Let's continue our 2025 monthly look back at the starting pitchers who posted the best skills in the prior month.
To say August was a bad month for starting pitchers would be an understatement. Consider yourself lucky if your SP had a sub-4.50 ERA in August. These were the aggregate stats and skills posted by starting pitchers in August, segregated by league:
| Lg | ERA | WHIP | K% | BB% | K-BB% | GB% | SwK% | FpK% | Ball% | BPV |
| AL | 4.59 | 1.29 | 22% | 8% | 14% | 40% | 10.5% | 62% | 36% | 84 |
| NL | 4.87 | 1.30 | 22% | 8% | 14% | 43% | 10.5% | 63% | 36% | 91 |
| MLB | 4.69 | 1.30 | 22% | 8% | 14% | 41% | 10.5% | 63% | 36% | 88 |
Here were the most skilled starting pitchers during the month of August.
| Name | Lg | K% | BB% | K-BB% | GB% | SwK% | FpK% | Ball% | BPV |
| Garrett Crochet | AL | 32% | 4% | 28% | 51% | 12.9% | 68% | 33% | 197 |
| Sean Manaea | NL | 28% | 4% | 25% | 39% | 13.0% | 68% | 31% | 186 |
| Tarik Skubal | AL | 32% | 5% | 28% | 41% | 17.8% | 74% | 30% |
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