FACTS/FLUKES: A. Wood, Ozuna, deGrom, Rendon and T. Wood

Is Wood legit? … Alex Wood (LHP, ATL) finished his sophomore campaign with the 15th best ERA of all qualified starting pitchers in the majors. After breaking into the majors in 2013 as a reliever, the 24-year-old has made a smooth transition to the starting rotation. However, can we reasonably expect him to continue to pitch as well as he has thus far?

Year   IP    ERA  xERA  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  SwK  FpK  hr/f   G/L/F    H%/S%  BPV  DOM%/DIS%
=====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ===  ===  ====  ========  =====  ===  =========
2013*  140  2.43  2.83  2.8  8.5  3.0  10%  62%    5%  49/24/27  32/80  113   36%/45%
2014   172  2.78  3.20  2.4  8.9  3.8  10%  62%   10%  46/19/35  30/79  121   75%/ 0%

Wood’s performance was backed by elite...

Almost!

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