FACTS/FLUKES: Papelbon, Rosenthal, Young Jr., Eovaldi, Gregorius

Hit rate masking Papelbon’s skills drop …Though he hit a rough stretch with a couple blown saves in late June, Jonathan Papelbon (RHP, PHI) has recovered since and his year-to-date numbers surface numbers look perfectly acceptable (20 saves, sub-2.50 ERA):

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl   Dom  Cmd  hr/9  h%    G/L/F   hr/f  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ====  ===  ====  ==  ========  ====  ===
2009   68  1.85  4.04  3.2  10.1  3.2   0.7  30%  27/21/52    5%  100
2010   67  3.90  3.73  3.8  10.2  2.7   0.9  31%  38/18/44    9%   98
2011   64  2.94  2.37  1.4  12.2  8.7   0.4  33%  38/21/41    5%  197
2012   53  2.70  2.82  2.2  11.1  5.1   0.8  31%  43/18/39   10%  162
2013   40  2.27  3.53  1.4   7.9  5.8   0.9  25%  38/14/48    8% ...

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