FACTS/FLUKES: Greinke, DeSclafani, Braun, Murphy, Franco

Greinke still getting the job done... Reduced velocity in spring training pushed some owners away from Zack Greinke (RHP, ARI), and he got off to a slow start, at least on the surface, recording a 4.50 ERA over his first six outings. He posted an excellent 42/4 K/BB ratio during that time, though, and the results have followed, as he has a 2.38 ERA over his last 18 starts, and now a 2.89 mark for the season. Do the skills back up his excellent numbers?

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  FpK  SwK   Vel    G/L/F   H%  S%  hr/f  BPV 
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ===  ===  ====  ========  ==  ==  ====  ===
2014  202  2.71  2.93  1.9  9.2  4.8  63%  12%  91.9  49/23/29  32  80   12%  141
2015  223  1.66  3.14  1.6  8.1  5.0  64%...

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