After a vintage 2H in 2016, Justin Verlander's flirting with a 5.00 ERA this season. What's going on? Plus Xander Bogaerts, Jorge Polanco, Luis Severino, and Jed Lowrie.

Cody Bellinger is off to about as good a start as anyone could have hoped for—do his skills back up the results? Plus, Chad Pinder, Christian Arroyo, Omar Narvaez, and Jose Torres.

Julio Teheran has had a disastrous start to the 2017 campaign. Can he right the ship? Plus Jedd Gyorko, Stephen Piscotty, Odubel Herrera, and Matt Garza.

Trea Turner hasn't had the kind of impact his owners were expecting when they selected him on draft day. Can he get things turned around? Plus, Dexter Fowler, Yasmani Grandal, Alex Wood, and Adam Wainwright.

Kevin Gausman was on a lot of breakout lists for 2017 (ours included), but it has not started well. We investigate.

Can DET sluggers Miguel Cabrera and Nick Castellanos get off the schneid? Plus similar skills-based looks at Michael Pineda, Nate Karns, and Justin Smoak.

After 2016, it looked like there would be HRs from Eric Hosmer. Not many yet—are more in store? Also Quintana, Travis, Cashner and Maldonado.

Since being called up by the Mariners, Ben Gamel's been hitting .300+; does he have the skills to keep it going? Plus, Ty Blach, Jordan Montgomery, German Marquez and Jorge Bonifacio.

Jeff Samardzija owns an unsightly 5.26 ERA through his first eight starts of 2017. Is this reason for concern or does it present a possible buying opportunity? Plus Justin Turner, Willson Contreras, Addison Reed, and Aaron Altherr.

Marcell Ozuna is one of the hottest hitters in the game right now, but can he avoid another late-season collapse? Plus, Jose Peraza, Domingo Santana, Robbie Ray, and Zack Wheeler.

Sometimes a change of scenery is all it takes, right? We put Ivan Nova's success in Pittsburgh under the SPOTLIGHT.