STARTERS: Early sell-high targets, 2015

After our early-season focus on buying opportunities, let's take a look at some guys who are overperforming their base skills.

These SP have the largest ERA vs. expected ERA (xERA) variances, meaning their sexy surface stats haven't been accompanied with full skill support:

  • ERA vs. xERA*
    
    Name                 League  ERA   xERA  Diff
    ===================  ======  ====  ====  =====
    Martinez, Nick           AL  1.88  4.34  -2.46
    Harang, Aaron            NL  2.03  3.94  -1.91
    Santiago, Hector         AL  2.41  4.29  -1.88
    Gibson, Kyle             AL  2.70  4.57  -1.87
    Greinke, Zack            NL  1.52  3.34  -1.82
    Wacha, Michael           NL  2.06  3.88  -1.82
    Miller, Shelby           NL  1.60  3.38  -1.78
    Chen, Wei-Yin            AL ...

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