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MLB 2017: National League West Rankings

By Jason Evans

Jul 10, 2016; San Francisco, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner (40) reacts after striking out a Arizona Diamondbacks batter to end the top of the fourth inning at AT&T Park. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 10, 2016; San Francisco, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner (40) reacts after striking out a Arizona Diamondbacks batter to end the top of the fourth inning at AT&T Park. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports /
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Starting Pitching

5. Padres- They’ve rolled the dice on Jered Weaver, Jhoulys Chacin, and Trevor Cahill to compete with guys like Clayton Richard and Jarrod Cosart. The only young arm who could crack this is Luis Perdomo

4. Rockies- Chad Bettis led the way, but this rotation is about youngsters Jon Gray, Tyler Anderson and Jeff Hoffman. Tyler Chatwood is solid.

3. Diamondbacks- Zack Greinke will make around $1 million per start. He has to step up and be the ace and stay healthy this season. Shelby Miller can’t be as bad as he was last season. Taijuan Walker, Robbie Ray, Patrick Corbin, Archie Bradley and Brandon Shipley are all interesting young arms for this team.

2. Dodgers- The Dodgers have about 52 starting pitchers. Clayton Kershaw is the best on planet Earth. However, the rest of the rotation has injury questions (Rich Hill, Brandon McCarthy, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Scott Kazmir, Alex Wood) youth (Julio Urias) and Kenta Maeda who was their most durable.

1. Giants- Madison Bumgarner, Johnny Cueto, Matt Moore, Jeff Samardzija. Not a bad 1-4 in a rotation.

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