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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.

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