FACTS/FLUKES: Bieber, S. Brown, Gibson, Baddoo, Ca. Hernández

The strikeouts have disappeared but never say never... Shane Bieber (RHP, CLE) has a 3.72 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 16.9% K%, and 6.7% BB% in 75 innings. Bieber's strikeout rate fell to a career-low, but do his skills indicate a bounce back in the strikeouts? 

Year   IP  K    ERA/xERA  WHIP  H% S%  BB%  K%  K-BB%   SwK  GB/FB   Vel  HR/F  BPV
====  === ===  =========  ====  == ==  === ===  =====  ====  =====  ====  ====  ===
2018  115 118  4.55/3.55  1.33  36 68    5  24    20   11.8  47/31  93.1   12%  143
2019  214 259  3.28/3.34  1.05  31 76    5  30    25   14.3  44/35  93.1   16%  172  
2020   77 122  1.63/2.34  0.87  29 88    7  41    34   18.0  48/30  94.2   15%  216 
2021   97 134  3.17/3.11  1.21  35 78    8  33    25   16.6  44/32 ...

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