5 years agoWashington Nationals relief pitcher Wander Suero allowed an eighth inning three-run home run to Carlos Gomez Thursday that made the difference in a 6-4 loss to the New York Mets. Suero now has a 7.17 ERA in 21 1/3 innings, even though it was Suero's first blown save of the season. Reliever Matt Grace sits at an 8.02 ERA, Joe Ross at 7.82, Kyle Barraclough and Tony Sipp both 5.40. Only closer Sean Doolittle (3.43) and Justin Miller (4.02) are doing okay. Trevor Rosenthal (36.00) is currently on a rehab assignment. Other than Doolittle, clearly none of these pitchers is fantasy viable. More importantly for fantasy purposes, however, it's also bad news for starting pitchers Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg (2 ER in 7 IP Thursday), and Patrick Corbin, who only have a combined 10 wins in 32 starts. They are all top pitchers, of course, but their fantasy value has taken a hit from the bullpen's inability to preserve several of their leads.--Nathaniel Green
Source: MLB.com