FACTS/ FLUKES: Corbin, Polanco, Knebel, Conforto, Galvis

Corbin rides devastating slider to new heights … We wrote last summer (here and here) about how Patrick Corbin (LHP, ARI) was ramping up his slider usage to great effect, including a 3.36 ERA in 99 IP over the second half of 2017. A 227 ADP gave him considerable profit potential heading into 2018, and he has delivered to the tune of a 3.15 ERA through 149 IP. Can he keep it going?

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl   Dom  Cmd  FpK  SwK  GB/LD/FB  H%/S%  hr/f  BPV   vR
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ====  ===  ===  ===  ========  =====  ====  ===  ====
2013  208  3.41  3.48  2.3   7.7  3.3  70%  11%  47/22/31  29/73   10%  100  .703
2014  -------------------------Did not pitch; injury-----------------------------
2015   85  3.60  3.47  1.8   8.3 ...

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