Originally Posted by
WildcatFan
I can't believe I'm indulging this conversation.
Here's the entire list of $10m starting pitchers and their WAR:
Scherzer, Max
5.3
$43,333,333
Cole, Gerrit
2.4
$36,000,000
Strasburg, Stephen
-0.3
$32,205,854
Bauer, Trevor
n/a
$32,000,000
deGrom, Jacob
1.4
$27,257,728
Wheeler, Zack
5.1
$26,000,000
Verlander, Justin
5.5
$25,000,000
Stroman, Marcus
2.6
$25,000,000
Syndergaard, Noah
0.6
$21,000,000
Gausman, Kevin
3.1
$21,000,000
Darvish, Yu
4.4
$20,000,000
Morton, Charlie
1.7
$20,000,000
Lynn, Lance
0.7
$18,500,000
Wainwright, Adam
1.8
$17,500,000
Mikolas, Miles
2.4
$17,000,000
Eovaldi, Nathan
1.1
$17,000,000
McCullers Jr., Lance
1.5
$15,950,000
Nola, Aaron
6.0
$15,500,000
Gray, Jon
1.3
$15,000,000
Hendricks, Kyle
0.5
$14,500,000
Greinke, Zack
2.5
$13,000,000
DeSclafani, Anthony
-0.8
$12,000,000
Carrasco, Carlos
1.2
$12,000,000
Severino, Luis
1.6
$11,500,000
Marquez, German
1.5
$11,300,000
Berrios, Jose
-0.5
$11,000,000
Gray, Sonny
2.3
10,700,000
27 starters. How many of them would a playoff team in 2022 want in their rotation? Scherzer, Cole, DeGrom, Wheeler, Verlander, Stroman, Lynn, Wainwright, Mikolas, McCullers, Nola, Greinke, Severino, Gray. That's better than 50%. You could add a couple other guys if they weren't hurt (always a risk among pitchers). It's not a crazy stupid risk like some folks around here would have you believe.