STARTERS: Spring Cmd Leaders
Mar 24 2013
Spring training stats and skills often are misleading, especially for starting pitchers.
For one, they come in small sample sizes, so we can't put a lot of stock into them.
And stats from Arizona camps are impacted by the climate. The air there is conducive to home runs, which can wreck havoc on a pitcher's ERA and WHIP.
That said, command ratio (Cmd, or K/BB) ratio can be a useful measure of spring training performance for young pitchers or those who may be on the verge of a breakout.
Here are the command ratio leaders among starting pitchers so far this spring:
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5.0 Cmd Spring 2013 Name League Team IP Ctl Dom Cmd ================== ====== ==== == === ==== ==== Wacha, Michael NL STL 11 0.8 ...
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