Top Starters Ranked By FIP

Name	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	FIP
Tim Lincecum	10.53	3.23	0.44	0.312	2.59
Cliff Lee	6.85	1.37	0.48	0.305	2.83
Joba Chamberlain	10.19	3.44	0.55	0.337	2.9
CC Sabathia	8.93	2.1	0.68	0.306	2.91
Rich Harden	11.01	3.71	0.67	0.265	2.95
Dan Haren	8.58	1.67	0.79	0.315	3.01
Roy Halladay	7.53	1.44	0.66	0.294	3.05
Josh Beckett	8.88	1.76	0.93	0.327	3.24
Derek Lowe	6.27	1.92	0.6	0.287	3.26
Brandon Webb	7.27	2.58	0.52	0.297	3.28
Ervin Santana	8.79	1.93	0.95	0.302	3.3
Mike Mussina	6.74	1.39	0.76	0.322	3.32
Josh Johnson	7.94	2.78	0.72	0.332	3.37
Ben Sheets	7.17	2.13	0.77	0.29	3.38
Chad Billingsley	9.03	3.62	0.64	0.322	3.38
Ryan Dempster	8.14	3.31	0.61	0.288	3.41
John Danks	7.34	2.63	0.69	0.299	3.44
A.J. Burnett	9.35	3.47	0.78	0.325	3.45
Johan Santana	7.91	2.42	0.88	0.287	3.51
Edinson Volquez	9.45	4.26	0.6	0.308	3.54
Zack Greinke	8.14	2.49	0.93	0.318	3.56
Hiroki Kuroda	5.69	2.06	0.64	0.295	3.59
Jair Jurrjens	6.64	3.35	0.53	0.311	3.59
Jake Peavy	8.6	3.06	0.88	0.285	3.6
Gil Meche	7.83	3.12	0.81	0.311	3.61
Wandy Rodriguez	8.58	2.88	0.92	0.323	3.62
Jon Lester	6.5	2.82	0.6	0.299	3.64
Justin Duchscherer	6.04	2.16	0.7	0.24	3.69
Andy Pettitte	6.97	2.43	0.84	0.339	3.71
Cole Hamels	7.76	2.1	1.11	0.27	3.72
Javier Vazquez	8.64	2.64	1.08	0.328	3.74
Chien-Ming Wang	5.12	3.32	0.38	0.287	3.74
Aaron Cook	4.09	2.04	0.55	0.308	3.76
Randy Johnson	8.46	2.15	1.17	0.316	3.76
Chris Volstad	5.68	3.72	0.33	0.283	3.76
Adam Wainwright	6.2	2.32	0.82	0.281	3.78
Ricky Nolasco	8.06	1.79	1.22	0.288	3.79
Scott Baker	7.36	2.19	1.04	0.29	3.79
Roy Oswalt	7.12	2.03	0.99	0.294	3.8
Felix Hernandez	7.85	3.59	0.76	0.316	3.8
Dustin McGowan	6.87	3.07	0.73	0.316	3.81
James Shields	6.7	1.67	1	0.292	3.82
Ubaldo Jimenez	7.79	4.67	0.5	0.306	3.83
Tim Hudson	5.43	2.55	0.7	0.267	3.83
Jonathan Sanchez	8.94	4.27	0.8	0.327	3.85
Francisco Liriano	7.93	3.79	0.83	0.313	3.87
Kyle Lohse	5.36	2.21	0.81	0.303	3.89
Andrew Miller	7.15	4.47	0.54	0.353	3.9
Jered Weaver	7.74	2.75	1.02	0.306	3.9
Kevin Slowey	6.9	1.35	1.23	0.297	3.91
Matt Cain	7.69	3.76	0.79	0.304	3.91
Andy Sonnanstine	5.77	1.72	0.98	0.312	3.91
Mark Buehrle	5.76	2.14	0.91	0.314	3.94
Manny Parra	7.98	4.25	0.79	0.34	3.96
Mike Pelfrey	4.93	2.87	0.54	0.302	3.96
Jorge de la Rosa	8.78	4.13	0.89	0.33	3.98
Kevin Millwood	6.67	2.61	0.96	0.366	4.02
Chris Sampson	4.37	1.94	0.81	0.33	4.03
Daisuke Matsuzaka	8.27	5.05	0.64	0.267	4.03
Clayton Kershaw	8.44	4.3	0.93	0.323	4.06
Shawn Hill	5.54	3.27	0.71	0.373	4.06
Greg Maddux	4.55	1.39	0.97	0.29	4.09
Dana Eveland	6.32	4.13	0.54	0.313	4.09
Cha Seung Baek	6.05	2.55	0.96	0.31	4.1
Brett Tomko	6.17	2	1.17	0.342	4.11
Matt Garza	6.24	2.88	0.93	0.278	4.14
Doug Davis	6.9	3.95	0.8	0.329	4.15
Paul Maholm	6.06	2.75	0.92	0.289	4.15
Randy Wolf	7.66	3.36	0.99	0.312	4.17
Justin Verlander	7.3	3.9	0.81	0.305	4.18
Jose Contreras	5.21	2.6	0.89	0.303	4.21
Kyle Davies	5.65	3.42	0.8	0.309	4.22
Carlos Zambrano	6.2	3.43	0.86	0.277	4.23
Jorge Campillo	5.91	2.17	1.18	0.295	4.27
Jesse Litsch	4.94	2.03	0.99	0.282	4.28
Erik Bedard	8	4.11	1	0.281	4.32
Jamie Moyer	5.64	2.84	0.92	0.294	4.32
Boof Bonser	5.7	2.71	1.09	0.309	4.34
Joe Saunders	4.68	2.41	0.95	0.267	4.36
Scott Kazmir	9.81	4.14	1.36	0.275	4.37
Zach Miner	4.79	2.33	0.98	0.291	4.39
John Maine	7.84	4.31	1.03	0.28	4.4
Sean Gallagher	8.25	4.61	0.97	0.323	4.4
Nick Blackburn	4.47	1.82	1.07	0.309	4.4
Zach Duke	4.23	2.29	0.92	0.327	4.4
Chris Young	8.18	4.22	1.14	0.266	4.4
Ted Lilly	8.09	2.81	1.41	0.283	4.41
Luke Hochevar	5.02	3.28	0.84	0.31	4.43
Phil Dumatrait	6.05	4.5	0.78	0.306	4.46
Shaun Marcum	7.31	2.97	1.25	0.257	4.46
Bronson Arroyo	7.34	3.06	1.31	0.321	4.5
Todd Wellemeyer	6.29	2.91	1.17	0.273	4.51
Joe Blanton	5.05	3.01	1	0.297	4.52
Brett Myers	7.72	3.08	1.37	0.311	4.52
Braden Looper	4.88	2.04	1.13	0.297	4.52
John Lackey	7.16	2.2	1.43	0.29	4.53
Jeremy Guthrie	5.66	2.74	1.13	0.267	4.53
Brian Moehler	5	2.09	1.2	0.297	4.54
Ian Snell	7.39	4.87	0.99	0.358	4.57
Jason Marquis	4.91	3.73	0.81	0.29	4.58
Kevin Correia	5.36	3.78	0.88	0.328	4.59
Odalis Perez	6.71	3.1	1.24	0.326	4.62
Carlos Silva	4.05	1.88	1.17	0.347	4.63
Zach Jackson	4.94	2.3	1.15	0.315	4.63
David Purcey	8.03	4.02	1.25	0.316	4.67
Oliver Perez	8.35	4.87	1.11	0.28	4.68
Jarrod Washburn	5.16	2.85	1.13	0.311	4.7
Dallas Braden	4.61	2.7	1.11	0.292	4.72
Barry Zito	6	5.1	0.8	0.305	4.72
Micah Owings	7.42	3.22	1.25	0.305	4.72
Darrell Rasner	5.23	3	1.11	0.33	4.72
Joel Pineiro	4.94	2.1	1.36	0.316	4.74
Jon Garland	4.12	2.7	1.05	0.315	4.76
Gavin Floyd	6.32	3.05	1.31	0.268	4.77
Jeff Karstens	4.03	2.28	1.23	0.287	4.77
John Lannan	5.79	3.56	1.14	0.273	4.79
Jeff Francis	5.89	3.07	1.32	0.315	4.81
Armando Galarraga	6.35	2.97	1.38	0.25	4.81
Gregory Smith	5.25	4.11	0.99	0.258	4.82
Edwin Jackson	5.31	3.77	1.09	0.3	4.82
Clay Buchholz	8.52	4.8	1.32	0.366	4.83
Seth McClung	7.07	4.1	1.13	0.278	4.84
Tim Wakefield	5.82	2.98	1.24	0.247	4.84
Sidney Ponson	3.88	3.21	0.94	0.327	4.85
Anibal Sanchez	8.71	4.7	1.22	0.329	4.87
Aaron Laffey	4.13	2.98	0.96	0.296	4.88
Fausto Carmona	4.33	5.22	0.52	0.297	4.89
Johnny Cueto	8.17	3.52	1.5	0.309	4.9
Aaron Harang	7.19	2.45	1.75	0.315	4.91
Tim Redding	5.93	3.21	1.34	0.299	4.93
Mike Hampton	4.38	3.23	1.15	0.286	4.94
Livan Hernandez	3.35	2.15	1.25	0.345	4.94
Nate Robertson	5.76	3.13	1.4	0.34	4.95
David Bush	5.32	2.34	1.44	0.248	4.98
Scott Olsen	5.04	3.08	1.34	0.266	5.02
Brian Bannister	5.57	2.86	1.43	0.316	5.03
Vicente Padilla	6.68	3.42	1.37	0.309	5.03
Jo-Jo Reyes	6.04	3.92	1.31	0.325	5.04
Jeremy Sowers	4.76	2.9	1.34	0.307	5.05
Jason Bergmann	6.41	3.1	1.58	0.304	5.05
Ryan Rowland-Smith	4.75	3.37	1.25	0.276	5.09
Adam Eaton	4.85	3.72	1.12	0.319	5.09
Charlie Morton	5.82	4.71	1.11	0.31	5.1
Collin Balester	5.62	3.15	1.35	0.313	5.11
Brad Penny	4.9	3.94	1.15	0.311	5.12
Garrett Olson	5.63	4.21	1.15	0.342	5.13
Glen Perkins	4.41	2.32	1.49	0.31	5.14
Paul Byrd	4.1	1.7	1.55	0.289	5.14
Matt Harrison	4.52	3.33	1.29	0.312	5.18
Pedro Martinez	7.18	3.63	1.57	0.329	5.18
Jeremy Bonderman	5.55	4.54	1.14	0.296	5.18
Brian Burres	4.4	3.28	1.27	0.321	5.18
Josh Banks	4.48	3.18	1.3	0.292	5.19
Kenny Rogers	4.25	3.68	1.14	0.318	5.22
Kason Gabbard	5.3	6.27	0.8	0.321	5.26
Scott Feldman	4.24	3.24	1.25	0.282	5.28
Mark Hendrickson	5.44	3.48	1.43	0.317	5.29
Christopher Waters	4.59	4.04	1.25	0.29	5.41
Kyle Kendrick	3.96	3.32	1.28	0.317	5.48
Jeff Suppan	4.56	3.39	1.52	0.301	5.51
Justin Masterson	6.5	4.67	1.33	0.22	5.56
Daniel Cabrera	4.75	4.5	1.2	0.298	5.61
Shawn Chacon	5.57	4.31	1.68	0.276	5.83
R.A. Dickey	4.48	4.36	1.53	0.324	5.84
Brandon Backe	6.86	4.16	1.94	0.326	5.87
Tom Glavine	5.26	5.26	1.56	0.283	6.02
Radhames Liz	6.08	5.44	1.71	0.315	6.17
Miguel Batista	5.52	6.01	1.48	0.338	6.18
Tom Gorzelanny	5.72	5.98	1.71	0.303	6.35
Josh Fogg	5.2	3.32	2.31	0.314	6.66
Gregory Reynolds	2.95	3.84	2.07	0.312	6.94

Would You Draft Phil Hughes

After years of hype, Phil Hughes has finally hit his low as a fantasy baseball prospect. He has had little if any value in even the deepest of leagues. Hughes is now claimingto be ready for 2009 but we've heard similar declarations before. beyond the occasional flash of talent he has done nothing for fantasy owners.

But...

Those flashes... He seems to end every season on a roll. He dominated the Arizona Fall League. In the AFL he loked exactly like the ace that the Yankees have been counting on in their rotation. Remember when he was ranked higher than Joba Chamberlain?

Tell me in the comments if you would draft him in your leagues in 2009.