Young targets, 2023 updated
Jul 29 2023
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.
Here are the starting pitchers age 26 or under who have posted the best skills so far in 2023:
| Name | Lg | Age | K% | BB% | K-BB% | GB% | SwK% | Ball% | BPV |
| Spencer Strider | NL | 24 | 40% | 7% | 33% | 33% | 19.6% | 31% | 202 |
| Nick Lodolo | NL | 25 | 28% | 6% | 22% | 46% | 13.0% | 35% | 175 |
| Braxton Garrett | NL | 25 | 27% | 4% | 23% | 47% | 13.0% | 33% | 169 |
| Logan Webb | NL | 26 | 25% | 5% | 21% | 60% | 9.3% | 32% | 158 |
| Taj Bradley | AL | 22 | 30% | 7% | 23% | 35% | 11.5% | 34% | 154 |
| Jesús Luzardo | NL | 25 | 29% | 7% | 23% | 42% | 14.5% | 35% | 150 |
| Reese Olson | AL | 23 | 27% | 6% | 21% | 40% | 12.5% | 36% | 146 |
| George Kirby | AL | 25 | 23% | 2% | 20% | 44% | 9.9% | 29% | 145 |
| Bryan Woo | AL | 23 | 29% | 7% | 22% | 40% | 12.9% | 32% | 145 |
| Cristopher Sánchez | NL | 26 | 23% | 4% | 19% | 55% | 9.9% | 32% | 143 |
| Hunter Brown | AL | 24 | 28% | 8% | 20% | 55% | 11.0% | 37% | 139 |
| Logan Gilbert | AL | 26 |
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