June-July surgers, 2026

With nearly four months of data at our disposal, let's divide the sample size in half and identify the starting pitchers whose skills have surged the most over the last two months.

First, these SP have had the biggest increase in overall skills (BPV) since June 1:

This group of pitchers have increased their swinging strike rates (SwK%) the most:

Name	Lg	Tm	SwK%  Apr-May	SwK%  Jun-Jul	SwK%  Δ
Tarik Skubal	AL	DET	13.7%	18.0%	+4.3%
Zack Wheeler	NL	PHI	11.1%	15.3%	+4.2%
Logan Gilbert	AL	SEA	12.3%	16.3%	+4.1%
Joey Cantillo	AL	CLE	11.8%	15.7%	+3.9%
Sean Burke	AL	CHW	9.1%	13.0%	+3.9%
Anthony Kay	AL	CHW	8.6%	12.1%	+3.5%
Zack Littell	NL	WAS	6.4%	9.6%	+3.2%
Brady Singer	NL	CIN	8.9%	12.0%	+3.1%
Kumar Rocker	AL	TEX	10.1%	13.2%	+3.1%
Christian Scott	NL	NYM	10.0%	13.0%	+3.0%
Foster Griffin	NL	WAS	9.8%	12.8%	+3.0%
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