Fantasy Baseball Pitchers Struggling of Late: Sandy Alcantara and Dustin May the Biggest Names of the Bunch

After looking at some fantasy baseball pitchers trending up over the past 15 days, let's do the same for pitchers trending down.

We'll look at several different stats to break things up. I'll focus on bigger names, and not mention all pitchers.

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Worst ERAs

For pitchers with at least 10 innings pitched over the past 15 days, Colorado's German Marquez has the worst earned run average (18.00).

Marquez has allowed 20 runs on 25 hits and five walks over 10 frames, while striking out five batters. He's barely owned in any fantasy leagues right now, and can't be trusted against any opponents, even the most favorable ones. Only roster him in the deepest of fantasy leagues, and probably bench him until things improve a bit.

Miami's Sandy Alcantara has a 13.50 ERA and 0-3 record over the past 15 days. The former NL Cy Young has allowed 16 runs on 16 hits and nine walks over 10 2/3 innings, while striking out just seven.

He was a near must-own fantasy asset at the beginning of the season, but is now down to 79% rostered. Alcantara could bounce back at any point, but he'd be hard to trust with a standard league start unless his opponent is a really weak-hitting team. Hold on to Alcantara in deeper leagues still, but he could be dropped in a lot of standard leagues.

Los Angeles Dodgers' Dustin May has an 8.71 ERA over his past three starts. He's allowed 10 runs on 15 hits and six walks over 10 1/3 innings, while striking out eight. May hasn't earned a win in that span, and has somehow avoided any losses too.

May was trending toward being a standard league keeper early in the season, but now he's owned in 67% of leagues and looking like a deep-league hold only. He still has streaming value in standard leagues against some weaker-hitting opponents, but he's going to be hard to trust until his results improve a bit.

Colorado's Chase Dollander has a 7.53 ERA over his past three starts. He's 1-2 and has 12 strikeouts over 14 1/3 innings. Dollander has allowed 15 runs (12 earned) on 18 hits and seven walks.

He's a highly-regarded prospect, but hasn't delivered elite results yet. Dollander is only owned in 11% of leagues right now, and he's not even a trustworthy option in deep, deep leagues. In time, that could change, but for now, Dollander should probably be benched in the leagues he's rostered in.

Arizona's Zac Gallen has a 7.36 ERA over his past two starts in the past 15 days. He's 0-2 and has 11 punchouts over 11 innings. Gallen has allowed nine runs on 11 hits and four walks.

Gallen was a must-own fantasy asset at the start of the season, but is sitting at 93% rostered now. His own percentage will continue to drop if his results don't improve soon. Gallen isn't someone you can trust against all opponents right now, but after being a top-90 draft pick, most fantasy owners aren't quite ready to move off him.

Gallen is running out of time to impress fantasy owners though. If you believe in him turning things around eventually, he's a buy-low trade target.

Arizona's Eduardo Rodriguez has a 7.31 ERA over his past three starts. He's 1-1 and has 15 punchouts over 16 innings. Rodriguez has allowed 15 runs (13 earned) on 25 hits and two walks.

Rodriguez has been a streaming option throughout the season, but his season-long numbers suggest he should only be a deep-league streamer for now. Unless his matchup is really favorable, I'd do my best to avoid utilizing Rodriguez too.

Toronto's Bowden Francis has a 7.24 ERA over his past three starts. He's 1-2 in that span, with eight strikeouts over 13 2/3 innings. Francis has allowed 11 runs on 21 hits and two walks.

He was owned in a lot of fantasy leagues to kick off the season, but is more a deep-league keeper with standard league streaming value right now. Francis is hard to trust given his recent results. He's another buy-low trade candidate given his success from a season ago.

Cleveland's Logan Allen has a 7.20 ERA over his last two starts. He's 0-1 and has seven strikeouts over his 10 innings in those outings. Allen has allowed eight runs on 14 hits and four walks.

Allen was a trendy streaming option and waiver possibility last week, but he's now trending down. Seven of the runs he allowed came in his last start, so really it was just one bad outing for him. It'd be hard to trust him for his next start, and his up-and-down results will likely hold him back as a fantasy asset all season.

Los Angeles Angels' Jose Soriano has a 7.07 ERA over his past three starts. He's 0-3 with eight punchouts over 14 innings in that timeframe. Soriano has allowed 12 runs (11 earned) on 23 hits and seven walks in those three starts.

Soriano was getting standard league keeper attention over the past couple weeks, but three straight starts with three or more earned runs allowed has him trending way down. I still like Soriano as a deep-league option, and some of you would be smart to buy low on him. He's tough to trust right now, and likely won't start in standard leagues unless he has an elite matchup.

Least Amount of Strikeouts

Athletics' Osvaldo Bido has just three strikeouts over his past three starts, which covers 16 1/3 innings. He's allowed 10 runs on 18 hits and six walks.

Bido has some streaming value, especially in deeper leagues, but the lack of strikeouts really hurts his fantasy value. Only in the best of matchups would I want to start Bido right now.

New York Yankees' Max Fried has just five strikeouts over the past 15 days, but that covers two starts and 13 2/3 innings. He's allowed just an unearned run on seven hits and four walks. Fried won both starts as well.

Fried is a top-end fantasy option, even without the strikeouts of late. The lack of strikeouts begs the question of whether or not to hold Fried for the long run. I think the strikeouts will come in time, so I'd hold Fried instead of selling him off in a trade.

Texas' Tyler Mahle has just five punchouts over two starts and 12 innings. However, he's allowed just two runs on 10 hits and four walks.

Mahle has been a pleasant surprise this season, and continues to deliver good fantasy results, even without many strikeouts of late. Again, I wouldn't be too worried about things, but at the same time, could justify selling high on Mahle. It depends on whether you think Mahle can remain a top-end option going forward.

Most Homers Allowed

Francis has allowed seven homers over the past 15 days, which leads the majors. Bido is second with six long balls allowed.

Baltimore's Cade Povich and Cleveland's Tanner Bibee have allowed five home runs each.

Povich is 1-1 with a 6.75 ERA over 14 2/3 innings in that span. He's allowed 11 runs on 13 hits and nine walks, while striking out 11.

Povich hasn't been a big fantasy asset all season, and he's hard to trust in any fantasy format given his season-long numbers. The youngster is running out of time to show why he was so highly regarded coming up through the minor leagues.

Bibee is 1-1 over his three starts, with a 4.34 ERA over 18 2/3 innings. He's allowed nine runs on 15 hits and seven walks, while striking out 15 batters.

Bibee was owned in every fantasy league to begin the season, but has dropped to around 90% now. Better fantasy outings are probably ahead for him, so I view Bibee as more of a buy-low trade candidate than someone who will continue to struggle all season.