STARTERS: Lefty-righty BPV splits, 2014

As spring training nears, there will be increased news about pitchers working on new pitches.

A lot of that can be dismissed as noise. However, SP who have flashed elite skills against certain sided batters could emerge quickly with a new or refined pitch against batters they have struggled against in the past.

Here are the SP who had the widest LH-RH BPV splits in 2014:

  • BPV vs. RH-LH*
    
    Name                League  Throws  BPV vs. LH  BPV vs. RH  Diff
    ==================  ======  ======  ==========  ==========  ====
    Hernandez, Roberto      FA     RHP      -63         97      +160
    Jimenez, Ubaldo         AL     RHP      -35         89      +124
    Lincecum, Tim           NL     RHP        2        124      +122
    Correia, Kevin          AL  ...

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