MLB Player Rankings 2016: #8 Starting Pitcher

[Phil The Thrill]

Results here
 
http://www.sportsins...showtopic=98744

 

[BrewCrewFan]

Kyle Hendricks

 

[brett05]

Kyle Hendricks

u forgot to vote.
 
I was between hm and Q.  I went with Q for doing it year in and year out.

 

[Phil The Thrill]

I would love to hear the rationale of Quintana ahead of Price, Lester, Arrieta, Tanaka, Hamels, Darvish, and Cueto.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Arrieta.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

I would love to hear the rationale of Quintana ahead of Price, Lester, Arrieta, Tanaka, Hamels, Darvish, and Cueto.

Without looking at stats I'm just going to assume they're using WAR.

 

[brett05]

I would love to hear the rationale of Quintana ahead of Price, Lester, Arrieta, Tanaka, Hamels, Darvish, and Cueto.

I will explain my vote happily.  I realize it may not follow whatever if any standards folks have on voting but let's make the argument.
 
Give me some time and I'll get it in here. 

 

[cruzg24]

Jake has a case for being the best pitcher these past 2 years except for Kershaw and Sale.

 

[brett05]

ok, so i looked at the following pitchers: Lester, Quintana, Arrieta, Tanaka, Hamels, Darvish, Cueto, Price, Fernandez, and Noah.  I used WAR/IP/ERA/FIP/XFIP to start.
When i looked at the rankings across the starters from 2013 to present I initially have it going Price, Jake, Lester, Cueto, Hamels, Q, Jose, Yu, Tanaka, and Thor.  Then I looked at the leagues they pitched in as well as 200 IP seasons during this time period and the rankings change a touch:  Price, Lester, Q, Jake, Hamels, Cueto, Fernandez, Darvish, Tanaka, Thor  Finally I look at salary and current performance.  The list goes for me Q, Jake, Lester, Cueto, Price, Fernandez, Darvish, Tanaka, Thor.
 
So that is how I got to Q.  Very consistent, getting better each season and will get Cy Young consideration this season.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

What does salary have to do with this?

 

[JZsportswhiz]

Jake Arrieta is an animal but I don't understand how Lester isn't ahead of him in terms of 2016 rankings

 

[Giantmetfan07]

I don't know how others vote but when I can't pick between two players because their numbers are very similar, I turn to their previous 1 or 2 years. That's why I voted Arrieta. 

 

[Phil The Thrill]

Im really confused why quintana when the only criteria won was salary. Salary isnt even a criteria when comparing who is better.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

Im really confused why quintana when the only criteria won was salary. Salary isnt even a criteria when comparing who is better.

It's called reaching haha

 

[Cloud 9]

Fucking White Sox homer to the max lollll

 

[Phil The Thrill]

Arrieta has this.