Wiffle in Southeast Michigan: Shu Shopping: Top 10 Pitchers at our 1st Intermission

		IP	ERA	WHIP	K/6	K/BB	Composite Ranking*
	Stephen Farkas	29.0	0.41 ⁽²⁾	0.66 ⁽¹⁾	17.4 ⁽¹⁾	10.5 ⁽¹⁾	1.42
	We're accustomed to seeing this by now: Farkas at the front of the pack in all major pitching categories. While all of the numbers are impressive, the double-digit K/BB ratio is astounding in the accuracy and efficiency it entails.
	Scott Kujawa	12.0	0.00 ⁽¹⁾	1.00 ⁽⁴⁾	16.5 ⁽²⁾	3.3 ⁽⁶⁾	2.75
	Kujo's off to a great start to 2016 as the only regularly starting pitcher yet to surrender a run. As expected he continues to K batters at a great clip. His walks are a bit elevated, but that's the only knock on his performance so far.
	Sam Hatt	12.0	0.50 ⁽³⁾	0.83 ⁽²⁾	14.0 ⁽⁸⁾	4.0 ⁽³⁾	3.00
	No pitcher will ever complain about quick, easy wins, but Hatt may be a victim of two 3-inning mercies already this season. His numbers are great across the board, but could probably be even better if he had the other halves of those games to work with.
	Austin Bischoff	29.0	0.83 ⁽⁶⁾	0.93 ⁽³⁾	15.9 ⁽³⁾	3.5 ⁽⁵⁾	4.50
	Austin bounced back fiercely after two early HR given up Opening Day, and has locked into the workhorse role everyone expected from him. He's steadily brought that WHIP down with each subsequent start; and that could be very scary for the rest of the season.
	RJ Fisher	20.0	1.50 ⁽⁸⁾	1.10 ⁽⁵⁾	15.9 ⁽⁴⁾	2.9 ⁽⁷⁾	6.33
	Fisher's allowed the fewest H of any pitcher with at least 20 IP, and he chalks up Ks with the best of them. He'll string together a bunch of great innings, however, when he gives up runs they come in droves.
	Evan Bortmas	22.0	0.82 ⁽⁵⁾	1.18 ⁽⁷⁾	11.2 ⁽¹⁰⁾	2.9 ⁽⁸⁾	6.50
	Bortmas is quietly putting forth his best pitching performance since the 2013 season. He's not doing it with the strikeout so much anymore, but he's keeping opponents off the board: more often that not getting it done with only 2 defenders behind him.
	Chandler Phillips	24.0	0.75 ⁽⁴⁾	1.58 ⁽¹⁰⁾	14.3 ⁽⁶⁾	1.8 ⁽¹⁰⁾	7.17
	Walks always seem to pile up for Chandler, but so do the strike outs, and when thrown into big game situations it seems like the Ks tend to takeover: keeping his opponents off the board and frustrated.
	Chris Paquin	17.0	1.41 ⁽⁷⁾	1.24 ⁽⁸⁾	11.6 ⁽⁹⁾	8.3 ⁽²⁾	7.17
	Paquin is putting together a terrific bounceback season. Limiting the walks, keeping batters off balance and getting the outs behind him, Chris has craftily carved his way back into this discussion.
	Travis Strojny	33.1	2.52 ⁽¹⁰⁾	1.11 ⁽⁶⁾	15.5 ⁽⁵⁾	3.9 ⁽⁴⁾	7.42
	The long ball has been Strojny's bane this year. He's given up 6 HR (1/3 of his hits surrendered), accounting for his low WHIP but high ERA. Ks are coming at a high clip, though, with well below 1 BB issued per inning. Perhaps he's too accurate for his own good?
	Craig Skinner	28.0	2.36 ⁽⁹⁾	1.57 ⁽⁹⁾	14.1 ⁽⁷⁾	2.2 ⁽⁹⁾	8.83
	Skinner's had a rough go early on, already surrendering more runs (11) than any single season in his career. That said, his last 3 starts have been much more like the Craig we're used to, and have kept him just inside this top 10.
* Ranked values for ERA and WHIP weighted five-fold toward Composite Ranking: ((5ERAr)+(5WHIPr)+K/6r+K/BBr)/12 ** Minimum of 12 IP must be met for consideration in this list

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