Updated Fantasy Baseball Points Leagues Draft Rankings - Aaron Nola, Luis Castillo, Jack Flaherty, Justin Verlander and More

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And the hits keep on coming! As we deal with a variety of fantasy baseball news and injuries, below you'll find our updated 2022 fantasy baseball points league rankings. These fantasy baseball rankings are meant to reflect recent injuries and player news, and are geared towards points leagues and head-to-head (H2H) points league scoring formats.

It's critical to stay on top of the latest news and rankings as we head into the heart of draft season, and the last week before Opening Day. Bookmark our 24x7 feed of ongoing fantasy baseball news and injuries. And download our recently updated fantasy sports mobile app -- it's brand new, completely free, and brings you fantasy player news alerts. Our push notification alerts will keep you on top of all the most important news.

Below are updated rankings from April 1st, brought to you by RotoBaller's points leagues guru Nicklaus Gaut. Our general sentiment is that fantasy baseball points leagues and H2H points formats are way too underserved by other fantasy sites out there. On the contrary, we here at RotoBaller work very hard at bringing you in-depth points leagues articles, tools and analysis. All through the preseason and MLB season we are publishing fantasy baseball rankings, tools articles, sleepers, targets and avoids -- all geared towards fantasy baseball points and H2H points leagues.

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Fantasy Baseball Points Rankings - April 1st Update

These rankings are for points and head-to-head points leagues, updated on April 1st, 2022. You can also see our early 5x5 mixed league roto rankings.

Before we get to the H2H points rankings themselves, let's quickly review points leagues and how they are different than other formats. Typically, points leagues have different league settings and scoring formats than other fantasy baseball leagues. Different MLB stats and categories are assigned different point values, and those can vary by individual league settings. Those different point buckets are then added up over the course of a scoring period or season.

In many cases, hitters who walk more and strikeout less are preferred for points leagues. Also, many league formats tend to give more weight to pitchers than normal as they can easily accrue points through categories like Innings Pitched. These are the general frameworks that we use for our points league rankings below, and explain why they look different than more standard 5x5 roto fantasy baseball rankings.

Ranking	Tier	Player Name	Position
1	1	Juan Soto	OF
2	1	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1B
3	1	Gerrit Cole	SP
4	1	Jose Ramirez	3B
5	1	Shane Bieber	SP
6	1	Freddie Freeman	1B
7	2	Bryce Harper	OF
8	2	Rafael Devers	3B
9	2	Max Scherzer	SP
10	2	Matt Olson	1B
11	2	Trea Turner	2B/SS
12	2	Corbin Burnes	SP
13	2	Bo Bichette	SS
14	2	Mookie Betts	OF
15	2	Shohei Ohtani	DH/SP
16	2	Ronald Acuna Jr.	OF
17	2	Robbie Ray	SP
18	2	Walker Buehler	SP
19	3	Ozzie Albies	2B
20	3	Salvador Perez	C
21	3	Manny Machado	3B
22	3	Brandon Woodruff	SP
23	3	Paul Goldschmidt	1B
24	3	Pete Alonso	1B
25	3	Mike Trout	OF
26	3	Kyle Tucker	OF
27	3	Lucas Giolito	SP
28	3	Aaron Nola	SP
29	3	Sandy Alcantara	SP
30	3	Kevin Gausman	SP
31	3	Marcus Semien	2B/SS
32	3	Zack Wheeler	SP
33	3	Max Fried	SP
34	3	Will Smith	C
35	3	Yordan Alvarez	OF
36	4	J.T. Realmuto	C
37	4	Xander Bogaerts	SS
38	4	Jose Berrios	SP
39	4	Aaron Judge	OF
40	4	Julio Urias	SP
41	4	Nolan Arenado	3B
42	4	Charlie Morton	SP
43	4	Wander Franco	3B/SS
44	4	Trevor Story	SS
45	4	Alex Bregman	3B
46	4	Frankie Montas	SP
47	4	Josh Hader	RP
48	4	Freddy Peralta	SP
49	4	Jose Abreu	1B
50	4	Lance Lynn	SP
51	4	Francisco Lindor	SS
52	4	Bryan Reynolds	OF
53	4	Justin Verlander	SP
54	5	Dylan Cease	SP
55	5	Nick Castellanos	OF
56	5	Carlos Correa	SS
57	5	Yasmani Grandal	C/1B
58	5	Whit Merrifield	2B/OF
59	5	Joe Musgrove	SP
60	5	Luis Robert	OF
61	5	Rhys Hoskins	1B
62	5	Austin Riley	1B/3B
63	5	Liam Hendriks	RP
64	5	Cedric Mullins II	OF
65	5	Logan Webb	SP
66	5	Brandon Lowe	2B/OF
67	6	Starling Marte	OF
68	6	Nathan Eovaldi	SP
69	6	Josh Bell	1B/OF
70	6	Jose Altuve	2B
71	6	Max Muncy	1B/2B
72	6	Teoscar Hernandez	OF
73	6	Tyler O'Neill	OF
74	6	Ryan Pressly	RP
75	6	Raisel Iglesias	RP
76	6	George Springer	OF
77	6	Anthony Rendon	3B
78	6	Aroldis Chapman	RP
79	6	Jorge Polanco	2B/SS
80	7	Chris Bassitt	SP
81	7	Byron Buxton	OF
82	7	Sean Manaea	SP
83	7	Willson Contreras	C
84	7	Eduardo Rodriguez	SP
85	7	Framber Valdez	SP
86	7	Luis Castillo	SP
87	7	Kris Bryant	1B/3B/OF
88	7	Corey Seager	SS
89	7	J.D. Martinez	OF
90	7	Mitch Haniger	OF
91	7	Ranger Suarez	SP/RP
92	7	Jonathan India	2B
93	7	Dansby Swanson	SS
94	7	Joey Votto	1B
95	7	Bobby Witt Jr.	SS
96	7	Randy Arozarena	OF
97	7	Emmanuel Clase	RP
98	8	Trevor Rogers	SP
99	8	Ketel Marte	2B/OF
100	8	Yu Darvish	SP
101	8	Joey Gallo	OF
102	8	Alek Manoah	SP
103	8	Carlos Rodon	SP
104	8	Tim Anderson	SS
105	8	Christian Yelich	OF
106	8	Craig Kimbrel	RP
107	8	Tommy Edman	2B/OF
108	8	Jared Walsh	1B/OF
109	8	Tyler Stephenson	C/1B
110	8	Edwin Diaz	RP
111	8	Eloy Jimenez	OF
112	9	Tyler Mahle	SP
113	9	Daulton Varsho	C/OF
114	9	Jake Cronenworth	1B/2B/SS
115	9	Anthony Rizzo	1B
116	9	DJ LeMahieu	1B/2B/3B
117	9	Matt Chapman	3B
118	9	Luis Garcia	SP
119	9	Jordan Romano	RP
120	9	Trey Mancini	1B
121	9	Jordan Montgomery	SP
122	9	Javier Baez	2B/SS
123	9	Adam Wainwright	SP
124	9	C.J. Cron	1B
125	9	Kyle Schwarber	1B/OF
126	9	Justin Turner	3B
127	9	Marcell Ozuna	OF
128	9	Jeimer Candelario	3B
129	9	Josh Donaldson	3B
130	9	Michael Kopech	RP
131	9	Franmil Reyes	OF
132	9	Nathaniel Lowe	1B
133	9	Sonny Gray	SP
134	10	Jorge Soler	OF
135	10	Jack Flaherty	SP
136	10	Taylor Rogers	RP
137	10	Clayton Kershaw	SP
138	10	Jesse Winker	OF
139	10	Ke'Bryan Hayes	3B
140	10	Gleyber Torres	2B/SS
141	10	Tarik Skubal	SP
142	10	Michael Conforto	OF
143	10	Corey Knebel	RP
144	10	Nelson Cruz	DH
145	10	Giancarlo Stanton	OF
146	10	Marcus Stroman	SP
147	10	Brandon Nimmo	OF
148	10	Giovanny Gallegos	RP
149	10	Kenley Jansen	RP
150	10	Keibert Ruiz	C
151	10	Willy Adames	SS
152	10	Ty France	1B/2B/3B
153	11	Cody Bellinger	OF
154	11	Hyun Jin Ryu	SP
155	11	Seiya Suzuki	OF
156	11	Ryan Mountcastle	1B/OF
157	11	Austin Meadows	OF
158	11	Ryan McMahon	2B/3B
159	11	Charlie Blackmon	OF
160	11	Kike Hernandez	2B/OF
161	11	Yoan Moncada	3B
162	11	Jean Segura	2B
163	11	German Marquez	SP
164	11	Shane McClanahan	SP
165	11	Jon Gray	SP
166	11	Alex Verdugo	OF
167	11	Yuli Gurriel	1B
168	11	Gary Sanchez	C
169	11	Jacob deGrom	SP
170	11	Dylan Carlson	OF
171	11	Chris Taylor	2B/3B/SS/OF
172	11	Hunter Renfroe	OF
173	11	Robbie Grossman	OF
174	11	Scott Barlow	RP
175	11	Blake Snell	SP
176	11	Joe Ryan	SP
177	11	J.P. Crawford	SS
178	11	Ian Anderson	SP
179	11	Brandon Belt	1B
180	11	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SS/OF
181	11	Patrick Sandoval	SP
182	11	Lucas Sims	RP
183	11	Ian Happ	OF
184	11	Eduardo Escobar	1B/2B/3B
185	11	Steven Matz	SP
186	11	Mitch Garver	C
187	11	Brandon Crawford	SS
188	11	Eddie Rosario	OF
189	11	Luis Severino	SP
190	12	Amed Rosario	SS/OF
191	12	Alex Wood	SP
192	12	Adley Rutschman	C
193	12	Trent Grisham	OF
194	12	Bailey Ober	SP
195	12	John Means	SP
196	12	Zac Gallen	SP
197	12	Max Kepler	OF
198	12	Miguel Sano	1B
199	12	Matt Barnes	RP
200	12	Myles Straw	OF
201	12	Eugenio Suarez	3B/SS
202	12	Jonathan Schoop	1B/2B
203	12	Sean Murphy	C
204	12	Akil Baddoo	OF
205	12	Logan Gilbert	SP
206	12	Spencer Torkelson	1B
207	12	Luis Urias	2B/3B/SS
208	12	Adam Duvall	OF
209	12	Frank Schwindel	1B/OF
210	12	Mark Melancon	RP
211	12	David Bednar	RP
212	12	Cal Quantrill	SP/RP
213	12	Drew Rasmussen	SP/RP
214	12	Mike Clevinger	SP
215	13	Nestor Cortes Jr.	SP/RP
216	13	Anthony DeSclafani	SP
217	13	Yusei Kikuchi	SP
218	13	Bobby Dalbec	1B
219	13	Rowan Wick	RP
220	13	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	2B/SS
221	13	Andrew Benintendi	OF
222	13	Carlos Carrasco	SP
223	13	Alex Kirilloff	OF
224	13	Mark Canha	OF
225	13	Casey Mize	SP
226	13	Taijuan Walker	SP
227	13	Gregory Soto	RP
228	13	Garrett Whitlock	RP
229	13	Adalberto Mondesi	3B/SS
230	13	Marco Gonzales	SP
231	13	Andrew McCutchen	OF
232	13	Luke Voit	1B
233	13	Mike Yastrzemski	OF
234	13	Shane Baz	SP
235	13	James Kaprielian	SP
236	13	Jesus Aguilar	1B
237	13	Cesar Hernandez	2B
238	13	Danny Jansen	C
239	13	Brendan Rodgers	2B/SS
240	13	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	1B/OF
241	13	Andrew Heaney	SP
242	14	Avisail Garcia	OF
243	14	Aaron Civale	SP
244	14	Eric Hosmer	1B
245	14	Rowdy Tellez	1B
246	14	Nicky Lopez	SS
247	14	Carson Kelly	C
248	14	Omar Narvaez	C
249	14	Pablo Lopez	SP
250	14	Lance McCullers Jr.	SP
251	14	Tommy Pham	OF
252	14	Jake McGee	RP
253	14	Miguel Rojas	SS
254	14	Anthony Santander	OF
255	14	Triston McKenzie	SP
256	14	David Fletcher	2B/SS
257	14	Camilo Doval	RP
258	14	Kolten Wong	2B
259	14	Travis d'Arnaud	C
260	14	Yadier Molina	C
261	14	Zack Greinke	SP
262	14	Austin Hays	OF
263	14	Jameson Taillon	SP
264	14	Lou Trivino	RP
265	14	Cristian Javier	SP/RP
266	14	Tanner Houck	SP/RP
267	14	Carlos Santana	1B
268	14	Trevor Bauer	SP
269	14	Wil Myers	OF
270	14	Alex Cobb	SP
271	14	Luis Arraez	2B/3B/OF
272	15	Elias Diaz	C
273	15	Evan Longoria	3B
274	15	Jarred Kelenic	OF
275	15	Noah Syndergaard	SP
276	15	AJ Pollock	OF
277	15	Ramon Laureano	OF
278	15	Josiah Gray	SP
279	15	Jacob Stallings	C
280	15	Zach Thompson	SP
281	15	Michael Brantley	OF
282	15	Tanner Rainey	RP
283	15	Jose Urquidy	SP
284	15	Patrick Wisdom	1B/3B/OF
285	15	Aaron Ashby	RP
286	15	Dylan Floro	RP
287	15	Ken Giles	RP
288	15	Harrison Bader	OF
289	15	Huascar Ynoa	SP
290	15	Adolis Garcia	OF
291	15	Christian Vazquez	C
292	16	Kyle Hendricks	SP
293	16	Andrew Kittredge	RP
294	16	Patrick Corbin	SP
295	16	Chris Flexen	SP
296	16	Jeff McNeil	2B/OF
297	16	Kyle Gibson	SP
298	16	Mike Moustakas	1B/3B
299	16	Paul Sewald	RP
300	16	Mike Minor	SP
301	16	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	SS
302	16	Raimel Tapia	OF
303	16	Luis Patino	SP
304	16	Oneil Cruz	SS
305	16	Devin Williams	RP
306	16	Mike Zunino	C
307	16	Chris Sale	SP
308	16	Kyle Finnegan	RP
309	16	Dylan Bundy	SP
310	16	Josh Rojas	2B/3B/SS/OF
311	16	Nick Madrigal	2B
312	16	Zach Plesac	SP
313	16	Adam Frazier	2B/OF
314	16	Jesus Sanchez	OF
315	16	Cavan Biggio	3B/OF
316	16	Alejandro Kirk	C
317	16	Tyler Wells	RP
318	16	Nick Martinez	SP
319	16	James Karinchak	RP
320	17	Corey Kluber	SP
321	17	Stephen Strasburg	SP
322	17	Gavin Lux	2B/SS/OF
323	17	Michael Pineda	SP
324	17	Tyler Anderson	SP
325	17	Reiver Sanmartin	SP
326	17	James McCann	C
327	17	Elieser Hernandez	SP
328	17	Alec Bohm	3B
329	17	Christian Walker	1B
330	17	Daniel Hudson	RP
331	17	Nick Pivetta	SP
332	17	Austin Gomber	SP
333	17	Yandy Diaz	1B/3B
334	17	Max Stassi	C
335	17	Zach Eflin	SP
336	17	Cole Sulser	RP
337	17	Brian Anderson	3B
338	17	Randal Grichuk	OF
339	17	Chris Stratton	RP
340	17	Luke Weaver	SP
341	17	Jonathan Villar	2B/3B/SS
342	17	Chad Green	RP
343	17	Cody Morris	SP
344	17	Steven Kwan	OF
345	17	Aaron Hicks	OF
346	17	Carlos Hernandez	SP
347	17	Jose Quintana	SP
348	17	Blake Treinen	RP
349	17	Eric Haase	C/OF
350	17	Wade Miley	SP
351	17	Ben Gamel	OF
352	17	Jeremy Pena	SS
353	17	Tylor Megill	SP
354	17	Tommy La Stella	2B/3B
355	17	Gio Urshela	3B/SS
356	17	Roberto Perez	C
357	17	Joe Barlow	RP
358	17	Eric Lauer	SP
359	17	David Peralta	OF
360	17	Brady Singer	SP
361	17	Jesus Luzardo	SP
362	17	Paul DeJong	SS
363	18	Jonathan Loaisiga	RP
364	18	Seth Brown	1B
365	18	Andres Gimenez	2B/SS
366	18	Anthony Bender	RP
367	18	Manuel Margot	OF
368	18	Jo Adell	OF
369	18	Merrill Kelly	SP
370	18	Andrew Vaughn	1B/OF
371	18	Martin Maldonado	C
372	18	Brad Keller	SP
373	18	Miles Mikolas	SP
374	18	Jose Iglesias	2B/SS
375	18	Dane Dunning	SP
376	18	Tony Kemp	2B/OF
377	18	Madison Bumgarner	SP
378	18	Miguel Cabrera	1B
379	18	Nick Ahmed	SS
380	18	Adrian Houser	SP
381	18	Antonio Senzatela	SP
382	18	Kole Calhoun	OF
383	18	Dallas Keuchel	SP
384	18	Reid Detmers	SP
385	18	Drew Smyly	SP
386	18	Michael Fulmer	RP
387	18	Tyler Naquin	OF
388	18	Didi Gregorius	SS
389	18	Lorenzo Cain	OF
390	18	Kyle Freeland	SP
391	18	Jose Suarez	SP
392	18	Kyle Farmer	3B/SS
393	18	Ha-Seong Kim	2B/3B/SS
394	18	Jorge Alcala	RP
395	18	Kris Bubic	SP
396	19	Hunter Greene	SP
397	19	Austin Nola	C
398	19	Ji-Man Choi	1B
399	19	Diego Castillo	RP
400	19	JT Brubaker	SP
401	19	Garrett Cooper	1B/OF
402	19	Matt Manning	SP
403	19	Carter Kieboom	3B
404	19	Alex Reyes	RP
405	19	Domingo German	SP
406	19	Chris Paddack	SP
407	19	Dakota Hudson	SP
408	19	Robinson Cano	2B
409	19	LaMonte Wade Jr.	OF
410	19	Lane Thomas	OF
411	19	Pavin Smith	1B/OF
412	19	Alex Colome	RP
413	19	Jordan Lyles	SP
414	19	Willie Calhoun	OF
415	19	Ryan Yarbrough	SP/RP
416	19	Tony Gonsolin	SP
417	19	Tucker Barnhart	C
418	19	Joey Bart	C
419	19	Wilmer Flores	1B/2B/3B
420	19	Jorge Alfaro	C/OF
421	19	Julio Rodriguez	OF
422	19	Joc Pederson	OF
423	19	Bryan De La Cruz	OF
424	19	Carlos Estevez	RP
425	19	Drew Steckenrider	RP
426	19	Joey Wendle	2B/3B/SS
427	19	Nick Senzel	2B/OF
428	19	Aristides Aquino	OF
429	19	Bobby Bradley	1B
430	19	Yoshi Tsutsugo	1B/OF
431	19	Tyler Alexander	SP/RP
432	19	Rich Hill	SP
433	19	Colin Moran	1B
434	19	Yan Gomes	C
435	19	Jake Fraley	OF
436	19	Jurickson Profar	1B/2B/OF
437	19	Michael Lorenzen	RP
438	19	Adbert Alzolay	SP/RP
439	19	Kyle Lewis	OF
440	19	Chad Pinder	2B/OF
441	19	Abraham Toro	2B/3B
442	19	Hunter Dozier	1B/3B/OF
443	19	Cole Irvin	SP
444	19	Michael Wacha	SP
445	19	Josh Harrison	2B/3B/SS/OF
446	19	Erick Fedde	SP
447	19	Ramon Urias	2B/SS/3B
448	20	Art Warren	RP
449	20	Kevin Kiermaier	OF
450	20	Riley Greene	OF
451	20	Michael A. Taylor	OF
452	20	Elvis Andrus	SS
453	20	Kevin Newman	2B/SS
454	20	Pierce Johnson	RP
455	20	Sam Hilliard	OF
456	20	Vladimir Gutierrez	SP
457	20	Ian Kennedy	RP
458	20	A.J. Puk	RP
459	20	Mitch Keller	SP
460	20	Josh Staumont	RP
461	20	Nate Pearson	SP
462	20	Victor Robles	OF
463	20	Stephen Piscotty	OF
464	20	Rafael Ortega	OF
465	20	Juan Yepez	1B
466	20	Andrelton Simmons	SS
467	20	Roansy Contreras	SP
468	20	Justin Dunn	SP
469	20	Josh Naylor	1B/OF
470	20	MJ Melendez	C
471	20	Michael Chavis	1B/2B
472	20	Brad Miller	1B/2B/OF
473	20	Nick Lodolo	SP
474	20	Gavin Sheets	1B/OF
475	20	Alcides Escobar	2B/SS
476	20	Grayson Rodriguez	SP
477	20	Nick Solak	2B
478	20	Robert Suarez	RP
479	20	Vidal Brujan	2B
480	20	Jake Meyers	OF
481	20	Lewin Diaz	1B
482	20	Leury Garcia	2B/3B/SS/OF
483	20	Robert Stephenson	RP
484	20	Rougned Odor	2B/3B
485	20	Trevor Rosenthal	RP
486	20	Aledmys Diaz	1B/2B/3B/SS/OF
487	20	Luis Gil	SP
488	20	Clint Frazier	OF
489	20	Dominic Smith	1B/OF
490	20	Odubel Herrera	OF
491	20	Justin Upton	OF
492	20	Darin Ruf	1B/OF
493	20	Brandon Marsh	OF
494	20	Keston Hiura	1B
495	20	Connor Joe	1B/OF
496	20	Garrett Hampson	2B/OF
497	20	Jose Miranda	2B
498	20	Jose Alvarado	RP

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