Here is a table with the top 20 NL-only starting pitcher for the period June 1st-July 31st. I included a column for Command (K/9-BB/9).
Player | INN | GS | QS | W | K | BBI | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | K-BB/9 |
Kershaw, Clayton SP LA | 64.7 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 62 | 33 | 1.39 | 1.18 | 29 | 4.03 |
Lincecum, Tim SP SF | 83.3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 99 | 21 | 1.73 | 0.94 | 78 | 8.43 |
Haren, Dan SP ARI | 77 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 75 | 13 | 1.87 | 0.82 | 62 | 7.25 |
Pineiro, Joel SP STL | 71 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 7 | 1.9 | 0.92 | 29 | 3.68 |
Cain, Matt SP SF | 73.7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 66 | 27 | 1.95 | 1.05 | 39 | 4.76 |
Vazquez, Javier SP ATL | 70 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 72 | 12 | 2.44 | 0.96 | 60 | 7.71 |
Wainwright, Adam SP STL | 86.3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 79 | 27 | 2.5 | 1.31 | 52 | 5.42 |
Blanton, Joe SP PHI | 67 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 54 | 15 | 2.55 | 1.1 | 39 | 5.24 |
Nolasco, Ricky SP FLA | 66.3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 73 | 14 | 2.71 | 1.04 | 59 | 8.01 |
Zambrano, Carlos SP CHC | 71.7 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 53 | 33 | 2.76 | 1.26 | 20 | 2.51 |
Oswalt, Roy SP HOU | 74.7 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 59 | 16 | 2.77 | 1 | 43 | 5.18 |
Carpenter, Chris SP STL | 77.7 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 50 | 13 | 2.78 | 1.04 | 37 | 4.29 |
Jurrjens, Jair SP ATL | 68 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 53 | 25 | 2.78 | 1.18 | 28 | 3.71 |
Lannan, John SP WAS | 85.7 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 2.94 | 1.17 | 11 | 1.16 |
Happ, J.A. SP PHI | 73 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 50 | 23 | 2.96 | 1.23 | 27 | 3.33 |
Gallardo, Yovani SP MIL | 75.3 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 91 | 42 | 2.99 | 1.35 | 49 | 5.86 |
Marquis, Jason SP COL | 68.7 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 18 | 3.01 | 1.25 | 13 | 1.70 |
Rodriguez, Wandy SP HOU | 65 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 62 | 23 | 3.05 | 1.23 | 39 | 5.40 |
Johnson, Josh SP FLA | 66.7 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 50 | 18 | 3.1 | 1.16 | 32 | 4.32 |
Zimmermann, Jordan SP WAS | 45.3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 15 | 3.18 | 1.24 | 30 | 5.96 |
There are a few surprising guys on this list that you may want to target with your league's trade deadline coming up, should you need starting pitchers. You also may want to watch to see if they can maintain this level of performance over the last two months of the season, and target them in your 2010 drafts.
The surprising names for me are Jordan Zimmerman, Jason Marquis, John Lannan, Joel Pineiro and Clayton Kershaw. There is one ace starter who is missing from this list-Johan Santana.