FACTS/FLUKES: Scherzer, Kimbrel, Taylor, Reynolds, Flores

Is Scherzer still the number one SP?... Max Scherzer (RHP, WAS) continues to dominate whenever he takes the mound, but his streaks of 10 straight years with 30 or more starts and six in a row with more than 200+ innings are about to come to an end. Should he slip down draft boards a bit in 2020?

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl   Dom  Cmd  FpK/SwK   Vel    G/L/F   H%/S%  hr/f  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ====  ===  =======  ====  ========  =====  ====  ===
2015  229  2.79  3.00  1.3  10.9  8.1  71%/16%  94.2  36/19/45  29/76   11%  207
2016  228  2.96  3.42  2.2  11.2  5.1  65%/16%  94.3  33/19/48  27/77   12%  182
2017  201  2.51  3.21  2.5  12.0  4.9  65%/16%  94.1  37/17/47  26/79   11%  198
2018  221  2.53  3.10  2.1  12.2  5.9 ...

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