Josh Johnson has been fantasy gold the last two years. Despite a drop in wins in 2010, he had a 2.30 ERA, the second best in the majors (King Felix was first with a 2.27 ERA). He was also second to Hernandez in quality start percentage (Johnson 82% and Felix 88%). 

Part of his drop in wins is on the shoulders of his offense though. He had six games, the most in the majors, which were considered to be “wins lost”, meaning the Marlins’ bullpen cost Johnson the game he was in line to win. He’s a strikeout machine, averaging more than nine strikeouts per nine innings, and his fabulous home run per nine innings rate (0.3) led the majors (allowed an average of less than one dinger for every three games). It might be tough for Johnson to have as good a year as he did in 2010, but assuming he can stay healthy, Johnson is in line to be a top ten pitcher for 2011.

Marlin newcomer Javier Vazquez will look to rebound from his 5.00+ ERA and 6.9 K/9 rate with the Yankees last season. Before his 2010 New York Yankees stint, Vazquez had five straight seasons of 200+ innings and at least eight strike outs per nine innings. 

Re-entering the NL East in 2011, Vazquez will likely be the Marlins’ second or third starter. He has a career 3.74 against the rest of the NL East. For a guy who has had multiple seasons of high ERA’s, Vazquez can still be considered a good play because of his strikeouts. His 2009 season with Atlanta was Vazquez’s best season of his career with personal bests in ERA (2.38), WHIP (1.03), K/9 IP (9.8), and BB/9 IP (1.8). I like him as a nice fantasy baseball sleeper in 2011 with the Fish.