Zimmermann tops Halladay Tuesday: Washington starter Jordan Zimmermann cruised to victory on Tuesday night against Roy Halladay and the Philadelphia Phillies. With Halladay struggling, Zimmermann kept the Philly bats in check over six innings. Zimmermann’s only real issue in the start was his inability to keep his pitch count down as he needed 107 pitches and couldn’t get deeper into the game. Zimmermann allowed just one earned run on seven hits and two walks over his six innings. He struck out two batters and his ERA is now at 2.47 on the season. (Updated 05/22/2012)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/24/12).
Fantasy Analysis
Zimmermann entered Tuesday’s start having lost three times in his previous four outings, but won to improve to 3-4 on the season against the Phillies. The interesting thing about Zimmermann’s under-.500 record is that his ERA and WHIP remain pristine at 2.47 and 1.08, respectively. Zimmermann has improved his strikeout numbers steadily with the season and has proven himself as a solid option in mixed Fantasy formats. His next start is scheduled for Monday at Miami and Zimmermann will be a two-start hurler for the upcoming scoring period. (Updated 05/22/2012).
05/22/2012 21:55 Nats move into first place in NL East
Jordan Zimmerman pitched six solid innings, and Ian Desmond and Rick Ankiel homered to lead the Washington Nationals to a 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night.
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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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