FACTS/FLUKES: Latos, S. Castro, C. Gomez, Medlen, Miley

Latos effect ...  In February, Brent Hershey pointed out that Mat Latos (RHP, CIN) showed the talent to overshadow any negative effects in going from PETCO Park to the Great American Ballpark over a year ago. Thirteen starts into 2013, it's more of the same:

Year   IP   ERA  WHIP  H%  S%  xERA    G/L/F   Ctl  Dom  Cmd  hr/9  hr/f
====  ===  ====  ====  ==  ==  ====  ========  ===  ===  ===  ====  ====
2009   51  4.62  1.30  26  68  4.61  36/19/45  4.1  6.9  1.7   1.2   11%
2010  185  2.92  1.08  29  76  3.29  45/15/40  2.4  9.2  3.8   0.8    8%
2011  194  3.47  1.18  30  72  3.57  43/16/41  2.9  8.6  3.0   0.7    7%
2012  209  3.48  1.16  28  74  3.75  46/18/36  2.8  8.0  2.9   1.1   12%
2013   85  2.87  1.17  30  78  3.52  47/20/33 ...

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