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2008 Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitchers Rankings & Projections (#1-75)

(By Mike Inglett of Sport Fanatics - Developer of the Sport Fanatics Projections)

 

The rankings are based on projected statistics for the 2008 season. The player rankings were determined for a typical 5 X 5 rotisserie league by using wins, saves, ERA, WHIP and strikeouts for pitchers.

 

Catcher   First Base   Second Base   Shortstop   Third Base   OF (1-75)   OF (76-150)   OF (151-200)   DH

Starting Pitcher (1-75)    Starting Pitcher (76-150)   Starting Pitcher (151-225) 

Relief Pitcher (1-75)   Relief Pitcher (76-150)   Relief Pitcher (151-225)

Last Updated on March 29, 2008

 

SP Rank PLAYER TEAM POS AGE FP W  L  S  IP  HA ER  BB  K  ERA  WHIP  CMD  K/9 
1 Johan Santana NYM SP 29.1 348.5 19 8 0 224 183 73 49 239 2.93 1.036 4.9 9.6
2 Jake Peavy SD SP 26.9 318.0 17 8 0 205 176 70 62 214 3.07 1.161 3.5 9.4
3 Brandon Webb ARI SP 28.9 308.0 18 8 0 229 208 79 61 185 3.10 1.175 3.0 7.3
4 Erik Bedard SEA SP 29.1 303.1 16 8 0 208 182 77 68 228 3.33 1.202 3.4 9.9
5 C.C. Sabathia CLE SP 27.7 299.4 17 9 0 222 216 82 43 191 3.32 1.167 4.4 7.7
6 Josh Beckett BOS SP 27.9 293.8 17 9 0 200 185 77 49 190 3.47 1.170 3.9 8.6
7 Justin Verlander DET SP 25.1 292.1 18 7 0 203 184 78 61 188 3.46 1.207 3.1 8.3
8 Cole Hamels PHI SP 24.3 283.3 15 7 0 187 168 72 50 187 3.47 1.166 3.7 9.0
9 Aaron Harang CIN SP 29.9 280.0 16 8 0 227 222 94 53 207 3.73 1.211 3.9 8.2
10 Roy Oswalt HOU SP 30.6 276.3 16 9 0 223 227 78 53 168 3.15 1.256 3.2 6.8
11 John Smoltz ATL SP 40.9 274.3 14 8 0 201 191 74 48 174 3.31 1.189 3.6 7.8
12 Dan Haren ARI SP 27.6 269.9 15 10 0 219 216 87 52 187 3.58 1.224 3.6 7.7
13 Roy Halladay TOR SP 30.9 267.5 16 7 0 221 219 85 43 143 3.46 1.186 3.3 5.8
14 Daisuke Matsuzaka BOS SP 27.5 265.2 16 10 0 211 193 92 75 211 3.92 1.270 2.8 9.0
15 Chris Young SD SP 28.9 262.8 13 8 0 190 157 74 69 174 3.51 1.189 2.5 8.2
16 Scott Kazmir TB SP 24.2 261.3 13 8 0 188 172 71 74 211 3.40 1.309 2.9 10.1
17 Felix Hernandez SEA SP 22.0 256.4 15 8 0 194 190 79 55 177 3.66 1.263 3.2 8.2
18 Carlos Zambrano CHC SP 26.8 255.4 16 10 0 217 185 89 102 189 3.69 1.323 1.9 7.8
19 John Lackey ANA SP 29.5 253.9 13 8 0 175 169 64 45 148 3.29 1.223 3.3 7.6
20 Fausto Carmona CLE SP 24.3 250.9 16 11 0 207 202 81 62 144 3.52 1.275 2.3 6.3
21 Javier Vazquez CHW SP 31.7 250.8 14 10 0 211 206 97 52 198 4.14 1.223 3.8 8.4
22 Rich Hill CHC SP 28.1 250.3 13 8 0 194 174 83 64 187 3.85 1.227 2.9 8.7
23 James Shields TB SP 26.3 250.1 13 9 0 219 220 95 46 186 3.90 1.215 4.0 7.6
24 Tim Lincecum SF SP 23.8 243.6 12 8 0 190 160 80 80 193 3.79 1.263 2.4 9.1
25 John Maine NYM SP 26.9 242.9 15 11 0 202 189 88 76 185 3.92 1.312 2.4 8.2
26 Yovani Gallardo MIL SP 22.1 242.8 13 7 0 165 150 65 58 157 3.55 1.261 2.7 8.6
27 Brett Myers PHI SP 27.6 242.3 14 10 0 183 173 79 61 179 3.89 1.279 2.9 8.8
28 Matt Cain SF SP 23.5 241.1 12 12 0 204 178 85 79 182 3.75 1.260 2.3 8.0
29 Brad Penny LAD SP 29.9 241.0 15 7 0 204 203 81 63 148 3.57 1.304 2.3 6.5
30 Jered Weaver ANA SP 25.5 239.7 15 7 0 181 182 72 50 136 3.58 1.282 2.7 6.8
31 A.J. Burnett TOR SP 31.3 239.5 12 9 0 178 158 74 64 172 3.74 1.247 2.7 8.7
32 Ben Sheets MIL SP 29.7 238.4 12 8 0 166 161 68 37 142 3.69 1.193 3.8 7.7
33 Ian Snell PIT SP 26.4 238.3 13 12 0 212 209 88 66 177 3.74 1.297 2.7 7.5
34 Tim Hudson ATL SP 32.7 236.3 15 10 0 216 218 86 61 132 3.58 1.292 2.2 5.5
35 Pedro Martinez NYM SP 36.5 233.9 11 7 0 153 144 61 44 150 3.59 1.229 3.4 8.8
36 Chad Billingsley LAD SP 23.7 232.3 12 8 0 189 173 74 80 174 3.52 1.339 2.2 8.3
37 Ted Lilly CHC SP 32.3 230.3 15 10 0 197 191 91 65 168 4.16 1.299 2.6 7.7
38 Chien-Ming Wang NYY SP 28.0 228.3 17 8 0 208 213 86 58 103 3.72 1.303 1.8 4.5
39 Jeff Francis COL SP 27.2 226.5 16 10 0 212 220 98 64 163 4.16 1.340 2.5 6.9
40 Adam Wainwright STL SP 26.6 224.3 14 10 0 203 205 85 67 150 3.77 1.340 2.2 6.7
41 Derek Lowe LAD SP 34.9 223.5 14 12 0 206 208 88 58 134 3.84 1.291 2.3 5.9
42 Francisco Liriano MIN SP 24.4 221.2 11 8 0 144 139 56 48 140 3.50 1.299 2.9 8.8
43 Jeremy Bonderman DET SP 25.4 218.8 14 9 0 191 193 92 55 166 4.34 1.298 3.0 7.8
44 Joe Blanton OAK SP 27.3 218.1 14 12 0 218 232 97 47 129 4.00 1.280 2.7 5.3
45 Bronson Arroyo CIN SP 31.1 217.5 13 11 0 214 223 95 60 157 4.00 1.322 2.6 6.6
46 Oliver Perez NYM SP 26.6 212.6 13 11 0 197 186 92 90 195 4.20 1.401 2.2 8.9
47 Dustin McGowan TOR SP 26.0 208.7 12 10 0 180 166 83 68 151 4.15 1.300 2.2 7.6
48 Gil Meche KC SP 29.6 208.2 12 12 0 206 208 91 68 152 3.98 1.340 2.2 6.6
49 Zack Greinke KC SP 24.5 206.1 11 10 0 186 189 83 51 142 4.02 1.290 2.8 6.9
50 Phil Hughes NYY SP 21.8 205.6 13 7 0 166 156 76 64 139 4.12 1.325 2.2 7.5
51 Tom Gorzelanny PIT SP 25.7 205.1 12 11 0 198 196 87 70 144 3.95 1.343 2.1 6.5
52 Hiroki Kuroda LAD SP 33.2 204.8 12 10 0 184 190 82 52 136 4.01 1.315 2.6 6.7
53 Mark Buehrle CHW SP 29.0 200.7 13 10 0 208 227 94 46 117 4.07 1.313 2.5 5.1
54 Ian Kennedy NYY SP 23.3 198.7 13 10 0 158 150 70 66 128 3.99 1.367 1.9 7.3
55 Greg Maddux SD SP 42.0 198.2 13 12 0 191 211 89 30 100 4.19 1.262 3.3 4.7
56 Clay Buchholz BOS SP 23.6 196.2 10 7 0 128 120 52 52 122 3.66 1.344 2.3 8.6
57 Dave Bush MIL SP 28.4 195.2 12 11 0 189 198 94 43 134 4.48 1.275 3.1 6.4
58 Barry Zito SF SP 29.9 194.3 12 12 0 209 199 97 87 146 4.18 1.368 1.7 6.3
59 Scott Baker MIN SP 26.5 192.7 11 12 0 184 203 86 37 130 4.21 1.304 3.5 6.4
60 Rich Harden OAK SP 26.4 192.5 8 5 0 108 94 42 45 101 3.50 1.287 2.2 8.4
61 Jake Westbrook CLE SP 30.5 192.2 14 10 0 193 205 89 58 111 4.15 1.363 1.9 5.2
62 Shaun Marcum TOR SP 26.3 190.6 11 8 0 179 181 85 57 141 4.27 1.330 2.5 7.1
63 Randy Johnson ARI SP 44.6 189.2 9 7 0 145 142 69 42 138 4.28 1.269 3.3 8.6
64 Dontrelle Willis DET SP 26.2 187.7 15 12 0 216 234 107 79 149 4.46 1.449 1.9 6.2
65 Jon Garland ANA SP 28.5 186.4 14 11 0 210 227 101 56 105 4.33 1.348 1.9 4.5
66 Andy Pettitte NYY SP 35.8 185.9 12 10 0 185 198 85 59 130 4.14 1.389 2.2 6.3
67 Randy Wolf SD SP 31.6 185.3 11 7 0 142 142 64 50 119 4.06 1.352 2.4 7.5
68 Micah Owings ARI SP 25.5 185.2 11 9 0 181