After hitting the minors for a good while, Joe Ross returned to the Nationals rotation in the heavy rain and produced a sterling 8.0 IP, 1 ER, 5 Hits, 0 BBs, 6 Ks line against the Mariners on Tuesday night. The main complaints about Ross have been surrounding his questionable Fastball command and lack of a proper third pitch. Seeing this line will make you think it's been fixed and Ross is en route to an incredible 2017 campaign. Yeah...not really. I watched a heavy amount of this start and there was plenty of great luck going Ross' way, like groundballs on poor pitches resulting in double plays, bad Sliders that were swung through purely on being vastly different than what was expected, and a Changeup that induced little confidence. Sure, it was raining a bit and this may have been a cause for some of his struggles, but outside of a good handful of well executed pitches, I didn't see the polish I was hoping to find from Ross in this outing. I think he should still be owned in all 12 teamers, but I'd sell if someone is buying.
Let’s see how every other SP did yesterday:
