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    Top 25 Starting Pitchers of 2015

    Going to stick with last year and have it be in no particular order... Post yours.

    Chris Sale
    Corey Kluber
    Clayton Kershaw
    Max Scherzer
    Felix Hernandez
    David Price
    Jon Lester
    Johnny Cueto
    Zack Greinke
    Adam Wainwright
    Cole Hamels
    Jake Arrieta
    Sonny Gray
    Matt Harvey
    Madison Bumgarner
    Stephen Strasburg
    Jordan Zimmermann
    Julio Teheran
    James Shields
    Alex Cobb
    Yordano Ventura
    Andrew Cashner
    Michael Wacha
    Garrett Richards
    Masohiro Tanaka

    Thoughts?

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    Trevor Bauer, Cleveland will be top 5 AL Cy Young voting... Carlos Carrasco is top 10 in the AL too

    Take out Hammels, Shields, Richards, Tanaka... put in Pineda (NYY), Bauer(CLE), Carrasco(CLE), Sanchez (DET)

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    Quote Originally Posted by STAX View Post
    Trevor Bauer, Cleveland will be top 5 AL Cy Young voting... Carlos Carrasco is top 10 in the AL too

    Take out Hammels, Shields, Richards, Tanaka... put in Pinero (NYY), Bauer(CLE), Carrasco(CLE), Sanchez (DET)
    Bauer is such an ass bag. Walks way too many people right now.

    I think Tanaka is hurt...Cobb would be in there if he's healthy, but he's not. Carrasco, Tyson Ross should be on the list

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    Tillman (Orioles)

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    Quote Originally Posted by daneblazer View Post
    Bauer is such an ass bag. Walks way too many people right now.

    I think Tanaka is hurt...Cobb would be in there if he's healthy, but he's not. Carrasco, Tyson Ross should be on the list
    yeah agree on Ross... thats fine if you dont like Bauer (hes a polarizing guy for sure)... he was decent last year, I follow Tribe religiously, and I have high hopes for him. Im not the only one too, the entire organization is excited for him. He was a phenom out of UCLA, but took him a while to develope because he's a hardhead. We will see, he certainly looks great today

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    I mean we're talking about a Houston team that has Luis Valbuena batting 3rd and also has been struggling in every game to hit so far.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JLester2015 View Post
    I mean we're talking about a Houston team that has Luis Valbuena batting 3rd and also has been struggling in every game to hit so far.
    Its the 3rd game... I dont care who you are, no hits with 11 Ks through 6 innings in impressive. A lot of people think Houston's offense is loaded with young talent. Altuve, Springer, Carter are all future all stars. Lowrie, Gettis, Rasmus are all solid. Valbueno hitting 3rd is funny tho.... that guy shouldnt even be on a MLB roster

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    We'll see... Bauer is not bad, but I don't think he'll be as good as you think this year.

    And Houston may have some talent, but their offense is struggling right now.

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    Keuchel. Better than half your list
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    Quote Originally Posted by crackerjack View Post
    Keuchel. Better than half your list
    Keuchel is definately good, forgot abut him. He may have an ERA under 2.50 and not win 10 games though

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    I like Cole from Pittsburgh. Not a big fan of Teheran.


    Doug Fister had a nice year last year...top 25.. i don't know

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    Quote Originally Posted by crackerjack View Post
    Keuchel. Better than half your list
    Keuchel top 13 in MLB? Doubtful.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yons18 View Post
    Tillman (Orioles)
    Yes indeed...he is in my Top 10.
    I would have Lance Lynn too and absolutely have to mention DeGrom from Mets!!

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    Jose Fernandez

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    Quote Originally Posted by JLester2015 View Post
    Keuchel top 13 in MLB? Doubtful.
    I'll bet 100 points that mlb beats 12 guys on this list in ERA at the end of the season.

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    whats wrong wth fernandez in miami?

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    May as well add Yu Darvish then

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luv2Play2 View Post
    whats wrong wth fernandez in miami?
    Coming off Tommy John surgery. Threw off the mound for the first time on March 1st.

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    Won't know shit for 2 months.

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    DeGrom is that filthy. He should be there; or in honorable mention.

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    Quote Originally Posted by trendon View Post
    DeGrom is that filthy. He should be there; or in honorable mention.
    DeGrom is close. Might be arguable to beat some of the guys on my list. Chris Tillman, however, had a 4.01 FIP last year and a 4.42 FIP in 2013. Pretty mediocre, to be honest. Guy seems to get lucky...

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    Quote Originally Posted by crackerjack View Post
    I'll bet 100 points that mlb beats 12 guys on this list in ERA at the end of the season.
    Judging pitchers on ERA is like judging hitters on batting average. Not as helpful as you'd think.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JLester2015 View Post
    Judging pitchers on ERA is like judging hitters on batting average. Not as helpful as you'd think.
    Hi Kerry / Pickwinnerallday

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    Quote Originally Posted by lion99 View Post
    Hi Kerry / Pickwinnerallday
    What?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JLester2015 View Post
    What?
    Shut up Kerry

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