Weekly Hitter Rankings: Top Fantasy Baseball Batters to Target

It's a favorable week to use a few Angels against a couple weaker pitching clubs.
Weekly Hitter Rankings: Top Fantasy Baseball Batters to Target
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The Astros, Angels, Twins, Rays, Guardians and White Sox all have seven games with the remaining 24 slated for six. Only the Rays play all seven at home while the Guardians and White Sox are road warriors all week.

The Angels line up for a rare productive period by facing the depleted Royals and Athletics rotations.

The righty-swinging contingent on the Astros and Marlins are earmarked to face four southpaw starters.

Please come back Monday morning for the individual player rankings.

Week of September 1 - 6

Individual Hitter Rankings

KEY

  • Points calculations are based on the NFBC Cutline scoring which is designed to mimic 5x5 scoring
  • Full is for Mon-Sun
  • 1H is Mon-Thurs
  • 2H is Fri-Sun
  • HR and SB are the projections for each
TMGMSvLHPvRHPHOMEAWAYHR LHBHR RHBSBP LHBP RHBRUNSAVE LHBAVE RHBTOTAL
ARZ624608381103104102105979696
ATL61533100101789793102939292
BAL6243311289112919479929091
BOS63333909410498106103949896
CHC624609899116103102108999999
CHW716079589969596101108108108
CIN6246013012670104101969998

The Astros, Angels, Twins, Rays, Guardians and White Sox all have seven games with the remaining 24 slated for six. Only the Rays play all seven at home while the Guardians and White Sox are road warriors all week.

The Angels line up for a rare productive period by facing the depleted Royals and Athletics rotations.

The righty-swinging contingent on the Astros and Marlins are earmarked to face four southpaw starters.

Please come back Monday morning for the individual player rankings.

Week of September 1 - 6

Individual Hitter Rankings

KEY

  • Points calculations are based on the NFBC Cutline scoring which is designed to mimic 5x5 scoring
  • Full is for Mon-Sun
  • 1H is Mon-Thurs
  • 2H is Fri-Sun
  • HR and SB are the projections for each
TMGMSvLHPvRHPHOMEAWAYHR LHBHR RHBSBP LHBP RHBRUNSAVE LHBAVE RHBTOTAL
ARZ624608381103104102105979696
ATL61533100101789793102939292
BAL6243311289112919479929091
BOS63333909410498106103949896
CHC624609899116103102108999999
CHW716079589969596101108108108
CIN624601301267010410196999898
CLE7340797100131999699112111111
COL6246011112794979984959796
DET6246084918310210199959595
HOU743431121071139799114116116116
KC6156086781011019895959393
LAA716341089694102104117116116116
LAD615061118410710010097959393
MIA642331041039410210299979697
MIL6153310394102103100104979595
MIN71643978484102104115115114114
NYM61506105109949999106959595
NYY61533110106941019996969595
ATH6240610599879899106949494
PHI615061039810510110196959494
PIT6156096838510310280959393
SD61533104110115107110105100102102
SF615069610996105104110979898
SEA6150610098120979693939393
STL6246082919010110196949595
TB7167097941129895115116114114
TEX606339891109959891939393
TOR62406122114110979694959494
WAS61533106107101101104100969898

Pitching Matchups

TeamMONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN
ARZCorbin LLatz LLeiter R May RGiolito RBello R
ATH@Gray R@Mikolas R@Liberatore L @Soriano R@Kikuchi L@Dana R
ATL@Rea R@Imanaga L@Horton R Gilbert RMiller RCastillo R
BAL@Cease R@Darvish R@Cortes L Snell LGlasnow RYamamoto R
BOSMessick LCecconi RAllen L @Rodriguez L@Pfaadt R@Nelson R
CHCStrider RWentz LQuantrill R Irvin RLord ROgasawara L
CHW@Ober R@Woods Richardson R@Matthews R@Bradley R@Flaherty R@Skubal L@Morton R
CINBassitt RBerrios RLauer L Tong RPeterson LSenga R
CLE@Bello R@Crochet L@Tolle L@Pepiot R@Seymour L@Baz R@Rasmussen R
COLWhisenhunt LWebb RRay L Pivetta RKing RCease R
DETManaea LMcLean RHolmes R Perez LCivale RMartin R
HOUKikuchi LFried LWarren RRodon L@Kelly R@deGrom R@Corbin L
KC Dana RAnderson LHendricks RRyan RLopez ROber R
LAA@Garcia R@Cameron L@Lorenzen R@Bergert RBarnett RGinn RMorales R
LAD @Burrows R@Ashcraft R@Skenes R@Kremer R@Rogers L@Sugano R
MIA@Ogasawara L@Cavalli R@Parker L Sanchez LLuzardo LWalker R
MILWalker R Nola RSuarez L@Oviedo R@Keller R@Burrows R
MINCivale RMartin RGomez RSmith R@Lugo R@Wacha R@Cameron L
NYM@Morton R@Mize R@Paddack R @Abbott L@Singer R@Greene R
NYY @Valdez L@Alexander R@Javier RBieber RGausman RScherzer R
PHI@Misiorowski R @Quintana L@Peralta R@Cabrera R@Alcantara R@Gusto R
PIT Sheehan RKershaw LOhtani RPriester RWoodruff RMisiorowski R
SDBradish RWells RPovich L @Brown R@Gordon R@Dollander R
SEA@Baz R@Rasmussen R@Houser R @Elder R@Sale L@Waldrep R
SF@Dollander R@Freeland L@Marquez R @McGreevy R@Pallante R@Gray R
STLMorales RSeverino RSprings L Seymour RVerlander RWhisenhunt L
TBCastillo RWoo RKirby RWilliams RBibee RMessick LCecconi R
TEX@Nelson R@Crismatt R@Gallen R Arrighetti RBrown RGarcia R
TOR@Greene R@Lodolo L@Littell R @Schlittler R@Gil R@Fried L
WSHGusto RMazur RPerez R @Assad R@Boyd L@Rea R

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Todd has been writing about fantasy baseball since 1997. He won NL Tout Wars and Mixed LABR in 2016 as well as a multi-time league winner in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship. Todd is now setting his sights even higher: The Rotowire Staff League. Lord Zola, as he's known in the industry, won the 2013 FSWA Fantasy Baseball Article of the Year award and was named the 2017 FSWA Fantasy Baseball Writer of the Year. Todd is a five-time FSWA awards finalist.
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