FACTS/FLUKES: Chen, Infante, Feldman, Drew, Griffin

Chen finishing strong... There are a lot of interesting baseball stories coming out of Baltimore these days, but the quiet breakout performance of Wei-Yin Chen (LHP, BAL) is one that continues to fly under the radar. Chen's numbers in Japan suggested he would be a finesse lefty with low MLB upside, but he is proving to be a sturdy anchor in the Orioles rotation during this improbable pennant chase:

Year      IP   ERA  xERA   G/L/F    Ctl  Dom  Cmd  hr/f  BPV
====     ===  ====  ====  ========  ===  ===  ===  ====  ===
2012     168  4.06  4.14  38/20/42  2.8  7.4  2.7   12%   74
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2012-1H   92  3.73  4.52  38/20/41  2.9  6.3  2.1    9%   50
2012-2H   77  4.46  3.71  37/20/44 ...

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