Kevin Gausman Today 2015

[OriolesMagic83]

I'm glad that Gausman is finally a "regular" in the rotation. He's been jerked around too long already. I just regret that the O's wasted a lot of his service time in 2013 & 2014, shuttling him between Norfolk and Baltimore.

Starting pitchers are creatures of habit and routine, and its baffling that some people think that been sent down after every couple mlb starts does not effect a young pitcher. A veteran pitcher would say it effects them if they were going thru the same thing.

[Aristotelian]

Not too many curveballs today.

That was my observation during the game. He was using the offspeed stuff mostly in fastball counts early in the game, then just pounded the fastball. I liked the approach.

[Frobby]

I'm glad that Gausman is finally a "regular" in the rotation. He's been jerked around too long already. I just regret that the O's wasted a lot of his service time in 2013 & 2014, shuttling him between Norfolk and Baltimore.

Starting pitchers are creatures of habit and routine, and its baffling that some people think that been sent down after every couple mlb starts does not effect a young pitcher. A veteran pitcher would say it effects them if they were going thru the same thing.

In 2013, they brought him up too soon IMO. He'd have been better off getting consistent MiL starts. In 2014, they did the hopscotch thing for the first half, but he got consistent starts in the second half. This year, he had a good shot to make the OD rotation, but pitched poorly in the spring so they went with Bud. The whole thing could have been handled better, but I think any way we would have played it, Gausman would have finished 2015 with 1+ years of service time, so I don't think service time is really an issue here. Gausman will finish the year having made about 17 starts and next spring there's no doubt he'll be in the rotation. His flight path hasn't been ideal, but I think he's weathered the storm.

[Stotle]

Maybe people can come down off the Gausman bashing bandwagon now. Two good starts in a row, hopefully he's onto something.

Don't hold your breath. That will only happen once Baltimore has secured a playoff spot or the calendar rolls over to 2016. Otherwise, Kevin's support will be fickle.

[OFFNY]

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17 OUTS: 6 Flyouts, 4 Strikeouts, 4 Groundouts, 1 Popout, 1 Lineout, 1 Out Stretching a Single

K.J. GAUSMAN O(vs. ANGELS, 8/07)

IP:. 5.67

H:o 9 l(1 Home Run, 2 Doubles, 6 Singles)

R:O 6

BB: 2

SO: 4

Pitches: 98 (64 Strikes, 34 Balls)

2015 ERA: 4.56

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PITCHES BY INNINGS

17 (11 Strikes, 61 Balls)

13 (10 Strikes, 31 Balls)

12 (81 Strikes, 41 Balls)

22 (11 Strikes, 11 Balls)

13 (91 Strikes, 41 Balls)

21 (15 Strikes, 61 Balls) *

* Gausman recorded 2 outs before departing in the 6th inning.

[eddie83]

Very disappointing start. Team got him 4 runs and two seperatr leads and blew both. He had very good stuff tonight.

[25 Nuggets]

Yeah, lot's of really good opinions in game threads! Come on now! That's too funny. I rarely go in game threads but when I do, it's certainly not with the intention of getting into a grounded discussion on anything.

I rarely go in game threads. But when I do, I prefer to add pictures of food products.

[Reboulet'sStache]

He went about as far as that fastball is going to take him tonight. He's got to get that breaking ball working. It looked good enough at times, but then it's just so slow and slurvey, it gets hit. Even when it ends up in a spot you wouldn't expect it to get hit, and just be a ball (the one to Murphy). It forces him to throw far too many fastballs during the game.

[LookitsPuck]

A lot of the blame goes on Wieters. That Ianetta AB was a disaster. Every single FB was right down the middle. He called slider first pitch (why?) and then 5 (6?) fastballs in a row. They were all fouled off. The entire inning Gausman threw only 2 non-fastballs. Guess what? Major league hitters can hit fastballs. I have no idea why Wieters wasn't calling for his split change. It's his best out pitch, IMHO.

[eddie83]

A lot of the blame goes on Wieters. That Ianetta AB was a disaster. Every single FB was right down the middle. He called slider first pitch (why?) and then 5 (6?) fastballs in a row. They were all fouled off. The entire inning Gausman threw only 2 non-fastballs. Guess what? Major league hitters can hit fastballs. I have no idea why Wieters wasn't calling for his split change. It's his best out pitch, IMHO.

You blame Matt for a kid that had poor command tonight and like Palmer said someone who doesn't trust his breaking ball? I think a high school pitcher knows that he can't live in the middle of the plate.

[Malike]

A lot of the blame goes on Wieters. That Ianetta AB was a disaster. Every single FB was right down the middle. He called slider first pitch (why?) and then 5 (6?) fastballs in a row. They were all fouled off. The entire inning Gausman threw only 2 non-fastballs. Guess what? Major league hitters can hit fastballs. I have no idea why Wieters wasn't calling for his split change. It's his best out pitch, IMHO.

This had little to do with Wieters. It rests on Gausman who couldn't put his fastball anywhere but the middle of the plate and had no off-speed stuff working. This team is done as far as the playoffs go. They should run Gausman out there very 5th day for the rest of the season and see if he can figure it out, or if he's going to be a BP arm.

[osfanfrom70]

A lot of the blame goes on Wieters. That Ianetta AB was a disaster. Every single FB was right down the middle. He called slider first pitch (why?) and then 5 (6?) fastballs in a row. They were all fouled off. The entire inning Gausman threw only 2 non-fastballs. Guess what? Major league hitters can hit fastballs. I have no idea why Wieters wasn't calling for his split change. It's his best out pitch, IMHO.

Are you trolling? Blame Matt? Really?

[Il BuonO]

Wieters was awful last night. The way he just blithely put down one finger or two. Who could blame Gausman for a poor performance when it's obvious Wieters and his attitude back there was really the determining factor. And don't even get me started on his weak offensive performance. Is it too much to ask that a pitcher can expect his battery mate to hit more than one HR? Pffft....

[Old#5fan]

Gausman reminds me a bit of Daniel Cabrera years ago. When he has command he is great but when he doesn't he is terrible and it seems like there is no middle ground with him. In other words consistency continues to be a major issue.

[Enjoy Terror]

We had the same conversation about Tillman a couple years ago. I gave up on Tillman and he eventually figured it out. I'm holding out hope for Gausman still.