Chen (3-1) struck out a cool dozen Brewers over 6.1 innings Wednesday, allowing two runs on six hits and two walks in a 3-2 victory.

EDGE Analysis

Washington's Max Scherzer will get most of Wednesday's accolades after he struck out 20 Tigers, but Chen put on a sparkling performance of his own. The 12 whiffs are that much crazier because Chen failed to strike out a single hitter in his last outing, a four-run mess in five innings against the Phillies. He's never been a big strikeout guy, and fantasy owners shouldn't expect that from him, but they should expect the Taiwanese lefty to bring his ERA down into the mid-threes by the time all's said and done. His current 4.40 mark doesn't jive with his 3.56 FIP and 3.61 xFIP.