The Index is always a key part of my draft. Two years ago it led me to Greinke and Lincecum. Last year Jimenez. Keep up the good work FP!

The pitchers annotated in yellow represent those who were elite last year based on their ability.

Once this season begins, anyone receiving a current score of 5.00 or better will be deemed an elite weekly starter and will also be highlighted in yellow.

this is great guys, thanks for making your pitching index so easy to follow. I'm looking forward to a season of domination!

This is my first year using this is this how you rank your pitchers like is vazquez considered the best starter or do are there are things your looking at?...also when people say they found greinke and jimenez last year bye looking at the chart what overall number did they have last year and who looks to be that person This year?

mikeyboy,

Last year, Vazquez was tied with Lincecum as the best fantasy pitcher, ability wise. Most of the time that translates to fantasy wise as well.

Now that Vazquez has moved to the AL, his numbers may not be exactly the same as they were in 2009.

For all those who didn't have any drastic changes, then their ranking on this list would be accurate.

When looking for sleepers this year, you should look at the chart and find the names that you are surprised to be ranked so high.

Generally speaking, those are the ones who pitched better than their numbers showed and should be nice bargains this year.

Brett Anderson, Jorge De La Rosa and Jonathan Sanchez are three that comes to mind.

ok i see thanks i just was a lil confused bye the vazquez ranking

How does this Sabermetric Pitching Index differ from your 1-60 SP rankings here --> http://www.fantasyphenoms.com/baseball.php?id=1369

Just wondering the difference in rankings between the two and as far as FBB drafts, which one should be considered more heavily.

Thanks!

I don't understand Jake Peavy being deemed elite last year. I owned him, and he was anything but elite last year.

Alex,

I would combine the two equally. Some pitchers in the top 60 didn't pitch much at all last year, so they aren't included in the Sabermetric Pitching Index, such as Brandon Webb, Ben Sheets and Tim Hudson.

People in the top 60 are ranked to include projected innings pitched, etc.

The Index refers to a pitcher's ability.

Jeff to answer your question, Jake Peavy is one of the pitchers who didn't pitch much last year, but when he did, he showed the same ability he has in previous years.

His ranking in the top 60 is lower because he's now gone two seasons in a row without 200 innings.

However, his ability doesn't seem to have diminished.