FACTS/FLUKES: Kluber, M. Chapman, Devenski, Kinsler, and Hicks

Kluber's skills back top-four SP status... After missing time in the first half of 2017 with a lower back strain, Corey Kluber (RHP, CLE) still managed to strike out 105 batters in 80 first-half IP. While he experienced some good fortune (87% S%) in the second half, he missed bats consistently and posted a 2.57 xERA with 160 strikeouts in 123 second-half IP. Do his skills support his first-round draft status? 

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl   Dom  Cmd  FpK  SwK    G/L/F    H%  S% hr/f  BPV 
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ====  ===  ===  ===  ========  === === ====  === 
2013  147  3.85  3.25  2.0   8.3  2.0  60%  11%  46/26/29   33  72  12%  119
2014  236  2.44  2.74  1.9  10.3  5.3  64%  12%  48/21/31   33  80   7%  158
2015  222  3.49  3.07...

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