FACTS/FLUKES: Bard, Trumbo, Feliz, Choo, Perez
May 20 2012
Bard's command lost in translation... After Boston's incumbent closer left in free agency, it was all but assumed dominant set-up man Daniel Bard (RHP, BOS) would inherit the role in 2012. The Red Sox threw everyone a curve ball, however, converting Bard into a starter in hopes of addressing a rotation with questionable depth. The transition has not gone smoothly:
Year IP Sv/Hld ERA xERA H% S% G/L/F Ctl Dom Cmd hr/f BPV ==== == ====== ==== ==== === === ======== === ==== === ==== === 2009* 65 7/13 3.20 3.09 30% 78% 45/19/36 3.8 11.9 3.1 12% 122 2010 75 3/32 1.93 3.44 22% 86% 47/15/38 3.6 9.2 2.5 9% 92 2011 73 1/34 3.33 2.85 24% 66% 53/16/31 3.0 9.1 3.1 ...
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