FACTS/FLUKES: Latos, Montero, Jay, Feldman, Belt

Latos elite no matter the ballpark …Mat Latos (RHP, CIN) could have been the poster-boy for park effects. With two stellar seasons in pitcher-friendly San Diego, Latos was traded to homeriffic Cincinnati before the 2012 season. But as we sometimes forget, elite skills don’t care about a park’s dimensions.

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  WHIP    G/L/F   Ctl  Dom  Cmd  hr/9  hr/f  BPV
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2010  185  2.92  3.39  1.08  45/15/40  2.4  9.2  3.8   0.8    8%  123
2011  194  3.47  3.48  1.18  43/16/41  2.9  8.6  3.0   0.7    7%   98
2012  209  3.48  3.75  1.16  46/18/36  2.8  8.0  2.9   1.1   12%   93

The consistency of Latos’ three-year run puts him at the edge of the NL’s upper...

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