FACTS/FLUKES: Liriano, D. Brown, Rusin, Tejada, Schwarber

Liriano fading in 2H … Francisco Liriano (LHP, PIT) got off to a terrific start, posting a 3.21 ERA and 1.01 WHIP in the first half. However, he hasn’t been nearly as sharp in the second half. What’s going on here?

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl   Dom  Cmd  FpK  SwK  GB/LD/FB  H%/S%  hr/f  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ====  ===  ===  ===  ========  =====  ====  ===
2010  192  3.62  2.99  2.7   9.4  3.5  61%  13%  54/19/27  34/71    6%  128
2011  134  5.09  4.35  5.0   7.5  1.5  49%  12%  49/15/36  29/67   10%   26
2012  157  5.34  4.12  5.0   9.6  1.9  54%  13%  44/21/35  31/65   13%   60
2013  161  3.02  3.26  3.5   9.1  2.6  58%  14%  50/24/25  30/76    8%   97
2014  162  3.38  3.33  4.5   9.7  2.2  56%  14%  54/19/27  29/76   12%  ...

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