End of Season Rankings: Starting Pitchers

The 2012 fantasy baseball season has come to a close, so it is time to look back at the season past and determine which players were the most valuable at each position. This week focuses on starting pitchers.

The players were ranked based on their 2012 production, using the evaluation system explained and updated on this site some time ago. To keep things manageable and avoid skewing the numbers, players were only considered if they amassed 140 innings pitched over the course of the year. The replacement level was also adjusted to account for players eligible at multiple positions. The valuations are built for $260 budgets and traditional 5×5 roto fantasy leagues.

These rankings are meant to reflect a player’s value should he have occupied this spot in your lineup for the entire year. So, a player who missed time due to injury but put up great numbers during his time on the field would be worth less.

With all this in mind, here are your rankings.

Rnk	Name	Pos	IP	W	SV	ERA	WHIP	K	$$$
1	R.A. Dickey	SP	232.2	20	0	2.67	1.05	230	32
2	Justin Verlander	SP	238.1	17	0	2.64	1.06	239	31
3	Clayton Kershaw	SP	227.2	14	0	2.53	1.02	229	30
4	David Price	SP	211	20	0	2.56	1.1	205	28
5	Matt Cain	SP	219.1	16	0	2.79	1.04	193	26
6	Gio Gonzalez	SP	199.1	21	0	2.89	1.13	207	25
7	Jered Weaver	SP	188.2	20	0	2.81	1.02	142	24
8	Cole Hamels	SP	215.1	17	0	3.05	1.12	216	23
9	Johnny Cueto	SP	217	19	0	2.78	1.17	170	22
10	Felix Hernandez	SP	232	13	0	3.06	1.14	223	21
11	Kyle Lohse	SP	211	16	0	2.86	1.09	143	20
12	Chris Sale	SP	191	17	0	3.06	1.13	191	20
13	Madison Bumgarner	SP	208.1	16	0	3.37	1.11	191	19
14	CC Sabathia	SP	200	15	0	3.38	1.14	197	17
15	James Shields	SP	227.2	15	0	3.52	1.17	223	17
16	Stephen Strasburg	SP	159.1	15	0	3.16	1.15	197	17
17	Jake Peavy	SP	219	11	0	3.37	1.1	194	17
18	Hiroki Kuroda	SP	219.2	16	0	3.32	1.17	167	16
19	Cliff Lee	SP	211	6	0	3.16	1.11	207	15
20	Zack Greinke	SP	212.1	15	0	3.48	1.2	200	15
21	Mat Latos	SP	209.1	14	0	3.48	1.16	185	15
22	Jordan Zimmermann	SP	195.2	12	0	2.94	1.17	153	14
23	Max Scherzer	SP	187.2	16	0	3.74	1.27	231	13
24	Wade Miley	SP	186	15	0	3.34	1.18	142	13
25	A.J. Burnett	SP	202.1	16	0	3.51	1.24	180	12
26	Jon Niese	SP	190.1	13	0	3.4	1.17	155	12
27	Matt Harrison	SP	213.1	18	0	3.29	1.26	133	12
28	Yu Darvish	SP	191.1	16	0	3.9	1.28	221	11
29	Ryan Vogelsong	SP	189.2	14	0	3.37	1.23	158	11
30	Yovani Gallardo	SP	204	16	0	3.66	1.3	204	11
31	Ryan Dempster	SP	173	12	0	3.38	1.2	153	10
32	Lance Lynn	SP	169	17	0	3.67	1.3	174	10
33	Jason Vargas	SP	217.1	14	0	3.85	1.18	141	9
34	Homer Bailey	SP	208	13	0	3.68	1.24	168	9
35	Mark Buehrle	SP	202.1	13	0	3.74	1.17	125	8
36	Adam Wainwright	SP	198.2	14	0	3.94	1.25	184	8
37	Chris Capuano	SP	198.1	12	0	3.72	1.22	162	8
38	Tim Hudson	SP	179	16	0	3.62	1.21	102	8
39	Doug Fister	SP	161.2	10	0	3.45	1.19	137	8
40	Paul Maholm	SP	188	13	0	3.69	1.22	140	8
41	Jarrod Parker	SP	181.1	13	0	3.47	1.26	140	8
42	Jeremy Hellickson	SP	177	10	0	3.1	1.25	124	7
43	Jeff Samardzija	SP	174.2	9	0	3.81	1.22	180	7
44	Mike Minor	SP	179.1	11	0	4.12	1.15	145	7
45	Ian Kennedy	SP	208.1	15	0	4.02	1.3	187	7
46	Bronson Arroyo	SP	202	12	0	3.74	1.21	129	6
47	Phil Hughes	SP	191.1	16	0	4.23	1.26	165	6
48	Trevor Cahill	SP	200	13	0	3.78	1.29	156	6
49	Edwin Jackson	SP	189.2	10	0	4.03	1.22	168	6
50	Tommy Milone	SP	190	13	0	3.74	1.28	137	5
51	James McDonald	SP	171	12	0	4.05	1.25	151	5
52	Wei-Yin Chen	SP	192.2	12	0	4.02	1.26	154	5
53	Bartolo Colon	SP	152.1	10	0	3.43	1.21	91	4
54	C.J. Wilson	SP	202.1	13	0	3.83	1.34	173	4
55	Scott Diamond	SP	173	12	0	3.54	1.24	90	4
56	Anibal Sanchez	SP	195.2	9	0	3.86	1.27	167	4
57	Clayton Richard	SP	218.2	14	0	3.99	1.23	107	4
58	Chad Billingsley	SP	149.2	10	0	3.55	1.29	128	4
59	Wandy Rodriguez	SP	203.2	11	0	3.8	1.27	136	4
60	Matt Moore	SP	177.1	11	0	3.81	1.35	175	4
61	Josh Johnson	SP	191.1	8	0	3.81	1.28	165	3
62	Ross Detwiler	SP	151	9	0	3.58	1.25	95	2
63	Derek Holland	SP	171.2	12	0	4.72	1.21	145	2
64	Roy Halladay	SP	156.1	11	0	4.49	1.22	132	2
65	Kyle Kendrick	SP	145.2	9	0	3.89	1.24	106	2
66	Dan Haren	SP	176.2	12	0	4.33	1.29	142	1
67	Lucas Harrell	SP	193.2	11	0	3.76	1.36	140	1
68	Joe Blanton	SP	190.1	10	0	4.68	1.26	166	0
69	Travis Wood	SP	156	6	0	4.27	1.2	119	0
70	Gavin Floyd	SP	168	12	0	4.29	1.36	144	0
71	Kevin Correia	SP	160.2	12	0	4.2	1.27	85	0
72	Aaron Harang	SP	179.2	10	0	3.61	1.4	131	0
73	Barry Zito	SP	184.1	15	0	4.15	1.39	114	-1
74	Jake Westbrook	SP	174.2	13	0	3.97	1.39	106	-1
75	Edinson Volquez	SP	182.2	11	0	4.14	1.45	174	-2
76	Joe Saunders	SP	174.2	9	0	4.07	1.34	112	-2
77	Blake Beavan	SP	152.1	11	0	4.43	1.26	67	-3
78	Tommy Hanson	SP	174.2	13	0	4.48	1.45	161	-3
79	Clay Buchholz	SP	189.1	11	0	4.56	1.33	129	-3
80	Ricky Nolasco	SP	191	12	0	4.48	1.37	125	-4
81	Bud Norris	SP	168.1	7	0	4.65	1.37	165	-4
82	Felix Doubront	SP	161	11	0	4.86	1.45	167	-5
83	Ervin Santana	SP	178	9	0	5.16	1.27	133	-5
84	Josh Beckett	SP	170.1	7	0	4.65	1.33	132	-5
85	Luis Mendoza	SP	146	7	0	4.19	1.39	95	-6
86	Mike Leake	SP	179	8	0	4.58	1.35	116	-6
87	Kevin Millwood	SP	161	6	0	4.25	1.39	107	-7
88	Jon Lester	SP	205.1	9	0	4.82	1.38	166	-7
89	Ivan Nova	SP	170.1	12	0	5.02	1.47	153	-7
90	Bruce Chen	SP	191.2	11	0	5.07	1.37	140	-7
91	Tim Lincecum	SP	186	10	0	5.18	1.47	190	-9
92	Francisco Liriano	SP	149.1	6	0	5.24	1.43	158	-9
93	Justin Masterson	SP	206.1	11	0	4.93	1.45	159	-9
94	Jeremy Guthrie	SP	169.1	8	0	4.78	1.42	95	-10
95	Jordan Lyles	SP	141.1	5	0	5.09	1.42	99	-11
96	Rick Porcello	SP	176.1	10	0	4.59	1.53	107	-11
97	Henderson Alvarez	SP	187.1	9	0	4.85	1.44	79	-13
98	Luke Hochevar	SP	185.1	8	0	5.73	1.42	144	-14
99	Ubaldo Jimenez	SP	176.2	9	0	5.4	1.61	143	-17
100	Randy Wolf	SP	149.1	3	0	5.67	1.59	101	-20
101	Ricky Romero	SP	181	9	0	5.77	1.67	124	-23