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Eric Karabell Mar 25, 2022

ESPN Senior Writer

The 2022 fantasy baseball season is quickly

approaching, and with many moves happening in
recent days, surely you're wondering which
players you may want to draft for your teams.
The following rankings are designed specifically
with ESPN roto-style leagues in mind.

Please note that these rankings reflect what we

think players will do in the upcoming season and
not how they may have performed in previous
campaigns. We will update these rankings as
major news warrants.

To see rankings and cheat sheets for all types of

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Note: Tristan H. Cockcroft's points league

rankings can be found here.

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Top 300 Overall | Top Catchers | Top First

Basemen | Top Second Basemen | Top Third
Basemen | Top Shortstops | Top Outfielders |
Top Designated Hitters | Top Starting Pitchers |
Top Relief Pitchers

Top 300 Rankings for 2022

"Elig. Pos." is the player's eligible position(s). Position

eligibility is determined based upon a minimum of 20 games,
otherwise the position the player appeared at most, in 2021.
"Pos. Rank" is the player's ranking at his ESPN primary
position.

POS.
RANK PLAYER TEAM ELIG. POS.
RANK

1 Trea Turner LAD SS/2B SS1

2 Juan Soto WSH OF OF1

3 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 1B 1B1

4 Bo Bichette TOR SS SS2

5 Jose Ramirez CLE 3B 3B1

6 Bryce Harper PHI OF OF2

7 Mookie Betts LAD OF OF3

8 Gerrit Cole NYY SP SP1

9 Shohei Ohtani LAA DH/SP DH1

10 Freddie Freeman LAD 1B 1B2

11 Kyle Tucker HOU OF OF4

12 Ronald Acuna Jr. ATL OF OF5

13 Rafael Devers BOS 3B 3B2

14 Walker Buehler LAD SP SP3

15 Corbin Burnes MIL SP SP4

16 Brandon Woodruff MIL SP SP5

17 Manny Machado SD 3B 3B3

18 Max Scherzer NYM SP SP6

19 Yordan Alvarez HOU OF OF6

20 Ozzie Albies ATL 2B 2B2

21 Mike Trout LAA OF OF7

22 Jacob deGrom NYM SP SP7

23 Luis Robert CWS OF OF8

24 Xander Bogaerts BOS SS SS3

25 Starling Marte NYM OF OF9

26 Whit Merrifield KC 2B/OF 2B3

27 Cedric Mullins BAL OF OF11

28 Teoscar Hernandez TOR OF OF12

29 Shane Bieber CLE SP SP8

30 Marcus Semien TEX 2B/SS 2B4

31 Lucas Giolito CWS SP SP9

32 Austin Riley ATL 3B 3B4

33 Julio Urias LAD SP SP10

34 Tim Anderson CWS SS SS5

35 Matt Olson ATL 1B 1B3

36 Trevor Story BOS SS SS6

37 Robbie Ray SEA SP SP11

38 Sandy Alcantara MIA SP SP12

39 Eloy Jimenez CWS OF OF13

40 Kris Bryant COL OF/3B OF14

41 Wander Franco TB SS SS7

42 Nolan Arenado STL 3B 3B6

43 Nick Castellanos PHI OF OF15

44 Francisco Lindor NYM SS SS8

45 Alex Bregman HOU 3B 3B7

46 Jose Altuve HOU 2B 2B5

47 George Springer TOR OF OF16

48 Paul Goldschmidt STL 1B 1B4

49 J.D. Martinez BOS OF OF17

50 Kevin Gausman TOR SP SP13

51 Freddy Peralta MIL SP SP14

52 Aaron Judge NYY OF OF18

53 Tyler O'Neill STL OF OF19

54 Pete Alonso NYM 1B 1B5

55 Logan Webb SF SP SP15

56 Zack Wheeler PHI SP SP16

57 Aaron Nola PHI SP SP17

58 Jose Berrios TOR SP SP18

59 Corey Seager TEX SS SS9

60 Max Muncy LAD 2B/1B 2B6

61 Jose Abreu CWS 1B 1B7

62 Alek Manoah TOR SP SP19

63 Brandon Lowe TB 2B 2B7

64 Lance Lynn CWS SP SP20

65 Luis Castillo CIN SP SP21

66 Josh Hader MIL RP RP1

67 Max Fried ATL SP SP22

68 Liam Hendriks CWS RP RP2

69 Carlos Correa MIN SS SS10

70 Salvador Perez KC C C1

71 Joe Musgrove SD SP SP23

72 Randy Arozarena TB OF OF20

73 Charlie Morton ATL SP SP24

74 Clayton Kershaw LAD SP SP25

75 Jonathan India CIN 2B 2B8

76 Javier Baez DET SS/2B SS11

77 Ketel Marte ARI OF/2B OF21

78 Carlos Rodon SF SP SP26

79 Sonny Gray MIN SP SP27

80 Bryan Reynolds PIT OF OF22

81 Justin Verlander HOU SP SP28

82 Trevor Rogers MIA SP SP29

83 J.T. Realmuto PHI C C2

84 Jesse Winker SEA OF OF23

85 Frankie Montas OAK SP SP30

86 Anthony Rendon LAA 3B 3B8

87 Matt Chapman TOR 3B 3B9

88 Chris Sale BOS SP SP31

89 Mitch Haniger SEA OF OF24

90 Nelson Cruz WSH DH DH2

91 Kyle Schwarber PHI OF OF25

92 Franmil Reyes CLE DH DH3

93 Raisel Iglesias LAA RP RP3

94 Shane McClanahan TB SP SP32

95 Emmanuel Clase CLE RP RP4

96 Seiya Suzuki CHC OF OF26

97 Yu Darvish SD SP SP33

98 DJ LeMahieu NYY 2B/1B/3B 2B11

99 Jorge Polanco MIN 2B/SS 2B12

100 Adam Wainwright STL SP SP34

101 Fernando Tatis Jr. SD SS/OF SS13

102 Byron Buxton MIN OF OF28

103 Christian Yelich MIL OF OF29

104 Giancarlo Stanton NYY OF OF30

105 Dansby Swanson ATL SS SS14

106 Willy Adames MIL SS SS15

107 Pablo Lopez MIA SP SP35

108 Dylan Cease CWS SP SP36

109 Austin Meadows TB OF OF31

110 Cody Bellinger LAD OF OF32

111 Trent Grisham SD OF OF33

112 Joey Votto CIN 1B 1B9

113 Jordan Romano TOR RP RP5

114 Yoan Moncada CWS 3B 3B11

115 Ryan Pressly HOU RP RP6

116 Edwin Diaz NYM RP RP7

117 Aroldis Chapman NYY RP RP8

118 Jared Walsh LAA 1B 1B10

119 Blake Treinen LAD RP RP9

120 Kenley Jansen ATL RP RP10

121 Ryan McMahon COL 3B/2B 3B12

122 C.J. Cron COL 1B 1B11

123 Jazz Chisholm Jr. MIA 2B/SS 2B14

124 Justin Turner LAD 3B 3B13

125 Will Smith LAD C C3

126 Chris Taylor LAD OF/2B/SS OF34

127 Anthony Rizzo NYY 1B 1B12

128 Tyler Mahle CIN SP SP37

129 Josh Bell WSH 1B 1B13

130 Jake Cronenworth SD 2B/1B/SS 2B16

131 Bobby Witt Jr. KC SS SS19

132 Ty France SEA 1B/2B 1B15

133 Tommy Edman STL 2B/OF 2B18

134 Alex Verdugo BOS OF OF36

135 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. TOR OF OF37

136 Trey Mancini BAL 1B 1B16

137 Zac Gallen ARI SP SP38

138 Yasmani Grandal CWS C C4

139 Adalberto Mondesi KC 3B 3B14

140 Jack Flaherty STL SP SP39

141 AJ Pollock LAD OF OF38

142 UP Julio Rodriguez SEA OF OF39

143 Jorge Soler MIA OF OF40

144 Ryan Mountcastle BAL 1B/OF 1B17

145 Michael Brantley HOU OF OF42

146 Hunter Renfroe MIL OF OF43

147 Mark Canha NYM OF OF44

148 Andrew Benintendi KC OF OF45

149 Dylan Carlson STL OF OF46

150 Jarred Kelenic SEA OF OF47

151 Andrew Vaughn CWS OF OF48

152 Josh Donaldson NYY 3B 3B15

153 Marcus Stroman CHC SP SP40

154 Luke Voit SD 1B 1B18

155 Jon Gray TEX SP SP41

156 Sean Manaea OAK SP SP42

157 UP Tommy Pham CIN OF OF49

158 Joey Gallo NYY OF OF50

159 Luis Garcia HOU SP SP43

160 Avisail Garcia MIA OF OF51

161 Nathan Eovaldi BOS SP SP44

162 Ian Happ CHC OF OF52

163 Rhys Hoskins PHI 1B 1B19

164 Anthony DeSclafani SF SP SP45

165 Alex Kirilloff MIN 1B/OF 1B20

166 Shane Baz TB SP SP46

167 Adam Duvall ATL OF OF54

168 Frank Schwindel CHC 1B 1B21

169 Gleyber Torres NYY SS SS20

170 Chris Bassitt NYM SP SP47

171 John Means BAL SP SP48

172 Jean Segura PHI 2B 2B19

173 Wil Myers SD OF OF55

174 Mike Yastrzemski SF OF OF56

175 Giovanny Gallegos STL RP RP11

176 Corey Knebel PHI RP RP12

177 UP Randal Grichuk COL OF OF57

178 Mark Melancon ARI RP RP13

179 Lance McCullers Jr. HOU SP SP49

180 Ian Anderson ATL SP SP50

181 Framber Valdez HOU SP SP51

182 Jose Urquidy HOU SP SP52

183 Logan Gilbert SEA SP SP53

184 Yuli Gurriel HOU 1B 1B22

185 Joe Ryan MIN SP SP54

186 Taylor Rogers MIN RP RP14

187 Eduardo Rodriguez DET SP SP55

188 Austin Hays BAL OF OF58

189 Mike Clevinger SD SP SP56

190 Jeimer Candelario DET 3B 3B16

191 Luis Urias MIL 3B/2B/SS 3B17

192 Adolis Garcia TEX OF OF59

193 Willson Contreras CHC C C5

194 Daulton Varsho ARI C/OF C6

195 Ke'Bryan Hayes PIT 3B 3B18

196 Brandon Belt SF 1B 1B23

197 Brendan Rodgers COL 2B/SS 2B21

198 Chris Flexen SEA SP SP57

199 Hyun Jin Ryu TOR SP SP58

200 DOWN Craig Kimbrel CWS RP RP15

201 Charlie Blackmon COL OF OF61

202 Scott Barlow KC RP RP16

203 Bobby Dalbec BOS 1B 1B24

204 Joe Barlow TEX RP RP17

205 Matt Barnes BOS RP RP18

206 Tarik Skubal DET SP SP59

207 Cal Quantrill CLE SP/RP SP60

208 Alex Wood SF SP SP61

209 David Bednar PIT RP RP20

210 Brandon Crawford SF SS SS23

211 Amed Rosario CLE SS SS24

212 Blake Snell SD SP SP62

213 Gavin Lux LAD SS/2B SS25

214 Triston McKenzie CLE SP SP63

215 Anthony Santander BAL OF OF62

216 Robbie Grossman DET OF OF63

217 Nicky Lopez KC SS SS26

218 German Marquez COL SP SP64

219 Spencer Torkelson DET 1B 1B25

220 Jonathan Schoop DET 1B/2B 1B26

221 Nathaniel Lowe TEX 1B 1B27

222 Harrison Bader STL OF OF64

223 Miguel Sano MIN 1B 1B28

224 Devin Williams MIL RP RP21

225 Tanner Houck BOS SP SP65

226 Keibert Ruiz WSH C C7

227 Myles Straw CLE OF OF65

228 Camilo Doval SF RP RP22

229 Jake McGee SF RP RP23

230 Noah Syndergaard LAA SP SP66

231 Stephen Strasburg WSH SP SP67

232 Aaron Civale CLE SP SP68

233 Eddie Rosario ATL OF OF66

234 Lou Trivino OAK RP RP24

235 Zach Plesac CLE SP SP69

236 UP Gregory Soto DET RP RP25

237 Huascar Ynoa ATL SP SP70

238 Max Kepler MIN OF OF67

239 Christian Vazquez BOS C C8

240 Ranger Suarez PHI RP/SP RP26

241 Michael Kopech CWS RP RP27

242 Eric Hosmer SD 1B 1B29

243 Tyler Stephenson CIN C/1B C9

244 Josh Rojas ARI SS/2B/OF SS27

245 Jesus Aguilar MIA 1B 1B31

246 Patrick Sandoval LAA SP SP72

247 Jo Adell LAA OF OF69

248 UP Akil Baddoo DET OF OF70

249 Eugenio Suarez SEA 3B/SS 3B19

250 Bailey Ober MIN SP SP73

251 Travis d'Arnaud ATL C C10

252 Josh Lowe TB OF OF71

253 Kyle Hendricks CHC SP SP74

254 Wade Miley CHC SP SP75

255 Christian Walker ARI 1B 1B32

256 Alex Cobb SF SP SP76

257 Garrett Whitlock BOS RP RP28

258 Taijuan Walker NYM SP SP77

259 Mike Zunino TB C C11

260 Marcell Ozuna ATL OF OF72

261 Nick Pivetta BOS SP SP78

262 Eduardo Escobar NYM 2B/3B 2B25

263 Dylan Floro MIA RP RP29

264 Paul Sewald SEA RP RP30

265 Josiah Gray WSH SP SP79

266 Robert Suarez SD RP RP31

267 Cesar Hernandez WSH 2B 2B26

268 Tyler Rogers SF RP RP32

269 Chris Paddack SD SP SP80

270 Will Smith ATL RP RP33

271 LaMonte Wade Jr. SF OF/1B OF73

272 Edward Cabrera MIA SP SP81

273 Carlos Carrasco NYM SP SP82

274 Gio Urshela MIN 3B/SS 3B21

275 Casey Mize DET SP SP83

276 Patrick Wisdom CHC 3B 3B22

277 Pete Fairbanks TB RP RP34

278 Zack Greinke KC SP SP84

279 Dominic Smith NYM OF OF74

280 Kendall Graveman CWS RP RP35

281 DOWN Michael Fulmer DET RP RP36

282 Cavan Biggio TOR 3B 3B23

283 Jameson Taillon NYY SP SP85

284 Andrew McCutchen MIL OF OF75

285 Adley Rutschman BAL C C12

286 Enrique Hernandez BOS OF/2B OF76

287 Mike Moustakas CIN 3B 3B24

288 Kolten Wong MIL 2B 2B28

289 Yusei Kikuchi TOR SP SP86

290 Isiah Kiner-Falefa NYY SS SS30

291 Luis Patino TB SP SP87

292 Jesus Sanchez MIA OF OF77

293 Brandon Marsh LAA OF OF78

294 Jordan Montgomery NYY SP SP88

295 Mitch Garver TEX C C13

296 David Fletcher LAA 2B/SS 2B29

297 Reid Detmers LAA SP SP89

298 Gary Sanchez MIN C C14

299 Carson Kelly ARI C C15

300 DOWN Michael Conforto FA OF OF79

Positional Rankings

Top 300 | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | DH | SP |
RP

Top 50 Catchers
POS. OVR. OTHER
PLAYER TEAM AGE
RANK RANK ELIG. POS.

1 70 Salvador Perez KC 31

2 83 J.T. Realmuto PHI 31

3 125 Will Smith LAD 27

4 138 Yasmani Grandal CWS 33

5 193 Willson Contreras CHC 29

6 194 Daulton Varsho ARI OF 25

7 226 Keibert Ruiz WSH 23

8 239 Christian Vazquez BOS 31

9 243 Tyler Stephenson CIN 1B 25

10 251 Travis d'Arnaud ATL 33

11 259 Mike Zunino TB 31

12 285 Adley Rutschman BAL 24

13 295 Mitch Garver TEX 31

14 298 Gary Sanchez MIN 29

15 299 Carson Kelly ARI 27

16 NR Sean Murphy OAK 27

17 NR Alejandro Kirk TOR 23

18 NR Eric Haase DET OF 29

19 NR Omar Narvaez MIL 30

20 NR Austin Nola SD 32

21 NR Luis Torrens SEA 25

22 NR Curt Casali SF 33

23 NR Francisco Mejia TB 26

24 NR Elias Diaz COL 31

25 NR Yadier Molina STL 39

26 NR Yan Gomes CHC 34

27 NR Joey Bart SF 25

28 NR Max Stassi LAA 31

29 NR James McCann NYM 31

30 NR Kyle Higashioka NYY 31

31 NR Jacob Stallings MIA 32

32 NR Tucker Barnhart DET 31

33 NR Danny Jansen TOR 26

34 NR Pedro Severino MIL 28

35 NR Ryan Jeffers MIN 24

36 NR Jorge Alfaro SD OF 28

37 NR Jonah Heim TEX 26

38 NR Tom Murphy SEA 30

39 NR Gabriel Moreno TOR 22

40 NR MJ Melendez KC 23

41 NR Shea Langeliers OAK 24

42 NR Luis Campusano SD 23

43 NR William Contreras ATL 24

44 NR Victor Caratini SD 28

45 NR Jose Trevino TEX 29

46 NR Riley Adams WSH 25

47 NR Andrew Knizner STL 27

48 NR Jason Castro HOU 34

49 NR Roberto Perez PIT 33

50 NR Manny Pina ATL 34

Top 300 | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | DH | SP |
RP

Top 50 First Basemen

POS. OVR. OTHER
PLAYER TEAM AGE
RANK RANK ELIG. POS.

1 3 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 23

2 10 Freddie Freeman LAD 32

3 35 Matt Olson ATL 28

4 48 Paul Goldschmidt STL 34

5 54 Pete Alonso NYM 27

6 60 Max Muncy LAD 2B 31

7 61 Jose Abreu CWS 35

8 98 DJ LeMahieu NYY 2B/3B 33

9 112 Joey Votto CIN 38

10 118 Jared Walsh LAA 28

11 122 C.J. Cron COL 32

12 127 Anthony Rizzo NYY 32

13 129 Josh Bell WSH 29

14 130 Jake Cronenworth SD 2B/SS 28

15 132 Ty France SEA 2B 27

16 136 Trey Mancini BAL 30

17 144 Ryan Mountcastle BAL OF 25

18 154 Luke Voit SD 31

19 163 Rhys Hoskins PHI 29

20 165 Alex Kirilloff MIN OF 24

21 168 Frank Schwindel CHC 29

22 184 Yuli Gurriel HOU 37

23 196 Brandon Belt SF 33

24 203 Bobby Dalbec BOS 26

25 219 Spencer Torkelson DET 22

26 220 Jonathan Schoop DET 2B 30

27 221 Nathaniel Lowe TEX 26

28 223 Miguel Sano MIN 28

29 242 Eric Hosmer SD 32

30 243 Tyler Stephenson CIN C 25

31 245 Jesus Aguilar MIA 31

32 255 Christian Walker ARI 31

33 271 LaMonte Wade Jr. SF OF 28

34 NR Darin Ruf SF OF 35

35 NR Pavin Smith ARI OF 26

36 NR Nick Pratto KC 23

37 NR Wilmer Flores SF 3B/2B 30

38 NR Carlos Santana KC 35

39 NR Brad Miller TEX OF 32

40 NR Yandy Diaz TB 3B 30

41 NR Rowdy Tellez MIL 27

42 NR Jurickson Profar SD OF 29

43 NR Keston Hiura MIL 25

44 NR Miguel Cabrera DET 38

45 NR Colin Moran CIN 29

46 NR Ji-Man Choi TB 30

47 NR Bobby Bradley CLE 25

48 NR Yoshi Tsutsugo PIT OF 30

49 NR Sam Huff TEX 24

50 NR Triston Casas BOS 22

Top 300 | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | DH | SP |
RP

Top 50 Second Basemen

POS. OVR. OTHER
PLAYER TEAM AGE
RANK RANK ELIG. POS.

1 1 Trea Turner LAD SS 28

2 20 Ozzie Albies ATL 25

3 26 Whit Merrifield KC OF 33

4 30 Marcus Semien TEX SS 31

5 46 Jose Altuve HOU 31

6 60 Max Muncy LAD 1B 31

7 63 Brandon Lowe TB 27

8 75 Jonathan India CIN 25

9 76 Javier Baez DET SS 29

10 77 Ketel Marte ARI OF 28

11 98 DJ LeMahieu NYY 1B/3B 33

12 99 Jorge Polanco MIN SS 28

13 121 Ryan McMahon COL 3B 27

14 123 Jazz Chisholm Jr. MIA SS 24

15 126 Chris Taylor LAD OF/SS 31

16 130 Jake Cronenworth SD 1B/SS 28

17 132 Ty France SEA 1B 27

18 133 Tommy Edman STL OF 26

19 172 Jean Segura PHI 32

20 191 Luis Urias MIL 3B/SS 24

21 197 Brendan Rodgers COL SS 25

22 213 Gavin Lux LAD SS 24

23 220 Jonathan Schoop DET 1B 30

24 244 Josh Rojas ARI SS/OF 27

25 262 Eduardo Escobar NYM 3B 33

26 267 Cesar Hernandez WSH 31

27 286 Enrique Hernandez BOS OF 30

28 288 Kolten Wong MIL 31

29 296 David Fletcher LAA SS 27

30 NR Nick Madrigal CHC 25

31 NR Robinson Cano NYM 39

32 NR Vidal Brujan TB OF 24

33 NR Abraham Toro SEA 3B 25

34 NR Luis Arraez MIN 3B/OF 24

35 NR Jeff McNeil NYM OF 29

 35 NR Jeff McNeil NYM OF 29

36 NR Adam Frazier SEA 30

37 NR Nick Solak TEX 27

38 NR Wilmer Flores SF 3B/1B 30

39 NR Garrett Hampson COL OF 27

40 NR Nolan Gorman STL 21

41 NR Tony Kemp OAK OF 30

42 NR Tommy La Stella SF 33

43 NR Edmundo Sosa STL SS 26

44 NR Mauricio Dubon SF SS/OF 27

45 NR Dylan Moore SEA OF 29

46 NR Andres Gimenez CLE SS 23

47 NR Nico Hoerner CHC 24

48 NR Ramon Urias BAL SS 27

49 NR Luis Garcia WSH 21

50 NR Josh Harrison CWS 3B/OF 34

Top 300 | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | DH | SP |
RP

Top 50 Third Basemen

POS. OVR. OTHER
PLAYER TEAM AGE
RANK RANK ELIG. POS.

1 5 Jose Ramirez CLE 29

2 13 Rafael Devers BOS 25

3 17 Manny Machado SD 29

4 32 Austin Riley ATL 24

5 40 Kris Bryant COL OF 30

6 42 Nolan Arenado STL 30

7 45 Alex Bregman HOU 28

8 86 Anthony Rendon LAA 31

9 87 Matt Chapman TOR 28

10 98 DJ LeMahieu NYY 2B/1B 33

11 114 Yoan Moncada CWS 26

12 121 Ryan McMahon COL 2B 27

13 124 Justin Turner LAD 37

14 139 Adalberto Mondesi KC 26

15 152 Josh Donaldson NYY 36

16 190 Jeimer Candelario DET 28

17 191 Luis Urias MIL 2B/SS 24

18 195 Ke'Bryan Hayes PIT 25

19 249 Eugenio Suarez SEA SS 30

20 262 Eduardo Escobar NYM 2B 33

21 274 Gio Urshela MIN SS 30

22 276 Patrick Wisdom CHC 30

23 282 Cavan Biggio TOR 26

24 287 Mike Moustakas CIN 33

25 NR Abraham Toro SEA 2B 25

26 NR Luis Arraez MIN 2B/OF 24

27 NR Alec Bohm PHI 25

28 NR Joey Wendle MIA SS 31

29 NR Kevin Smith OAK 25

30 NR Jonathan Villar CHC SS 30

31 NR Hunter Dozier KC OF 30

32 NR Brian Anderson MIA 28

33 NR Wilmer Flores SF 1B/2B 30

34 NR J.D. Davis NYM 28

35 NR Yandy Diaz TB 1B 30

36 NR Jose Miranda MIN 23

37 NR Carter Kieboom WSH 24

38 NR Josh Harrison CWS 2B/OF 34

39 NR Tyler Wade LAA SS/OF 27

40 NR Evan Longoria SF 36

41 NR Ha-Seong Kim SD SS/2B 26

42 NR Colton Welker COL 24

43 NR Jon Berti MIA 2B 32

44 NR Yonny Hernandez TEX 23

45 NR Asdrubal Cabrera FA 36

46 NR Jake Burger CWS 25

47 NR Aledmys Diaz HOU 31

48 NR David Bote CHC 2B 28

49 NR Yu Chang CLE 1B 26

50 NR Phil Gosselin ATL 1B/OF 33

Top 300 | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | DH | SP |
RP

Top 50 Shortstops
POS. OVR. OTHER
PLAYER TEAM AGE
RANK RANK ELIG. POS.

1 1 Trea Turner LAD 2B 28

2 4 Bo Bichette TOR 24

3 24 Xander Bogaerts BOS 29

4 30 Marcus Semien TEX 2B 31

5 34 Tim Anderson CWS 28

6 36 Trevor Story BOS 29

7 41 Wander Franco TB 21

8 44 Francisco Lindor NYM 28

9 59 Corey Seager TEX 27

10 69 Carlos Correa MIN 27

11 76 Javier Baez DET 2B 29

12 99 Jorge Polanco MIN 2B 28

13 101 Fernando Tatis Jr. SD OF 23

14 105 Dansby Swanson ATL 28

15 106 Willy Adames MIL 26

16 123 Jazz Chisholm Jr. MIA 2B 24

17 126 Chris Taylor LAD OF/2B 31

18 130 Jake Cronenworth SD 2B/1B 28

19 131 Bobby Witt Jr. KC 21

20 169 Gleyber Torres NYY 25

21 191 Luis Urias MIL 3B/2B 24

22 197 Brendan Rodgers COL 2B 25

23 210 Brandon Crawford SF 35

24 211 Amed Rosario CLE 26

25 213 Gavin Lux LAD 2B 24

26 217 Nicky Lopez KC 27

27 244 Josh Rojas ARI 2B/OF 27

28 249 Eugenio Suarez SEA 3B 30

29 274 Gio Urshela MIN 3B 30

30 290 Isiah Kiner-Falefa NYY 27

31 296 David Fletcher LAA 2B 27

32 NR Oneil Cruz PIT 23

33 NR Miguel Rojas MIA 33

34 NR Didi Gregorius PHI 32

35 NR Joey Wendle MIA 3B 31

36 NR Jonathan Villar CHC 3B 30

37 NR J.P. Crawford SEA 27

38 NR Bryson Stott PHI 24

39 NR Paul DeJong STL 28

40 NR Edmundo Sosa STL 2B 26

41 NR Mauricio Dubon SF 2B/OF 27

42 NR Andres Gimenez CLE 2B 23

43 NR Kyle Farmer CIN 31

44 NR Nick Ahmed ARI 32

45 NR Elvis Andrus OAK 33

46 NR Kevin Newman PIT 28

47 NR CJ Abrams SD 21

48 NR Ramon Urias BAL 2B 27

49 NR Tyler Wade LAA 3B/OF 27

50 NR Ha-Seong Kim SD 2B/3B 26

Top 300 | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | DH | SP |
RP

Top 125 Outfielders

POS. OVR. OTHER
PLAYER TEAM
RANK RANK ELIG. POS.

1 2 Juan Soto WSH

2 6 Bryce Harper PHI

3 7 Mookie Betts LAD

4 11 Kyle Tucker HOU

5 12 Ronald Acuna Jr. ATL

6 19 Yordan Alvarez HOU

7 21 Mike Trout LAA

8 23 Luis Robert CWS

9 25 DOWN Starling Marte NYM

10 26 Whit Merrifield KC 2B

11 27 Cedric Mullins BAL

12 28 Teoscar Hernandez TOR

13 39 Eloy Jimenez CWS

14 40 Kris Bryant COL 3B

15 43 Nick Castellanos PHI

16 47 George Springer TOR

17 49 J.D. Martinez BOS

18 52 Aaron Judge NYY

19 53 Tyler O'Neill STL

20 72 Randy Arozarena TB

21 77 Ketel Marte ARI 2B

22 80 Bryan Reynolds PIT

23 84 Jesse Winker SEA

24 89 Mitch Haniger SEA

25 91 Kyle Schwarber PHI

26 96 Seiya Suzuki CHC

27 101 Fernando Tatis Jr. SD SS

28 102 Byron Buxton MIN

29 103 Christian Yelich MIL

30 104 Giancarlo Stanton NYY

31 109 Austin Meadows TB

32 110 Cody Bellinger LAD

33 111 Trent Grisham SD

34 126 Chris Taylor LAD 2B/SS

35 133 Tommy Edman STL 2B

36 134 Alex Verdugo BOS

37 135 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. TOR

38 141 AJ Pollock LAD

39 142 UP Julio Rodriguez SEA

40 143 Jorge Soler MIA

41 144 Ryan Mountcastle BAL 1B

42 145 DOWN Michael Brantley HOU

43 146 Hunter Renfroe MIL

44 147 Mark Canha NYM

45 148 Andrew Benintendi KC

46 149 Dylan Carlson STL

47 150 Jarred Kelenic SEA

48 151 Andrew Vaughn CWS

49 157 UP Tommy Pham CIN

50 158 Joey Gallo NYY

51 160 Avisail Garcia MIA

52 162 Ian Happ CHC

53 165 Alex Kirilloff MIN 1B

54 167 Adam Duvall ATL

55 173 Wil Myers SD

56 174 Mike Yastrzemski SF

57 177 UP Randal Grichuk COL

58 188 Austin Hays BAL

59 192 Adolis Garcia TEX

60 194 Daulton Varsho ARI C

61 201 Charlie Blackmon COL

62 215 Anthony Santander BAL

63 216 Robbie Grossman DET

64 222 Harrison Bader STL

65 227 Myles Straw CLE

66 233 Eddie Rosario ATL

67 238 Max Kepler MIN

68 244 Josh Rojas ARI SS/2B

69 247 Jo Adell LAA

70 248 UP Akil Baddoo DET

71 252 DOWN Josh Lowe TB

72 260 Marcell Ozuna ATL

73 271 LaMonte Wade Jr. SF 1B

74 279 Dominic Smith NYM

75 284 Andrew McCutchen MIL

76 286 Enrique Hernandez BOS 2B

77 292 Jesus Sanchez MIA

78 293 Brandon Marsh LAA

79 300 DOWN Michael Conforto FA

80 NR UP Edward Olivares KC

81 NR Vidal Brujan TB 2B

82 NR Luis Arraez MIN 3B/2B

83 NR Kyle Lewis SEA

84 NR Jeff McNeil NYM 2B

85 NR Joc Pederson SF

86 NR Clint Frazier CHC

87 NR Ramon Laureano OAK

88 NR Darin Ruf SF 1B

89 NR Lorenzo Cain MIL

90 NR Nick Senzel CIN

91 NR Aaron Hicks NYY

92 NR David Peralta ARI

93 NR Eric Haase DET C

94 NR Brandon Nimmo NYM

95 NR Leody Taveras TEX

96 NR Pavin Smith ARI 1B

97 NR Hunter Dozier KC 3B

98 NR DOWN Raimel Tapia TOR

99 NR Garrett Hampson COL 2B

100 NR Manuel Margot TB

101 NR Victor Robles WSH

102 NR Justin Upton LAA

103 NR Tony Kemp OAK 2B

104 NR Kole Calhoun TEX

105 NR Victor Reyes DET

106 NR Brad Miller TEX 1B

107 NR Kevin Kiermaier TB

108 NR Mauricio Dubon SF 2B/SS

109 NR Cristian Pache OAK

110 NR Dylan Moore SEA 2B

111 NR Alex Dickerson ATL

112 NR Corey Dickerson STL

113 NR Jurickson Profar SD 1B

114 NR Sam Hilliard COL

115 NR Jackie Bradley Jr. BOS

116 NR Jason Heyward CHC

117 NR Franchy Cordero BOS

118 NR Stephen Piscotty OAK

119 NR Tim Locastro NYY

120 NR David Dahl MIL

121 NR Yoshi Tsutsugo PIT 1B

122 NR Josh Naylor CLE

123 NR Roman Quinn FA

124 NR Nomar Mazara SD

125 NR Taylor Trammell SEA

Top 300 | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | DH | SP |
RP

Top 5 Designated Hitters

Note: Players listed below qualify only at designated hitter.

POS. OVR. OTHER

PLAYER TEAM AGE
RANK RANK ELIG. POS.

1 9 Shohei Ohtani LAA SP 27

2 90 Nelson Cruz WSH 41

3 92 Franmil Reyes CLE 26

4 NR Gavin Sheets CWS 25

5 NR Seth Beer ARI 25

Top 300 | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | DH | SP |
RP

Top 125 Starting Pitchers

POS. OVR. OTHER
PLAYER TEAM
RANK RANK ELIG. POS.

1 8 Gerrit Cole NYY

2 9 Shohei Ohtani LAA DH

3 14 Walker Buehler LAD

4 15 Corbin Burnes MIL

5 16 Brandon Woodruff MIL

6 18 Max Scherzer NYM

7 22 Jacob deGrom NYM

8 29 Shane Bieber CLE

9 31 Lucas Giolito CWS

10 33 Julio Urias LAD

11 37 Robbie Ray SEA

12 38 Sandy Alcantara MIA

13 50 Kevin Gausman TOR

14 51 Freddy Peralta MIL

15 55 Logan Webb SF

16 56 Zack Wheeler PHI

17 57 Aaron Nola PHI

18 58 DOWN Jose Berrios TOR

19 62 Alek Manoah TOR

20 64 Lance Lynn CWS

21 65 DOWN Luis Castillo CIN

22 67 Max Fried ATL

23 71 Joe Musgrove SD

24 73 Charlie Morton ATL

25 74 Clayton Kershaw LAD

26 78 Carlos Rodon SF

27 79 Sonny Gray MIN

28 81 Justin Verlander HOU

29 82 Trevor Rogers MIA

30 85 Frankie Montas OAK

31 88 Chris Sale BOS

32 94 Shane McClanahan TB

33 97 Yu Darvish SD

34 100 Adam Wainwright STL

35 107 Pablo Lopez MIA

36 108 Dylan Cease CWS

37 128 Tyler Mahle CIN

38 137 Zac Gallen ARI

39 140 Jack Flaherty STL

40 153 UP Marcus Stroman CHC

41 155 Jon Gray TEX

42 156 Sean Manaea OAK

43 159 Luis Garcia HOU

44 161 Nathan Eovaldi BOS

45 164 UP Anthony DeSclafani SF

46 166 DOWN Shane Baz TB

47 170 Chris Bassitt NYM

48 171 John Means BAL

49 179 DOWN Lance McCullers Jr. HOU

50 180 Ian Anderson ATL

51 181 Framber Valdez HOU

52 182 Jose Urquidy HOU

53 183 Logan Gilbert SEA

54 185 Joe Ryan MIN

55 187 Eduardo Rodriguez DET

56 189 Mike Clevinger SD

57 198 Chris Flexen SEA

58 199 Hyun Jin Ryu TOR

59 206 Tarik Skubal DET

60 207 Cal Quantrill CLE RP

61 208 Alex Wood SF

62 212 Blake Snell SD

63 214 Triston McKenzie CLE

64 218 German Marquez COL

65 225 Tanner Houck BOS

66 230 Noah Syndergaard LAA

67 231 Stephen Strasburg WSH

68 232 Aaron Civale CLE

69 235 Zach Plesac CLE

70 237 Huascar Ynoa ATL

71 240 Ranger Suarez PHI RP

72 246 Patrick Sandoval LAA

73 250 UP Bailey Ober MIN

74 253 Kyle Hendricks CHC

75 254 Wade Miley CHC

76 256 Alex Cobb SF

77 258 Taijuan Walker NYM

78 261 Nick Pivetta BOS

79 265 Josiah Gray WSH

80 269 Chris Paddack SD

81 272 Edward Cabrera MIA

82 273 Carlos Carrasco NYM

83 275 Casey Mize DET

84 278 Zack Greinke KC

85 283 Jameson Taillon NYY

86 289 Yusei Kikuchi TOR

87 291 Luis Patino TB

88 294 Jordan Montgomery NYY

89 297 Reid Detmers LAA

90 NR DOWN Jesus Luzardo MIA

91 NR Elieser Hernandez MIA

92 NR Trevor Bauer LAD

93 NR Sixto Sanchez MIA

94 NR Marco Gonzales SEA

95 NR James Kaprielian OAK

96 NR Drew Rasmussen TB RP

97 NR Michael Pineda DET

98 NR Dinelson Lamet SD RP

99 NR Tyler Anderson LAD

100 NR Mike Minor CIN

101 NR Andrew Heaney LAD

102 NR Adbert Alzolay CHC RP

103 NR David Price LAD RP

104 NR Adrian Houser MIL

105 NR Merrill Kelly ARI

106 NR Carlos Hernandez KC RP

107 NR Danny Duffy LAD

108 NR Dustin May LAD

109 NR Zach Eflin PHI

110 NR Rich Hill BOS

111 NR Kyle Gibson PHI

112 NR Cristian Javier HOU RP

113 NR Steven Matz STL

114 NR Brady Singer KC

115 NR Corey Kluber TB

116 NR Mike Soroka ATL

117 NR Tony Gonsolin LAD

118 NR Jake Odorizzi HOU

119 NR Daniel Lynch KC

120 NR Eric Lauer MIL

121 NR Dakota Hudson STL

122 NR Nestor Cortes NYY RP

123 NR JT Brubaker PIT

124 NR Patrick Corbin WSH

125 NR Kyle Muller ATL

Top 300 | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | DH | SP |
RP

Top 75 Relief Pitchers

POS. OVR. OTHER
PLAYER TEAM
RANK RANK ELIG. POS.

1 66 Josh Hader MIL

2 68 Liam Hendriks CWS

3 93 Raisel Iglesias LAA

4 95 Emmanuel Clase CLE

5 113 Jordan Romano TOR

6 115 Ryan Pressly HOU

7 116 Edwin Diaz NYM

8 117 Aroldis Chapman NYY

9 119 Blake Treinen LAD

10 120 Kenley Jansen ATL

11 175 Giovanny Gallegos STL

12 176 Corey Knebel PHI

13 178 Mark Melancon ARI

14 186 Taylor Rogers MIN

15 200 Craig Kimbrel CWS

16 202 Scott Barlow KC

17 204 Joe Barlow TEX

18 205 Matt Barnes BOS

19 207 Cal Quantrill CLE SP

20 209 David Bednar PIT

21 224 Devin Williams MIL

22 228 Camilo Doval SF

23 229 Jake McGee SF

24 234 Lou Trivino OAK

25 236 UP Gregory Soto DET

26 240 Ranger Suarez PHI SP

27 241 Michael Kopech CWS

28 257 Garrett Whitlock BOS

29 263 Dylan Floro MIA

30 264 Paul Sewald SEA

31 266 Robert Suarez SD

32 268 Tyler Rogers SF

33 270 Will Smith ATL

34 277 Pete Fairbanks TB

35 280 Kendall Graveman CWS

36 281 DOWN Michael Fulmer DET

37 NR Drew Rasmussen TB SP

38 NR Aaron Ashby MIL

39 NR UP Ken Giles SEA

40 NR Brusdar Graterol LAD

41 NR Rowan Wick CHC

42 NR UP Lucas Sims CIN

43 NR Dinelson Lamet SD SP

44 NR Kyle Finnegan WSH

45 NR UP Cole Sulser BAL

46 NR DOWN Alex Colome COL

47 NR DOWN Diego Castillo SEA

48 NR DOWN Alex Reyes STL

49 NR DOWN Mychal Givens CHC

50 NR DOWN James Karinchak CLE

51 NR DOWN Anthony Bender MIA

52 NR DOWN Adbert Alzolay CHC SP

53 NR DOWN David Price LAD SP

54 NR DOWN Andrew Kittredge TB

55 NR DOWN Ian Kennedy ARI

56 NR Carlos Hernandez KC SP

57 NR Jonathan Loaisiga NYY

58 NR Luis Severino NYY

59 NR Chad Green NYY

60 NR Chris Stratton PIT

61 NR Brad Hand PHI

62 NR Cristian Javier HOU SP

63 NR UP Pierce Johnson SD

64 NR Hector Neris HOU

65 NR Tanner Rainey WSH

66 NR Michael Lorenzen LAA

67 NR Luke Jackson ATL

68 NR Josh Staumont KC

69 NR Trevor May NYM

70 NR J.B. Wendelken ARI

71 NR Tejay Antone CIN

72 NR Ryan Tepera LAA

73 NR Daniel Hudson LAD

74 NR Nestor Cortes NYY SP

75 NR Jordan Hicks STL

Top 300 | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | DH | SP |
RP

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Kenley Jansen signed on to close games for the defending World

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Tristan H. Cockcroft Mar 19, 2022

Relief pitchers amassed more innings pitched

than did starting pitchers in each of the past two
postseasons, a distinct shift in October strategy.
It makes sense, then, that as they begin their
quest to defend their World Series
championship, the Atlanta Braves went all-in by
bolstering their bullpen depth late Friday night.

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Kenley Jansen, 13th on the all-time saves list and

second among active relievers (350), with the
third-best strikeout rate in history among
pitchers with at least 500 innings (36.8%),
agreed to terms on a one-year, $16 million
contract with the Braves, where he'll immediately
take over their ninth-inning duties. With him
aboard, Will Smith, the team's 2021 closer, will
drop back into a setup role, a crowded corps that
also includes Luke Jackson, Tyler Matzek, Collin
McHugh and A.J. Minter.

Jansen's hold on the closer role with the Los

Angeles Dodgers appeared tenuous over the past
four seasons, to the extent that he was sometimes
passed over for hot-hand relievers during the
postseason during that time. Much of it was
perception, however, as his 120 saves from 2018-
21 were one behind major league leader Edwin
Diaz (121). Jansen had a 3.07 FIP the past two
seasons combined and three straight years of
30%-plus strikeout rates, illustrating that his skill
set remains excellent, even if he's no longer the
hands-down No. 1 closer in baseball.

Even with the level of competition behind him in

Atlanta, Jansen is a good bet for another 30-plus
saves, and his apparent settling in of his skill set
at his 2020-21 statistical levels says he has every
chance to repeat his No. 3 positional Player Rater
finish or fourth-best-among-relievers fantasy
point total. I've moved him up to eighth at the
position, between Aroldis Chapman and
Giovanny Gallegos in my 2022 fantasy baseball
reliever rankings.

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Smith is the pitcher who loses the most fantasy

value, as he'll go from save- to hold-getter, and
he's hardly guaranteed his team's lead in that
category now, either. Each of Jackson, Matzek,
McHugh and Minter has a compelling case for
better skill sets than Smith, so a mix-and-match
approach might well be in order behind Jansen.
Smith is now my No. 67 points-league relief
pitcher, a precipitous drop.

So who now closes in Los Angeles? Considering

the Dodgers' willingness to trust the hot hand
when Jansen was struggling or unavailable in the
occasional late-season or October game, as well
as their mix-and-match lineup style, a closer-by-
committee might well be the answer. Blake
Treinen has the most experience and the best-
fitting skill set of the team's options, but manager
Dave Roberts wants to keep Treinen available to
come in at any critical game moment.

Daniel Hudson, Brusdar Graterol and Tommy

Kahnle could also be involved, probably in that
order of likelihood. As the most likely team saves
leader, Treinen is my No. 11 fantasy relief pitcher.
Hudson and Graterol are strong speculative saves
picks in deep (think 15-team) mixed and NL-only
leagues.

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