FACTS/FLUKES: Greinke, Tomas, Shields, Duda, Panik

Can Greinke pitch like an ace? ... Six years, $206.5 million, and a 5.26 ERA through his first eight starts. Zack Greinke (RHP, ARI) obviously hasn't lived up to preseason expectations—and he certainly won't be repeating his sub-2.00 ERA from 2015—but he can't suddenly be this bad, right?

Year  IP   ERA   xERA  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  GB/LD/FB  H%/S%  hr/f  FpK  SwK  Ball%  BPV
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2012  212  3.48  3.34  2.3  8.5  3.7  49/22/29  31/73   10%  59%   9%  37.6%  118
2013  177  2.63  3.43  2.3  7.5  3.2  46/24/31  28/79    9%  58%  11%  36.9%   96
2014  202  2.71  2.92  1.9  9.2  4.8  49/23/29  32/80   12%  63%  12%  35.5%  141
2015  222  1.66  3.14  1.6  8.1  5.0 ...

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