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

2 years ago by Nicklaus Gaut

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.

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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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