someone smarter than me has to explain Nico. His baseball savant page is almost identical to last year but we've all seen the difference in results. it's hard to believe it's all bad luck
if even a couple of them outside Townsend end up contributing in some way it's probably considered a victory. it's really hard to get good major leaguers out outside of the 1st round
he won't pitch in the all-star game, someone replaced him. having said that I don't think there's any real concern, they just want to give him some extra rest