By The Numbers: Best Pitcher For The Buck

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Forbes staff

http://www.forbes.com/2008/04/15/bes...hisSpeed=29000

1BRANDON WEBB
2008 salary: $5.5 mil
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS
Baseball's best bargain won Cy Young Award in 2006.

2JAKE PEAVY
2008 salary: $6.5 mil
SAN DIEGO PADRES
Led league in ERA, strikeouts and wins in 2007.

3JOHN LACKEY
2008 salary: $7 mil
L.A. ANGELS OF ANAHEIM
Top 5 in ERA in American League for 3 straight years.

4JOHAN SANTANA
2008 salary: $19 mil
NEW YORK METS
Majors' best pitcher signed a $137.5 million deal in February.

5AARON HARANG
2008 salary: $6.8 mil
CINCINNATI REDS
Reds' 6-foot-7 ace is third in innings pitched since 2005.

6JOHN SMOLTZ
2008 salary: $14 mil
ATLANTA BRAVES
Has won a record 15 postseason games.

7DAN HAREN
2008 salary: $4 mil
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS
Former A's pitcher is cheapest option among elite hurlers.

8ROY OSWALT
2008 salary: $13 mil
HOUSTON ASTROS
His 49 wins are most in National League in past 3 years.

9CARLOS ZAMBRANO
2008 salary: $15 mil
CHICAGO CUBS
Signed 5-year extension in 2007, worth $91.5 million.

10C.C. SABATHIA
2008 salary: $11 mil
CLEVELAND INDIANS
Set to cash in as contract expires at end of season.

[thesandman]

10C.C. SABATHIA
2008 salary: $11 mil
CLEVELAND INDIANS
Set to cash in as contract expires at end of season.

You forgot a zero. It should read 100 C.C. SABATHIA.
And Barry Zito moves up to 99.

It's interesting the salary gap with half making less than 7 M this year and the other half making over 10 M.