Kevin Gausman

The Blue Jays enter next week’s trade deadline as clear sellers, but virtually all of the focus thus far has been on the rental players they can offer to other teams. Left-hander Yusei Kikuchi, relievers Yimi Garcia and Trevor Richards, and catcher Danny Jansen are all free agents at season’s end and thus all candidates…

The Blue Jays enter next week’s trade deadline as clear sellers, but virtually all of the focus thus far has been on the rental players they can offer to other teams. Left-hander Yusei Kikuchi, relievers Yimi Garcia and Trevor Richards, and catcher Danny Jansen are all free agents at season’s end and thus all candidates…

Gausman continues to struggle this season because he has seemingly lost command of his splitter, which is putting too much pressure on his four-seam fastball. On Sunday, Gausman had just a 23 percent zone rate and 17 percent CSW with the splitter, and the Tigers were able to pounce on his fastball, which earned just three whiffs on 29 swings. Until Gausman finds the command of his splitter, we could continue to see inconsistent performances. He'll now carry a 4.5 ERA into a tough start against the Rangers.

The rookie took Kevin Gausman deep for his fifth home run on the season. He now has 15 RBIs but has not been making enough contact to be relevant in fantasy leagues.

The pitching schedule prior to the All-Star break was set up for Gausman to start on Friday, Bassitt to take the ball on Saturday, and Jose Berrios to start on Sunday. Berrios will now be bumped to next week's series against the Rays, and Kikuchi will get two starts before the trade deadline as the Blue Jays try to showcase him for other teams.