FACTS/FLUKES: Lowe, J. Weeks, Morrow, D. Ortiz, Cordero

Don’t buy Lowe; sell high … After piling up a 9-17 record with a 5.05 ERA last year, it’s not surprising that Derek Lowe (RHP, CLE) was traded during the off-season. Now in the last year of a four-year, $60M contract, Lowe has gotten off to a scorching start for the Indians.

Year   IP  ERA   xERA  H%  S%  Ctl  Dom  Cmd   G/L/F    hr/9  BPV 
====  ===  ====  ====  ==  ==  ===  ===  ===  ========  ====  ===
2008  211  3.24  3.36  29  72  1.9  6.3  3.3  60/17/23   0.6  99
2009  195  4.67  4.36  33  70  2.9  5.1  1.8  56/18/26   0.7  48
2010  194  4.00  3.74  31  72  2.8  6.3  2.2  59/19/23   0.8  74
2011  187  5.05  3.66  34  66  3.4  6.6  2.0  59/18/23   0.7  65
2012   32  2.27  4.66  29  86  2.8  2.6  0.9  57/18/25   0.6   4

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