FACTS/FLUKES: Porcello, Crisp, Iwakuma, Shuck, Tepesch

Porcello discovers the benefit of strikeouts…On February 1st, we noted in this column that despite a bloated ERA, Rick Porcello (RHP, DET) could produce some profit in 2013 if he could boost his Dom and do better vs lefties. It wasn’t looking good when Porcello got hammered in his first four starts, but he’s been a different pitcher since that slow start.

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  H%  S%  Ctl  Dom  Cmd   G/L/F    hr/f  hr/9  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ==  ==  ===  ===  ===  ========  ====  ====  ===
2009  171  3.96  4.31  28  75  2.7  4.7  1.7  54/17/29   14%   1.2   42
2010* 191  4.76  4.47  31  66  2.2  4.7  2.1  50/18/32   10%   0.8   45
2011  182  4.75  4.06  32  67  2.3  5.1  2.3  51/19/30   10%   0.9   60
2012  176  4.59  4.19  35 ...

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