Updated 2023 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Points Leagues

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Welcome back to more fantasy baseball rankings! The MLB season is creeping up on us, and we're back today with some updated 2023 fantasy baseball points league rankings for points leagues and head-to-head (H2H) points leagues. In general, points leagues and H2H points formats are extremely underserved by the fantasy baseball community and fantasy baseball outlets. But in case you weren't aware, here at RotoBaller we really take pride in and specialize in points leagues. All through the preseason and MLB season, we'll be publishing rankings, tools and analysis articles all geared for fantasy baseball points and H2H points leagues.

In this article below, we will be taking a look at our early overall rankings list put together by RotoBaller's lead fantasy baseball points analyst Nicklaus Gaut. Below you'll see his early fantasy baseball ranks for 2023, which will of course be updated regularly through opening day in our main 2023 fantasy baseball rankings dashboard. Be sure to bookmark that page, and to download our free fantasy baseball mobile app so you can stay on top of all the MLB news and analysis articles.

Our team here at RotoBaller HQ has been hard at work all off-season putting together our 2023 Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit, along with all sorts of fantasy baseball rankings for different formats. We're also writing fresh daily articles analyzing this year's fantasy baseball sleepers, breakouts, and so much more. 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.

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Top 500 Fantasy Baseball Points Rankings

These rankings are for points and head-to-head points leagues. You can also see our early roto fantasy baseball rankings.

Before we get to the 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	Aaron Judge	OF
2	1	Jose Ramirez	3B
3	1	Gerrit Cole	SP
4	1	Trea Turner	SS
5	1	Juan Soto	OF
6	1	Shohei Ohtani	DH/SP
7	1	Kyle Tucker	OF
8	1	Freddie Freeman	1B
9	2	Corbin Burnes	SP
10	2	Manny Machado	3B
11	2	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1B
12	2	Mookie Betts	OF
13	2	Ronald Acuna Jr.	OF
14	2	Yordan Alvarez	OF
15	2	Pete Alonso	1B
16	2	Rafael Devers	3B
17	2	Bo Bichette	SS
18	2	Mike Trout	OF
19	3	Aaron Nola	SP
20	3	Paul Goldschmidt	1B
21	3	Julio Rodriguez	OF
22	3	Nolan Arenado	3B
23	3	Austin Riley	3B
24	3	Shane Bieber	SP
25	3	Matt Olson	1B
26	3	Spencer Strider	SP
27	3	Marcus Semien	2B/SS
28	3	Luis Castillo	SP
29	3	Bobby Witt Jr.	3B/SS
30	3	J.T. Realmuto	C
31	3	Sandy Alcantara	SP
32	3	Corey Seager	SS
33	3	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SS/OF
34	3	Daulton Varsho	C/OF
35	3	Kyle Schwarber	OF
36	4	Will Smith	C
37	4	Alex Bregman	3B
38	4	Max Scherzer	SP
39	4	Kevin Gausman	SP
40	4	Dylan Cease	SP
41	4	Francisco Lindor	SS
42	4	Brandon Woodruff	SP
43	4	Shane McClanahan	SP
44	4	Justin Verlander	SP
45	4	Adley Rutschman	C
46	4	Cristian Javier	SP/RP
47	4	Framber Valdez	SP
48	4	Alek Manoah	SP
49	4	Zack Wheeler	SP
50	4	Robbie Ray	SP
51	4	Max Fried	SP
52	4	Salvador Perez	C
53	4	Yu Darvish	SP
54	5	Bryan Reynolds	OF
55	5	Xander Bogaerts	SS
56	5	Wander Franco	SS
57	5	George Springer	OF
58	5	Ozzie Albies	2B
59	5	Cedric Mullins II	OF
60	5	Dansby Swanson	SS
61	5	Julio Urias	SP
62	5	Willson Contreras	C
63	5	Willy Adames	SS
64	5	Vinnie Pasquantino	1B
65	5	Randy Arozarena	OF
66	5	Sean Murphy	C
67	6	Michael Harris II	OF
68	6	Zac Gallen	SP
69	6	MJ Melendez	C/OF
70	6	Jacob deGrom	SP
71	6	Carlos Correa	SS
72	6	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	2B
73	6	Triston McKenzie	SP
74	6	Logan Webb	SP
75	6	Oneil Cruz	SS
76	6	Teoscar Hernandez	OF
77	6	Alejandro Kirk	C
78	6	Max Muncy	2B/3B
79	6	Luis Robert	OF
80	7	Emmanuel Clase	RP
81	7	Tommy Edman	2B/SS
82	7	Eloy Jimenez	OF
83	7	Tim Anderson	SS
84	7	Jose Abreu	1B
85	7	Matt Chapman	3B
86	7	Christian Walker	1B
87	7	Hunter Greene	SP
88	7	Adolis Garcia	OF
89	7	Taylor Ward	OF
90	7	Charlie Morton	SP
91	7	Lucas Giolito	SP
92	7	Tyler O'Neill	OF
93	7	Jorge Polanco	2B
94	7	Anthony Santander	OF
95	7	Carlos Rodon	SP
96	7	Andres Gimenez	2B/SS
97	7	Kyle Wright	SP
98	8	Amed Rosario	SS/OF
99	8	Josh Hader	RP
100	8	Steven Kwan	OF
101	8	Tyler Stephenson	C
102	8	Gleyber Torres	2B
103	8	Gunnar Henderson	3B/SS
104	8	Christian Yelich	OF
105	8	Jake Cronenworth	1B/2B/SS
106	8	Chris Bassitt	SP
107	8	Nathaniel Lowe	1B
108	8	Joe Ryan	SP
109	8	Jordan Romano	RP
110	8	Brady Singer	SP
111	8	Yandy Diaz	1B/3B
112	9	Nick Castellanos	OF
113	9	Josh Bell	1B
114	9	Starling Marte	OF
115	9	Ketel Marte	2B
116	9	Jordan Montgomery	SP
117	9	Pablo Lopez	SP
118	9	Brandon Nimmo	OF
119	9	Logan Gilbert	SP
120	9	Brandon Lowe	2B
121	9	Nick Lodolo	SP
122	9	Lance Lynn	SP
123	9	George Kirby	SP
124	9	Kris Bryant	OF
125	9	Byron Buxton	OF
126	9	Ian Happ	OF
127	9	Nestor Cortes Jr.	SP/RP
128	9	C.J. Cron	1B
129	9	Luis Severino	SP
130	9	William Contreras	C
131	9	Luis Garcia (SP)	SP
132	9	Devin Williams	RP
133	9	Nico Hoerner	SS
134	10	Anthony Rizzo	1B
135	10	Blake Snell	SP
136	10	Corbin Carroll	OF
137	10	Jeremy Pena	SS
138	10	Jake McCarthy	OF
139	10	Rowdy Tellez	1B
140	10	Eugenio Suarez	3B
141	10	Freddy Peralta	SP
142	10	Javier Baez	SS
143	10	Alex Verdugo	OF
144	10	Andrew Vaughn	1B/OF
145	10	Jeff McNeil	2B/OF
146	10	Ryan Helsley	RP
147	10	Joe Musgrove	SP
148	10	Miles Mikolas	SP
149	10	Hunter Renfroe	OF
150	10	Merrill Kelly	SP
151	10	Alec Bohm	1B/3B
152	10	Ryan Mountcastle	1B
153	11	J.D. Martinez	DH
154	11	Luis Arraez	1B/2B
155	11	Ty France	1B/3B
156	11	Ryan Pressly	RP
157	11	Cal Raleigh	C
158	11	Reid Detmers	SP
159	11	Ryan McMahon	2B/3B
160	11	Jose Berrios	SP
161	11	Drew Rasmussen	SP
162	11	Jose Miranda	1B/3B
163	11	Ke'Bryan Hayes	3B
164	11	Patrick Sandoval	SP
165	11	Jonathan India	2B
166	11	Kodai Senga	SP
167	11	Felix Bautista	RP
168	11	Seiya Suzuki	OF
169	11	Alex Cobb	SP
170	11	Giancarlo Stanton	OF
171	11	Jon Gray	SP
172	11	Chris Sale	SP
173	11	Jeffrey Springs	SP/RP
174	11	Josh Naylor	1B/OF
175	11	Thairo Estrada	2B/SS/OF
176	11	Mitch Haniger	OF
177	11	Keibert Ruiz	C
178	11	Camilo Doval	RP
179	11	Masataka Yoshida	OF
180	11	Tyler Mahle	SP
181	11	Anthony Rendon	3B
182	11	Tony Gonsolin	SP
183	11	Tyler Anderson	SP
184	11	Ranger Suarez	SP
185	11	Joey Meneses	1B/OF
186	11	Jesus Luzardo	SP
187	11	Miguel Vargas	OF
188	11	Marcus Stroman	SP
189	11	Kenley Jansen	RP
190	12	David Bednar	RP
191	12	Danny Jansen	C
192	12	David Robertson	RP
193	12	Nathan Eovaldi	SP
194	12	Clayton Kershaw	SP
195	12	Luis Urias	2B/3B/SS
196	12	Martin Perez	SP
197	12	Andrew Heaney	SP
198	12	Bryce Harper	OF
199	12	Clay Holmes	RP
200	12	Raisel Iglesias	RP
201	12	Lars Nootbaar	OF
202	12	Jean Segura	2B
203	12	Whit Merrifield	2B/OF
204	12	Andrew Benintendi	OF
205	12	Ezequiel Tovar	SS
206	12	Jameson Taillon	SP
207	12	Yoan Moncada	3B
208	12	Jose Altuve	2B
209	12	Harrison Bader	OF
210	12	Sonny Gray	SP
211	12	Justin Turner	3B
212	12	Eric Lauer	SP
213	12	Jose Urquidy	SP
214	12	Vaughn Grissom	2B
215	13	Hunter Brown	RP
216	13	Riley Greene	OF
217	13	Alexis Diaz	RP
218	13	Carlos Carrasco	SP
219	13	Joc Pederson	OF
220	13	Austin Hays	OF
221	13	Sean Manaea	SP
222	13	Spencer Torkelson	1B
223	13	Mike Yastrzemski	OF
224	13	Dustin May	SP
225	13	Scott Barlow	RP
226	13	Kolten Wong	2B
227	13	Travis d'Arnaud	C
228	13	Pete Fairbanks	RP
229	13	Eduardo Rodriguez	SP
230	13	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	OF
231	13	Jonah Heim	C
232	13	Seth Brown	1B/OF
233	13	Daniel Bard	RP
234	13	Ramon Laureano	OF
235	13	Brandon Drury	1B/2B/3B
236	13	Bryan De La Cruz	OF
237	13	Garrett Whitlock	SP/RP
238	13	Justin Steele	SP
239	13	Taijuan Walker	SP
240	13	Brendan Donovan	1B/2B/3B/SS/OF
241	13	Chris Taylor	2B/OF
242	14	Jeimer Candelario	3B
243	14	Zach Eflin	SP/RP
244	14	Josh Jung	3B
245	14	Tyler Glasnow	SP
246	14	Oscar Gonzalez	OF
247	14	Bryson Stott	2B/SS
248	14	Paul Sewald	RP
249	14	Cody Bellinger	OF
250	14	Andrew McCutchen	OF
251	14	Alex Lange	RP
252	14	Manuel Margot	OF
253	14	Randal Grichuk	OF
254	14	Lance McCullers Jr.	SP
255	14	Roansy Contreras	SP
256	14	Michael Conforto	OF
257	14	Andres Munoz	RP
258	14	Ha-Seong Kim	3B/SS
259	14	Josiah Gray	SP
260	14	Yasmani Grandal	C
261	14	Adam Wainwright	SP
262	14	JT Brubaker	SP
263	14	DJ LeMahieu	1B/2B/3B
264	14	Jack Flaherty	SP
265	14	Charlie Blackmon	OF
266	14	Triston Casas	1B
267	14	Grayson Rodriguez	SP
268	14	Wil Myers	1B/OF
269	14	J.P. Crawford	SS
270	14	Luis Garcia (2B)	2B/SS
271	14	Corey Kluber	SP
272	15	Jhoan Duran	RP
273	15	Kike Hernandez	2B/SS/OF
274	15	Jesse Winker	OF
275	15	CJ Abrams	2B/SS
276	15	Jordan Walker	3B
277	15	Cal Quantrill	SP
278	15	Mark Canha	OF
279	15	Max Kepler	OF
280	15	Trevor Rogers	SP
281	15	Eduardo Escobar	3B
282	15	Ken Waldichuk	SP
283	15	Jorge Soler	OF
284	15	Austin Meadows	OF
285	15	Aaron Civale	SP
286	15	Alex Wood	SP
287	15	Trent Grisham	OF
288	15	Michael Kopech	SP
289	15	Josh Rojas	2B/3B
290	15	Elias Diaz	C
291	15	Mitch Keller	SP
292	16	Jake Fraley	OF
293	16	Jared Walsh	1B
294	16	Joey Votto	1B
295	16	Kyle Gibson	SP
296	16	Brandon Crawford	SS
297	16	Christian Vazquez	C/1B
298	16	Ross Stripling	SP/RP
299	16	Ji-Man Choi	1B
300	16	Michael Wacha	SP
301	16	TJ Friedl	OF
302	16	Carlos Santana	1B
303	16	Nick Pivetta	SP
304	16	Kyle Bradish	SP
305	16	Avisail Garcia	OF
306	16	Kenta Maeda	SP
307	16	Wilmer Flores	1B/2B/3B
308	16	Dylan Carlson	OF
309	16	Joey Gallo	OF
310	16	German Marquez	SP
311	16	Miguel Rojas	1B/SS
312	16	Steven Matz	SP/RP
313	16	Isaac Paredes	1B/2B/3B
314	16	Gabriel Moreno	C
315	16	Jose Suarez	SP
316	16	Noah Syndergaard	SP
317	16	Joey Wendle	2B/3B/SS
318	16	Elvis Andrus	SS
319	16	Eric Haase	C/OF
320	17	Paul Blackburn	SP
321	17	Logan O'Hoppe	C/DH
322	17	Eric Hosmer	1B
323	17	Trey Mancini	1B/OF
324	17	Edward Cabrera	SP
325	17	Dominic Smith	1B
326	17	Lane Thomas	OF
327	17	Garrett Cooper	1B
328	17	Austin Nola	C
329	17	Josh Donaldson	3B
330	17	Kyle Farmer	3B/SS
331	17	Hunter Dozier	1B/3B/OF
332	17	Kyle Freeland	SP
333	17	Kyle Finnegan	RP
334	17	Jose Trevino	C
335	17	Mike Zunino	C
336	17	Gio Urshela	3B
337	17	Carson Kelly	C
338	17	Nick Martinez	SP/RP
339	17	Dean Kremer	SP
340	17	Spencer Steer	1B/3B
341	17	Endy Rodriguez	C
342	17	Royce Lewis	SS
343	17	Jordan Lyles	SP
344	17	Graham Ashcraft	SP
345	17	Zach Plesac	SP
346	17	Domingo German	SP
347	17	Jesus Aguilar	1B
348	17	Marcell Ozuna	OF
349	17	Michael Lorenzen	SP
350	17	Christopher Morel	2B/3B/SS/OF
351	17	Adam Frazier	2B/OF
352	17	James Paxton	SP
353	17	James Kaprielian	SP
354	17	Luis Rengifo	2B/3B/SS
355	17	Jose Leclerc	RP
356	17	Adam Duvall	OF
357	17	Jacob Stallings	C
358	17	Hayden Wesneski	SP
359	17	Cole Irvin	SP
360	17	Brandon Belt	1B
361	17	David Villar	1B/3B
362	17	Clarke Schmidt	SP/RP
363	18	Adalberto Mondesi	SS
364	18	Nick Fortes	C
365	18	Michael Brantley	OF
366	18	Yusei Kikuchi	SP/RP
367	18	Seranthony Dominguez	RP
368	18	Brice Turang	SS
369	18	Jorge Lopez	RP
370	18	Esteury Ruiz	OF
371	18	Spencer Turnbull	SP
372	18	Myles Straw	OF
373	18	Jose Siri	OF
374	18	Kendall Graveman	RP
375	18	Marco Gonzales	SP
376	18	Rodolfo Castro	2B/3B/SS
377	18	Gary Sanchez	C
378	18	Jason Adam	RP
379	18	Evan Phillips	RP
380	18	Joey Bart	C
381	18	Garrett Mitchell	OF
382	18	Drew Smyly	SP
383	18	Yan Gomes	C
384	18	Bailey Ober	SP
385	18	Oswald Peraza	SS
386	18	Brandon Hughes	RP
387	18	J.D. Davis	1B/3B
388	18	Tyrone Taylor	OF
389	18	Rich Hill	SP
390	18	Brandon Marsh	OF
391	18	Jonathan Schoop	2B
392	18	Luke Voit	1B
393	18	Patrick Corbin	SP
394	18	Christian Bethancourt	RP
395	18	Matt Manning	SP
396	19	Martin Maldonado	C
397	19	Chas McCormick	OF
398	19	Tony Kemp	2B/OF
399	19	David Peralta	OF
400	19	Nick Gordon	2B/OF
401	19	MacKenzie Gore	SP
402	19	Madison Bumgarner	SP
403	19	Craig Kimbrel	RP
404	19	Aledmys Diaz	1B/2B/3B/SS/OF
405	19	Carlos Estevez	RP
406	19	Alex Kirilloff	1B/OF
407	19	Francisco Mejia	C
408	19	Omar Narvaez	C
409	19	Harold Ramirez	1B/OF
410	19	Brayan Bello	SP
411	19	Dylan Floro	RP
412	19	LaMonte Wade Jr.	1B/OF
413	19	Leody Taveras	OF
414	19	Giovanny Gallegos	RP
415	19	Jarred Kelenic	OF
416	19	Michael Massey	2B
417	19	Kerry Carpenter	OF
418	19	Taylor Rogers	RP
419	19	Santiago Espinal	2B/3B/SS
420	19	Jace Peterson	3B/OF
421	19	Shea Langeliers	C
422	19	Brian Anderson	3B/OF
423	19	Oscar Colas	OF
424	19	A.J. Puk	RP
425	19	Evan Longoria	3B
426	19	Ramon Urias	2B/3B
427	19	Bailey Falter	SP
428	19	Kevin Newman	2B/SS
429	19	Jon Berti	2B/3B/SS/OF
430	19	AJ Pollock	OF
431	19	Braxton Garrett	SP
432	19	Yuli Gurriel	1B
433	19	Seth Lugo	RP
434	19	Max Stassi	C
435	19	Drew Rucinski	SP
436	19	Alex Vesia	RP
437	19	Oswaldo Cabrera	OF
438	19	Patrick Wisdom	1B/3B/OF
439	19	Zack Greinke	SP
440	19	Johnny Cueto	SP
441	19	Anthony DeSclafani	SP
442	19	Yonathan Daza	OF
443	19	Trevor Williams	SP/RP
444	19	Eddie Rosario	OF
445	19	Mike Soroka	SP
446	19	Matthew Boyd	RP
447	19	Jose Quintana	SP
448	19	Trevor May	RP
449	20	Nick Senzel	OF
450	20	Daniel Hudson	RP
451	20	Jorge Mateo	SS
452	20	Nelson Cruz	DH
453	20	JP Sears	SP
454	20	A.J. Minter	RP
455	20	Akil Baddoo	OF
456	20	Matt Carpenter	OF
457	20	Mike Clevinger	SP
458	20	Kyle Muller	SP
459	20	Aaron Ashby	SP/RP
460	20	Drey Jameson	SP
461	20	Robert Suarez	RP
462	20	Luis Campusano	C
463	20	Jack Suwinski	OF
464	20	Tyler Wells	RP
465	20	Dany Jimenez	RP
466	20	Rafael Montero	RP
467	20	Reese McGuire	C
468	20	Jose Alvarado	RP
469	20	Trayce Thompson	OF
470	20	Brandon Pfaadt	SP
471	20	Kyle Isbel	OF
472	20	Andrew Chafin	RP
473	20	Tucker Barnhart	C
474	20	Bo Naylor	DH
475	20	Victor Robles	OF
476	20	Jurickson Profar	OF
477	20	Juan Yepez	1B/OF
478	20	Ryne Nelson	SP
479	20	Will Brennan	OF
480	20	Nolan Gorman	2B
481	20	James Karinchak	RP
482	20	Tommy Pham	OF
483	20	Vince Velasquez	SP/RP
484	20	Jesus Sanchez	OF
485	20	Josh Lowe	OF
486	20	Edward Olivares	OF
487	20	Kevin Kiermaier	OF
488	20	Alek Thomas	OF
489	20	Daniel Vogelbach	1B
490	20	Aaron Hicks	OF
491	20	Kyle Stowers	OF
492	20	Ji Hwan Bae	OF
493	20	Matt Vierling	3B/OF
494	20	Corey Dickerson	OF
495	20	Robbie Grossman	OF
496	20	JJ Bleday	OF
497	20	Wade Miley	SP
498	20	Brad Miller	3B/OF
499	20	Will Benson	OF
500	20	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	SS

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