Young Pitchers - Draft Order

[mjhdrew]

How do you rank the following young starting pitchers for draft day? All views appreciated. Thanks.

I think this is my ranking

E Santana - ANA
J Shields - TAM
M Cain - SF
C Young - SD
E Volquez - CIN
J Johnson - FLA
K Slowey - MIN
J Cueto - CIN
M Scherzer - ARZ
J Jurrjens - ATL
C Kershaw - LA
C Volstad - FLA

[rupertoooo]

Shields This guy knows how to pitch, I will take him
Santana Better arm, but slightly more risky than Shields, IMO.

Volquez
Cain

Jurrgens I believe he will improve on last year, which says alot, IMO
Slowey
Johnson
Scherzer The biggest upside of this group. If he can stay in the rotation and avoid injury, 200K's a real possibility, IMO
Cueto
Young
Kershaw
Volstad

[BTOWNHESS]

Ervin, Cain and Young ranked way too high. Clayton and Sherzer ahead of Slowey any day of the week and twice on Sundays.

[mjhdrew]

Cheers guys.

Input much aprreciated. Young SPs always seem to provoke a bigger disparity in views than any other position.

Keep the views coming. Thanks.

[kidsilk]

I would rank them:

Shields
Santana
Cain
Volquez
Johnson
Young
Jurrjens
Scherzer
Slowey
Cueto
Kershaw
Volstad

please help

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[terribletetrick]

I prefer Keeper/Dynasty League values myself because that's what I play. So here is my rankings:

C Kershaw - LA (Best pure stuff on a 21 yr old lefty in a VERY long time, Good ballpark, personal man crush)
M Cain - SF (Best mental make-up on this list, great stuff, great body, great ballpark, terrible luck)
E Santana - ANA (Great stuff, good team, 3 of 4 years has been good)
J Shields - TAM (I feel we have seen his ceiling, good not a true ace, Dan Haren-esque)
E Volquez - CIN (Icky ballpark, sick change-up, regresses in 2009)
M Scherzer - ARZ (2nd best K stuff on this list, shoulder concerns me, worst ballpark on list including Cincy's)
C Young - SD (Seen him long enough to know what I am getting, injury concerns, no clue how to hold runners, best ballpark)
C Volstad - FLA (I may be doing him wrong this low, small sample size, great body, hard sinker)
J Johnson - FLA (Haven't bought into him for whatever reason, great when healthy, good guy to try to get value with late)
K Slowey - MIN (Typical Twins pitcher, nothing special IMO, not a keeper)
J Cueto - CIN (LOL, boy did we buy high on his 2008 March/April, good change, doesn't belong on list)
J Jurrjens - ATL (You keep him)

[dirtdogs4life]

What about Billingsly?

[Ols]

Why isn't Gallardo on this list?

[mjhdrew]

These are the young guys still available in one of my leagues.

[HOOTIE]

How do you rank the following young starting pitchers for draft day? All views appreciated. Thanks.

I think this is my ranking

2 E Santana - ANA
1 J Shields - TAM
3 M Cain - SF
9 C Young - SD
6 E Volquez - CIN
7 J Johnson - FLA
10 K Slowey - MIN
8 J Cueto - CIN
4 M Scherzer - ARZ
12 J Jurrjens - ATL
5 C Kershaw - LA
11 C Volstad - FLA