FACTS/FLUKES: Cishek, Maxwell, Venable, Lee, Jackson

Saves mask Cishek's wildness ... The Miami Marlins had high hopes for 2012 with a new ballpark and fat payroll, only to quickly see their season go up in smoke. If there's a silver lining to the year that wasn't, it's the emergence of younger players like Steve Cishek (RHP, MIA) who jumped Heath Bell (RHP, MIA) to become the club's closer in August.

Year     IP   ERA  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  S%  hr/9  hr/f   G/L/F    xERA  BPV
======   ==  ====  ===  ===  ===  ==  ====  ====  ========  ====  ===
2010*    31  5.48  3.4  8.5  2.5  --   0.0   ---   -----     ---  102
2011     55  2.63  3.1  9.1  2.9  76   0.2    3%  57/17/26  2.95  114
2012     54  2.50  4.4  8.8  2.1  82   0.5    7%  55/14/31  3.63   80 
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