FACTS/FLUKES: Kluber, Parra, Gregorius, Fiers, Ch. Johnson

Kluber showing 2014 was no fluke...With an 0-3 record and 4.24 ERA, April was a cruel month for defending AL Cy Young winner Cory Kluber (RHP, CLE). In May, Kluber turned it around, serving as another example of how practicing excruciating patience is usually a wise idea.

Year  IP   ERA   xERA  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  H%  S%   G/L/F    OPVsR  FpK  SwK  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ==  ==  ========  =====  ===  ===  ===
2011* 155  6.46  5.45  4.2  7.0  1.7  34  61  27/47/27   .286  68%  12%   41
2012* 188  4.53  4.91  3.2  7.5  2.3  35  71  45/22/33   .801  57%  12%   64
2013  147  3.85  3.25  2.0  8.3  4.1  33  72  46/26/29   .704  60%  11%  119
2014  236  2.44  2.74  1.9 10.3  5.3  33  80  48/21/31   .553  64%  12%  158
2015  181 ...

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