If you watched the first segment of Thursday's Fantasy Baseball Today, you already know where I'm going with this. Nathan Eovaldi has suddenly gone back on everything that made his hot start believable.
In his last three starts, he's allowed nine earned runs on 26 hits in 15 1/3 innings, which you could attribute to law of averages, statistical noise or plain, dumb luck if you're so inclined. But his seven walks and seven strikeouts during that stretch you can only attribute to bad pitching.
The book on him coming into the season was that he didn't get enough strikeouts for as hard as he throws and he issued too many walks for as much contact as he allows. If his last three starts are any indication, it's as true now as ever.
Granted, three starts don't make for much of a sample, but then again, neither do the seven that made him look like a top-of-the-rotation pitcher to begin the year.
Am I dropping him just yet? Probably not. But I'd at least be tempted if a Drew Pomeranz, Trevor Bauer or Dallas Keuchel type was still out there.