STARTERS: Very early observations, 2022
Apr 16 2022
It's easy to panic after your SP has a terrible start or two during the first week of the season. It can be similarly dangerous to fall in love with a pitcher who gives you good stats if they were produced without any underlying skill support.
Keeping in mind that we're dealing with tiny data samples, let's take a look at some extreme early season performances by putting them into the context of our preseason outlooks.
Here is a closer look at 10 starting pitchers whose first week performances have been noteworthy.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Matt Brash (RHP, SEA) looked like a premium growth stock this spring when he overpowered batters. His first start of the 2022 season featured plenty of whiffs (12.9% SwK%), a high attack rate (81% FpK%), and...
Almost!
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