FACT/FLUKES: Cole, Teheran, Peralta, Grandal, D. Santana

Cole sets a strong foundation for any staff ... Gerrit Cole (RHP, PIT) has lived up to the hype thus far in his young career. Coming off a season in which he topped 200 innings with a sub-3.00 ERA, is it safe to say he is a rotation anchor?

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  FpK  SwK    G/L/F   H%/S%  hr/f  DOM%/DIS%  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ===  ===  ========  =====  ====  =========  ===
2013* 185  3.27  2.80  2.7  6.7  2.5  63%  10%  49/25/26  28/72    8%    63%/0%    86
2014* 160  3.44  3.33  2.5  8.5  3.4  62%  10%  49/19/32  31/73    9%    64%/9%   107
2015  208  2.60  3.16  1.9  8.7  4.6  62%  11%  48/22/30  31/77    7%    78%/6%   132
*Includes MLEs

Cole is the owner of a very impressive skill set:

• He gets...

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