Jonathan Aranda	TB	UT
296	Lawrence Butler	OAK	OF
297	Otto Lopez	MIA	2B, SS
298	J.D. Davis	FA	1B, 3B
299	Stone Garrett	WAS	OF
300	Ben Rice	NYY	C

(Top photo of Bobby Witt Jr.: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports)

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