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by **Trojan Pony** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:40 am

Please re-rank (or tier, who you're targeting, etc.) the list of SPs below:

Ian Snell
Todd Wellemeyer
Koji Uehara
John Lannan
Kelvim Escobar
Sean Gallagher
Dave Bush
Trevor Cahill
Tommy Hanson
David Purcey
Andrew Miller

by **dave knight** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:51 am

Snell
Lannan
Bush
Wellemeyer
Uehara
Gallagher
Bonderman
Cahill

That's probably all I would consider touching. There all questionable, but at least with Snell you'll get very nice strikeouts and he's having a nice spring, so he tops the list.

by **Trojan Pony** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:02 am

Pretty much agree in terms of who you listed and left out.

Edited the original post... added a few guys and took a few out...

Would love to sort out this group a little better!

by **dave knight** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:08 am

Jackson and Miller belong around Uehara/Gallagher territory in that they are good deep sleepers to spend that $1 on in a deeper league. Don't worry about Perkins, and I'm not up to taking the Escobar challenge (though if you have some DL spots you could maybe stash him).

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by **Trojan Pony** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:11 am

Added a few more at the top... Do those guys deserve to be ranked a little higher than the rest? They were at the end of my "pre-rankings", while the others were off of it.

by **HOOTIE** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:13 am

Escobar the only one i like.

by **Trojan Pony** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:56 am

I suppose I'm most interested in who among this group has the potential to emerge as a #3 or 4 starter over the course of the season... Or, even better, to separate into three groups: High upside/potential #3/4 starters vs. Serviceable #5/6 guys vs. Waiver Wire fodder not worth drafting.

by **epp1e** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:20 am

Snell, Uehara and Wellemeyer are the names that stick out to me

by **dave knight** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:43 am

The guys with a little bit more upside in a mixed league are Snell, Lannan, Wellemeyer, Miller, Bonderman, Gallagher, Edwin Jackson.

Hanson is worth stashing on a deep bench and has the most upside of the list if he is called up. Keep an eye on Cahill as well.

Once you get down to the other guys, I'd just pick good middle relievers. Two solid relievers combined is way better than Joe Blanton or Scott Olsen.

by **Grounded Polo** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:03 am

Cahill is #1 here, he's got a legitimate chance at securing a rotation job and every pitcher seems to find success in Oakland.

After that:

Gallagher
Hanson
Purcey
Lannan
Escobar
Snell
Miller