STARTERS: Early deep league targets

If you play in a deep league, odds are that you need to look beneath the surface to find starting pitchers worthy of a waiver wire pickup, since most available free agents won't seem attractive at first glance.

That could mean looking at long relievers with strong skills in a team's bullpen and speculating on who might get a shot at a starting role.

Or it could involve looking at an indicator like swinging strike rate—one that is not yet getting as much attention as it will in the future.

Let's start by looking at the highest-skilled multiple-inning relievers lurking in bullpens:

• Potential Starters Lurking in Bullpens
  
  Name                League  Ctl  Dom   HR/9  GB%  H%   S%   hr/f  BPV
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