Michael Lorenzen

Michael Lorenzen allowed four earned runs on four hits and six walks while striking out one over 4 1/3 innings in Thursday's win over the Marlins.

Fantasy Impact

Lorenzen has struggled to miss opposing bats of late, allowing three earned runs or more in six of his last nine contests. The right-hander remains one of many underwhelming starting options in the Rockies rotation for manager Warren Schaeffer, posting a 6.91 ERA and 1.81 WHIP with a 3-9 record and 2.1 K/BB ratio across 19 appearances.

Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on seven hits while striking out one over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Twins.

Fantasy Impact

Lorenzen has struggled to miss opposing bats of late, allowing three earned runs or more in five of his last eight trips to the mound. The right-hander remains one of many dismal starting options in the Rockies rotation, posting a 6.83 ERA and 1.79 WHIP with a 3-9 record and 7.3 K/9 ratio across 18 starts.

Michael Lorenzen allowed four runs on seven hits over 5.1 innings of work on Sunday as the Rockies suffered an 8-6 loss to the Pirates.

Fantasy Impact

Lorenzen walked one and struck out five as he fell to 2-9 on the season. His nine losses broke a tie with four other pitchers for the most in all of baseball. The veteran has now gone 10 straight starts without a victory and he now has a 7.11 ERA with a 1.83 WHIP across 17 appearances (16 starts) this season. He's lined up to take on the Twins in his next start on Saturday.

Michael Lorenzen settled for a no-decision on Monday despite limiting the Cubs to one run on five hits over five innings. He walked one and struck out five.

Fantasy Impact

Lorenzen has now posted back-to-back strong outings - both against the Cubs - after a disastrous start to his season. He did allow a home run to Pete Crow-Armstrong in the bottom of the first, but otherwise it was another solid start from the veteran righthander. Over his last two outings, Lorenzen has allowed two runs on seven hits with a 12:3 K:BB ratio in 10 innings - lowering his season ERA from 8.01 to 7.13 in the process. He has, however, not won a game since April 24 against the Mets and has gone 0-6 with three no-decisions in his last nine starts. Still, Lorenzen's last two outings are a step in the right direction and he'll look to continue his turnaround on Sunday against the Pirates at Coors Field.

Michael Lorenzen allowed just a run on two hits while striking out a season-high seven over five innings in a no-decision against the Cubs on Wednesday.

Fantasy Impact

Lorenzen retired the first nine batters he faced before allowing a leadoff triple to Pete Crow-Armstrong - who would later score on an RBI groundout - to start the fourth. Lorenzen then allowed a double to Nico Hoerner in the fifth but left him stranded there. The veteran righthander still has an inflated ERA (7.49) and WHIP (1.90) while pitching to a 2-8 record and allowing a .349 opponents' batting average through 15 appearances - 14 starts - this season. However, maybe Lorenzen can build off of Wednesday's start as he will get the Cubs again on Monday, in Chicago.