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Miss bats and make hitters earn their way on base. Those are the two things pitchers need to do to dominate games. Strikeouts get all the attention from fantasy owners, but pitchers who can whiff batters while also avoiding walks are surefire fantasy stars.
Subtracting walk rate from strikeout rate shows us the pitchers who are the best at racking up strikeouts while simultaneously pounding the strike zone.