Zimmermann, Nats iron out deal: The Nationals avoided arbitration with SP Jordan Zimmermann by agreeing to a one-year, $2.3 million contract, according to CBSSports.com baseball insider Jon Heyman. (Updated 01/17/2012)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 2/12/12).
Fantasy Analysis
Zimmermann deserved a nice pay raise after showing great progress in 2011. He went just 8-11, but Zimmermann posted a 3.18 ERA and 1.15 WHIP. He showed that he is fully recovered from his Tommy John surgery and ready to help lead the Nationals rotation. Fantasy owners can't rely on Zimmermann as an ace on Draft Day, but the potential is there. View him as a nice mid-rotation Fantasy arm, worth a selection in the middle rounds. (Updated 01/17/2012).
02/10/2012 13:27 2012 Draft Prep: 12-team, mixed H2H draft
Which picks stood out in our initial 12-team Head-to-Head mock draft for 2012? Check out the results and read what Scott White has to say about some of the more interesting selections.
02/07/2012 09:19 2012 Draft Prep: Head-to-Head strategies
Understanding the subtle differences between Head-to-Head and Rotisserie formats leading up to Draft Day can make all the difference. Our Scott White shares some of his battle-tested draft strategies.
02/02/2012 12:21 2012 Draft Prep: Our 12-team, mixed Rotisserie draft
It's time for owners to start looking ahead to Draft Day. We get you off and running with our 12-team Rotisserie mock draft. Check out the results!
Jordan Zimmermann's first year back from Tommy John surgery went about as well as anyone could have expected. He needed a month to shake off the cobwebs, but from May 1 forward, he produced a 2.87 ERA and 1.12 WHIP in 21 starts, recording 7.5 strikeouts per nine innings during that stretch. But just when he was beginning to build momentum as an every-week option in Fantasy, the Nationals' prudence got in the way. They set a limit of 160 innings for him at the beginning of the season, and gosh darn it, they were going to stick to it. Zimmermann's removal from the rotation in late August and the controversy leading up to it upended what was shaping up to be a breakthrough year for the 25-year-old, but if nothing else, he showed the ability to be a top-or-the-rotation starter, picking up where he left off before the elbow injury. And with Stephen Strasburg now on the innings limit, Zimmermann has a chance to become the staff workhorse for a potential contender in Washington. You don't have to draft Zimmermann especially early in Fantasy -- we rank him just outside the top 40 starting pitchers -- but he's a clear candidate to outperform his draft position. (Updated 1/18/12)
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