STARTERS: Early sell-high targets, 2015
May 17 2015
After our early-season focus on buying opportunities, let's take a look at some guys who are overperforming their base skills.
These SP have the largest ERA vs. expected ERA (xERA) variances, meaning their sexy surface stats haven't been accompanied with full skill support:
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ERA vs. xERA* Name League ERA xERA Diff =================== ====== ==== ==== ===== Martinez, Nick AL 1.88 4.34 -2.46 Harang, Aaron NL 2.03 3.94 -1.91 Santiago, Hector AL 2.41 4.29 -1.88 Gibson, Kyle AL 2.70 4.57 -1.87 Greinke, Zack NL 1.52 3.34 -1.82 Wacha, Michael NL 2.06 3.88 -1.82 Miller, Shelby NL 1.60 3.38 -1.78 Chen, Wei-Yin AL ...
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