Which team has the best starting 5?

[virgonomic]

Read an article on TSN that said it could be the Jays, though the Tigers, Phillies, Giants and Dodgers would have something to say about it. What does the 'Pen say?

BLUE JAYS
1 RHP RA Dickey
2 RHP Josh Johnson
3 LHP Mark Buehrle
4 RHP Brandon Morrow
5 LHP Ricky Romero

PHILLIES
1 RHP Roy Halladay
2 LHP Cliff Lee
3 LHP Cole Hamels
4 RHP Kyle Kendrick
5 LHP John Lannan

DODGERS
1 LHP Clayton Kershaw
2 RHP Zack Greinke
3 RHP Josh Beckett
4 LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu
5 RHP Aaron Harang

TIGERS
1 RHP Justin Verlander
2 RHP Doug Fister
3 RHP Max Scherzer
4 RHP Anibal Sanchez
5 RHP Rick Porcello

GIANTS
1 RHP Matt Cain
2 LHP Madison Bumgarner
3 RHP Tim Lincecum
4 RHP Ryan Vogelsong
5 LHP Barry Zito

[virgonomic]

Harang will not be in the Dodgers top 5 if Billingsley is healthy. Hell, Capuano would be ahead of Harang anyway.

I went by MLBDEPTHCHARTS.COM.

[TranaGreg]

so far it's just two canadians voting, not exactly the most objective ... or maybe we just know ...

[SlideRule]

Good poll idea. A lot of wildcards/unknowns in it, but I'd pick between the Tigers and the Giants. Dodgers certainly have a top notch 1-2. Toronto could be the best with health and a repeat from Dickey, but that doesn't seem totally likely. I'll give the edge to the Tigers given my lack of faith in Lincecum and Zito. Is Fister really a #2 over Scherzer?

[revo]

where's the Nationals?

1 - Strasburg
2 - G. Gonzalez
3 - Haren
4 - J. Zimmermann
5 - Detwiler

[dslaw]

I went Tiggers as the 1-5 is better. Could be the Jays if Johnson stays healthy and Morrow can pitch 200 innings like he pitched in 2012 and Romero pitches like he did in 2011 but there are a lot more "ifs" there than you see in Detroit. The other teams match up well for #1 & #2 or maybe even the #3 starter but after that Detroit has the edge. I would probably put Washington behind Detroit but ahead of the other teams listed.

[Fresno Bob]

Good poll idea. A lot of wildcards/unknowns in it, but I'd pick between the Tigers and the Giants. Dodgers certainly have a top notch 1-2. Toronto could be the best with health and a repeat from Dickey, but that doesn't seem totally likely. I'll give the edge to the Tigers given my lack of faith in Lincecum and Zito. Is Fister really a #2 over Scherzer?

these were my 2 as well, but I went with the Giants....

[onejayhawk]

The obvious answer is the Yankees.

Sorry. I cant even key that with a straight face.

Tigers or Giants.

J

[Controller Jacobs]

where's the Nationals?

1 - Strasburg
2 - G. Gonzalez
3 - Haren
4 - J. Zimmermann
5 - Detwiler

Or the Reds. Include Chapman, and the Reds had four of the top 26 pitchers by WAR last year, with Homer Bailey coming in at 43.

2013 projected rotation, per mlbdepthcharts:
1 RHP Johnny Cueto
2 RHP Mat Latos
3 RHP Bronson Arroyo
4 RHP Homer Bailey
5 LHP Aroldis Chapman

[hombre]

I'm with Revo- I take the Nats over any of those listed. Mainly because I see their #4-5 as being far superior to others' 4-5.

[Pauly]

i voted giants before i remembered the Nats have easily the best rotation.

[cavebird]

I am apparently only the second "other" vote, but I am with revo and hombre; I'll take the Nats. Hell, the Phillies are an option and their fifth starter was non-tendered by the Nats because he wasn't going to make the rotation.

[Ryno84MVP]

You only need three for the playoffs, so I'd take my chances with Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels, but the Phillies #4 and #5 don't match-up with the other top rotations. If we are talking 1 through 5, I think that I like the Nationals.

[Moonlight J]

Price
Hellickson
Moore
Cobb
Archer

book it

[gcstomp]

For me, its for the non listed Nationals.