Hendricks (2-2) shut the Nationals out over six innings Thursday, giving up just two hits and two walks while striking out four in a winning effort.
Five starts into the season, Hendricks is delivering more or less what we expected from him: steady, yet unspectacular ratios. His strikeout rate is a bit better than he gets credit for, but Hendricks' real improvement this year has been in the form of generating ground balls -- his current 60.5 percent rate is among the very best in all of baseball. He may not be the most exciting fantasy asset out there, but he's getting the job done.