STARTERS: Second half surgers, 2017

Analyzing skill changes from the one half of the season to the next can be a valuable exercise to identify starting pitchers who are primed to take a step forward the following year.

These SP increased their overall skills the most between the 1H and 2H of 2017:

• BPV Surgers, 2017 Post-ASB vs. Pre-ASB*
  
  Name                League  BPV 1H  BPV 2H  Diff
  ==================  ======  ======  ======  ====
  Jimenez, Ubaldo         AL      10     136  +127
  Verlander, Justin       AL      45     154  +109
  Snell, Blake            AL       0     101  +101
  Gibson, Kyle            AL      17     109   +90
  Paxton, James           AL     113     187   +74
  Lugo, Seth              AL      46     118   +72
  Bundy, Dylan            AL      57     129  ...

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