FACTS/FLUKES: Strasburg, Albies, Bruce, Strickland, LeMahieu

Strasburg owns elite skills, but health remains a concern … Stephen Strasburg (RHP, WAS) was dominant in 2017, posting a career best 2.52 ERA while also topping the 150 IP plateau for the first time since 2014 (175 IP). How are the underlying skills?

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl   Dom   Cmd  FpK  SwK  Ball%  GB/LD/FB  H%/S% hr/f  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  =====  ========  ===== ====  ===
2013  183  3.00  2.98  2.8   9.4   3.4  59%  11%  36.7%  52/17/31  27/74  11%  125
2014  215  3.14  2.78  1.8  10.1   5.6  65%  12%  33.2%  46/23/31  32/76  13%  158
2015  127  3.46  2.94  1.8  11.0   6.0  66%  12%  32.9%  42/23/34  33/72  12%  168
2016  148  3.60  3.30  2.7  11.2   4.2  65%  13%  33.5%  40/21/39  31/70  11% ...

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