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Player Value Rankings: Pitchers

Posted: Wednesday March 21, 2007 11:52AM; Updated: Friday March 23, 2007 12:00PM
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SI's David Sabino ranked the position players in the major leagues from 1 (the best) to 450 and the pitchers from 1 to 350, based on projections of their statistical production this season. The categories considered for position players were batting average, home runs, RBIs and stolen bases; for pitchers the categories were wins, saves, ERA and WHIP (walks plus hits per inning pitched). Sabino also took into account each player's career stats as well as his role on his team, his prospects for improving or declining and his injury history and physical condition. Using these criteria, SI determined each player's value ranking.

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Player Value Rankings -- Pitchers
Rk Starters Team PVR   Rk Relievers Team PVR
1. Johan Santana MIN 1   1. Francisco Rodriguez LAA 5
2. Roy Oswalt HOU 2   2. Joe Nathan MIN 7
3. Chris Carpenter STL 3   3. Trevor Hoffman SD 12
4. Brandon Webb ARI 4   4. B.J. Ryan TOR 16
5. Roy Halladay TOR 6   5. Mariano Rivera NYY 17
6. Carlos Zambrano CHC 8   6. Billy Wagner NYM 18
7. Jake Peavy SD 9   7. J.J. Putz SEA 23
8. C.C. Sabathia CLE 10   8. Bobby Jenks CHW 24
9. Aaron Harang CIN 11   9. Huston Street OAK 31
10. John Smoltz ATL 13   10. Todd Jones DET 33
11. Justin Verlander DET 14   11. Bob Wickman ATL 38
12. Ben Sheets MIL 15   12. Joe Borowski CLE 40
13. Jason Schmidt LAD 19   13. Takashi Saito LAD 46
14. Adam Wainwright STL 20   14. Jason Isringhausen STL 47
15. Daisuke Matsuzaka BOS 21   15. Chad Cordero WAS 48
16. Jeremy Bonderman DET 22   16. Chris Ray BAL 65
17. Rich Harden OAK 25   17. Brian Fuentes COL 66
18. Curt Schilling BOS 26   18. Francisco Cordero MIL 67
19. Chien Ming Wang NYY 27   19. Brad Lidge HOU 85
20. Chris Young SD 28   20. Mike Timlin BOS 86
21. John Lackey LAA 29   21. Tom Gordon PHI 87
22. Brett Myers PHI 30   22. Jose Valverde ARI 89
23. Felix Hernandez SEA 32   23. Eric Gagne TEX 90
24. Derek Lowe LAD 34   24. Salomon Torres PIT 91
25. Dontrelle Willis FLA 35   25. Joel Zumaya DET 93
26. Erik Bedard BAL 36   26. Akinori Otsuka TEX 95
27. Jered Weaver LAA 37   27. Armando Benitez SF 105
28. Jonathan Papelbon BOS 39   28. Octavio Dotel KC 106
29. Cole Hamels PHI 41   29. Justin Duchscherer OAK 107
30. Dave Bush MIL 42   30. Ryan Dempster CHC 111
31. Danny Haren OAK 43   31. David Weathers CIN 113
32. Jose Contreras CHW 44   32. Jonathan Broxton LAD 114
33. Bronson Arroyo CIN 45   33. Dustin Hermanson CIN 115
34. Joe Blanton OAK 49   34. Jorge Julio ARI 121
35. Kenny Rogers DET 50   35. Seth McClung TB 124
36. Barry Zito SF 51   36. Mike Gonzalez ATL 133
37. Andy Pettitte NYY 52   37. Brandon Donnelly BOS 135
38. Jon Garland CHW 53   38. Taylor Tankersley FLA 136
39. Ervin Santana LAA 54   39. Scot Shields LAA 142
40. Brad Penny LAD 55   40. Joel Piniero BOS 143
41. Tom Glavine NYM 56   41. Rafael Soriano ATL 144
42. Anibal Sanchez FLA 57   42. Cla Meredith SD 146
43. Josh Beckett BOS 58   43. Jason Frasor TOR 147
44. Matt Cain SF 59   44. Todd Coffey CIN 148
45. Jeff Francis COL 60   45. Dan Wheeler HOU 149
46. Freddy Garcia PHI 61   46. Scott Linebrink SD 150
47. Mike Mussina NYY 62   47. Juan Rincon MIN 151
48. Kelvim Escobar LAA 63   48. Justin Speier LAA 152
49. Jake Westbrook CLE 64   49. Jon Rauch WAS 155
50. Randy Johnson ARI 68   50. Brian Wilson SF 156
51. A.J. Burnett TOR 69   51. Mike MacDougal CHW 158
52. Chris Capuano MIL 70   52. Fernando Rodney DET 159
53. Scott Kazmir TB 71   53. Matt Wise MIL 160
54. Chuck James ATL 72   54. Bobby Howry CHC 161
55. Jamie Moyer PHI 73   55. Matt Capps PIT 162
56. Mark Buehrle CHW 74   56. Julio Mateo SEA 163
57. Greg Maddux SD 75   57. Chad Qualls HOU 164
58. Kevin Millwood TEX 76   58. Jesse Crain MIN 165
59. Woody Williams HOU 77   59. Shawn Camp TB 166
60. Randy Wolf LAD 78   60. Mike Stanton CIN 167
61. Gavin Floyd CHW 79   61. Kerry Wood CHC 168
62. Tim Hudson ATL 80   62. Duaner Sanchez NYM 173
63. John Maine NYM 81   63. Ryan Madson PHI 179
64. Jeremy Sowers CLE 82   64. Joe Beimel PIT 183
65. Nate Robertson DET 83   65. Hector Carrasco LAA 184
66. Aaron Cook COL 84   66. Rafael Betancourt CLE 186
67. Brandon McCarthy TEX 88   67. Kyle Farnsworth NYY 188
68. Jarrod Washburn SEA 92   68. Aaron Heilman NYM 189
69. Ted Lilly CHC 94   69. Micah Bowie WAS 190
70. Scott Olsen FLA 96   70. Geoff Geary PHI 196
71. Cliff Lee CLE 97   71. Alan Embree OAK 197
72. Orlando Hernandez NYM 98   72. Oscar Villarreal ATL 203
73. Doug Davis ARI 99   73. Jon Huber SEA 205
74. Clay Hensley SD 100   74. Derrick Turnbow MIL 208
75. Jason Jennings HOU 101   75. Chad Bradford BAL 209
76. Anthony Reyes STL 102   76. Jose Mesa DET 210
77. Adam Loewen BAL 103   77. Kiko Calero OAK 211
78. Jeff Suppan MIL 104   78. LaTroy Hawkins COL 212
79. Gustavo Chacin TOR 108   79. Taylor Buchholz COL 214
80. Tim Wakefield BOS 109   80. Pat Neshek MIN 215
81. Noah Lowry SF 110   81. Julian Taverez BOS 221
82. Josh Johnson FLA 112   82. Dennys Reyes MIN 222
83. Zach Duke PIT 116   83. Steve Kline SF 223
84. Vicente Padilla TEX 117   84. Josh Hancock STL 224
85. Eric Milton CIN 118   85. Hideki Okajima BOS 225
86. Ian Snell PIT 119   86. Danys Baez BAL 226
87. Jon Lieber PHI 120   87. Juan Cruz ARI 227
88. Adam Eaton PHI 122   88. Jose Capellan MIL 228
89. Javier Vazquez CHW 123   89. Roberto Hernandez CLE 230
90. Rich Hill CHC 125   90. Matt Smith PHI 231
91. Jason Hirsh COL 126   91. Damaso Marte PIT 232
92. Joe Saunders LAA 127   92. Ramon Ramirez COL 234
93. David Wells SD 128   93. Scott Schoeneweis NYM 235
94. Esteban Loaiza OAK 129   94. Jamie Walker BAL 236
95. Matt Morris SF 130   95. Scott Feldman TEX 237
96. Mark Redman ATL 131   96. Matt Thornton CHW 239
97. John Patterson WAS 132   97. Brandon League TOR 240
98. Carl Pavano NYY 134   98. Wilfredo Ledezma DET 241
99. Daniel Cabrera BAL 137   99. Russ Springer STL 246
100. Miguel Batista SEA 138   100. Chris Reitsma SEA 257
101. Paul Maholm PIT 139   101. Henry Owens FLA 259
102. Ricky Nolasco FLA 140   102. Tony Pena ARI 262
103. Tom Gorzelanny PIT 141   103. Victor Zambrano TOR 268
104. Claudio Vargas MIL 145   104. Matt Lindstrom FLA 269
105. Bartolo Colon LAA 153   105. Dave Borkowski HOU 271
106. Kei Igawa NYY 154   106. Shawn Chacon PIT 274
107. Jeff Weaver SEA 157   107. Jimmy Gobble KC 276
108. Boof Bonser MIN 169   108. Fabio Castro PHI 278
109. Paul Byrd CLE 170   109. Scott Cassidy SD 280
110. Wandy Rodriguez HOU 171   110. David Riske KC 282
111. Mike Maroth DET 172   111. Ambiorix Burgos NYM 283
112. Carlos Villanueva MIL 174   112. Rheal Cormier CIN 285
113. Yusmerio Petit FLA 175   113. Joe Nelson KC 287
114. Chad Billingsley LAD 176   114. Bill Bray WAS 289
115. Mike Pelfrey NYM 177   115. Jeremy Accardo TOR 290
116. Horacio Ramirez SEA 178   116. Craig Hansen BOS 291
117. Kameron Loe TEX 180   117. Wes Littleton TEX 292
118. John Thomson TOR 181   118. Ruddy Lugo BOS 293
119. Kip Wells STL 182   119. Todd Wellemeyer KC 294
120. Ramon Ortiz MIN 185   120. Scott Proctor NYY 295
121. Robinson Tejeda TEX 187   121. Brandon Lyon ARI 296
122. Matt Garza MIN 191   122. Matt Guerrier MIN 297
123. Tomo Ohka TOR 192   123. Fernando Cabrera CLE 299
124. Gil Meche KC 193   124. Clay Condrey PHI 300
125. Brett Tomko LAD 194   125. Will Ohman CHC 301
126. Braden Looper STL 195   126. Ricardo Rincon STL 302
127. Tony Armas Jr. PIT 198   127. Luis Ayala WAS 303
128. Sergio Mitre FLA 199   128. Fausto Carmona CLE 304
129. Jonathan Sanchez SF 200   129. Arthur Rhodes SEA 306
130. Matt Belisle CIN 201   130. Luis Vizcaino NYY 307
131. Pedro Martinez NYM 202   131. John Grabow PIT 314
132. Brad Thompson STL 204   132. David Aardsma CHW 317
133. Kevin Gregg FLA 206   133. Royce Ring SD 318
134. Hong-Chih Kuo LAD 207   134. Zach Miner DET 319
135. Fernando Nieve HOU 213   135. Antonio Alfonseca PHI 320
136. Byung-Hyun Kim COL 216   136. Yoslan Herrera PIT 321
137. Carlos Silva MIN 217   137. Ken Ray KC 322
138. Wade Miller CHC 218   138. Brad Hennessey SF 324
139. Kyle Lohse CIN 219   139. Greg Aquino MIL 326
140. James Shields TB 220   140. Brian Sweeney SD 328
141. Phil Hughes NYY 229   141. Neal Cotts CHC 329
142. Paul Wilson CIN 233   142. Tyler Yates ATL 330
143. Luke Hudson KC 238   143. Scott Eyre CHC 331
144. Reynal Pinto FLA 242   144. Jon Switzer TB 332
145. Enrique Gonzalez ARI 243   145. John Parrish BAL 334
146. Rodrigo Lopez COL 244   146. Elmer Dessens LAD 335
147. Mark Prior CHC 245   147. Chris Sampson HOU 336
148. Zach Greinke KC 247   148. Jeremy Affeldt COL 337
149. Joe Kennedy OAK 248   149. Vinnie Chulk SF 338
150. Jaret Wright BAL 249   150. Scott Munter SF 339
151. Livan Hernandez ARI 250   151. Dustin McGowan TOR 340
152. Lance Cormier ATL 251   152. Tyler Johnson STL 341
153. Oliver Perez NYM 252   153. Jason Bergman WAS 342
154. Kyle Davies ATL 253   154. Trever Miller HOU 343
155. Odalis Perez KC 254   155. Mackay McBride ATL 345
156. Casey Fossum TB 255   156. Sendy Rleal BAL 346
157. Shawn Hill WAS 256   157. Heath Bell SD 347
158. Chan Ho Park NYM 258   158. Yorman Bazardo DET 349
159. Russ Ortiz SF 260          
160. John Danks CHW 261          
161. Jason Marquis CHC 263          
162. Steve Trachsel BAL 264          
163. Matt Chico WAS 265          
164. Brian Bannister KC 266          
165. J.P. Howell TB 267          
166. Brad Halsey OAK 270          
167. Mike Hampton ATL 272          
168. Sidney Ponson MIN 273          
169. Mark Hendrickson LAD 275          
170. Jae Seo TB 277          
171. Cha Seung Baek SEA 279          
172. Jeff Karstens NYY 281          
173. Jorge de la Rosa KC 284          
174. Humberto Sanchez NYY 286          
175. Matt Albers HOU 288          
176. Mark Mulder STL 298          
177. Angel Guzman CHC 305          
178. Devern Hansack BOS 308          
179. Josh Fogg STL 309          
180. Charlie Haeger CHW 310          
181. Brian Moehler HOU 311          
182. Jason Simontacchi WAS 312          
183. Scott Elarton KC 313          
184. Edwin Jackson TB 315          
185. Brian Lawrence COL 316          
186. Matt Clement BOS 323          
187. Glen Perkins MIN 325          
188. Kirk Saarloos CIN 327          
189. Jose Garcia FLA 333          
190. Scott Baker MIN 344          
191. Tim Redding WAS 348          
192. Edgar Gonzalez ARI 350          

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