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The 10 players who leveled up this season -- and how it changed their teams' fortunes

99 ERA over 135 innings. 7 percent.

His emergence as a workhorse expected to reach roughly 180 innings has kept the Brewers ahead of Chicago in the NL Central and powered their rotation to fifth in MLB ERA, successfully overcoming the virtual loss of last year's top four starters—Freddy Peralta, Quinn Priester, Chad Patrick, and Jose Quintana—who totaled 104 starts in 2025 but just six this year.

9 WAR mark. 2 WAR.