FACTS/ FLUKES; Cueto, Street, Molina, Nelson, Lucroy

Cueto knocking on door of NL elite ... Johnny Cueto (RHP, CIN) fell a game short of a 20-win season, but that was the only disappointment in an otherwise superb season for the 27-year-old, who delivered another sub-3.00 ERA and appears to be in the prime of his career.

Year     IP  ERA   xERA  WHIP  H%  S%   G/L/F    Ctl  Dom  Cmd  hr/9  hr/f    
====    ===  ====  ====  ====  ==  ==  ========  ===  ===  ===  ====  ====  
2010    186  3.64  4.24  1.28  30  74  42/19/39  2.7  6.7  2.5   0.9    9%  
2011    156  2.31  3.57  1.09  26  80  54/16/30  2.7  6.0  2.2   0.5    6%  
2012    217  2.78  3.59  1.17  30  78  49/22/29  2.0  7.1  3.5   0.6    8%  

Cueto did better than repeat 2011, he took a step up from a skills...

Almost!

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