Tiers are a practical way of displaying rankings for optimal use on Draft Day. The goal is to accentuate which position is closest to a drop-off by denoting where the drop-offs are at each position. During the heat of the draft, you'll know that the position to target is the one that's current tier is closest to depletion.
Tiers 1.0: C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | SP | RP
Below are the starting pitcher tiers for 2022. A position that was lacking a middle class last year now has a large one that skews more high-end.
The Elite: Jacob deGrom, Gerrit Cole, Max Scherzer, Corbin Burnes, Walker Buehler, Brandon Woodruff, Shane Bieber, Zack Wheeler
The Near-Elite: Robbie Ray, Julio Urias, Sandy Alcantara, Lucas Giolito, Aaron Nola, Charlie Morton, Kevin Gausman, Lance Lynn, Chris Sale, Jack Flaherty
The Next-Best Things: Frankie Montas, Max Fried, Jose Berrios, Logan Webb, Freddy Peralta, Clayton Kershaw, Joe Musgrove, Luis Castillo, Shohei Ohtani, Blake Snell, Yu Darvish, Justin Verlander
The Fallback Options: Carlos Rodon, Alek Manoah, Ranger Suarez*, Pablo Lopez, Chris Bassitt, Lance McCullers, Framber Valdez, Adam Wainwright, Shane Baz, Dylan Cease, Shane McClanahan, Tyler Mahle, Nathan Eovaldi, Trevor Rogers, Sean Manaea, Marcus Stroman, Luis Garcia, Luis Severino*, Mike Clevinger, Noah Syndergaard, Zack Greinke, Aaron Civale, Ian Anderson, Logan Gilbert, Zac Gallen, Patrick Sandoval
The Last Resorts: Anthony DeSclafani, Sonny Gray, Mike Soroka, Kyle Hendricks, Carlos Carrasco, Eduardo Rodriguez, Cal Quantrill*
The Deep-Leaguers: Joe Ryan, Triston McKenzie, Josiah Gray, Tony Gonsolin, Jordan Montgomery, Alex Cobb, Stephen Strasburg, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Jose Urquidy, John Means, German Marquez, Yusei Kikuchi, Jon Gray, Luis Patino, Tarik Skubal, Alex Wood, Nestor Cortes, Huascar Ynoa, Tanner Houck, Cristian Javier*, Michael Kopech*, Tylor Megill, Jesus Luzardo, Sixto Sanchez, Marco Gonzales, Chris Flexen, Chris Paddack, Nate Pearson*, Alex Reyes*, Casey Mize, Austin Gomber, Nick Pivetta, Andrew Heaney
The Leftovers: Grayson Rodriguez, Nick Lodolo, Daniel Lynch, Reid Detmers, Roansy Contreras, Edward Cabrera, Adrian Houser, Bailey Ober, James Kaprielian, Eric Lauer, Corey Kluber, Wade Miley, Kyle Gibson, Drew Rasmussen*, Jameson Taillon, Zach Eflin, Steven Matz, Michael Pineda, Rich Hill, Zach Plesac, Dylan Bundy, Adbert Alzolay, Dakota Hudson, Taijuan Walker, Aaron Ashby*, Matt Brash, Hunter Greene, Cade Cavalli, Kyle Freeland, Max Meyer, Matthew Liberatore, Domingo German, Griffin Canning, Luis Gil, A.J. Puk*, MacKenzie Gore, George Kirby, Antonio Senzatela, Miles Mikolas, Madison Bumgarner, Cole Irvin, Patrick Corbin, Elieser Hernandez, Reynaldo Lopez*, David Price*, Carlos Hernandez*, Spencer Howard, Brady Singer, Jackson Kowar, Matt Manning, Mitch Keller, Brad Keller, DL Hall, Merrill Kelly, Ryan Yarbrough, Cole Winn, Glenn Otto, A.J. Alexy, Brailyn Marquez, Kwang Hyun Kim, Dallas Keuchel, Erick Fedde, Johnny Cueto, Jake Odorizzi, Mike Minor, Tyler Anderson, Jose Suarez, Drew Smyly, Luke Weaver, Tucker Davidson
* RP-eligible
