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Written by J Status
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Sunday, 30 November 2008 |
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Ratings are a reflection of a pitcher's trade value in keeper league fantasy baseball pools. They reflect a players predicted performance taking upside, injury risk and consistency into account. These predictions also include a statistical evaluation taking historical and current numbers, age, role and positional flexibility into account. Injury is of more concern than age for pitchers than hitters. Holds as well as saves are considered in this ranking. I encourage all leagues to have holds to give a larger number of talented set-up men significant value in fantasy pools. Basically, if you are in a keeper league, this is a combination of analysis and educated opinion based on my statistical model of a player's 'trade value'. Naturally, individual trades would depend on the direction you are currently taking your team.
| Dec | Player | Team | Pos | Score | Nov | Change | | 1 | Tim Lincecum | SF | SP | 265.8 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | CC Sabathia | NYY | SP | 261.0 | 2 | 0 | | 3 | Francisco Rodríguez | NYM | RP | 259.0 | 3 | 0 | | 4 | Johan Santana | NYM | SP | 257.6 | 4 | 0 | | 5 | Roy Halladay | TOR | SP | 255.7 | 5 | 0 | | 6 | Brandon Webb | ARI | SP | 247.9 | 6 | 0 | | 7 | Cole Hamels | PHI | SP | 247.1 | 7 | 0 | | 8 | Jonathan Papelbon | BOS | RP | 245.1 | 8 | 0 | | 9 | Chad Billingsley | LAD | SP/RP | 243.7 | 9 | 0 | | 10 | Cliff Lee | CLE | SP | 241.1 | 11 | 1 | | 11 | Jake Peavy | SD | SP | 240.5 | 10 | -1 | | 12 | Dan Haren | ARI | SP | 240.3 | 13 | 1 | | 13 | Edinson Volquez | CIN | SP | 240.3 | 12 | -1 | | 14 | Ervin Santana | LAA | SP | 239.5 | 14 | 0 | | 15 | José Valverde | ARI | RP | 238.8 | 16 | 1 | | 16 | Joakim Soria | KC | RP | 238.2 | 15 | -1 | | 17 | Daisuke Matsuzaka | BOS | SP | 232.9 | 18 | 1 | | 18 | Joe Nathan | MIN | RP | 232.7 | 17 | -1 | | 19 | Brad Lidge | PHI | RP | 231.6 | 19 | 0 | | 20 | Félix Hernández | SEA | SP | 230.4 | 20 | 0 | | 21 | Carlos Mármol | CHC | RP | 228.3 | 21 | 0 | | 22 | James Shields | TB | SP | 228.1 | 24 | 2 | | 23 | Rich Harden | CHC | SP | 228.1 | 23 | 0 | | 24 | Zack Greinke | KC | SP/RP | 227.7 | 26 | 2 | | 25 | Roy Oswalt | HOU | SP | 227.2 | 29 | 4 | | 26 | Joba Chamberlain | NYY | SP/RP | 227.2 | 22 | -4 | | 27 | Ben Sheets | MIL | SP | 226.6 | 25 | -2 | | 28 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | SP | 226.4 | 27 | -1 | | 29 | Francisco Liriano | MIN | SP | 226.1 | 28 | -1 | | 30 | Ricky Nolasco | FLA | SP | 223.2 | 30 | 0 | | 31 | Jonathan Broxton | LAD | RP | 222.4 | 36 | 5 | | 32 | Scott Kazmir | TB | SP | 222.0 | 31 | -1 | | 33 | Brian Fuentes | COL | RP | 221.5 | 32 | -1 | | 34 | Josh Beckett | BOS | SP | 221.3 | 34 | 0 | | 35 | Ryan Dempster | CHC | SP/RP | 221.1 | 33 | -2 | | 36 | Yovani Gallardo | MIL | SP | 220.9 | 35 | -1 | | 37 | A.J. Burnett | NYY | SP | 220.6 | 39 | 2 | | 38 | Matt Cain | SF | SP | 220.3 | 37 | -1 | | 39 | Mariano Rivera | NYY | RP | 219.0 | 38 | -1 | | 40 | Taylor Buchholz | COL | SP/RP | 217.3 | 40 | 0 | | 41 | Kerry Wood | CLE | RP | 217.2 | 41 | 0 | | 42 | Jon Lester | BOS | SP | 217.1 | 42 | 0 | | 43 | Scot Shields | LAA | RP | 216.4 | 45 | 2 | | 44 | Francisco Cordero | CIN | RP | 216.2 | 47 | 3 | | 45 | Erik Bedard | SEA | SP | 216.1 | 44 | -1 | | 46 | Brian Wilson | SF | RP | 216.0 | 43 | -3 | | 47 | John Lackey | LAA | SP | 215.1 | 46 | -1 | | 48 | Justin Verlander | DET | SP | 214.6 | 48 | 0 | | 49 | J.J. Putz | NYM | RP | 214.3 | 50 | 1 | | 50 | Carlos Zambrano | CHC | SP | 214.0 | 49 | -1 | | 51 | Josh Johnson | FLA | SP | 213.4 | 51 | 0 | | 52 | Rafael Pérez | CLE | RP | 213.2 | 52 | 0 | | 53 | Joe Saunders | LAA | SP | 212.8 | 53 | 0 | | 54 | Chris Young | SD | SP | 212.8 | 54 | 0 | | 55 | Ubaldo Jimenez | COL | SP | 212.7 | 56 | 1 | | 56 | Grant Balfour | TB | RP | 212.6 | 59 | 3 | | 57 | Gil Meche | KC | SP | 212.5 | 63 | 6 | | 58 | Hong-Chih Kuo | LAD | SP/RP | 212.4 | 55 | -3 | | 59 | Dan Wheeler | TB | RP | 212.4 | 65 | 6 | | 60 | Scott Baker | MIN | SP | 212.4 | 60 | 0 | | 61 | B.J. Ryan | TOR | RP | 212.3 | 57 | -4 | | 62 | Justin Duchscherer | OAK | SP/RP | 212.1 | 58 | -4 | | 63 | John Danks | CWS | SP | 211.6 | 62 | -1 | | 64 | Kevin Gregg | CHC | RP | 211.5 | 61 | -3 | | 65 | Aaron Harang | CIN | SP | 211.0 | 70 | 5 | | 66 | Gavin Floyd | CWS | SP/RP | 210.5 | 67 | 1 | | 67 | Jorge De La Rosa | COL | SP | 210.4 | 69 | 2 | | 68 | Mike Gonzalez | ATL | RP | 210.3 | 64 | -4 | | 69 | Matt Garza | TB | SP | 209.8 | 71 | 2 | | 70 | Chris Ray | BAL | RP | 209.2 | 72 | 2 | | 71 | Chien-Ming Wang | NYY | SP | 209.2 | 73 | 2 | | 72 | Chris Carpenter | STL | SP | 209.1 | 66 | -6 | | 73 | Adam Wainwright | STL | SP | 208.9 | 74 | 1 | | 74 | Pat Neshek | MIN | RP | 208.4 | 68 | -6 | | 75 | Oliver Pérez | NYM | SP | 208.4 | 79 | 4 | | 76 | Johnny Cueto | CIN | SP | 208.3 | 75 | -1 | | 77 | Bobby Jenks | CWS | RP | 208.0 | 77 | 0 | | 78 | J.P. Howell | TB | SP/RP | 207.9 | 76 | -2 | | 79 | Shaun Marcum | TOR | SP/RP | 207.2 | 78 | -1 | | 80 | John Maine | NYM | SP | 207.0 | 81 | 1 | | 81 | Joey Devine | OAK | RP | 206.5 | 84 | 3 | | 82 | Jair Jurrjens | ATL | SP | 206.5 | 82 | 0 | | 83 | Mark Buehrle | CWS | SP | 205.7 | 88 | 5 | | 84 | Huston Street | COL | RP | 204.8 | 87 | 3 | | 85 | Brandon Morrow | SEA | RP | 204.7 | 83 | -2 | | 86 | Kevin Slowey | MIN | SP | 204.6 | 85 | -1 | | 87 | Scott Linebrink | CWS | RP | 204.4 | 86 | -1 | | 88 | Brett Myers | PHI | SP/RP | 204.3 | 90 | 2 | | 89 | Micah Owings | ARI | SP | 204.1 | 92 | 3 | | 90 | Jason Bergmann | WAS | SP | 204.0 | 93 | 3 | | 91 | Javier Vázquez | ATL | SP | 203.5 | 107 | 16 | | 92 | Hideki Okajima | BOS | RP | 203.1 | 89 | -3 | | 93 | Jered Weaver | LAA | SP | 203.1 | 95 | 2 | | 94 | Heath Bell | SD | RP | 202.7 | 94 | 0 | | 95 | Brad Ziegler | OAK | RP | 202.3 | 91 | -4 | | 96 | Jeremy Guthrie | BAL | SP/RP | 202.1 | 96 | 0 | | 97 | Tim Hudson | ATL | SP | 202.1 | 101 | 4 | | 98 | Sean Gallagher | CHC | SP/RP | 201.9 | 98 | 0 | | 99 | Derek Lowe | LAD | SP | 201.8 | 111 | 12 | | 100 | Armando Galarraga | DET | SP | 201.6 | 99 | -1 | | 101 | Manny Parra | MIL | SP/RP | 201.6 | 97 | -4 | | 102 | Wandy Rodriguez | HOU | SP | 201.2 | 103 | 1 | | 103 | Ted Lilly | CHI | SP | 201.1 | 108 | 5 | | 104 | Clay Buchholz | BOS | SP | 201.1 | 100 | -4 | | 105 | Rich Hill | CHC | SP | 200.8 | 102 | -3 | | 106 | Chris Perez | STL | RP | 200.6 | 104 | -2 | | 107 | Trevor Hoffman | SD | RP | 200.5 | 105 | -2 | | 108 | Jeremy Bonderman | DET | SP | 200.4 | 106 | -2 | | 109 | Chad Qualls | ARI | RP | 200.3 | 113 | 4 | | 110 | Jo-Jo Reyes | ATL | SP | 200.2 | 110 | 0 | | 111 | Scott Downs | TOR | RP | 199.6 | 109 | -2 | | 112 | Matt Capps | PIT | RP | 199.1 | 115 | 3 | | 113 | Bronson Arroyo | CIN | SP | 198.8 | 117 | 4 | | 114 | Radhames Liz | BAL | SP/RP | 198.8 | 114 | 0 | | 115 | Jonathan Sanchez | SF | SP/RP | 198.6 | 112 | -3 | | 116 | Octavio Dotel | CWS | RP | 198.5 | 116 | 0 | | 117 | Dustin McGowan | TOR | SP | 198.5 | 120 | 3 | | 118 | Garrett Olson | BAL | SP | 198.3 | 126 | 8 | | 119 |
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