FACT/FLUKES: Carrasco, Headley, Hicks, Estrada, A. Wilson

Carrasco on a skills repeat year ... For much of this season, the 2014 "budding ace" version of Carlos Carrasco (RHP, CLE) has gone missing. He posted ERAs above 4.00 in each of the season's first three months, struggling in spite of a robust, triple-digit BPV. What's been the difference?

Year    IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  H%  S%  SwK  FpK    G/L/F    hr/f  BPV
====   ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ==  ==  ===  ===  =========  ====  ===
2011   125  4.62  4.08  2.9  6.1  2.1  30  68   9%  58%  49/17/34   11%    59
2012   --------------- DNP, TOMMY JOHN SURGERY -------------------------
2013*  118  5.18  4.79  3.1  7.1  2.3  34  66   9%  67%  50/22/28    9%    62
2014   134  2.55  2.73  1.9  9.4  4.8  29  75  14%  63%  53/20/28   ...

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