FACTS/FLUKES: Santana, Davis, Jennings, Young, Diamond

Better times to come for Santana... Anaheim has assembled one of the premiere starting rotations in baseball and Ervin Santana (RHP, LAA) has been an important part of that collective. Yet after a strong performance in 2011, Santana has struggled with consistency this season and his numbers paint an unsightly picture:

Year   IP   ERA  xERA   S%   G/L/F    Ctl  Dom  Cmd  hr/f  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ========  ===  ===  ===  ====  ===
2008  219  3.49  3.51  72%  39/20/42  1.9  8.8  4.6    9%  123
2009  140  5.03  4.55  70%  38/20/42  3.0  6.9  2.3   13%   58
2010  223  3.92  4.47  74%  35/22/43  3.0  6.8  2.3    9%   56
2011  229  3.38  3.77  76%  44/19/38  2.8  7.0  2.5   10%   72
2012  102  5.12  4.04  66%  48/19/33  3.4 ...

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