Super Early Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings for 2026

Since it's already draft-and-hold and best ball season for 2026 and as of publishing there's no public ADP, I figured I'd get a quick, super-early top 300 up for everyone's perusal.

These are intended specifically for 2026 standard 5x5 rotisserie redraft leagues, with a slight lean to draft-and-hold and two-catcher formats, but they should be relevant to all formats. I isolated the relievers at the bottom, which should make the top 300 (just hitters and starting pitchers) even more applicable across scoring formats. REMEMBER THIS if you're drafting off these rankings: relievers are not included in the top 300. 

I've included the positions each player will qualify at next year (min. 20 games to qualify) and noted which players will be free agents — I made my best guess for players with team or player options in their contracts. 

The final 2025 update to Top 400 Prospect Rankings went live last week, and the final 2025 update to the dynasty rankings will be live Friday, Oct. 11. The MLB Roundtable ranking crew (Jeff Erickson, Clay Link, Todd Zola, Erik Halterman) will have a full Roundtable update in November, which I can't wait to check out. 

MULTI-POSITION PLAYERS

Eligible at four positions:

Jose Caballero (3B/SS/2B/OF)

Eligible at three positions:

Brooks Lee (3B/SS/2B)

Ernie Clement (3B/2B/SS)

Josh Smith (3B/SS/1B)

Zach McKinstry (3B/SS/OF)

Eligible at two positions:

Shohei Ohtani (UT/RHP)

Jazz Chisholm (3B/2B)

Ben Rice (C/1B)

Salvador Perez (C/1B)

Jose Altuve (OF/2B)

Tyler Soderstrom (OF/1B)

Ceddanne Rafaela (OF/2B

Addison Barger (OF/3B)

Xavier Edwards (SS/2B)

Noelvi Marte (OF/3B)

Lenyn Sosa (1B/2B)

Otto Lopez (SS/2B)

Carlos Correa (3B/SS)

Brett Baty (3B/2B)

Alec Burleson (OF/1B)

Miguel Vargas (3B/1B)

Colt Keith (3B/2B)

RELIEVER TIERS

I separated the relievers from everyone else because everyone attacks the position a little differently, so it's more relevant how I rank the relievers compared to each other than how I rank relievers compared to players at other positions.