I think Gavin Floyd is going to have an excellent year even though his win totals don’t show it (11-11 in 2009 and a losing record of 10-13 in 2010. 

John Danks, to me, is one of the more maddening pitchers in baseball.  You never know if he’s going to throw a one-hitter (as he did on June 10 against the Tigers) or if he’s going to give up seven earned runs in six innings (as he did on September 19 against the Tigers).  He could give up eight runs in four innings and then go out and give up one run in seven innings in his very next start.  

The aforementioned fourth starter, Edwin Jackson, hopes that a return to the AL Central brings back the success he had in 2009 with the Tigers. After a year with the Diamondbacks and White Sox, he is back in the AL full-time.  
Edwin put up good numbers after the trade last year (4-2, 3.24 ERA, over a strikeout per inning and a WHIP of 1.21), and is hoping to carry that over into this year.  But he’s generally not pitched as well in hitter’s parks as in pitcher’s parks, and Comiskey is anything but friendly to pitchers.  

Finally, Jake Peavy could be the great wild card.  We know what kind of pitcher he can be – someone very worth owning, though not the star he was with the Padres a couple years ago.  

Beyond those five, the only real prospect they have is Chris Sale, and he’ll probably end up at the back end of the White Sox bullpen, fighting with Matt Thornton for saves.  He’s worth owning in AL-only or very deep Mixed leagues, but I wouldn’t count on much for him as a starter, at least beyond May.

Written by Jesse Mendelson exclusively for www.thefantasyfix.com.  Be sure to check back every Wednesday for Jesse’s waiver wire column (and considering he used the waiver wire to sweep all three of his leagues last year, you might want to pay attention).  Find and follow Jesse on Facebook.