Kevin Gausman who’s nickname is “Gaus” is known to be an American professional baseball pitcher who plays for the Toronto Blue Jays. He was born on January 6, 1991 in Centennial, Colorado in the United States. He is known to have previously played for the Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves, the Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants.
Prior to his professional career, he was known to have attended Louisiana State University and played college baseball for the LSU Tigers with whom he was known to be an All-American. He was known to have made his Major league debut in the year 2013. He was known to have been an All Star in the year 2021.
When we look at his Amateur days, he began the baseball life as early as in his high school days at the time. He played baseball for his high school as a pitcher by then. His first pitching record will be recorded as a 5-2 win-loss record coupled with a 2.79 earned run average.
With the Los Angeles, he was selected in the sixth round of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft but he was known to have not signed by then. He commenced his professional career with the Baltimore Orioles in the first round of the fourth overall selection in the 2012 Major League Baseball draft at the time.
How Good Is Kevin Gausman?
In terms of swinging strikes as from the slide this season among 161 starting pitchers, Gausman ranks tenth (26 percent) on Alex Chamberlain’s pitch leaderboard. In 2019, his rate was merely 4% with a slider.