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Gomber

Gomber was facing his former organization, and things went poorly. Again. He did hold St. Louis off the board through the first three innings, but things unraveled in the middle innings to push his ERA to 6.03 with an 0-4 record. He did strike out six with zero walks, but that’s small consolation. Gomber shouldn’t be started against the Orioles over the weekend.

Gomber struck out three and walked two, and needed 90 pitches to get 13 outs. He posted just a 10 percent whiff rate and 21 percent CSW and should not be trusted in fantasy leagues.

Gomber’s velocity has been down in five starts since returning from shoulder inflammation, but it was a little better tonight; he averaged 89.5 mph with his fastball, down from 90.5 mph last year. That helped him pick up five strikeouts and 11 missed swings. That might not sound like much, but he came into the night with a total of six strikeouts in 19 2/3 innings. He’ll take a 5.92 ERA into his next start against the Reds.

Gomber was fortunate to allow just the two runs as he gave up eight hits and only struck out one hitter, but he deserves credit for wiggling out of jams; even if they didn’t come from missing bats. He still has an ugly 5.49 ERA, but it it’s worth noting that he’s given up no more than two runs in three of his four starts. He’s still not a good streaming option for his scheduled start next week against Boston.

Gomber walked one and struck out one batter on the afternoon. It was a nice bounce-back effort from the 31-year-old southpaw after he was clobbered for nine runs on 12 hits over 4 2/3 innings his last time out. The lone tally against him in this one came on an RBI infield single off the bat of Mookie Betts in the third inning. Gomber got six whiffs on 77 pitches on the day, registering a CSW of 23 percent. He’ll look to further improve upon his 6.14 ERA, 1.43 WHIP and 5/3 K/BB ratio (14 2/3 innings) when he does battle against the Astros on Wednesday.

Woof. Gomber also issued one walk on the night and didn’t strike out a batter. The Diamondbacks scratched out single runs in each of the first two innings against him then broke the game open with four runs in the fourth — including a three-run blast off the bat of Ketel Marte. After the Rockies scored six times to take the lead in the home half of the fourth, Gomber came back out and served up another pair of homers in the fifth inning to give it back. He got just four whiffs on 81 pitches on the night, posting an underwhelming CSW of 19 percent. He’ll bring a disappointing 8.38 ERA and 1.66 WHIP into a brutal matchup against the Dodgers at Coors Field on Thursday.

Gomber gave up two hits, walked one and struck out four. The 31-year-old left-hander was making his first start of the year after dealing with a shoulder injury. Gomber stymied the Braves’ offense for all five innings, but didn’t get the win as Colorado’s offensive explosion came after he left the game. Gomber still isn’t much of a fantasy asset as a finesse pitcher who makes half of his starts at Coors Field. He’ll face the Diamondbacks at home next weekend.

Gomber will make his season debut on Sunday against the Athletics after missing nearly three months at the outset of the year working his way back from shoulder inflammation. The 31-year-old lefty is not a recommended option for fantasy purposes after posting just 116 strikeouts over 165 innings (30 starts) last year for Colorado.

Gomber will make his season debut after missing the first two-plus months of the season with his shoulder issue. The 31-year-old has been effective at times, but his inability to miss bats while playing for a team that has shown an inability to be competent makes him a hard pass in fantasy leagues.

Gomber has been on the injured list since early March with a shoulder injury. He suffered a setback when he first tried to begin his rehab process in early April, and now will try and begin the process again. It will likely be early July before he becomes an option for the Rockies.