Next year young pitching keepers

I wrote about keeper prospects out of the young hitters for the years to come yesterday. Today we're going to focus on those younger pitchers that I feel will be ready in a year or two to begin helping with your team. Guys like Kershaw, or Lester from last year, or Hamels from a few years ago are too well known to get any good value for them.

So who do I think will be a breakout either in the 2nd half of next year or the year after?

Chris Carpenter
Ricky Nolasco
Ubaldo Jimenez
Chris Volstad
Matt Garza
Scott Baker
David Price (might be too expensive to get him)
Clay Buchholz
Phil Hughes (health concerns)

It's always good to at least look at those players who are recovering from surgeries. Liriano is a good example of this. next year he will be at full strength for the whole season. Carpenter will likely fall in this category as well.

Starting tomorrow (maybe earlier) I'll resume the normal Buy Low/Sell High columns.