Points Leagues Fantasy Baseball Rankings Updates for May - Carlos Rodon, Anthony Rizzo, Pablo Lopez, Shane Bieber and More

Hey there RotoBallers, and welcome back to more of our rankings! The MLB season is well underway now, and in this article you'll see Nicklaus Gaut's updated 2022 fantasy baseball points league rankings for May. 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.

With a little more than a month in the books, a lot has already happened. Top prospects have been called up, players have been released, injuries have taken place, players have slumped badly, and unexpected players have emerged into fantasy staples. How much of this will remain going forward, and are there undervalued or overvalued fantasy baseball assets out there that you should be focused on?

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 475 Fantasy Baseball Points Rankings - May Update

These rankings are for points and head-to-head points leagues. You can also see our May 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	Jose Ramirez	3B
2	1	Juan Soto	OF
3	1	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1B
4	1	Ronald Acuna Jr.	OF
5	1	Bryce Harper	OF
6	1	Corbin Burnes	SP
7	2	Bo Bichette	SS
8	2	Manny Machado	3B
9	2	Aaron Judge	OF
10	2	Shohei Ohtani	DH/SP
11	2	Max Scherzer	SP
12	2	Trea Turner	2B/SS
13	2	Freddie Freeman	1B
14	2	Mike Trout	OF
15	2	Mookie Betts	OF
16	2	Gerrit Cole	SP
17	2	Wander Franco	3B/SS
18	2	Luis Robert	OF
19	3	Byron Buxton	OF
20	3	Joe Musgrove	SP
21	3	Rafael Devers	3B
22	3	Kyle Tucker	OF
23	3	Tim Anderson	SS
24	3	Carlos Rodon	SP
25	3	Teoscar Hernandez	OF
26	3	Cedric Mullins II	OF
27	3	Pete Alonso	1B
28	3	Kevin Gausman	SP
29	3	Starling Marte	OF
30	3	Yordan Alvarez	OF
31	3	Matt Olson	1B
32	3	Josh Hader	RP
33	3	Justin Verlander	SP
34	3	Ozzie Albies	2B
35	3	Paul Goldschmidt	1B
36	4	Brandon Woodruff	SP
37	4	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	2B/SS
38	4	Nolan Arenado	3B
39	4	Max Fried	SP
40	4	Aaron Nola	SP
41	4	George Springer	OF
42	4	Liam Hendriks	RP
43	4	Lucas Giolito	SP
44	4	Walker Buehler	SP
45	4	Jordan Romano	RP
46	4	Anthony Rizzo	1B
47	4	Austin Riley	1B/3B
48	4	Dylan Cease	SP
49	4	Whit Merrifield	2B/OF
50	4	Salvador Perez	C
51	4	C.J. Cron	1B
52	4	Tyler O'Neill	OF
53	4	Robbie Ray	SP
54	5	Alek Manoah	SP
55	5	Trevor Story	SS
56	5	Taylor Rogers	RP
57	5	Clayton Kershaw	SP
58	5	Xander Bogaerts	SS
59	5	Brandon Lowe	2B/OF
60	5	Chris Bassitt	SP
61	5	Jorge Polanco	2B/SS
62	5	Nick Castellanos	OF
63	5	Shane McClanahan	SP
64	5	Francisco Lindor	SS
65	5	Tommy Edman	2B/OF
66	5	Freddy Peralta	SP
67	6	Marcus Semien	2B/SS
68	6	Josh Bell	1B/OF
69	6	Pablo Lopez	SP
70	6	Christian Yelich	OF
71	6	Randy Arozarena	OF
72	6	J.T. Realmuto	C
73	6	Ty France	1B/2B/3B
74	6	Frankie Montas	SP
75	6	Jose Berrios	SP
76	6	Jose Abreu	1B
77	6	Raisel Iglesias	RP
78	6	Bryan Reynolds	OF
79	6	Corey Seager	SS
80	7	Daulton Varsho	C/OF
81	7	Zack Wheeler	SP
82	7	Shane Bieber	SP
83	7	Ketel Marte	2B/OF
84	7	Jonathan India	2B
85	7	Jose Altuve	2B
86	7	Alex Bregman	3B
87	7	Charlie Morton	SP
88	7	Tylor Megill	SP
89	7	Logan Gilbert	SP
90	7	J.D. Martinez	OF
91	7	Emmanuel Clase	RP
92	7	Julio Urias	SP
93	7	Julio Rodriguez	OF
94	7	Will Smith	C
95	7	Carlos Correa	SS
96	7	Willy Adames	SS
97	7	Ryan Pressly	RP
98	8	Yu Darvish	SP
99	8	Giancarlo Stanton	OF
100	8	Joe Ryan	SP
101	8	Edwin Diaz	RP
102	8	Logan Webb	SP
103	8	Kris Bryant	1B/3B/OF
104	8	Kyle Schwarber	1B/OF
105	8	Jared Walsh	1B/OF
106	8	Jack Flaherty	SP
107	8	Max Muncy	1B/2B
108	8	William Smith	RP
109	8	Trevor Rogers	SP
110	8	Myles Straw	OF
111	8	Tyler Stephenson	C/1B
112	9	Nathan Eovaldi	SP
113	9	Ryan Mountcastle	1B/OF
114	9	Dansby Swanson	SS
115	9	Nestor Cortes Jr.	SP/RP
116	9	Rhys Hoskins	1B
117	9	Yasmani Grandal	C/1B
118	9	Luis Castillo	SP
119	9	Jake Cronenworth	1B/2B/SS
120	9	Sandy Alcantara	SP
121	9	Ranger Suarez	SP/RP
122	9	Craig Kimbrel	RP
123	9	Randal Grichuk	OF
124	9	Willson Contreras	C
125	9	Aroldis Chapman	RP
126	9	Framber Valdez	SP
127	9	Luis Garcia	SP
128	9	Sean Manaea	SP
129	9	Eduardo Rodriguez	SP
130	9	Bobby Witt Jr.	SS
131	9	Marcell Ozuna	OF
132	9	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SS/OF
133	9	Kenley Jansen	RP
134	10	Jeremy Pena	SS
135	10	Kolten Wong	2B
136	10	Javier Baez	2B/SS
137	10	Andres Gimenez	2B/SS
138	10	Franmil Reyes	OF
139	10	Anthony Rendon	3B
140	10	Ke'Bryan Hayes	3B
141	10	Giovanny Gallegos	RP
142	10	Kyle Wright	SP
143	10	Patrick Sandoval	SP
144	10	Hunter Renfroe	OF
145	10	Charlie Blackmon	OF
146	10	Jesse Winker	OF
147	10	Steven Kwan	OF
148	10	Michael Kopech	RP
149	10	Jeff McNeil	2B/OF
150	10	Andrew Kittredge	RP
151	10	Jacob deGrom	SP
152	10	Garrett Whitlock	RP
153	11	Cody Bellinger	OF
154	11	Manuel Margot	OF
155	11	Ramon Laureano	OF
156	11	Tommy Pham	OF
157	11	Tarik Skubal	SP
158	11	Eloy Jimenez	OF
159	11	Mark Melancon	RP
160	11	Max Kepler	OF
161	11	Justin Turner	3B
162	11	Eric Lauer	SP
163	11	Amed Rosario	SS/OF
164	11	Rowdy Tellez	1B
165	11	David Bednar	RP
166	11	Triston McKenzie	SP
167	11	Adolis Garcia	OF
168	11	Andrew Benintendi	OF
169	11	Lance Lynn	SP
170	11	Joey Gallo	OF
171	11	Alex Kirilloff	OF
172	11	Steven Matz	SP
173	11	Camilo Doval	RP
174	11	Daniel Bard	RP
175	11	Luis Severino	SP
176	11	DJ LeMahieu	1B/2B/3B
177	11	Jesus Aguilar	1B
178	11	Jhoan Duran	SP
179	11	Shane Baz	SP
180	11	Josiah Gray	SP
181	11	Alec Bohm	3B
182	11	Connor Joe	1B/OF
183	11	Yusei Kikuchi	SP
184	11	Jordan Montgomery	SP
185	11	Seiya Suzuki	OF
186	11	Alex Wood	SP
187	11	Brandon Nimmo	OF
188	11	Travis d'Arnaud	C
189	11	Gleyber Torres	2B/SS
190	12	Corey Knebel	RP
191	12	Joey Votto	1B
192	12	Ryan McMahon	2B/3B
193	12	Carlos Carrasco	SP
194	12	Andrew McCutchen	OF
195	12	Mitch Haniger	OF
196	12	Sean Murphy	C
197	12	Avisail Garcia	OF
198	12	Austin Hays	OF
199	12	Jean Segura	2B
200	12	Sheldon Neuse	2B
201	12	Adam Wainwright	SP
202	12	Alex Verdugo	OF
203	12	Adam Frazier	2B/OF
204	12	Andres Munoz	RP
205	12	Blake Snell	SP
206	12	Sonny Gray	SP
207	12	J.P. Crawford	SS
208	12	Luis Urias	2B/3B/SS
209	12	Matt Chapman	3B
210	12	Keibert Ruiz	C
211	12	Tyler Mahle	SP
212	12	Chris Taylor	2B/3B/SS/OF
213	12	Scott Barlow	RP
214	12	Ian Happ	OF
215	13	Alex Cobb	SP
216	13	Josh Donaldson	3B
217	13	Clay Holmes	RP
218	13	Trey Mancini	1B
219	13	Zac Gallen	SP
220	13	Eugenio Suarez	3B/SS
221	13	AJ Pollock	OF
222	13	Paul Blackburn	SP
223	13	Jeimer Candelario	3B
224	13	Merrill Kelly	SP
225	13	Harrison Bader	OF
226	13	Spencer Strider	SP/RP
227	13	Brandon Belt	1B
228	13	Bruce Zimmermann	SP
229	13	Drew Rasmussen	SP/RP
230	13	Jorge Mateo	SS/OF
231	13	Tanner Rainey	RP
232	13	Reid Detmers	SP
233	13	Jesus Luzardo	SP
234	13	Hyun Jin Ryu	SP
235	13	Yandy Diaz	1B/3B
236	13	MacKenzie Gore	SP
237	13	Eric Hosmer	1B
238	13	Devin Williams	RP
239	13	Jorge Lopez	SP/RP
240	13	Jesus Sanchez	OF
241	13	Ryan Helsley	RP
242	14	Anthony Santander	OF
243	14	Noah Syndergaard	SP
244	14	Lucas Sims	RP
245	14	George Kirby	SP
246	14	Patrick Wisdom	1B/3B/OF
247	14	Jon Gray	SP
248	14	Jakob Junis	SP/RP
249	14	Michael Brantley	OF
250	14	Yoan Moncada	3B
251	14	Taylor Ward	OF
252	14	Nico Hoerner	2B/SS
253	14	Cesar Hernandez	2B
254	14	Eduardo Escobar	1B/2B/3B
255	14	Paul Sewald	RP
256	14	Adam Duvall	OF
257	14	Trent Grisham	OF
258	14	Thairo Estrada	SS
259	14	Gavin Lux	2B/SS/OF
260	14	Nicky Lopez	SS
261	14	Tyler Naquin	OF
262	14	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	SS
263	14	Christian Walker	1B
264	14	Bailey Ober	SP
265	14	Andrew Vaughn	1B/OF
266	14	Gregory Soto	RP
267	14	Josh Staumont	RP
268	14	Miles Mikolas	SP
269	14	Brendan Rodgers	2B/SS
270	14	Kyle Gibson	SP
271	14	Robbie Grossman	OF
272	15	Tanner Houck	SP/RP
273	15	Jorge Soler	OF
274	15	Santiago Espinal	3B/SS
275	15	Chris Sale	SP
276	15	Michael Wacha	SP
277	15	German Marquez	SP
278	15	Nelson Cruz	DH
279	15	Gary Sanchez	C
280	15	Oneil Cruz	SS
281	15	Josh Winder	SP
282	15	Daniel Vogelbach	1B
283	15	Jonathan Schoop	1B/2B
284	15	Dany Jimenez	RP
285	15	Mitch Garver	C
286	15	Nathaniel Lowe	1B
287	15	Spencer Torkelson	1B
288	15	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	1B/OF
289	15	Hector Neris	RP
290	15	Maikel Franco	3B
291	15	Danny Jansen	C
292	16	Josh Naylor	1B/OF
293	16	Elias Diaz	C
294	16	Austin Meadows	OF
295	16	Frank Schwindel	1B/OF
296	16	Marcus Stroman	SP
297	16	Evan Longoria	3B
298	16	Brandon Crawford	SS
299	16	David Peralta	OF
300	16	Jameson Taillon	SP
301	16	Chad Kuhl	SP/RP
302	16	Yuli Gurriel	1B
303	16	Luke Voit	1B
304	16	Dylan Carlson	OF
305	16	Mike Zunino	C
306	16	Emilio Pagan	RP
307	16	Tyler Wells	RP
308	16	Trevor Larnach	OF
309	16	Jarred Kelenic	OF
310	16	Jeffrey Springs	RP
311	16	Yadiel Hernandez	OF
312	16	Mike Clevinger	SP
313	16	Anthony Bender	RP
314	16	Alejandro Kirk	C
315	16	Max Stassi	C
316	16	Alek Thomas	OF
317	16	Aaron Civale	SP
318	16	A.J. Puk	RP
319	16	Josh Rojas	2B/3B/SS/OF
320	17	Lou Trivino	RP
321	17	Omar Narvaez	C
322	17	Lance McCullers Jr.	SP
323	17	Patrick Corbin	SP
324	17	Brandon Marsh	OF
325	17	Cristian Javier	SP/RP
326	17	Mike Yastrzemski	OF
327	17	Ian Anderson	SP
328	17	Cal Quantrill	SP/RP
329	17	Madison Bumgarner	SP
330	17	Rafael Montero	RP
331	17	Chad Green	RP
332	17	Jonathan Loaisiga	RP
333	17	Chris Stratton	RP
334	17	Chris Flexen	SP
335	17	Mark Canha	OF
336	17	Owen Miller	1B/2B
337	17	Kike Hernandez	2B/OF
338	17	Jake McGee	RP
339	17	Garrett Cooper	1B/OF
340	17	Jose Urquidy	SP
341	17	Jose Miranda	2B
342	17	Diego Castillo	RP
343	17	Nick Madrigal	2B
344	17	Marco Gonzales	SP
345	17	Matt Barnes	RP
346	17	Christian Vazquez	C
347	17	Brad Miller	1B/2B/OF
348	17	Reynaldo Lopez	SP/RP
349	17	Andrew Heaney	SP
350	17	Brandon Drury	1B/2B/3B/OF
351	17	Josh Lowe	OF
352	17	James Kaprielian	SP
353	17	JT Brubaker	SP
354	17	Aaron Ashby	RP
355	17	Joey Bart	C
356	17	Anthony DeSclafani	SP
357	17	Joc Pederson	OF
358	17	Austin Gomber	SP
359	17	Juan Yepez	1B
360	17	Max Meyer	SP
361	17	Joey Wendle	2B/3B/SS
362	17	Tyler Rogers	RP
363	18	LaMonte Wade Jr.	OF
364	18	Jo Adell	OF
365	18	Odubel Herrera	OF
366	18	Brian Anderson	3B
367	18	Nick Pivetta	SP
368	18	Luis Arraez	2B/3B/OF
369	18	Rowan Wick	RP
370	18	Tyler Anderson	SP
371	18	Zack Greinke	SP
372	18	Ha-Seong Kim	2B/3B/SS
373	18	Michael Pineda	SP
374	18	Martin Perez	SP
375	18	Glenn Otto	SP
376	18	Seth Lugo	RP
377	18	Wade Miley	SP
378	18	Brady Singer	SP
379	18	Kyle Farmer	3B/SS
380	18	Dane Dunning	SP
381	18	Adley Rutschman	C
382	18	Austin Nola	C
383	18	Ben Gamel	OF
384	18	Nick Martinez	SP
385	18	Hunter Dozier	1B/3B/OF
386	18	Miguel Cabrera	1B
387	18	Jonah Heim	C
388	18	Drew Smyly	SP
389	18	Michael Fulmer	RP
390	18	Raimel Tapia	OF
391	18	Darin Ruf	1B/OF
392	18	Jacob Stallings	C
393	18	Jon Berti	2B/3B/OF
394	18	Jorge Alfaro	C/OF
395	18	Jarren Duran	OF
396	19	Joe Barlow	RP
397	19	Roberto Perez	C
398	19	Chad Pinder	2B/OF
399	19	Zack Collins	C
400	19	Kris Bubic	SP
401	19	Colin Moran	1B
402	19	Zach Thompson	SP
403	19	Bobby Dalbec	1B
404	19	Garrett Hampson	2B/OF
405	19	Lorenzo Cain	OF
406	19	Pavin Smith	1B/OF
407	19	Rich Hill	SP
408	19	Chas McCormick	OF
409	19	Tyler Wade	2B/3B/SS/OF
410	19	Jonathan Villar	2B/3B/SS
411	19	Ian Kennedy	RP
412	19	Tony Kemp	2B/OF
413	19	Abraham Toro	2B/3B
414	19	Mike Minor	SP
415	19	Chris Paddack	SP
416	19	Wil Myers	OF
417	19	Yadier Molina	C
418	19	Nolan Gorman	3B
419	19	Vidal Brujan	2B
420	19	Brad Keller	SP
421	19	Michael A. Taylor	OF
422	19	Stephen Strasburg	SP
423	19	Michael Chavis	1B/2B
424	19	Nick Senzel	2B/OF
425	19	Dylan Bundy	SP
426	19	Jose Quintana	SP
427	19	Kyle Hendricks	SP
428	19	Casey Mize	SP
429	19	Miguel Sano	1B
430	19	Adrian Houser	SP
431	19	Victor Robles	OF
432	19	Aaron Hicks	OF
433	19	Josh Harrison	2B/3B/SS/OF
434	19	Mitch Keller	SP
435	19	Triston Casas	1B
436	19	Ryan Jeffers	C
437	19	Michael Lorenzen	RP
438	19	Zach Eflin	SP
439	19	Carlos Santana	1B
440	19	Hunter Greene	SP
441	19	Tony Gonsolin	SP
442	19	Jordan Hicks	RP
443	19	Nick Solak	2B
444	19	Jose Iglesias	2B/SS
445	19	Ramon Urias	2B/SS/3B
446	19	Edward Olivares	OF
447	19	Miguel Rojas	SS
448	20	MJ Melendez	C
449	20	Jake Odorizzi	SP
450	20	Kyle Bradish	SP
451	20	Taijuan Walker	SP
452	20	Andy Ibanez	1B/2B/3B
453	20	Travis Demeritte	OF
454	20	Yan Gomes	C
455	20	Oscar Mercado	OF
456	20	Seth Brown	1B
457	20	Didi Gregorius	SS
458	20	Dakota Hudson	SP
459	20	Erick Fedde	SP
460	20	Austin Slater	OF
461	20	Matt Brash	SP
462	20	Corey Kluber	SP
463	20	Rafael Ortega	OF
464	20	Akil Baddoo	OF
465	20	Tom Murphy	C
466	20	Gio Urshela	3B/SS
467	20	Jed Lowrie	2B
468	20	Taylor Walls	SS
469	20	Chris Archer	SP
470	20	Mike Moustakas	1B/3B
471	20	Leury Garcia	2B/3B/SS/OF
472	20	Ji-Man Choi	1B
473	20	Keegan Akin	SP
474	20	Jurickson Profar	1B/2B/OF

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