Very early command sub-indicator changes, 2024

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 2023 to 2024 (min 20 IP each season):

			2023			2024			Δ
Name	Lg	Tm	SwK%	FpK%	Ball%	SwK%	FpK%	Ball%	SwK%	FpK%	Ball%
Ryan Feltner	NL	COL	8.3%	65%	37%	13.3%	66%	33%	5.0%	1%	-3%
Jack Flaherty	AL	DET	10.8%	59%	39%	15.0%	63%	34%	4.2%	4%	-5%
Jordan Wicks	NL	CHC	10.0%	54%	38%	13.9%	63%	36%	3.9%	9%	-2%
Nathan Eovaldi	AL	TEX	11.5%	60%	37%	15.1%	61%	35%	3.6%	1%	-2%
Ranger Suárez	NL	PHI	9.4%	62%	37%	11.9%	61%	34%	2.5%	-1%	-3%
Graham Ashcraft	NL	CIN	9.6%	60%	35%	12.0%	59%	35%	2.4%	-1%	0%
Jake Irvin	NL	WAS

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