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Early 2022 Fantasy Baseball Outfield Rankings - 5x5 Roto Mixed Leagues

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RotoBaller's early 2022 fantasy baseball outfield rankings for 5x5 mixed roto leagues. Our staff's draft rankings and tiers for MLB outfielders (OF).

Welcome RotoBallers to our early 2022 fantasy baseball outfield rankings and tiers for 5x5 mixed roto leagues. This is a great time of year for baseball fans, and our MLB team is here to help you prepare for the upcoming season. RotoBaller's MLB writing staff has already hit the ground running with our 2022 Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit, various fantasy baseball rankings for different league types and scoring formats, and draft analysis articles digging into this year's fantasy baseball sleepers and breakouts. If you don't already have RotoBaller's free fantasy baseball mobile app, make sure you download it and turn on the free push notification alerts to stay on top of the latest MLB news and fantasy analysis.

Four of our lead fantasy baseball analysts - Nick Mariano, Pierre Camus, Nicklaus Gaut and JB Branson - have analyzed all of the MLB offseason moves regarding free agents, trades and more. Their consensus fantasy baseball outfielder rankings for 2022 can be found below, and will be updated regularly up until opening day.

Be sure to also bookmark our main 2022 fantasy baseball rankings dashboard. It will soon be loaded up with tons of other great rankings including H2H point leagues, dynasty prospect rankings, impact rookie rankings for 2022 and dynasty/keeper rankings as well.

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Fantasy Baseball Outfield Rankings

Staff ranks are as of January 27th, 2022. They are for 5x5 category mixed roto leagues, and will be updated regularly on our main fantasy baseball rankings dashboard.

Ranking Tier Player Position
1 1 Fernando Tatis Jr. SS/OF
2 1 Juan Soto OF
3 2 Ronald Acuna Jr. OF
4 2 Bryce Harper OF
5 2 Luis Robert OF
6 2 Mookie Betts OF
7 2 Mike Trout OF
8 2 Kyle Tucker OF
9 2 Starling Marte OF
10 2 Yordan Alvarez OF
11 3 Aaron Judge OF
12 3 Cedric Mullins II OF
13 3 Teoscar Hernandez OF
14 3 Whit Merrifield 2B/OF
15 3 Tyler O'Neill OF
16 3 Eloy Jimenez OF
17 3 Byron Buxton OF
18 3 Randy Arozarena OF
19 3 George Springer OF
20 4 Nick Castellanos OF
21 4 Giancarlo Stanton OF
22 4 J.D. Martinez OF
23 4 Brandon Lowe 2B/OF
24 4 Ketel Marte 2B/OF
25 4 Kris Bryant 1B/3B/OF
26 5 Franmil Reyes OF
27 5 Bryan Reynolds OF
28 5 Tommy Edman 2B/OF
29 5 Cody Bellinger OF
30 5 Ryan Mountcastle 1B/OF
31 5 Christian Yelich OF
32 5 Daulton Varsho C/OF
33 5 Mitch Haniger OF
34 5 Jesse Winker OF
35 5 Jared Walsh 1B/OF
36 6 Josh Bell 1B/OF
37 6 Kyle Schwarber 1B/OF
38 6 Austin Meadows OF
39 6 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 1B/OF
40 6 Trent Grisham OF
41 6 Joey Gallo OF
42 6 Jarred Kelenic OF
43 6 Alex Verdugo OF
44 7 Dylan Carlson OF
45 7 Avisail Garcia OF
46 7 Hunter Renfroe OF
47 7 Chris Taylor 2B/3B/SS/OF
48 7 Alex Kirilloff OF
49 7 Michael Conforto OF
50 7 Jorge Soler OF
51 7 Austin Hays OF
52 7 Eddie Rosario OF
53 7 Frank Schwindel 1B/OF
54 7 Robbie Grossman OF
55 7 Ian Happ OF
56 7 Marcell Ozuna OF
57 8 Adolis Garcia OF
58 8 Ramon Laureano OF
59 8 Andrew Benintendi OF
60 8 Myles Straw OF
61 8 Adam Duvall OF
62 8 Amed Rosario SS/OF
63 8 Michael Brantley OF
64 8 Akil Baddoo OF
65 8 Andrew Vaughn 1B/OF
66 8 Jo Adell OF
67 8 Charlie Blackmon OF
68 8 Mark Canha OF
69 8 AJ Pollock OF
70 8 Anthony Santander OF
71 9 Josh Rojas 2B/3B/SS/OF
72 9 Tommy Pham OF
73 9 Kike Hernandez 2B/OF
74 9 Kyle Lewis OF
75 9 Gavin Lux 2B/SS/OF
76 9 Harrison Bader OF
77 9 Raimel Tapia OF
78 9 Mike Yastrzemski OF
79 9 Adam Frazier 2B/OF
80 10 Jesus Sanchez OF
81 10 Max Kepler OF
82 10 Garrett Hampson 2B/OF
83 10 Cavan Biggio 3B/OF
84 10 Wil Myers OF
85 10 Brandon Nimmo OF
86 10 Riley Greene OF
87 10 Patrick Wisdom 1B/3B/OF
88 10 Luis Arraez 2B/3B/OF
89 10 Andrew McCutchen OF
90 10 Pavin Smith 1B/OF
91 10 Rafael Ortega OF
92 10 Willie Calhoun OF
93 10 Jeff McNeil 2B/OF
94 10 Brandon Marsh OF
95 10 Dominic Smith 1B/OF
96 11 Randal Grichuk OF
97 11 Joc Pederson OF
98 11 Victor Robles OF
99 11 LaMonte Wade Jr. OF
100 11 David Peralta OF
101 11 Aaron Hicks OF
102 11 Chas McCormick OF
103 11 Connor Joe 1B/OF
104 11 Hunter Dozier 1B/3B/OF
105 11 Tyler Naquin OF
106 11 Gavin Sheets 1B/OF
107 11 Darin Ruf 1B/OF
108 11 Lane Thomas OF
109 11 Nick Senzel 2B/OF
110 11 Bryan De La Cruz OF
111 11 Kole Calhoun OF
112 12 Jarren Duran OF
113 12 Seiya Suzuki OF
114 12 Harold Ramirez OF
115 12 Manuel Margot OF
116 12 Gregory Polanco OF
117 12 Adam Eaton OF
118 12 Kyle Isbel OF
119 12 Garrett Cooper 1B/OF
120 12 Jordan Luplow OF
121 12 Tony Kemp 2B/OF
122 13 Dylan Moore 2B/3B/OF
123 13 Yoshi Tsutsugo 1B/OF
124 13 Michael A. Taylor OF
125 13 Jorge Mateo SS/OF
126 13 Eric Haase C/OF
127 13 Julio Rodriguez OF
128 13 Lorenzo Cain OF
129 13 Jose Barrero SS/OF
130 13 Austin Slater OF
131 13 David Dahl OF
132 13 Clint Frazier OF
133 13 Shogo Akiyama OF
134 13 Sam Hilliard OF
135 13 DJ Stewart OF
136 13 Tyler Wade 2B/3B/SS/OF
137 13 Corey Ray OF
138 13 Brett Gardner OF
139 13 Justin Upton OF
140 13 JaCoby Jones OF
141 13 Yadiel Hernandez OF
142 13 Lars Nootbaar OF
143 13 Andrew Stevenson OF
144 13 Leury Garcia 2B/3B/SS/OF
145 13 Nick Gordon 2B/SS/OF
146 13 Franchy Cordero OF
147 13 Jackie Bradley Jr. OF
148 13 Josh Lowe OF
149 14 Willi Castro 2B/SS/OF
150 14 Zach McKinstry 2B/3B/OF
151 14 Tyrone Taylor OF
152 14 Jorge Alfaro C/OF
153 14 Alex Dickerson OF
154 14 Stephen Piscotty OF
155 14 Bradley Zimmer OF
156 14 Daz Cameron OF
157 14 Victor Reyes OF
158 14 Jon Berti 2B/3B/OF
159 14 Leody Taveras OF
160 14 Matt Beaty 1B/OF
161 14 Niko Goodrum 2B/SS/OF
162 14 Jake Meyers OF
163 14 Brad Miller 1B/2B/OF
164 14 Ryan O'Hearn 1B/OF
165 14 Jake Lamb 3B/OF
166 14 Brennen Davis OF
167 14 Kevin Kiermaier OF
168 14 Magneuris Sierra OF
169 14 Corey Dickerson OF
170 14 Steven Kwan OF
171 14 Brent Rooker OF
172 14 Tim Locastro OF
173 14 Yonathan Daza OF
174 14 Nomar Mazara OF
175 14 Jose Siri OF
176 14 Drew Waters OF
177 14 Steven Duggar OF
178 14 Cole Tucker 2B/SS/OF
179 14 Trevor Larnach OF
180 14 Chad Pinder 2B/OF
181 14 Edward Olivares OF
182 14 Cristian Pache OF
183 14 Mauricio Dubon 2B/3B/SS/OF
184 14 Jurickson Profar 1B/2B/OF
185 14 Oscar Mercado OF
186 14 Jason Heyward OF
187 14 Alek Thomas OF
188 14 Jake Fraley OF
189 14 Aristides Aquino OF
190 14 Greg Allen OF
191 14 Josh Harrison 2B/3B/SS/OF
192 14 Miguel Andujar OF
193 14 Mike Tauchman OF
194 15 Taylor Trammell OF
195 15 Kevin Pillar OF
196 15 Aledmys Diaz 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF
197 15 Adam Engel OF
198 15 Mickey Moniak OF
199 15 Josh Naylor 1B/OF
200 15 Marwin Gonzalez 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF
201 15 Jake Bauers 1B/OF
202 15 Brett Phillips OF
203 15 Odubel Herrera OF
204 15 JJ Bleday OF
205 15 Anthony Alford OF
206 15 Jace Peterson 1B/2B/3B/OF
207 15 Matt Vierling 1B/OF
208 15 Nelson Velazquez OF
209 15 Heliot Ramos OF
210 15 Ben Gamel OF
211 15 Phil Gosselin 1B/3B/OF


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