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Below are my updated rankings. Some comments on big movers are noted below.
|
Rank
|
Player
|
|
1 |
Clayton Kershaw |
|
2 |
Stephen Strasburg |
|
3 |
Justin Verlander |
|
4 |
David Price |
|
5 |
Felix Hernandez |
|
6 |
Cliff Lee |
|
7 |
Zack Greinke |
|
8 |
Cole Hamels |
|
9 |
Adam Wainwright |
|
10 |
Madison Bumgarner |
|
11 |
Yu Darvish |
|
12 |
Matt Cain |
|
13 |
CC Sabathia |
|
14 |
Matt Moore |
|
15 |
Max Scherzer |
|
16 |
Gio Gonzalez |
|
17 |
Jered Weaver |
|
18 |
RA Dickey |
|
19 |
Roy Halladay |
|
20 |
Mat Latos |
|
21 |
Kris Medlen |
|
22 |
Chris Sale |
|
23 |
Yovani Gallardo |
|
24 |
James Shields |
|
25 |
Jordan Zimmermann |
|
26 |
Johnny Cueto |
|
27 |
Ian Kennedy |
|
28 |
Jeff Samardzija |
|
29 |
Jake Peavy |
|
30 |
Tim Lincecum |
|
31 |
Doug Fister |
|
32 |
Josh Johnson |
|
33 |
Brett Anderson |
|
34 |
Brandon Morrow |
|
35 |
Jon Lester |
|
36 |
Anibal Sanchez |
|
37 |
Dan Haren |
|
38 |
Lance Lynn |
|
39 |
C.J. Wilson |
|
40 |
Matt Harvey |
|
41 |
Jarrod Parker |
|
42 |
Mike Minor |
|
43 |
Aroldis Chapman |
|
44 |
Hiroki Kuroda |
|
45 |
Marco Estrada |
|
46 |
Jonathon Niese |
|
47 |
Trevor Cahill |
|
48 |
Derek Holland |
|
49 |
A.J. Burnett |
|
50 |
Jeremy Hellickson |
|
51 |
Ryan Vogelsong |
|
52 |
Matt Garza |
|
53 |
Homer Bailey |
|
54 |
Edwin Jackson |
|
55 |
Josh Beckett |
|
56 |
Wade Miley |
|
57 |
Wei-Yin Chen |
|
58 |
Jaime Garcia |
|
59 |
Tim Hudson |
|
60 |
Brandon McCarthy |
|
61 |
Ryan Dempster |
|
62 |
Kyle Lohse |
|
63 |
Shaun Marcum |
|
64 |
Matt Harrison |
|
65 |
Hisashi Iwakuma |
|
66 |
Mike Fiers |
|
67 |
AJ Griffin |
|
68 |
Tommy Hanson |
|
69 |
Phil Hughes |
|
70 |
Tommy Milone |
|
71 |
Alexi Ogando |
|
72 |
Ricky Romero |
|
73 |
Clay Buchholz |
|
74 |
Andy Pettitte |
|
75 |
Alex Cobb |
|
76 |
Jason Hammel |
|
77 |
Dillon Gee |
|
78 |
Erasmo Ramirez |
|
79 |
Jeff Niemann |
|
80 |
Andrew Cashner |
|
81 |
James McDonald |
|
82 |
Jason Vargas |
|
83 |
Wandy Rodriguez |
|
84 |
Chad Billingsley |
|
85 |
John Danks |
|
86 |
Paul Maholm |
|
87 |
Chris Capuano |
|
88 |
Mark Buehrle |
|
89 |
Felix Doubront |
|
90 |
Daniel Straily |
|
91 |
Rick Porcello |
|
92 |
Scott Baker |
|
93 |
Trevor Bauer |
|
94 |
Hyun-Jin Ryu |
|
95 |
Ivan Nova |
|
96 |
Gavin Floyd |
|
97 |
Jeff Karstens |
|
98 |
Vance Worley |
|
99 |
Chris Tillman |
|
100 |
Wily Peralta |
|
101 |
Ervin Santana |
|
102 |
Bronson Arroyo |
|
103 |
Joe Blanton |
|
104 |
Miguel Gonzalez |
|
105 |
Ross Detwiler |
|
106 |
Francisco Liriano |
|
107 |
Edinson Volquez |
|
108 |
John Lackey |
|
109 |
Wade Davis |
|
110 |
Clayton Richard |
|
111 |
Lucas Harrell |
|
112 |
Justin Masterson |
|
113 |
Zach McAllister |
|
114 |
Jacob Turner |
|
115 |
Tyler Skaggs |
|
116 |
Johan Santana |
|
117 |
Liam Hendriks |
|
118 |
Jeremy Guthrie |
|
119 |
Kyle Kendrick |
|
120 |
Kyle McPherson |
|
121 |
Eric Stults |
|
122 |
Bud Norris |
|
123 |
Jose Quintana |
|
124 |
Travis Wood |
|
125 |
Barry Zito |
|
126 |
Brett Myers |
|
127 |
Kevin Correia |
|
128 |
Nate Eovaldi |
|
129 |
Ubaldo Jimenez |
|
130 |
Julio Teheran |
|
131 |
Chris Narveson |
|
132 |
Juan Nicasio |
|
133 |
Jorge De La Rosa |
|
134 |
Jake Westbrook |
|
135 |
Ricky Nolasco |
|
136 |
Drew Pomeranz |
|
137 |
Jhoulys Chacin |
|
138 |
Aaron Harang |
|
139 |
Daisuke Matsuzaka |
|
140 |
Steve Johnson |
|
141 |
Scott Feldman |
|
142 |
Carlos Villanueva |
|
143 |
Bruce Chen |
|
144 |
Mark Rogers |
|
145 |
Patrick Corbin |
|
146 |
Brandon Beachy |
|
147 |
Chris Archer |
|
148 |
Cory Luebke |
|
149 |
Scott Diamond |
|
150 |
Michael Pineda |
Stock Up
Not many risers in this edition. I try not to read too much in to Spring Training results so there isn't much a pitcher can do to improve his stock besides securing a spot in the rotation. Expect more risers towards the end of ST when rotations are finalized.
Stock Down
- Matt Garza's injury has hurt his ranking quite a bit. He could miss all of April and I think this really hurts his chances of being dealt to a competitor, which is where he had some hidden value in my opinion.
- Phil Hughes is still questionable for Opening Day. If he can get on a throwing schedule soon and set him up to not miss his spot in the rotation, he could be bumped up a bit in the next update. The loss of Granderson and Teixeira take away some marginal value as well since he won't have as potent an offense supporting him for the first month or so.
- Martin Perez is out until probably mid-May so he finds himself off the new rankings list. I'm not sure any of his potential replacements have a spot on this list, but Justin Grimm could make a case if he gets the job.