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shawn marcum

This is who I would say as well.

Stephen Strasburg

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since most on here are putting someone from there team, PHIL HUGHES.

Same here. Phil Hughes was the first pitcher that I thought of. He's a beast.

jamie old man moyer

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Originally posted 05:07 AM ET  07.19 by JNickel101

Stephen Strasburg

You are joking! There has been more hype about this guy playing then any of the 24 pitchers who threw no-no's this year. I know my pick of Roy Oswalt will not be viewed as a popular one, but I think some of you will change your mind if he is traded to a team that has at least three guys putting up offencesive numbers like real Major League hitters. The Astros are awful!

Tim Wakefield

Depends on if you're talking about this year or you need longer.
Jason Vargas's success has been a bright spot in the Mariners lineup this year. He's been every bit as good as the guy everybody refers to as "KING" Felix Hernandez, or any other "big-name" pitcher in this, his first full year in the rotation. He's only given up 29 walks. Mr Felix, on the other hand, has given up over 40. Vargas also has a 2.97 ERA, Felix - 2.77. Felix has a 1.11 WHIP ... Vargas has a 1.15. He's no strikeout king, but the kid is getting the job done on a team without any offense.
By sheer luck, his W/L is 6-4 ... that other guy - 7-6

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Originally posted 10:27 AM ET  07.21 by Ben Fanatic

Same here. Phil Hughes was the first pitcher that I thought of. He's a beast.

Wow, as a Yankee fan, the first pitcher you thought of was a Yankee...hard to believe.

Hughes and Joba have been over-hyped since they got to the show and now Hughes is living up to the hype...he's not under-rated.

I'm going to have to say Roy Oswalt, he gets no love.

C J Wilson of the Rangers. He has the killer instinct.

Is it as interesting to the rest of the room as it is to me, that in 30 posts there have been perhaps fifteen names suggested in good faith? I wonder if that's because (a) it takes a supreme amount of talent to make the starting rotation of any major league baseball team, and thus any starting pitcher in MLB who isn't Carpenter, Lincecum, Halladay or Lee is going to have a legitimate claim to being an under-appreciated talent, or, (b) we all think our own team doesn't get the respect it deserves, and so many of us are picking someone from our own team?

I think the carefully constructed answer to this question would have to be someone with a very high WARP and almost no name-recognition -- presumably because he plays for a team that gets little attention outside of its own market. Assuming people won't buy CJ Wilson as underrated (which works if the prefix "under-" is taken in its true, relativistic context), then the top WARP in the AL from a guy who gets very little ink is Shaun Marcum, and the top WARP in the NL from a guy nobody talks about is Yovani Galardo -- who, as an added bonus, is making $450,000 this year, meaning he's underrated even by his own GM.

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Originally posted 09:15 AM ET  07.27 by cinema_democratica

the top WARP in the NL from a guy nobody talks about is Yovani Galardo -- who, as an added bonus, is making $450,000 this year, meaning he's underrated even by his own GM.

or it means he hasn't been in the league long enough to get big money through arbitration...considering last year was his first full season of starting..

As far as CJ Wilson goes, let's see what the guys does in his second year as a starter before getting all hyped up about him...hopefully he wont lead the league in walks like he does now :-)

Shaun Marcum

I would say Roy Oswalt, for his career. Check out his stats.
But then you can compare him to guys like Hudson and Carpenter. And his numbers are better without the recog.

No obvious names like Latos, or Wainwright, or Johnson. All those guys are getting love this year.

CJ Wilson is a good choice. Even Matt Cain. I would have said Aaron Harang if this was 2008. But for his career, its Roy Oswalt. Remember when he used to throw a 96 mph fastball and a change up at 70. Sick, sick, sick.
He's my choice.

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Originally posted 02:53 AM ET  07.28 by Jimmer69

or it means he hasn't been in the league long enough to get big money through arbitration...considering last year was his first full season of starting..

Yeah forgot about Gallardo. But last year and this, there were writers predicting a CY Young.

Jaime Garcia or Shaun Marcum. Check out www.thefantasybaseballguru.com

Shaun Marcum. look at his era. and he just did in the yanks.... again

Carlos Silva.