Who will have the better career? Project these SP's...
This started off as a fantasy related question, but since I live and breathe baseball, my interest goes much farther than that. I've seemed to target a small cluster of SP's in my dynasty leagues, and I'm curious how you'd project the the forthcoming careers of these young SP's...
Here is how I would rank them, along with a brief summary of the types of seasons I think they are reasonably capable of...I've only included WHIP and K's, as I figure the ERA and W's will fall in line respectively...
Tommy Hanson - 1.10-1.20 WHIP, 190+ K's
Brett Anderson - 1.10-1.15 WHIP, 180 K's
Jeremy Hellickson - 1.15-1.20 WHIP, 185 K's
Francisco Liriano - 1.15-1.25 WHIP, 200+ K's
Yovani Gallardo - 1.20-1.30 WHIP, 200+ K's
Gio Gonzalez - 1.20-1.30 WHIP, 185 K's
Trevor Cahill - 1.15-1.25 WHIP, 150 K's
Jaime Garcia - 1.20-1.25 WHIP, 160 K's
Bud Norris - biggest wild card here, 185+ K's but 1.40 whip?
What are your thoughts? They're all in similar phases of their careers and I think all are poised for better seasons ahead. Am I being too optimistic? Too pessimistic? Will Liriano regain the 1.00-1.10 WHIP's from his pre-Tommy John days? Will Garcia fall back to earth after what appeared at times to be smoke and mirrors, or will Duncan turn him into the next Carpenter? Will Cahill keep up his low-K surprise success? Or will his K's rise as his other numbers trail off? Is there something to Bud Norris that I'm not aware of, because those K's last year were really out of the blue....
What's your take?
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1.40 WHIP is terrible! Bud Norris isnt that bad.
Tommy Hanson is undoubtly the best young pitcher in this field
by The Chair of Knowledge on Apr 4, 2011 11:25 PM EDT reply actions
undoubtedly?
I don’t know about “undoubtedly” the best. Anderson and Gallardo are beats! I don’t see Garcia and Norris staying on this list very long. I see both as a flash in the pan.

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