As they say in conductor school, “Hey, let’s keep this train going!” Or, “Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’, is what we doing,” as they say in Snoop Dogg’s hooptie. Here’s the top 60 outfielders, which I bet you could’ve guessed from the title, unless you’re in that hooptie. The 2026 fantasy baseball rankings are there. Subscriptions are up and running — thanks, Rudy! — and you can already get Rudy’s Draft War Room. Anyway, here’s the top 60 outfielders for 2026 fantasy baseball:
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NOTE II: Free agents are marked as such and not yet projected. They are ranked for where they’re currently worth drafting.
RETURN TO THE TOP 40 OUTFIELDERS FOR 2026 FANTASY BASEBALL
41. Lawrence Butler – This tier started in the top 40 outfielders for 2026 fantasy baseball. I called this tier, “Let’s take a 17th, 18th, 19th, infinity look.” This tier ends at Frelick.
As for Butler, 22/18/.262 after 2024 season and he was a top 50 overall draft pick last year. Now, he’s coming off a 21/22/.234 season, but we’ve learned he can’t face lefties (4 HRs, .188, 39.8 K% with a .281 BABIP in 117 ABs). So, where does that leave us with Butler? I don’t know. In 2024, him vs. lefties: 5 HRs, .291 in 86 ABs with a .345 BABIP and 25.8 K%. That sounds a lot different than last year. He might’ve just fell into a slump vs. same-siders and never was able to right himself, so Kotsay benched him. He could come out of the gate hot, hit better vs. lefties and never get platooned, because the A’s don’t really have a guy that needs to play in front of him. You know I have a hankering for all Bing Bongers, and I’m convinced Butler at 25/18/.240 is possible and worth the squeeze this year, assuming you can get him this late. 2026 Projections: 71/23/66/.241/18 in 481 ABs
42. Jac Caglianone – Went over him in the 1st basemen rankings.
43. Daylen Lile – Already gave you my Daylen Lile sleeper. It was written while explaining nuclear fusion. 2026 Projections: 83/22/79/.287/25 in 549 ABs
44. Jakob Marsee – Last year he went 5/14/.292 in 209 ABs and seems to have put himself in pole position to be the Marlins’ leadoff hitter. I know what you’re thinking, and, no, the Marlins might not be that bad offensively. They were fourth best in MLB for K%, tied with the Brewers, and more middle of the pack in other stats vs. being a bad team like the Pirates, Rangers, White Sux or Gnats, for unstints. Marsee doesn’t look like a huge power bat; his five homers in a third of the games feels a bit misleading for who he is, but 20.5 K% and a nice hit tool with speed are legit traits. Kinda surprised at how much I liked Marsee the more I looked at him — more see Marsee, more like, I talk like caveman. 2026 Projections: 81/11/52/.281/27 in 523 ABs
45. Dylan Crews – Just looked at my list of sleepers again to see if I wrote a Dylan Crews sleeper post, and kinda shocked I didn’t. Take me out of the equation: Steamer has him down for 20/25/.243 if you give him 539 ABs, which is 138 games. No idea why they’re only giving him 138 games, but there ya go. Last year he went 10/17 in almost exactly a half a season. Does 20/34 appeal to you at all? It appeals to me! He hit .208 but that was with a 23.6 K% and .246 BABIP on 36.4 HardHit%. That seems incredibly unlucky, like he was hitting grounders into the hole, a squirrel was fielding it and tossing it to the shortstop who threw it onto first for the bang-bang out. The numbers that seem most indicative of him are what he did in a third of a year in Double-A in 2024. He had 49 fly balls that year with a 36% fly ball rate. He does that with a 13.5 HR/FB like he had last year, and he’s hitting 20 homers, and steals seem to be a case where he could steal 50 or 20. 20/50/.250 would be a pretty awesome year–again, why didn’t I write a sleeper post for him? 2026 Projections: 66/20/72/.246/27 in 556 ABs
46. Daulton Varsho – Already gave you my Daulton Varsho sleeper. It had it written all over its face. 2026 Projections: 79/29/71/.241/12 in 546 ABs
47. Steven Kwan – The most exciting name ever! Steven Kwan! ACKSUALLY, I was in Ohio this past offseason for a wedding, and I had a Steven Kwan shirt — that I forgot to bring! That’s okay, the Guardians forgot to take this down:
Feel like that’s the kinda thing you take down
— Razzball (@razzball.bsky.social) November 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I might be the only person in history with a Steven Kwan shirt, and I forgot to bring it. This really peeves me, can you tell? Any hoo! Kwan is a personal favorite of mine, but he’s a lot more of a guy like Ian Happ than, say, Varsho. Kwan was a top 40 outfielder last year (39th, but still), and does basically the same thing year after year. It’s not the most exciting line and it took infinity looks for me to appreciate it, but 10/20/.275 does have value at a 580+ AB clip. 2026 Projections: 86/14/52/.277/22 in 584 ABs
48. Jurickson Profar – He just went 14/9/.245 in a half a season, after coming off a PEDs suspension. [opens the door to let in Mr. Prorater before he bursts through my wall like the Kool Aid Man] “Thanks, I think I got a concussion last time I ran through your wall. Profar is a 28/18/.250 hitter in a full season. I will let myself out.” Thanks, Mr. Prorater. I don’t think he’s really going to be that good over a full season, but I also don’t fully buy into the “This guy was busted for PEDs so now he will suck.” Guys take PEDs to recover quicker from injury, not to hit 24 homers like he did in 2024. Profar makes solid contact and has a great eye, that makes sense at leadoff and has a little bit of pop and speed. He’s not going to win your league, but he has solid five category appeal. 2026 Projections: 86/20/68/.262/12 in 541 ABs
49. Trent Grisham – He’s one of those guys that will exceed this ranking by quite a lot if he can just repeat last year. So can he? Short answer is no. Long answer is noooooooooooooo. He’s a 15% HR/FB guy and he had a 21.5% last year. If he has a 15% HR/FB, he hits 24 homers, last year he had 34 homers. The equally crazy thing is his Statcast wasn’t awful. He hit the ball hard and took a ton of walks. I honestly might be the only person who is willing to draft Grisham, but 25/5/.230 has some value if it’s taking walks at a 14% rate and sitting in front of Judge. We all know Boone does not move players once he falls in love with them and the only time Grisham should likely be moved is when he’s facing lefties. This was a tough one for me, and I admittedly moved him all over the rankings before landing him here. At one point, he was about 20 ranks later. Everyone is going to expect Grisham to suck this year, but what if he doesn’t? That’s what I ended up landing on. 2026 Projections: 81/26/71/.232/5 in 471 ABs
50. Luis Robert Jr. – Here’s what I said this offseason, “Traded to the Mets. If anything can fix a sub-30 HardHit%, it’s not a trade to the Mets. Maybe a lighter bat? Maybe six months in the gym while only drinking Starbucks’ new protein coffee? Maybe smashing everyone else’s arms so everyone hits sub-30 HardHit%, and then your 29.9 HardHit% isn’t so bad? Odd thing is he hit the ball incredibly hard once last year (Max EV 115.8), and the theory is if a guy can hit the ball hard once, he can hit it hard a lot, but I’m reminded of Ian Desmond who hit one homer 486 feet, and was not a 50+ homer hitter. Good news is the Mets seem fine with a guy stealing a bunch of bases (see Soto). People are drafting Robert about fifty spots before this and to that I say, “Is your brain working?” Did you hit your head? It’s fine if you did. I hit my head every time I see Luis Robert Jr.’s ADP. Luis Robert Jr. has one good year in the six years he’s been in the league. Could he have another? Sure! And pigs could fly through your window and offer you their belly for bacon. Actually, the latter scenario feels more likely than Robert having another great year. The White Sux hated him so much they dangled the “we’ll trade you if you could just be good enough to excite another team” carrot for years, and it took the Mets to finally see Luis Rabbit Jr.” And that’s me quoting me! 2026 Projections: 59/15/64/.228/32 in 486 ABs
51. Sal Frelick – I’m the low man on Frelick from what I saw with his ADP. Not by a ton, but a bit lower. Actually wrote a sleeper post for him two years ago, and he finally made good on that promise last year (12/19/.288), but he looks a lot more like a 7-10 homer/17-20 steal/.270 hitter and that should be ranked down here, not higher. He’s not that dramatically different from Kwan, which is why I ranked him in this tier, but Frelick’s 12 homers last year appears to be on high end of his capability. This is a bit splitting hairs. Call him Sal Cowlick. 2026 Projections: 67/8/61/.272/18 in 539 ABs
52. Mike Trout – This is a new tier. This tier goes from here until Laureano. I call this tier, “You know a thing or two about a thing or two.” These players are not going to surprise you, unless, say, Mike Trout is hiding in the hallway closet with your cat and about to jump out when you reach for your jacket, which is unfortunate timing because there’s an actual murderer under your bed hiding, but now you’d never think of checking because of this fake jump scare from Trout. Ugh, and now he’s hurt his back jumping out of the closet to scare you. Trout, get out of my closet!
As for Trout, let me check my notes on him…[attempts to put on a monocle, but it’s a half dollar coin and I can’t see anything]…He plays baseball, I believe. Okay, so Mike Trout is no longer The Guy. He’s now a 25-homer, .230 hitter with only a chance to be worse, if being frank. Hey, what’s up, I’m Frank. I say only a chance to be worse, because he’s 25-homer hitter if he plays 130 games, and what’s the chances he plays more games? Okay, what’s the chance he plays less? I’m touching my nose to signify “sounds like less.” 2026 Projections: 63/24/66/.231/2 in 404 ABs
53. Bryan Reynolds – Here’s my favorite player of all-time. I love how he goes 20/4/.250. It is so lovingly normcore to have someone who doesn’t try to blow you away with great stats. Stop showing off, Ohtani! Be more like Bryan Reynolds, would you please! Be in a perfectly mediocre lineup and stop flexing your power, speed and whatever you call those other stats you excel at! Be like Bryan Reynolds is good advice for a lot of you. Be perfectly fine being normal. 2026 Projections: 72/20/74/.249/6 in 586 ABs
54. Anthony Santander – Last year, he had a post-contract year that we people in the industry call, a Rendon. All Santander needs to do now is to attack a fan in an opposing team’s jersey for calling him a bum, then go to Arte Moreno’s house with his bank card and say, “Oops, I thought this was the ATM.” Careful though, it’s dangerous to go full Rendon. Hopefully Santander doesn’t get pulled into the Rendon-cycle-of-being-garbage and emerges this year back to the 30/.240 hitter he was prior. 2026 Projections: 64/25/71/.231/1 in 461 ABs
55. Kerry Carpenter – One of the most underrated funny things is how Kerry Carpenter is a solid outfielder vs. righties and basically unusable vs. lefties, but because he’s so awful vs. lefties everyone is like, “He’s Barry Bonds vs. righties.” No, he’s not. He has 63 career homers vs. righties. Is it in 162 games? No, it’s in 356 games. If you can platoon Kerry in shallower mixed leagues, he’s a bit more worthwhile than he would be in a weekly fantasy league where you have to play him vs. everyone. 2026 Projections: 61/25/64/.261/1 in 441 ABs
56. Heliot Ramos – I must confess I didn’t expect the most predictable player in all of baseball — a guy who had less than 1% margin of difference between his 2024 and 2025 — to be Heliot Ramos, but he went 22/6 then 21/6. Bro, I just set my watch to you! Luckily, I have a watch with a homers and steals hand. 2026 Projections: 71/22/74/.255/6 in 541 ABs
57. Ramon Laureano – This tier is the 22-25 homer, handful of steals, thumbs up emoji that is beginning to cry its cheeks are creased so severely as it pretends to be excited for these draft picks. Not saying these guys can’t be useful, but no one, not even their own families, are excited about drafting any of them. 2026 Projections: 73/22/68/.252/6 in 488 ABs
58. Adolis Garcia – This is a new tier. This tier goes from here until the top 80 outfielders for 2026 fantasy baseball. I call this tier, “Absence makes the heart grow flounder.” This tier is filled with players who have upside, I suppose, but I’m also lower on them, so if I don’t get them, I’m fine missing out since I don’t even know what that ‘absence makes the heart grow’ quote is. Flounder? Is it flounder? Flander? Ned Flanders?
As for Adolis, here’s what I said this offseason, “Signed with the Phillies. Somewhere, Nick Castellanos homered to deep left for his playing time. The easier park to homer in could be a boon for Adolis’s fading fantasy value. He still had a 92.1 MPH exit velocity (solid) and 46.7 HardHit%. His fly balls are kinda out of control and he might be in a batted ball profile situation where he can’t hit for a higher average than .240, but it wouldn’t shock me if he came back to fantasy relevance in Philly. He could also continue to get banged up, age out of his power and be a 17-homer, .210 hitter.” And that’s me quoting me! 2026 Projections: 61/22/74/.231/10 in 514 ABs
59. Addison Barger – Went over him in the 3rd basemen rankings.
60. Brenton Doyle – His 2nd half (8/9/.282; 25.1 K%, 38.8% Hard Hit) gives me some light optimism. That goes like this, “Ooh, he was good in the 2nd half.” Two seconds later, “What if he’s awful again in the 1st half this year?” Then again, I think, “What if he does his 2nd half again in the 1st and 2nd half? Then he’s a 20/20/.280 hitter? That’s not bad, but it’s not enough to get this worked up over. Is it? Ugh! I’m wracking my brains over here for a rich man’s Lawrence Butler? Call him Butler’s Butler. Haha, that’s good. I should write that down. Wait, I am writing this down? And thinking it?! What on earth?!” 2026 Projections: 61/17/64/.249/20 in 517 ABs
