IBC

We all know how tough it is to get front line starters in this league, so I have taken the approach of getting a stable of young studs and seeing if the cream can rise to the top.

I'm curious how my starter depth compares to some other teams. If you would be so kind, please list all Starting pitchers you have that played at least AA ball in '07.

1. Matt Garza (3 PCL)
2. Adam Loewen*
3. Mike Pelfrey (12 PCL)
4. Jeff Niemann (9 IL)
5. Johnny Cueto (4 SL)

6. Manny Parra* (8 SL)
7. Alan Horne (7 EL)
8. Bandon Morrow - Moving back to Starter.
9. Matt Harrison*
10. Ricky Romero*
11. David Purcey*
12. Cesar Carillo (DL)

* Lefthanded

1. John Maine
2. Oliver Perez
3. Shawn Hill
4. Chris Sampson
5. Jason Jennings


6. Nate Robertson
7. Clay Hensley
8. Juan Gutierrez
9. Lenny Dinardo
10. Chris Oxspring
11. Oswaldo Sosa
12. Donald Veal
13. Chase Wright
14. Kevin Whelan (8 minor league starts in 2007)

That about covers it....not really stud arms or spects, but should keep me competitive, and with a couple of breaks, I'll at least have some trade chips.

Hopefully Hellickson makes the disc in 2008 too.

1. Kelvim Escobar
2. Doug Davis
3. Scott Baker
4. Troy Patton
5. James McDonald

6. Gaby Hernandez
7. Wade LeBlanc
8. Gregory Smith
9. Kyle Waldrop
10. Stephen Marek
11. Cha-Seung Baek

Sub-AA

Brett Sinkbeil
Kasey Kiker
Brad Lincoln
Sean West
Roland Pascual

1. Jon Lester
2. Nick Adenhart
3. Jo-Jo Reyes
4. Rick VandenHurk
5. Aaron Thompson

6. Jeff Samardzija
7. Charlie Haeger
8. Edwin Jackson

Sub AA

Deolis Guerra
Drew Carpenter
Steve Evarts

1. Clay Buccholz
2. Luke Hochevar
3. Chuck James
4. Eric Hurley
5. Dave Bush

6. Ryan Mullins
7. Burke Badenhop
8. Thomas Fairchild

1. A.J. Burnett
2. Dontrelle Willis*
3. Joe Blanton
4. Anibal Sanchez
5. Mike Hampton*

6. Josh Johnson
7. Gustavo Chacin*
8. Virgil Vasquez
9. Elizardo Ramirez
10. Jason Vargas*

Below AA:

Bryan Morris
Jason Berken
Graham Taylor*
Guillermo Moscoso



*Southpaws

1. Rich Harden
2. Fausto Carmona
3. Rich Hill
4. Gil Meche
5. Jarrod Washburn

6. Carlos Villanueva
7. Matt Morris
8. Matt Chico
9. Bryan Bullington

Minors:
Shane Lindsay
Brent Fisher
George Kontos
Kevin Pucetas
Chris Nicoll

Ubaldo Jiminez
Franklin Morales*
Yusmeiro Petit
Josh Fogg
Rhadmes Liz

Jeff Bennett
Buddy Carlyle
Armando Galarraga
Zach Jackson*
Clayton Kershaw
Scott Patterson

1. Dan Haren
2. Noah Lowry*
3. Tom Glavine*
4. Chad Gaudin
5. Paul Byrd

6. Braden Looper
7. Kevin Mulvey
8. Lance Broadway
9. Mitch Boggs
10.Todd Redmond

Minors:
Jon Niese*
RJ Seidel
Antonio Bastardo*
Kyle Winters

Jake Peavy
Jeremy Bonderman
Homer Bailey
Zach Greinke
Scott Olsen

Mark Prior
Randy Wolf
Adam Eaton
JD Durbin
Luis Mendoza

1. Ben Sheets
2. Justin Verlander
3. Dustin McGowan
4. Micah Owings
5. Adam Miller

6. Gio Gonzalez*
7. Boof Bonser
8. John Patterson
9. Zach Duke*
10. Jeremy Affeldt*
11. Denny Bautista

Minors

Scott Lewis*
Zach Ward
Jhoulys Chacin
Daigoro Rondon
Young-Il Jung

1. Felix Hernandez
2. Scott Kazmir*
3. Chien-Ming Wang
4. Carlos Zambrano
5. Joba Chamberlain

6. Randy Johnson*
7. Ian Kennedy
8. Roger Clemens
9. Jose Contreras
10. Tyler Clippard*
11. Kyle Davies

Minor Leaguers:

Faustino De Los Santos
Neftali Feliz
Wade Townsend
Colt Willems

Yankees wrote:1. Felix Hernandez
2. Scott Kazmir*
3. Chien-Ming Wang
4. Carlos Zambrano
5. Joba Chamberlain

6. Randy Johnson*
7. Ian Kennedy
8. Roger Clemens
9. Jose Contreras
10. Tyler Clippard*
11. Kyle Davies

Minor Leaguers:

Faustino De Los Santos
Neftali Feliz
Wade Townsend
Colt Willems

pretty weak staff

Boy did you ever do this poll at the wrong time for me.

Guys who will start 2008 at AA or higher included:

1. Yovani Gallardo
2. Philip Hughes
3. Jamie Shields
4. Brandon McCarthy
5. Leo Nunez

6. Jake McGee
7. Fernando Nieve
8. Cliff Lee
9. Jose Garcia
10 Julio Pimentel
11. Matt Torra

Andrew Miller*
Jaime Garcia*
Aaron Laffey*
John Lannan*
Micah Bowie*
Jeff Marquez
Jack Egbert
Charles Fisher
Glendon Rusch*

Guys who should start 2008 at AA

Dustin Richardson*
Bud Norris

* - LHP

1. Chad Billingsley
2. Jeff Francis
3. Jered Weaver
4. Andy Pettitte
5. Kris Benson

6. Anthony Swarzak
7. Matt clement
8. Glen Perkins
9. Nick Blackburn
10. Robinson Tejeda
11. Yohan Pino

Sub-AA
Greg Reynolds
Kyle Ginley
Kevin Gunderson

By alpha:

Miggy Batista
Daniel Cabrera
Sean Gallagher
Livan Hernandez
Kei Igawa
Vicente Padilla
Carlos Silva

Yeah, pretty unspectacular.

1. Josh Beckett
2. Brandon Webb
3. Mark Buehrle
4. Jeremy Guthrie
5. Chris Carpenter
6. Curt Schilling
7. Michael Bowden
8. Brian Duensing

The rest were below AA in 2007.

Alphabetically...

Blackley, Travis
Happ, James
Harang, Aaron
Maholm, Paul
Mitre, Sergio
Penn, Hayden
Rasner, Darrell
Stauffer, Tim
Tata, Jordan
Volquez, Edinson
Volstad, Chris
Wainwright, Adam

1. Francisco Liriano
2. Brad Penny
3. Brett Myers
4. Ted Lilly
5. Greg Maddux

Jason Hirsh
Yorman Bazardo
David Pauley
Daniel McCutchen
Brad James
Manny Ayala
Carl Pavano

MLB last season (alpha)
B. Arroyo
C. Capuano
A. Cook
G. Olson
N. Robertson
I. Snell
J. Westbrook

AA last season
C. Ramos
W. Inman
B. Brown
M. Atkins
N. Green
J. Houser
C. Mason

High A last season
D. Thompson

Low A last season
J. Smith

1. Johan Santana
2. John Smoltz
3. Jon Lieber
4. Tim Wakefield
5. Andy Sonnanstine
6. Byung-Hun Kim
7. Michael Madsen
8. Josh Geer
9. Brandon Hynick

My SP depth sucks.