STARTERS: Young Emergers
May 27 2012
When it comes to identifying the most skilled young starting pitchers, names like Stephen Strasburg (RHP, WAS) and Clayton Kershaw (LHP, LA) quickly come to mind.
There are other young guys who may be ready to join their ranks.
Take this example:
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Age Ctl Dom HR/9 GB% BPV
=== === === ==== === ===
Player A 24 2.0 7.5 0.8 49% 108
Player B 23 2.5 8.2 0.5 48% 106
Both are lanky left-handers.
Player A won the NL Cy Young award in 2011.
Player B is Chris Sale (LHP, CHW).
Here are the top skills posted by SP this season who are age 26 or under:
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75+ BPV < = Age 26
Name League Age Ctl Dom HR/9 GB% BPV ==================== ...
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