Top 2013 Rotation

[Jeffy25]

Since we have a lineup thread, and there is nothing else to discuss right now.


Yankees
1. Sabathia
2. Kuroda
3. Pettitte
4. Nova
5. Hughes/Phelps

Is Garcia coming back?

Rays
1. Price
2. Moore
3. Hellickson
4. Cobb
5. Archer/Neimann/Odorizzi/Ramos

Red Sox
1. Lester
2. Dempster
3. Buchholz
4. Lackey
5. Doubront/Rubby DeLaRosa

Orioles
1. Hammel
2. Arrieta
3. Tillman
4. Britton
5. Chen/Matsuz?

Jays
1. Dickey
2. Johnson
3. Buehrle
4. Morrow
5. Romero

Tigers
1. Verlander
2. Sherezer
3. Fister
4. Sanchez
5. Smyly/Porcello

White Sox
1. Sale
2. Peavy
3. Quintana
4. Danks
5. Axelrod/Floyd?

Indians
1. Masterson
2. McCallister
3. Jimenez
4. Bauer
5. Kluber?

Twins
1. Diamond
2. Blackburn
3. Pelfrey
4. Correia
5. Worley

Royals
1. Shields
2. Guthrie
3. Santana
4. Chen
5. Hochevar/Davis/Smith/Duffy/Paulino/Mendoza

Angels
1. Weaver
2. Wilson
3. Hanson
4. Blanton
5. Vargas/Richards/Williams

M's
1. Hernandez
2. Beavan
3. Noesi
4. ?
5. ?

Rangers
1. Darvish
2. Harrison
3. Lewis
4. Feliz
5. Perez/Holland?

Astos
1. Norris
2. Harrell
3. Lyles
4. Humber
5. Keuchel/Rodriguez/Abad/Gonzalez

A's
1. Parker
2. Anderson
3. Colon
4. Mallone
5. Griffin/Blackely

Phillies
1. Halladay
2. Lee
3. Hamels
4. Cloyd
5. Kendrick
?

Braves
1. Beachy
2. Hudson
3. Medlen
4. Mahlom
5. Teheran/Delgado/Minor

Mets
1. Santana
2. Niese
3. Gee
4. Harvey
5. Haffner/Mejia/

Nationals
1. Strasburg
2. Gonzalez
3. Zimmerman
4. Detwiller
5. Haren

Marlins
1. Nolasco
2. Turner
3. Eovaldi
4. Alvarez
5. Hand/LeBlanc

Reds
1. Cueto
2. Latos
3. Bailey
4. Arroyo
5. Leake/Chapman

Cardinals
1. Wainwright
2. Carpenter
3. Garcia
4. Miller
5. Westbrook/Lynn/Kelly/Rosenthall

Brewers
1. Gallardo
2. Fiers
3. Estrada
4. Peralta/Rogers
5. Thornburg/Narveson

Pirates
1. Burnett
2. Rodriguez
3. McDonald
4. Morton
5. Mazzaro

Cubs
1. Garza
2. Shark
3. Baker
4. Feldman
5. Wood/Vizciano/McNutt

Padres
1. Marquis
2. Volquez
3. Richard
4. Luebke
5. Bass/Kelly/Ross/Stults

Giants
1. Cain
2. Bumgarner
3. Lincecum
4. Vogelsong
5. Zito

Dodgers
1. Kershaw
2. Greinke
3. Billingsley
4. Beckett
5. Harang/Lilly/Capuano/Ryu/Fife

Rockies
1. Francis
2. De LaRosa
3. Pomeranz
4. Friederich
5. Nicasio/Chacin

D'Backs
1. Kennedy
2. Miley
3. McCarthy
4. Cahill
5. Corbin/Collmenter/Hudson


Now I know for a fact I missed some, but I did this mostly by memory and by guessing order.


I'd say the Nationals, Jays, Dodgers, Giants, Cardinals are the ebst rotations at this point.

[SenorGato]

Considering the Yankees, Rangers, Angels, and others have two months to alter their rotation and haven't made a move yet this is probably too soon.

[rockbottom2010]

Considering the Yankees, Rangers, Angels, and others have two months to alter their rotation and haven't made a move yet this is probably too soon.

Its still the Tigers and the Giants, now the Blue Jays are in the conversation....nobody in the league has a knuckleball pitch except the blue jays

[Dol-Fan]

Nationals, Tigers, Giants, Dodgers, Jays.

[Jeffy25]

Considering the Yankees, Rangers, Angels, and others have two months to alter their rotation and haven't made a move yet this is probably too soon.

Literally, the first sentence of that post says 'since there is nothing else to really talk about '



Obviously this is too soon to really nail it down. Paul Maholm, Edwin Jackson, Kyle Lohse still have to sign, and that will change the rankings when that time comes.

[Dol-Fan]

Literally, the first sentence of that post says 'since there is nothing else to really talk about '



Obviously this is too soon to really nail it down. Paul Maholm, Edwin Jackson, Kyle Lohse still have to sign, and that will change the rankings when that time comes.

Unless they sign with the Astros, Padres, and Rockies

[LanceUpperCut]

I'll say SF/Det/Nats and Toronto plus it's Morrow not Marrow. I would say the Dodgers easily have the best 1-2 punch but overall maybe top 5 between them and TB

[rockbottom2010]

I'll say SF/Det/Nats and Toronto plus it's Morrow not Marrow. I would say the Dodgers easily have the best 1-2 punch but overall maybe top 5 between them and TB

totally forgot about the nats....nats are in the convo w/o question...its hard to say who has the best combo at the moment.....

[benzni]

I'll say SF/Det/Nats and Toronto plus it's Morrow not Marrow. I would say the Dodgers easily have the best 1-2 punch but overall maybe top 5 between them and TB

this

[Bravo95]

For the Braves: Beachy likely won't be back until the all star break, Maholm is gonna be our #4 starter, and either Medlen or Hudson will get the baseball on Opening Day. Hanson was dragging down the rotation but he's gone now, and as of today I'd give Teheran the edge for the #5 starter. I believe the key to challenging for a Top 5 rotation again is Mike Minor -- I think we'll know fairly early if he's gonna be the guy who gave up all those homeruns in the first half of 2012 or the one who looked like our second best starter in the second half.

[SenorGato]

Feldman also isn't a Ranger.

I'm sticking with the Tigers, then the Phillies, then the Nationals...Bounce back year for the Phillies rotation, and Hamels continues The Quest to be viewed as a legit ace by the masses with another badass season.

[mtf]

1. Nationals
2. Tigers
3. Blue Jays
4. Giants
5. Reds

[GeekInThePink]

1. Nationals
2. Tigers
3. Blue Jays
4. Giants
5. Reds

If Romero is better at all this year, I'd flip those two bolded teams.

Tigers:
1. Verlander
2. Fister
3. Sanchez
4. Scherzer
5. Porcello/Smyly

Blue Jays:
1. Dickey
2. Buehrle
3. Morrow
4. Johnson
5. Romero

I'm sure neither team is that upset about their stellar rotations haha

[Jeffy25]

Feldman also isn't a Ranger.

Yeah, I forgot to remove him from them. Did put him on the Cubs though.

[TheMoneyTeam]

Los Angeles, Nationals, Tigers, Jays, Giants.