MARKET PULSE: 9.00+ ERAs that we like

See the end of the article for an explanation of the ratings used here. And a thousand thanks to the folks at OnRoto.com for providing the oh-so-important league ownership data for this article.

Happy second half! Today marks the very unofficial start of the second half of the season. So what insights have we gained? Well, it feels like we're on a pace to break the Tommy John surgery record—just one more piece of evidence that paying for starting pitching is a gamble. With the attrition rate among starting pitchers, there are a lot of new names on the free agent report each week. So let's sort through some of them.

Shallow Leagues

The old man's still got it. Todd Helton (1B, COL) is following up a very respectable 2011 with an...

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