Chicago White Sox right-hander Ivan Nova struggled in a 9-7 loss to the Tigers on Thursday. Nova allowed six runs in 6 1/3 innings of work while picking up just three strikeouts.
Nova was coming off his best start of the season but his outing on Thursday will erase all memories of that. Nova now has a 0-2 ERA, 6.23 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, and 14 strikeouts on the year. He has very little strikeout upside, which means he has to be excellent in the other categories to have fantasy value. So far that hasn't been the case, so leave him on waivers.