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2022 Keeper Value Rankings - Top 150 Overall for Fantasy Baseball

Shohei Ohtani - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, MLB Injury News

Keeper values and tiered rankings for dynasty baseball leagues. JB reveals his top 150 overall keeper values for 2022 fantasy baseball and explains his methodology.

In case you missed it, all preseason long I've been breaking down the top Keeper Values at each position. To get insight on any individual position, simply choose here: First BaseSecond Base, Third Base, Shortstop, Catcher, Outfield, Starting Pitcher, and Relief Pitchers. Now, for your convenience, here are the Top-150 Overall Keeper Values for 2022.

Keeper Value Rankings are intended for Keeper Leagues in which a fantasy owner must forfeit a designated draft pick in order to keep a player into the upcoming season. These rankings are based on Keeper "Values." In the marketing world, Value can be defined as "the extent to which a good or service (player) is perceived by its customer (fantasy owner) to meet his/her needs or wants."

The Keeper Values are derived from my Keeper Valuation Formula which accounts for age, player cost (ADP), remaining player pool, past performance, future projections, missed playing time, and even position scarcity.

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JB's Keeper Value System

The product is a quantitative depiction of a player's ability to meet/exceed fantasy owners' needs based on the cost they paid for the player in the previous season (2021 ADP) and will subsequently pay for in the current season's draft (2022). The higher the score, the higher the return the fantasy owner will receive from the player keeping him at their associated cost. Approaching Keeper selections with this "value" based attitude will greatly increase the effectiveness of a fantasy owner's draft in a Keeper League.

Whereas the main purpose of the Keeper Value Formula is for customization based on specific leagues and keeper costs, I create these yearly rankings with standard 12 team league data, 2021 ADP, and 23rd Round cost for UDFA just as a baseline to help managers get an idea of their options.

TIER SCORE DESCRIPTION
1 >100 Finders Keepers! These are the Elite Keeper Values. MUST BE KEPT at all costs.
2 75-99 Great Keeper values. Unless you have a full load of Tier 1 players, these guys need to be kept.
3 50-74 You are gaining good value with these players. The majority of good keeper options tend to fall into this category.
4 25-49 Minimal value. The value exists, but not as much as your opponents are likely receiving with their selections. Consider if your options are limited.
5 0-24 Break-even point. Keeping these players will likely hurt your overall draft, as you are not adding enough value. The idea is if you don't use a keeper selection here you can likely still draft that player in the vicinity of their 2021 cost.
6 <0 The associated costs make it impossible to return any value, these players will ruin your draft. Stay far away.

Feel free to reach out to me on Twitter @RowdyRotoJB to check out your specific league's values.

 

Fantasy Baseball Keeper Value Rankings

*Yes, I removed Fernando Tatis Jr. and Chris Sale. Typically you don't want to keep injured players, because you can obviously instead draft them later this season based on the post-injury ADP, therefore gaining a better keeper value for 2023.*

Overall
Rank
Keeper
Tier
Name Team Position 2021
ADP
Keeper
Score
1 1 Shohei Ohtani LAA SP, UT 16 109.3
2 1 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 1B 5 108.4
3 1 Cedric Mullins BAL OF 23 102.11
4 2 Tyler O'Neill STL OF 23 95.07
5 2 Trea Turner LAD 2B, SS 1 94.36
6 2 Bo Bichette TOR SS 2 92.17
7 2 Robbie Ray SEA SP 23 90.77
8 2 Freddy Peralta MIL SP 23 90.73
9 2 Corbin Burnes MIL SP 5 90.4
10 2 Austin Riley ATL 3B 18 90.24
11 2 Emmanuel Clase CLE RP 23 87.7
12 2 Wander Franco TBR SS 23 86.24
13 2 Julio Urias LAD SP 11 85.55
14 2 Logan Webb SFG SP 23 85.09
15 2 Zack Wheeler PHI SP 8 82.28
16 2 Yordan Alvarez HOU OF 7 80.99
17 2 Rafael Devers BOS 3B 4 80.67
18 2 Marcus Semien TEX 2B, SS 10 80.61
19 2 Bobby Witt Jr. KCR SS 23 80.48
20 2 Salvador Perez KCR C 8 80.14
21 2 Jazz Chisholm Jr. MIA 2B, SS 23 80.1
22 2 Teoscar Hernandez TOR OF 8 79.65
23 2 Jose Ramirez CLE 3B 1 78.33
24 2 Dylan Cease CWS SP 23 75.86
25 2 Sandy Alcantara MIA SP 11 75.2
26 3 Jonathan India CIN 2B 23 74.49
27 3 Bryan Reynolds PIT OF 23 74
28 3 Jorge Polanco MIN 2B, SS 20 73.8
29 3 Kyle Tucker HOU OF 3 73.76
30 3 Matt Olson OAK 1B 9 73.03
31 3 Alek Manoah TOR SP 23 71.44
32 3 Trevor Rogers MIA SP 23 71.3
33 3 Bryce Harper PHI OF 2 69.12
34 3 Juan Soto WAS OF 1 68.88
35 3 Jordan Romano TOR RP 23 66.57
36 3 Shane McClanahan TBR SP 23 62.29
37 3 Paul Goldschmidt STL 1B 9 61.92
38 3 Shane Baz TBR SP 23 60.59
39 3 Will Smith LAD C 10 60.25
40 3 Mitch Haniger SEA OF 21 60.21
41 3 Myles Straw CLE OF 23 58.65
42 3 Carlos Rodon FA SP 23 58.55
43 3 Ozzie Albies ATL 2B 3 57.78
44 3 Jared Walsh LAA 1B 20 56.84
45 3 Justin Verlander HOU SP 23 56.09
46 3 Starling Marte NYM OF 4 55.15
47 3 Kevin Gausman TOR SP 11 55.11
48 3 Giovanny Gallegos STL RP 21 55.03
49 3 Jesse Winker CIN OF 18 54.5
50 3 Willy Adames MIL SS 23 54.32
51 3 Ty France SEA 1B, 2B 23 53.72
52 3 Frankie Montas OAK SP 14 53.39
53 3 Liam Hendriks CWS RP 5 53
54 3 Max Scherzer NYM SP 3 50.73
55 3 Daulton Varsho ARI C, OF 16 50.42
56 4 William Smith ATL RP 17 49.8
57 4 Tyler Stephenson CIN C 23 49.92
58 4 Keibert Ruiz WAS C 23 48.95
59 4 Jake Cronenworth SDP 1B, 2B, SS 18 48.86
60 4 Josh Hader MIL RP 5 48.4
61 4 Luis Urias MIL 2B, 3B, SS 23 48.28
62 4 Aaron Judge NYY OF 5 47.98
63 4 Luis Garcia HOU SP 23 47.6
64 4 Mark Melancon ARI RP 23 47.56
65 4 Akil Baddoo DET OF 23 46.71
66 4 Ryan Mountcastle BAL 1B, OF 14 45.79
67 4 Chris Taylor LAD 2B, SS, OF 21 45.71
68 4 Whit Merrifield KCR 2B, OF 4 45.32
69 4 Tommy Edman STL 2B, OF 11 45.23
70 4 Byron Buxton MIN OF 9 44.73
71 4 Adley Rutschman BAL C 23 44.7
72 4 Kyle Schwarber FA OF 17 44.29
73 4 Camilo Doval SFG RP 23 43.79
74 4 Walker Buehler LAD SP 2 43.43
75 4 Adolis Garcia TEX OF 23 43.23
76 4 Raisel Iglesias LAA RP 7 43.05
77 4 Logan Gilbert SEA SP 23 41.31
78 4 Ranger Suarez PHI SP 23 40.65
79 4 Nathan Eovaldi BOS SP 19 40.64
80 4 Luis Severino NYY SP 23 40.56
81 4 C.J. Cron COL 1B 17 40.56
82 4 Amed Rosario CLE SS 23 40.4
83 4 Brandon Woodruff MIL SP 3 40.31
84 4 Hunter Renfroe MIL OF 23 40.03
85 4 Joe Musgrove SDP SP 10 39.64
86 4 Michael Kopech CWS SP 23 39.38
87 4 Joey Votto CIN 1B 23 38.79
88 4 Brendan Rodgers COL 2B, SS 23 38.66
89 4 Avisail Garcia MIA OF 23 38.36
90 4 Sean Manaea OAK SP 21 38.12
91 4 Nick Castellanos FA OF 7 37.66
92 4 Ryan McMahon COL 2B, 3B 21 37.49
93 4 Kris Bryant FA 3B, OF 11 37.23
94 4 Ryan Pressly HOU RP 9 34.96
95 4 Tim Anderson CWS SS 4 33.11
96 4 Scott Barlow KCR RP 23 32.19
97 4 Robbie Grossman DET OF 23 32.11
98 4 Carlos Correa FA SS 11 31.45
99 4 Jose Altuve HOU 2B 8 31.14
100 4 Chris Bassitt OAK SP 17 30.11
101 4 Mike Clevinger SDP SP 23 29.55
102 4 Eduardo Rodriguez DET SP 19 27.78
103 4 Giancarlo Stanton NYY OF 11 27.74
104 4 Eduardo Escobar NYM 2B, 3B 23 27.63
105 4 Jonathan Schoop DET 1B, 2B 23 27.46
106 4 Tarik Skubal DET SP 23 27.44
107 4 Yasmani Grandal CWS C 12 27.08
108 4 Blake Treinen LAD RP 23 27.03
109 4 Kenley Jansen FA RP 10 26.93
110 4 Tyler Mahle CIN SP 13 25.48
111 4 Joe Ryan MIN SP 23 25.3
112 4 Franmil Reyes CLE UT 13 25.14
113 5 Oneil Cruz PIT SS 23 24.04
114 5 Noah Syndergaard LAA SP 23 23.95
115 5 Tanner Houck BOS SP 23 23.83
116 5 Edwin Diaz NYM RP 7 23.41
117 5 Corey Knebel PHI RP 23 22.48
118 5 Gregory Soto DET RP 23 21.84
119 5 Javier Baez DET 2B, SS 6 21.69
120 5 Josh Bell WAS 1B 13 21.22
121 5 Max Fried ATL SP 7 20.85
122 5 Luis Robert CWS OF 3 20.76
123 5 Yuli Gurriel HOU 1B 23 19.82
124 5 Rhys Hoskins PHI 1B 14 18.93
125 5 Anthony DeSclafani SFG SP 23 18.62
126 5 Brandon Crawford SFG SS 23 18.46
127 5 Gerrit Cole NYY SP 1 18.33
128 5 Alex Kirilloff MIN 1B, OF 20 18.04
129 5 Jose Berrios TOR SP 7 17.859
130 5 Freddie Freeman ATL 1B 2 17.72
131 5 Pete Alonso NYM 1B 5 17.72
132 5 Adam Wainwright STL SP 23 17.62
133 5 David Bednar PIT RP 23 17.17
134 5 Charlie Morton ATL SP 10 17.01
135 5 Patrick Sandoval LAA SP 23 17
136 5 Randy Arozarena TBR OF 5 16.35
137 5 Willson Contreras CHC C 11 15.37
138 5 Andrew Benintendi KCR OF 19 15.16
139 5 Kolten Wong MIL 2B 20 14.54
140 5 Jeimer Candelario DET 3B 23 14
141 5 Manny Machado SDP 3B 2 13.95
142 5 Justin Turner LAD 3B 16 13.9
143 5 Framber Valdez HOU SP 14 13.62
144 5 Enrique Hernandez BOS 2B, OF 23 13.31
145 5 Jarred Kelenic SEA OF 15 13.3
146 5 Bobby Dalbec BOS 1B 23 13.23
147 5 Spencer Torkelson DET 1B 23 13.22
148 5 Adam Duvall ATL OF 23 12.94
149 5 J.D. Martinez BOS OF 8 12.77
150 5 Alex Wood SFG SP 23 11.09


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