STARTERS: Skills surgers and faders, 2017 1H-2H

Our final column with a 2017 focus (we'll be back in two weeks with a peek at 2018) takes a look at starting pitchers whose skills have surged or dived since the All-Star Break.

These SP have experienced the biggest surge or decline in their skills in the second half:

• BPV Surgers & Faders, 2017 1H-2H*
  
  Name                League  BPV Pre-ASB  BPV Post-ASB  Diff
  ==================  ======  ===========  ============  ====
  Jimenez, Ubaldo         AL        10          123      +114
  Paxton, James           AL       113          214      +101
  Verlander, Justin       AL        45          143       +98
  Junis, Jakob            AL        57          153       +96
  Gibson, Kyle            AL        17          113       +96
  Snell, Blake       ...

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