STARTERS: Very early command sub-indicator surgers, 2023
Apr 29 2023
It's still risky to put significant stock into early-season skills, especially aggregate measures like strikeouts and walks. But looking into the components that drive them can be a helpful early-season exercise, since they represent larger sample sizes.
These starting pitchers have increased their swinging strike rates the most from 2022 to 2023:
For background on the command sub-indicators shown above, reference the following:
- Swinging strike rate (SwK%)
- First-pitch strike rate (FpK%)
- Ball percentage (Ball%)
- Called + swinging strike rate (CSW%)
Let's take a closer look at several starting pitchers whose command sub-indicators are showing significant improvement so far in 2023.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
José Berríos (RHP, TOR) seems primed...
Almost!
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