FACTS/FLUKES: Wacha, Revere, Duffy, M. Adams, Chatwood

Wacha struggling … Michael Wacha (RHP, STL) entered 2016 with a great deal of buzz following back-to-back sub-3.50 ERA seasons. To this point, he hasn’t lived up to the hype, delivering an unsightly 5.16 ERA and 1.51 WHIP in 66 IP. What’s going on here?

Year  IP   ERA   xERA  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  GB/LD/FB  H%/S%  hr/f  FpK  SwK  Ball%   Vel  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ========  =====  ====  ===  ===  =====  ====  ===
2013   64  2.78  3.39  2.6  9.0  3.4  44/17/39  29/77    7%  58%  12%  34.9%  93.5  113
2014  107  3.20  3.69  2.8  7.9  2.8  42/22/36  30/74    5%  64%  11%  33.5%  93.2   87
2015  181  3.38  3.91  2.9  7.6  2.6  46/22/32  29/76   11%  63%  10%  34.3%  94.2   83
2016   66  5.16  4.19  3.4  7.9  2.3  43/28/30 ...

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