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Cockcroft: Top 70 Starting Pitchers

Updated: March 27, 2012, 4:43 PM ET
By Tristan H. Cockcroft | ESPN.com

Tristan's rankings are based upon a standard, mixed Rotisserie league with 5x5 scoring. Position eligibility is determined based upon a minimum of 20 games, otherwise the position the player appeared at most in 2011. Players' listed ages are as of April 1, 2012. Player Rater rankings are only for the listed position, and include only players who qualify at that position for 2012.

Tristan H. Cockcroft's Top 70 Starting Pitchers

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Rank
Player
Team
Age
2011
Player
Rater
1 Roy Halladay Phi 34 3
2 Justin Verlander Det 29 1
3 Clayton Kershaw LAD 24 2
4 Cliff Lee Phi 33 4
5 Felix Hernandez Sea 25 20
6 Cole Hamels Phi 28 8
7 Jered Weaver LAA 29 5
8 Tim Lincecum SF 27 15
9 Dan Haren LAA 31 9
10 Zack Greinke Mil 28 28
11 David Price TB 26 17
12 CC Sabathia NYY 31 10
13 Matt Cain SF 27 13
14 Jon Lester Bos 28 29
15 Yovani Gallardo Mil 26 19
16 James Shields TB 30 6
17 C.J. Wilson LAA 31 12
18 Madison Bumgarner SF 22 21
19 Stephen Strasburg Wsh 23 134
20 Daniel Hudson Ari 25 22
21 Matt Garza ChC 28 35
22 Matt Moore TB 22 161
23 Ian Kennedy Ari 27 7
24 Ricky Romero Tor 27 14
25 Jordan Zimmermann Wsh 25 43
26 Mat Latos Cin 24 33
27 Josh Beckett Bos 31 11
28 Yu Darvish Tex 25 --
29 Gio Gonzalez Wsh 26 31
30 Jeremy Hellickson TB 24 25
31 Tommy Hanson Atl 25 44
32 Michael Pineda NYY 23 37
33 Adam Wainwright StL 30 --
34 Brandon Beachy Atl 25 59
35 Max Scherzer Det 27 69
36 Anibal Sanchez Mia 28 50
37 Ervin Santana LAA 29 30
38 Shaun Marcum Mil 30 27
39 Johnny Cueto Cin 26 24
40 Ubaldo Jimenez Cle 28 96
41 Josh Johnson Mia 28 74
42 Cory Luebke SD 27 39
43 Jhoulys Chacin Col 24 61
44 Brandon Morrow Tor 27 71
45 Jaime Garcia StL 25 49
46 John Danks CWS 26 92
47 Wandy Rodriguez Hou 33 52
48 Brandon McCarthy Oak 28 41
49 Doug Fister Det 28 16
50 Trevor Cahill Ari 24 86
51 Hiroki Kuroda NYY 37 23
52 Justin Masterson Cle 27 38
53 Derek Holland Tex 25 57
54 Chris Carpenter StL 36 46
55 Vance Worley Phi 24 45
56 Tim Hudson Atl 36 18
57 Clay Buchholz Bos 27 101
58 Chad Billingsley LAD 27 93
59 Colby Lewis Tex 32 51
60 Brett Myers Hou 31 83
61 Ricky Nolasco Mia 29 107
62 Gavin Floyd CWS 29 56
63 Bud Norris Hou 27 73
64 Edwin Jackson Wsh 28 78
65 Phil Hughes NYY 25 201
66 Jair Jurrjens Atl 26 42
67 Erik Bedard Pit 33 80
68 Jonathon Niese NYM 25 91
69 Mike Minor Atl 24 135
70 Francisco Liriano Min 28 146

Tristan H. Cockcroft is a fantasy baseball analyst for ESPN.com and a two-time champion of the League of Alternative Baseball Reality (LABR) experts league. You can e-mail him here, or follow him on Twitter @SultanofStat.

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