FACTS/FLUKES: Syndergaard, Lauer, Contreras, DeJong, Belt

Syndergaard falling short of expectations... Noah Syndergaard (RHP, NYM) has managed to stay healthy in 2019, and could get to 200 innings for the first time in his career. A 4.06 ERA isn't quite what owners expected from him, though. How are the skills holding up?

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl   Dom   Cmd  FpK/SwK   Vel    G/L/F   H%/S%  hr/f  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ====  ====  =======  ====  ========  =====  ====  ===
2015* 180  2.99  2.87  1.9   9.8   5.1  64%/13%  97.1  46/20/34  29/76   14%  145
2016  184  2.60  2.89  2.1  10.7   5.1  64%/15%  98.0  51/22/27  34/79    9%  164  
2017   30  2.97  2.75  0.9  10.1  11.3  56%/14%  98.3  58/19/24  36/69    0%  194
2018  154  3.03  3.40  2.3   9.0   4.0  59%/13%  97.4  49/24/27 ...

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