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Ray Guilfoyle updates his starting pitcher and reliever rankings for NL-only leagues, to get you ready for your NL-only drafts over the next few weeks.
Some of you, including one of my buddies in my big money NL-only league asked for updated NL-only rankings, as the ones I previously posted were done before spring training. I was planning on doing it, so here are my updated NL-only position rankings. But, in the interest of time, there will be no dialogue with the exception of a few glaring changes, mainly due to spring training injuries.
With that said, here are my updated NL-only starting pitcher and reliever rankings for 2013:
Starting Pitchers
The big changes involved moving Phillies starter Roy Halladay down my rankings. Is it a knee-jerk reaction to his spring training performance? Sort of. It's the bad spring training performance after his injury-marred 2012 season. The same goes for former Giants ace (that has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?) Tim Lincecum. I am staying as far away from both of these starters as possible this season.
A few guys who made moves up include Matt Harvey, Jon Niese, Homer Bailey, Josh Beckett, Ian Kennedy and Tim Hudson. Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw remains as my #1 NL-only starting pitcher, and for good reason.
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Rank |
Player |
Tm |
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1 |
Clayton Kershaw |
LAD |
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2 |
WSN |
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3 |
PHI |
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4 |
SFG |
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5 |
PHI |
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6 |
LAD |
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7 |
SFG |
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8 |
STL |
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|
9 |
WSN |
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|
10 |
CIN |
|
|
11 |
ATL |
|
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12 |
CIN |
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|
13 |
WSN |
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|
14 |
MIL |
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|
15 |
CHC |
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|
16 |
Ian Kennedy |
ARI |
|
17 |
Matt Harvey |
NYM |
|
18 |
Jonathon Niese |
NYM |
|
19 |
PIT |
|
|
20 |
Homer Bailey |
CIN |
|
21 |
Tim Hudson |
ATL |
|
22 |
Roy Halladay |
PHI |
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23 |
Tim Lincecum |
SFG |
|
24 |
Josh Beckett |
LAD |
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25 |
STL |
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26 |
ARI |
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27 |
ATL |
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28 |
PIT |
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29 |
SFG |
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30 |
CHC |
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31 |
WSN |
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32 |
FA |
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33 |
CHC |
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34 |
ARI |
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35 |
MIL |
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36 |
NYM |
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|
37 |
LAD |
|
|
38 |
Michael Fiers |
MIL |
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39 |
CIN |
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|
40 |
STL |
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41 |
SFG |
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42 |
LAD |
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|
43 |
ARI |
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44 |
SDP |
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45 |
ARI |
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46 |
ATL |
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47 |
SDP |
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48 |
ARI |
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49 |
MIA |
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50 |
MIA |
Relievers
I didn't rank Reds pitcher Aroldis Chapman in my starting pitcher rankings because I think he will be closing for the team this season. As you can see, he is my #2 ranked closer, right behind Braves closer Craig Kimbrel.
A couple closers who I think could lose their jobs this year include: Brandon League (shocking, I know), Carlos Marmol, Jason Grilli, and Sergio Romo.
|
Rank |
Player |
Team |
|
1 |
Craig Kimbrel |
ATL |
|
2 |
Aroldis Chapman |
CIN |
|
3 |
Rafael Soriano |
WAS |
|
4 |
Jason Motte |
STL |
|
5 |
Jonathan Papelbon |
PHI |
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6 |
J.J. Putz |
ARI |
|
7 |
John Axford |
MIL |
|
8 |
Brandon League |
LAD |
|
9 |
Sergio Romo |
SFG |
|
10 |
Huston Street |
SD |
|
11 |
Rafael Betancourt |
COL |
|
12 |
Steve Cishek |
MIA |
|
13 |
Jason Grilli |
PIT |
|
14 |
Bobby Parnell |
NYM |
|
15 |
Carlos Marmol |
CHC |
|
16 |
Kenley Jansen |
LAD |
|
17 |
Kyuji Fujikawa |
CHC |
|
18 |
Drew Storen |
WAS |
|
19 |
David Hernandez |
ARI |
|
20 |
Tyler Clippard |
WAS |
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