Points Leagues Rankings: Fantasy Baseball Updates for September Including Tony Gonsolin, Mike Trout, Pete Alonso, Brandon Woodruff

Hey there RotoBallers, and welcome back to more of our rankings! We're entering the fantasy championship months of the MLB season, and in this article you'll see Nicklaus Gaut's updated 2022 fantasy baseball points league rankings for September. These fantasy baseball rankings are catered specifically for points leagues and head-to-head (H2H) points league formats, and are looking at rest-of-season values from this point going forward.

Chaos can reign over the final months of the season, with playing time shifting according to who has been called for their September cup of coffee and which players have entered, or left, the injured list. And playoff contenders will less patience for slumps to clear up, while teams out of the hunt could shift to any number of options. With playing time and lineup spot often contributing heavily to point values, staying ahead of the curve on the updated state of things is how you can best set yourself up in your fantasy playoffs.

RotoBaller's lead fantasy baseball points analyst Nicklaus Gaut has given you his thoughts on these questions with his revised fantasy baseball rankings. They will be updated every few weeks for the rest of the season, so be sure to check back often. Over at RotoBaller, we take a lot of pride in our in-depth points leagues articles, tools, and analysis. The industry as a whole doesn't put out enough content for points leagues, but we have you covered!

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Top 400 Fantasy Baseball Points Rankings - September Update

These rankings are for points and head-to-head points leagues. You can also see our recent updates for 5x5 mixed league roto rankings.

Before we get to the H2H points 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.

Ranking	Tier	Player Name	Position
1	1	Aaron Judge	OF
2	1	Jose Ramirez	3B
3	1	Jacob deGrom	SP
4	1	Yordan Alvarez	OF
5	1	Juan Soto	OF
6	1	Justin Verlander	SP
7	2	Freddie Freeman	1B
8	2	Paul Goldschmidt	1B
9	2	Max Scherzer	SP
10	2	Corbin Burnes	SP
11	2	Shohei Ohtani	DH/SP
12	2	Trea Turner	2B/SS
13	2	Gerrit Cole	SP
14	2	Ronald Acuna Jr.	OF
15	2	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1B
16	2	Shane McClanahan	SP
17	2	Mookie Betts	OF
18	2	Mike Trout	OF
19	3	Pete Alonso	1B
20	3	Manny Machado	3B
21	3	Sandy Alcantara	SP
22	3	Austin Riley	1B/3B
23	3	Kyle Tucker	OF
24	3	Dylan Cease	SP
25	3	Jose Altuve	2B
26	3	Aaron Nola	SP
27	3	Zack Wheeler	SP
28	3	Carlos Rodon	SP
29	3	Tony Gonsolin	SP
30	3	Rafael Devers	3B
31	3	Yu Darvish	SP
32	3	Francisco Lindor	SS
33	3	Alex Bregman	3B
34	3	Matt Olson	1B
35	3	Max Fried	SP
36	4	Nolan Arenado	3B
37	4	Alek Manoah	SP
38	4	Edwin Diaz	RP
39	4	Dansby Swanson	SS
40	4	Marcus Semien	2B/SS
41	4	Shane Bieber	SP
42	4	Joe Musgrove	SP
43	4	Julio Urias	SP
44	4	Corey Seager	SS
45	4	Anthony Rizzo	1B
46	4	Brandon Woodruff	SP
47	4	Jose Abreu	1B
48	4	Josh Hader	RP
49	4	Cedric Mullins II	OF
50	4	Rhys Hoskins	1B
51	4	Bobby Witt Jr.	SS
52	4	Christian Yelich	OF
53	4	Ketel Marte	2B/OF
54	5	Framber Valdez	SP
55	5	Adolis Garcia	OF
56	5	Bo Bichette	SS
57	5	C.J. Cron	1B
58	5	Starling Marte	OF
59	5	Luis Castillo	SP
60	5	Emmanuel Clase	RP
61	5	Xander Bogaerts	SS
62	5	Teoscar Hernandez	OF
63	5	Logan Webb	SP
64	5	Jordan Romano	RP
65	5	Tommy Edman	2B/OF
66	5	George Springer	OF
67	6	Charlie Morton	SP
68	6	Ian Happ	OF
69	6	Anthony Santander	OF
70	6	Kevin Gausman	SP
71	6	Andres Gimenez	2B/SS
72	6	Spencer Strider	SP/RP
73	6	Liam Hendriks	RP
74	6	J.T. Realmuto	C
75	6	Rowdy Tellez	1B
76	6	Luis Arraez	2B/3B/OF
77	6	Brandon Nimmo	OF
78	6	Matt Chapman	3B
79	6	Brandon Drury	1B/2B/3B/OF
80	7	Bryan Reynolds	OF
81	7	Chris Bassitt	SP
82	7	Ryan Pressly	RP
83	7	Zac Gallen	SP
84	7	Christian Walker	1B
85	7	DJ LeMahieu	1B/2B/3B
86	7	Robbie Ray	SP
87	7	Byron Buxton	OF
88	7	Josh Bell	1B/OF
89	7	Kenley Jansen	RP
90	7	Nestor Cortes Jr.	SP/RP
91	7	Carlos Correa	SS
92	7	Tyler O'Neill	OF
93	7	Ryan Helsley	RP
94	7	Jake Cronenworth	1B/2B/SS
95	7	Will Smith	C
96	7	Kyle Wright	SP
97	7	Yandy Diaz	1B/3B
98	8	Brendan Rodgers	2B/SS
99	8	Kyle Schwarber	1B/OF
100	8	Nick Castellanos	OF
101	8	Jordan Montgomery	SP
102	8	Ty France	1B/2B/3B
103	8	Nathaniel Lowe	1B
104	8	Willson Contreras	C
105	8	Lance Lynn	SP
106	8	Randy Arozarena	OF
107	8	Amed Rosario	SS/OF
108	8	Julio Rodriguez	OF
109	8	Logan Gilbert	SP
110	8	Jeff McNeil	2B/OF
111	8	Michael Harris II	OF
112	9	Triston McKenzie	SP
113	9	Hunter Renfroe	OF
114	9	Jonathan India	2B
115	9	Clayton Kershaw	SP
116	9	Pablo Lopez	SP
117	9	Willy Adames	SS
118	9	Luis Robert	OF
119	9	Andrew Vaughn	1B/OF
120	9	Freddy Peralta	SP
121	9	Alejandro Kirk	C
122	9	Steven Kwan	OF
123	9	Salvador Perez	C
124	9	Edward Cabrera	SP
125	9	Mitch Haniger	OF
126	9	Daulton Varsho	C/OF
127	9	Eloy Jimenez	OF
128	9	Tyler Anderson	SP
129	9	Giancarlo Stanton	OF
130	9	Adam Wainwright	SP
131	9	Trey Mancini	1B
132	9	Gleyber Torres	2B/SS
133	9	Jesse Winker	OF
134	10	J.D. Martinez	OF
135	10	Ranger Suarez	SP/RP
136	10	Nico Hoerner	2B/SS
137	10	Brandon Lowe	2B/OF
138	10	Charlie Blackmon	OF
139	10	Blake Snell	SP
140	10	Andrew McCutchen	OF
141	10	Andrew Benintendi	OF
142	10	Whit Merrifield	2B/OF
143	10	Jose Miranda	1B/3B
144	10	Tyler Mahle	SP
145	10	Jeremy Pena	SS
146	10	Merrill Kelly	SP
147	10	Jurickson Profar	1B/2B/OF
148	10	Justin Turner	3B
149	10	Adley Rutschman	C
150	10	Drew Rasmussen	SP/RP
151	10	Joe Ryan	SP
152	10	Gavin Lux	2B/SS/OF
153	11	Jorge Polanco	2B/SS
154	11	Lucas Giolito	SP
155	11	Ryan Mountcastle	1B/OF
156	11	Cristian Javier	SP/RP
157	11	Martin Perez	SP
158	11	Ke'Bryan Hayes	3B
159	11	MJ Melendez	C
160	11	Alex Verdugo	OF
161	11	Seiya Suzuki	OF
162	11	Sean Murphy	C
163	11	Reid Detmers	SP
164	11	Josh Naylor	1B/OF
165	11	Luis Garcia	SP
166	11	Dylan Carlson	OF
167	11	Craig Kimbrel	RP
168	11	Lance McCullers Jr.	SP
169	11	Kolten Wong	2B
170	11	George Kirby	SP
171	11	Ross Stripling	SP/RP
172	11	Taylor Ward	OF
173	11	Yuli Gurriel	1B
174	11	Ryan McMahon	2B/3B
175	11	Bryce Harper	OF
176	11	Alec Bohm	3B
177	11	Patrick Wisdom	1B/3B/OF
178	11	Scott Barlow	RP
179	11	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	1B/OF
180	11	Jean Segura	2B
181	11	Frankie Montas	SP
182	11	Luis Urias	2B/3B/SS
183	11	Josh Rojas	2B/3B/SS/OF
184	11	Jorge Mateo	SS/OF
185	11	Jose Berrios	SP
186	11	Luis Rengifo	3B/SS/OF
187	11	Daniel Bard	RP
188	11	Christopher Morel	SS
189	11	Jonah Heim	C
190	12	Jameson Taillon	SP
191	12	Sonny Gray	SP
192	12	Eugenio Suarez	3B/SS
193	12	Alek Thomas	OF
194	12	Wilmer Flores	1B/2B/3B
195	12	Jake Fraley	OF
196	12	Alex Cobb	SP
197	12	Jorge Lopez	SP/RP
198	12	Austin Hays	OF
199	12	Patrick Sandoval	SP
200	12	Ozzie Albies	2B
201	12	Riley Greene	OF
202	12	Max Muncy	1B/2B
203	12	Miles Mikolas	SP
204	12	Clay Holmes	RP
205	12	David Bednar	RP
206	12	Sean Manaea	SP
207	12	Jose Urquidy	SP
208	12	Mike Yastrzemski	OF
209	12	Tommy Pham	OF
210	12	David Robertson	RP
211	12	Andrew Heaney	SP
212	12	Daniel Vogelbach	1B
213	12	Seth Brown	1B
214	12	Joey Meneses	1B/OF
215	13	Mark Canha	OF
216	13	Raisel Iglesias	RP
217	13	J.P. Crawford	SS
218	13	Paul Sewald	RP
219	13	Jose Iglesias	2B/SS
220	13	Keibert Ruiz	C
221	13	Jon Berti	2B/3B/OF
222	13	Cole Irvin	SP
223	13	Nelson Cruz	DH
224	13	Franmil Reyes	OF
225	13	Eric Hosmer	1B
226	13	Kyle Gibson	SP
227	13	Alex Wood	SP
228	13	Leody Taveras	OF
229	13	Taylor Rogers	RP
230	13	Adam Frazier	2B/OF
231	13	Ramon Laureano	OF
232	13	Jhoan Duran	SP
233	13	Kevin Newman	2B/SS
234	13	Luis Severino	SP
235	13	Carson Kelly	C
236	13	Lars Nootbaar	OF
237	13	Taijuan Walker	SP
238	13	Thairo Estrada	SS
239	13	Jeimer Candelario	3B
240	13	Randal Grichuk	OF
241	13	Bryson Stott	SS
242	14	Christian Vazquez	C
243	14	Oneil Cruz	SS
244	14	Garrett Whitlock	RP
245	14	Luke Voit	1B
246	14	Kris Bryant	1B/3B/OF
247	14	AJ Pollock	OF
248	14	Brett Baty	3B
249	14	Nick Lodolo	SP
250	14	Cody Bellinger	OF
251	14	Travis d'Arnaud	C
252	14	Josiah Gray	SP
253	14	German Marquez	SP
254	14	Corey Kluber	SP
255	14	Devin Williams	RP
256	14	Gregory Soto	RP
257	14	Jesus Luzardo	SP
258	14	Jesus Aguilar	1B
259	14	Aaron Civale	SP
260	14	Javier Baez	2B/SS
261	14	Eddie Rosario	OF
262	14	Camilo Doval	RP
263	14	Jared Walsh	1B/OF
264	14	Brady Singer	SP
265	14	Joc Pederson	OF
266	14	Josh Donaldson	3B
267	14	Yasmani Grandal	C/1B
268	14	Marcell Ozuna	OF
269	14	Vaughn Grissom	2B/SS
270	14	Trent Grisham	OF
271	14	David Fletcher	2B/SS
272	15	Johnny Cueto	SP
273	15	Cesar Hernandez	2B
274	15	Kyle Finnegan	RP
275	15	Ramon Urias	2B/SS/3B
276	15	Justin Steele	SP
277	15	Hunter Greene	SP
278	15	Matt Carpenter	3B
279	15	Tanner Scott	RP
280	15	Max Kepler	OF
281	15	Jakob Junis	SP/RP
282	15	Marcus Stroman	SP
283	15	Nick Pivetta	SP
284	15	Eric Lauer	SP
285	15	Jake McCarthy	OF
286	15	Oscar Gonzalez	OF
287	15	Mike Clevinger	SP
288	15	Lou Trivino	RP
289	15	Chris Taylor	2B/3B/SS/OF
290	15	Marco Gonzales	SP
291	15	Gio Urshela	3B/SS
292	16	Manuel Margot	OF
293	16	Seranthony Dominguez	RP
294	16	James Kaprielian	SP
295	16	Aroldis Chapman	RP
296	16	Cal Quantrill	SP/RP
297	16	Giovanny Gallegos	RP
298	16	Vinnie Pasquantino	1B
299	16	Myles Straw	OF
300	16	Joey Wendle	2B/3B/SS
301	16	Joey Bart	C
302	16	Tyler Naquin	OF
303	16	Jose Quintana	SP
304	16	Kyle Farmer	3B/SS
305	16	Roansy Contreras	SP
306	16	Ha-Seong Kim	2B/3B/SS
307	16	Darick Hall	DH
308	16	Santiago Espinal	3B/SS
309	16	Jonathan Schoop	1B/2B
310	16	Noah Syndergaard	SP
311	16	Drew Smyly	SP
312	16	Nicky Lopez	SS
313	16	Harold Ramirez	OF
314	16	Cal Raleigh	C
315	16	J.J. Bleday	OF
316	16	William Contreras	C
317	16	Jeffrey Springs	RP
318	16	Trevor Rogers	SP
319	16	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	SS
320	17	Evan Longoria	3B
321	17	Michael Wacha	SP
322	17	Paul DeJong	SS
323	17	Christian Arroyo	2B
324	17	Gary Sanchez	C
325	17	Carlos Carrasco	SP
326	17	Michael A. Taylor	OF
327	17	Sam Haggerty	OF
328	17	Hunter Dozier	1B/3B/OF
329	17	Zach Plesac	SP
330	17	Trayce Thompson	OF
331	17	Rougned Odor	2B/3B
332	17	Mitch Keller	SP
333	17	Tyrone Taylor	OF
334	17	Isaac Paredes	2B/3B
335	17	Harold Castro	1B/2B/3B/SS
336	17	Emmanuel Rivera	3B
337	17	Ben Gamel	OF
338	17	Jose Trevino	C
339	17	Elvis Andrus	SS
340	17	Nolan Gorman	3B
341	17	Kyle Freeland	SP
342	17	Glenn Otto	SP
343	17	Kike Hernandez	2B/OF
344	17	Nick Gordon	2B/SS/OF
345	17	Trevor Story	SS
346	17	Jesus Sanchez	OF
347	17	Tim Anderson	SS
348	17	Jordan Lyles	SP
349	17	Nick Madrigal	2B
350	17	Dean Kremer	SP
351	17	Nick Senzel	2B/OF
352	17	Josh Harrison	2B/3B/SS/OF
353	17	Dylan Bundy	SP
354	17	Yoan Moncada	3B
355	17	Albert Pujols	1B
356	17	Tony Kemp	2B/OF
357	17	Michael Kopech	RP
358	17	Madison Bumgarner	SP
359	17	Carlos Santana	1B
360	17	Eduardo Escobar	1B/2B/3B
361	17	Danny Jansen	C
362	17	David Peralta	OF
363	18	Mark Melancon	RP
364	18	Miguel Rojas	SS
365	18	LaMonte Wade Jr.	OF
366	18	Wander Franco	3B/SS
367	18	Jon Gray	SP
368	18	JT Brubaker	SP
369	18	Shea Langeliers	C
370	18	Pete Fairbanks	RP
371	18	Nick Pratto	1B
372	18	Dane Dunning	SP
373	18	Jarren Duran	OF
374	18	Zack Greinke	SP
375	18	Jacob Stallings	C
376	18	Robbie Grossman	OF
377	18	Alexis Diaz	RP
378	18	Nathan Eovaldi	SP
379	18	Eric Haase	C/OF
380	18	Michael Massey	2B
381	18	Lane Thomas	OF
382	18	Josh Smith	SS
383	18	Aaron Hicks	OF
384	18	Luis Gonzalez	OF
385	18	Luis Gonzalez	SP
386	18	Aaron Ashby	RP
387	18	Brandon Belt	1B
388	18	Kerry Carpenter	DH
389	18	Francisco Mejia	C
390	18	Connor Joe	1B/OF
391	18	Rafael Ortega	OF
392	18	Max Stassi	C
393	18	Andre Pallante	SP/RP
394	18	Brandon Crawford	SS
395	18	Donovan Solano	2B
396	19	Chris Archer	SP
397	19	Jake Odorizzi	SP
398	19	Joey Gallo	OF
399	19	Stone Garrett	OF
400	19	Spenser Watkins	SP/RP
401	19	Matt Manning	SP

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