Rankings: Starting Pitcher

by John Halpin

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Updated: March 20, 2008, 8:41 PM EST Comment

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Rankings: Starting Pitchers
Rk A +/- Player Tm Comment
1     Johan Santana NYM Numbers improve in NL
2     Jake Peavy SD  
3     Brandon Webb ARI  
4     C.C. Sabathia CLE  
5     Erik Bedard BAL  
6     Josh Beckett BOS Back injury isn't bad
7     Cole Hamels PHI  
8     John Smoltz ATL Seems underrated in drafts
9     Justin Verlander DET Up and coming
10     Dan Haren ARI See Santana comment
11     Roy Oswalt HOU  
12     Scott Kazmir TB He'll be fine
13     Felix Hernandez SEA Breakout
14     Carlos Zambrano CHC Overrated
15     Roy Halladay TOR  
16     Daisuke Matsuzaka BOS Lives up to the hype in '08
17     Aaron Harang CIN  
18     Javier Vazquez CHW Lots of Ks
19     Fausto Carmona CLE  
20     Chris Young SD  
21     Matthew Cain SF  
22     Brett Myers PHI Back where he belongs
23     John Lackey LAA Out until mid-May
24     James Shields TB  
25     Jeremy Bonderman DET Bounceback
26     Kelvim Escobar LAA  
27     Yovani Gallardo MIL If healthy, look out
28     A.J. Burnett TOR Good even with 160 IP
29     Tim Hudson ATL  
30     Tim Lincecum SF  
31     Brad Penny LAD  
32     Ben Sheets MIL Can't be trusted
33     Francisco Liriano MIN Could be huge
34     Chien-ming Wang NYY No Ks
35     Rich Hill CHC  
36     Chad Billingsley LAD I like this guy
37     Adam Wainwright STL  
38     Derek Lowe LAD  
39     Ted Lilly CHC  
40     Clay Buchholz BOS  
41     Philip Hughes NYY Nice year ahead
42     Dustin McGowan TOR  
43     Ian Snell PIT  
44     John Maine NYM  
45     Jeff Francis COL  
46     Mark Buehrle CHW  
47     Jered Weaver LAA  
48     Zack Greinke KC All the way back
49     Andy Pettitte NYY  
50     Barry Zito SF Not as bad as '07
51     Joe Blanton OAK  
52     Joba Chamberlain NYY Only 120-140 IP
53     Oliver Perez NYM  
54     Dontrelle Willis DET  
55     Pedro Martinez NYM Don't write him off
56     Matt Garza TB Ready to improve
57     Jon Garland LAA  
58     Greg Maddux SD  
59     Tom Gorzelanny PIT  
60     Gil Meche KC  
61     Hiroki Kuroda LAD  
62     Ubaldo Jimenez COL  
63     Randy Johnson ARI  
64     Scott Baker MIN  
65     Boof Bonser MIN Lost 30 lbs.
66     Rich Harden OAK  
67     Jon Lester BOS  
68     Chris Carpenter STL Stash for 2nd half
69     Randy Wolf SD  
70     Jake Westbrook CLE  
71     Livan Hernandez MIN  
72     Kyle Lohse STL Nice spot with Duncan
73     Mike Mussina NYY Stick a fork in him
74     Kevin Slowey MIN  
75     Micah Owings ARI  
76     Homer Bailey CIN Maybe AAA
77     Scott Olsen FLA  
78     Joel Pineiro STL  
79     Kevin Millwood TEX  
80     Ervin Santana LAA  
80     Mark Prior SD Back in May, great park
81     Andrew Miller FLA  
82     Mike Hampton ATL  
83     Shawn Hill WAS  
84     Bartolo Colon BOS Could be No. 5
85     Jarrod Washburn SEA  
86     Shaun Marcum TOR  
87     Tom Glavine ATL  
88     Miguel Batista SEA  
89     Franklin Morales COL  
90     Curt Schilling BOS Might not pitch at all
91     Jose Contreras CHW  
92     Jeff Suppan MIL  
93     Brian Bannister KC Waaaay overrated
94     Vincente Padilla TEX  
95     Jair Jurrjens ATL  
96     Jason Schmidt LAD  
97     Esteban Loaiza LAD  
98     Anthony Reyes STL  
99     Kenny Rogers DET  
100     Doug Davis ARI  
101     John Patterson WAS  
102     Chad Gaudin OAK  
103     Braden Looper STL  
104     Noah Lowry SF  
105     Paul Byrd CLE  
106     Carlos Silva SEA  
107     Mark Mulder STL Back in May
108     Sean Marshall CHC  
109     Orlando Hernandez NYM  
110     Manny Parra MIL  
111     Johnny Cueto CIN  
112     Chris Capuano MIL  
113     David Bush MIL  
114     Tim Wakefield BOS  
115     Jamie Moyer PHI  
116     Chuck James ATL  
117     Sergio Mitre FLA Hurt
118     Jason Bergmann WAS  
119     Jason Hirsh COL  
120     Jason Marquis CHC Go Staten Island!
121     JoJo Reyes ATL  
122     Aaron Cook COL  
123     Matt Clement STL  
124     Justin Germano SD  
125     Kevin Correia SF  
126     Josh Fogg CIN  
127     Odalis Perez WAS Ugh

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