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Early 2022 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Points Leagues and H2H Points Formats

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Our early 2022 fantasy baseball rankings for points leagues and H2H points scoring. Our team's MLB tiered rankings include C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, SP, RP, DH.

Welcome RotoBallers to our early 2022 fantasy baseball points league rankings for points leagues and head-to-head (H2H) points leagues. We couldn't be more excited to be putting out various fantasy baseball rankings and fantasy baseball articles for the 2022 season -- it's always an exciting time of year. 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 2022, which will of course be updated regularly through opening day in our main 2022 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.

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.

Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources:

 

Top 400 Fantasy Baseball Points Rankings

These rankings are for points and head-to-head points leagues. You can also see our early 5x5 mixed league roto rankings.

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


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