STARTERS: Young targets, 2022 updated
Jul 30 2022
Young starting pitchers with a solid base of skills are attractive targets moving into the season's final two months, as well as for those in keeper leagues.
First, let's take a look at the number of innings pitched by starting pitchers age 26 or under by team. This will help you identify the clubs that have been most willing to employ young starters:
Here are the young starting pitchers who have posted the best skills so far in 2022:
Let's take a closer look at some of the more intriguing names in the above sheet.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Logan Gilbert (RHP, SEA) has posted rotation-anchor stats in 2022 (2.77 ERA, 1.15 WHIP). Sure, an 80% S% and 9% hr/f have helped to keep those numbers low. But Gilbert's skills have been good (107 BPV),...
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