Fantasy Baseball Top 30 Starting Pitchers for '11: Adam Wainwright Fallout

The news officially broke this afternoon: Adam Wainwright will in fact undergo Tommy John surgery costing him the entire 2011 season (and, quite possibly, a good chunk of 2012 as well).

Wainwright, coming off a year in which he went 20-11 with a 2.42 ERA, 1.05 WHIP and 213 K and finished second in the NL Cy Young voting, had come in at No. 5 in our previous starting pitcher rankings (click here to view, which will also bring a little bit more insight into the rankings).  It just shows how big of a void his injury leaves on fantasy baseball draft boards.

We have to persevere, however, so let’s take a look at how the Top 30 pitchers now look:

1. Roy Halladay – Philadelphia Phillies
2. Felix Hernandez – Seattle Mariners
3. Tim Lincecum – San Francisco Giants
4. Jon Lester – Boston Red Sox
5. CC Sabathia – New York Yankees
6. Cliff Lee – Philadelphia Phillies
7. Clayton Kershaw – Los Angeles Dodgers
8. Zack Greinke – Milwaukee Brewers
9. Jered Weaver – Los Angeles Angels
10. Justin Verlander – Detroit Tigers
11. Ubaldo Jimenez – Colorado Rockies
12. Josh Johnson – Florida Marlins
13. Francisco Liriano – Minnesota Twins
14. Chris Carpenter – St. Louis Cardinals
15. Yovani Gallardo – Milwaukee Brewers
16. Cole Hamels – Philadelphia Phillies
17. Clay Buchholz – Boston Red Sox
18. Mat Latos – San Diego Padres
19. Tommy Hanson – Atlanta Braves
20. Dan Haren – Los Angeles Angels
21. Roy Oswalt – Philadelphia Phillies
22. Colby Lewis – Texas Rangers
23. David Price – Tampa Bay Rays
24. Ricky Nolasco – Florida Marlins
25. Brett Anderson – Oakland Athletics
26. Matt Cain – San Francisco Giants
27. Max Scherzer – Detroit Tigers
28. Matt Garza – Chicago Cubs
29. Josh Beckett – Boston Red Sox
30. Chad Billingsley – Los Angeles Dodgers

What are your thoughts on the rankings?  Who’s too high?  Who’s too low?

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Make sure to check out our 2011 rankings:

• Top 15 Catchers
• Top 15 First Basemen
• Top 15 Second Basemen
• Top 15 Shortstops
• Top 15 Third Basemen
• Top 30 Outfielders
• Top 15 Closers
• 2011 Fantasy Draft First Round Breakdown

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