FACTS/FLUKES: A. Sanchez, Victorino, Hughes, M. Izturis, W. Davis

Improved Dom, FB% drive Sanchez’s value…Between Justin Verlander (RHP, DET) and Max Scherzer (RHP, DET), two of the last three AL Cy Young awards reside in Detroit. While he often gets overlooked, Aníbal Sánchez (RHP, DET) deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as the other two.

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  H%  S%  Ctl   Dom  Cmd  SwK   G/L/F    hr/9  hr/f  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ==  ==  ===  ====  ===  ===  ========  ====  ====  ===
2009   86  3.87  4.70  30  78  4.8   7.4  1.5   9%  42/20/38   1.0   10%   24
2010  195  3.55  4.06  32  73  3.2   7.2  2.2  10%  45/17/38   0.5    5%   66
2011  196  3.67  3.38  32  74  2.9   9.3  3.2  12%  44/20/36   0.9   10%  109
2012  196  3.86  3.70  32  72  2.2   7.7  3.5  10%  45/21/32   0.9  ...

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