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Early 2022 Fantasy Baseball Second Base Rankings - 5x5 Roto Mixed Leagues

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RotoBaller's early 2022 fantasy baseball second base rankings for 5x5 mixed roto leagues. Our staff's draft rankings and tiers for MLB second basemen (2B).

Welcome RotoBallers to the fantasy baseball season! In this article you will find our teams' early 2022 fantasy baseball second base rankings and tiers for 5x5 mixed roto leagues. This is a great time of year for baseball fans and fantasy baseball enthusiasts, and our team is here to help you prep for the upcoming 2022 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 second base 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 Second Base 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 Trea Turner 2B/SS
2 1 Ozzie Albies 2B
3 1 Marcus Semien 2B/SS
4 1 Whit Merrifield 2B/OF
5 2 Jose Altuve 2B
6 2 Javier Baez 2B/SS
7 2 Brandon Lowe 2B/OF
8 2 Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B/SS
9 2 Ketel Marte 2B/OF
10 2 Jorge Polanco 2B/SS
11 2 Jonathan India 2B
12 2 Tommy Edman 2B/OF
13 3 DJ LeMahieu 1B/2B/3B
14 3 Max Muncy 1B/2B
15 3 Jake Cronenworth 1B/2B/SS
16 4 Gleyber Torres 2B/SS
17 4 Ryan McMahon 2B/3B
18 4 Chris Taylor 2B/3B/SS/OF
19 5 Ty France 1B/2B/3B
20 5 Jean Segura 2B
21 5 Luis Urias 2B/3B/SS
22 5 Kolten Wong 2B
23 5 Jonathan Schoop 1B/2B
24 5 Brendan Rodgers 2B/SS
25 5 Eduardo Escobar 1B/2B/3B
26 6 Josh Rojas 2B/3B/SS/OF
27 6 Kike Hernandez 2B/OF
28 6 Gavin Lux 2B/SS/OF
29 6 Adam Frazier 2B/OF
30 6 Garrett Hampson 2B/OF
31 6 Nick Madrigal 2B
32 7 Nick Solak 2B
33 7 Andres Gimenez 2B/SS
34 7 Luis Arraez 2B/3B/OF
35 7 Jeff McNeil 2B/OF
36 7 Abraham Toro 2B/3B
37 7 Edmundo Sosa 2B/SS
38 7 Nico Hoerner 2B/SS
39 7 Joey Wendle 2B/3B/SS
40 7 Cesar Hernandez 2B
41 7 Jonathan Villar 2B/3B/SS
42 7 Vidal Brujan 2B
43 8 Nick Senzel 2B/OF
44 8 David Fletcher 2B/SS
45 8 Tony Kemp 2B/OF
46 8 Michael Chavis 1B/2B
47 8 Dylan Moore 2B/3B/OF
48 8 Christian Arroyo 2B
49 8 Robinson Cano 2B
50 8 Jose Miranda 2B
51 8 Wilmer Flores 1B/2B/3B
52 8 Tommy La Stella 2B/3B
53 8 Andy Ibanez 1B/2B/3B
54 8 Josh VanMeter 2B/3B
55 9 Ramon Urias 2B/SS/3B
56 9 Tyler Wade 2B/3B/SS/OF
57 9 Jose Iglesias 2B/SS
58 9 Johan Camargo 2B/3B
59 9 Leury Garcia 2B/3B/SS/OF
60 9 Nick Gordon 2B/SS/OF
61 9 Willi Castro 2B/SS/OF
62 9 Zach McKinstry 2B/3B/OF
63 9 Rougned Odor 2B/3B
64 9 Jon Berti 2B/3B/OF
65 9 Ha-Seong Kim 2B/3B/SS
66 9 Niko Goodrum 2B/SS/OF
67 9 Brad Miller 1B/2B/OF
68 9 Kevin Newman 2B/SS
69 9 Cole Tucker 2B/SS/OF
70 9 Chad Pinder 2B/OF
71 9 Mauricio Dubon 2B/3B/SS/OF
72 10 Jurickson Profar 1B/2B/OF
73 10 Alcides Escobar 2B/SS
74 10 Josh Harrison 2B/3B/SS/OF
75 10 David Bote 2B/3B
76 10 Sheldon Neuse 2B
77 10 Aledmys Diaz 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF
78 10 Marwin Gonzalez 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF
79 10 Donovan Solano 2B
80 10 Mike Brosseau 1B/2B/3B
81 10 Yonny Hernandez 2B/3B/SS
82 10 Jace Peterson 1B/2B/3B/OF
83 10 Jed Lowrie 2B
84 10 Matt Duffy 2B/3B


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