I have been asked to join a 14 team, basic 5 x 5 league with 28 roster spots. This is a keeper league where we will apparently keep 20 of our 28 players each year. It is a 5 year league. Our draft will be over the All-Star break weekend this year (first season being 2010) I have been playing fantasy football for 12 years but only baseball the last four or five and I don't claim to be an expert by any means. My team this year is in 9th place. Anyway I wanted to come up with good starting pitching rankings, here if my first copy. I probably need a lot of help with it!
1 Tim Lincecum SF 2 Johan Santana NYM 3 Jake Peavy SD 4 Zach Greinke KC 5 CC Sabathia NYY 6 Dan Haren ARZ 7 Roy Halladay TOR 8 Brandon Webb ARZ 9 Chad Billingsley LAD 10 Cliff Lee CLE 11 Justin Verlander DET 12 Erik Bedard SEA 13 Felix Hernandez SEA 14 James Shields TB 15 Yovani Gallardo MIL 16 Matt Cain SF 17 Josh Beckett BOS 18 David Price TB 19 Adam Wainwright STL 20 John Lackey LAA 21 Aaron Harrang CIN 22 Edison Volquez CIN 23 Matt Garza TB 24 Clayton Kershaw LAD 25 Rich Harden CHC 26 Jon Lester BOS 27 Josh Johnson FLA 28 Francisco Liriano MIN 29 Joba Chamberlain NYY 30 John Danks CWS 31 Ted Lilly CHC 32 Scott Kazmir TB 33 Max Sherzer ARZ 34 Rick Porcello DET 35 Ervin Santana LAA 36 Johnny Cueto CIN 37 Mark Buehrle CWS 38 Carlos Zambrano CHC 39 Javier Vazquez ATL 40 Stephen Strasburg WAS 41 Rickey Nolasco FLA 42 Jered Weaver LAA 43 Kevin Slowey MIN 44 Jair Jurrjens ATL 45 Tommy Hanson ATL 46 Derek Lowe LAD 47 Roy Oswalt HOU 48 Wandy Rodriguez HOU 49 Daisuke Matsuzaka BOS 50 A.J. Burnett NYY 51 Ubaldo Jimenez COL 52 Chris Volstad FLA 53 Madison Bumgarner SF 54 Brett Myers PHI 55 Paul Maholm PIT 56 Phil Hughes NYY 57 Brandon Morrow SEA 58 Trevor Cahill OAK 59 Chris Tillman BAL 60 Chris Carpenter STL 61 Ryan Dempster CHC 62 Chris Young SD 63 Wade Davis TB 64 Jeremy Guthrie BAL 65 Edwin Jackson DET 66 Gil Meche KC 67 Clay Bucholtz BOS 68 Brett Anderson OAK 69 Jeff Niemann TB 70 Neftali Feliz TEX 71 Randy Wolf LAD 72 Fausto Carmona CLE 73 Koji Uehara BAL 74 Justin Masterson BOS 75 Jonathon Sanchez SF 76 Michael Bowden BOS 77 Jordan Zimmerman WAS 78 Scott Baker MIN 79 Ben Sheets FA 80 Gavin Floyd CWS 81 Rich Hill BAL 82 Barry Zito SF 83 Zach Duke PIT 84 David Huff CLE 85 Brian Bannister KC 86 David Bush MIL 87 Aaron Laffey CLE 88 Chin-Meng Wang NYY 89 Ian Kennedy NYY 90 Carlos Carrasco PHI 91 Daniel Bard BOS 92 John Maine NYM 93 Joe Saunders LAA 94 Ian Snell PIT 95 Sean Marshall CHC 96 Dallas Braden OAK 97 Nick Blackburn MIN 98 Kevin Millwood TEX 99 Derek Holland TEX 100 James McDonald LAD
Half of your guys in the bottom 25 are in the free agency of my 16 team dynasty league. Zito? Laffey? Bannister? No. The list is alright up to where you have Liriano far too high. I don't have time to post my changes to the list, but Derek Holland needs to be a LOT higher and David Huff had to be a joke...
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ssiknosaj909 wrote:I have been asked to join a 14 team, basic 5 x 5 league with 28 roster spots. This is a keeper league where we will apparently keep 20 of our 28 players each year. It is a 5 year league. Our draft will be over the All-Star break weekend this year (first season being 2010) I have been playing fantasy football for 12 years but only baseball the last four or five and I don't claim to be an expert by any means. My team this year is in 9th place. Anyway I wanted to come up with good starting pitching rankings, here if my first copy. I probably need a lot of help with it!
Add Hamels at 10, and drop everyone from there 1 spot 1 Tim Lincecum 1 2 Johan Santana 2 3 Jake Peavy 5 4 Zach Greinke 7 5 CC Sabathia 6 6 Dan Haren 14 7 Roy Halladay 4 8 Brandon Webb 19 9 Chad Billingsley 3 10 Cliff Lee 32 11 Justin Verlander 23 12 Erik Bedard 33 13 Felix Hernandez 20 14 James Shields 24 15 Yovani Gallardo 11 16 Matt Cain 13 17 Josh Beckett 26 18 David Price 9 19 Adam Wainwright 22 20 John Lackey 34 21 Aaron Harrang CIN 22 Edison Volquez 30 23 Matt Garza TB 24 Clayton Kershaw 10 25 Rich Harden 15 26 Jon Lester 22 27 Josh Johnson 11 28 Francisco Liriano MIN 29 Joba Chamberlain 29 30 John Danks CWS 31 Ted Lilly CHC 32 Scott Kazmir 38 33 Max Sherzer 16 34 Rick Porcello 17 35 Ervin Santana 25 36 Johnny Cueto 27 37 Mark Buehrle CWS 38 Carlos Zambrano 28 39 Javier Vazquez 18 40 Stephen Strasburg 21 41 Rickey Nolasco FLA 42 Jered Weaver LAA 43 Kevin Slowey 40 44 Jair Jurrjens ATL 45 Tommy Hanson 36 46 Derek Lowe LAD 47 Roy Oswalt 31 48 Wandy Rodriguez 37 49 Daisuke Matsuzaka BOS 50 A.J. Burnett 39 51 Ubaldo Jimenez COL 52 Chris Volstad FLA 53 Madison Bumgarner 35 54 Brett Myers PHI 55 Paul Maholm PIT 56 Phil Hughes NYY 57 Brandon Morrow SEA 58 Trevor Cahill OAK 59 Chris Tillman BAL 60 Chris Carpenter 8 61 Ryan Dempster CHC 62 Chris Young SD 63 Wade Davis TB 64 Jeremy Guthrie BAL 65 Edwin Jackson DET 66 Gil Meche KC 67 Clay Bucholtz BOS 68 Brett Anderson OAK 69 Jeff Niemann TB 70 Neftali Feliz TEX 71 Randy Wolf LAD 72 Fausto Carmona CLE 73 Koji Uehara BAL 74 Justin Masterson BOS 75 Jonathon Sanchez SF 76 Michael Bowden BOS 77 Jordan Zimmerman WAS 78 Scott Baker MIN 79 Ben Sheets FA 80 Gavin Floyd CWS 81 Rich Hill BAL 82 Barry Zito SF 83 Zach Duke PIT 84 David Huff CLE 85 Brian Bannister KC 86 David Bush MIL 87 Aaron Laffey CLE 88 Chin-Meng Wang NYY 89 Ian Kennedy NYY 90 Carlos Carrasco PHI 91 Daniel Bard BOS 92 John Maine NYM 93 Joe Saunders LAA 94 Ian Snell PIT 95 Sean Marshall CHC 96 Dallas Braden OAK 97 Nick Blackburn MIN 98 Kevin Millwood TEX 99 Derek Holland TEX 100 James McDonald LAD
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by jake_twothousandfive » Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:04 am
Forgetting Hamels is a huge oversight.
Apart from that, Edwin Jackson, Cueto and Josh Johnson should all move up. Like someone else said, Liriano is too high. Cliff Lee should move down a few spots. John Maine should be higher than 92...especially with the way their new stadium is playing.
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by jake_twothousandfive » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:39 am
REBEL5 AC wrote:E. Santana is much better than Joba...not even close.
I disagree, I think you've got it backwards. A young, ground ball pitcher with an elite K/9 like Joba has a lot of upside. The only real knock on him is whether or not he can stay healthy pitching 200 innings per year, but Santana is just as much (if not more) of an injury risk.
2008 has been the only great season in Santana's career. Hes been mediocre the majority of the time. And right now he doesn't look healthy -- his velocity is significantly down. IDK, I'm just not convinced.
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by ssiknosaj909 » Sat May 30, 2009 12:31 am 
probably he is not top 100 
