2016 Ottoneu FGpts Rankings – SP
Below is the Starting Pitcher installment of our 2016 Ottoneu FGpt rankings.
Previous Rankings: Catcher/First Base/Third Base/Second Base/Shortstop/Outfield/Relief Pitcher
In the context of Ottoneu, perhaps rankings are a misnomer, because you really want to know the dollar value each player is worth. We’ve included this information for our benefit. In all, these rankings should help to give you a spread of four dollar values for each player, as well as a comparison to average prices (post-arbitration, pre-cut deadline) within the Ottoneu FGpts universe. Each player’s Ottoneu eligibility (5GS, 10 appearances) is included as well, though players are ranked at their most valuable position. If you have questions on a specific ranking, or a question for a specific ranker, feel free to let us know in the comments.
Consider this your very early, subject to change, Ottoneu pricing cheat sheet.
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Key:
Split – Difference from highest to lowest $ value
Otto.– Average price across Ottoneu FGpts leagues
AVG. – Average $ value from the four of us
(+/-) – Difference between Ottoneu average price and our average $ value
Some Takeaways:
| Name | Justin | Joe | Tom | Trey | Split | Otto. | AVG. | (+/-) | |
| 1 | Clayton Kershaw | $67 | $67 | $76 | $69 | $9 | $57 | $70 | $13 |
| 2 | Max Scherzer | $46 | $52 | $57 | $46 | $11 | $37 | $50 | $13 |
| 3 | Chris Sale | $42 | $50 | $52 | $44 | $10 | $38 | $47 | $9 |
| 4 | Jose Fernandez | $41 | $42 | $50 | $41 | $9 | $28 | $44 | $16 |
| 5 | Jake Arrieta | $38 | $42 | $42 | $52 | $14 | $21 | $44 | $23 |
| 6 | Corey Kluber | $35 | $37 | $42 | $35 | $7 | $26 | $37 | $11 |
| 7 | Stephen Strasburg | $36 | $37 | $40 | $32 | $8 | $38 | $36 | -$2 |
| 8 | Madison Bumgarner | $36 | $36 | $36 | $34 | $2 | $37 | $36 | -$1 |
| 9 | Carlos Carrasco | $34 | $37 | $31 | $33 | $6 | $14 | $34 | $20 |
| 10 | David Price | $29 | $32 | $37 | $34 | $8 | $37 | $33 | -$4 |
| 11 | Jacob deGrom | $31 | $31 | $33 | $31 | $2 | $18 | $32 | $13 |
| 12 | Felix Hernandez | $29 | $29 | $35 | $32 | $6 | $47 | $31 | -$16 |
| 13 | Matt Harvey | $30 | $32 | $29 | $33 | $4 | $25 | $31 | $6 |
| 14 | Noah Syndergaard | $29 | $32 | $34 | $25 | $9 | $12 | $30 | $18 |
| 15 | Gerrit Cole | $28 | $30 | $32 | $30 | $4 | $23 | $30 | $7 |
| 16 | Chris Archer | $26 | $33 | $31 | $25 | $8 | $20 | $29 | $9 |
| 17 | Tyson Ross | $27 | $29 | $31 | $28 | $4 | $14 | $29 | $15 |
| 18 | Jon Lester | $27 | $26 | $31 | $29 | $5 | $24 | $28 | $5 |
| 19 | Dallas Keuchel | $22 | $26 | $26 | $28 | $6 | $16 | $26 | $10 |
| 20 | Zack Greinke | $25 | $25 | $27 | $23 | $4 | $36 | $25 | -$11 |
| 21 | Francisco Liriano | $23 | $25 | $24 | $24 | $2 | $11 | $24 | $13 |
| 22 | Johnny Cueto | $23 | $21 | $23 | $16 | $7 | $23 | $21 | -$3 |
| 23 | Yu Darvish | $15 | $29 | $24 | $14 | $15 | $19 | $21 | $2 |
| 24 | Carlos Martinez | $19 | $17 | $21 | $17 | $4 | $10 | $19 | $8 |
| 25 | Danny Salazar | $18 | $18 | $17 | $17 | $1 | $11 | $18 | $6 |
| 26 | Adam Wainwright | $15 | $17 | $21 | $16 | $6 | $22 | $17 | -$5 |
| 27 | Masahiro Tanaka | $12 | $16 | $22 | $16 | $10 | $22 | $17 | -$5 |
| 28 | Michael Pineda | $12 | $14 | $16 | $14 | $4 | $9 | $14 | $5 |
| 29 | Yordano Ventura | $12 | $12 | $17 | $14 | $5 | $12 | $14 | $2 |
| 30 | Garrett Richards | $16 | $13 | $13 | $12 | $4 | $11 | $14 | $3 |
| 31 | Gio Gonzalez | $14 | $13 | $13 | $14 | $1 | $22 | $14 | -$8 |
| 32 | Sonny Gray | $12 | $16 | $9 | $16 | $7 | $20 | $13 | -$6 |
| 33 | Marcus Stroman | $8 | $14 | $17 | $13 | $9 | $9 | $13 | $4 |
| 34 | Jeff Samardzija | $16 | $12 | $14 | $10 | $6 | $16 | $13 | -$3 |
| 35 | Cole Hamels | $8 | $12 | $15 | $14 | $7 | $31 | $12 | -$19 |
| 36 | Raisel Iglesias | $9 | $13 | $15 | $11 | $6 | $5 | $12 | $7 |
| 37 | Steven Matz | $12 | $11 | $10 | $12 | $2 | $6 | $11 | $5 |
| 38 | Hisashi Iwakuma | $8 | $12 | $14 | $10 | $6 | $12 | $11 | -$1 |
| 39 | Michael Wacha | $9 | $10 | $11 | $12 | $3 | $15 | $11 | -$5 |
| 40 | Drew Smyly | $11 | $10 | $11 | $9 | $2 | $9 | $10 | $1 |
| 41 | Jaime Garcia | $10 | $10 | $10 | $11 | $1 | $5 | $10 | $5 |
| 42 | Lance McCullers | $11 | $11 | $9 | $9 | $2 | $7 | $10 | $3 |
| 43 | Scott Kazmir | $12 | $10 | $10 | $6 | $6 | $9 | $10 | $0 |
| 44 | Jose Quintana | $8 | $10 | $4 | $13 | $9 | $10 | $9 | -$2 |
| 45 | Patrick Corbin | $8 | $12 | $6 | $8 | $6 | $6 | $9 | $3 |
| 46 | Kenta Maeda | $10 | $7 | $9 | $8 | $3 | $0 | $9 | $9 |
| 47 | Wei-Yin Chen | $9 | $6 | $13 | $4 | $9 | $4 | $8 | $4 |
| 48 | Hyun-Jin Ryu | $9 | $6 | $7 | $9 | $3 | $10 | $8 | -$2 |
| 49 | Taijuan Walker | $4 | $10 | $9 | $7 | $6 | $11 | $8 | -$4 |
| 50 | James Shields | $11 | $7 | $6 | $6 | $5 | $24 | $8 | -$16 |
| 51 | Kyle Hendricks | $9 | $7 | $7 | $7 | $2 | $5 | $8 | $3 |
| 52 | Clay Buchholz | $8 | $6 | $8 | $8 | $2 | $5 | $8 | $2 |
| 53 | Alex Cobb | $8 | $7 | $6 | $6 | $2 | $12 | $7 | -$6 |
| 54 | Carlos Rodon | $6 | $9 | $3 | $8 | $6 | $8 | $7 | -$2 |
| 55 | Luis Severino | $4 | $7 | $6 | $9 | $5 | $5 | $7 | $2 |
| 56 | Andrew Cashner | $8 | $5 | $7 | $6 | $3 | $11 | $7 | -$4 |
| 57 | Jake Odorizzi | $6 | $8 | $4 | $5 | $4 | $8 | $6 | -$2 |
| 58 | Lucas Giolito | $4 | $7 | $2 | $8 | $6 | $5 | $5 | $0 |
| 59 | Tyler Glasnow | $7 | $6 | $3 | $5 | $4 | $4 | $5 | $1 |
| 60 | Joe Ross | $3 | $8 | $3 | $6 | $5 | $5 | $5 | $0 |
| 61 | Zack Wheeler | $6 | $2 | $7 | $5 | $5 | $10 | $5 | -$5 |
| 62 | Julio Urias | $5 | $7 | $2 | $5 | $5 | $5 | $5 | $0 |
| 63 | Collin McHugh | $6 | $3 | $4 | $6 | $3 | $8 | $5 | -$3 |
| 64 | John Lackey | $7 | $3 | $6 | $2 | $5 | $7 | $5 | -$2 |
| 65 | Jason Hammel | $3 | $1 | $9 | $5 | $8 | $5 | $5 | $0 |
| 66 | Kevin Gausman | $1 | $7 | $3 | $4 | $6 | $9 | $4 | -$5 |
| 67 | Jose De Leon | $5 | $6 | $0 | $4 | $6 | $3 | $4 | $0 |
| 68 | Alex Reyes | $1 | $6 | $3 | $5 | $5 | $4 | $4 | $0 |
| 69 | Blake Snell | $1 | $6 | $2 | $5 | $5 | $4 | $4 | $0 |
| 70 | Anibal Sanchez | $4 | $3 | $1 | $6 | $5 | $15 | $4 | -$11 |
| 71 | Jose Berrios | $1 | $6 | $1 | $5 | $5 | $3 | $3 | $0 |
| 72 | Rich Hill | $4 | $2 | $1 | $6 | $5 | $4 | $3 | -$1 |
| 73 | Aaron Nola | $1 | $4 | $1 | $6 | $5 | $5 | $3 | -$2 |
| 74 | Jordan Zimmermann | $1 | $2 | $5 | $4 | $4 | $25 | $3 | -$22 |
| 75 | Brandon McCarthy | $5 | $1 | $2 | $3 | $4 | $7 | $3 | -$4 |
| 76 | Vincent Velasquez | $1 | $4 | $2 | $3 | $3 | $6 | $3 | -$3 |
| 77 | Matt Moore | $1 | $3 | $2 | $3 | $2 | $6 | $2 | -$4 |
| 78 | Brett Anderson | $4 | $1 | $2 | $2 | $3 | $4 | $2 | -$2 |
| 79 | Tyler Skaggs | $4 | $3 | $0 | $1 | $4 | $5 | $2 | -$3 |
| 80 | Shelby Miller | $0 | $3 | $0 | $5 | $5 | $13 | $2 | -$11 |
| 81 | Ian Kennedy | $1 | $1 | $1 | $5 | $4 | $8 | $2 | -$6 |
| 82 | Mike Bolsinger | $5 | $1 | $0 | $1 | $5 | $4 | $2 | -$2 |
| 83 | Justin Verlander | $3 | $3 | $0 | $0 | $3 | $14 | $2 | -$12 |
| 84 | Jesse Hahn | $1 | $1 | $2 | $2 | $1 | $6 | $2 | -$4 |
| 85 | Andrew Heaney | $1 | $2 | $2 | $0 | $2 | $6 | $1 | -$5 |
| 86 | Sean Manaea | $1 | $1 | $2 | $1 | $1 | $3 | $1 | -$2 |
| 87 | Nicholas Tropeano | $3 | $1 | $0 | $1 | $3 | $6 | $1 | -$5 |
| 88 | Kyle Gibson | $0 | $2 | $0 | $2 | $2 | $4 | $1 | -$3 |
| 89 | Jameson Taillon | $2 | $1 | $0 | $1 | $2 | $4 | $1 | -$3 |
| 90 | Robbie Ray | $3 | $1 | $0 | $0 | $3 | $4 | $1 | -$3 |
| 91 | Lance Lynn | $1 | $1 | $1 | $1 | $0 | $13 | $1 | -$12 |
| 92 | James Paxton | $1 | $1 | $1 | $1 | $0 | $7 | $1 | -$6 |
| 93 | Anthony Desclafani | $0 | $1 | $0 | $3 | $3 | $5 | $1 | -$4 |
| 94 | Brandon Finnegan | $0 | $0 | $1 | $3 | $3 | $4 | $1 | -$3 |
| 95 | John Lamb | $2 | $1 | $0 | $0 | $2 | $4 | $1 | -$3 |
| 96 | Erasmo Ramirez | $0 | $1 | $0 | $2 | $2 | $4 | $1 | -$3 |
| 97 | Eduardo Rodriguez | $0 | $1 | $0 | $2 | $2 | $5 | $1 | -$4 |
| 98 | Alex Wood | $0 | $1 | $0 | $2 | $2 | $11 | $1 | -$10 |
| 99 | Clayton Blackburn | $3 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3 | $2 | $1 | -$1 |
| 100 | Brandon Morrow | $3 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3 | $11 | $1 | -$11 |
| 101 | Rick Porcello | $1 | $0 | $1 | $1 | $1 | $7 | $1 | -$7 |
| 102 | Jake Peavy | $1 | $0 | $1 | $1 | $1 | $6 | $1 | -$5 |
| 103 | Tyler Lyons | $1 | $0 | $0 | $2 | $2 | $0 | $1 | $1 |
| 104 | Jerad Eikoff | $0 | $1 | $0 | $1 | $1 | $0 | $1 | $1 |
| 105 | Dylan Bundy | $0 | $1 | $0 | $1 | $1 | $6 | $1 | -$6 |
| 106 | Adam Conley | $0 | $1 | $0 | $1 | $1 | $3 | $1 | -$3 |
| 107 | Sean Newcomb | $0 | $1 | $0 | $1 | $1 | $3 | $1 | -$2 |
| 108 | Trevor Bauer | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2 | $2 | $7 | $1 | -$7 |
| 109 | Mike Fiers | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2 | $2 | $7 | $1 | -$7 |
| 110 | Jon Gray | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2 | $2 | $6 | $1 | -$6 |
| 111 | Drew Hutchison | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2 | $2 | $6 | $1 | -$6 |
| 112 | Josh Johnson | $0 | $0 | $2 | $0 | $2 | $24 | $1 | -$23 |
| 113 | Matt Shoemaker | $1 | $0 | $1 | $0 | $1 | $6 | $1 | -$5 |
| 114 | J.A. Happ | $1 | $0 | $0 | $1 | $1 | $4 | $1 | -$3 |
| 115 | Chris Heston | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2 | $2 | $4 | $1 | -$4 |
| 116 | Nate Eovaldi | $0 | $1 | $0 | $0 | $1 | $6 | $0 | -$6 |
| 117 | Kyle Zimmer | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1 | $1 | $4 | $0 | -$3 |
| 118 | Cody Reed | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1 | $1 | $2 | $0 | -$2 |
| Total $ | $1201 | $1288 | $1299 | $1267 | |||||
| Total Ranked | 98 | 102 | 88 | 109 | |||||
Only players who received a ranking from at least one of the four of us were included. Players not listed are likely post-auction pick-ups ($1 players). The line between a $1 player and a post-auction pick-up is very small.
Each owner has different biases to certain positions. To help illustrate these we’ve included “Total $” and “Total ranked” at the bottom of the table. We hope this helps you pick apart some different owner strategies/biases.
The (+/-) column may be helpful in determining which players may generally be overrated by your league mates.
Joe works at a consulting firm in Pittsburgh. When he isn't working or studying for actuarial exams, he focuses on baseball. He also writes @thepointofpgh. Follow him on twitter @Ottoneutrades
Must admit surprise at Jose Fernandez’ valuation. No doubt great upside, but the injury issues would be enough for me to strongly prefer, say, David Price for $11 less.