Early buy low targets, 2026

Surface stats like ERA can be misleading, especially at this time of the year, as they can mask strong underlying skills that are likely to result in ERA improvement in the future.

These have been the most skilled starting pitchers among those with a 4.00+ ERA (min 20 IP):

Name	Lg	K%	BB%	K-BB%	GB%	SwK%	FpK%	Ball%	BPV
Jesus Luzardo	NL	30%	6%	24%	49%	15.0%	59%	36%	172
Matthew Boyd	NL	31%	6%	25%	40%	14.2%	66%	33%	166
Emmet Sheehan	NL	28%	7%	22%	43%	15.4%	61%	35%	148
Nathan Eovaldi	AL	24%	5%	19%	49%	15.0%	67%	33%	136
Garrett Crochet	AL	27%	8%	19%	37%	11.2%	55%	36%	125
Carmen Mlodzinski	NL	23%	7%	16%	45%	8.2%	61%	37%	116
Reid Detmers	AL	25%	8%	17%	40%	11.3%	63%	35%	108
Kyle Freeland	NL	21%	6%	15%	44%	11.5%	68%	32%	108
Jack Leiter	AL	26%	10%	17%	42%	13.4%	58%	36%	103
Chris Paddack	NL	19%	5%	14%	38%	9.1%	66%	35%	103
Aaron Nola	NL	24%	8%

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