FACTS/FLUKES: Bard, Trumbo, Feliz, Choo, Perez

Bard's command lost in translation... After Boston's incumbent closer left in free agency, it was all but assumed dominant set-up man Daniel Bard (RHP, BOS) would inherit the role in 2012. The Red Sox threw everyone a curve ball, however, converting Bard into a starter in hopes of addressing a rotation with questionable depth. The transition has not gone smoothly:

Year   IP  Sv/Hld   ERA  xERA   H%   S%   G/L/F    Ctl   Dom  Cmd  hr/f  BPV
====   ==  ======  ====  ====  ===  ===  ========  ===  ====  ===  ====  ===
2009*  65    7/13  3.20  3.09  30%  78%  45/19/36  3.8  11.9  3.1   12%  122
2010   75    3/32  1.93  3.44  22%  86%  47/15/38  3.6   9.2  2.5    9%   92
2011   73    1/34  3.33  2.85  24%  66%  53/16/31  3.0   9.1  3.1   ...

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