QUOTE (Con te Giolito @ Jan 22, 2017 -> 11:35 PM)
Kershaw
Synder
Lester
Arrieta
Sale
Bumgarner
Scherzer
Porcello
Kluber
Cueto
Carrasco
Urias
Price
Darvish
C Martinez
Cole
Degrom
Tanaka
Verlander
Fulmer
Again, this is JUST 2017. Quintana's age and contract have no power in this world.
You could go either way on a few of them, but theres your 20. There are more guys (Teheran, Paxton, Roark, Hendricks etc.) that are debatable as well. Q is fringe T20 starter in baseball.
"Best understood"
Ha. Explain WAR in fewer words than batting average. And where are you getting this 10th best player in baseball from? He's the 11th best starter by WAR. Ofc the BEST UNDERSTOOD statistic in baseball has two different kinds depending on the site you're on, this is not an issue other LESS UNDERSTOOD statistics have.
Umm nope.
Then there is Verlander and Carrasco who have had injuries and I'm not sure I would rather have them