Kyle

Hendricks

JP Sears outpitched Hendricks today, but Hendricks outlasted him and got the win after the Angels scored six times in the sixth. It’s Hendricks’ fourth victory to go along with six losses. It’s hard to see him improving a whole lot on his current 5.20 ERA, but he’s giving the Angels a chance; this makes eight straight outings in which he’s pitched at least five innings and allowed no more than four runs. We’ll see if that holds up with a Yankee Stadium start next on the docket.

Hendricks walked two and struck out two. He narrowly avoided giving up a grand slam in the third to Rowdy Tellez, but that sac fly and a fielder’s choice from Leody Taveras gave the Mariners a 3-1 cushion. He also allowed an RBI triple to Julio Rodríguez in the fourth and a run-scoring single by J.P. Crawford in the first. Hendricks was in consistent trouble, and the Seattle offense let him off the hook, to quote a certain former NFL coach. He’ll take an ugly 5.40 ERA into a scheduled start against the Athletics next week.

Hendricks stranded the bases loaded in the third to keep the Guardians off the board before Nolan Jones tripled in a run and scored on an error for a two-run little-league homer. José Ramírez added a run for Cleveland with a solo homer in the fifth. Steven Kwan then took Hendricks deep for a solo shot with two outs in the sixth, and that would be it. Hendricks struck out six. The 35-year-old right-hander will take a 5.34 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, and a 39/18 K/BB ratio across 59 innings into a start against the Mariners in Anaheim on Friday.

The 35-year-old right-hander punched out five batters on the day and didn’t allow a base on balls. The Marlins never mounted a major rally against him, but scratched out single runs in each of the third, fourth and fifth innings. Hendricks got 11 swings and misses on 87 pitches on the day — six of those on his changeup — while posting a solid CSW of 32 percent. He’ll see if he can further improve upon his unsightly 5.23 ERA, 1.26 WHIP and 33/16 K/BB ratio (53 1/3 innings) when he takes on the Guardians in Cleveland on Saturday.

The A’s brought a run in on Hendricks in the second inning on three hits. Shea Langeliers later led off the fourth inning with a solo homer. Nick Kurtz then took him deep for a two-run shot. Hendricks would leave with two out and one runner on the sixth at 90 pitches -- 63 for strikes. He struck out three with no walks. The 35-year-old right-hander will take a 5.32 ERA, 1.27 WHIP and a 28/16 K/BB ratio across 47 1/3 innings into a start against the Marlins in Anaheim on Sunday.

Hendricks only gave up one-scoring play, but it was a big one; a three-run blast from Xander Bogaerts. Outside of that the 35-year-old pitched well, but that was enough with the Angles giving him a sole run of support throughout the contest. Hendricks now has an ugly 1-5 record and 5.18 ERA in his first season with the Angels, and it’s hard to come up with reasons to use him against the Athletics next week when Los Angeles travels to Sacramento.

A very Kyle Hendricks-like start from, well, Kyle Hendricks. He was able to strike out five, but he didn’t fool Baltimore hitters for most of the contest and gave up all three runs in the first two innings. It could have been worse, but it’s pretty clear there won’t be too many starts like the 7 2/3 innings of one-run baseball like he had the last time out against the Tigers. He shouldn’t be in fantasy lineups Wednesday for his scheduled bout against the Padres.

Hendricks took a shutout into the eighth before allowing a solo homer to Spencer Torkelson. It’s a nice bounceback for the right-hander after he was shelled for seven runs in just three innings against the Twins in his previous affair. He didn’t walk anyone while fanning three over 104 pitches. When you throw 7 2/3 innings of one-run baseball and still have an ERA of 5.28, you know things have gone pretty bad; especially this early in the season. Hendricks gets the Orioles next weekend.

Yikes. The right-hander punched out three batters in the otherwise miserable performance. The Twins scratched out a run against him in the first inning and added two more in the third — one of them on a solo blast from Byron Buxton. Hendricks then allowed the first four hitters to reach in the fourth inning, three of them via walks, before turning the ball over to the bullpen which would allow all of the inherited runners to score. Hendricks got just four swings and misses on 90 pitches in the ballgame, posting a CSW of 24 percent. He’ll try to pick up the pieces as he carries a 5.48 ERA and 1.39 WHIP into Thursday’s matchup against the Tigers.

Hendricks was improved from his loss Sunday to the Astros, but still wasn’t particularly impressive. The 35-year-old struck out just one against two walks, and generated a total of four swings and misses among his 63 pitches. It was far from a disaster, but this isn’t the goal for fantasy managers. It shouldn’t be, anyway. Hendricks is back on the mound over the weekend against the Twins.