STARTERS: Skill leaders and surgers, 2014 2H

Looking at the skills of starting pitchers in half-season increments can help to identify those that are on a growth curve.

Here, let's complete that analysis for 2014 using the All-Star break as the 1H/2H cutoff.

First, these SP posted the best post-ASB skills:

100+ BPV, '14 Post-ASB*

Name                Lg  Ctl  Dom   HR/9  GB%  H%   S%   hr/f  FAv   SwK%  FpK%  BPV
==================  ==  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ====  ====  ====  ====  ===
Kluber, Corey       AL  1.6  11.0   0.4  47%  32%  83%    5%  93.7   13%   66%  179
Petit, Yusmeiro     NL  1.5  11.0   1.3  39%  34%  63%   14%  88.6   14%   67%  174
Carrasco, Carlos    AL  1.4  10.2   0.3  49%  27%  85%    4%  95.8   14%   69%  172
Kershaw, Clayton    NL  1.6  10.0  ...

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