Blue Jays' Gausman on Yesavage: 'He made Brandon Lowe look like he's never seen a changeup before'
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MLB.com's Keegan Matheson recently sat down with Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Kevin Gausman to talk about the comparisons between he and Trey Yesavage.
They're big right-handers. They dominate with a splitter. They both debuted at 22.
Listening to all of these parallel lines be drawn, though, Gausman still just smiles and shakes his head. He's not biting writes Matheson.
«I was nowhere near that when I was 22. Don't even compare me to him,» Gausman said.
Gausman, like the rest of us, was left in awe by Yesavage's MLB debut Monday in Tampa..
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Over five-plus innings, Yesavage struck out nine Rays batters, a Blue Jays record for a pitcher in their debut, and these weren't just regular strikeouts.
«He made Brandon Lowe look like he's never seen a changeup before, and that guy's a good changeup hitter,» Gausman said. «That was the one at-bat when I was like, 'Wow, that pitch is elite.'»
Up and down the Blue Jays' dugout, Yesavage's teammates were stuck checking the iPads. What did that guy just throw?
«He's just funky. It's funky. His setup is funky,» Gausman said. «He's pounding the zone. That was pretty fun to watch. The first two hitters, you're like, «Oh [crap]. Is this a welcome to The Show type of thing?' He just needed to get acclimated to the game, I guess. I haven't seen a young guy make a debut like that ever.»
«Any vice you have is going to be magnified,» Gausman said. «[Yesavage] seems like a guy you're never really going to have to worry about. He's only been here a couple of days and I've only talked to him a couple of times, but he just seems way older than 22. Me at 22 and him at 22? Big, big difference.»
Source: MLB.com
Credit: Keegan Matheson
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