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Top Starting Pitchers for 2012

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Last in our preliminary look at position ranking for 2012 fantasy baseball drafts are the pitchers.

So a month before pitchers and catchers report to their respective spring training complexes here is my view of the top twenty four starting pitchers for the 2012 season.

  1. Roy Halladay, Philadelphia
  2. Justin Verlander, Detroit
  3. Clayton Kershaw, LA Dodgers
  4. Jered Weaver, LA Angels
  5. Dan Haren, LA Angels
  6. Felix Hernandez, Seattle
  7. Cliff Lee, Philadelphia
  8. Tim Lincecum, San Francisco
  9. Cole Hamels, Philadelphia
  10. Michael Pineda, Seattle
  11. C.J. Wilson, LA Angels
  12. C.C. Sabathia, NY Yankees
  13. David Price, Tampa Bay
  14. Chris Carpenter, St. Louis
  15. Zach Greinke, Milwaukee
  16. Matt Cain, San Francisco
  17. Ricky Romero, Toronto
  18. Stephen Strasburg, Washington
  19. James Shields, Tampa Bay
  20. Ian Kennedy, Arizona
  21. Matt Moore, Tampa Bay
  22. Jeremy Hellickson, Tampa Bay
  23. Madison Bumgarner, San Francisco
  24. Jonathan Lester, Boston
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One note here is that Adam Wainwright; St. Louis belongs on the list IF he is fully recovered from surgery and ready to go by opening day. I wouldn’t draft him that high today but he would be somewhere in the low 20s if I knew he would be starting.

Next week we will look at our last preliminary list – the closers.

American League Rookie of the Year in 2011, Tampa Bay pitcher Jeremy Hellickson will be one of the top starting pitchers drafted in AL and Mixed leagues for 2012
American League Rookie of the Year in 2011, Tampa Bay pitcher Jeremy Hellickson will be one of the top starting pitchers drafted in AL and Mixed leagues for 2012
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Perry, lead writer for Fantasy Baseball.com, is at games almost year round, scouting players for fantasy baseball managers. He competes in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship as well as local leagues and is also in two widely acclaimed expert leagues, the LABR and the XFL. Contact Perry.

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