Ace (baseball)

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In baseball, a team's ace is the best starting pitcher in the team and nearly always the first pitcher in the starting rotation. Barring injury or exceptional circumstances, the ace is usually the pitcher that starts on Opening Day. In addition, aces are usually preferred to start crucial playoff games, sometimes on three days' rest.

[edit] Major League Baseball aces for the 2008 season

Based on mlb.com depth charts.

NL East
Club Player
ATL Tim Hudson
FLA Scott Olsen
NYM Johan Santana
PHI Cole Hamels
WAS Odalis Perez
NL Central
Club Player
CHC Carlos Zambrano
CIN Aaron Harang
HOU Roy Oswalt
MIL Ben Sheets
PIT Ian Snell
STL Adam Wainwright
NL West
Club Player
ARI Brandon Webb
COL Aaron Cook
LAD Brad Penny
SD Jake Peavy
SF Tim Lincecum
AL East
Club Player
BAL Jeremy Guthrie
BOS Josh Beckett
NYY Chien-Ming Wang
TB Scott Kazmir
TOR Roy Halladay
AL Central
Club Player
CWS Mark Buehrle
CLE C. C. Sabathia
DET Justin Verlander
KC Gil Meche
MIN Livan Hernandez
AL West
Club Player
LAA Jered Weaver
OAK Joe Blanton
SEA Erik Bedard
TEX Kevin Millwood


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