STARTERS: Very early slow start holds, 2018
Apr 13 2018
With only extremely tiny data samples available to us after two weeks of the season, it's hard to put a lot of analytical reliability in skills at this point in the season.
That said, many owners will make rash drop decisions very early in the year once they start to accrue bad stats from their SP. Nobody wants to be inflicted with a bad ERA or WHIP. However, those knee-jerk reactions will prevent you from benefiting from the upside that comes when skilled SP see their bad stats correct over time.
Before we take a closer look at guys worth holding onto or targeting in spite of their bad stats, one quick note. The average HR per flyball rate of SP with at least 10 IP is 11.2% so far in 2018, a significant decline from the inflated 14.2%...
Almost!
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