FACTS/FLUKES: Bumgarner, G. Polanco, Neris, Alfaro, Franco

Bumgarner still has something left in the tank … A fractured left hand sidelined Madison Bumgarner (LHP, SF) for the first couple months of 2018, limiting him to just 130 IP. Though he finished with a 3.26 ERA, it came with a career-worst BPV. With a 4.05 ERA through 80 IP in 2019, is there reason for concern?

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl   Dom  Cmd  FpK  SwK   Vel  GB/LD/FB  H%/S%  hr/f  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ====  ===  ===  ===  ====  ========  =====  ====  ===
2014  217  2.98  3.08  1.8   9.1  5.1  66%  12%  92.1  44/20/36  31/76   10%  137
2015  218  2.93  3.10  1.6   9.6  6.0  64%  13%  92.1  42/23/36  30/75   10%  150
2016  227  2.74  3.54  2.1  10.0  4.6  65%  12%  90.9  40/19/41  28/79   11%  140
2017  111  3.32  4.05 ...

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