Which of "today's generation" of starting pitchers do you think should make it to the Hall of Fame? These are the criteria I used to determine "today's generation" of starting pitchers:
100+ wins
Career started in 2002 or later
Or is now 33 years of age or younger
.500 WP or better
Last year, there were 14 players on this list. The number remains the same this year.
Here are the ages, records and ERAs of each, sorted by wins:
C.C. Sabathia, 31, 181-97, 3.52
Mark Buehrle, 33, 163-123, 3.81
Johan Santana, 33, 134-71, 3.10
Jon Garland, 32, 132-119, 4.32
Carlos Zambrano, 31, 126-83, 3.56
John Lackey, 33, 128-94, 4.10
Josh Beckett, 32, 128-85, 3.86
Cliff Lee, 33, 119-70, 3.61
Jake Peavy, 31, 113-82, 3.44
Jusin Verlander, 29, 111-58, 3.49
Dan Haren, 31, 108-88, 3.61
Kyle Lohse, 33, 107-107, 4.58
Jason Marquis, 33, 106-101, 4.59
Joel Pineiro, 32, 104-93, 4.41
The players that dropped off the list from last year are:
Roy Oswalt
Vicente Padilla
Brad Penny
Barry Zito
New to the list are Joel Pineiro, Kyle Lohse, Dan Haren, Justin Verlander
Pitchers that just missed making this list include Aaron Harang (97 wins) and Brett Myers (94 wins).
Here are last year's percentages:
C.C. Sabathia: 50%
Johan Santana: 50%
Roy Oswalt: 30%
Josh Beckett: 15%
Mark Buehrle: 10%
Cliff Lee: 10%
Everyone else: 0%
And so I repeat: Which of "today's generation" of starting pitchers do you think should make it to the Hall of Fame?
100+ wins
Career started in 2002 or later
Or is now 33 years of age or younger
.500 WP or better
Last year, there were 14 players on this list. The number remains the same this year.
Here are the ages, records and ERAs of each, sorted by wins:
C.C. Sabathia, 31, 181-97, 3.52
Mark Buehrle, 33, 163-123, 3.81
Johan Santana, 33, 134-71, 3.10
Jon Garland, 32, 132-119, 4.32
Carlos Zambrano, 31, 126-83, 3.56
John Lackey, 33, 128-94, 4.10
Josh Beckett, 32, 128-85, 3.86
Cliff Lee, 33, 119-70, 3.61
Jake Peavy, 31, 113-82, 3.44
Jusin Verlander, 29, 111-58, 3.49
Dan Haren, 31, 108-88, 3.61
Kyle Lohse, 33, 107-107, 4.58
Jason Marquis, 33, 106-101, 4.59
Joel Pineiro, 32, 104-93, 4.41
The players that dropped off the list from last year are:
Roy Oswalt
Vicente Padilla
Brad Penny
Barry Zito
New to the list are Joel Pineiro, Kyle Lohse, Dan Haren, Justin Verlander
Pitchers that just missed making this list include Aaron Harang (97 wins) and Brett Myers (94 wins).
Here are last year's percentages:
C.C. Sabathia: 50%
Johan Santana: 50%
Roy Oswalt: 30%
Josh Beckett: 15%
Mark Buehrle: 10%
Cliff Lee: 10%
Everyone else: 0%
And so I repeat: Which of "today's generation" of starting pitchers do you think should make it to the Hall of Fame?
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