FACTS/FLUKES: Syndergaard, Rendon, Grichuk, S. Miller, D. Santana

Syndergaard dominant … Following an outstanding rookie season (3.24 ERA and 166K in 150 IP) Noah Syndergaard (RHP, NYM) has stepped his game up another notch so far in 2016, sporting a 2.51 ERA and 44K in 32 IP. What’s behind the surge?

Year   IP   ERA   xERA  Ctl   Dom  Cmd  GB/LD/FB  H%/S%  Ball%  FpK  SwK  BPV  vLHB
=====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ====  ===  ========  =====  =====  ===  ===  ===  ====
2013*   54  3.04  3.42  1.8  10.4  5.7     --     31/79   --     -    -   197   --
2014*  133  3.58  3.84  2.3   8.8  3.8     --     35/73   --     -    -   138   -- 
2015   150  3.24  3.03  1.9  10.0  5.4  46/20/34  29/75   34.7  64%  13%  153  .691
2016    32  2.51  2.04  1.7  12.2  7.3  57/20/23  36/75   32.7  66%  16%  210 ...

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