STARTERS: September skill split speculations
Aug 25 2013
If you're looking to gamble on starting pitching over the final five weeks, you need to dig deep. That's what we'll do here.
Let's take our final in-season look at wide skill splits to find the SP whose aggregate skills might be masking some elite skill flashes.
First, here are the SP with the widest skill splits when facing LH/RH bats:
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BPV vs. LH/RH Bats -------vs LH------- | -------vs RH------- | Diff Name League Throws Ctl Dom GB% BPV | Ctl Dom GB% BPV | BPV ================== ====== ====== === ==== === === | === ==== === === | ==== Saunders, Joe AL LHP 1.9 7.9 58% 128 | 3.4 4.1 48% 8 | -120 Kershaw, Clayton NL LHP 1.9 13.9...
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