Hill couldn’t find the plate last spring and was quickly banished to the minors, but he was one of baseball’s better left-handed starters in 2007 (11-8, 3.92 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 183-to-63 K-to-walk ratio). Perhaps the change in scenery will help.
THE BEST OF THE REST
101. Glen Perkins, MIN
102. Anibal Sanchez, FLA
103. John Lannan, WAS
104. Greg Smith, COL
105. Tim Wakefield, BOS
106. Edwin Jackson, DET
107. Bartolo Colon, CHW +
108. Randy Wolf, LA
109. Brad Penny, BOS +
110. J.A. Happ, PHI
111. Homer Bailey, CIN
112. Barry Zito, SF
113. Kyle Davies, KC
114. Gio Gonzalez, OAK
115. Franklin Morales, COL
116. Sean Gallagher, OAK
117. Micah Owings, CIN
118. Clay Buchholz, BOS
119. Phil Hughes, NYY
120. Brandon McCarthy, TEX
121. Dallas Braden, OAK
122. Luke Hochevar, KC
123. Carl Pavano, CLE
124. Yusmeiro Petit, ARI (RP)
125. Ryan Rowland-Smith, SEA (RP)
126. Matt Harrison, TEX
127. Aaron Laffey, CLE
128. Doug Davis, ARI
129. Kevin Millwood, TEX
130. Joel Pineiro, STL
131. Jason Marquis, COL
132. Jeff Niemann, TB
133. Jonathon Niese, NYM
134. Andrew Miller, FLA
135. Scott Richmond, TOR
136. Jason Schmidt, LA
137. Braden Looper, MIL +
138. Jorge Campillo, ATL
139. Tom Glavine, ATL +
140. Jarrod Washburn, SEA
141. Jeff Suppan, MIL
142. James McDonald, LA
143. Michael Bowden, BOS
144. David Purcey, TOR
145. Josh Outman, OAK
146. Jose Contreras, CHW +
147. Edgar Gonzalez, OAK
148. Clayton Richard, CHW
149. Tom Gorzelanny, PIT
150. Carlos Villanueva, MIL (RP)
151. Scott Lewis, CLE
152. Radhames Liz, BAL
153. Jorge De La Rosa, COL
154. Mike Hampton, HOU
155. Shairon Martis, WAS
156. Jeff Karstens, PIT
157. Jason Bergmann, WAS
158. Tim Redding, NYM
159. Cha Seung Baek, SD (RP)
160. Josh Geer, SD
161. Chad Gaudin, CHC (RP)
162. Zach Duke, PIT
163. Troy Patton, BAL
164. Garrett Olson, SEA
165. Jo-Jo Reyes, ATL
166. Noah Lowry, SF +
167. Ian Kennedy, NYY
168. Scott Feldman, TEX
169. Daniel Cabrera, WAS
170. Brian Bannister, KC
171. Freddy Garcia, NYM
172. Ben Sheets +
173. Nick Adenhart, LAA
174. Brian Moehler, HOU
175. Kevin Correia, SD
176. Ryan Tucker, FLA
177. Tim Hudson, ATL +
178. Kyle Kendrick, PHI
179. Dustin Moseley, LAA
180. Zach Jackson, CLE
181. Chad Reineke, SD
182. Phil Dumatrait, PIT +
183. Mark Hendrickson, BAL (RP)
184. Kason Gabbard, TEX +
185. Boof Bonser, MIN + (RP)
186. Collin Balester, WAS
187. Jeremy Sowers, CLE
188. Chris Sampson, HOU + (RP)
189. Josh Banks, SD
190. Nate Robertson, DET
191. Odalis Perez
192. Chan Ho Park, PHI (RP)
193. Greg Reynolds, COL
194. Wade LeBlanc, SD
195. Alfredo Aceves, NYY
196. Mitchell Boggs, STL +
197. Tyler Clippard, WAS
198. Livan Hernandez, NYM
199. Zach Miner, DET (RP)
200. Shawn Hill, WAS +
201. Seth McClung, MIL (RP)
202. Ramon A. Ramirez, CIN
203. Dontrelle Willis, DET
204. Ross Detwiler, WAS
205. Mark Prior, SD +
206. Hayden Penn, BAL
207. Paul Byrd
208. Felipe Paulino, HOU
209. Jason Hirsh, COL
210. Chris Waters, BAL
211. Brandon Backe, HOU +
212. Julian Tavarez, ATL (RP)
213. Brad Thompson, STL (RP)
214. Matt Clement, TOR
215. Rodrigo Lopez, PHI
216. Jake Westbrook, CLE +
217. Horacio Ramirez, KC (RP)
218. Matt Belisle, CIN +
219. Carlos Silva, SEA
220. Chris Capuano, MIL +
PROSPECTS TO KEEP AN EYE ON
1. Brett Cecil, TOR
2. Tommy Hanson, ATL
3. Aaron Poreda, CHW
4. David Huff, CLE
5. Jess Todd, STL
6. Carlos Carrasco, PHI
7. Adam Miller, CLE +
8. Brad Bergesen, BAL
9. Brett Anderson, OAK
10. Trevor Cahill, OAK
11. Wade Davis, TB
12. David Hernandez, BAL
13. Derek Holland, TEX
14. Neftali Feliz, TEX
15. Vin Mazzaro, OAK
16. Kevin Mulvey, MIN
17. Antonio Bastardo, PHI
18. Jeff Marquez, CHW
19. Junichi Tazawa, BOS
20. Jeremy Hellickson, TB
21. Rick Porcello, DET
22. Madison Bumgarner, SF
23. Jhoulys Chacin, COL
24. James Simmons, OAK
25. Jake Arrieta, BAL
26. Tim Alderson, SF
27. Brian Matusz, BAL
28. Josh Lindblom, LA
29. Daniel Cortes, KC
30. Cesar Valdez, ARI
FANTASY PREVIEW SCHEDULE
Monday, Feb. 23 - Intro & Catchers
Wednesday, Feb. 25 - First Basemen
Friday, Feb. 27 - Second Basemen
Monday, March 2 - Third Basemen
Wednesday, March 4 - Shortstops
Friday, March 6 - Outfielders
Monday, March 9 - DH-only
Wednesday, March 11 - Starting Pitchers
Friday, March 13 - Relief Pitchers
Jay LeBlanc is an assistant news editor at The Washington Times. He can be reached at jleblanc@washingtontimes.com.
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