2013 Fantasy Baseball: Josh Kay’s Midseason SP Rankings
SP Rankings:
1. Clayton Kershaw
2. Yu Darvish
3. Adam Wainwright
4. Felix Hernandez
5. David Price
6. Jordan Zimmermann
7. Cliff Lee
8. Stephen Strasburg
9. Max Scherzer
10. Matt Harvey
11. Chris Sale
12. Madison Bumgarner
13. Hisashi Iwakuma
14. Justin Verlander
15. Cole Hamels
16. Mike Minor
17. James Shields
18. A.J. Burnett
19. Francisco Liriano
20. John Lackey
21. Jered Weaver
22. Patrick Corbin
23. Doug Fister
24. Anibal Sanchez
25. C.C. Sabathia
26. Jeremy Hellickson
27. Mat Latos
28. Matt Moore
29. Kris Medlen
30. Matt Cain
31. Bartolo Colon
32. Matt Garza
33. Hiroki Kuroda
34. Jeff Samardzjia
35. Jon Lester
36. Homer Bailey
37. Jarrod Parker
38. Shelby Miller
39. Clay Buchholz
40. Ivan Nova
41. Jose Fernandez
42. Zack Greinke
43. Hyun-Jin Ryu
44. Lance Lynn
45. Derek Holland
46. Ervin Santana
47. R.A. Dickey
48. Julio Teheran
49. Gio Gonzalez
50. Josh Johnson
51. Felix Doubront
52. Wade Miley
53. Justin Masterson
54. Jeremy Hefner
55. Brandon Beachy
56. Michael Pineda
57. Kyle Lohse
58. Jeff Locke
59. Jake Peavy
60. John Danks
61. Mike Leake
62. Tim Lincecum
63. C.J. Wilson
64. Yovani Gallardo
65. Johnny Cueto
66. A.J. Griffin
67. Alex Cobb
68. Jose Quintana
69. Scott Feldman
70. Chris Tillman
71. Tommy Milone
72. Zach McAllister
73. Dan Straily
74. Chris Archer
75. Marco Estrada
N.A. Dillon Gee
The Author
8 Comments
You forgot about Corey Kluber. He’s definitely at least on the back end off this list. He’s been far more impressive than Danks.
Kluber just missed the cut. He’s another guy I’m not buying that i differ significantly with the other SP guru here, Brett Talley.. We have had numerous discussions about him and im just not buying it. Once again, it’s because of the walks and the fact that his fastball is just too straight. Danks doesn’t walk guys, so once again you see my low-walk fetish shining through 😉
First off, I want to say I respect you for standing up to your rankings and actually discussing your reasons why you ranked what you did. It seems a lot of guys make rankings like this and then duck away from any critiques so props to you. I respect your opinion on Kluber but his walk rate is very low, even if it’s not Danks low. And when you throw in his strikeout rate comparatively, I personally think Kluber comes out ahead. Time will tell though.
I’m curious what you like in Doubront vs Kluber. Kluber has a better strikeout rate and half as many walks. Half! Doesn’t Felix drive your walk fetish crazy? Haha
I’m curious why you ranked Gio at 49. Over the last 30 days, he has 5 QS, a 2.12 ERA, a 1.06 WHIP, and an 8.49 K/9, placing him in the top 10 among SPs during that time. He’s also coming off an 18 win, 22 QS, 2.89 ERA 1.13 WHIP, 9.36 K/9 2012 season. Is there something outside of his recent performance that you are basing your ranking on?
I agree. Gonzalez has a 3.03 so how is Dickey ranked higher? Gonzalez shouldn’t be anywhere close to as low as Josh Johnson or Felix Doubront.
Thanks guys for the comments. My problem with Gio Gonzalez is that i think a big second half blowup is coming. I just really don’t buy him at all for this current level of success. I think you are all correct that i was too low on him, but im trying to make a statement. His walk rate is just way too high. Perhaps i will do a more in depth study of Gonzalez’s season so far. I have a large bias against guys who walk a lot of people, and Gonzalez does that. Any other concerns/questions about where i ranked guys? -Josh
You are right that Gio walks more guys than you would like to see but take a look at his past 3 full seasons. His walk rate this season is lower than 2 of the 3 past seasons, during which he posted very solid ERAs. It appears that because of his high strikeout rate, he can still excell despite his walks. It might not always be pretty but I think he’s proven walks aren’t an issue as of now.