Top 40 starting pitchers

[blankman]

Willis' stats post All-Star break:
78.1 IP 5-5 4.60 ERA 63 K's

hardly the
82.1 IP 9-1 2.08 ERA 79 K's

he was the 1st half

[Guest]

I'd slip Peavy in there personally somewhere near the latter part

[justinA]

I'd slip Peavy in there personally somewhere near the latter part

isnt Peavy hurt?

[Guest]

I'd slip Peavy in there personally somewhere near the latter part

isnt Peavy hurt?

Oblique I think. He's throwing Saturday.

Given Clemens/Millwood/Pettitte/Garcia/Nomo are on this list (and will cost more come draft time/auction), I'd take Peavy giving similar #'s.

I really find it hard some rank Garcia ahead of Peavy. He's had a higher ERA/Lower K rate/less wins

[Spartans Rule]

Willis' stats post All-Star break:
78.1 IP 5-5 4.60 ERA 63 K's

hardly the
82.1 IP 9-1 2.08 ERA 79 K's

he was the 1st half

A good point, but look a little deeper and you'll notice:

August: 26.1 IP, 1-3, 6.92 ERA, 16 K
September: 37.1 IP, 3-1, 2.89 ERA, 33 K

Dontrelle had a really bad stretch in August but rebounded strong. Most pitchers have a rough month or so at some point in the season. For Willis, it happened to be August. I wouldn't say he's been "figured out".

[canibus]

1.Prior
2.Pedro
3.Schilling
4.Halladay
5.Vazquez
6.R.Johnson
7.Hudson
8.Wood
9.Oswalt
10.Schmidt
11.Mussina--higher?
12.Zito
13.Mulder
14.Brown
15.Colon
16.Beckett--debatable
17.Morris
18.Millwood
19.Loiaiza no way, considering the next 4 for starters
20.Wolf
21.Santana
22.Nomo
23.Webb
24.W.Miller
25.Moyer
26.Pineiro
27.R.Ortiz
28.Clemens
29.Maddux Before Clem
30.W.Williams
31.Pettitte
32.Padilla
33.Zambrano
34.Lowe
35.D.Willis
36.Buehrle
37.Contreras
38.Clement
39.Sabathia higher I would think, has improved every year
40.Garci

well, there's some ideas, I applaud your effort though