Kevin

Gausman

Gausman struck out six and went without a walk for a fourth straight outing. His bad starts this year have been pretty awful, but this makes four times that he’s pitched at least six innings and allowed one or no runs. Three of those have come in his last five starts. Overall, he’s 5-4 with a 3.68 ERA. His next start will come at home against the A’s.

This was vintage Gausman. He artfully mixed his patented splitter and fastball leaving the Padres seemingly clueless as to which of those two pitches were coming next. His command of that fastball was especially good and that helped his splitter generate 13 swings-and-misses, most which came on ugly swings. It’s nice to see the top-end for Gausman is still here while understanding his start-to-start production is a bit more erratic than it was during his heyday. He’s scheduled for a two-start week coming up against the Rangers and Athletics.

On the plus side, the 34-year-old right-hander racked up six strikeouts on the afternoon and didn’t walk a batter. His trouble in this one stemmed from his inability to keep the baseball in the yard, serving up a two-run homer to Brandon Lowe in the opening inning, a solo shot to Kameron Misner in the fourth and another to Josh Lowe in the fifth inning. Gausman generated 16 swings and misses on 101 pitches on the day — eight on his fastball and seven on his splitter — while posting a CSW of 29 percent. He’ll look to bounce back as he carries a 4.59 ERA, 1.06 WHIP and a 46/12 K/BB ratio (51 innings) into Wednesday’s battle against the Padres.

Gausman gave up a run in the third and two more were charged to him in the sixth. The right-hander generated 11 swings and misses while procuring three strikeouts, and he didn’t walk anyone. Not the most impressive outing of the 34-year-old’s career, but good enough to pick up his third win of 2025 while seeing his ERA bump slightly up to 3.97. Gausman will be back at it Thursday against the Rays.

It was vintage Gausman out there on Saturday. The 34-year-old right-hander allowed just one hit and issued one walk over six shutout frames. Gausman struck out nine on an excellent 16 swinging strikes. He’ll carry a 3.83 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, and a 37/12 K/BB ratio across 40 innings into a start against the Mariners in Seattle on Friday.

Gausman was lit up for six runs over 2 2/3 innings, including a 53-pitch third inning, prior to being ejected from Sunday’s meltdown against the Yankees. The Blue Jays are going to give the ball to fellow veteran Chris Bassitt for Friday’s series opener against the Guardians with Gausman getting an extra day of rest.

The right-hander walked five and struck out two on the day and was not happy with the strike zone, which ultimately led to his ejection. The veteran only allowed two extra-base hits on the day, but he continues to struggle to locate his splitter, with just a 16 percent zone rate on the day. His four-seam fastball has been able to pick up the slack and carry him so far this season, but Gausman is not going to be useful to your fantasy teams unless he can get that splitter going again. It was missing for much of the 2024 season as well. If you wanted to move on from Gausman in shallower leagues, we would understand it. He gets the Guardians next week

Persistent rain, and possible thunderstorms, in the New York City area take one of Saturday’s marquee pitching matchups between Fried and a resurgent Kevin Gausman off a jam-packed slate. It’ll be made up as a doubleheader on Sunday with Fried and Gausman likely to take the ball at some point during the twin bill.

Gausman, 34, was able to generate a solid 14 swings-and-misses over his 96 pitches, but he dealt with command issues; walking three with 34 of those offerings landing outside the strike zone. The right-hander gave up up all four runs in the fifth, and outside of that it was a solid effort from Gausman. One bad inning can turn a strong outing into a shaky one, and Monday was evidence of that. He’ll take a 3.16 ERA into a scheduled start Sunday against the Yankees.

The 34-year-old hurler allowed six hits on the evening and didn’t walk a batter. All of the damage done against him came via the long ball, with Austin Riley crushing a solo homer in the opening frame and Matt Olson adding a solo shot in the sixth. Gausman generated 14 swings and misses on 98 pitches on the night — eight of them on his fastball — while registering a CSW of 31 percent. He’ll attempt to keep the good times rolling as he brings a stellar 2.52 ERA, 0.72 WHIP and a 20/3 K/BB ratio (25 1/3 innings) into a tough matchup against the Astros in Houston on Monday.