June is here and we've already seen a lot happen from the mound. Justin Verlander and Francisco Liriano each own a no-hitter and rookies Zach Britton and Michael Pineda have dazzled the AL. We've also seen some starters fail to live up to expectations as well as others exceeding anything we thought they do this year. The losses of Adam Wainwright and Stephen Strasburg prior to the start of the season killed most of our spirits, but other hurlers have picked up the slack.
Here is my updated top 50 starting pitchers for fantasy baseball (rankings are based off predictions for the rest of the season, not stats they've already accumulated):
- Roy Halladay, PHI
Weaver is the current No. 1 pitcher on ESPN.com's player rater - Tim Lincecum, SFO
- Felix Hernandez, SEA
- Jered Weaver, LAA
- Jon Lester, BOS
- Cliff Lee, PHI
- Justin Verlander, DET
- Dan Haren, LAA
- Clayton kershaw, LAD
- CC Sabbathia, NYY
- Tommy Hanson, ATL
- Cole Hamels, PHI
- Josh Johnson, FLA
- Yovani Gallardo, MIL
- Ubaldo Jimenez, COL
- David Price, TB
- Shaun Marcum, MIL
- Josh Beckett, BOS
Since the start of May, Hudson's ERA has dropped from 5.30 to 4.13 - Zack Greinke, MIL
- Trevor Cahill, OAK
- Matt Cain, SFO
- Jhoulys Chacin, COL
- Roy Oswalt, PHI
- Chad Billingsly, LAD
- James Sheilds, TB
- Daniel Hudson, ARI
- Mat Latos, SD
- Ricky Nolasco, FLA
- Anibal Sanchez, FLA
- Jaime Garcia, STL
- Max Scherzer, DET
- Jonathan Sanchez, SFO
- Michael Pineda, SEA
- Chris Carpenter, STL
- Gio Gonzalez, OAK
- Brett Anderson, OAK
The 23-year old Anderson is 3-4 with a 2.84 ERA and 56 K's in 73 innings - Tim Hudson, ATL
- Matt Garza, CHC
- Ian Kennedy, ARI
- Jair Jurrjens, ATL
- Ricky Romero, TOR
- Ted Lilly, LAD
- Jeremy Hellickson, TB
- Brandon Morrow, TOR
- Clay Buchholz, BOS
- C.J. Wilson, TEX
- Hiroki Kuroda, LAD
- Colby Lewis, TEX
- Gavin Floyd, CHW
- Johnny Cueto, CIN
