Young targets, 2024

Identifying young starting pitchers worth targeting in your drafts can help you maximize the profit potential from your starting rotation.

Here are the starting pitchers age 26 or under (min 30 IP) who posted the best skills in 2023:

Name

Lg

Age

K%

BB%

K-BB%

GB%

SwK%

Ball%

EV 

BPV

Tarik Skubal

AL

26

33%

5%

28%

52%

14.9%

31%

88.5 

193 

Spencer Strider

NL

24

37%

8%

29%

34%

18.9%

32%

88.4 

180 

Nick Lodolo

NL

25

28%

6%

22%

46%

13.0%

35%

90.8 

175 

Cristopher Sánchez

NL

26

24%

4%

20%

57%

11.4%

33%

88.9 

152 

Logan Webb

NL

26

23%

4%

19%

62%

9.0%

32%

90.7 

151 

George Kirby

AL

25

23%

3%

20%

44%

10.9%

29%

89.2 

144 

Braxton Garrett

NL

25

24%

5%

20%

50%

11.3%

34%

90.3 

143 

Logan Gilbert

AL

26

25%

5%

20%

41%

12.1%

33%

90.5 

134 

Hunter Brown

AL

24

27%

8%

19%

52%

10.7%

37%

90.9 

133 

Cole Ragans

AL

25

31%

9%

22%

46%

15.0%

36%

87.2 

133 

Jesús...

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