AGMVC: Best Major League Pitchers (Active)

by user Jgov05

When I discovered the AGMVC it captured my interest. So, I decided to create a category for the best active major-league pitchers (starters only for now; closers will be a separate category). I'll start off and then you can add your own.

The hardest part of this is where to rank the fantastic rookies. I put in Liriano because he has been so great this year. Note that this is the best based on talent in their current state, past performance was only nominally considered.

jgov05

1. Johan Santana
2. Brandon Webb
3. Roy Halladay
4. Chris Carpenter
5. Pedro Martinez
6. Carlos Zambrano
7. Roy Oswalt
8. Jason Schmidt
9. Curt Schilling
10. Francisco Liriano

Alex Holowczak

1. Johan Santana
2. Brandon Webb
3. Pedro Martinez
4. Francisco Liriano
5. Chris Carpenter
6. Carlos Zambrano
7. Roy Halladay
8. Curt Schilling
9. Mike Mussina
10. Tom Glavine

Davis21wylie

1. Brandon Webb
2. Johan Santana
3. Bronson Arroyo
4. Francisco Liriano
5. Roy Halladay
6. Jason Schmidt
7. John Lackey
8. Roy Oswalt
9. Carlos Zambrano
10. Chris Carpenter

DNL

1. Johan Santana
2. Brandon Webb
3. Roger Clemens, given slight improvement for the rest of the year as the rust shakes off
4. Francisco Liriano
5. Roy Halladay
6. John Lackey
7. Bronson Arroyo
8. Curt Schilling
9. Pedro Martinez
10. Chris Carpenter

The Shark

1. Johan Santana
2. Pedro Martinez
3. Curt Schilling
4. Roy Halladay
5. John Lackey
6. Carlos Zambrano
7. Jose Contreras
8. Brandon Webb
9. Chris Carpenter
10. Francisco Liriano - Still have a slight case of "rookie trepidation"

Bball3345

1. Johan Santana
2. Brandon Webb
3. Francisco Liriano
4. Roy Halladay
5. John Lackey
6. Bronson Arroyo
7. Jason Schmidt
8. Carlos Zambrano
9. Roy Oswalt
10. Chris Carpenter

Chachi

1. Johan Santana
2. Roy Halladay
3. Brandon Webb
4. Pedro Martinez
5. Francisco Liriano
6. Roger Clemens
7. Jose Contreras
8. Carlos Zambrano
9. John Lackey
10. Justin Verlander

BWW

1. Johan Santana
2. Roy Halladay
3. Felix Hernandez
4. Tom Glavine
5. Jason Schmidt
6. Scott Kazmir
7. Mark Prior
8. John Smoltz
9. Dontrelle Willis
10. Jeff Francis

Bobbyjim45

1. Johan Santana
2. Francisco Liriano
3. Brandon Webb
4. Roy Halladay
5. John Lackey
6. Carlos Zambrano
7. Justin Verlander
8. Scott Kazmir
9. Chris Carpenter
10. Tom Glavine

Date

Wed 07/19/06, 7:24 am EST

Bleeding GreenVarsity

1229 days ago

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I actually think Glavine deserves to be on the list over Pedro...

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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer

1229 days ago

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Put that then - you're supposed to create your own version of the list and tag it on to the bottom of the article. It's been a while since we've had one of these...

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Jgov05All-American

1229 days ago

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I'm going to make some more AGMVCs. I love this idea.

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DNLLegend

1229 days ago

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Is it active pitchers based on career, or based on current abilities?

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Davis21wylieMVP

1229 days ago

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Since he said "this is the best based on talent in their current state", I only considered this season. That why I've got Lackey, Arroyo, Liriano, etc. so high.

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Jgov05All-American

1229 days ago

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I didn't want it to be based on career because then Maddux, Glavine, Johnson, and Clemens would be the top 4 on everybody's lists. And those clearly aren't the best pitchers today (though Glavine has been good).

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BWWWaterboy

1228 days ago

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Went with youngsters. Sorry curmudgeons.

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The sharkDraft Pick

1228 days ago

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I would hardly call Glavine or Schmidt "youngsters".

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Bball3345Draft Pick

1226 days ago

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Jeff Francis was an interesting pick...not a bad pick, but an interesting one.

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BWWWaterboy

1226 days ago

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Well, I'm a Rockies fan so it may be a little "homer love" but he is having a very solid year and I think he's going to be an excellent pitcher for a lot of years to come.

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Anonymous Fanatic #1

423 days ago

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1. Roy Halladay

2. Pedro 3. Santana 4. Sabathia 5.Webb 6.Beckett 7.zambrano 8.oswalt 9.arrayo

10. burnett

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Anonymous Fanatic #2

177 days ago

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Roy Halladay is by far the best active pitcher. What other pitcher has double the wins vs loses, and he plays for the blue jays who haven't been the greatest team during his tenure.

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