By Adam McGill The starting pitcher position has slowly become the most valuable spot on fantasy baseball rosters, as there is a huge disparity between the fifth best pitcher in the MLB and the twenty-fifth best pitcher. Below is my latest off-season report for starting pitchers:   Early Top-Ten: 1. Roy Halladay, PHI – “Doc Halladay” has been the main gunslinger...

Your fantasy baseball drafts are right around the corner.  Here’s my attempt at separating 40 starting pitchers into eight tiers. Tiers are very subjective and one player could easily be considered just good enough or just bad enough to be in the next higher or lower tier. Let me know what you think.  Also check out my fantasy baseball first basemen tiers, second basemen...

Well, it’s no secret, starting pitcher get treated like red-headed stepchildren when it comes to fantasy baseball. They are constantly passed over for hitters. Time and time again they are knocked down the overall rankings sheet because they throw a ball for a living instead of hitting it, and rightfully so! Poor multi-millions, why don’t you go cry to your super-model wife...

Jered Weaver made headlines in 2011 for plenty of good reasons and a few not so good ones. Now in 2012, Weaver will be charged with maintaining his now nationally known dominance, justifying his big contract extension and leading one of the best rotations in baseball. 2011 Stats: 18-8, 235.2 IP, 2.41 ERA, 182 H, 56 BB, 20 HR, 198 K 2012 ZiPS Projections: 16-8, 216.2 IP, 3.16...

With Marlins SS Emilio Bonifacio going to hearing today, 2012 will pass last year in terms of the number of salary arbitration hearings that will take place. Last year, just three players went to salary arbitration hearing with their respective clubs (Ross Ohlendorf- Pirates, Jered Weaver – Angels, and Hunter Pence – Astros) with all but Weaver having the arbitration panel rule...

The new trend in Major League Baseball is to lock up your young, cost-controlled talent to long-term deals. In the past, teams seemed hesitant to do that with pitchers, but they're starting to become a little more loose with that idea. In recent years, guys like Felix Hernandez, CC Sabathia, Jered Weaver, and CJ Wilson have all gotten long-term deals as starters, be it from their...

Cole Hamels wants to be paid. His agent, John Boggs, said that Jered Weaver and the paycut he took to stay with the Angels probably won't translate into this scenario. [Todd Zolecki's Zo Zone] “It would be natural to look at that as a comparison,” he said. “Jered signed for his own personal reasons – and I applaud him for that – but it doesn’t necessarily mean...

It may have been Jered Weaver getting all of the Cy Young attention in 2011, but a case could be made that Dan Haren was actually better than Weaver last season.  Can Haren repeat the same kind of success in 2012 and if so, will it actually get noticed this time? (EDITOR'S NOTE: Due to the early start, not all stat projection systems are available yet, but I will update...

Pioneer sabermetrician, Bill James, has come out with his 2012 projection for the Major League season, and some interesting conclusions can be drawn from them. Based on the FIP pitching metric, a defense independent measure of pitcher’s effectiveness, 2011 NL Cy Young award winner, Clayton Kershaw (2.72 projected FIP) projects as the number one pitcher in baseball in 2012...

Jered Weaver is looking forward to a little holiday-season downtime. Before that, he took some time to share some holiday thoughts with MLB.com.

This is asking a lot, but forget about Albert Pujols. The Los Angeles Angels finished second to the Texas Rangers in the American League West a year ago on the strength of one of the best 1-2-3 starting pitching trios in the majors. Jered Weaver would have been a Cy Young Award winner most years, and Dan Haren and Ervin Santana provided strong support.

Today, Andrew Friedman inked his number 1 pitching prospect Matt Moore to a 5 year/$14 million dollar deal that has 3 club options valuing the total contract at $39.75 million. I wrote a brief post on Moore before his ALDS Game 1 start that detailed the track record of the 22 year old left-hander. Some experts say he’s more talented than mega-prospect Stephen Strasburg, and...

Who is Jerry Dipoto? I think that everyone mildly competent when it comes to baseball and the sports world knows that name by now (click for more info on the Angels GM). Because today, Thursday December 8th, 2011; Jerry Dipoto has shocked the baseball world. Dipoto has made five moves thus far, as the Los Angels Angels General Manager, and each one has been significant and has...

The Winter Meetings are over, and the Los Angeles Angels are all smiles. They signed that Pujols guy. I’m told he is pretty good, but I’m not here to talk about Pujols right now. I’m here to talk about the new Big Three in baseball, Jered Weaver, Dan Haren, and CJ Wilson. Wilson settled on the Angels moments after Pujols; debating years/money over team/location...

Jerry Dipoto just can't be stopped. On the same morning he signs Albert Pujols, he also adds C.J. Wilson. The latter being added for a much more reasonable five years and $77.5 million. By comparison to Pujols, that looks like he is practically free. More importantly, that contract is smaller when compared to Jered Weaver, so it seems that Dipoto got Wilson for a pretty...

In quite the shocker, the Los Angeles Angels are the over-payers of the year. Instead of becoming the face of the Florida Marlins latino push or staying the face of the St. Louis Cardinals, baseball guy for Yahoo! Sports Tim Brown says that Albert Pujols will be signing with the Angels for 10 years, around $250-260 million. More Information

Jered Weaver tossed one of the best performances by a 28-year-old in history during his stellar 2011 campaign for the Angels.

Bob Garber makes that assertion at winter meetings, but Angels GM Jerry Dipoto doesn't appear inclined to give the free-agent pitcher more than the $85 million the club gave to Jered Weaver. Wilson reportedly is seeking at least $100 million.Bob Garber makes that assertion at winter meetings, but Angels GM Jerry Dipoto doesn't appear inclined to give the free-agent pitcher...

So, C.J. Wilson wants $100 million from the Angels, eh? What a preposterous notion, right? Well, most Angel fans seem to think so and that if he really thinks he is worth, then good luck to him finding some other fools to pay him. To others, they think that if that is what the market dictates, then give it to him. So who's right? Not that it is going to make a lick of differnce...

During these gray holiday doldrums, do you ever find yourself wondering what Ryan Kalish has been up to? Or do you long to re-connect with his sparkle, his charisma, his fascinating ways?M-E-T-H-O-D-O-F-L-O-V-E! That's what I say!1. Wait, Kalish hit a grand slam off Jered Weaver? How do I not remember this?2. Chili Davis understood what Kalish was going through, because he was a...

By Jonathan Northrop - Angelswin.com ColumnistA Brief History of Angelic AcesFor most of the franchise’s 51-year history, the Angels have had a clear staff ace—a pitcher who, if not always one of the best in the league, was clearly the top pitcher on the team. During the first half of the 60s it was Dean Chance who, while only playing a bit over five years for the Angels from...

I completed my second trade with the ultra mysterious Doon from The Adventures of Napkin Doon. Doon always finds amazing cards at his local card shop's auctions, and I swoop in to deal for 'em. It's a simple process, and Doon is an excellent middleman. In exchange for a pair of relics and an auto, Nap sent these beauties my way.Some sort of parallel - I've stopped...

86-76, 2nd place, 10 GBFragile Freddy’s “Two A Days” series continues today with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Each day (except Saturday) I will feature two clubs, one AL club, one NL club, and look back at their season. For each club I will comment on a key position player and pitcher (generally in a positive tone), their #1 prospect according to Baseball America, note...

The easiest way to approve of the unanimous Cy Young Justin Verlander won is to consider the outstanding pitchers he overshadowed. Jered Weaver posted an 18-8 record, 2.41 ERA and 198 strikeouts, numbers that in any other year, garner him the plaudits reserved in 2011 for his Detroit counterpart. James Shields quietly pushed around the American League East (16-12, 2.82 ERA, 225 strikeouts...

The November 16th, 2011 edition of daily news for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim including Weaver finishes second in AL Cy Young voting, former manager Lachemann rejoins the Angels in a front office capacity, DiPoto now chasing second-tier relievers and meeting with...