FACT/FLUKES: Richards, Beltre, Colabello, Castillo, Duffy

Richards not the same since injury ... On the surface, Garrett Richards' (RHP, LAA) follow-up to last year's injured-shortened yet Cy Young-worthy campaign has been underwhelming, as his ERA sits almost a run higher and his strikeout rate has dropped. To what can we attribute the regression?

Year    IP   ERA  xERA  H%  S%  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  FpK  SwK   G/L/F    hr/f  BPV 
====   ===  ====  ====  ==  ==  ===  ===  ===  ===  ===  ========  ====  ===
2011*  157  3.94  3.89  29  71  2.7  5.5  2.1  66%   9%  43/28/28   31%   54
2012*  148  4.23  4.65  33  73  4.0  6.1  1.5  55%  11%  45/22/33    9%   50
2013   145  4.16  3.70  31  70  2.7  6.3  2.3  54%   9%  58/19/23   10%   75
2014   169  2.61  3.08  28  74  2.7  8.8  3.2  55%  11%  51/21/28 ...

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