MAY 31: Gausman’s MRI came back clean, and he’s optimistic he’ll make his next start, Kapler said (Twitter link via Kerry Crowley of the Bay Area News Group).
MAY 30, 6:35PM: The hip problem has been bothering Gausman for weeks, manager Gabe Kapler told Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle (Twitter links) and other reporters after the game. The feeling is that Gausman should be able to keep pitching through the issue, though Gausman will get an MRI “for some peace of mind.”
6:16PM: Giants right-hander Kevin Gausman left today’s start after six innings due to tightness in his left hip, the team announced. The removal was specified as being precautionary in nature, so it remains to be seen whether or not Gausman’s issue is anything serious or if the Giants were just taking it easy with their ace.
San Francisco already held a 5-0 lead over the Dodgers at the time of Gausman’s removal and he had thrown six innings, though the righty wasn’t showing any signs of fatigue. Gausman had tossed only 72 pitches while allowing two hits over six scoreless frames of work. In his final out of the sixth, however, Gausman did have to make a stretch to field a Matt Beaty grounder, which may have led to the hip problem.
Counting his quality start today, Gausman now has a tiny 1.40 ERA over 70 2/3 innings in 2021. With a 30.86% strikeout rate, 5.95% walk rate, and a host of impressive Statcast numbers, Gausman has put himself in the early running for Cy Young Award consideration. In addition to helping the Giants contend for a playoff spot, Gausman is also positioning himself as one of the top arms available in next winter’s free agent market.
Gausman needs to start taking some salsa classes
A little Cha Cha with Charo will clear that right up
Thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery.
RIP CARRER OVER
And the bidding on John Means begins……NOW!!!!
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Kepler said he’s been dealing with it for a few weeks. Could see him skip a start or two, hopefully not more than that.
Man, if this is him pitching through a nagging injury I’d hate to see how dominant he will be pain-free. Dude became a superstar these last two seasons
A couple of his starts his velocity was down at around 90-92 when it’s usually 94-96. His splitter was so good that he threw scoreless frames either way.
top 5 pitcher in the MLB right now
Gausman does seem legit this year. He’s 2nd in WAR and in conversation with Woodruff, DeGrom (though not enough starts) and Cole at this point, as SPs go. Means, Bauer, Rogers and Wheeler are up there for AS consideration too, 2 months into season
Hip tightness and sticky hat.
The brim looked shiny where his fingers were touching.
Must have been his sunscreen.
Dubons hat looked quite loaded. I know Bauer has hinted at the grip could come from infielders too. Im a Giants fan but wanna see these guys chill already on the goop.
Your post reminds me of this great old TV commercial starring alleged Dodgers grease-baller Don Drysdale and Giants manager Herman Franks.
youtube.com/watch?v=RPUDhIPpAnA
What was a great throwback ad – thanks for posting that Cey Hey
My pleasure.
Anyone have video of him in Baltimore? He touches his hat all the time now, ever since he suddenly got so good. I wonder if his spin rate has dramatically improved, too. Something is fishy…or maybe sticky! Desclafini, too, wonder how many times he touches his baseball cap on pitches.
PhDPad, The league is batting a combined .144 against the Brewers’ trio of Woodruff, Peralta, and Burnes. In 174 innings, they have surrendered just 86 and hits and 45 walks while striking out 240. Batters are 86-for-597 versus those three teammates. Lots of fishy stuff beyond my Dodger boy Clever Trevor.
@Cey, agreed, but I don’t recall it being so obvious on the brewers pitchers and Burnes improvement coincided with different pitch mechanics that are obvious in video. In today’s game Gausman’s cheating was SO obvious. I hate to throw a Padres under the bus, but it looks like Stammen is cheating pretty hard this year, too. I haven’t seen Peralta, so I have no evidence there.
And in the other game that mattered today, I wish Snell would try to cheat since he’s so awful right now. I never thought one pitcher could lose two games in only 3 innings! (He sucked so bad he lost this game and forced the next day’s pitcher, Musgrove to waste his turn in the rotation, costing a whole other game)
Snell’s self-denial that there’s a deeper problem is what concerns me most
Gausman’s spinrate has actually decreased since Baltimore according to baseball savent
Gausman is the Cy Young runner-up at this point. Man, Cueto’s performance today was huge for the Giants. Is Steven Duggar’s turnaround for real? He looks like a completely different hitter.
Here’s a proven cure for hip tightness. Major League Baseball needs to get with the times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr5OVXr0–Y
And to think, no one wanted this guy just a couple years ago. Amazing
He’s struggled his whole career as a two pitch pitcher. Makes sense he was at the point he was.
Craig Kimbrel has licked his fingers and then gone to the dark spot on the bill of his cap ever since he won Rookie of the Year in 2011, and now we’re worried about this?
Maybe the league suits should ask Kevin Pillar if he’d rather the pitchers had more control or less.