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

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RotoBaller's early 2022 fantasy baseball third base rankings for 5x5 mixed roto leagues. Our staff's draft rankings and tiers for MLB third basemen (3B).

The 2022 MLB season is right around the corner, and we are kicking things off with our rankings! Below you'll find our early 2022 fantasy baseball third base rankings and tiers for 5x5 mixed roto leagues. This time of year is always exciting for baseball fans and fantasy baseball players, and we are more excited than ever. Our incredible MLB 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 third 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's already 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 Third 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 Jose Ramirez 3B
2 1 Rafael Devers 3B
3 2 Manny Machado 3B
4 2 Austin Riley 1B/3B
5 2 Wander Franco 3B/SS
6 2 Adalberto Mondesi 3B/SS
7 2 Nolan Arenado 3B
8 3 Alex Bregman 3B
9 3 Kris Bryant 1B/3B/OF
10 3 Anthony Rendon 3B
11 3 DJ LeMahieu 1B/2B/3B
12 3 Yoan Moncada 3B
13 3 Justin Turner 3B
14 3 Ryan McMahon 2B/3B
15 3 Chris Taylor 2B/3B/SS/OF
16 4 Ty France 1B/2B/3B
17 4 Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B
18 4 Eugenio Suarez 3B/SS
19 4 Matt Chapman 3B
20 4 Luis Urias 2B/3B/SS
21 4 Josh Donaldson 3B
22 5 Jeimer Candelario 3B
23 5 Eduardo Escobar 1B/2B/3B
24 5 Josh Rojas 2B/3B/SS/OF
25 5 Alec Bohm 3B
26 5 Gio Urshela 3B/SS
27 6 Cavan Biggio 3B/OF
28 6 Evan Longoria 3B
29 6 Patrick Wisdom 1B/3B/OF
30 6 Luis Arraez 2B/3B/OF
31 6 Abraham Toro 2B/3B
32 6 Joey Wendle 2B/3B/SS
33 7 Mike Moustakas 1B/3B
34 7 Hunter Dozier 1B/3B/OF
35 7 Jonathan Villar 2B/3B/SS
36 7 Josh Jung 3B
37 7 Starlin Castro 3B
38 7 Carter Kieboom 3B
39 7 Brian Anderson 3B
40 7 Dylan Moore 2B/3B/OF
41 8 Wilmer Flores 1B/2B/3B
42 8 Tommy La Stella 2B/3B
43 8 Andy Ibanez 1B/2B/3B
44 8 Yandy Diaz 1B/3B
45 8 J.D. Davis 3B
46 8 Josh VanMeter 2B/3B
47 8 Ramon Urias 2B/SS/3B
47 8 Tyler Wade 2B/3B/SS/OF
48 8 Edwin Rios 1B/3B
49 8 Johan Camargo 2B/3B
50 8 Leury Garcia 2B/3B/SS/OF
51 8 Zach McKinstry 2B/3B/OF
52 8 Rougned Odor 2B/3B
53 8 Jon Berti 2B/3B/OF
54 8 Ha-Seong Kim 2B/3B/SS
55 8 Kyle Farmer 3B/SS
56 8 Jake Lamb 3B/OF
57 9 Maikel Franco 3B
58 9 Joshua Fuentes 1B/3B
59 9 Nolan Gorman 3B
60 9 Asdrubal Cabrera 1B/3B
61 9 Mauricio Dubon 2B/3B/SS/OF
62 9 Matt Carpenter 3B
63 9 Santiago Espinal 3B/SS
64 9 Josh Harrison 2B/3B/SS/OF
65 9 David Bote 2B/3B
66 9 Nolan Jones 3B
67 9 Aledmys Diaz 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF
68 9 Sherten Apostel 3B
69 9 Marwin Gonzalez 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF
70 9 Mike Brosseau 1B/2B/3B
71 9 Yu Chang 1B/3B/SS
72 9 Yonny Hernandez 2B/3B/SS
73 9 Jace Peterson 1B/2B/3B/OF
74 9 Jake Burger 3B
75 9 Colton Welker 3B
76 9 Matt Duffy 2B/3B
77 9 Phil Gosselin 1B/3B/OF


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