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[h=1]Top 10 left-handed starters[/h] Originally Published: October 15, 2014

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[h=5]Baseball Tonight: Top Pitchers[/h]Aaron Boone and Tim Kurkjian make their picks for the best left-handed starters, right-handed starters and relievers in the majors heading into the season.Tags: Madison Bumgarner, Aroldis Chapman, Cincinnati Reds, Felix Hernandez, MLB, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners


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The top 25 players of 2015 will be revealed during a special edition of "Baseball Tonight" on Tuesday, March 31, at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and WatchESPN.
DATELISTS
Mon., 3/23Top 10 -- LF, CF, RF
Tues., 3/24Top 10 -- SS
Wed., 3/25Top 10 -- 3B
Thurs., 3/26Top 10 -- RH starters, LH starters, relievers
Fri., 3/27Top 10 -- 1B, DH
Sat., 3/28Top 10 C
Sun., 3/29Top 10 2B
Mon., 3/30Top 100: Nos. 51-100
Tues., 3/31Top 100: Nos. 26-50, Top 25

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Who are the best players in Major League Baseball heading into the 2015 season?
ESPN formed a panel of MLB writers, analysts and contributors to rank the top 100. We'll run through the top 10 lists at every position each day and unveil the top 25 Tuesday with a special edition of "Baseball Tonight" (8 ET, ESPN2 & WatchESPN).
The results will be announced on ESPN.com, Facebook (ESPN Baseball Tonight) and Twitter (@BBTN). Fans can use the hashtag #BBTN100 to join the discussion and follow along.
To compile the top 100, we polled more than 60 ESPN experts in February and March, and started with a list of more than 300 players. Using a 0-to-10 scale, the experts evaluated the players based only on how well they will perform in 2015. Players expected to miss 2015 because of an injury were not included.
Left-handed starter is deep at the top with a number of stars. However, it falls off some after that.
Two players dropped out of the top 10 from last season -- Cliff Lee and CC Sabathia. Check out the list below to see who jumped into the top 10 for 2015.
Editor's note: This list was put together before the news that Hyun-Jin Ryu had an MRI on his left shoulder. For now, the injury looks short-term, so he remained in the top 10.
NO.NAMETEAMAGETWITTER2014 LHP RANK
1Clayton KershawLAD27@ClaytonKersh221
2Chris SaleCHW29None3
3Madison BumgarnerSF25None5
4David PriceDET29@DAVIDprice142
5Jon LesterCHC31None7
6Cole HamelsPHI31@TheHamels6
7Hyun-Jin RyuLAD27NoneNR
8Gio GonzalezWAS29@GioGonzalez478
9Drew SmylyTB25@SmylyDNR
10Francisco LirianoPIT31None10

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