Which American League playoff teams have a pitching advantage? There have been plenty of unsung playoff pitching heroes over the years, from Colby Lewis last year to Orlando Hernandez on the '98 Yankees, and it's almost a certainty that someone near the bottom of this list will step up this year and make me look foolish, but here's my attempt at ranking the potential American League postseason starting pitchers:
Justin Verlander, DET
CC Sabathia, NYY
Jon Lester, BOS
Josh Beckett, BOS
CJ Wilson, TEX
Alexei Ogando, TEX
Ivan Nova, NYY
Max Scherzer, DET
Matt Harrison, TEX
Doug Fister, DET
Derek Holland, TEX
Bartolo Colon, NYY
Freddy Garcia, NYY
Rick Porcello, DET
John Lackey, BOS
Brad Penny, DET
Tim Wakefield, BOS
AJ Burnett, NYY
*It would give me limitless joy to amend this post in a few days to include those pesky Tampa Bay Rays, but I'll leave them on the sidelines for now.
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