STARTERS: Very early slow start holds
Apr 17 2016
With only extremely tiny data samples available to us after two weeks of the season, it's hard to put a lot of analytical reliability in skills at this point in the year.
That said, many owners will make rash drop decisions very early in the season once they start to accrue bad stats from their SP.
Let's take a closer look at several SP in each league whose bad starts shouldn't lead you to selling low.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chris Archer (RHP, TAM) is a young ace who has struggled mightily to start the season (5.87 ERA, 1.96 WHIP). You wouldn't know it by his early strikeout total though (23 K in 15 IP). And those Ks have come with the support of a 12.3% SwK%. Some control issues (8 BB in 15 IP) due to a lack of first-pitch strikes (56% FpK%)...
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