FACTS/FLUKES: Shields, Ibanez, A. Ramirez, Rogers, Franklin

Shields keeps rolling in KC ... James Shields (RHP, KC) fared well pitching in the AL East for seven seasons, he was a model of unheralded consistency save one H%/S%- induced blip in 2010. Has shifting divisions to the AL Central changed anything?

Year    IP   ERA  xERA  H%  S%  Ctl  Dom  Cmd   G/L/F    hr/f  BPV
====   ===  ====  ====  ==  ==  ===  ===  ===  ========  ====  ===
2009   220  4.14  4.07  32  73  2.1  6.8  3.2  42/20/37   11%   86
2010   203  5.18  3.91  35  68  2.3  8.3  3.7  41/20/38   14%  107
2011   249  2.82  3.15  26  78  2.3  8.1  3.5  46/18/35   11%  107
2012   228  3.52  3.23  30  73  2.3  8.8  3.8  52/19/29   13%  127
2013   123  3.23  3.65  30  76  2.6  7.9  3.1  43/23/34   10%   93

New team, same old skills...

Almost!

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