FACTS/FLUKES: Beckett, Robertson, Kinsler, Doumit, Rios

Beckett remains a solid investment... After an injury plagued and ineffective 2010, Josh Beckett (RHP, BOS) found himself at something of a career crossroads at the outset of the 2011 season. Beckett answered the bell and then some, anchoring the Boston rotation and posting excellent numbers across the board:

Year    GS   IP   ERA  xERA  WHIP   H%   S%   G/L/F    Ctl  Dom  Cmd hr/f  BPV
====    ==  ===  ====  ====  ====  ===  ===  ========  ===  ===  === ====  ===
2007    30  201  3.27  3.34  1.14  32%  74%  47/16/37  1.8  8.7  4.9   8%  133
2008    27  174  4.03  3.32  1.19  33%  68%  41/25/34  1.8  8.9  5.1  11%  131
2009    32  212  3.86  3.39  1.19  30%  71%  47/21/32  2.3  8.4  3.6  13%  114
2010    21  128  5.78  4.05  1.54 ...

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