There he is, the Kevin Gausman who can change the Blue Jays’ season. We’ve seen this man before in 2022-’23, one of the best pitchers in the American League who is capable of not just giving his team a chance to win,

With Luis Arraez bouncing off third base, threatening to score in Wednesday’s first inning, the Toronto Blue Jays starter fired a two-strike splitter to the bottom of the zone. The pitch lingered in the air before diving under Jackson Merrill’s whiffing bat for an inning-ending strikeout.

Gausman (4-4) recorded the win Wednesday against the Padres after allowing three hits and no walks in seven scoreless innings. He struck out nine. Gausman was dominant, tallying 19 whiffs and coming just one punchout shy of tying his season high.

While the Blue Jays are 9-8 so far for May and sit with a record of 23-24 overall, in many ways, it feels like things have gone worse than that for this team lately.

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Last week, after a frustrating loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in which he allowed a season-high three home runs on the way to an 8-3 loss, Kevin Gausman spoke calmly, but his message was clear: he wasn’t satisfied with the way he was pitching.

Kevin Gausman allowed three homers and six earned runs — both season highs — in an 8-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.

Daulton Varsho hit a grand slam in a seven-run eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays routed the San Diego Padres 14-0 on Wednesday night

The Toronto Blue Jays are a team that many people around the MLB are going to be keeping a close eye on in the coming weeks. They have spent a lot of money and assets the last few months trying to turn their team into a playoff contender.