March 28, 2008, 7:31 PM
Fantasy starter rankings
| Starting pitcher rankings | ||||||
| Rank | Name | Team | Qualifies | $ value | AL-only $ value | NL-only $ value |
| 1 | Johan Santana | NYM | SP | $34 | $- | $39 |
| 2 | Jake Peavy | SD | SP | $29 | $- | $31 |
| 3 | Erik Bedard | SEA | SP | $27 | $35 | $- |
| 4 | Brandon Webb | ARI | SP | $26 | $- | $28 |
| 5 | C.C. Sabathia | CLE | SP | $26 | $33 | $- |
| 6 | Cole Hamels | PHI | SP | $25 | $- | $27 |
| 7 | Dan Haren | ARI | SP | $24 | $- | $25 |
| 8 | Josh Beckett | BOS | SP | $22 | $30 | $- |
| 9 | Justin Verlander | DET | SP | $21 | $28 | $- |
| 10 | Aaron Harang | CIN | SP | $20 | $- | $25 |
| 11 | Roy Oswalt | HOU | SP | $20 | $- | $25 |
| 12 | Roy Halladay | TOR | SP | $18 | $23 | $- |
| 13 | Chris Young | SD | SP | $18 | $- | $25 |
| 14 | Fausto Carmona | CLE | SP | $18 | $22 | $- |
| 15 | John Smoltz | ATL | SP | $17 | $- | $24 |
| 16 | Daisuke Matsuzaka | BOS | SP | $17 | $21 | $- |
| 17 | Carlos Zambrano | CHC | SP | $17 | $- | $24 |
| 18 | Javier Vazquez | CHW | SP | $16 | $21 | $- |
| 19 | James Shields | TB | SP | $16 | $20 | $- |
| 20 | Felix Hernandez | SEA | SP | $16 | $20 | $- |
| 21 | Rich Hill | CHC | SP | $15 | $- | $21 |
| 22 | Tim Lincecum | SF | SP | $15 | $- | $20 |
| 23 | Scott Kazmir | TB | SP | $15 | $20 | $- |
| 24 | Brett Myers | PHI | SP | $14 | $- | $20 |
| 25 | Tim Hudson | ATL | SP | $14 | $- | $20 |
| 26 | Matt Cain | SF | SP | $14 | $- | $19 |
| 27 | Ian Snell | PIT | SP | $14 | $- | $18 |
| 28 | A.J. Burnett | TOR | SP | $13 | $17 | $- |
| 29 | Adam Wainwright | STL | SP | $12 | $- | $18 |
| 30 | Yovani Gallardo | MIL | SP | $12 | $- | $18 |
| 31 | Pedro Martinez | NYM | SP | $12 | $- | $17 |
| 32 | John Lackey | LAA | SP | $12 | $16 | $- |
| 33 | Francisco Liriano | MIN | SP | $11 | $16 | $- |
| 34 | Dustin McGowan | TOR | SP | $11 | $16 | $- |
| 35 | Chien-Ming Wang | NYY | SP | $11 | $16 | $- |
| 36 | Ben Sheets | MIL | SP | $10 | $- | $15 |
| 37 | John Maine | NYM | SP | $10 | $- | $15 |
| 38 | Jeremy Bonderman | DET | SP | $10 | $16 | $- |
| 39 | Brad Penny | LAD | SP | $10 | $- | $14 |
| 40 | Chad Billingsley | LAD | SP | $10 | $- | $14 |
| 41 | Jeff Francis | COL | SP | $9 | $- | $13 |
| 42 | Ted Lilly | CHC | SP | $9 | $- | $13 |
| 43 | Derek Lowe | LAD | SP | $9 | $- | $13 |
| 44 | Tom Gorzelanny | PIT | SP | $9 | $- | $13 |
| 45 | Phil Hughes | NYY | SP | $9 | $15 | $- |
| 46 | Joe Blanton | OAK | SP | $8 | $14 | $- |
| 47 | Jered Weaver | LAA | SP | $8 | $14 | $- |
| 48 | Zack Greinke | KC | SP | $8 | $14 | $- |
| 49 | Bronson Arroyo | CIN | SP | $8 | $- | $12 |
| 50 | Greg Maddux | SD | SP | $8 | $- | $12 |
| 51 | Andy Pettitte | NYY | SP | $8 | $14 | $- |
| 52 | Mark Buehrle | CHW | SP | $7 | $13 | $- |
| 53 | Oliver Perez | NYM | SP | $7 | $- | $12 |
| 54 | Clay Buchholz | BOS | SP | $7 | $13 | $- |
| 55 | Jeremy Guthrie | BAL | SP | $7 | $12 | $- |
| 56 | Dave Bush | MIL | SP | $7 | $- | $11 |
| 57 | Micah Owings | ARI | SP | $7 | $- | $11 |
| 58 | Randy Johnson | ARI | SP | $6 | $- | $11 |
| 59 | Gil Meche | KC | SP | $6 | $12 | $- |
| 60 | Jon Garland | LAA | SP | $6 | $12 | $- |
| 61 | Dontrelle Willis | DET | SP | $5 | $12 | $- |
| 62 | Rich Harden | OAK | SP | $4 | $11 | $- |
| 63 | Barry Zito | SF | SP | $3 | $- | $10 |
| 64 | Matt Garza | TB | SP | $3 | $11 | $- |
| 65 | Shaun Marcum | TOR | SP | $2 | $11 | $- |
| 66 | Jon Lester | BOS | SP | $1 | $10 | $- |
| 67 | Ubaldo Jimenez | COL | SP | $1 | $- | $10 |
| 68 | Johnny Cueto | CIN | SP | $1 | $- | $10 |
| 69 | Kevin Slowey | MIN | SP | $- | $10 | $- |
| 70 | Paul Byrd | CLE | SP | $- | $10 | $- |
| 71 | Doug Davis | ARI | SP | $- | $- | $10 |
| 72 | Jake Westbrook | CLE | SP | $- | $9 | $- |
| 73 | Kyle Kendrick | PHI | SP | $- | $- | $9 |
| 74 | Chuck James | ATL | SP | $- | $- | $9 |
| 75 | Orlando Hernandez | NYM | SP | $- | $- | $8 |
| 76 | Kevin Correia | SF | SP | $- | $- | $8 |
| 77 | Chris Sampson | HOU | SP | $- | $- | $8 |
| 78 | Tim Wakefield | BOS | SP | $- | $9 | $- |
| 79 | Aaron Cook | COL | SP | $- | $- | $7 |
| 80 | Kenny Rogers | DET | SP | $- | $9 | $- |
| 81 | Braden Looper | STL | SP | $- | $- | $7 |
| 82 | Hiroki Kuroda | LAD | SP | $- | $- | $7 |
| 83 | Tom Glavine | ATL | SP | $- | $- | $7 |
| 84 | Scott Baker | MIN | SP | $- | $9 | $- |
| 85 | Jarrod Washburn | SEA | SP | $- | $9 | $- |
| 86 | Carlos Silva | SEA | SP | $- | $9 | $- |
| 87 | Jason Bergmann | WAS | SP | $- | $- | $6 |
| 88 | Mike Mussina | NYY | SP | $- | $9 | $- |
| 89 | Jamie Moyer | PHI | SP | $- | $- | $6 |
| 90 | Miguel Batista | SEA | SP | $- | $8 | $- |
| 91 | Kason Gabbard | TEX | SP | $- | $8 | $- |
| 92 | Nate Robertson | DET | SP | $- | $8 | $- |
| 93 | Noah Lowry | SF | SP | $- | $- | $5 |
| 94 | Brandon Backe | HOU | SP | $- | $- | $5 |
| 95 | Justin Germano | SD | SP | $- | $- | $5 |
| 96 | Jeff Suppan | MIL | SP | $- | $- | $5 |
| 97 | Jesse Litsch | TOR | SP | $- | $8 | $- |
| 98 | Edinson Volquez | CIN | SP | $- | $- | $5 |
| 99 | Shawn Hill | WAS | SP | $- | $- | $4 |
| 100 | Rick Vanden Hurk | FLA | SP | $- | $- | $4 |
| 101 | Chad Durbin | PHI | SP | $- | $- | $4 |
| 102 | Ryan Dempster | CHC | SP | $- | $- | $4 |
| 103 | Paul Maholm | PIT | SP | $- | $- | $4 |
| 104 | Kevin Millwood | TEX | SP | $- | $7 | $- |
| 105 | Homer Bailey | CIN | SP | $- | $- | $4 |
| 106 | Andy Sonnanstine | TB | SP | $- | $7 | $- |
| 107 | Woody Williams | HOU | SP | $- | $- | $4 |
| 108 | Brian Bannister | KC | SP | $- | $7 | $- |
| 109 | Matt Morris | PIT | SP | $- | $- | $3 |
| 110 | Luke Hochevar | KC | SP | $- | $7 | $- |
| 111 | Wandy Rodriguez | HOU | SP | $- | $- | $3 |
| 112 | Jason Marquis | CHC | SP | $- | $- | $3 |
| 113 | Jon Lieber | CHC | SP | $- | $- | $3 |
| 114 | Anthony Reyes | STL | SP | $- | $- | $3 |
| 115 | Chris Carpenter | STL | SP | $- | $- | $2 |
| 116 | Brandon McCarthy | TEX | SP | $- | $6 | $- |
| 117 | Taylor Buchholz | COL | SP | $- | $- | $2 |
| 118 | Chris Capuano | MIL | SP | $- | $- | $2 |
| 119 | Jose Contreras | CHW | SP | $- | $6 | $- |
| 120 | Jair Jurrjens | ATL | SP | $- | $- | $2 |
| 121 | Boof Bonser | MIN | SP | $- | $6 | $- |
| 122 | Ervin Santana | LAA | SP | $- | $5 | $- |
| 123 | Mark Prior | SD | SP | $- | $- | $2 |
| 124 | Sean Marshall | CHC | SP | $- | $- | $1 |
| 125 | Mark Hendrickson | FLA | SP | $- | $- | $1 |
| 126 | Cha Seung Baek | SEA | SP | $- | $5 | $- |
| 127 | Mike Pelfrey | NYM | SP | $- | $- | $1 |
| 128 | Jason Schmidt | LAD | SP | $- | $- | $1 |
| 129 | Franklin Morales | COL | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 130 | John Patterson | TEX | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 131 | Randy Wolf | SD | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 132 | Aaron Laffey | CLE | SP | $- | $5 | $- |
| 133 | Jason Hirsh | COL | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 134 | Joel Pineiro | STL | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 135 | Adam Loewen | BAL | SP | $- | $4 | $- |
| 136 | Matt Chico | WAS | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 137 | Gustavo Chacin | TOR | SP | $- | $4 | $- |
| 138 | Esteban Loaiza | LAD | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 139 | Cliff Lee | CLE | SP | $- | $4 | $- |
| 140 | Daniel Cabrera | BAL | SP | $- | $4 | $- |
| 141 | Joe Saunders | LAA | SP | $- | $4 | $- |
| 142 | Kelvim Escobar | LAA | SP | $- | $7 | $- |
| 143 | Claudio Vargas | MIL | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 144 | Sergio Mitre | FLA | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 145 | Lenny DiNardo | OAK | SP | $- | $3 | $- |
| 146 | Scott Olsen | FLA | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 147 | Chan Ho Park | LAD | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 148 | Vicente Padilla | TEX | SP | $- | $3 | $- |
| 149 | Chad Gaudin | OAK | SP | $- | $3 | $- |
| 150 | Bobby Livingston | CIN | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 151 | Zach Duke | PIT | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 152 | John Danks | CHW | SP | $- | $2 | $- |
| 153 | Mark Mulder | STL | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 154 | Yusmeiro Petit | ARI | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 155 | Jason Jennings | TEX | SP | $- | $2 | $- |
| 156 | Adam Eaton | PHI | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 157 | Ricky Nolasco | FLA | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 158 | Jeremy Sowers | CLE | SP | $- | $1 | $- |
| 159 | Jason Vargas | NYM | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 160 | Anibal Sanchez | FLA | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 161 | Jo-Jo Reyes | ATL | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 162 | Horacio Ramirez | SEA | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 163 | Kei Igawa | NYY | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 164 | Mark Redman | COL | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 165 | Kip Wells | COL | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 166 | Tim Redding | WAS | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 167 | Jason Hammel | TB | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 168 | Kyle Davies | KC | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 169 | J.P. Howell | TB | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 170 | Dallas Braden | OAK | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 171 | Gavin Floyd | CHW | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 172 | Dana Eveland | OAK | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 173 | Dan Meyer | OAK | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 174 | Ian Kennedy | NYY | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 175 | Mike Hampton | ATL | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 176 | Hideo Nomo | KC | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 177 | Matt Clement | STL | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 178 | Edgar Gonzalez | ARI | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 179 | John Van Benschoten | PIT | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 180 | Travis Blackley | PHI | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 181 | Merkin Valdez | SF | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 182 | Hayden Penn | BAL | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 183 | Bryan Bullington | PIT | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 184 | Glen Perkins | MIN | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 185 | Jordan Tata | DET | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 186 | Juan Morillo | COL | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 187 | Garrett Olson | BAL | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 188 | Joe Beimel | LAD | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 189 | Lance Broadway | CHW | SP | $- | $- | $- |
| 190 | Troy Patton | BAL | SP | $- | $- | $- |
Dollar values are calculated on the premise of a 12-team league with $260 budgets drafting 23-man rosters comprised of 2 catchers, 1 first baseman, 1 third baseman, 1 corner infielder, 1 second baseman, 1 shortstop, 1 middle infielder, 1 utility player (DH), 5 outfielders and 9 pitchers.
