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Initial 2009 rankings: Starting pitchers

 
 
 
 

In preparation for our early mock draft, we go position-by-position with some preliminary rankings for Draft Day 2009. Our relief pitcher rankings are based on position eligibility for next season, which requires 10 relief appearances to be eligible. If a pitcher did not appear 10 times in relief or five times as a starter, his primary position will be determined from his minor league games or his previous season's position.

Initial starting pitcher rankings for 2009
RK Player TM RK Player TM
1 Johan Santana NYM 76 Andy Sonnanstine TB
2 CC Sabathia MIL 77 Jeremy Guthrie BAL
3 Tim Lincecum SF 78 Chris Carpenter STL
4 Brandon Webb ARI 79 Jonathan O. Sanchez SF
5 Roy Halladay TOR 80 Pedro Martinez NYM
6 Jake Peavy SD 81 Paul Maholm PIT
7 Dan Haren ARI 82 Kyle Lohse STL
8 Cole Hamels PHI 83 Wandy Rodriguez HOU
9 Roy Oswalt HOU 84 Randy Wolf HOU
10 Cliff Lee CLE 85 Todd Wellemeyer STL
11 John Lackey LAA 86 Anthony Reyes CLE
12 Josh Beckett BOS 87 Glen Perkins MIN
13 Ervin Santana LAA 88 Jesse Litsch TOR
14 A.J. Burnett TOR 89 John Smoltz ATL
15 Edinson Volquez CIN 90 Jamie Moyer PHI
16 Daisuke Matsuzaka BOS 91 Vicente Padilla TEX
17 Carlos Zambrano CHC 92 Scott Olsen FLA
18 Scott Kazmir TB 93 Hiroki Kuroda LAD
19 Chad Billingsley LAD 94 Joe Blanton PHI
20 Jon Lester BOS 95 Dontrelle Willis DET
21 Ryan Dempster CHC 96 Manny Parra MIL
22 James Shields TB 97 Edwin Jackson TB
23 Francisco Liriano MIN 98 Nick Blackburn MIN
24 Felix Hernandez SEA 99 Justin Masterson BOS
25 Justin Verlander DET 100 Clay Buchholz BOS
26 Adam Wainwright STL 101 Braden Looper STL
27 Joba Chamberlain NYY 102 Andrew Miller FLA
28 Rich Harden CHC 103 Bartolo Colon BOS
29 Chien-Ming Wang NYY 104 Jorge Campillo ATL
30 Jered Weaver LAA 105 Brandon McCarthy TEX
31 Ben Sheets MIL 106 John Lannan WAS
32 Brett Myers PHI 107 Ian Snell PIT
33 Brandon Morrow SEA 108 Tim Wakefield BOS
34 Aaron Harang CIN 109 Dana Eveland OAK
35 Josh Johnson FLA 110 Barry Zito SF
36 Ricky Nolasco FLA 111 Greg Smith OAK
37 Erik Bedard SEA 112 Dave Bush MIL
38 Mike Mussina NYY 113 Doug Davis ARI
39 Javier Vazquez CHW 114 Zach Miner DET
40 Zack Greinke KC 115 Kevin Millwood TEX
41 Matt Cain SF 116 Jeff Suppan MIL
42 David Price TB 117 Greg Maddux LAD
43 Yovani Gallardo MIL 118 Mike Hampton ATL
44 Max Scherzer ARI 119 Micah Owings CIN
45 Fausto Carmona CLE 120 Jason Marquis CHC
46 Ted Lilly CHC 121 Matt Harrison TEX
47 Derek Lowe LAD 122 Anibal Sanchez FLA
48 Matt Garza TB 123 Paul Byrd BOS
49 Joe Saunders LAA 124 Aaron Laffey CLE
50 Mike Pelfrey NYM 125 Ian Kennedy NYY
51 Jon Garland LAA 126 Carl Pavano NYY
52 John Danks CHW 127 Kason Gabbard TEX
53 Gavin Floyd CHW 128 Tom Glavine ATL
54 Jair Jurrjens ATL 129 Sean Gallagher OAK
55 Andy Pettitte NYY 130 Tom Gorzelanny PIT
56 Phil Hughes NYY 131 Kyle Davies KC
57 Ubaldo Jimenez COL 132 Luke Hochevar KC
58 John Maine NYM 133 Jeff Karstens PIT
59 Kevin Slowey MIN 134 Brian Bannister KC
60 Johnny Cueto CIN 135 Homer Bailey CIN
61 Chris R. Young SD 136 Gio Gonzalez OAK
62 Jeff Francis COL 137 Jeremy Sowers CLE
63 Brad Penny LAD 138 Jonathon Niese NYM
64 Randy Johnson ARI 139 Tim Redding WAS
65 Oliver Perez NYM 140 Daniel Cabrera BAL
66 Gil Meche KC 141 Kyle Kendrick PHI
67 Clayton Kershaw LAD 142 Jason Hirsh COL
68 Aaron Cook COL 143 Jarrod Washburn SEA
69 Bronson Arroyo CIN 144 Eric Hurley TEX
70 Mark Buehrle CHW 145 Jorge De La Rosa COL
71 Jeremy Bonderman DET 146 Ryan Rowland-Smith SEA
72 Chris Volstad FLA 147 Rich Hill CHC
73 Justin Duchscherer OAK 148 Sean Marshall CHC
74 Scott Baker MIN 149 Adam Miller CLE
75 Armando Galarraga DET 150 Wade Davis TB

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