Yesterday, Buster Olney tweeted, "Kevin Gausman is pitching tonight probably exactly the way the Orioles hoped on the day they drafted him. Dominant stuff." Putting aside the unnecessary "probably" -- you'll never win a Twitter Pulitzer with needless hooha! -- is this what the Orioles hoped for? Because it's felt at times like the Orioles were waiting for Gausman to say some sort of secret oath to let him into the rotation and, without Podrick to prompt him, he didn't know said oath. By the by, I can't look at Brienne of Tarth and not see Conan O'Brien. Perhaps, it's me (it's not). If the Orioles wanted Gausman to pitch probably exactly like this, wouldn't they have put him in the rotation and left him alone for the last *covers mouth* years? Not to answer, but to knowingly nod while you undress your computer with your eyes. Since I have shares in that facacta noodle-hanger Archer, I watched the better part of Gausman's start, and he looked better than what the boxscore says, and the boxscore says, "Yum, choco-latte." It also says 5 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 7 Ks in his first start back. Gausman has the stuff to be a number one, but at worse a number two. Not saying he will be this year; that's just his stuff. He probably exactly should be already, but probably exactly hasn't been. Still, I would grab him in any leagues where I needed upside. A 8+ K/9, 2.7+ BB/9, 3.75 ERA starter is probably exactly what you'll get. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
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