2022 fantasy baseball rankings: Starting pitcher
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Here are the 2022 fantasy starting pitcher rankings for standard 5x5 leagues.
Rankings
Top 200 | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | SP | RP
| Rank | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerrit Cole | NYY |
| 2 | Corbin Burnes | MIL |
| 3 | Max Scherzer | NYM |
| 4 | Walker Buehler | LAD |
| 5 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL |
| 6 | Jacob deGrom | NYM |
| 7 | Zack Wheeler | PHI |
| 8 | Shane Bieber | CLE |
| 9 | Julio Urias | LAD |
| 10 | Aaron Nola | PHI |
| 11 | Robbie Ray | SEA |
| 12 | Lucas Giolito | CWS |
| 13 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA |
| 14 | Kevin Gausman | TOR |
| 15 | Lance Lynn | CWS |
| 16 | Jose Berrios | TOR |
| 17 | Freddy Peralta | MIL |
| 18 | Luis Castillo | CIN |
| 19 | Max Fried | ATL |
| 20 | Frankie Montas | OAK |
| 21 | Charlie Morton | ATL |
| 22 | Logan Webb | SF |
| 23 | Joe Musgrove | SD |
| 24 | Yu Darvish | SD |
| 25 | Alek Manoah | TOR |
| 26 | Dylan Cease | CWS |
| 27 | Blake Snell | SD |
| 28 | Carlos Rodon | SF |
| 29 | Shane McClanahan | TB |
| 30 | Trevor Rogers | MIA |
| 31 | Chris Bassitt | NYM |
| 32 | Framber Valdez | HOU |
| 33 | Justin Verlander | HOU |
| 34 | Pablo Lopez | MIA |
| 35 | Tyler Mahle | CIN |
| 36 | Sean Manaea | OAK |
| 37 | Nathan Eovaldi | BOS |
| 38 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD |
| 39 | Eduardo Rodriguez | DET |
| 40 | Zac Gallen | ARI |
| 41 | Chris Sale | BOS |
| 42 | Ian Anderson | ATL |
| 43 | Jack Flaherty | STL |
| 44 | Sonny Gray | MIN |
| 45 | Luis Garcia | HOU |
| 46 | Logan Gilbert | SEA |
| 47 | Marcus Stroman | CHC |
| 48 | Michael Kopech | CWS |
| 49 | Anthony DeSclafani | SF |
| 50 | Adam Wainwright | STL |
Cole tops the list thanks to his consistently low ERA and high strikeout totals. DeGrom, who only dropped in our rankings because of injury concerns, could be a steal as the sixth-ranked hurler available. Meanwhile, there's a lot of value down the board in promising young Rays ace McClanahan and Marlins standout Rogers. It'll be interesting to see how fantasy managers approach a 39-year-old Verlander, who has been great in the latter part of his career but has thrown just six innings over the past two seasons after undergoing Tommy John surgery.