Can keep one player at round drafted in the year before: Bryce Harper Round 2 He's still good enough with the bat to eventually bat .280, has enough pop for 15 homers and can steal 30-plus bases. Fantasy Baseball Keepers: Top 200 for 2022 1 Fernando Tatis Jr. 2 Ronald Acuna Jr. 3 Shohei Ohtani 4 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 5 Juan Soto 6 Mike Trout 7 Trea Turner 8 Mookie Betts 9 Bo Bichette 10 Rafael Devers More items Doug participates in both LABR and Tout Wars, the two preeminent expert fantasy baseball leagues in existence. Should be ready for 160-180 frames next year. Your email address will not be published. I actually think theres a bit more left in Arozarena. Everyone around him annihilates him in WHIP that singular metric is be superior to the sum of all the AWS sponsored data in the world. Yeah, a lot of extenuating circumstances. 2022 Keeper Value Rankings - Top 150 Overall for Fantasy Baseball 11 months ago by JB Branson Follow JB What Appears In This Article? His fastball + changeup approach is good, but not close to the sub 1.50 ERA he posted. So rather than me telling you how to win keeper leagues, lets just call this a discussion on Keeper League Strategy. Let us know about it in the comments below. Minter (28). Many of these will give you plenty of volume, though either they have high volatility or dont have a higher enough ceiling to be inside the Top 40. I question if his four-seamer and cutter are enough to repeat next year, though, and a decline from a 3.61 ERA and 1.25 WHIP doesnt make for a fun draft target. That WHIP is mediocre and heath has always been a major concern. Fantasy Baseball Keeper League Strategy for 2023: Lets Talk! maybe 6 or 7 or 8 or would you look to move for some bats? Kyle Muller Love the stuff mid-90s fastball with a whiffable slider and curveball needs refinement and a rotation spot to blossom. Marcus Stroman He never fails to hold a FIP under 4.00 and while there were fluctuations in his slider, cutter, and splitter, the sinker kept him valuable through the season. OF Andrew Benintendi Also what do you think Nate Pearsons roll will be next year? I may not. If you're picking less-proven candidates to lead the majors in homers in 2022, Jimenez and Adell are it. Our league is in its 37th year and we play NL champs VS AL Champs for WS. Have him for $6. Just stop throwing that sinker and toss more four-seamers, please. Zack Wheeler I think hell continue to have waves of struggle, but the volume is legit. The total roster is 23 players, including 9 pitchers. Closers to Draft From Unsettled Situations (2023 Fantasy Baseball), Draft Values for Stolen Bases (2023 Fantasy Baseball), Video: Top 12 Bounce-Back Candidates (2023 Fantasy Baseball), Justin Mason's Ultimate Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategy: The CLabadini, High-Stakes Leagues Draft Strategy: Starting Pitchers (2023 Fantasy Baseball), Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft: 10-Team, Early Pick (2023), No, I'm a California resident looking for the California Consumer Privacy Act form. I absolutely hate getting in bidding wars for the last good closer or fight over a catcher who can hit barely over .250 with 10 homers. I am leaning towards keeping Realmuto, McClanahan and Bieber. He'll begin this season's second half in Triple-A ball, and could be ready to take over as a Miami Marlins regular by Opening Day 2019. Ive won a lot of titles, but Ive also had to endure some tough years. Dont expect the world from him and he can be helpful against middling-to-poor lineups. 2B Ozzie Albies Draft Order changed from 'custom' to 'random', Murderers Row 2.2 (A Yahoo User) Id have to research Collier and Melendez a little more to give a detailed answer, but if talent levels are remotely close I choose the player that is closer to the Major Leagues. So my question is, would you trade May right now while he has the closer status? Draft Order changed from 'random' to 'custom', Mushroom Kingdom Bombers (A Yahoo User) JT Realmuto Round 11. OF Rhys Hoskins 2023 Yahoo Fantasy Sports LLC. Probably one of the most hotly debated pitchers this off-season! Jan 4, 2022. Its in my nature. Finnegan picked up 10 of his 11 saves after the All-Star break last season, blowing only one chance in the second half. Got some keeper league strategy of your own? 1B Alonso $20, Tork $10 Given how thin it is, I worry that Archers draft day price would be inflated, even though I value him closer to $18. Stripling has a lot of upside, but that is weighed against the pitching depth of the Dodgers and the risk hell wind up in the bullpen. Not that there are not a great deal of managers that fit that description but one is a start. Ive lucked into $5 closers more than a few times doing this. 2. International signees who are 25 or older are not included. Verlander (3) Im leaning toward the latter, though I wouldnt ignore the expected regression of some kind (90% LOB rate!). His high-strikeout, extreme fly-ball nature makes it likely he'll always struggle with batting average, but Bellinger's power is among the best of any first baseman -- and he'll still be only 26 years old come 2022. No offensive position has seen as significant a decline in fantasy value during the past decade, and it seems that teams are increasingly concerned about defense from their catchers. Realmuto (4) Rogers $7 If he has a rotation spot, he becomesveryinteresting. Lance Lynn He missed time due to injury and you have to expect 180+ frames of production once again next season. The only time salaries come in to play is when we submit our 15 keepers each year, $320 limit. Sleeper: Isan Diaz (25). Before the questionableTobytier, I felt these four pitchers deserved to be considered for their upside if you wanted to take another gamble early in the season. Didi Gregorius-$6 Didi Gregorius is a free agent after next season, and in the event the New York Yankees let him go -- not that it's especially likely right now -- Torres should slide over to cover shortstop, his natural position. Lindor and Torres are two of the most complete talents at the position, with great odds of being fantasy superstars for the next decade. Yelich-$27 I think Im close. Dumped the stars for prospects and keepers, finished about 7th but won the league two of the next three years. Sinker wasnt great and curveball wasnt always exceptional. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Today, he's barely even a roster-worthy pitcher in mixed leagues, having lost a good deal of velocity. Chris Bassitt I keep underrating him and this may be another season. I generally value hitting more than pitching, and I do consider age (perhaps that is an error) but I was thinking of going; Not sure about dropping Trea obviously, but age 30 season after a big contractI feel these 5 are all rare talents at a young age hopefully setting up a core for quite some time. Contreras and Realmuto bring the best combination of batting average, power, defense and proximity to their primes. Luis Urias-$3, Pitching SP Sale $22, Fried $20, Peralta $16, Alcantara $15, McClanahan $15, Rogers $12, Options for Final 3 spots Michael Kopech If the White Sox give him a rotation spot, he could dominate quickly. Luis Severino Came back in relief and had moments looking like the Severino of old. Lets say its 120 innings next year, how good will they be? Still, I rarely consider a player below A-Ball. Cal Quantrill It was an incredible second half, though Im skeptical his stuff is as good as the results were. I have to rebuild my pitching staff after finishing last in pitching in a 10-team, NL-only auction keeper league. I'm a bit more wary of Ohtani in dynasty leagues where you're locking him in year over year as opposed to projecting an individual future year, as he still possesses "top of the rotation" talent, will be an "in the middle of his prime" 27 years old come 2022 and, if he does eventually require Tommy John surgery, he'll probably have had it and already recovered from it by then. Sleeper: Luis Urias (24). The margin of error has always been small for Hendricks repertoire and I wont rule out a tweak in the off-season to calibrate him for 2022 success. Chris Archer $25 Verlander $10 Create or join a MLB league and manage your team with live scoring, stats, scouting reports, news, and expert advice. In fact, theres a virtual Baskin Robbins of keeper league flavors and no one way to win any of them. There is no reason he cant be a bench coach or something like that. Hopefully he does not catch on as a manager anywhere else. Underlying Metrics Varsho has everything you want to see in a breakout candidate. This is a fun tier of high potential mixed with solid floors. In fact, during the latter parts of each season I target setup men I think could move into closer roles soon. Id probably lean Turner over Witt, especially if strikeouts are a penalty. Hopefully, I have the patience to stay the course. Happy to see that Jayce Stinker got canned. The following player is a sleeper to consider in the late stages of 2023 fantasy-baseball drafts. Bryant The first step is to form your dollar values for all the players in your pool like it is a redraft league. Id keep J.D. His work has appeared on RotoExperts.com, Yahoo.com, SI.com, and NFL.com, as well as on the pages of USA Todays Fantasy Baseball Weekly and various other magazines. A full healthy off-season should help, though. If Robert can make adjustments and get the batting average to a respectable range, seeing him in the first round of 2022 drafts is well within reach for the uber-talented 23-year-old Cuban outfielder. Telling of what I am not sure. Hamels. So in addition to the low-priced players I bought at auction, Im hopefully adding the cream of the keeper crop. Curious your thoughts on that? Kyle Finnegan I can only keep 5, no draft stipulations, no limit on years kept. Adames is gonna be a marginal player at your IF slot. For our purposes, were going to assume you can only keep a limited number, and there is some form of limitation on how long you can keep each player. Meanwhile, closer situations change all the time. Ive seen way too many analysts suggest you just allocate that excess money out to the rest of the player pool on an even percentage basis. This is a player that can really take a big step forward in the 2022 season. This ones gonna be a little different. The sky is the limit here and hell get chances in Washington. Kenta Maeda (RHP, MIN) Maeda was brilliant in 2020 with his slider and splitter getting a ton of chases + a fastball he could sneak into the zone for the strikes. I did sell off a couple of lesser keepers, but I kept my core. I was offered Pineda B6 and White B3 so im quite tempted. Pitching categories are W, Sv, K, ERA, WHIP. I have the following options: Have been following (and usually nodding) with of the articles. Tarik Skubal Needs a little more time getting in rhythm with his slider and changeup, but the fastball creates a strong foundation. Breaker was working and he needs both of those former elements to return to form. Yusei Kikuchi When hes at 96 mph, Kikuchi can excel with his slider and cutter stealing strikes. I broke down all pitches of his MLB debut here. His stuff is far too filthy at this point to envision him shifting back and, if he were going to, shouldn't he do so now, considering the Brewers' current rotation? Zig when everyone else zags. 2025 performance: 20%. 8 on the Player Rater. Jack Flaherty The first half was excellent, then injury slowed him down. Tyler Mahle His Home/Road splits were as transparent as they come, though the slider hasnt developed as well as we hope. Generally, that speaks to the Top 40 starters or so, and this year it may creep into the Top 50. But Im not sure theres a wrong answer here. Doug, fantastic read as i rarely see articles about auction keeper strategy so i really appreciate it. 1 hitter? Lucas Giolito We can recognize Giolito as a 180 IP, ~3.50 ERA guy and thats just fine with me. Sale-$21 Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. Varsho has the potential to really take over the catcher position in 2022. An injury interrupted his season and 2022 could hold a return to form. OF Arozarena $15, Reynolds $15 One note: If I could promise that Francisco Mejia, who has one of the strongest arms in professional baseball, would be a catcher come 2022, he'd have made the team ahead of Realmuto (then bumped to second team). Fantasy baseball roundtable: Who is the No. 11. His four-seamer and changeup will not both carry a .200 BAA next year. Some years however you know theres no shot. My first impulse is to let Realmuto go because I think Verlander is still pretty elite. There will be a few years of competitive teams followed by a couple of years of rebuilding. Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of MLB.com. I plan on spending what it takes for Nola, which I expect will be close to $40 given the supply issues. Buehler. $54 Tatis (this is where Im torn). This tier is filled with 2021 breakouts who Im not sure will last into 2022. $10 Mullins He has a shocking veteran approach despite his age. If the slider is always there, Gilbert will excel. What would be your best offer? Now, presenting the "All-2022 Team," with players' ages as of April 1, 2022, listed in parentheses. His WHIP could be better than 1.20, though, and thats something you shouldnt ignore. I feel hes more of a 3.80 ERA and 22% strikeout guy than someone hinting Top 20 SP marks. An excellent fastball featured up in the zone + a legit breaker. 12 team auction keeper league $260 with a $3 increase each year and can keep player forever. Now lets get into the meat of this discussion. $8 Haniger Sleeper: Matt Chapman (28). Best of the rest: Stephen Strasburg (33), Blake Snell (29), Luis Severino (28), Michael Kopech (25), Gerrit Cole (33), Sixto Sanchez (23). But he largely righted the ship with the Los Angeles Angels in 2021, posting a 3.76 ERA and career-best marks in FIP and K/9 (9.5), per Baseball Reference. And can this team compete for title? In a two-catcher league I think youre in pretty good shape either way. Im lower on Correa than most and while I love Bryant, hes not quite what we want him to be IMO. His curveball is elite, the changeup is great, and if he can maintain heavy secondary usage, this could be great. For more keeper league content check out my Fix for the Dump Trade Dilemma, and my 8 Keys to Building an Awesome Keeper League. Anthony DeSclafani He was a popular grab early in the year and Im not sure his fastball/slider combo separates him far enough from the waiver wire in 2022. 5. I mean I get your hesitation, but Webb Hes a beast, and I doubt theres much thats gonna torch him next season, theres really nothing that he has to fix, and his team doesnt need more from him. Im agonizing over the last keeper. That's why all five names mentioned here, including the "Best of the rest" and the "Sleeper," have good defensive reputations. Jon Gray Had a velocity peak in July, got injured, and was not the same. Melendez is 23 and a HR machine. This is a AL only 55. The Phillies make SS Adames $15 As the second half of this season dawned, he was No. I can keep Salvy for $17 this yr (can freeze next yr at the same price). Still, with so much young talent starring in today's game, many things probably won't change much in the next four years. Velocity was back to normal, though, and a proper off-season could get him back on track. Kyle Gibson What a wild first half that was. You don't currently have any notifications. Ive been talking to the Judge owner a bit. Best of the rest: Jorge Alfaro (28) and Mike Zunino (31). Welcome to Yahoo Sports Fantasy Baseball. I did not draft any starting pitchers It's Jimenez and Adell who might take you by surprise, but their raw power potential ranks among the best of all prospects. Thaak yu fer poiting owt my stoopid speling problms. Eventually, I had to make a decision whether to extend him or not. Kris Bryant-$13 I will use 3 or 4 spots for relievers. Dinelson Lamet He was as dominant as they come in 2020 before his elbow started barking. Luis Patio The fastball is legit and we never saw the slider take off as we expected. Taillon Im notthat crazy. I get it, you have to answer to Twitter. This may have been a humbling season for Paddack, though, and he could return with new adjustments for 2022. Maybe he can go on another wonderful run to kick-off 2022. We have 5 keepers for two years. hide 1. Im a bit leery of Semien with the change in home ballpark, so I still go PEREZ if you have a chance to compete this year. I could either try to scrap for an unlikely money finish or I could start building what I hoped would be a long-term successful team. Tanner Houck The slider disappeared for a moment and should be there in full next year. Fantasy Baseball: Top 50 keepers for 2022 based on last year's ADP If you have to factor "value" into your keeper decisions, this list is for you. Catchers tend to suffer more injuries and the wear and tear often take a toll on their production. Ive seen what works (first hand), and Ive seen what doesnt (unfortunately, also first hand). Noah Syndergaard Tossed a few innings in relief with his heater velocity slightly down and did not feature a breaking pitch. One thing Ive seen help on that front is to give say the 7th place first pick/additional keeper etc Reward 7th, 8th, 9th ahead of the last place finisher In the end its still about owners. Fantasy Baseball Keepers: Top 200 for $8 Peralta. I think the five you list are very good. Heres the thing though. I'm not ready to give up on him, as the skills are still there even if the results aren't. Thanks for your time. I keep Goldschmidt because first base is kind of ugly. I hope we see it, especially with his high 180+ IP potential. Julio Uras It was an incredible sub 3.00 ERA season across 185+ frames and he did it without his changeup on point. BUT, I get why youd want to keep one of the top three catchers. Being the contrarian has always come naturally to me. These are the defacto aces. In any case, managers have nothing to do with game management in this era but he is a fool with a microphone in front of his face and it is hard to tolerate. Shane McClanahan. All right, now that the notes are at the top and you understand where Im coming from, lets get to The List: And now for the final 75 starting pitchers who I considered and should be noted for 2022. Web1. You are way too high on McClanahan. I need the spot to add a reliever that I can use this year. Is Chris Paddack owned? 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