2011 Pitcher Rankings
Fantasy Baseball Rankings 2011: Starting Pitchers
The upcoming free agency period makes ranking starting pitchers heading into 2011 a little tough (although not as tough as in previous years).
Why? Because if we knew exactly where Cliff Lee was going to be playing next season, we could rank him accordingly. Our gut instinct is to safely say Lee will be a top 10 fantasy pitcher no matter where signs – and we’re pretty sure that’s a safe bet. Until he signs a contract, however, we can’t really rank him appropriately.
While we love Lee and look forward to learning where he will be pitching in 2011, the guy he got traded for last season tops our list of pitchers for 2011 – Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies. Halladay had a spectacular 2010 season – his first in the NL – winning the Cy Young and throwing a perfect game on May 30 against the Florida Marlins. He finished 2010 21-10 with a 2.44 ERA, 219 strikeouts, and a WHIP of 1.04 in 250.7 innings.
UPDATE: Because of his recent season ending Tommy John surgery, our former no. 2 pitcher has been removed from our listing. Click here for Adam Wainwright fantasy advice for those of you who already own him in keeper leagues.
Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Rankings
There are a wide variety of quality starting pitchers to consider in 2011, below are our Top 75. E-mail webmaster [at] fantasybaseballdugout [dot] com if you think we got something wrong.
- Roy Halladay, Philadelphia Phillies
- Tim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants
- Josh Johnson, Florida Marlins
- C.C. Sabathia, New York Yankees
- Cliff Lee, Philadelphia Phillies
- Felix Hernandez, Seattle Mariners
- Jon Lester, Boston Red Sox
- Ubaldo Jimenez, Colorado Rockies
- Chris Carpenter, St. Louis Cardinals
- Yovani Gallardo, Milwaukee Brewers
- David Price, Tampa Bay Rays
- Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
- Roy Oswalt, Philadelphia Phillies
- Francisco Liriano, Minnesota Twins
- Justin Verlander, Detroit Tigers
- Mat Latos, San Diego Padres
- Tim Hudson, Atlanta Braves
- Matt Cain, San Francisco Giants
- Josh Beckett, Boston Red Sox
- Matt Garza, Chicago Cubs
- Jered Weaver, Los Angeles Angels
- Johnny Cueto, Cincinnati Reds
- Tommy Hanson, Atlanta Braves
- Zach Greinke, Milwaukee Brewers
- Clay Buchholz, Boston Red Sox
- Dan Haren, Los Angeles Angels
- Ricky Nolasco, Florida Marlins
- Aroldis Chapman, Cincinnati Reds
- Johan Santana, New York Mets
- Edinson Volquez, Cincinnati Reds
- Ricky Romero, Toronto Blue Jays
- John Danks, Chicago White Sox
- Max Scherzer, Detroit Tigers
- Ted Lilly, Los Angeles Dodgers
- Chad Billingsley, Los Angeles Dodgers
- Jaime Garcia, St. Louis Cardinals
- John Lackey, Boston Red Sox
- Scott Baker, Minnesota Twins
- Cole Hamels, Philadelphia Phillies
- Colby Lewis, Texas Rangers
- Jair Jurrjens, Atlanta Braves
- James Shields, Tampa Bay Rays
- Jorge De La Rosa, Colorado Rockies
- Brandon Morrow, Toronto Blue Jays
- Gavin Floyd, Chicago White Sox
- Jonathan Sanchez, San Francisco Giants
- Trevor Cahill, Oakland A’s
- Jeff Niemann, Tampa Bay Rays
- Brett Anderson, Oakland A’s
- Phil Hughes, New York Yankees
- Rick Porcello, Detroit Tigers
- Dallas Braden, Oakland A’s
- Gio Gonzalez, Oakland A’s
- Jeremy Hellickson, Tampa Bay Rays
- Edwin Jackson, Chicago White Sox
- Shaun Marcum, Toronto Blue Jays
- Ervin Santana, Los Angeles Angels
- Hideki Kuroda, Los Angeles Dodgers
- Wandy Rodriguez, Houston Astros
- Madison Bumgarner, San Francisco Giants
- Jordan Zimmermann, Washington Nationals
- Brett Myers, Houston Astros
- Wade Davis, Tampa Bay Rays
- Anibal Sanchez, Florida Marlins
- Jhoulys Chacin, Colorado Rockies
- Daniel Hudson, Arizona Diamondbacks
- Ryan Dempster, Chicago Cubs
- Brett Cecil, Toronto Blue Jays
- C.J. Wilson, Texas Rangers
- Brian Matsuz, Baltimore Orioles
- Mike Minor, Atlanta Braves
- Travis Wood, Cincinnati Reds
- Bronson Arroyo, Cincinnati Reds
- Ian Kennedy, Arizona Diamondbacks
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