SPECULATOR: Last31 day surgers and faders—batters

I feel like a recent college graduate going back for a homecoming. Everything is so familiar, but a little different too. Ryan, I love what you've done with my old stomping ground here. Thanks for the invitation to Speculate this week. -Ray

On our Stats and Projections page, we offer a number of different views into our data set. One particular slice that I like to mine is the YTD-only version of the files. If you open that view and scroll way over to the right, past the YTD columns, you can get to Last31 (and Last7) day splits. Around this time of year, this is a fertile area for mining. Who has shaken off the hot/cold starts that got so much attention in April, and is now doing something exciting (or worrisome)? Here are six good...

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