STARTERS: April BPV Leaders

Let's begin our regular look back at the starting pitchers who posted the best skills during the previous month.

The goal is to find buying opportunities that could be hidden by mediocre surface stats. We'll also sprinkle in a few guys on whom you should consider selling high.

Here are the SP who displayed the best BPV in April:

75+ BPV April

Name                League  Ctl  Dom   HR/9  GB%  H%   S%   BPV
==================  ======  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ===
Hamels, Cole            NL  1.0  10.3   0.7  38%  34%  76%  173
Sanchez, Anibal         NL  2.7  11.3   0.7  50%  30%  76%  157
Strasburg, Stephen      NL  1.7   9.6   0.0  47%  28%  86%  151
Lee, Cliff              NL  0.8   7.0   0.8  61%  20%  79%  145
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