Tristan H. Cockcroft 8y

Week 22 fantasy baseball rankings

Fantasy MLB, MLB

Consider it Washington Nationals week.

Four different Nationals moved up by 16 or more spots in this week's Going Forward Rankings, capped by Trea Turner, who jumped nearly 50 spots to the No. 57 spot overall. There's little denying that Turner's role has earned him that status -- and perhaps even better than that -- as in the Nationals' past 35 games, he has 34 starts out of the leadoff spot, .350/.358/.554 triple-slash numbers, six home runs, 20 RBIs, 15 stolen bases and 29 runs scored. Plus, with the Nationals' schedule one of the more favorable ones the remainder of the season, Turner's production should only continue.

Who else moved significantly this week? Read on.

New ESPN position eligibility

The following players added new position eligibility within the past two weeks. As a reminder, position players need to appear 10 times at a new position to gain in-season eligibility, while pitchers need to make three starts to earn starting-pitching eligibility or five relief appearances to earn relief-pitching eligibility.

A.J. Cole (SP), Patrick Corbin (RP), Ryan Flaherty (SS), Marco Hernandez (2B), Joe Kelly (RP), Jose Leclerc (RP), Shawn O'Malley (2B), Brad Peacock (RP), Felix Pena (RP), Brooks Pounders (RP), Clayton Richard (SP), Jarrod Saltalamacchia (1B), Luis Severino (RP), Alex Wimmers (RP).

The following players are within two games of earning new eligibility, with their total games played noted at the listed position.

Cristhian Adames (2B, 9 games; 3B, 8 games), Gordon Beckham (SS, 8 games), Emilio Bonifacio (OF, 8 games), Daniel Castro (3B, 9 games), Ivan De Jesus (1B, 9 games), Stephen Drew (3B, 9 games; SS, 9 games), Eduardo Escobar (3B, 9 games), Phil Gosselin (3B, 8 games), Paul Janish (3B, 9 games), Howie Kendrick (1B, 8 games), Gerardo Parra (1B, 9 games), Hernan Perez (2B, 8 games), Jorge Polanco (3B, 9 games), Jurickson Profar (SS, 9 games), T.J. Rivera (3B, 8 games), Sean Rodriguez (3B, 9 games), Andrew Romine (2B, 8 games), Adam Rosales (SS, 9 games).

Going-forward rankings: Week 22

Listed below are my updated, going-forward rankings. These are based upon an ESPN standard league of 10 teams and Rotisserie 5x5 scoring. Click here to see these rankings sorted by position.

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