FACTS/FLUKES: Bumgarner, Prado, Niese, Alonso, Cahill

Bumgarner is an anchor... Already regarded as one of the elite young starters in baseball, Madison Bumgarner (LHP, SF) took his game to another level in 2013. He posted career-bests in ERA, WHIP, and strikeouts in just his age-23 season. Should we expect more of the same for 2014?

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  H%  S%    G/L/F   Ctl  Dom  Cmd  SwK  hr/f  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ==  ==  ========  ===  ===  ===  ===  ====  ===
2010  111  3.00  4.04  32  81  45/17/38  2.1  7.0  3.3   8%    8%   92
2011  205  3.21  3.19  33  74  46/21/33  2.0  8.4  4.2  10%    6%  121
2012  208  3.37  3.44  29  74  48/19/33  2.1  8.3  3.9  10%   12%  117
2013  201  2.77  3.25  26  76  47/18/35  2.8  8.9  3.2  11%    8%  110

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