Fantasy Baseball: NL 3 Year Average Quality Starts

When analyzing starting pitchers sometimes looking at previous year stats is not a good predictor of how a pitcher will pitch in the coming year. So I decided to look at a pitcher's 3 year average starting with Quality Starts.

Let's take a look:

Player	INN	GS	QS	W	K	BBI	ERA	WHIP
Santana, Johan SP NYM	229	33.7	24	17	229	54	2.87	1.07
Webb, Brandon SP ARI	233	33.7	23	19	185	62	3.13	1.17
Haren, Dan SP ARI	221	33.7	23	15	191	47	3.51	1.18
Oswalt, Roy SP HOU	214	32	23	15	162	48	3.24	1.22
Lincecum, Tim SP SF	187	28.5	21	12	208	74	3.18	1.21
Arroyo, Bronson SP CIN	217	34.3	21	13	168	65	4.06	1.33
Lowe, Derek SP ATL	209	33.3	20	14	139	53	3.57	1.22
Lilly, Ted SP CHC	198	33.3	20	16	173	67	4.05	1.26
Zambrano, Carlos SP CHC	206	32.3	19	16	172	96	3.75	1.31
Cain, Matt SP SF	203	32.3	19	9	176	86	3.86	1.31
Moyer, Jamie SP PHI	202	33	19	14	121	60	4.36	1.36
Garland, Jon SP LA	205	32	19	14	100	52	4.56	1.39
Harang, Aaron SP CIN	217	32.7	18	13	196	53	4.03	1.26
Kuroda, Hiroki SP LA	183	31	18	9	116	42	3.73	1.22
Hudson, Tim SP ATL	195	30.3	18	13	119	57	3.88	1.29
Zito, Barry SP SF	199	33	18	12	134	95	4.47	1.44
Hamels, Cole SP PHI	181	28	17	13	173	48	3.43	1.14
Smoltz, John SP STL	155	24	17	11	148	37	3.24	1.18
Vazquez, Javier SP ATL	209	32.3	17	13	199	56	4.39	1.25
Blanton, Joe SP PHI	207	32.7	17	13	119	55	4.47	1.38

It is no surprise that Johan Santana is at the top of this list. Two names that are surprising to me are Jon Garland and Jamie Moyer. If it wasn't for their ERA and WHIP, that have average 19 quality starts and 14 wins over the last 3 years...not bad.
Another surprising name is Bronson Arroyo who has averaged 21 quality starts and 13 wins over the last 3 years. His ERA and WHIP are respectable as well. He may be someone you can pick in the later rounds of most drafts in 2010.