FACT/FLUKES: Price, C. Santana, T. Walker, Miley, Swihart

Chinks emerging in Price's armor? ... There's no denying David Price (LHP, DET) is among baseball's elite hurlers, and the numbers he posted last season were outstanding, even by his lofty standards. But some warning signs—including a dwindling ground ball rate and a Dom that wasn't reflected in his SwK%—suggested some regression could be coming.

Year    IP   ERA  xERA  H%  S%  Ctl  Dom   Cmd  SwK   G/L/F    hr/f  BPV
====   ===  ====  ====  ==  ==  ===  ===  ====  ===  ========  ====  ===
2010   209  2.72  3.78  28  79  3.4  8.1   2.4  10%  44/17/40    7%   76
2011   224  3.49  3.32  29  72  2.5  8.7   3.5   9%  44/19/37   10%  111
2012   211  2.56  3.10  29  80  2.5  8.7   3.5   9%  53/20/27   11%  120
2013   187  3.33  3.34  30  72 ...

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