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          Pitchers poised to make 'the leap'

          Mat Latos has been on the edge of greatness for a couple of years. AP Photo/Al Behrman
          • Dan Szymborski, Special to ESPN.comJan 21, 2014, 07:05 PM
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            • Creator of ZiPS projection system
            • Founder of Baseball Think Factory
            • Contributed to ESPN since 2010
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          One of 2013's big stories was the emergence of Max Scherzer, the eventual American League Cy Young Award winner. Though he entered the season with a career-best ERA of 3.50 and neither an All-Star Game or Cy Young vote to his name, the 28-year-old righty dominated the AL en route to a 21-3 record, a sterling 2.90 ERA, and the Cy Young Award.