It's almost time folks. Spring training is officially underway, and the MLB season is fast approaching. With that comes the excitement of fantasy baseball drafts, coming in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Today's rankings are focused on points leagues, which will have different scoring settings than many other types of fantasy baseball leagues. Each statistical category is assigned a point value, and then all your player's points are added up (over the course of a scoring period or season).

In most cases, pitchers will hold more value in points leagues (than they would in non-points leagues). Also, classically, hitters with better peripherals (less strikeouts, more walks, etc) will benefit your teams, and can help bring you to the promised land. Two of our lead fantasy baseball columnists, Nick Mariano and Kyle Bishop, have provided their top 300 rankings for points leagues. Feel free to click those links and give these fine gentlemen a follow, or let them know how much you love or hate their rankings.

Also, be sure to also get over to our 2016 fantasy baseball rankings dashboard. It has tons more great rankings, articles, and draft prep columns. In addition to our tiered staff rankings for every position (mixed leagues), we also dig into the top 2016 fantasy prospects, and bring you our dynasty/keeper rankings as well. More staff ranks are coming soon, so bookmark the page and win your drafts.

Top 300 Rankings: Points Leagues

Ranking Player Name Position Nick Kyle 1 Clayton Kershaw SP 1 1 2 Mike Trout OF 2 2 3 Bryce Harper OF 3 3 4 Paul Goldschmidt 1B 4 4 5 Max Scherzer SP 5 5 6 Manny Machado SS, 3B 7 6 7 Josh Donaldson 3B 6 7 8 Giancarlo Stanton OF 8 8 9 Miguel Cabrera 1B 9 9 10 Andrew McCutchen OF 11 10 11 Carlos Correa SS 10 11 12 Joey Votto 1B 13 12 13 Chris Sale SP 12 13 14 Jose Bautista OF 14 14 15 Anthony Rizzo 1B 15 16 16 Nolan Arenado 3B 16 17 17 Kris Bryant 3B, OF 21 14 18 George Springer OF 18 18 19 Jose Altuve 2B 17 19 20 Mookie Betts OF 19 21 21 A.J. Pollock OF 20 22 22 Jake Arrieta SP 23 20 23 Edwin Encarnacion 1B 22 23 24 Dee Gordon 2B 28 24 25 Jacob deGrom SP 27 25 26 J.D. Martinez OF 26 26 27 Ryan Braun OF 24 28 28 Jose Abreu 1B 25 29 29 David Price SP 29 27 30 Starling Marte OF 33 30 31 Jose Fernandez SP 34 31 32 Justin Upton OF 31 34 33 Chris Davis 1B, OF 30 37 34 Miguel Sano 3B 32 36 35 Madison Bumgarner SP 36 35 36 Charlie Blackmon OF 35 38 37 Carlos Carrasco SP 38 39 38 Buster Posey C, 1B 45 33 39 Gerrit Cole SP 49 32 40 Zack Greinke SP 41 40 41 Corey Kluber SP 42 41 42 Stephen Strasburg SP 40 44 43 Todd Frazier 3B 37 49 44 Noah Syndergaard SP 46 42 45 Nelson Cruz OF 44 45 46 Lorenzo Cain OF 47 43 47 Dallas Keuchel SP 51 46 48 David Ortiz 1B 43 56 49 Prince Fielder 1B 54 48 50 Brian Dozier 2B 52 52 51 Troy Tulowitzki SS 50 54 52 Adam Jones OF 39 67 53 Felix Hernandez SP 48 62 54 Carlos Gonzalez OF 55 57 55 Yoenis Cespedes OF 53 59 56 Robinson Cano 2B 58 55 57 Matt Harvey SP 61 53 58 Chris Archer SP 59 58 59 Kyle Schwarber C, OF 74 47 60 Freddie Freeman 1B 60 61 61 Jason Heyward OF 62 60 62 Adrian Gonzalez 1B 57 68 63 Wade Davis RP 68 63 64 Cole Hamels SP 63 69 65 Kyle Seager 3B 70 65 66 Craig Kimbrel RP 65 70 67 Aroldis Chapman RP 73 66 68 Jon Lester SP 69 72 69 Anthony Rendon 2B, 3B 78 64 70 Kenley Jansen RP 72 71 71 Adrian Beltre 3B 67 76 72 Carlos Gomez OF 56 90 73 Eric Hosmer 1B 64 83 74 Hunter Pence OF 66 82 75 David Peralta OF 76 74 76 Maikel Franco 3B 71 81 77 Danny Salazar SP 75 78 78 Jason Kipnis 2B 77 77 79 Corey Seager SS, 3B 91 73 80 Adam Eaton OF 80 85 81 Evan Longoria 3B 82 86 82 Brandon Belt 1B, OF 79 91 83 Matt Carpenter 2B, 3B 85 89 84 Sonny Gray SP 87 88 85 Curtis Granderson OF 88 92 86 Marcus Stroman SP 102 79 87 Carlos Martinez SP 97 84 88 Albert Pujols 1B 83 98 89 Yu Darvish SP 95 87 90 Xander Bogaerts SS 89 93 91 Adam Wainwright SP 81 101 92 Christian Yelich OF 90 94 93 Tyson Ross SP 105 80 94 Ian Kinsler 2B 86 100 95 Rougned Odor 2B 92 95 96 Yasiel Puig OF 93 96 97 Shin-Soo Choo OF 94 97 98 Mark Teixeira 1B 96 99 99 Ken Giles RP 125 75 100 Johnny Cueto SP 99 102 101 Jorge Soler OF 100 103 102 Jacoby Ellsbury OF 101 104 103 Corey Dickerson OF 98 108 104 Hanley Ramirez OF 103 106 105 Francisco Liriano SP 104 107 106 Matt Holliday OF 84 130 107 Kolten Wong 2B 106 109 108 Jeurys Familia RP 107 110 109 Masahiro Tanaka SP 108 111 110 Lucas Duda 1B 109 112 111 Michael Pineda SP 110 113 112 Francisco Lindor SS 111 114 113 Brett Gardner OF 112 115 114 Zach Britton RP 113 116 115 Michael Wacha SP 114 117 116 Alex Gordon OF 115 118 117 Randal Grichuk OF 117 120 118 Lance McCullers SP 119 119 119 Patrick Corbin SP 116 122 120 Jose Quintana SP 118 121 121 Luis Severino SP 120 123 122 Kendrys Morales 1B 121 124 123 Kole Calhoun OF 122 125 124 Raisel Iglesias SP 123 126 125 Jordan Zimmermann SP 124 127 126 Jaime Garcia SP 126 128 127 Joc Pederson OF 127 129 128 Stephen Piscotty 1B, OF 128 131 129 Russell Martin C 129 132 130 Jung Ho Kang SS, 3B 130 133 131 Joe Ross SP 131 134 132 Josh Reddick OF 132 135 133 David Robertson RP 133 136 134 Scott Kazmir SP 134 137 135 Dustin Pedroia 2B 135 138 136 Brandon Crawford SS 136 139 137 Drew Smyly SP 137 140 138 Trevor Rosenthal RP 138 141 139 Steven Matz SP 139 142 140 Carter Capps RP 140 143 141 Cody Allen RP 141 144 142 Garrett Richards SP 142 145 143 Ian Desmond SS 143 146 144 Michael Brantley OF 144 147 145 Matt Kemp OF 145 148 146 Evan Gattis OF 146 149 147 Ben Zobrist 2B, OF 147 150 148 Travis d’Arnaud C 148 151 149 Mark Melancon RP 149 152 150 Jhonny Peralta SS 150 153 151 Mike Moustakas 3B 151 154 152 Gregory Polanco OF 152 155 153 Carlos Santana 1B 153 156 154 Jake Odorizzi SP 154 157 155 Brad Boxberger RP 155 158 156 Justin Verlander SP 156 159 157 Addison Russell 2B, SS 157 160 158 Alex Rodriguez DH 158 161 159 Dexter Fowler OF 159 162 160 Joe Panik 2B 160 163 161 Delino Deshields OF 161 164 162 Michael Conforto OF 162 165 163 Steven Souza OF 163 166 164 Jeff Samardzija SP 164 167 165 Huston Street RP 165 168 166 Taijuan Walker SP 166 169 167 Clay Buchholz SP 167 170 168 John Lackey SP 168 171 169 Matt Duffy 2B, 3B 169 172 170 Mark Trumbo 1B, OF 170 173 171 Francisco Rodriguez RP 171 174 172 Jonathan Lucroy C, 1B 172 175 173 Jake McGee RP 173 176 174 Jay Bruce OF 174 177 175 Kevin Pillar OF 175 178 176 Gio Gonzalez SP 176 179 177 Glen Perkins RP 177 180 178 Shelby Miller SP 178 181 179 Eugenio Suarez SS 179 182 180 Gerardo Parra OF 180 183 181 Justin Turner 1B, 2B, 3B 181 184 182 Khris Davis OF 182 185 183 Ryan Zimmerman 1B 183 186 184 Brian McCann C, 1B 184 187 185 David Wright 3B 185 188 186 Mitch Moreland 1B 186 189 187 Devon Travis 2B 187 190 188 Ben Revere OF 188 191 189 Ender Inciarte OF 189 192 190 Yordano Ventura SP 190 193 191 Hector Rondon RP 191 194 192 Carlos Rodon SP 192 195 193 Brad Miller 2B, SS, OF 193 196 194 Daniel Murphy 1B, 2B, 3B 194 197 195 Billy Hamilton OF 195 198 196 Collin McHugh SP 196 199 197 Adam Lind 1B 197 200 198 Wil Myers 1B, OF 198 201 199 Byung-ho Park 1B 199 202 200 Hisashi Iwakuma SP 200 203 201 Billy Burns OF 201 204 202 Devin Mesoraco C 202 205 203 Cameron Maybin OF 203 206 204 Jonathan Papelbon RP 204 207 205 Victor Martinez 1B 205 208 206 Hyun-Jin Ryu SP 206 209 207 Neil Walker 2B 207 210 208 Carlos Beltran OF 208 211 209 Matt Adams 1B 209 212 210 James Shields SP 210 213 211 A.J. Ramos RP 211 214 212 Marcell Ozuna OF 212 215 213 Kyle Hendricks SP 213 216 214 Pablo Sandoval 3B 214 217 215 Melky Cabrera OF 215 218 216 Aaron Altherr OF 216 219 217 Wei-Yin Chen SP 217 220 218 Howie Kendrick 2B 218 221 219 Marcus Semien SS 219 222 220 Jonathan Schoop 2B 220 223 221 Josh Harrison 2B, 3B, OF 221 224 222 Colby Rasmus OF 222 225 223 Eduardo Rodriguez SP 223 226 224 Shawn Tolleson RP 224 227 225 Aaron Hicks OF 225 228 226 Nathan Eovaldi SP 226 229 227 Chris Carter 1B 227 230 228 Brandon Moss 1B, OF 228 231 229 Elvis Andrus SS 229 232 230 Justin Bour 1B 230 233 231 DJ LeMahieu 2B 231 234 232 Brett Anderson SP 232 235 233 Ian Kennedy SP 233 236 234 Jayson Werth OF 234 237 235 Ketel Marte SS 235 238 236 Salvador Perez C 236 239 237 Rusney Castillo OF 237 240 238 Julio Teheran SP 238 241 239 Logan Forsythe 1B, 2B, 3B 239 242 240 Erasmo Ramirez SP 240 243 241 Yasmani Grandal C, 1B 241 244 242 Domingo Santana OF 242 245 243 Andrew Miller RP 243 246 244 Kenta Maeda SP 244 247 245 Alex Cobb SP 245 248 246 Brandon Phillips 2B 246 249 247 Roberto Osuna RP 247 250 248 Andrew Cashner SP 248 251 249 Robbie Ray SP 249 252 250 Hyun-Soo Kim OF 250 253 251 Jason Grilli RP 251 254 252 Eddie Rosario OF 252 255 253 Dellin Betances RP 253 256 254 Andrew Heaney SP 254 257 255 Anibal Sanchez SP 255 258 256 Jimmy Nelson SP 256 259 257 C.J. Cron 1B 257 260 258 Starlin Castro 2B, SS 258 261 259 Chris Colabello 1B, OF 259 262 260 Anthony DeSclafani SP 260 263 261 Alcides Escobar SS 261 264 262 Odubel Herrera OF 262 265 263 Jason Hammel SP 263 266 264 Jake Lamb 1B, 3B 264 267 265 Danny Valencia 1B, 3B, OF 265 268 266 Pedro Alvarez 1B 266 269 267 Franklin Gutierrez OF 267 270 268 Kevin Kiermaier OF 268 271 269 Matt Wieters C 269 272 270 Santiago Casilla RP 270 273 271 Jose Reyes SS 271 274 272 Marlon Byrd OF 272 275 273 Denard Span OF 273 276 274 Mike Napoli 1B, OF 274 277 275 Trevor Plouffe 1B, 3B 275 278 276 Byron Buxton OF 276 279 277 Henry Owens SP 277 280 278 Nori Aoki OF 278 281 279 Aaron Nola SP 279 282 280 Austin Jackson OF 280 283 281 Jerad Eickhoff SP 281 284 282 Avisail Garcia OF 282 285 283 Steve Cishek RP 283 286 284 Leonys Martin OF 284 287 285 Jackie Bradley Jr. OF 285 288 286 Marco Estrada SP 286 289 287 Drew Hutchison SP 287 290 288 Nick Castellanos 3B 288 291 289 Eduardo Escobar 2B, SS, 3B, OF 289 292 290 Drew Storen RP 290 293 291 Chase Headley 3B 291 294 292 Doug Fister SP 292 295 293 Andre Ethier OF 293 296 294 J.A. Happ SP 294 297 295 Vincent Velasquez SP 295 298 296 Stephen Vogt C, 1B 296 299 297 Desmond Jennings OF 297 300 298 Nick Hundley C 298 301 299 Mat Latos SP 299 302 300 Kevin Gausman SP 300 303

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