Young targets, 2024 mid-season

With three months of data at our disposal, let's identify the most skilled young starting pitchers so far in 2024.

Here are the starting pitchers age 26 or under (min 30 IP) who have posted the best skills as measured by BPV:

Name	Lg	Age	K%	BB%	K-BB%	GB%	SwK%	FpK%	Ball%	BPV
Garrett Crochet	AL	25	35%	5%	30%	45%	15.3%	64%	33%	195
Paul Skenes	NL	22	34%	4%	29%	45%	14.5%	67%	31%	194
Yoshinobu Yamamoto	NL	25	28%	6%	22%	49%	11.7%	63%	33%	155
Braxton Garrett	NL	26	21%	3%	19%	51%	9.3%	70%	34%	152
Tanner Bibee	AL	25	29%	6%	23%	38%	13.0%	68%	34%	151
George Kirby	AL	26	24%	2%	22%	38%	11.4%	68%	30%	150
Cole Ragans	AL	26	30%	8%	22%	41%	14.8%	61%	35%	135
Nick Lodolo	NL	26	25%	7%	19%	46%	12.7%	65%	36%	127
Taj Bradley	AL	23	30%	9%	21%	37%	12.8%	63%	36%	125
Jared Jones	NL	22	27%	7%	19%	41%	15.5%	63%	32%	123
MacKenzie Gore	NL	25	27%	8%	19%	35%	12.9%	56%	35%	122

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