Friday, February 16, 2007

Buster Olney's Top 10 most intriguing starters

Most people probably don't have an ESPN insider subscription, even though you need one to read just about anything worthwhile on espn.com, so I thought I would pass along this interesting article by Buster Olney about 10 pitchers worth watching this season.
These are 10 pitchers who if they perform up to their potential they could greatly help their team make the playoffs.
"The pitchers below all have the stuff to give a major lift to the playoff hopes of their respective teams, making them some of the most intriguing pitchers of 2007."
1. Cliff Lee, Indians
2. Rich Harden, Athletics
3. Oliver Perez, Mets
4. Cole Hamels, Phillies
5. Josh Beckett, Red Sox
6. Felix Hernandez, Mariners
7. Matt Cain, Giants
8. Jason Jennings, Astros
9. Daniel Cabrera, Orioles
10. Chris Young, Padres
As for what he says about Cole Hamels here it is:
Brett Myers is the No. 1, and Philadelphia has some veterans in the back end of the rotation in Jamie Moyer and Freddy Garcia. But Hamels has the kind of ability, some talent evaluators believe, to quickly ascend into the ranks of the best pitchers in the NL. He has had trouble staying healthy, and he still has just 23 starts in the big leagues. But with his fastball and changeup, Hamels could turn out to be the Phillies' best pitcher.

Some big expectations for Hamels, which isn't really anything new for Philly. We've all had these hopes for awhile.
For those fantasy baseball fans it basically seems that Olney is saying these 10 guys are high risk high reward kind of guys.

Here is the link to the article if you got insider.

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