Finding something to blog about every day in the off season is not as easy as it may sound. That’s why every now and then you have to put up with my mindless ramblings and senseless outpourings…
Today is one of those days as I decided to look at each National League team’s top two pitchers, and see where they ranked against each other. I didn’t think the Mets would rank anywhere in the top, but I never thought they would rank as low as they did. I had to take a few things into consideration as I compiled my list and they included injury, age, experience, inexperience, upside and decline.
Here’s what I came up with…
1. San Diego: J. Peavy – C. Young – Easily the best 1-2 punch in the National League…
2. Atlanta: J. Smoltz – T. Hudson – Smoltz is still the guy you want in a big game…
3. Arizona: B. Webb – D. Haren – Could easily be the best by the All Star Break…
4. Philadelphia: C. Hamels – B. Myers – Hamels has stuff that makes scouts drool…
5. Houston: R. Oswalt – W. Rodriguez – Oswalt has enough bravado for both of them…
6. Los Angeles: B. Penny – D. Lowe – Two competitors who can pitch a gem on any given day…
7. Chicago: C. Zambrano – T. Lily – A couple of nut jobs, but oh can they pitch…
8. St. Louis: A. Wainright – B. Looper – Who knew Looper was starting pitcher material…
9. San Francisco: B. Zito – N. Lowry – With some run support both would have won 17 games…
10. New York: P. Martinez – J. Maine – Can Maine improve, will Pedro make 30 starts?
11. Milwaukee: B. Sheets – J. Suppan – Could have easily edged Mets out of top ten…
12. Colorado: J. Francis – A. Cook – I’m not buying it, let them do it again in 2008…
13. Cincinnati: A. Harang – B. Arroyo – They won’t get too far with these two…
14. Pittsburgh: I. Snell – T. Gorzelanny – Lots of talent + zero run support = a long summer…
15. Florida: S. Mitre – S. Olsen – The Marlins can only go up from here…
16. Washington: J. Patterson – S. Hill – Make Mets 1-2 look like Cy Young and Walter Johnson…
I hope you enjoy…
