2009 Baseball Draft Kit Rankings: Starting Pitchers

April 3, 2009, 5:05 PM

2009 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Starting Pitchers

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By ESPN Staff
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The following rankings are based on 5x5 rotisserie scoring. The top 250 is tailored for an ESPN standard 10-team leagues while the balance of the rankings are geared to deep mixed, AL- and NL-only leagues.

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Position eligibility is determined on the 20 games played at that position the previous season. In the event that a player did not play 20 games at any one position, the most games played determines the position. Rookies are listed in the role they are expected to fill in 2009.

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Mixed dollar values are based on ESPN standard 10-team leagues with a $260 cap, assuming a standard starting lineup (1 catcher, 1 1B, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 SS, 1 MI, 1 CI, 1 UT, 5 OF, 9 P) and a three-man bench composed of two hitters and one pitcher. AL- and NL-only values are based on 12-team leagues with 23-man rosters (same positions as mixed, but with two catchers and no bench).

Since hitter and pitcher values are calculated separately, they do not always decrease at the same rate, so some players will be ranked higher or lower than a comparatively priced pitcher/hitter. This is normal and intentional.

2009 ESPN Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Top 150 starting pitchers

Rank	Overall Rank	Name	Team	Mixed $	AL/NL $
1	8	Johan Santana	NYM	$32	$37
2	11	Tim Lincecum	SF	$31	$35
3	17	CC Sabathia	NYY	$28	$31
4	23	Roy Halladay	TOR	$27	$30
5	27	Brandon Webb	ARI	$26	$33
6	35	Cole Hamels	PHI	$25	$32
7	36	Jake Peavy	SD	$25	$30
8	40	Dan Haren	ARI	$24	$30
9	43	Roy Oswalt	HOU	$23	$29
10	53	James Shields	TAM	$22	$26
11	57	Felix Hernandez	SEA	$22	$25
12	62	Francisco Liriano	MIN	$21	$24
13	70	Cliff Lee	CLE	$21	$24
14	76	Chad Billingsley	LAD	$19	$28
15	81	Josh Beckett	BOS	$19	$24
16	82	Zack Greinke	KC	$18	$23
17	85	Yovani Gallardo	MIL	$18	$26
18	88	Daisuke Matsuzaka	BOS	$17	$23
19	92	Scott Baker	MIN	$17	$22
20	94	Jon Lester	BOS	$16	$22
21	99	Kevin Slowey	MIN	$15	$21
22	109	Adam Wainwright	STL	$14	$25
23	110	Scott Kazmir	TAM	$13	$21
24	112	John Lackey	LAA	$13	$21
25	116	Rich Harden	CHC	$12	$24
26	122	Joba Chamberlain	NYY	$12	$20
27	123	Derek Lowe	ATL	$12	$24
28	125	A.J. Burnett	NYY	$12	$19
29	130	Ted Lilly	CHC	$11	$24
30	131	Matt Cain	SF	$11	$24
31	135	Ricky Nolasco	FLA	$10	$22
32	140	Javier Vazquez	ATL	$10	$22
33	143	Matt Garza	TAM	$10	$19
34	145	Ervin Santana	LAA	$10	$18
35	147	Brett Myers	PHI	$10	$21
36	152	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	$10	$21
37	154	Josh Johnson	FLA	$10	$21
38	155	Justin Verlander	DET	$9	$18
39	160	Randy Johnson	SF	$9	$19
40	162	Aaron Harang	CIN	$8	$19
41	163	Edinson Volquez	CIN	$8	$18
42	166	Max Scherzer	ARI	$8	$18
43	167	Gil Meche	KC	$8	$17
44	169	Ryan Dempster	CHC	$7	$16
45	171	Erik Bedard	SEA	$7	$17
46	172	Hiroki Kuroda	LAD	$7	$16
47	177	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	$6	$15
48	178	John Danks	CHW	$6	$16
49	181	David Price	TAM	$6	$16
50	182	Chien-Ming Wang	NYY	$6	$15
51	191	Fausto Carmona	CLE	$5	$15
52	192	Andy Sonnanstine	TAM	$5	$14
53	202	Brandon Morrow	SEA	$3	$14
54	209	Mark Buehrle	CHW	$3	$13
55	210	Chris Volstad	FLA	$2	$12
56	213	Jered Weaver	LAA	$2	$13
57	216	Chris Young	SD	$2	$11
58	220	Johnny Cueto	CIN	$2	$10
59	222	Jeremy Guthrie	BAL	$2	$12
60	223	Armando Galarraga	DET	$2	$12
61	234	John Maine	NYM	$1	$9
62	236	Jair Jurrjens	ATL	$1	$8
63	237	Manny Parra	MIL	$1	$8
64	240	Chris Carpenter	STL	$1	$8
65	242	Jesse Litsch	TOR	$1	$10
66	243	Wandy Rodriguez	HOU	$1	$8
67	244	Gavin Floyd	CHW	$1	$9
68	245	Andy Pettitte	NYY	$1	$9
69	246	Kenshin Kawakami	ATL	$1	$8
70	249	Justin Duchscherer	OAK	$1	$9
71	304	Carlos Villanueva	MIL	$-	$7
72	307	John Smoltz	BOS	$-	$9
73	308	Ubaldo Jimenez	COL	$-	$7
74	309	Dave Bush	MIL	$-	$7
75	310	Mike Pelfrey	NYM	$-	$7
76	311	Oliver Perez	NYM	$-	$6
77	318	Tim Wakefield	BOS	$-	$8
78	321	John Lannan	WSH	$-	$6
79	326	Nick Blackburn	MIN	$-	$8
80	329	Bronson Arroyo	CIN	$-	$6
81	331	Sean Marshall	CHC	$-	$6
82	335	Jonathan Sanchez	SF	$-	$6
83	337	Jeremy Bonderman	DET	$-	$8
84	339	Aaron Cook	COL	$-	$6
85	342	Joe Saunders	LAA	$-	$8
86	360	Todd Wellemeyer	STL	$-	$5
87	361	Kyle Lohse	STL	$-	$5
88	363	Jamie Moyer	PHI	$-	$5
89	365	Anthony Reyes	CLE	$-	$7
90	372	Sean Gallagher	OAK	$-	$7
91	373	Joe Blanton	PHI	$-	$5
92	374	Nick Adenhart	LAA	$-	$7
93	375	Dana Eveland	OAK	$-	$7
94	376	Randy Wolf	LAD	$-	$5
95	378	#N/A	WSH	$-	$5
96	380	Clay Buchholz	BOS	$-	$6
97	401	Paul Maholm	PIT	$-	$4
98	406	Ryan Rowland-Smith	SEA	$-	$6
99	408	Scott Olsen	WSH	$-	$4
100	411	David Purcey	TOR	$-	$6
101	412	Kevin Millwood	TEX	$-	$5
102	414	Anibal Sanchez	FLA	$-	$4
103	415	James McDonald	LAD	$-	$4
104	417	Glen Perkins	MIN	$-	$5
105	418	Micah Owings	CIN	$-	$4
106	426	Rich Hill	BAL	$-	$5
107	434	Phil Hughes	NYY	$-	$5
108	441	Braden Looper	MIL	$-	$3
109	443	Clayton Richard	CHW	$-	$5
110	444	Kelvim Escobar	LAA	$-	$5
111	450	Jeff Karstens	PIT	$-	$3
112	452	Casey Janssen	TOR	$-	$4
113	456	Ian Snell	PIT	$-	$3
114	457	Dallas Braden	OAK	$-	$4
115	461	Luke Hochevar	KC	$-	$4
116	462	Bartolo Colon	CHW	$-	$4
117	466	Kyle Davies	KC	$-	$4
118	467	Ross Ohlendorf	PIT	$-	$2
119	468	Carlos Silva	SEA	$-	$4
120	472	Andrew Miller	FLA	$-	$2
121	485	Rick Porcello	DET	$-	$3
122	494	Ben Sheets	FA	$-	$-
123	497	Freddy Garcia	NYM	$-	$2
124	499	Jorge Campillo	ATL	$-	$2
125	502	Seth McClung	MIL	$-	$1
126	504	#N/A	ATL	$-	$1
127	506	Trevor Cahill	OAK	$-	$1
128	509	Jason Schmidt	LAD	$-	$1
129	510	Brett Anderson	OAK	$-	$1
130	512	Carlos Carrasco	PHI	$-	$1
131	513	Jon Garland	ARI	$-	$1
132	515	Franklin Morales	COL	$-	$1
133	516	Garrett Olson	SEA	$-	$1
134	517	Jeff Suppan	MIL	$-	$1
135	518	Brad Penny	BOS	$-	$1
136	522	Vin Mazzaro	OAK	$-	$1
137	533	Cha Seung Baek	SD	$-	$1
138	538	Noah Lowry	SF	$-	$-
139	546	Scott Lewis	CLE	$-	$-
140	547	Jose Contreras	CHW	$-	$-
141	552	Chuck James	FA	$-	$-
142	553	Ross Detwiler	WSH	$-	$-
143	556	Jo-Jo Reyes	ATL	$-	$-
144	557	Jeff Niemann	TAM	$-	$-
145	560	Zach Miner	DET	$-	$-
146	563	Tim Redding	NYM	$-	$-
147	569	Troy Patton	BAL	$-	$-
148	570	Jhouyls Chacin	COL	$-	$-
149	582	Derek Holland	TEX	$-	$-
150	583	Aaron Laffey	CLE	$-	$-