Starting pitcher is the deepest fantasy baseball position out there. Due to this, one of the most common draft strategies is to wait until the middle rounds to start selecting them. While this is still a viable strategy, it also should be known that four of numberFire's top eight fantasy players for 2015 are starting pitchers. A deep position can still be top-heavy, and that's the case here -- acquiring one of the big dogs is an easy way to add 200 innings of silky pitching to those Roto totals, or a nice advantage to have going into head-to-head playoff matchups.

The 2015 numberFire baseball projections are based on a traditional 5x5 setup, with positional scarcity playing a factor as well.

With all of that said, let's took a look at the top-10 pitchers for 2015. There are a lot of familiar faces in this group, and you may find that the differences between many of the pitchers are minimal. To separate them, it's recommended to use the statistic you desire most as the tiebreaker. For me, it would be strikeouts, but it will depend on your preferences and/or team needs.

1. Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers

FanGraphs, Sale has gotten better each year as a starter, as we saw him reach career highs with 10.76 strikeouts per nine innings (K/9) and 0.67 home runs per nine innings (HR/9). Combine that with outstanding control (2.02 walks per nine in 2014), and you get a true fantasy ace. Chris Sale has some similarities to FantasyPros average draft position (ADP) data shows that Wainwright's ADP is 42.5. In fact, Wainwright's going later than a few pitchers ranked later in this list. There's a discount on Wainwright, if you can swallow the risk.

7. Madison Bumgarner, San Francisco Giants

Click here for the rest of the starting pitcher rankings.