FACTS/ FLUKES: Giolito, Martinez, Hicks, Cease, Voit

Giolito has arrived ... Traded by the team that drafted him, Lucas Giolito capped the metamorphisis from struggling prospect to ace with a no-hitter vs. Pittsburgh. After a rocky first start, the 26-year-old is thriving with back-to-back PQS-5 starts in which he's whiffed 13 batters. Do his skills support up this level of dominance?

Year  IP   ERA   xERA  H%  S%  Ctl  Dom  Cmd   SwK   FpK   GB%  HR/F HR/9 
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2017* 174  4.49  4.63  30  72  3.9   7.9  2.0  10.7%  62%  45%   18%  1.6
2018  173  6.13  5.33  28  60  4.7   6.5  1.4   8.6%  55%  44%   13%  1.4 
2019  177  3.41  3.60  28  74  2.9  11.6  4.0  15.5%  61%  36%   14%  1.2
2020   44  3.09  3.04  27  71  3.5 ...

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