FACTS/FLUKES: Quintana, Franco, Harvey, N. Williams, Markakis

Can Quintana sustain Dom boost? … José Quintana (LHP, CHC) was remarkably consistent from 2013-16, posting a combined 3.35 ERA while averaging 204 IP per season. However, his ERA rose from 3.20 in 2016 to 4.15 in 2017, despite a career-best strikeout rate. What’s going on here?

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  FpK  Ball%  SwK  GB/LD/FB  H%/S%  hr/f  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ===  =====  ===  ========  =====  ====  ===
2013  200  3.51  3.85  2.5  7.4  2.9  66%  37.0%   9%  43/20/37  29/75   10%   86
2014  200  3.32  3.51  2.3  8.0  3.4  66%  36.5%   9%  45/22/33  33/73    5%  104
2015  206  3.36  3.60  1.9  7.7  4.0  69%  35.2%   9%  47/23/30  33/75    9%  112
2016  208  3.20  3.98  2.2  7.8  3.6  65%  36.7%   8% ...

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