FACTS/FLUKES: Harvey, Melancon, Venable, Grichuk, Franco

Harvey picks up where he left off ... Matt Harvey (RHP, NYM) missed all of the 2014 season following Tommy John surgery, but is off to a strong start to 2015. Is he all the way back?

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  FpK  Swk   Vel    G/L/F   H%  S%  hr/f  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ===  ===  ====  ========  ==  ==  ====  ===
2012* 169  3.50  3.41  3.8  8.9  2.4  60%  13%  94.7  38/24/37  30  75   10%   89
2013  178  2.27  2.73  1.6  9.6  6.2  64%  13%  95.8  48/20/33  29  76    5%  157
2014  Did not pitch
2015   93  3.18  3.06  1.4  9.0  6.2  71%  13%  95.9  44/19/37  28  74   13%  144 
*Includes MLEs

Harvey's skills look very similar to those of 2013, when he finished fourth in the NL Cy Young voting:

• His control...

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