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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.
| Nov | Player | Team | Pos | Score | Oct | Change | | 1 | Tim Lincecum | SF | SP | 263.9 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | CC Sabathia | CLE | SP | 259.5 | 3 | 1 | | 3 | Francisco Rodríguez | LAA | RP | 258.2 | 2 | -1 | | 4 | Johan Santana | NYM | SP | 255.5 | 5 | 1 | | 5 | Roy Halladay | TOR | SP | 254.7 | 4 | -1 | | 6 | Brandon Webb | ARI | SP | 246.9 | 6 | 0 | | 7 | Cole Hamels | PHI | SP | 245.3 | 8 | 1 | | 8 | Jonathan Papelbon | BOS | RP | 244.7 | 7 | -1 | | 9 | Chad Billingsley | LAD | SP/RP | 242.9 | 9 | 0 | | 10 | Jake Peavy | SD | SP | 239.7 | 10 | 0 | | 11 | Cliff Lee | CLE | SP | 239.4 | 15 | 4 | | 12 | Edinson Volquez | CIN | SP | 239.3 | 11 | -1 | | 13 | Dan Haren | ARI | SP | 239.2 | 12 | -1 | | 14 | Ervin Santana | LAA | SP | 238.6 | 13 | -1 | | 15 | Joakim Soria | KC | RP | 237.7 | 14 | -1 | | 16 | José Valverde | ARI | RP | 237.2 | 16 | 0 | | 17 | Joe Nathan | MIN | RP | 232.0 | 17 | 0 | | 18 | Daisuke Matsuzaka | BOS | SP | 231.5 | 18 | 0 | | 19 | Brad Lidge | PHI | RP | 230.2 | 20 | 1 | | 20 | Félix Hernández | SEA | SP | 229.8 | 19 | -1 | | 21 | Carlos Mármol | CHC | RP | 227.5 | 23 | 2 | | 22 | Joba Chamberlain | NYY | SP/RP | 227.0 | 21 | -1 | | 23 | Rich Harden | CHC | SP | 227.0 | 24 | 1 | | 24 | James Shields | TB | SP | 226.6 | 27 | 3 | | 25 | Ben Sheets | MIL | SP | 226.5 | 22 | -3 | | 26 | Zack Greinke | KC | SP/RP | 226.4 | 26 | 0 | | 27 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | SP | 225.8 | 25 | -2 | | 28 | Francisco Liriano | MIN | SP | 225.1 | 28 | 0 | | 29 | Roy Oswalt | HOU | SP | 224.7 | 29 | 0 | | 30 | Ricky Nolasco | FLA | SP | 221.2 | 38 | 8 | | 31 | Scott Kazmir | TB | SP | 220.9 | 32 | 1 | | 32 | Brian Fuentes | COL | RP | 220.8 | 31 | -1 | | 33 | Ryan Dempster | CHC | SP/RP | 220.6 | 30 | -3 | | 34 | Josh Beckett | BOS | SP | 220.1 | 34 | 0 | | 35 | Yovani Gallardo | MIL | SP | 219.9 | 35 | 0 | | 36 | Jonathan Broxton | LAD | RP | 219.5 | 36 | 0 | | 37 | Matt Cain | SF | SP | 219.5 | 33 | -4 | | 38 | Mariano Rivera | NYY | RP | 218.5 | 37 | -1 | | 39 | A.J. Burnett | TOR | SP | 217.6 | 41 | 2 | | 40 | Taylor Buchholz | COL | SP/RP | 217.2 | 39 | -1 | | 41 | Kerry Wood | CHC | RP | 216.4 | 40 | -1 | | 42 | Jon Lester | BOS | SP | 215.8 | 45 | 3 | | 43 | Brian Wilson | SF | RP | 215.5 | 42 | -1 | | 44 | Erik Bedard | SEA | SP | 215.1 | 44 | 0 | | 45 | Scot Shields | LAA | RP | 215.1 | 48 | 3 | | 46 | John Lackey | LAA | SP | 214.5 | 43 | -3 | | 47 | Francisco Cordero | CIN | RP | 214.4 | 51 | 4 | | 48 | Justin Verlander | DET | SP | 214.1 | 46 | -2 | | 49 | Carlos Zambrano | CHC | SP | 213.5 | 47 | -2 | | 50 | J.J. Putz | SEA | RP | 213.5 | 49 | -1 | | 51 | Josh Johnson | FLA | SP | 212.9 | 50 | -1 | | 52 | Rafael Pérez | CLE | RP | 212.4 | 52 | 0 | | 53 | Joe Saunders | LAA | SP | 211.5 | 59 | 6 | | 54 | Chris Young | SD | SP | 211.5 | 60 | 6 | | 55 | Hong-Chih Kuo | LAD | SP/RP | 211.4 | 57 | 2 | | 56 | Ubaldo Jimenez | COL | SP | 211.4 | 61 | 5 | | 57 | B.J. Ryan | TOR | RP | 211.4 | 58 | 1 | | 58 | Justin Duchscherer | OAK | SP/RP | 211.3 | 55 | -3 | | 59 | Grant Balfour | TB | RP | 211.3 | 62 | 3 | | 60 | Scott Baker | MIN | SP | 210.9 | 65 | 5 | | 61 | Kevin Gregg | CHC | RP | 210.9 | 54 | -7 | | 62 | John Danks | CWS | SP | 210.5 | 63 | 1 | | 63 | Gil Meche | KC | SP | 210.2 | 77 | 14 | | 64 | Mike Gonzalez | ATL | RP | 209.6 | 64 | 0 | | 65 | Dan Wheeler | TB | RP | 209.6 | 81 | 16 | | 66 | Chris Carpenter | STL | SP | 209.3 | 56 | -10 | | 67 | Gavin Floyd | CWS | SP/RP | 209.2 | 71 | 4 | | 68 | Pat Neshek | MIN | RP | 208.9 | 53 | -15 | | 69 | Jorge De La Rosa | COL | SP | 208.9 | 75 | 6 | | 70 | Aaron Harang | CIN | SP | 208.9 | 78 | 8 | | 71 | Matt Garza | TB | SP | 208.8 | 70 | -1 | | 72 | Chris Ray | BAL | RP | 208.4 | 67 | -5 | | 73 | Chien-Ming Wang | NYY | SP | 208.4 | 68 | -5 | | 74 | Adam Wainwright | STL | SP | 207.9 | 76 | 2 | | 75 | Johnny Cueto | CIN | SP | 207.6 | 72 | -3 | | 76 | J.P. Howell | TB | SP/RP | 207.5 | 69 | -7 | | 77 | Bobby Jenks | CWS | RP | 207.3 | 74 | -3 | | 78 | Shaun Marcum | TOR | SP/RP | 207.1 | 66 | -12 | | 79 | Oliver Pérez | NYM | SP | 207.1 | 79 | 0 | | 80 | Mike Mussina | NYY | SP | 206.5 | 83 | 3 | | 81 | John Maine | NYM | SP | 206.0 | 82 | 1 | | 82 | Jair Jurrjens | ATL | SP | 205.8 | 80 | -2 | | 83 | Brandon Morrow | SEA | RP | 205.2 | 73 | -10 | | 84 | Joey Devine | OAK | RP | 205.0 | 88 | 4 | | 85 | Kevin Slowey | MIN | SP | 204.0 | 84 | -1 | | 86 | Scott Linebrink | CWS | RP | 203.8 | 85 | -1 | | 87 | Huston Street | COL | RP | 203.8 | 89 | 2 | | 88 | Mark Buehrle | CWS | SP | 203.8 | 98 | 10 | | 89 | Hideki Okajima | BOS | RP | 202.5 | 93 | 4 | | 90 | Brett Myers | PHI | SP/RP | 202.5 | 104 | 14 | | 91 | Brad Ziegler | OAK | RP | 202.4 | 86 | -5 | | 92 | Micah Owings | ARI | SP | 202.1 | 107 | 15 | | 93 | Jason Bergmann | WAS | SP | 202.0 | 108 | 15 | | 94 | Heath Bell | SD | RP | 201.9 | 95 | 1 | | 95 | Jered Weaver | LAA | SP | 201.9 | 99 | 4 | | 96 | Jeremy Guthrie | BAL | SP/RP | 201.9 | 92 | -4 | | 97 | Manny Parra | MIL | SP/RP | 201.9 | 87 | -10 | | 98 | Sean Gallagher | CHC | SP/RP | 201.8 | 91 | -7 | | 99 | Armando Galarraga | DET | SP | 201.3 | 94 | -5 | | 100 | Clay Buchholz | BOS | SP | 201.3 | 90 | -10 | | 101 | Tim Hudson | ATL | SP | 201.2 | 101 | 0 | | 102 | Rich Hill | CHC | SP | 200.5 | 97 | -5 | | 103 | Wandy Rodriguez | HOU | SP | 200.4 | 106 | 3 | | 104 | Chris Perez | STL | RP | 200.3 | 100 | -4 | | 105 | Trevor Hoffman | SD | RP | 199.9 | 103 | -2 | | 106 | Jeremy Bonderman | DET | SP | 199.9 | 105 | -1 | | 107 | Javier Vázquez | CWS | SP | 199.7 | 112 | 5 | | 108 | Ted Lilly | CHI | SP | 199.5 | 113 | 5 | | 109 | Scott Downs | TOR | RP | 199.4 | 102 | -7 | | 110 | Jo-Jo Reyes | ATL | SP | 199.4 | 110 | 0 | | 111 | Derek Lowe | LAD | SP | 199.4 | 125 | 14 | | 112 | Jonathan Sanchez | SF | SP/RP | 199.1 | 96 | -16 | | 113 | Chad Qualls | ARI | RP | 198.8 | 114 | 1 | | 114 | Radhames Liz | BAL | SP/RP | 198.5 | 109 | -5 | | 115 | Matt Capps | PIT | RP | 198.0 | 116 | 1 | | 116 | Octavio Dotel | CWS | RP | 198.0 | 111 | -5 | | 117 | Bronson Arroyo | CIN | SP | 197.4 | 124 | 7 | | 118 | Chad Cordero | WAS | RP | 197.4 | 117 | -1 | |
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