FACTS/FLUKES: Hendricks, Tomas, LeMahieu, Nelson, Galvis

Can Hendricks repeat? … Kyle Hendricks (RHP, CHC) entered 2016 as his team’s fifth starter, but exceeded expectations with an ace-like performance, posting an MLB leading 2.13 ERA in 190 IP. Has he truly arrived as an ace?

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  FpK  Ball%  SwK   Vel  GB/LD/FB  H%/S% hr/f  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ===  =====  ===  ====  ========  ===== ====  ===
2013* 166  2.46  3.17  1.9  5.7  2.9  N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A     N/A    31/80  N/A   90
2014# 183  3.45  3.42  1.9  6.3  3.3  64%  34.5%   8%  87.9  48/19/33  31/72   5%   94
2015  180  3.95  3.28  2.2  8.4  3.9  63%  35.1%   9%  88.3  51/22/27  30/68  12%  121
2016  190  2.13  3.48  2.1  8.1  3.9  68%  34.7%  10%  87.8  48/20/31  26/82   9% ...

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