FACT/FLUKES: Archer, Choo, Tomlin, Schoop, Canha

Archer breaks out ... Chris Archer (RHP, TAM) recently passed Scott Kazmir (RHP, HOU) as the Rays' single-season strikeout leader—the icing on what has been a true breakout campaign for the 26-year-old. What has been the key to his ace-level BPV?

Year  IP   ERA   xERA  Ctl   Dom  Cmd   G/L/F    H%/S%  hr/f  FpK  SwK  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ====  ===  ========  =====  ====  ===  ===  ===
2012   29   4.6  3.37  4.0  11.0  2.8  44/18/38  30/64   11%  62%  10%  113
2013  128  3.22  3.71  2.7   7.1  2.7  47/19/34  26/76   12%  58%   9%   80
2014  194  3.33  3.67  3.3   8.0  2.4  47/22/31  31/75    7%  57%  10%   79
2015  192  2.95  2.90  2.4  11.0  4.6  46/20/34  31/75   10%  64%  14%  158 

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