Nick Mariano's Updated Fantasy Baseball Rankings for 5x5 Roto Leagues - Trevor Story, Whit Merrifield, Julio Rodriguez, Joey Votto

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Fellow RotoBallers, we a little more than a month into the fantasy baseball season so it's time for a rankings check-in. Below you will find Nick Mariano's updated 2022 fantasy baseball rankings and tiers for 5x5 mixed roto leagues. These rankings are being released in early May, and are looking at rest-of-season fantasy baseball rankings and player values for the rest of this MLB season from this point going forward.

There have been plenty of exciting starts to the MLB season, mixed in with underwhelming performances as well. Which of these are we to take seriously, and which need to be taken with grain of salt? Is it time to elevate our expectations on certain players, and elevate touted prospects into a higher tier for fantasy baseball leagues? How much patience do we need to show for highly-touted players who have struggled out of the gate, especially veterans with proven track records? Hopefully the rankings below will give you some perspective on our thoughts on these topics, and help you assess the strength of your rosters going forward.

These rankings will be updated again every few weeks throughout the season, so some of these situations are very fluid. It's not panic time yet, and we may not be ready to elevate hot-starting players into the elite yet, but it's certainly a good checkpoint for the long fantasy season. As always be sure to stay on top of all of the MLB news with our running list of 24x7 fantasy baseball news and injuries. And if you don't yet have our free mobile app, be sure to download it and stay on top of all the MLB news and analysis with our free push notification alerts.

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Top 500 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - May Update

Nick Mariano's ranks are as of May 10th, 2022. They are for 5x5 category mixed roto leagues, and will be updated regularly on our main fantasy baseball rankings dashboard all season long. Be sure to read our daily fantasy baseball analysis articles as well.

Ranking	Tier	Player	Position
1	1	Ronald Acuna Jr.	OF
2	1	Trea Turner	2B/SS
3	1	Jose Ramirez	3B
4	1	Juan Soto	OF
5	2	Mike Trout	OF
6	2	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1B
7	2	Corbin Burnes	SP
8	2	Shohei Ohtani	DH/SP
9	2	Byron Buxton	OF
10	2	Bo Bichette	SS
11	2	Bryce Harper	OF
12	2	Max Scherzer	SP
13	2	Freddie Freeman	1B
14	2	Gerrit Cole	SP
15	2	Kyle Tucker	OF
16	2	Rafael Devers	3B
17	2	Luis Robert	OF
18	2	Manny Machado	3B
19	2	Ozzie Albies	2B
20	2	Walker Buehler	SP
21	2	Yordan Alvarez	OF
22	2	Brandon Woodruff	SP
23	2	Matt Olson	1B
24	2	Aaron Judge	OF
25	3	Tim Anderson	SS
26	3	Xander Bogaerts	SS
27	3	Mookie Betts	OF
28	3	Carlos Rodon	SP
29	3	Starling Marte	OF
30	3	Cedric Mullins II	OF
31	3	Francisco Lindor	SS
32	3	Paul Goldschmidt	1B
33	3	Wander Franco	3B/SS
34	3	Lucas Giolito	SP
35	3	Pete Alonso	1B
36	3	Josh Hader	RP
37	3	Julio Urias	SP
38	3	George Springer	OF
39	3	Austin Riley	1B/3B
40	3	Liam Hendriks	RP
41	3	Joe Musgrove	SP
42	3	Kevin Gausman	SP
43	3	Dylan Cease	SP
44	3	Shane Bieber	SP
45	3	Nick Castellanos	OF
46	3	Salvador Perez	C
47	4	Nolan Arenado	3B
48	4	Justin Verlander	SP
49	4	Zack Wheeler	SP
50	4	Shane McClanahan	SP
51	4	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SS/OF
52	4	Whit Merrifield	2B/OF
53	4	Trevor Story	SS
54	4	Teoscar Hernandez	OF
55	4	Tyler O'Neill	OF
56	4	Logan Webb	SP
57	4	Freddy Peralta	SP
58	4	Kris Bryant	1B/3B/OF
59	4	Alek Manoah	SP
60	4	J.D. Martinez	OF
61	4	Sandy Alcantara	SP
62	4	Jose Abreu	1B
63	4	Brandon Lowe	2B/OF
64	4	Max Fried	SP
65	4	Clayton Kershaw	SP
66	4	Raisel Iglesias	RP
67	4	Giancarlo Stanton	OF
68	4	C.J. Cron	1B
69	5	Corey Seager	SS
70	5	Javier Baez	2B/SS
71	5	Jose Altuve	2B
72	5	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	2B/SS
73	5	Alex Bregman	3B
74	5	Yu Darvish	SP
75	5	Craig Kimbrel	RP
76	5	Bobby Witt Jr.	SS
77	5	Edwin Diaz	RP
78	5	Ketel Marte	2B/OF
79	5	Seiya Suzuki	OF
80	5	Jorge Polanco	2B/SS
81	5	Robbie Ray	SP
82	5	Randy Arozarena	OF
83	5	Charlie Morton	SP
84	5	Anthony Rendon	3B
85	5	Bryan Reynolds	OF
86	5	Max Muncy	1B/2B
87	5	J.T. Realmuto	C
88	5	Frankie Montas	SP
89	5	Jordan Romano	RP
90	6	Anthony Rizzo	1B
91	6	Tommy Edman	2B/OF
92	6	Will Smith	C
93	6	Jonathan India	2B
94	6	Marcus Semien	2B/SS
95	6	Taylor Rogers	RP
96	6	Julio Rodriguez	OF
97	6	Kyle Schwarber	1B/OF
98	6	Aaron Nola	SP
99	6	Josh Bell	1B/OF
100	6	Willy Adames	SS
101	6	Nathan Eovaldi	SP
102	6	Emmanuel Clase	RP
103	6	Marcell Ozuna	OF
104	6	Chris Bassitt	SP
105	6	Aroldis Chapman	RP
106	6	Jose Berrios	SP
107	7	Ty France	1B/2B/3B
108	7	Kenley Jansen	RP
109	7	Carlos Correa	SS
110	7	Sean Manaea	SP
111	7	Logan Gilbert	SP
112	7	Pablo Lopez	SP
113	7	Christian Yelich	OF
114	7	Rhys Hoskins	1B
115	7	Ryan Pressly	RP
116	7	Jared Walsh	1B/OF
117	7	Cody Bellinger	OF
118	7	Nelson Cruz	DH
119	7	Nestor Cortes Jr.	SP/RP
120	7	Ryan Mountcastle	1B/OF
121	7	Franmil Reyes	OF
122	7	Alex Cobb	SP
123	8	Dansby Swanson	SS
124	8	Justin Turner	3B
125	8	Michael Kopech	RP
126	8	Kyle Wright	SP
127	8	Framber Valdez	SP
128	8	Jake Cronenworth	1B/2B/SS
129	8	Alex Verdugo	OF
130	8	Zac Gallen	SP
131	8	Trevor Rogers	SP
132	8	Luis Castillo	SP
133	8	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	1B/OF
134	8	Taylor Ward	OF
135	8	Luis Garcia	SP
136	8	Tylor Megill	SP
137	8	Jordan Montgomery	SP
138	8	Josh Donaldson	3B
139	8	Chris Taylor	2B/3B/SS/OF
140	8	Matt Chapman	3B
141	8	DJ LeMahieu	1B/2B/3B
142	8	Mike Clevinger	SP
143	8	Ke'Bryan Hayes	3B
144	8	Jesus Luzardo	SP
145	8	Daulton Varsho	C/OF
146	8	Yoan Moncada	3B
147	8	Adolis Garcia	OF
148	8	Giovanny Gallegos	RP
149	8	Carlos Carrasco	SP
150	8	Brandon Belt	1B
151	8	Joe Ryan	SP
152	8	Jeremy Pena	SS
153	8	Avisail Garcia	OF
154	9	Hunter Renfroe	OF
155	9	Joey Votto	1B
156	9	Joey Gallo	OF
157	9	Dylan Carlson	OF
158	9	Eduardo Rodriguez	SP
159	9	Tyler Mahle	SP
160	9	Randal Grichuk	OF
161	9	Jesse Winker	OF
162	9	Ryan McMahon	2B/3B
163	9	Myles Straw	OF
164	9	Jorge Soler	OF
165	9	Gavin Lux	2B/SS/OF
166	9	Willson Contreras	C
167	9	Patrick Sandoval	SP
168	9	Alex Wood	SP
169	9	Corey Knebel	RP
170	9	Andrew Kittredge	RP
171	9	Garrett Whitlock	RP
172	9	Noah Syndergaard	SP
173	9	Austin Meadows	OF
174	9	Adam Wainwright	SP
175	10	Sonny Gray	SP
176	10	Mark Melancon	RP
177	10	Ramon Laureano	OF
178	10	Tarik Skubal	SP
179	10	Michael Brantley	OF
180	10	MacKenzie Gore	SP
181	10	Tanner Houck	SP/RP
182	10	George Kirby	SP
183	10	Trey Mancini	1B
184	10	Nathaniel Lowe	1B
185	10	Ian Anderson	SP
186	10	Jose Urquidy	SP
187	10	Adam Duvall	OF
188	10	Spencer Torkelson	1B
189	10	Andrew Benintendi	OF
190	10	Yasmani Grandal	C/1B
191	10	Charlie Blackmon	OF
192	10	Triston McKenzie	SP
193	11	Austin Hays	OF
194	11	Luis Severino	SP
195	11	Gleyber Torres	2B/SS
196	11	Blake Snell	SP
197	11	J.P. Crawford	SS
198	11	Eric Lauer	SP
199	11	Robbie Grossman	OF
200	11	Connor Joe	1B/OF
201	11	Jarred Kelenic	OF
202	11	Jameson Taillon	SP
203	11	Camilo Doval	RP
204	11	Tommy Pham	OF
205	11	David Robertson	RP
206	11	Merrill Kelly	SP
207	11	Nick Lodolo	SP
208	11	Ian Happ	OF
209	11	Rowdy Tellez	1B
210	11	Hunter Greene	SP
211	11	AJ Pollock	OF
212	11	Eugenio Suarez	3B/SS
213	11	Tony Gonsolin	SP
214	11	Anthony Santander	OF
215	11	Jean Segura	2B
216	11	Andrew Vaughn	1B/OF
217	11	Luke Voit	1B
218	11	Kyle Hendricks	SP
219	11	Brandon Nimmo	OF
220	11	Jesus Sanchez	OF
221	11	Drew Rasmussen	SP/RP
222	11	Trent Grisham	OF
223	11	German Marquez	SP
224	11	Gregory Soto	RP
225	11	Eduardo Escobar	1B/2B/3B
226	11	Christian Walker	1B
227	11	Brendan Rodgers	2B/SS
228	11	Brandon Crawford	SS
229	11	Patrick Wisdom	1B/3B/OF
230	11	Kolten Wong	2B
231	12	Lance Lynn	SP
232	12	Steven Kwan	OF
233	12	Sean Murphy	C
234	12	Mitch Garver	C
235	12	Oneil Cruz	SS
236	12	Scott Barlow	RP
237	12	Yuli Gurriel	1B
238	12	Shane Baz	SP
239	12	Eloy Jimenez	OF
240	12	Jonathan Schoop	1B/2B
241	12	Ranger Suarez	SP/RP
242	12	Kyle Gibson	SP
243	12	Jeff McNeil	2B/OF
244	12	Kike Hernandez	2B/OF
245	12	Steven Matz	SP
246	12	Jeimer Candelario	3B
247	12	Reid Detmers	SP
248	12	Josiah Gray	SP
249	12	Bobby Dalbec	1B
250	12	Jesus Aguilar	1B
251	12	Bailey Ober	SP
252	12	Taijuan Walker	SP
253	12	Cal Quantrill	SP/RP
254	13	David Bednar	RP
255	13	Alek Thomas	OF
256	13	Mark Canha	OF
257	13	Mitch Haniger	OF
258	13	Aaron Civale	SP
259	13	Zach Eflin	SP
260	13	Marco Gonzales	SP
261	13	Mitch Keller	SP
262	13	Keibert Ruiz	C
263	13	Andrew McCutchen	OF
264	13	Cristian Javier	SP/RP
265	13	Brandon Marsh	OF
266	13	Tanner Rainey	RP
267	13	Zach Plesac	SP
268	13	Harrison Bader	OF
269	13	Daniel Bard	RP
270	13	Marcus Stroman	SP
271	13	Owen Miller	1B/2B
272	13	Alec Bohm	3B
273	13	Jacob deGrom	SP
274	13	Paul Blackburn	SP
275	13	Josh Naylor	1B/OF
276	13	Anthony Bender	RP
277	13	Lucas Sims	RP
278	13	Michael Lorenzen	RP
279	13	Yusei Kikuchi	SP
280	13	Aaron Ashby	RP
281	13	Mike Yastrzemski	OF
282	13	Andrew Heaney	SP
283	13	Spencer Strider	SP/RP
284	14	Miguel Sano	1B
285	14	Dylan Bundy	SP
286	14	Jurickson Profar	1B/2B/OF
287	14	Andres Munoz	RP
288	14	Devin Williams	RP
289	14	Jorge Lopez	SP/RP
290	14	Josh Staumont	RP
291	14	Joe Barlow	RP
292	14	Paul Sewald	RP
293	14	Michael King	SP
294	14	Ryan Helsley	RP
295	14	Gio Urshela	3B/SS
296	14	Jorge Mateo	SS/OF
297	14	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	SS
298	14	Andres Gimenez	2B/SS
299	14	Jake McGee	RP
300	14	Travis d'Arnaud	C
301	14	Elias Diaz	C
302	14	Luis Urias	2B/3B/SS
303	14	Michael Pineda	SP
304	14	Nick Madrigal	2B
305	14	Austin Gomber	SP
306	14	Stephen Strasburg	SP
307	14	Zack Greinke	SP
308	14	Miles Mikolas	SP
309	14	Casey Mize	SP
310	14	Tyler Anderson	SP
311	14	Jon Gray	SP
312	14	Max Kepler	OF
313	14	Clay Holmes	RP
314	14	Jack Flaherty	SP
315	14	Alex Kirilloff	OF
316	14	Thairo Estrada	SS
317	14	Joc Pederson	OF
318	14	Adam Frazier	2B/OF
319	14	Manuel Margot	OF
320	15	Jhoan Duran	SP
321	15	Dany Jimenez	RP
322	15	Josh Winder	SP
323	15	Raimel Tapia	OF
324	15	Anthony DeSclafani	SP
325	15	Josh Rojas	2B/3B/SS/OF
326	15	Corey Kluber	SP
327	15	Eddie Rosario	OF
328	15	Glenn Otto	SP
329	15	William Smith	RP
330	15	Amed Rosario	SS/OF
331	15	Dominic Smith	1B/OF
332	15	Jo Adell	OF
333	15	Nicky Lopez	SS
334	15	Hector Neris	RP
335	15	Tyler Naquin	OF
336	15	Cesar Hernandez	2B
337	15	David Peralta	OF
338	15	Luis Arraez	2B/3B/OF
339	15	Hunter Dozier	1B/3B/OF
340	15	Wil Myers	OF
341	15	Kendall Graveman	RP
342	15	Chad Pinder	2B/OF
343	15	Tony Kemp	2B/OF
344	16	Brad Keller	SP
345	16	Pavin Smith	1B/OF
346	16	Dylan Floro	RP
347	16	Chris Flexen	SP
348	16	Garrett Cooper	1B/OF
349	16	Nick Martinez	SP
350	16	Josh Lowe	OF
351	16	Royce Lewis	SS
352	16	Lane Thomas	OF
353	16	Jonathan Villar	2B/3B/SS
354	16	Elieser Hernandez	SP
355	16	Tyler Stephenson	C/1B
356	16	Willie Calhoun	OF
357	16	LaMonte Wade Jr.	OF
358	16	Victor Robles	OF
359	16	Nick Senzel	2B/OF
360	16	David Fletcher	2B/SS
361	16	Dakota Hudson	SP
362	16	Kyle Lewis	OF
363	16	Garrett Hampson	2B/OF
364	16	Cavan Biggio	3B/OF
365	16	Michael Wacha	SP
366	16	Ha-Seong Kim	2B/3B/SS
367	16	Oscar Mercado	OF
368	16	Austin Nola	C
369	16	Wilmer Flores	1B/2B/3B
370	16	Hansel Robles	RP
371	16	Alejandro Kirk	C
372	16	Chris Sale	SP
373	16	Sheldon Neuse	2B
374	16	Emilio Pagan	RP
375	16	Michael Fulmer	RP
376	16	Jake Diekman	RP
377	16	Adley Rutschman	C
378	16	Jose Miranda	2B
379	17	Grayson Rodriguez	SP
380	17	Rafael Ortega	OF
381	17	Gavin Sheets	1B/OF
382	17	Abraham Toro	2B/3B
383	17	Akil Baddoo	OF
384	17	Darin Ruf	1B/OF
385	17	Nick Gordon	2B/SS/OF
386	17	Nolan Gorman	3B
387	17	Rafael Montero	RP
388	17	Chad Green	RP
389	17	Triston Casas	1B
390	17	Lorenzo Cain	OF
391	17	Jonathan Loaisiga	RP
392	17	Hyun Jin Ryu	SP
393	17	Santiago Espinal	3B/SS
394	17	Matt Barnes	RP
395	17	Matt Brash	SP
396	17	Riley Greene	OF
397	17	Seth Beer	DH
398	17	Daniel Hudson	RP
399	17	Michael Chavis	1B/2B
400	17	Joey Wendle	2B/3B/SS
401	17	Odubel Herrera	OF
402	17	Drew Steckenrider	RP
403	17	Chris Stratton	RP
404	17	Eric Haase	C/OF
405	17	Vidal Brujan	2B
406	18	Ian Kennedy	RP
407	18	Maikel Franco	3B
408	18	Max Meyer	SP
409	18	C.J. Abrams	SS
410	18	Cooper Hummel	OF
411	18	Wil Crowe	SP
412	18	Gary Sanchez	C
413	18	Jeffrey Springs	RP
414	18	Keegan Thompson	SP
415	18	Ben Gamel	OF
416	18	Jarren Duran	OF
417	18	Josh Harrison	2B/3B/SS/OF
418	18	Lou Trivino	RP
419	18	Frank Schwindel	1B/OF
420	18	Diego Castillo	RP
421	18	Adam Cimber	RP
422	18	Keston Hiura	1B
423	18	Kole Calhoun	OF
424	18	Lance McCullers Jr.	SP
425	18	Aaron Bummer	RP
426	18	Art Warren	RP
427	18	Dillon Peters	SP
428	18	Travis Demeritte	OF
429	18	Mychal Givens	RP
430	18	J.P. Feyereisen	RP
431	18	Jason Adam	RP
432	18	Tyler Wade	2B/3B/SS/OF
433	18	Nico Hoerner	2B/SS
434	18	Chas McCormick	OF
435	18	J.D. Davis	3B
436	18	Austin Slater	OF
437	18	Ryan Tepera	RP
438	18	Seth Lugo	RP
439	18	Edwin Rios	1B/3B
440	18	Kyle Farmer	3B/SS
441	18	Tyrone Taylor	OF
442	18	Matt Strahm	RP
443	18	Nick Solak	2B
444	18	Steven Wilson	RP
445	18	Nick Pratto	1B
446	18	Erik Swanson	RP
447	19	A.J. Puk	RP
448	19	Aaron Loup	RP
449	19	Miguel Rojas	SS
450	19	Matt Wisler	RP
451	19	Brooks Raley	RP
452	19	Luis Patino	SP
453	19	Griffin Jax	RP/SP
454	19	A.J. Minter	RP
455	19	Drew Smith	RP
456	19	Stephen Piscotty	OF
457	19	Vinnie Pasquantino	1B
458	19	Ryan Thompson	RP
459	19	Jake Fraley	OF
460	19	Dylan Moore	2B/3B/OF
461	19	Wade Miley	SP
462	19	Steven Okert	RP
463	19	Trevor May	RP
464	19	Jose Siri	OF
465	19	Anthony Bass	RP
466	19	Tim Locastro	OF
467	19	Christian Vazquez	C
468	19	Zach Jackson	SP
469	19	Zach McKinstry	2B/3B/OF
470	20	Harold Ramirez	OF
471	20	Trevor Stephan	SP
472	20	Matt Bush	RP
473	20	Aledmys Diaz	1B/2B/3B/SS/OF
474	20	Nick Ahmed	SS
475	20	Rowan Wick	RP
476	20	Bradley Zimmer	OF
477	20	Trevor Gott	RP
478	20	Brad Boxberger	RP
479	20	Phil Bickford	RP
480	20	Miguel Castro	RP
481	20	Cole Sulser	RP
482	20	Brad Hand	RP
483	20	Ryne Stanek	RP
484	20	Paul DeJong	SS
485	20	Taylor Clarke	SP
486	20	Collin Snider	RP
487	20	Adam Ottavino	RP
488	20	Tanner Scott	RP
489	20	Domingo Acevedo	SP
490	20	Jackson Stephens	RP
491	20	Jose Ruiz	RP
492	20	Evan Phillips	SP
493	20	Jake Cousins	RP
494	20	Genesis Cabrera	RP
495	20	Sam Hentges	SP
496	20	Jalen Beeks	RP
497	20	Scott Effross	RP
498	20	Sam Moll	RP
499	20	Joey Krehbiel	SP
500	20	Blake Treinen	RP

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