About this episode

The episode discusses hitters who have shown significant improvements in their performance metrics from the first half to the second half of the season.

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) break down a group of hitters who have made meaningful improvements from the first part of the season to the second, separating sustainable skill growth from surface-level production by digging into contact quality, plate discipline, and underlying process metrics.

People in this episode

Hosts: Van Burnett, Steve Gesuele

Topics covered

• hitter trends
• fantasy baseball
• player analysis
• contact quality
• plate discipline
• skill growth

Keywords

• hitter trends
• fantasy baseball
• contact quality
• plate discipline
• skill growth

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