MLB - 2010 Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher (SP) Tiered Rankings
Posted by: DaveGawron
on Mar 30, 2010 
See our player profiles for detailed analysis and projections, but here's the low-down on starting pitchers in 2010. DP is the recommended MIXED league draft position. Dollar value is the AL/NL-only league number (basically cut in half in mixed leagues).
TIER 1 (elite)
| DP | Lastname | Firstname | $ | P | P2 |
| 12 | Lincecum | Tim | 39 | 1 | |
| 21 | Halladay | Roy | 35 | 1 | |
| 23 | Hernandez | Felix | 34 | 1 | |
| 26 | Greinke | Zack | 33 | 1 | |
| 32 | Sabathia | CC | 32 | 1 |
TIER 2 (superstar)
| 39 | Haren | Dan | 30 | 1 | |
| 44 | Verlander | Justin | 29 | 1 | |
| 45 | Santana | Johan | 29 | 1 | |
| 53 | Wainwright | Adam | 28 | 1 | |
| 58 | Lester | Jon | 27 | 1 | |
| 65 | Lee | Cliff | 26 | 1 | |
| 66 | Johnson | Josh | 26 | 1 | |
| 67 | Carpenter | Chris | 26 | 1 | |
| 76 | Hanson | Tommy | 24 | 1 |
TIER 3 (star)
| 77 | Vazquez | Javier | 24 | 1 | |
| 78 | Beckett | Josh | 24 | 1 | |
| 79 | Peavy | Jake | 24 | 1 | |
| 85 | Gallardo | Yovani | 23 | 1 | |
| 86 | Kershaw | Clayton | 23 | 1 | |
| 87 | Hamels | Cole | 23 | 1 | |
| 88 | Cain | Matt | 23 | 1 | |
| 97 | Jimenez | Ubaldo | 22 | 1 | |
| 98 | Nolasco | Ricky | 22 | 1 |
TIER 4 (solid)
| 99 | Lackey | John | 22 | 1 | |
| 105 | Billingsley | Chad | 21 | 1 | |
| 106 | Rodriguez | Wandy | 21 | 1 | |
| 107 | Burnett | A.J. | 21 | 1 | |
| 120 | Weaver | Jered | 19 | 1 | |
| 121 | Jurrjens | Jair | 19 | 1 | |
| 135 | Garza | Matt | 18 | 1 | |
| 136 | Baker | Scott | 18 | 1 | |
| 142 | Oswalt | Roy | 18 | 1 | |
| 143 | Shields | James | 18 | 1 | |
| 144 | Anderson | Brett | 18 | 1 | |
| 157 | Scherzer | Max | 17 | 1 | |
| 158 | Danks | John | 17 | 1 | |
| 159 | Kazmir | Scott | 17 | 1 | |
| 160 | Price | David | 17 | 1 |
TIER 5 (not as solid)
| 182 | Harden | Rich | 15 | 1 | |
| 183 | Jackson | Edwin | 15 | 1 | |
| 184 | Zambrano | Carlos | 15 | 1 | |
| 185 | Dempster | Ryan | 15 | 1 | |
| 199 | Lilly | Ted | 13 | 1 | |
| 200 | Hudson | Tim | 13 | 1 | |
| 201 | Floyd | Gavin | 13 | 1 | |
| 202 | Wolf | Randy | 13 | 1 | |
| 203 | Porcello | Rick | 13 | 1 | |
| 204 | Buchholz | Clay | 13 | 1 | |
| 219 | Pettitte | Andy | 12 | 1 | |
| 220 | Slowey | Kevin | 12 | 1 | |
| 223 | Niemann | Jeffrey | 11 | 1 | |
| 224 | Liriano | Francisco | 11 | 1 | |
| 225 | Sheets | Ben | 11 | 1 | |
| 229 | Sanchez | Jonathan | 11 | 1 | |
| 230 | Santana | Ervin | 11 | 1 |
TIER 6 (acceptable)
| 231 | Buehrle | Mark | 10 | 1 | |
| 232 | Kuroda | Hiroki | 10 | 1 | |
| 233 | Matsuzaka | Daisuke | 10 | 1 | |
| 234 | Feliz | Neftali | 10 | 1 | |
| 235 | Strasburg | Stephen | 10 | 1 | |
| 244 | Cueto | Johnny | 9 | 1 | |
| 245 | de la Rosa | Jorge | 9 | 1 | |
| 253 | Webb | Brandon | 8 | 1 | |
| 254 | Davis | Wade | 8 | 1 | |
| 255 | Young | Chris | 8 | 1 | |
| 256 | Maine | John | 8 | 1 | |
| 271 | Harang | Aaron | 7 | 1 | |
| 272 | Feldman | Scott | 7 | 1 | |
| 273 | Pineiro | Joel | 7 | 1 | |
| 274 | Cook | Aaron | 7 | 1 | |
| 275 | Saunders | Joe | 7 | 1 | |
| 276 | Zito | Barry | 7 | 1 | |
| 287 | Bailey | Homer | 6 | 1 | |
| 288 | Latos | Mat | 6 | 1 | |
| 289 | Wells | Randy | 6 | 1 | |
| 290 | Rowland-Smith | Ryan | 6 | 1 | |
| 291 | Correia | Kevin | 6 | 1 | |
| 292 | Marcum | Shaun | 6 | 1 | |
| 293 | Morrow | Brandon | 6 | 1 | |
| 294 | Bedard | Erik | 6 | 1 | |
| 316 | Matusz | Brian | 5 | 1 | |
| 317 | Gonzalez | Gio | 5 | 1 | |
| 318 | Romero | Ricky | 5 | 1 | |
| 319 | Arroyo | Bronson | 5 | 1 |
TIER 7 (iffy)
| 320 | Lowe | Derek | 5 | 1 | |
| 321 | Meche | Gil | 5 | 1 | |
| 322 | Myers | Brett | 5 | 1 | |
| 323 | Guthrie | Jeremy | 5 | 1 | |
| 324 | Hughes | Phil | 5 | 1 | |
| 325 | Happ | J.A. | 5 | 1 | |
| 326 | Masterson | Justin | 5 | 1 | |
| 339 | Volstad | Chris | 4 | 1 | |
| 340 | Morton | Charlie | 4 | 1 | |
| 341 | Tillman | Chris | 4 | 1 | |
| 342 | Bergesen | Brad | 4 | 1 | |
| 343 | Norris | Bud | 4 | 1 | |
| 344 | Romero | Rickey | 4 | 1 | |
| 345 | Bumgarner | Madison | 4 | 1 | |
| 346 | Chapman | Aroldis | 4 | 1 | |
| 347 | Pavano | Carl | 4 | 1 | |
| 348 | Blanton | Joe | 4 | 1 | |
| 386 | Kawakami | Kenshin | 3 | 1 | |
| 387 | Lohse | Kyle | 3 | 1 | |
| 388 | Penny | Brad | 3 | 1 |
TIER 8 (AL/NL-only fodder)
| 389 | Sanchez | Anibal | 3 | 1 | |
| 390 | Duchscherer | Justin | 3 | 1 | |
| 391 | Kennedy | Ian | 3 | 1 | |
| 392 | Richard | Clayton | 3 | 1 | |
| 418 | Rzepczynski | Marc | 2 | 1 | |
| 419 | Hunter | Tommy | 2 | 1 | |
| 420 | Hochevar | Luke | 2 | 1 | |
| 421 | Holland | Derek | 2 | 1 | |
| 422 | Pelfrey | Mike | 2 | 1 | |
| 423 | Braden | Dallas | 2 | 1 | |
| 424 | Cahill | Trevor | 2 | 1 | |
| 425 | Millwood | Kevin | 2 | 1 | |
| 426 | Hammel | Jason | 2 | 1 | |
| 427 | Perez | Oliver | 2 | 1 | |
| 428 | Duke | Zach | 2 | 1 | |
| 429 | Francis | Jeff | 2 | 1 | |
| 430 | Blackburn | Nick | 2 | 1 | |
| 431 | Garland | Jon | 2 | 1 | |
| 432 | Maholm | Paul | 2 | 1 | |
| 433 | Davis | Doug | 2 | 1 | |
| 434 | Bush | David | 2 | 1 | |
| 435 | Padilla | Vicente | 2 | 1 | |
| 436 | Marquis | Jason | 2 | 1 |
TIER 9
KEEPERS: (coming soon)
RESERVES: (coming soon)
ALSO
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