FACTS/FLUKES: Cole, Jh. Peralta, J. Garcia, Fowler, Lagares

Cole continues to dominate ... On the surface, Gerrit Cole's (RHP, PIT) 3.65 ERA in a 2014 season cut short by shoulder and lat issues was nothing special. The underlying skills still led us to an "UP: 3.00 ERA, 200 K" speculation in this year's Baseball Forecaster, and Cole has exploded in 2015—his 1.78 ERA is near the top among NL starters. Is this the ace we were all expecting to see?

Year  IP   ERA   xERA  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  GB/LD/FB  H%/S%  hr/f  FpK  SwK   Vel  BPV
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2013  117  3.22  3.20  2.1  7.7  3.6  49/25/26  31/73    8%  63%  10%  96.1  107
2014  138  3.65  3.16  2.6  9.0  3.5  49/19/32  32/71    9%  62%  10%  95.5  119
2015   91  1.78  2.76  2.2 ...

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