Blach returned to form Thursday, holding the Reds to two runs on five hits over seven innings, walking one and striking out two in a 3-2 loss.
The 26-year-old was hammered by these very same Reds in his last start, but a return to the pitcher-friendly confines of AT&T Park proved to be the solution to his woes against Cincinnati. Blach had been effective as a starter outside of his one rough outing, but a dreadful strikeout rate (2.3 K/9) keeps the southpaw's ceiling relatively low and limits his usefulness to very deep and NL-only formats. That said, his next start comes at home against the Dodgers, who he has held to a .159 batting average with no extra-base hits in two career starts, so there is some streaming potential there.