Friday, March 19, 2010

2010 strikeout leaders

Here are my top 30 pitchers in the strikeout category for 2010:

  1. Tim Lincecum - 236
  2. Cole Hamels - 217
  3. Josh Beckett - 210
  4. Chad Billingsley - 204
  5. Ubaldo Jimenez - 203
  6. Yovani Gallardo - 201
  7. Matt Cain - 198
  8. Max Scherzer - 198
  9. Justin Verlander - 196
  10. Felix Hernandez - 193
  11. Zack Greinke - 193
  12. C.C. Sabathia - 192
  13. Matt Garza - 190
  14. Dan Haren - 187
  15. Scott Kazmir - 186
  16. Javier Vazquez - 184
  17. Johnny Cueto - 183
  18. Ricky Nolasco - 181
  19. Jered Weaver - 175
  20. Adam Wainwright - 174
  21. Josh Johnson - 173
  22. Clayton Kershaw - 173
  23. Tommy Hanson - 172
  24. Cliff Lee - 169
  25. A.J. Burnett - 169
  26. Edwin Jackson - 169
  27. Jake Peavy - 167
  28. Jon Lester - 166
  29. Roy Oswalt - 165
  30. John Danks - 165
Not much to say here. I like to project conservatively at the top end, so even though it's a good possibility that Lincecum could post another 260+ strikeout season, I'd rather not project someone that high, if only because of uncertainty. That said, all of the pitchers at the top are great strikeout pitchers who all have a good chance of meeting or exceeding their projected strikeout total. There are also a lot of good pitchers that didn't make the top 30. Halladay just missed at 163, Johan Santana is at 154 and John Lackey is at 153.


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