FACTS/ FLUKES: Strasburg, Leake, Werth, Castro, Espinosa

Why is Strasburg underachieving? ... Stephen Strasburg (RHP, WAS) was among the top NL arms in drafts/auctions this spring. But the results so far have been underwhelming: A .500 record and and a higher WHIP (1.29) than we're used to seeing. While not disastrous for fantasy owners, it sure isn't what they thought they were getting.

Year    IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl   Dom   Cmd  H%  S%  hr/9    G/L/F   SwK  hr/f  BPV
====   ===  ====  ====  ===  ====  ====  ==  ==  ====  ========  ===  ====  ===
2011    24  1.50  2.68  0.8   9.0  12.0  26  76   0.0  38/25/38  12%    0%  158
2012   159  3.16  2.96  2.7  11.1   4.1  32  76   0.8  44/23/33  12%   11%  149
2013   183  3.00  2.98  2.8   9.4   3.4  27  74   0.9  52/17/31  11%   11%  125
2014    61 ...

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