STARTERS: Early buy-low targets, May 2017
May 19 2017
Surface stats like ERA can be misleading, especially at this time of the year. They can mask strong underlying skills that are likely to result in ERA improvement in the future.
The following SP have the largest gap between their actual ERA and their skills-driven expected ERA (xERA):
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xERA vs. ERA Name League BPV ERA xERA Diff ===================== ====== === ==== ==== ===== Tomlin, Josh AL 131 6.86 3.64 -3.22 Pruitt, Austin AL 107 7.52 4.33 -3.19 Bauer, Trevor AL 108 6.92 3.82 -3.10 Wright, Steven AL 56 8.25 5.25 -3.00 Anderson, Brett NL 13 8.18 5.20 -2.98 Gsellman, Robert NL 65 7.12 4.48 -2.64 Covey, Dylan...
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