BATTERS: Monthly BPV surgers and faders, 2016

Let's continue our mid-season theme of looking at monthly skill surgers and faders over the first half by moving on to hitters.

These bats have produced steady monthly jumps or losses in their aggregate skills over the season's first three months:

Monthly BPV Surgers & Faders, April to June 2016*

                                            -------------------BPV-----------------
Name                League  Position        Apr  May  Jun  May vs. Apr  Jun vs. May
==================  ======  =============   ===  ===  ===  ===========  ===========
Espinosa, Danny         NL          2B/SS   -17    5  137      +22           +132
Encarnacion, Edwin      AL             1B    11   57  172      +46           +115
Carpenter, Matt         NL    ...

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