Tiered pitching rankings

[colt4523]

I was hoping to get some of the cafe members to put their pitcher rankings into 5 tiers. Who would you put in our first tier (your aces) all the way to the fifth tier (your # 5's in your rotation).

[MasterX1918]

tier 1 ( aces)
Johan Santana
Jake Peavy
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Brandon Webb
Erick Bedard
CC Sabbathia
Josh Beckett
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Cole Hamels
Justin Verlander
John Smoltz
Dan Haren
John Lackey
Aaron Harang
Chris Young
Roy Oswalt
Roy Halladay
Scott Kazmir
~~~~~~~~~~~
Felix Hernandez
Carlos Zambrano
Tim Lincecum


tier 2 (top guys)
Javier Vazquez
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Rich Hill
James Shields
Chad Billingsley
Matt Cain
Fausto Carmona
Francisco Liriano
Kelvim Escobar
Brett Myers
~~~~~~~~~~
AJ Burnett
Ian Snell
Pedro Martinez

tier 3 (middle guys)
Ben Sheets
Yovani Gollardo
John Maine
Tim Hudson
Adam Wainwright
Jered Weaver
Brad Penny
Dustin McGowan
~~~~~~~~~~~
Oliver Perez
Ted Lilly
Jeremy Bonderman
Derek Lowe
Joe Blanton
Tom Gorzelany

Tier 4 (deep guys)
Clay Buchholz
Phil Hughes
Chris Carpenter (DL)
Bronson Arroyo
Scott Baker
Chien-Ming Wang
Jeff Francis
Dontrelle Willis
Matt Garza
Rich Harden
Zach Greinke
Shaun Marcum
Greg Maddux
Mark Buehrle

Tier 5 (#5 guys)
Jeremy Guthrie
Andy Pettite
Randy Johnson
Barry Zito
Tom Glavine
Gil Meche
Ubaldo Jiminez
Hiroki Kuroda
~~~~~~~~~~
Dave Bush
Homer Bailey
Micah Owings
Jon Lester
Kevin Slowey
Ian Kennedy
Brian Bannister
Andrew Miller
Tim Wakefield
Boof Bonser


I'm not sure if this is how you wanted them organized, but this is how I rank them based on fantasy value.

[mtarail]

Great list.

[colt4523]

That is a good list, this is what I came up with so far:

Tier 1 (starters who should anchor your staff)
Santana
Peavy

Beckett
Bedard
Webb
CC
Lackey

Tier 2
Verlander
Harang
Hamels
Haren
Kazmir
Halladay

Tier 3
Oswalt
Smoltz
Felix
Zambrano
Young

DiceK
Vazquez
Hill
Shields
Linecum
Cain
Sheets
Burnett
Penny
Billingsly
Escobar
Gallardo
Wang
Hudson
Lilly
Myers
Pedro
Maine



I still need to put together my 4th and 5th tiers.

[rookies and cream]

That is a good list, this is what I came up with so far:

Tier 1 (starters who should anchor your staff)
Santana
Peavy

Beckett
Bedard
Webb
CC
Lackey

Tier 2
Verlander
Harang
Hamels
Haren
Kazmir
Halladay

Tier 3
Oswalt
Smoltz
Felix
Zambrano
Young

DiceK
Vazquez
Hill
Shields
Linecum
Cain
Sheets
Burnett
Penny
Billingsly
Escobar
Gallardo
Wang
Hudson
Lilly
Myers
Pedro
Maine



I still need to put together my 4th and 5th tiers.

I like this set

I'd throw in Bonderman, Wainwright, Snell, and McGowan towards the end of your 4th tier