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.

Major League Baseball aces for the 2008 season

Based on mlb.com depth charts.

NL East
Club Player
ATL Tim Hudson
FLA Ricky Nolasco
NYM Johan Santana
PHI Cole Hamels
WAS Odalis Perez
NL Central
Club Player
CHC Carlos Zambrano
CIN Edinson Volquez
HOU Roy Oswalt
MIL Ben Sheets
PIT Ian Snell
STL Adam Wainwright

(Chris Carpenter when in good health)

NL West
Club Player
ARI Brandon Webb
COL Aaron Cook
LAD Chad Billingsley
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 Cliff Lee
DET Justin Verlander
KC Zach Greinke
MIN Liván Hernández
AL West
Club Player
LAA John Lackey
OAK Justin Duchscherer
SEA Erik Bedard
TEX Kevin Millwood


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