STARTERS: Very early command sub-indicator surgers, 2021
May 1 2021
It's still way too early to put significant stock into early-season skills, especially aggregate measures like strikeouts and walks. But looking into the components that drive them can be a helpful early-season exercise, since they represent larger sample sizes.
First, these SP have posted a big increase in their swinging strike rate from 2020 to 2021:
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Swinging Strike Rate (SwK%) - 2021 YTD vs. 2020* Name League SwK% '21 SwK% '20 Diff =================== ====== ======== ======== ===== May, Dustin NL 14.1% 7.8% +6.3% Javier, Cristian AL 12.8% 8.1% +4.7% Burnes, Corbin NL 19.4% 14.8% +4.6% Alcantara, Sandy NL 14.0% 10.4% +3.6% Walker,...
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