STARTERS: May BPV Leaders

Let's continue our regular look back at the top skills posted by starting pitchers during the previous month.

Here were the most highly-skilled SP in May:

75+ BPV May 2012

Name                  League  Ctl  Dom   HR/9  GB%  H%   S%   BPV
====================  ======  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ===
Scherzer, Max             AL  2.0  12.9   2.0  35%  35%  76%  190
Greinke, Zack             NL  1.8   9.9   0.3  58%  38%  75%  167
Gonzalez, Gio             NL  3.7  12.7   0.3  51%  26%  76%  158
McDonald, James           NL  2.1  10.0   0.0  50%  28%  81%  153
Verlander, Justin         AL  1.6   9.6   0.4  40%  28%  71%  147
Shields, James            AL  3.4  11.0   1.4  62%  36%  72%  147
Strasburg, Stephen        NL  3.8  12.5 ...

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