FACTS/FLUKES: Kluber, Teixeira, Feldman, Schafer, Workman

Kluber enters Cy Young conversation ... Corey Kluber (RHP, CLE) began the 2014 as a prime sleeper candidate, and is finishing it as a Cy Young candidate. What's been the recipe for his leap into elite territory?

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  H%  S%  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  SwK   G/L/F    hr/f  BPV  
====  ===  ====  ====  ==  ==  ===  ===  ===  ===  ========  ====  === 
2011* 155  6.46  5.45  34  61  4.2  7.0  1.7  12%  27/47/27    0%   41   
2012* 188  4.51  4.87  35  71  3.2  7.4  2.3  12%  45/22/33   13%   64 
2013  147  3.85  3.25  33  72  2.0  8.3  4.1  11%  46/26/29   12%  119
2014  195  2.58  2.90  32  80  2.1  9.9  4.7  12%  48/20/32    8%  147    
*inc. MLE

Better luck, and an improved repertoire:

• Kluber already threw a hard fastball (93...

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