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Oh, and by the way, if Justin Verlander finds a way to beat the Marlins tonight, he will be the American League's 2nd 20-game winner (John Lackey of Boston, featuring the old at 'em ball, is the other). Now Verlander leads the AL in CG, with IP and K's over 200. Lackey will wind up under 200 IP and under 100 Ks with no CG. Verlander's ERA is under 3.00; Lackey's is over 4.00. The NL has a pair of 18-game winners leading (Bumgarner, SF and Haren, WAS). So, despite the outlier in the NL with the saves record, all stats align with 2013 MLB pretty well. Oh, the saves leader in the AL is Joe Nathan, TEX with 54, followed by Mo Riviera, NYY with 52. And every team seems to have at least one guy who pitches an average of less than one inning per appearance. And this is all handled by the game engine AI after settings and slider tweaks I made before Spring Training.
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