Second half surgers, 2024

Starting pitchers with improving skills in the second half can make for excellent stretch-run targets.

These starting pitchers have increased their overall skill base the most since the calendar turned to July (min 30 IP each half):

Name	Lg	Tm	BPV 1H	BPV 2H	BPV Δ
Tyler Anderson	AL	LAA	8	173	+165
JP Sears	AL	OAK	48	139	+91
Spencer Schwellenbach	NL	ATL	118	196	+78
Patrick Corbin	NL	WAS	50	125	+76
Austin Gomber	NL	COL	58	126	+68
Nathan Eovaldi	AL	TEX	105	170	+65
Nick Pivetta	AL	BOS	127	190	+63
Hunter Greene	NL	CIN	91	149	+58
Sean Manaea	NL	NYM	66	122	+56
Framber Valdez	AL	HOU	86	141	+56
Logan Gilbert	AL	SEA	123	178	+55
Brayan Bello	AL	BOS	79	130	+52
Ryne Nelson	NL	ARI	66	116	+50
Carlos Carrasco	AL	CLE	72	116	+44
Ronel Blanco	AL	HOU	68	111	+43
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