FACTS/FLUKES: Wacha, Duda, Motte, J. Peterson, Locke

Wacha’s skills are surging … Would you believe that Michael Wacha (RHP, STL) has actually pitched better over the past two months than he did during the first two? One would never know it by looking at his ERA (April-May: 2.27 ERA; June-July: 4.42 ERA). How can that be?

Year  IP   ERA   xERA  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  GB/LD/FB  H%/S%  hr/f  FpK  SwK   Vel  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ========  =====  ====  ===  ===  ====  ===
2013   64  2.78  3.39  2.6  9.0  3.4  44/17/39  29/77    7%  58%  12%  93.5  113
2014  107  3.20  3.69  2.8  7.9  2.8  42/22/36  30/74    5%  64%  11%  93.2   87
2015  118  3.27  3.52  2.2  7.5  3.4  48/21/31  28/73    9%  64%  11%  94.1  102

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