STARTERS: Early 2016 breakout targets

Our last two columns of the regular season will look ahead to early 2016 breakout and speculation targets.

The following SP have posted the best skills so far in 2015 among those age 26 or under:

75+ BPV, Age 26 or Under

Name           Lg  Age  Ctl  Dom   HR/9  GB%  H%   S%   hr/f  SwK%  FpK%  Ball%  BPV
============   ==  ===  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ====  ====  ====  =====  ===
Sale, C        AL   26  1.8  12.0   0.9  43%  34%  71%   11%   15%   68%    32%  189
Fernandez, J   NL   22  2.1  11.1   0.2  40%  33%  77%    3%   14%   63%    30%  161
Archer, C      AL   26  2.4  11.0   0.8  46%  31%  75%   11%   14%   64%    34%  158
Pineda, M      AL   26  1.2   8.8   1.0  50%  35%  68%   13%   12%   64%    32%  154
Bumgarner, M ...

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