FACTS/FLUKES: Kimbrel, Pagan, Watson, Young Jr., W. Peralta

Kimbrel looks for fourth consecutive sub-2.00 ERA … Craig Kimbrel (RHP, SD) has established himself as the most dominant closer in the game. He has posted four straight years of 40+ saves along with an ERA ranging between 1.01 and 1.61 over the past three years. Can he keep the streak going in 2015?

Year   IP   ERA   xERA  Ctl   Dom  Cmd  GB/LD/FB  H%/S%  hr/f  FpK  SwK  BPV  SV
====  ===  ====   ====  ===  ====  ===  ========  =====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ==
2011   77  2.10   2.21  3.7  14.8  4.0  45/15/40  33/81    5%  55%  16%  189  46
2012   63  1.01   1.43  2.0  16.7  8.3  49/19/32  28/89   10%  71%  20%  273  42
2013   67  1.21   2.12  2.7  13.2  4.9  47/24/29  28/91   10%  56%  14%  189  50
2014   62  1.61   2.36  3.8  13.9  3.7 ...

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