The Top 10 leaders and laggards in BABIP for the coming week are below. Remember leading or lagging in BABIP are contrarian indicators. These are pitchers due for a fall (leading) or for improvement (lagging). I have used a screen of at least three starts to compile these Top 10s. The last column indicates whether the pitcher starts on Monday(M) or Tuesday (T). Under a seven-game week, pitchers starting on either day would be in line for two starts during the week.
Low BABIP. Sit?:
| RANK | NAME | TEAM | BABIP | M/T? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Reynolds | COL | 0.167 | N |
| 2 | Shaun Marcum | TOR | 0.173 | M |
| 3 | Gavin Floyd | CHA | 0.176 | N |
| 4 | Claudio Vargas | NYN | 0.192 | N |
| 5 | Armando Galarraga | DET | 0.205 | N |
| 6 | Shawn Estes | SDN | 0.217 | N |
| 7 | Ryan Dempster | CHN | 0.218 | M |
| 8 | Darrell Rasner | NYA | 0.218 | M |
| 9 | Tim Redding | WAS | 0.226 | N |
| 10 | Scott Olsen | FLO | 0.228 | N |
High BABIP. Start?:
| RANK | NAME | TEAM | BABIP | M/T? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Adenhart | ANA | 0.391 | N |
| 2 | Bronson Arroyo | CIN | 0.383 | N |
| 3 | Andrew Miller | FLO | 0.382 | T |
| 4 | Jo-Jo Reyes | ATL | 0.38 | N |
| 5 | Miguel Batista | SEA | 0.379 | T |
| 6 | Matt Belisle | CIN | 0.374 | N |
| 7 | Garrett Olson | BAL | 0.372 | M |
| 8 | Jorge De La Rosa | COL | 0.367 | M |
| 9 | Chris Sampson | HOU | 0.358 | N |
| 10 | Jarrod Washburn | SEA | 0.357 | N |