STARTERS: Young building blocks, 2015

Now that we're six weeks into the season, data samples are getting large enough to begin to separate facts from flukes among SP, especially young ones.

Here are the most skilled starting pitchers age 26 or under:

70+ BPV YTD, Age 26 or Under*

Name         League  Age  Ctl  Dom   HR/9  GB%  H%   S%   hr/f  FAv   SwK%  FpK%  BPV
===========  ======  ===  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ====  ====  ====  ====  ===
Salazar, D       AL   25  1.7  12.8   1.4  44%  34%  71%   22%  95.2  15.8%  50%  206
Pineda, M        AL   26  0.7   8.7   0.5  54%  33%  72%    6%  91.2  10.5%  68%  170
Harvey, M        NL   26  1.1   9.1   0.8  45%  29%  79%   10%  95.1  11.3%  69%  158
Cole, G          NL   24  2.5   9.8   0.5  60%  32%  82%   11%  95.1 ...

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