Trevor Rosenthal’s bad season gets worse

Trevor Rosenthal is off to a historically bad start. After Sunday’s win against the New York Mets, the Washington Nationals reliever still had an infinity ERA — and he became the first pitcher in 24 years to face his first nine batters of the season without recording an out.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last player to do so was John Hope.

Trevor Rosenthal is the 1st pitcher in last 24 seasons who failed to retire any of 1st 9 batters faced in a season. The last pitcher with a season-opening streak as long was the optimistically-named John Hope, who in 1995 allowed the 1st nine batters to reach. @EliasSports

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) April 7, 2019

Here’s every pitch Trevor Rosenthal has thrown this season. He’s yet to retire a batter. pic.twitter.com/igJAw1Hly1

— VHS (@VanHicklestein) April 8, 2019

In his latest appearance, Rosenthal threw only seven pitches — hitting one batter and walking another before he was pulled from the game. He also threw two wild pitches. 

Here’s Trevor Rosenthal’s pitch chart for today pic.twitter.com/SLIzoOmtR3

— David Adler (@_dadler) April 7, 2019

Rosenthal told reporters that he has “never been anything quite like this.” 

Trevor Rosenthal: “I’ve never been through anything quite like this, so it’s kind of tough. Physically I feel so good and so strong, just the ball is not going exactly where I want it to. I’m just pressing a little bit too much now to make a really good pitch”

— Jamal Collier (@JamalCollier) April 7, 2019