MLB ERA leaders...

[daullaz]

Here is the top ten SPs in terms of ERA so far in 2005:

Dontrelle Willis
Roger Clemens
Kenny Rogers
Brett Myers
Mike Hampton
Brian Moehler
Erik Bedard
Jon Garland
Josh Beckett
Mark Redman

Now, I'll give you Beckett and Clemens. Some people predicted a bounce-back year for Dontrelle, and if I remember right there were a few people on the Brett Myers bandwagon in ST. But honestly, who could have fathomed the top ERA list would look like this?

[RAmst23]

This is why I'm punting pitching on draft day next year. First 12 picks, all offense. It will work like a charm

[bleach168]

Pitching stats are interesting beasts. Small sample size plus ERA being a poor way to quantify the good pitchers will make for a funky leader list.

[bleach168]

If you took the 10 highest ranked SP's (in 5x5), you will get this list...

Willis
Pedro
Clemens
Santana
Myers
Halladay
Peavy
Garland
Beckett
Bedard

See how much better that is?

[CBMGreatOne]

Yeah, I generally rate pitchers more by WHIP and K/9 than ERA. Those categories are less corruptible by a small sample size.

Top 10 WHIP Leaders (minimum 30 IP)
P. Martinez
D. Willis
J. Santana
R. Clemens
B. Myers
J. Garland
M. Hampton
J. Marquis
J. Peavy
M. Prior

[daullaz]

Well, I wasn't by any means saying that those were the top ten pitchers in baseball. I understand that ERA isn't by any means a good category to rate the effectiveness of a pitcher by. I just saw that leaderboard and thought it was interesting.

[ThE DyNaStY 25]

Yeah great list...

All the ones in bold I have on my team

Dontrelle Willis
Roger Clemens
Kenny Rogers
Brett Myers
Mike Hampton
Brian Moehler
Erik Bedard
Jon Garland
Josh Beckett
Mark Redman

[Yoda]

Also, ERA can fluctuate a lot since pitchers only pitch 32 times in a season. We are not even 2 months into the season so these hot starters will cool off at some point. We'll compare this to the leaders att he end of the season.