I love the Nationals here today to even up the series up with the Braves. The Braves are 2-6 in their last 8 vs. LH starters and have dropped to 18th with a .713 OPS vs. LHP. They'll face Ross Detwiler, who may not be a big name, but is getting big results. Detwiler has held the Braves line up today to 15-63 with 0 HR, that's a .238 average. Take Prado out of the mix and that's 8-50, he's largely dominated this line up. That's something Jarr Jurjens can not claim this year or against the Nationals.

Jurrjens goes up against 5 hitters who have faced him today and are a combined 24-75 for a .320 average and a couple of home runs. Nationals have hist .309 vs. RHP over their last 10 games. Jurrjens has struggled big time during his day starts posting a 5.87 ERA while Detwiler in 2 day starts has a 0.75 ERA. Detwiler has also posted a 3.06 ERA during home starts while Jurrjens posts a 4.91 on the road and is only striking out 3.80 per 9 innings while walking 3.60 for an xFIP of 5.77. In his last three starts vs. the Nationals (all last year) he posts a 9.56 ERA and a 1.81 WHIP. The Nationals are 39-19 in their last 58 vs. a starter with a WHIP > 1.30.

Where to find Freddy?