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In case you missed it, all preseason long I've been breaking down the top Keeper Values at each position. To get insight on any individual position, simply choose here: First Base, Second Base, Third Base, Shortstop, Catcher, Outfield, Starting Pitcher, and Relief Pitchers. Now, for your convenience, here are the Top-150 Overall Keeper Values for 2022.
Keeper Value Rankings are intended for Keeper Leagues in which a fantasy owner must forfeit a designated draft pick in order to keep a player into the upcoming season. These rankings are based on Keeper "Values." In the marketing world, Value can be defined as "the extent to which a good or service (player) is perceived by its customer (fantasy owner) to meet his/her needs or wants."
The Keeper Values are derived from my Keeper Valuation Formula which accounts for age, player cost (ADP), remaining player pool, past performance, future projections, missed playing time, and even position scarcity.
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JB's Keeper Value System
The product is a quantitative depiction of a player's ability to meet/exceed fantasy owners' needs based on the cost they paid for the player in the previous season (2021 ADP) and will subsequently pay for in the current season's draft (2022). The higher the score, the higher the return the fantasy owner will receive from the player keeping him at their associated cost. Approaching Keeper selections with this "value" based attitude will greatly increase the effectiveness of a fantasy owner's draft in a Keeper League.
Whereas the main purpose of the Keeper Value Formula is for customization based on specific leagues and keeper costs, I create these yearly rankings with standard 12 team league data, 2021 ADP, and 23rd Round cost for UDFA just as a baseline to help managers get an idea of their options.
| TIER | SCORE | DESCRIPTION |
| 1 | >100 | Finders Keepers! These are the Elite Keeper Values. MUST BE KEPT at all costs. |
| 2 | 75-99 | Great Keeper values. Unless you have a full load of Tier 1 players, these guys need to be kept. |
| 3 | 50-74 | You are gaining good value with these players. The majority of good keeper options tend to fall into this category. |
| 4 | 25-49 | Minimal value. The value exists, but not as much as your opponents are likely receiving with their selections. Consider if your options are limited. |
| 5 | 0-24 | Break-even point. Keeping these players will likely hurt your overall draft, as you are not adding enough value. The idea is if you don't use a keeper selection here you can likely still draft that player in the vicinity of their 2021 cost. |
| 6 | <0 | The associated costs make it impossible to return any value, these players will ruin your draft. Stay far away. |
Feel free to reach out to me on Twitter @RowdyRotoJB to check out your specific league's values.
Fantasy Baseball Keeper Value Rankings
*Yes, I removed Fernando Tatis Jr. and Chris Sale. Typically you don't want to keep injured players, because you can obviously instead draft them later this season based on the post-injury ADP, therefore gaining a better keeper value for 2023.*
| Overall Rank |
Keeper Tier |
Name | Team | Position | 2021 ADP |
Keeper Score |
| 1 | 1 | Shohei Ohtani | LAA | SP, UT | 16 | 109.3 |
| 2 | 1 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | TOR | 1B | 5 | 108.4 |
| 3 | 1 | Cedric Mullins | BAL | OF | 23 | 102.11 |
| 4 | 2 | Tyler O'Neill | STL | OF | 23 | 95.07 |
| 5 | 2 | Trea Turner | LAD | 2B, SS | 1 | 94.36 |
| 6 | 2 | Bo Bichette | TOR | SS | 2 | 92.17 |
| 7 | 2 | Robbie Ray | SEA | SP | 23 | 90.77 |
| 8 | 2 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | SP | 23 | 90.73 |
| 9 | 2 | Corbin Burnes | MIL | SP | 5 | 90.4 |
| 10 | 2 | Austin Riley | ATL | 3B | 18 | 90.24 |
| 11 | 2 | Emmanuel Clase | CLE | RP | 23 | 87.7 |
| 12 | 2 | Wander Franco | TBR | SS | 23 | 86.24 |
| 13 | 2 | Julio Urias | LAD | SP | 11 | 85.55 |
| 14 | 2 | Logan Webb | SFG | SP | 23 | 85.09 |
| 15 | 2 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | SP | 8 | 82.28 |
| 16 | 2 | Yordan Alvarez | HOU | OF | 7 | 80.99 |
| 17 | 2 | Rafael Devers | BOS | 3B | 4 | 80.67 |
| 18 | 2 | Marcus Semien | TEX | 2B, SS | 10 | 80.61 |
| 19 | 2 | Bobby Witt Jr. | KCR | SS | 23 | 80.48 |
| 20 | 2 | Salvador Perez | KCR | C | 8 | 80.14 |
| 21 | 2 | Jazz Chisholm Jr. | MIA | 2B, SS | 23 | 80.1 |
| 22 | 2 | Teoscar Hernandez | TOR | OF | 8 | 79.65 |
| 23 | 2 | Jose Ramirez | CLE | 3B | 1 | 78.33 |
| 24 | 2 | Dylan Cease | CWS | SP | 23 | 75.86 |
| 25 | 2 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | SP | 11 | 75.2 |
| 26 | 3 | Jonathan India | CIN | 2B | 23 | 74.49 |
| 27 | 3 | Bryan Reynolds | PIT | OF | 23 | 74 |
| 28 | 3 | Jorge Polanco | MIN | 2B, SS | 20 | 73.8 |
| 29 | 3 | Kyle Tucker | HOU | OF | 3 | 73.76 |
| 30 | 3 | Matt Olson | OAK | 1B | 9 | 73.03 |
| 31 | 3 | Alek Manoah | TOR | SP | 23 | 71.44 |
| 32 | 3 | Trevor Rogers | MIA | SP | 23 | 71.3 |
| 33 | 3 | Bryce Harper | PHI | OF | 2 | 69.12 |
| 34 | 3 | Juan Soto | WAS | OF | 1 | 68.88 |
| 35 | 3 | Jordan Romano | TOR | RP | 23 | 66.57 |
| 36 | 3 | Shane McClanahan | TBR | SP | 23 | 62.29 |
| 37 | 3 | Paul Goldschmidt | STL | 1B | 9 | 61.92 |
| 38 | 3 | Shane Baz | TBR | SP | 23 | 60.59 |
| 39 | 3 | Will Smith | LAD | C | 10 | 60.25 |
| 40 | 3 | Mitch Haniger | SEA | OF | 21 | 60.21 |
| 41 | 3 | Myles Straw | CLE | OF | 23 | 58.65 |
| 42 | 3 | Carlos Rodon | FA | SP | 23 | 58.55 |
| 43 | 3 | Ozzie Albies | ATL | 2B | 3 | 57.78 |
| 44 | 3 | Jared Walsh | LAA | 1B | 20 | 56.84 |
| 45 | 3 | Justin Verlander | HOU | SP | 23 | 56.09 |
| 46 | 3 | Starling Marte | NYM | OF | 4 | 55.15 |
| 47 | 3 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | SP | 11 | 55.11 |
| 48 | 3 | Giovanny Gallegos | STL | RP | 21 | 55.03 |
| 49 | 3 | Jesse Winker | CIN | OF | 18 | 54.5 |
| 50 | 3 | Willy Adames | MIL | SS | 23 | 54.32 |
| 51 | 3 | Ty France | SEA | 1B, 2B | 23 | 53.72 |
| 52 | 3 | Frankie Montas | OAK | SP | 14 | 53.39 |
| 53 | 3 | Liam Hendriks | CWS | RP | 5 | 53 |
| 54 | 3 | Max Scherzer | NYM | SP | 3 | 50.73 |
| 55 | 3 | Daulton Varsho | ARI | C, OF | 16 | 50.42 |
| 56 | 4 | William Smith | ATL | RP | 17 | 49.8 |
| 57 | 4 | Tyler Stephenson | CIN | C | 23 | 49.92 |
| 58 | 4 | Keibert Ruiz | WAS | C | 23 | 48.95 |
| 59 | 4 | Jake Cronenworth | SDP | 1B, 2B, SS | 18 | 48.86 |
| 60 | 4 | Josh Hader | MIL | RP | 5 | 48.4 |
| 61 | 4 | Luis Urias | MIL | 2B, 3B, SS | 23 | 48.28 |
| 62 | 4 | Aaron Judge | NYY | OF | 5 | 47.98 |
| 63 | 4 | Luis Garcia | HOU | SP | 23 | 47.6 |
| 64 | 4 | Mark Melancon | ARI | RP | 23 | 47.56 |
| 65 | 4 | Akil Baddoo | DET | OF | 23 | 46.71 |
| 66 | 4 | Ryan Mountcastle | BAL | 1B, OF | 14 | 45.79 |
| 67 | 4 | Chris Taylor | LAD | 2B, SS, OF | 21 | 45.71 |
| 68 | 4 | Whit Merrifield | KCR | 2B, OF | 4 | 45.32 |
| 69 | 4 | Tommy Edman | STL | 2B, OF | 11 | 45.23 |
| 70 | 4 | Byron Buxton | MIN | OF | 9 | 44.73 |
| 71 | 4 | Adley Rutschman | BAL | C | 23 | 44.7 |
| 72 | 4 | Kyle Schwarber | FA | OF | 17 | 44.29 |
| 73 | 4 | Camilo Doval | SFG | RP | 23 | 43.79 |
| 74 | 4 | Walker Buehler | LAD | SP | 2 | 43.43 |
| 75 | 4 | Adolis Garcia | TEX | OF | 23 | 43.23 |
| 76 | 4 | Raisel Iglesias | LAA | RP | 7 | 43.05 |
| 77 | 4 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | SP | 23 | 41.31 |
| 78 | 4 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | SP | 23 | 40.65 |
| 79 | 4 | Nathan Eovaldi | BOS | SP | 19 | 40.64 |
| 80 | 4 | Luis Severino | NYY | SP | 23 | 40.56 |
| 81 | 4 | C.J. Cron | COL | 1B | 17 | 40.56 |
| 82 | 4 | Amed Rosario | CLE | SS | 23 | 40.4 |
| 83 | 4 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | SP | 3 | 40.31 |
| 84 | 4 | Hunter Renfroe | MIL | OF | 23 | 40.03 |
| 85 | 4 | Joe Musgrove | SDP | SP | 10 | 39.64 |
| 86 | 4 | Michael Kopech | CWS | SP | 23 | 39.38 |
| 87 | 4 | Joey Votto | CIN | 1B | 23 | 38.79 |
| 88 | 4 | Brendan Rodgers | COL | 2B, SS | 23 | 38.66 |
| 89 | 4 | Avisail Garcia | MIA | OF | 23 | 38.36 |
| 90 | 4 | Sean Manaea | OAK | SP | 21 | 38.12 |
| 91 | 4 | Nick Castellanos | FA | OF | 7 | 37.66 |
| 92 | 4 | Ryan McMahon | COL | 2B, 3B | 21 | 37.49 |
| 93 | 4 | Kris Bryant | FA | 3B, OF | 11 | 37.23 |
| 94 | 4 | Ryan Pressly | HOU | RP | 9 | 34.96 |
| 95 | 4 | Tim Anderson | CWS | SS | 4 | 33.11 |
| 96 | 4 | Scott Barlow | KCR | RP | 23 | 32.19 |
| 97 | 4 | Robbie Grossman | DET | OF | 23 | 32.11 |
| 98 | 4 | Carlos Correa | FA | SS | 11 | 31.45 |
| 99 | 4 | Jose Altuve | HOU | 2B | 8 | 31.14 |
| 100 | 4 | Chris Bassitt | OAK | SP | 17 | 30.11 |
| 101 | 4 | Mike Clevinger | SDP | SP | 23 | 29.55 |
| 102 | 4 | Eduardo Rodriguez | DET | SP | 19 | 27.78 |
| 103 | 4 | Giancarlo Stanton | NYY | OF | 11 | 27.74 |
| 104 | 4 | Eduardo Escobar | NYM | 2B, 3B | 23 | 27.63 |
| 105 | 4 | Jonathan Schoop | DET | 1B, 2B | 23 | 27.46 |
| 106 | 4 | Tarik Skubal | DET | SP | 23 | 27.44 |
| 107 | 4 | Yasmani Grandal | CWS | C | 12 | 27.08 |
| 108 | 4 | Blake Treinen | LAD | RP | 23 | 27.03 |
| 109 | 4 | Kenley Jansen | FA | RP | 10 | 26.93 |
| 110 | 4 | Tyler Mahle | CIN | SP | 13 | 25.48 |
| 111 | 4 | Joe Ryan | MIN | SP | 23 | 25.3 |
| 112 | 4 | Franmil Reyes | CLE | UT | 13 | 25.14 |
| 113 | 5 | Oneil Cruz | PIT | SS | 23 | 24.04 |
| 114 | 5 | Noah Syndergaard | LAA | SP | 23 | 23.95 |
| 115 | 5 | Tanner Houck | BOS | SP | 23 | 23.83 |
| 116 | 5 | Edwin Diaz | NYM | RP | 7 | 23.41 |
| 117 | 5 | Corey Knebel | PHI | RP | 23 | 22.48 |
| 118 | 5 | Gregory Soto | DET | RP | 23 | 21.84 |
| 119 | 5 | Javier Baez | DET | 2B, SS | 6 | 21.69 |
| 120 | 5 | Josh Bell | WAS | 1B | 13 | 21.22 |
| 121 | 5 | Max Fried | ATL | SP | 7 | 20.85 |
| 122 | 5 | Luis Robert | CWS | OF | 3 | 20.76 |
| 123 | 5 | Yuli Gurriel | HOU | 1B | 23 | 19.82 |
| 124 | 5 | Rhys Hoskins | PHI | 1B | 14 | 18.93 |
| 125 | 5 | Anthony DeSclafani | SFG | SP | 23 | 18.62 |
| 126 | 5 | Brandon Crawford | SFG | SS | 23 | 18.46 |
| 127 | 5 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | SP | 1 | 18.33 |
| 128 | 5 | Alex Kirilloff | MIN | 1B, OF | 20 | 18.04 |
| 129 | 5 | Jose Berrios | TOR | SP | 7 | 17.859 |
| 130 | 5 | Freddie Freeman | ATL | 1B | 2 | 17.72 |
| 131 | 5 | Pete Alonso | NYM | 1B | 5 | 17.72 |
| 132 | 5 | Adam Wainwright | STL | SP | 23 | 17.62 |
| 133 | 5 | David Bednar | PIT | RP | 23 | 17.17 |
| 134 | 5 | Charlie Morton | ATL | SP | 10 | 17.01 |
| 135 | 5 | Patrick Sandoval | LAA | SP | 23 | 17 |
| 136 | 5 | Randy Arozarena | TBR | OF | 5 | 16.35 |
| 137 | 5 | Willson Contreras | CHC | C | 11 | 15.37 |
| 138 | 5 | Andrew Benintendi | KCR | OF | 19 | 15.16 |
| 139 | 5 | Kolten Wong | MIL | 2B | 20 | 14.54 |
| 140 | 5 | Jeimer Candelario | DET | 3B | 23 | 14 |
| 141 | 5 | Manny Machado | SDP | 3B | 2 | 13.95 |
| 142 | 5 | Justin Turner | LAD | 3B | 16 | 13.9 |
| 143 | 5 | Framber Valdez | HOU | SP | 14 | 13.62 |
| 144 | 5 | Enrique Hernandez | BOS | 2B, OF | 23 | 13.31 |
| 145 | 5 | Jarred Kelenic | SEA | OF | 15 | 13.3 |
| 146 | 5 | Bobby Dalbec | BOS | 1B | 23 | 13.23 |
| 147 | 5 | Spencer Torkelson | DET | 1B | 23 | 13.22 |
| 148 | 5 | Adam Duvall | ATL | OF | 23 | 12.94 |
| 149 | 5 | J.D. Martinez | BOS | OF | 8 | 12.77 |
| 150 | 5 | Alex Wood | SFG | SP | 23 | 11.09 |
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