STARTERS: Skills surgers and faders, 2018

With an eye towards second half targets, let's take a look at the SP whose aggregate skills have changed the most from 2017 to 2018:

  • BPV Surgers & Faders, 2018 vs. 2017*
    
    Name                League  BPV 2018  BPV 2017  Diff
    ==================  ======  ========  ========  ====
    Ross, Tyson             NL      70       -39    +109
    Guerra, Junior          NL      79        -5     +85
    Harvey, Matt            NL      94        16     +78
    Zimmermann, Jordan      AL     124        48     +75
    Holland, Derek          NL      75         7     +69
    Verlander, Justin       AL     167        99     +68
    Hellickson, Jeremy      NL     104        38     +66
    Urena, Jose             NL     101        35     +66
    Eflin, Zach             NL     124       ...

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