Notes Reader Poll

If you can have any 5 starters beginning next April to try to win the series in 2007, who would they be?

Here's my answer:

Johan Santana

Francisco Liriano

Roy Halladay

Dan Haren

Mike Mussina

So everyone doesn't have to go looking stuff up, here are the top 25 guys in baseball sorted by opponent's on base percentage.

DIPS is ERA with the same defense and batting average per ball in play. WHIP is baserunners per inning.

PLAYER	TEAM	ERA	OBP	SLG	DIPS	K/BB	WHIP
Francisco Liriano	Min	1.96	.251	.285	2.58	4.28	0.96
Mike Mussina	NYY	3.40	.268	.363	3.57	4.68	1.05
Pedro Martinez	NYM	3.59	.268	.345	3.65	3.77	1.01
Johan Santana	Min	3.11	.273	.388	3.26	5.00	1.06
John Lackey	LAA	2.95	.277	.325	3.48	2.65	1.09
Roy Halladay	Tor	3.04	.282	.370	3.51	4.35	1.09
Curt Schilling	Bos	3.84	.285	.440	3.57	7.67	1.12
Jeremy Bonderman	Det	3.65	.289	.372	3.13	3.50	1.16
Brandon Webb	Ari	2.74	.290	.371	3.22	4.31	1.14
Bronson Arroyo	Cin	3.20	.291	.407	3.92	3.47	1.17
Justin Verlander	Det	2.69	.292	.359	4.02	2.44	1.13
Chris Carpenter	StL	2.93	.292	.373	3.63	3.41	1.14
Chris Young	SD	3.57	.294	.411	4.62	2.55	1.16
Dan Haren	Oak	3.72	.296	.409	3.95	3.74	1.15
Jason Schmidt	SF	3.18	.296	.363	3.68	2.29	1.19
Taylor Buchholz	Hou	5.96	.300	.472	5.03	2.53	1.21
John Smoltz	Atl	3.55	.300	.404	3.64	4.00	1.18
Jose Contreras	CWS	3.54	.301	.364	4.08	2.23	1.21
Jeff Francis	Col	3.63	.307	.377	4.27	1.72	1.20
Eric Milton	Cin	5.37	.309	.447	5.08	2.13	1.27
Tim Wakefield	Bos	4.14	.309	.383	4.63	1.86	1.25
Josh Beckett	Bos	4.76	.309	.454	5.28	2.43	1.24
Chris Capuano	Mil	3.78	.309	.438	3.75	4.03	1.26
C.C. Sabathia	Cle	3.82	.309	.371	3.51	3.17	1.26
Ervin Santana	LAA	4.20	.310	.388	4.17	2.11	1.23