STARTERS: Very early sell high targets

Just as it's easy to give up on struggling starting pitching early in the season, so too is it easy to hold on to guys who are off to unexpected good starts. Often, doing so turns out to be a mistake.

Many of the SP who have gotten off to quick starts have not done so because of their own strong skills. Instead, they have been helped by a low H% or hr/f or high S%.

Let's take a look at the starters who have been helped the most by these indicators. Since some of the guys listed in the exhibits below own strong skills that make them solid holds, we'll take a closer look at several SP in each league who are worth selling high in the writeups that follow.

  • H% < 25%*
    
    Name                League  H%
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    Hammel, Jason ...

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