STARTERS: Mid-Season Buy Low Targets

With three month's worth of stats and skills now at our disposal, let's take a mid-season look at those posted by starting pitchers to target buying opportunities.

We'll do this by comparing xERA with actual ERA to find SP whose skills suggest that ERA improvement could be on the horizon.

xERA vs. ERA Variance

Name                  League  Ctl  Dom   HR/9  GB%  H%   S%   BPV  ERA   xERA  Diff
====================  ======  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ===  ====  ====  =====
Hudson, Daniel            NL  2.4   7.3   1.8  37%  37%  57%   83  7.35  4.14  -3.20
Volstad, Chris            NL  3.4   5.4   0.8  49%  35%  49%   32  7.94  4.72  -3.20
Blackburn, Nick           AL  3.1   4.3   2.1  50%  34%  57%   20  8.10  5.08  -3.00...

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