2022 Keeper Value Rankings - Top 150 Overall for Fantasy Baseball

In case you missed it, all preseason long I've been breaking down the top Keeper Values at each position. To get insight on any individual position, simply choose here: First Base, Second Base, Third Base, Shortstop, Catcher, Outfield, Starting Pitcher, and Relief Pitchers. Now, for your convenience, here are the Top-150 Overall Keeper Values for 2022.

Keeper Value Rankings are intended for Keeper Leagues in which a fantasy owner must forfeit a designated draft pick in order to keep a player into the upcoming season. These rankings are based on Keeper "Values." In the marketing world, Value can be defined as "the extent to which a good or service (player) is perceived by its customer (fantasy owner) to meet his/her needs or wants."

The Keeper Values are derived from my Keeper Valuation Formula which accounts for age, player cost (ADP), remaining player pool, past performance, future projections, missed playing time, and even position scarcity.

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JB's Keeper Value System

The product is a quantitative depiction of a player's ability to meet/exceed fantasy owners' needs based on the cost they paid for the player in the previous season (2021 ADP) and will subsequently pay for in the current season's draft (2022). The higher the score, the higher the return the fantasy owner will receive from the player keeping him at their associated cost. Approaching Keeper selections with this "value" based attitude will greatly increase the effectiveness of a fantasy owner's draft in a Keeper League.

Whereas the main purpose of the Keeper Value Formula is for customization based on specific leagues and keeper costs, I create these yearly rankings with standard 12 team league data, 2021 ADP, and 23rd Round cost for UDFA just as a baseline to help managers get an idea of their options.

TIER	SCORE	DESCRIPTION
1	>100	Finders Keepers! These are the Elite Keeper Values. MUST BE KEPT at all costs.
2	75-99	Great Keeper values. Unless you have a full load of Tier 1 players, these guys need to be kept.
3	50-74	You are gaining good value with these players. The majority of good keeper options tend to fall into this category.
4	25-49	Minimal value. The value exists, but not as much as your opponents are likely receiving with their selections. Consider if your options are limited.
5	0-24	Break-even point. Keeping these players will likely hurt your overall draft, as you are not adding enough value. The idea is if you don't use a keeper selection here you can likely still draft that player in the vicinity of their 2021 cost.
6	<0	The associated costs make it impossible to return any value, these players will ruin your draft. Stay far away.

Feel free to reach out to me on Twitter @RowdyRotoJB to check out your specific league's values.

 

Fantasy Baseball Keeper Value Rankings

*Yes, I removed Fernando Tatis Jr. and Chris Sale. Typically you don't want to keep injured players, because you can obviously instead draft them later this season based on the post-injury ADP, therefore gaining a better keeper value for 2023.*

Overall Rank	Keeper Tier	Name	Team	Position	2021 ADP	Keeper Score
1	1	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	SP, UT	16	109.3
2	1	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B	5	108.4
3	1	Cedric Mullins	BAL	OF	23	102.11
4	2	Tyler O'Neill	STL	OF	23	95.07
5	2	Trea Turner	LAD	2B, SS	1	94.36
6	2	Bo Bichette	TOR	SS	2	92.17
7	2	Robbie Ray	SEA	SP	23	90.77
8	2	Freddy Peralta	MIL	SP	23	90.73
9	2	Corbin Burnes	MIL	SP	5	90.4
10	2	Austin Riley	ATL	3B	18	90.24
11	2	Emmanuel Clase	CLE	RP	23	87.7
12	2	Wander Franco	TBR	SS	23	86.24
13	2	Julio Urias	LAD	SP	11	85.55
14	2	Logan Webb	SFG	SP	23	85.09
15	2	Zack Wheeler	PHI	SP	8	82.28
16	2	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	OF	7	80.99
17	2	Rafael Devers	BOS	3B	4	80.67
18	2	Marcus Semien	TEX	2B, SS	10	80.61
19	2	Bobby Witt Jr.	KCR	SS	23	80.48
20	2	Salvador Perez	KCR	C	8	80.14
21	2	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	MIA	2B, SS	23	80.1
22	2	Teoscar Hernandez	TOR	OF	8	79.65
23	2	Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B	1	78.33
24	2	Dylan Cease	CWS	SP	23	75.86
25	2	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	SP	11	75.2
26	3	Jonathan India	CIN	2B	23	74.49
27	3	Bryan Reynolds	PIT	OF	23	74
28	3	Jorge Polanco	MIN	2B, SS	20	73.8
29	3	Kyle Tucker	HOU	OF	3	73.76
30	3	Matt Olson	OAK	1B	9	73.03
31	3	Alek Manoah	TOR	SP	23	71.44
32	3	Trevor Rogers	MIA	SP	23	71.3
33	3	Bryce Harper	PHI	OF	2	69.12
34	3	Juan Soto	WAS	OF	1	68.88
35	3	Jordan Romano	TOR	RP	23	66.57
36	3	Shane McClanahan	TBR	SP	23	62.29
37	3	Paul Goldschmidt	STL	1B	9	61.92
38	3	Shane Baz	TBR	SP	23	60.59
39	3	Will Smith	LAD	C	10	60.25
40	3	Mitch Haniger	SEA	OF	21	60.21
41	3	Myles Straw	CLE	OF	23	58.65
42	3	Carlos Rodon	FA	SP	23	58.55
43	3	Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B	3	57.78
44	3	Jared Walsh	LAA	1B	20	56.84
45	3	Justin Verlander	HOU	SP	23	56.09
46	3	Starling Marte	NYM	OF	4	55.15
47	3	Kevin Gausman	TOR	SP	11	55.11
48	3	Giovanny Gallegos	STL	RP	21	55.03
49	3	Jesse Winker	CIN	OF	18	54.5
50	3	Willy Adames	MIL	SS	23	54.32
51	3	Ty France	SEA	1B, 2B	23	53.72
52	3	Frankie Montas	OAK	SP	14	53.39
53	3	Liam Hendriks	CWS	RP	5	53
54	3	Max Scherzer	NYM	SP	3	50.73
55	3	Daulton Varsho	ARI	C, OF	16	50.42
56	4	William Smith	ATL	RP	17	49.8
57	4	Tyler Stephenson	CIN	C	23	49.92
58	4	Keibert Ruiz	WAS	C	23	48.95
59	4	Jake Cronenworth	SDP	1B, 2B, SS	18	48.86
60	4	Josh Hader	MIL	RP	5	48.4
61	4	Luis Urias	MIL	2B, 3B, SS	23	48.28
62	4	Aaron Judge	NYY	OF	5	47.98
63	4	Luis Garcia	HOU	SP	23	47.6
64	4	Mark Melancon	ARI	RP	23	47.56
65	4	Akil Baddoo	DET	OF	23	46.71
66	4	Ryan Mountcastle	BAL	1B, OF	14	45.79
67	4	Chris Taylor	LAD	2B, SS, OF	21	45.71
68	4	Whit Merrifield	KCR	2B, OF	4	45.32
69	4	Tommy Edman	STL	2B, OF	11	45.23
70	4	Byron Buxton	MIN	OF	9	44.73
71	4	Adley Rutschman	BAL	C	23	44.7
72	4	Kyle Schwarber	FA	OF	17	44.29
73	4	Camilo Doval	SFG	RP	23	43.79
74	4	Walker Buehler	LAD	SP	2	43.43
75	4	Adolis Garcia	TEX	OF	23	43.23
76	4	Raisel Iglesias	LAA	RP	7	43.05
77	4	Logan Gilbert	SEA	SP	23	41.31
78	4	Ranger Suarez	PHI	SP	23	40.65
79	4	Nathan Eovaldi	BOS	SP	19	40.64
80	4	Luis Severino	NYY	SP	23	40.56
81	4	C.J. Cron	COL	1B	17	40.56
82	4	Amed Rosario	CLE	SS	23	40.4
83	4	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	SP	3	40.31
84	4	Hunter Renfroe	MIL	OF	23	40.03
85	4	Joe Musgrove	SDP	SP	10	39.64
86	4	Michael Kopech	CWS	SP	23	39.38
87	4	Joey Votto	CIN	1B	23	38.79
88	4	Brendan Rodgers	COL	2B, SS	23	38.66
89	4	Avisail Garcia	MIA	OF	23	38.36
90	4	Sean Manaea	OAK	SP	21	38.12
91	4	Nick Castellanos	FA	OF	7	37.66
92	4	Ryan McMahon	COL	2B, 3B	21	37.49
93	4	Kris Bryant	FA	3B, OF	11	37.23
94	4	Ryan Pressly	HOU	RP	9	34.96
95	4	Tim Anderson	CWS	SS	4	33.11
96	4	Scott Barlow	KCR	RP	23	32.19
97	4	Robbie Grossman	DET	OF	23	32.11
98	4	Carlos Correa	FA	SS	11	31.45
99	4	Jose Altuve	HOU	2B	8	31.14
100	4	Chris Bassitt	OAK	SP	17	30.11
101	4	Mike Clevinger	SDP	SP	23	29.55
102	4	Eduardo Rodriguez	DET	SP	19	27.78
103	4	Giancarlo Stanton	NYY	OF	11	27.74
104	4	Eduardo Escobar	NYM	2B, 3B	23	27.63
105	4	Jonathan Schoop	DET	1B, 2B	23	27.46
106	4	Tarik Skubal	DET	SP	23	27.44
107	4	Yasmani Grandal	CWS	C	12	27.08
108	4	Blake Treinen	LAD	RP	23	27.03
109	4	Kenley Jansen	FA	RP	10	26.93
110	4	Tyler Mahle	CIN	SP	13	25.48
111	4	Joe Ryan	MIN	SP	23	25.3
112	4	Franmil Reyes	CLE	UT	13	25.14
113	5	Oneil Cruz	PIT	SS	23	24.04
114	5	Noah Syndergaard	LAA	SP	23	23.95
115	5	Tanner Houck	BOS	SP	23	23.83
116	5	Edwin Diaz	NYM	RP	7	23.41
117	5	Corey Knebel	PHI	RP	23	22.48
118	5	Gregory Soto	DET	RP	23	21.84
119	5	Javier Baez	DET	2B, SS	6	21.69
120	5	Josh Bell	WAS	1B	13	21.22
121	5	Max Fried	ATL	SP	7	20.85
122	5	Luis Robert	CWS	OF	3	20.76
123	5	Yuli Gurriel	HOU	1B	23	19.82
124	5	Rhys Hoskins	PHI	1B	14	18.93
125	5	Anthony DeSclafani	SFG	SP	23	18.62
126	5	Brandon Crawford	SFG	SS	23	18.46
127	5	Gerrit Cole	NYY	SP	1	18.33
128	5	Alex Kirilloff	MIN	1B, OF	20	18.04
129	5	Jose Berrios	TOR	SP	7	17.859
130	5	Freddie Freeman	ATL	1B	2	17.72
131	5	Pete Alonso	NYM	1B	5	17.72
132	5	Adam Wainwright	STL	SP	23	17.62
133	5	David Bednar	PIT	RP	23	17.17
134	5	Charlie Morton	ATL	SP	10	17.01
135	5	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	SP	23	17
136	5	Randy Arozarena	TBR	OF	5	16.35
137	5	Willson Contreras	CHC	C	11	15.37
138	5	Andrew Benintendi	KCR	OF	19	15.16
139	5	Kolten Wong	MIL	2B	20	14.54
140	5	Jeimer Candelario	DET	3B	23	14
141	5	Manny Machado	SDP	3B	2	13.95
142	5	Justin Turner	LAD	3B	16	13.9
143	5	Framber Valdez	HOU	SP	14	13.62
144	5	Enrique Hernandez	BOS	2B, OF	23	13.31
145	5	Jarred Kelenic	SEA	OF	15	13.3
146	5	Bobby Dalbec	BOS	1B	23	13.23
147	5	Spencer Torkelson	DET	1B	23	13.22
148	5	Adam Duvall	ATL	OF	23	12.94
149	5	J.D. Martinez	BOS	OF	8	12.77
150	5	Alex Wood	SFG	SP	23	11.09

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