STARTERS: Very early fast start holds, 2020
Aug 15 2020
It's important to know which starting pitchers that are off to quick starts are worth holding, since there is a motivation to avoid downturns in this sprint season.
Here are several guys worth holding on to in each league that own shiny surface stats.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Shane Bieber (RHP, CLE) has developed into a true ace so far in 2020. He has a 1.63 ERA and 0.76 WHIP after four starts. His skills are just as exciting: 14.0 Dom, 1.6 Ctl, 46% GB%, 232 BPV. And they are backed by the highest rate of whiffs in the game (19.0% SwK%) as well as tons of first-pitch strikes (67% FpK%). His slider and curve were his money strikeout pitches in 2019. This season, he has added a deadly cutter to the mix (32.4% SwK%). And it's a pitch that has...
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