FACTS/FLUKES: deGrom, Samardzija, Bell, C. Taylor, Wong

deGrom still a front-line starter ... Jacob deGrom (RHP, NYM) entered the year with a 2.74 ERA in 76 career starts, but has delivered a disappointing 3.63 mark so far in 2017. Let's see how the skills have held up.

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl   Dom  Cmd  FpK  SwK    G/L/F   H%  S%  hr/f  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ====  ===  ===  ===  ========  ==  ==  ====  ===
2014* 179  2.59  2.83  2.8   8.4  3.2  63%  12%  45/23/31  30  79    6%  113
2015  191  2.54  3.04  1.8   9.7  5.4  68%  13%  44/21/35  29  78    9%  148
2016  148  3.04  3.57  2.2   8.7  4.0  64%  11%  46/23/32  32  79   12%  121
2017  188  3.63  3.43  2.7  10.6  3.9  65%  14%  45/22/33  32  75   16%  140
*Includes MLEs

No reason to worry, deGrom is just fine:

• He's missing...

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