You will be very surprised at the big name pitcher who barely snuck into the initial Value Add Baseball rankings as the 100th most valuable starting pitcher in baseball. The following is the list of the Top 100 in Value Add, the breakdown of the number of wins a starting pitcher is worth to a team that is much more accurate than WAR because the calculations run on every start he makes.
(Traded players are listed with the team for whom they made the most starts this season.)
1, Patrick Corbin, Arizona Diamondbacks, 12.56.
2, Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers, 10.51.
3, Bartolo Colon, Oakland Athletics, 9.94.
4, Max Sherzer, Detroit Tigers, 9.83.
5, Jordan Zimmermann, Washington Nationals, 9.58.
6, Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals, 9.30.
7, Mat Latos, Cincinnati Reds, 8.62.
8, Jorge De La Rosa, Colorado Rockies, 8.59.
9, Matt Harvey, New York Mets, 8.48.
10, Hiroki Kuroda, New York Yankees, 8.45.
11, Cliff Lee, Philadelphia Phillies, 8.38.
12, Justin Masterson, Cleveland Indians, 8.31.
13, Madison Bumgarner, San Fransisco Giants, 8.24.
14, Julio Teheran, Atlanta Braves, 8.14.
15, Hisashi Iwakuma, Seattle Mariners, 8.10.
16, Mike Leake, Cincinnati Reds, 7.94.
17, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Los Angeles Dodgers, 7.92.
18, Chris Tillman, Baltimore Orioles, 7.88.
19, Jhoulys Chacin, Colorado Rockies, 7.87.
20, Matt Moore, Tampa Bay Rays, 7.82.
21, Shelby Miller, St. Louis Cardinals, 7.80.
22, Bronson Arroyo, Cincinnati Reds, 7.77.
23, James Shields, Kansas City Royals, 7.69.
24, Jeff Locke , Pittsburgh Pirates, 7.62.
25, Derek Holland, Texas Rangers, 7.61.
26, Felix Hernandez, Seattle Mariners, 7.61.
27, Mike Minor, Atlanta Braves, 7.47.
28, Jose Fernandez, Miami Marlins, 7.42.
29, Clay Buchholz, Boston Red Sox, 7.27.
30, Chris Sale, Chicago White Sox, 7.24.
31, C.J. Wilson, Los Angeles Angels, 7.23.
32, Jon Lester, Boston Red Sox, 7.21.
33, Gio Gonzalez, Washington Nationals, 7.21.
34, Yu Darvish, Texas Rangers, 7.10.
35, Jeremy Hellickson, Tampa Bay Rays, 7.01.
36, Miguel Gonzalez, Baltimore Orioles, 6.88.
37, A.J. Griffin, Oakland Athletics, 6.85.
38, Jeff Samardjiza, Chicago Cubs, 6.85.
39, Kyle Lohse, Milwaukee Brewers, 6.84.
40, Ricky Nolasco, Miami Marlins, 6.84.
41, Jeremy Guthrie, Kansas City Royals, 6.76.
42, Kyle Kendrick, Philadelphia Phillies, 6.71.
43, Felix Doubront, Boston Red Sox, 6.42.
44, Francisco Liriano, Pittsburgh Pirates, 6.31.
45, Mark Buehrle, Toronto Blue Jays, 6.25.
46, Ervin Santana, Kansas City Royals, 6.06.
47, Matt Garza, Chicago Cubs, 5.99.
48, Jarrod Parker, Oakland Athletics, 5.83.
49, CC Sabathia, New York Yankees, 5.78.
50, Travis Wood, Chicago Cubs, 5.71.
51, Jered Weaver, LA Angels, 5.67.
52, Lance Lynn, St. Louis Cardinals, 5.67.
53, Eric Stults, San Diego Padres, 5.63.
54, R.A. Dickey, Toronto Blue Jays, 5.52.
55, Zack Greinke, Los Angeles Dodgers, 5.46.
56, Justin Verlander, Detroit Tigers, 5.40.
57, Tommy Milone, Oakland Athletics, 5.31.
58, Tim Hudson, Atlanta Braves, 5.29.
59, Kris Medlen, Atlanta Braves, 5.28.
60, Scott Feldman, Chicago Cubs, 5.28.
61, Samuel Deduno, Minnesota Twins, 5.28.
62, Tyler Chatwood, Colorado, 5.22.
63, John Lackey, Boston Red Sox, 5.17.
64, Ubaldo Jimenez, Cleveland Indians, 5.10.
65, Doug Fister, Detroit Tigers, 4.95.
66, Kevin Correia, Minnesota Twins, 4.93.
67, Chris Archer, Tampa Bay, 4.89.
68, Jake Westbrook, St. Louis Cardinals, 4.81.
69, Rick Porcello, Detroit Tigers, 4.79.
70, Jose Quintana, Chicago White Sox, 4.71.
71, A.J. Burnett, Pittsburgh Pirates, 4.68.
72, Homer Bailey, Cincinnati Reds, 4.64.
73, Corey Kluber, Cleveland Indians, 4.59.
74, Jason Marquis, San Diego Padres, 4.58.
75, David Price, Tampa Bay, 4.57.
76, Ryan Dempster, Boston Red Sox, 4.54.
77, Bud Norris, Houston Astros, 4.51.
78, Wily Peralta, Milwaukee Brewers, 4.50.
79, Dillon Gee, New York Mets, 4.34.
80, Anibal Sanchez, Detroit Tigers, 4.31.
81, Jake Peavy, Chicago White Sox, 4.07.
82, Stephen Strasburg, Washington Nationals, 4.05.
83, Matt Cain, San Francisco Giants, 3.99.
84, Wade Miley, Arizona Diamondbacks, 3.99.
85, Jason Vargas, Los Angeles Angels, 3.99.
86, Alex Cobb, Tampa Bay, 3.97.
87, Andrew Cashner, San Diego Padres, 3.93.
88, Dan Straily, Oakland A’s, 3.67.
89, Juan Nicasio, Colorado Rockies, 3.56.
90, Edison Volquez, San Diego Padres, 3.41.
91, Andy Pettitte, New York Yankees, 3.39.
92, Jacob Turner, Miami Marlins, 3.38.
93, Alexi Ogando, Texas Rangers, 3.38.
94, Joe Saunders, Seattle Mariners, 3.24.
95, Wei-Yin Chen, Baltimore Orioles, 3.11.
96, Paul Maholm, Atlanta Braves, 3.07.
97, Cole Hamels, Philadelphia Phillies, 3.05.
98, Edwin Jackson, Chicago Cubs, 3.05.
99, Ian Kennedy, Arizona Diamondbacks, 3.04.
100, Tim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants, 2.94.