STARTERS: Home/road splits 2014
Aug 10 2014
Managing the usage of your starting rotation is a critical stretch-run strategy for owners in tight races in their pitching categories.
A simple way to do this is to look at the home/road splits of your starting pitchers and use them where they are at their best, if your league's transaction rules allow for it.
Our research in 2013 on pitching home/road splits suggests that pitchers post better stats and skills at home. Some specific tips from our findings:
- If you want to gain significant ground in ERA and WHIP, keep all your average or worse SP benched on the road.
- A pitcher's win percentage drops by 15% when on the road, so don't bank on road starts as a means to catch up in wins.
- Control erodes by 10% on the road, so be...
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