AL CONTENDER PLAYOFF ROTATIONS

TOP 4 Starters for each potential AL playoff team:

YANKEES
1. CC Sabathia: 15-5, 3.14 ERA, 174.2 IP, 160 H, 61 ER, 58 BB, 134 SO, 1.25 WHIP
2. Andy Pettitte: 11-2, 2.88 ERA, 115.2 IP, 101 H, 37 ER, 38 BB, 90 SO, 1.20 WHIP
3. Phil Hughes: 14-5, 3.94 ERA, 134.2 IP, 128 H, 59 ER, 38 BB, 110 SO, 1.23 WHIP
4. A.J. Burnett: 9-10, 4.66 ERA, 141.0 IP, 146 H, 73 ER, 57 BB, 106 SO, 1.44 WHIP
COMBINED: 49-22, 3.66 ERA, 566.0 IP, 535 H, 230 ER, 191 BB, 440 SO, 1.28 WHIP

RAYS
1. David Price: 15-5, 2.84 ERA, 145.2 IP, 122 H, 46 ER, 59 BB, 133 SO, 1.24 WHIP
2. Matt Garza: 11-7, 3.92 ERA, 149.1 IP, 134 H, 65 ER, 45 BB, 114 SO, 1.20 WHIP
3. Jeff Niemann: 10-3, 3.12 ERA, 141.1 IP, 121 H, 49 ER, 44 BB, 102 SO, 1.17 WHIP
4. James Shields: 10-11, 4.98 ERA, 151.2 IP, 177 H, 84 ER, 39 BB, 137 SO, 1.42 WHIP
COMBINED: 46-26, 3.73 ERA, 588.0 IP, 554 H, 244 ER, 187 BB, 486 SO, 1.26 WHIP

RED SOX
1. Jon Lester: 13-7, 2.80 ERA, 161.0 IP, 127 H, 50 ER, 55 BB, 165 SO, 1.13 WHIP
2. Clay Buchholz: 13-5, 2.49 ERA, 126.1 IP, 104 H, 35 ER, 48 BB, 86 SO, 1.20 WHIP
3. John Lackey: 10-7, 4.54 ERA, 154.2 IP, 176 H, 78 ER, 59 BB, 99 SO, 1.52 WHIP
4. Josh Beckett: 3-2, 6.51 ERA, 76.0 IP, 91 H, 55 ER, 26 BB, 68 SO, 1.54 WHIP
COMBINED: 39-21, 3.79 ERA, 518.0 IP, 498 H, 218 ER, 188 BB, 418 SO, 1.32 WHIP

TWINS
1. Carl Pavano: 15-7, 3.27 ERA, 168.0 IP, 157 H, 61 ER, 29 BB, 97 SO, 1.11 WHIP
2. Francisco Liriano: 11-7, 3.26 ERA, 146.1 IP, 138 H, 53 ER, 46 BB, 160 SO, 1.26 WHIP
3. Kevin Slowey: 11-5, 4.22 ERA, 134.1 IP, 140 H, 63 ER, 25 BB, 98 SO, 1.23 WHIP
4. Scott Baker: 10-9, 4.76 ERA, 140.0 IP, 156 H, 74 ER, 29 BB, 118 SO, 1.32 WHIP
COMBINED: 47-28, 3.84 ERA, 588.2 IP, 591 H, 251 ER, 129 BB, 473 SO, 1.22 WHIP

WHITE SOX
1. Mark Buehrle: 11-9, 4.05 ERA, 153.1 IP, 173 H, 69 ER, 34 BB, 64 SO, 1.35 WHIP
2. John Danks: 12-8, 3.19 ERA, 155.1 IP, 126 H, 55 ER, 48 BB, 121 SO, 1.12 WHIP
3. Gavin Floyd: 8-9, 3.70 ERA, 151.0 IP, 148 H, 62 ER, 45 BB, 124 SO, 1.28 WHIP
4. Edwin Jackson: 7-10, 4.67 ERA, 154.1 IP, 161 H, 80 ER, 65 BB, 128 SO, 1.46 WHIP
COMBINED: 38-36, 3.90 ERA, 614.0 IP, 608 H, 266 ER, 192 BB, 437 SO, 1.30 WHIP

RANGERS
1. Cliff Lee: 10-5, 2.57 ERA, 161.1 IP, 141 H, 46 ER, 9 BB, 137 SO, 0.93 WHIP
2. Colby Lewis: 9-9, 3.28 ERA, 148.1 IP, 122 H, 54 ER, 49 BB, 150 SO, 1.15 WHIP
3. C.J. Wilson: 11-5, 3.19 ERA, 149.1 IP, 115 H, 53 ER, 70 BB, 116 SO, 1.24 WHIP
4. Tommy Hunter: 9-1, 3.38 ERA, 74.2 IP, 73 H, 28 ER, 18 BB, 38 SO, 1.22 WHIP
COMBINED: 39-20, 3.05 ERA, 533.2 IP, 451 H, 181 ER, 146 BB, 441 SO, 1.19 WHIP

ERA
1. Rangers 3.05
2. Yankees 3.66
3. Rays 3.73
4. Red Sox 3.79
5. Twins 3.84
6. White Sox 3.90

WHIP
1. Rangers 1.19
2. Twins 1.22
3. Rays 1.26
4. Yankees 1.28
5. White Sox 1.30
6. Red Sox 1.32

HITS ALLOWED PER 9 INNINGS
1. Rangers 7.61
2. Rays 8.48
3. Yankees 8.51
4. Red Sox 8.65
5. White Sox 8.91
6. Twins 9.04

WALKS ALLOWED PER 9 INNINGS
1. Twins 1.97
2. Rangers 2.46
3. White Sox 2.81
4. Rays 2.86
5. Yankees 3.04
6. Red Sox 3.27

STRIKEOUTS PER 9 INNINGS
1. Rays 7.439
2. Rangers 7.437
3. Red Sox 7.26
4. Twins 7.23
5. Yankees 7.00
6. White Sox 6.41

AVERAGE RANKING FOR THOSE 5 CATEGORIES
1. Rangers 1.4
2. Rays 2.6
3. Twins 3.6
4. Yankees 3.8
5. Red Sox 4.6
6. White Sox 5.0

Other then two rough outings, Hunter has been pretty freaking consistent this year, and he seems to pitch well in bigger games. Every pitcher on the staff has had some rough outing this season, including Lee. I'm not ready to write off Tommy just yet. I think its pretty exciting that we basically have four guys that I would be comfortable starting game 1 or 2 in a series, and I think Holland could bounce back really strong for us as well.