SPECULATOR: Mulligans, part 2

Over the last couple of years, it has become evident that there is fertile, exploitable ground in the area of rebound candidates. The concept of recency bias tells us that we overreact to performance swings; approaches like Xtreme Regression Drafting (XRD) seek to take advantage accordingly. In a successful implementation of an XRD approach, it is critically important to properly identify the right pool of target players.

Last week, we covered six hitters who we think deserve 'mulligans' on their 2012 performances. This week, we'll offer for your consideration some pitchers. As a reminder, these are the players who, a year from now, we expect to be saying things like "answered all questions about his disappointing 2012," or "his...

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