STARTERS: BPV by time through lineup, 2016

Looking at the skill splits of starting pitchers can be an effective way to identify skill flashes worth speculating on, especially in deep leagues.

Let's wrap up our current one-split-away series by looking at the skills posted by SP by time through lineup.

Our prior research has shown that a SP's stats and skills erode the more times they go through lineups during a game. Some key takeaways:

  • SPs allow significantly fewer baserunners early in games
  • Dom (K/9) consistently erodes the more times SPs go through lineups
  • Ctl (BB/9) stays constant the more times SPs go through lineups
  • There is a consistent ERA spike between the first and third times SPs go through lineups
  • BPV consistently and significantly erodes the more times SP go through...

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