The Joe-Ross-as-a-reliever experiment resulted in an 11.05 ERA, a 6.90 FIP, and a rough .338/.449/.585 line against in 14 2⁄3 innings for Ross out of the Washington Nationals’ bullpen earlier this season.
So the Nats sent the 26-year-old right-hander down to the minors to stretch him back out in case he was needed in the rotation at some point.
“We’re not giving up on Joe, that’s for sure,” Manager Davey Martinez told reporters, as quoted by MASN’s Mark Zuckerman, in late May.
“Joe, like we’ve told him before, he’s the future.