FACT/FLUKES: Verlander, De Aza, R. Martin, DeShields Jr., Montgomery

Strong 2H in store for Verlander? ... Last season we saw Justin Verlander (RHP, DET) become human, as declining fastball velocity on an arm with more than 2000 career innings on it finally caught up with him. This season, we're going to see how well the former flamethrower can adjust—what have early returns looked like?

Year    IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  SwK  FpK  H%  S%   G/L/F    hr/f  BPV
====   ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ===  ===  ==  ==  ========  ====  ===
2011   251  2.40  3.14  2.0  9.0  4.4  11%  61%  25  79  40/18/42   9%   124
2012   238  2.64  3.35  2.3  9.0  4.0  12%  61%  29  78  42/22/36   8%   121
2013   218  3.46  3.75  3.1  8.9  2.9  11%  65%  33  76  38/23/39   8%    94
2014   206  4.54  4.27  2.8  6.9  2.4 ...

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