STARTERS: BPV leaders, May 2022

Let's continue our monthly look back at the starting pitchers who have posted the best skills in the prior month.

First, let's set some baselines. Here were the aggregate stats and skills posted by starting pitchers in May 2022, segregated by league:

The aggregate skills for starting pitchers were unchanged from April, but they still confirm the correlation between BPV and surface stats like ERA and WHIP. Starters with a 100+ BPV in May had a 3.39 ERA and 1.13 WHIP on average. Those with a sub-100 BPV posted a 4.58 ERA and 1.35 WHIP.

Here were the most skilled starting pitchers during the month of May:

Let's take a closer look at some of the more intriguing skill flashes we saw in May.
 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Kyle Bradish (RHP, BAL) was...

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