My Top 40 SP 2007 rankings

[rotoquest]

01. Santana
02. Carpenter
03. Smoltz
04. Webb
05. Oswalt
06. Halladay
07. Zambrano
08. Peavy
09. Lackey
10. Sabathia
11. Sheets
12. Schilling
13. Harang
14. Bonderman
15. Mussina
16. Arroyo
17. Haren
18. Schmidt
19. Myers
20. Zito
21. Young C
22. Kazmir
23. Lowe
24. Bedard
25. Johnson R
26. Cain
27. Verlander
28. Weaver Jered
29. Wang
30. Bush
31. Capuano
32. Santana E.
33. Johnson J
34. Rogers
35. Garcia
36. Milwood
37. Glavine
38. Olsen
39. Escobar
40. Penny

This attempt is a list comiled with weight heavily on 2006 stats. Other considerations are age, injury risk, team, off-season transitions and ballpark. Please comment on adjustments that should be made or if anyone is missing. Thanks.

[bigken117]

no Hamels?

[BritSox]

I'd certainly have Cain at least top 20. I'd also be tempted to drop Webb a couple of notches- he hasn't been giving ace-level performance for quite as long as the Oswalts and Halladays, so I don't rate him as quite as safe a bet. I'd have Smoltz at seven or eight rather than three, I think.

Kazmir I'd bump up 4-5 slots as well. I can't think of anything else glaring at first glance, though I might pick up on something more later.

[George_Foreman]

Paiging Diasuke Matsuzaka.

Also, I think Anthony Reyes is going to be good next year. He's not getting a lot of notice becuase the Cards didn't give him much of a shot until the playoffs, but he's got good stuff and he's pretty much guaranteed a rotation slot by default. The only risk there is injury.

I think I'd put Zaka in the Lackey/Sheeths/Schilling range and I'd in retrospect, Reyes either right at the end or not on the list (although he should still be drafted. )

Another guy to take later: Greg Maddux. His numbers should be at least as good as Glavine's.

[Cleveland Steamers]

I havent finished looking at the list but Smoltz at #3?

[Mugrila]

I think Smoltz is a little high. As for Webb, I'd put him behind Halladay and ahead of Oswalt. What about Harden?

[KCollins1304]

I think I'd drop Randy Johnson about 10 spots

[OneLoveBoomer]

I think Smoltz is a little high. As for Webb, I'd put him behind Halladay and ahead of Oswalt. What about Harden?

Dittos to these; Also, I'd have J. Garland on instead of F. Garcia.

[rotoquest]

I think Smoltz is a little high. As for Webb, I'd put him behind Halladay and ahead of Oswalt. What about Harden?

In retrospect I can see moving smoltz down a few, and moving oswalt to #3, but I can't see moving halladay ahead of webb when their wins, era, and whip are about the same, but halladay registers alot less k's. As for harden, he is too big of an injury risk and 2006 stats were not good enough for this list.

[rotoquest]

I think Smoltz is a little high. As for Webb, I'd put him behind Halladay and ahead of Oswalt. What about Harden?

Dittos to these; Also, I'd have J. Garland on instead of F. Garcia.

To tell you the truth, I didn't want to put any white sox pitcher on the list (which garcia is not anymore), but I'd substitute contreras before garland.