STARTERS: Very early command sub-indicator changes, 2019
Apr 27 2019
It's still way too early to put significant stock into early-season skills for most SP, especially aggregate measures like strikeouts and walks. But looking into the components that drive them can be a helpful early-season exercise, since they represent a larger sample size of data points.
For reference, you can review our research of each command sub-indicator here to understand how they drive skills like strikeouts and walks:
- Swinging Strike Rate (SwK%)
- First Pitch Strike Rate (FpK%)
- Ball Percentage (Ball%)
First, these SP have posted a wide change in their swinging strike rate from 2018 to 2019:
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Swinging Strike Rate (SwK%) - 2019 YTD vs. 2018* Name League SwK% '19 SwK% '18 Diff =================== ====== ...
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