FACTS/FLUKES: Hamels, Wacha, Y. Gurriel, D. Peralta, Santiago

Is Hamels showing signs of age?... Cole Hamels (LHP, TEX) enters 2017 coming off of a 15-5, 3.32 ERA performance and his 7th straight 200+ IP season, but he's also 33—do his skills show any signs of age-related decline?

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  GB/LD/FB  H%/S%  hr/f  FpK  SwK  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ========  =====  ====  ===  ===  ===
2012  215  3.05  3.32  2.2  9.0  4.2  42/22/35  30/78   12%  63%  14%  125
2013  220  3.60  3.46  2.0  8.3  4.0  43/21/37  31/71    9%  63%  13%  115
2014  205  2.46  3.20  2.6  8.7  3.4  46/22/31  30/81    8%  61%  13%  111
2015  212  3.65  3.39  2.6  9.1  3.5  48/21/31  30/72   12%  61%  14%  119
2016  201  3.32  3.83  3.5  9.0  2.6  50/20/31  31/79   14%  57%  13%  ...

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