Second half surgers, 2025

Starting pitchers with improving skills in the second half can make for excellent stretch-run targets.

These starting pitchers have increased their overall skill base the most since the calendar turned to July (min 30 IP each half):

NameLgTmBPV 1HBPV 2HΔ
Zac GallenNLARI61 150 +89 
Brady SingerNLCIN54 141 +86 
Noah CameronALKC54 136 +81 
Luis CastilloALSEA71 152 +81 
Shota ImanagaNLCHC52 130 +78 
Framber ValdezALHOU112 183 +71 
Jeffrey SpringsALATH34 104 +70 
Edward CabreraNLMIA85 154 +69 
Keider MonteroALDET25 92 +67 
Luis SeverinoALATH48 114 +66 
Paul SkenesNLPIT129 194 +65 
Gavin WilliamsALCLE48 112 +64 
Jose QuintanaNLMIL24 87 +63 
Zack WheelerNLPHI166 228 +62 
NameLgTmBPV 1HBPV 2HΔ
Chris PaddackALDET63 

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