FACTS/FLUKES: E. Santana, Gyorko, Sandoval, W. Peralta, Morse

Santana's start for real? ... After spending an entire offseason looking for a new home, Ervin Santana (RHP, ATL) finally landed in the National League for the first time in his career. He's taking the NL by storm (six ER, 31/5 K/BB in 28 IP) through just four outings in April. Are we seeing a breakout in action?

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  H%  S%  Ctl   Dom  Cmd    G/L/F   hr/f  SwK  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ==  ==  ===  ====  ===  ========  ====  ===  ===
2010  223  3.92  4.29  30  74  3.0   6.8  2.3  35/22/43    9%   9%   56
2011  229  3.38  3.87  28  76  2.8   7.0  2.5  44/19/38   10%   9%   72
2012  178  5.16  4.38  25  66  3.1   6.7  2.2  43/20/37   19%   9%   59
2013  211  3.24  3.66  27  77  2.2   6.9  3.2  46/21/33   12%  10%  ...

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