BPV leaders, August 2025
Aug 30 2025
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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