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These aren't supposed to be the numbers that Francis succeeds with, but he's not the same pitcher who competed for a rotation job, eventually won it and quickly lost it. He's developed a splitter seemingly overnight and traded some of his curveballs for sliders. All of this success belongs to Francis alone, but it's clear that Pete Walker and the Blue Jays' pitching staff have uncorked something, too. The March version of Francis might be getting rocked throwing 91 mph, but this version has a 1.95 ERA over 60 innings since returning to the rotation in late July and has flirted with history twice.