It’s Fantasy Baseball draft season! While some of us degenerates were drafting back in October and November, now is the time where fantasy baseball drafts really kick into high gear. We here at FantraxHQ have been pumping out a ton of great content all offseason long and are diving head-first into our 2022 Fantrax Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit. A big part of any draft kit is rankings, and we’re starting our staff consensus rankings for 2022 with our fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings.
Below you’ll find the consensus rankings that nine of our MLB writers were involved in. The writers involved are Eric Cross, Chris Clegg, Lauren Auerbach, David Mendelson, Mike Carter, Mick Ciallela, Justin Dunbar, Justin Johnson, and Michael Govier. Each writer provided anywhere from 100-150 pitchers so we could create our consensus top-100.
The 2022 pitcher landscape is very exciting. You see a discernable top tier of seven names and tiers two and three are nearly as exciting this year. There was a copious amount of breakout talent in 2021 with plenty of young exciting arms. Capitalizing on pitching is more important now than ever before, so hopefully, these rankings can help guide you in the right direction for all of your drafts. Enjoy!
2022 Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Rankings
Meet the Analysts:
- EC = Eric Cross
- CC = Chris Clegg
- LA = Lauren Aurbach
- MC1 = Mike Carter
- MC2 = Mick Ciallela
- JD = Justin Dunbar
- DM = David Mendelson
- JJ – Justin Johnson
- MG = Michael Govier
Rank | Player | EC | CC | LA | MC1 | MC2 | JD | DM | JJ | MG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Corbin Burnes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Gerrit Cole | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
3 | Max Scherzer | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
4 | Walker Buehler | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
5 | Brandon Woodruff | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
6 | Zack Wheeler | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 |
7 | Shane Bieber | 7 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
8 | Sandy Alcantara | 8 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
9 | Jacob deGrom | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 25 |
10 | Aaron Nola | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 12 |
11 | Julio Urias | 10 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 9 |
12 | Freddy Peralta | 11 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 17 |
13 | Lucas Giolito | 14 | 21 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 23 | 5 |
14 | Logan Webb | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 27 |
15 | Chris Sale | 15 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 10 | 10 |
16 | Lance Lynn | 21 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 18 |
17 | Robbie Ray | 20 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 31 | 12 | 14 |
18 | Joe Musgrove | 16 | 14 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 15 | 11 |
19 | Kevin Gausman | 26 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 26 | 16 | 23 |
20 | Jack Flaherty | 22 | 11 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 27 | 24 |
21 | Max Fried | 23 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 26 | 20 | 17 | 21 |
22 | Luis Castillo | 24 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 29 | 26 |
23 | Shohei Ohtani | 30 | 28 | 31 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 33 | 20 | 13 |
24 | Jose Berrios | 27 | 16 | 34 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 34 | 24 | 15 |
25 | Dylan Cease | 18 | 20 | 28 | 31 | 23 | 32 | 18 | 18 | 35 |
26 | Trevor Rogers | 17 | 33 | 19 | 44 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 31 | 19 |
27 | Alek Manoah | 19 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 22 | 33 | 32 |
28 | Frankie Montas | 28 | 25 | 27 | 36 | 26 | 23 | 37 | 26 | 22 |
29 | Charlie Morton | 25 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 28 | 21 | 39 | 44 | 42 |
30 | Blake Snell | 31 | 30 | 37 | 34 | 31 | 29 | 14 | 21 | 39 |
31 | Yu Darvish | 33 | 29 | 36 | 33 | 29 | 22 | 30 | 25 | 34 |
32 | Justin Verlander | 38 | 22 | 35 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 29 | 30 | 20 |
33 | Shane McClanahan | 29 | 40 | 21 | 49 | 35 | 31 | 25 | 35 | 30 |
34 | Pablo Lopez | 37 | 42 | 33 | 32 | 38 | 34 | 27 | 34 | 28 |
35 | Zac Gallen | 44 | 37 | 30 | 35 | 41 | 30 | 21 | 28 | 41 |
36 | Nathan Eovaldi | 40 | 35 | 40 | 27 | 34 | 38 | 44 | 36 | 43 |
37 | Carlos Rodon | 32 | 36 | 32 | 26 | 36 | 42 | 57 | 43 | 38 |
38 | Chris Bassitt | 34 | 41 | 26 | 51 | 37 | 39 | 45 | 37 | 37 |
39 | Tyler Mahle | 41 | 46 | 41 | 39 | 32 | 37 | 36 | 46 | 46 |
40 | Framber Valdez | 50 | 39 | 44 | 28 | 39 | 58 | 38 | 38 | 36 |
41 | Eduardo Rodriguez | 48 | 38 | 47 | 63 | 42 | 45 | 40 | 32 | 29 |
42 | Ian Anderson | 36 | 52 | 53 | 50 | 40 | 59 | 41 | 39 | 31 |
43 | Logan Gilbert | 35 | 70 | 48 | 74 | 43 | 47 | 32 | 40 | 40 |
44 | Shane Baz | 39 | 50 | 43 | 83 | 46 | 51 | 42 | 42 | 33 |
45 | Luis Garcia | 45 | 34 | 38 | 75 | 44 | 48 | 55 | 48 | 44 |
46 | Sean Manaea | 51 | 31 | 55 | 37 | 49 | 36 | 51 | 60 | 73 |
47 | Marcus Stroman | 57 | 59 | 52 | 42 | 45 | 54 | 48 | 52 | 45 |
48 | Hyun-Jin Ryu | 49 | 48 | 42 | 52 | 52 | 61 | 56 | 49 | 55 |
49 | Clayton Kershaw | 42 | 43 | 58 | 38 | 54 | 41 | 64 | 59 | 74 |
50 | Sonny Gray | 54 | 64 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 53 | 54 | 50 | 66 |
51 | Michael Kopech | 61 | 45 | 45 | 47 | 69 | 50 | 49 | 41 | 68 |
52 | Ranger Suarez | 60 | 51 | 59 | 45 | 48 | 62 | 53 | 45 | 61 |
53 | Mike Clevinger | 59 | 54 | 69 | 41 | 63 | 43 | 52 | 56 | 48 |
54 | Jordan Montgomery | 46 | 44 | 46 | 58 | 64 | 56 | 58 | 65 | 65 |
55 | Lance McCullers Jr. | 43 | 63 | 54 | 53 | 47 | 35 | 83 | 80 | 51 |
56 | Tarik Skubal | 56 | 49 | 49 | 71 | 56 | 49 | 71 | 61 | 47 |
57 | Alex Wood | 58 | 47 | 61 | 46 | 61 | 57 | 65 | 53 | 94 |
58 | Anthony DeSclafani | 63 | 73 | 64 | 68 | 55 | 52 | 50 | 51 | 71 |
59 | Joe Ryan | 64 | 67 | 60 | NR | 57 | 70 | 46 | 47 | 82 |
60 | Tanner Houck | 71 | 85 | 57 | NR | 60 | 71 | 35 | 64 | 57 |
61 | Luis Severino | 47 | 53 | 68 | 78 | 53 | 44 | 78 | 57 | 85 |
62 | Patrick Sandoval | 53 | 62 | 62 | 73 | 65 | 63 | 59 | 74 | 52 |
63 | John Means | 55 | 58 | 51 | 70 | 66 | 67 | 60 | 67 | 70 |
64 | German Marquez | 72 | 71 | 76 | 40 | 71 | 68 | 47 | 66 | 56 |
65 | Jose Urquidy | 66 | 60 | 56 | 59 | 58 | 60 | 75 | 70 | 79 |
66 | Aaron Ashby | 68 | 78 | 63 | 65 | 76 | 77 | 43 | 55 | 81 |
67 | Noah Syndergaard | 52 | 55 | 65 | 99 | 59 | 46 | 103 | 58 | 76 |
68 | Adam Wainwright | 81 | 61 | 78 | 61 | 51 | 55 | 72 | 54 | 101 |
69 | Jon Gray | 62 | 57 | 70 | 86 | 70 | 66 | 61 | 72 | 77 |
70 | Triston McKenzie | 70 | 87 | 86 | 60 | 62 | 69 | 68 | 71 | 50 |
71 | Aaron Civale | 74 | 79 | 80 | 64 | 75 | 79 | 62 | 62 | 58 |
72 | Steven Matz | 83 | 56 | 72 | 67 | 68 | 65 | 77 | 90 | 75 |
73 | Jesus Luzardo | 65 | 74 | 85 | 76 | 82 | 78 | 66 | 79 | 53 |
74 | Casey Mize | 69 | 80 | 79 | 69 | 74 | 99 | 74 | 73 | 60 |
75 | Huascar Ynoa | 85 | 95 | 50 | 88 | 67 | 72 | 86 | 85 | 64 |
76 | Alex Cobb | 79 | 65 | 87 | 54 | 77 | 64 | 82 | 109 | 87 |
77 | Kyle Hendricks | 87 | 109 | 71 | 80 | 79 | 81 | 63 | 76 | 59 |
78 | Carlos Carrasco | 78 | 75 | 73 | 55 | 88 | 76 | 87 | 96 | 90 |
79 | Cal Quantrill | 73 | 122 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 80 | NR | 63 | 80 |
80 | Andrew Heaney | 98 | 72 | NR | 91 | 86 | 74 | NR | 68 | NR |
81 | Josiah Gray | 67 | 114 | 66 | 57 | 80 | 100 | 79 | 86 | 100 |
82 | Drew Rasmussen | 99 | 76 | 84 | NR | NR | 91 | NR | 75 | 84 |
83 | Tylor Megill | 80 | 92 | 82 | NR | 95 | 75 | NR | 81 | 103 |
84 | Bailey Ober | 84 | 77 | 83 | 105 | 78 | 111 | 90 | 69 | 99 |
85 | Cristian Javier | 86 | NR | 97 | NR | 94 | 89 | 69 | 123 | 63 |
86 | Adbert Alzolay | 107 | 105 | 77 | NR | 92 | 90 | NR | 89 | 62 |
87 | Stephen Strasburg | 77 | 89 | 113 | 48 | 91 | 116 | 84 | 91 | 95 |
88 | Kyle Gibson | 97 | 83 | 94 | 62 | NR | 98 | 81 | 99 | 102 |
89 | Brady Singer | 104 | 103 | 101 | 81 | NR | 103 | 73 | 84 | 72 |
90 | Zack Greinke | 90 | 104 | 91 | NR | 87 | 87 | 97 | 82 | 86 |
91 | Eric Lauer | 82 | 66 | 93 | NR | 90 | 84 | 88 | 101 | 121 |
92 | Luis Patino | 95 | 112 | 75 | NR | 83 | 88 | 96 | 88 | 88 |
93 | Marco Gonzales | 88 | 86 | 111 | NR | 81 | 96 | NR | 93 | 83 |
94 | Tony Gonsolin | 75 | 101 | 88 | 111 | 98 | 123 | 91 | 83 | 54 |
95 | Corey Kluber | 76 | 96 | 112 | 56 | 99 | 92 | 94 | 107 | 93 |
96 | Jameson Taillon | 89 | 98 | 67 | 103 | 84 | 83 | 99 | 94 | 108 |
97 | Zach Plesac | 94 | 120 | 92 | 109 | 85 | 97 | 76 | 112 | 67 |
98 | Yusei Kikuchi | 100 | 82 | 89 | 98 | 96 | 106 | 98 | 92 | 112 |
99 | Elieser Hernandez | 103 | 90 | 74 | NR | 93 | 121 | NR | 106 | 126 |
100 | Sixto Sanchez | 92 | 121 | 96 | 102 | 97 | 118 | 89 | 78 | 140 |
Did you find these consensus rankings useful? For more great rankings, strategy, and analysis check out the 2022 FantraxHQ Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit. We’ll be adding more content from now right up until Opening Day!
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Why am I seeing an NFL QB list from week 18 on an article titled 2022 Consensus Top-100 Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Rankings?
Well, with the lockout looking like it could take awhile… Nah, we just did a site redesign and a few things didn’t link up right. Should be all set now.
Thank you! Hope they get this CBA figured out. I’m craving baseball now that football is wrapping up!
A little Civale bias in that 28, Nic? Haha