FACTS/FLUKES: Storen, Frazier, Holliday, C. Johnson, de la Rosa

Storen still a "future" closer? ... Drew Storen (RHP, WAS)  was the Nationals' closer-in-waiting from the day he was drafted in 2009. And his stellar 2011 only validated the label. But elbow surgery led him to miss half of last season, and he spent much of the rest of the summer in a setup role. With Rafael Soriano (RHP, WAS) in the fold, Storen again seems slotted for the 8th inning.

Year    IP  SV   ERA  xERA  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  hr/9   G/L/F    BPV
====    ==  ==  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ====  ========  ===
2010    55   5  3.58  3.80  3.6  8.5  2.4   0.9  40/20/40   74
2011    75  43  2.75  3.16  2.4  8.8  3.7   1.0  47/17/35  120 
2012    30   4  2.37  3.31  2.4  7.1  3.0   0.0  54/18/28   96

Storen's skills were mostly intact...

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