SPECULATOR: 31-day-surgers, 2016 SPs

Last week in this space we reviewed some surging hitters from the past month with an eye toward their future, and now we return for more of the same with surging pitchers. It's obviously the same small sample, but one in which pitchers are inherently more risky and volatile than batters—particularly those arms that have put in a season-long workload already. But most of our 31-day category leaders have guaranteed roles, and the few that don't have bought themselves time with their recent performances. We used IP, ERA, Wins, Dom and Cmd to fuel our search and selection, obviously with consideration given for those names that showed up in multiple categories. All statistics quoted are from the most recent 31 days ending June 16, unless...

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