STARTERS: Mid-Season Buy Low Targets
Jul 8 2012
With three month's worth of stats and skills now at our disposal, let's take a mid-season look at those posted by starting pitchers to target buying opportunities.
We'll do this by comparing xERA with actual ERA to find SP whose skills suggest that ERA improvement could be on the horizon.
xERA vs. ERA Variance Name League Ctl Dom HR/9 GB% H% S% BPV ERA xERA Diff ==================== ====== === ==== ==== === === === === ==== ==== ===== Hudson, Daniel NL 2.4 7.3 1.8 37% 37% 57% 83 7.35 4.14 -3.20 Volstad, Chris NL 3.4 5.4 0.8 49% 35% 49% 32 7.94 4.72 -3.20 Blackburn, Nick AL 3.1 4.3 2.1 50% 34% 57% 20 8.10 5.08 -3.00...
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