STARTERS: Young building blocks 2016

As we get deeper into May, we are starting to have enough data at our disposal to separate fact from fluke among early young SP performances.

Nearly 40 SP age 27 or under have posted a 75+ BPV so far in 2016:

75+ BPV YTD, Age 27 or Under*

Name          Lg  Age  Ctl  Dom   HR/9  GB%  H/S%   hr/f  FAv   SwK%  FpK%  Ball%  BPV
============  ==  ===  ===  ===  ====  ====  =====  ====  ====  ====  ====  =====  ===
Syndergaa, N  NL   23  1.7  12.3   0.3  57%  36/75%   6%  97.6  15.9%  66%    33%  211
Nola, A       NL   23  1.6   9.9   0.7  50%  24/66%  10%  90.2  10.0%  65%    30%  164
Walker, T     AL   23  0.9   8.7   0.3  52%  33/83%   5%  94.2   8.1%  55%    34%  162
Porcello, R   AL   27  1.7   9.9   1.4  49%  26/80%  17%  90.9   8.1% ...

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