FACTS/FLUKES: Sale, Tulowitzki, B. Burns, S. Perez, Verlander

Sell high on Sale?...With a 9-1 record and terrific ratios Chris Sale (LHP, CHW) looks poised to have a career year and contend for the Cy Young award, so why should fantasy owners consider selling high? 

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  H%/S%  GB/LD/FB  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  Ball%  FpK  SwK   Vel  CU%  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  =====  ========  ===  ===  ===  =====  ===  ===  ====  ===  ===
2012  192  3.05  3.27  30/77  45/23/32  2.4  9.0  3.8   35%    57   11  91.6  15%  120
2013  214  3.07  2.94  30/76  47/21/32  1.9  9.5  4.9   33%    63   11  93.1  19%  144
2014  174  2.17  2.81  29/81  41/18/41  2.0 10.8  5.3   33%    67   14  93.8  29%  158
2015  209  3.41  2.74  34/73  43/22/35  1.8 11.8  6.5   32%    67   15  94.5  28%  185
2016   72  2.26 ...

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