Of the many benefits of a 162-game season, players have ample opportunities to make adjustments. One bad month -- or two -- doesn’t paint a complete picture.

Already, we’ve seen a number of players hit their stride after the All-Star break, shaking off a slow start. For some, whose clubs are still deep in the postseason hunt, those second-half surges have come at the most opportune time. Suddenly, they’re playing outsized roles for contending teams with legitimate playoff aspirations.

Here are five players experiencing a bounce-back second half, with a closer look at the underlying changes driving their revival.

All stats below are through play on Thursday. Each hitter is listed with his first- and second-half wRC+ , a park-adjusted measure of offensive performance that, like OPS+, is

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