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Kevin Gausman

Kevin Gausman

SP • Chicago Cubs Proj Rank 40 Actual 38 78 ADP • Trade Value
IP ERA W-L K/BB K/9 WHIP FSP
164.04.729-12171/469.41.311.96
Compared to same point last season
175.13.4910-10171/458.81.01

Kevin Gausman | Fantasy Outlook

Kevin Gausman battles ratio turbulence despite sustaining elite strikeout metrics

Gausman has endured a turbulent stretch in Chicago's rotation, posting a 6.75 ERA and 1.50 WHIP over his last 14 days after surrendering six earned runs to Milwaukee on Wednesday. Despite his elite swing-and-miss stuff generating 22 punchouts over 16 innings in that span, heavy traffic has hampered his efficiency. With the second-place Cubs currently mired in a four-game losing streak, they will need their veteran starter to stabilize down the stretch.

Under the hood, Gausman's bloated 6.04 ERA across his last six starts masks dominant peripheral indicators, notably a stellar 11.5 K/9 and a 4.44 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Our projections view him closer to a 3.78 ERA and 1.18 WHIP, showing that a barrage of hits on balls in play is driving this rough patch. Expect positive regression to kick in soon, keeping him viable as a high-upside rotation piece.

Looking at the remainder of the schedule, Gausman has already completed his scheduled start this week and will not pitch during the upcoming weekend series against Pittsburgh. With no two-start opportunity on the docket and his turn past, he offers no additional counting stats for the remainder of this matchup cycle. Managers should safely bench him until his next outing next week. Sit.

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DATE OPP INN PC K WLK ER DEC ERA WHIP PTS
09/09 @MIL 4.0 94 6 2 6 LOSS 4.72 1.30 -2
09/03 MIL 7.0 103 9 1 1 WIN 4.50 1.28 27
08/29 CIN 5.0 102 7 2 5 WIN 4.65 1.29 13
08/24 @ARI 7.0 94 6 1 0 WIN 4.50 1.28 26
08/18 CHW 4.1 86 5 2 3 N/A 4.72 1.32 6
08/13 @WAS 4.2 93 7 1 6 LOSS 4.68 1.30 1
08/07 @KC 7.0 96 4 1 2 WIN 4.43 1.28 22
08/01 STL 5.2 94 4 1 1 WIN 4.54 1.31 14
07/26 @BOS 6.0 98 6 1 3 LOSS 4.68 1.29 10
07/21 TB 3.1 90 1 2 4 LOSS 4.69 1.31 -7
07/12 @SD 6.0 103 8 3 3 N/A 4.50 1.25 17
07/06 @SF 5.1 92 8 5 4 LOSS 4.50 1.25 5
06/30 NYM 6.0 96 7 2 1 LOSS 4.28 1.19 13
06/25 TEX 6.0 99 4 2 6 LOSS 4.45 1.19 -1
06/19 @CHC 2.0 68 3 4 7 LOSS 4.15 1.13 -11
06/13 NYY 7.0 105 7 2 1 N/A 3.52 1.03 22
06/07 BAL 5.0 93 5 0 4 N/A 3.71 1.09 9
06/02 @ATL 6.0 96 8 2 4 LOSS 3.48 1.09 8
05/27 MIA 5.0 95 5 2 1 N/A 3.26 1.09 10
05/22 PIT 6.2 94 8 1 1 WIN 3.38 1.05 25
05/17 @DET 6.0 97 5 0 0 WIN 3.61 1.05 23
05/11 TB 4.2 100 5 0 6 LOSS 4.03 1.09 -2
05/05 @TB 6.0 96 3 1 2 N/A 3.28 0.99 13
04/30 @MIN 5.2 94 2 2 4 LOSS 3.32 0.96 1
04/25 CLE 6.2 91 3 0 2 WIN 2.83 0.94 19
04/19 @ARI 6.0 86 4 1 2 WIN 2.86 0.95 18
04/14 @MIL 5.0 97 5 3 3 N/A 2.82 0.85 8
04/07 LAD 5.1 84 5 2 3 LOSS 2.08 0.58 4
04/01 COL 6.0 89 10 0 0 N/A 0.75 0.25 24
03/27 ATH 6.0 83 11 0 1 N/A 1.50 0.17 25
Totals: 164.028081714686 338
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YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2013 BAL 20 45.1 796 49 13 0 3-5 5.96 1.41 9.7 112
2014 BAL 20 113.1 1951 88 38 0 7-7 3.57 1.31 7 250
2015 BAL 25 110.0 1876 103 29 0 4-7 4.34 1.25 8.4 246
2016 BAL 30 177.1 3113 174 47 0 9-12 3.65 1.3 8.8 436
2017 BAL 34 182.0 3357 179 71 0 11-12 4.8 1.53 8.9 405
2018 BAL 31 179.0 3004 148 50 0 10-11 4.02 1.34 7.4 409
2019 ATL 31 100.0 1671 114 32 0 3-9 5.85 1.45 10.3 193
2020 SF 12 59.2 975 79 16 0 3-3 3.77 1.11 11.9 155
2021 SF 34 191.0 2995 225 52 0 13-7 2.87 1.05 10.6 533
2022 TOR 31 174.1 2775 205 28 0 12-9 3.3 1.23 10.6 446
2023 TOR 32 186.2 3142 242 58 0 12-10 3.28 1.2 11.7 510
2024 TOR 31 178.2 2958 162 56 0 14-11 3.88 1.24 8.2 410
2025 TOR 38 219.0 3466 215 61 0 12-14 3.58 1.06 8.8 508
2026 TOR 30 164.0 2808 171 46 0 9-12 4.72 1.3 9.4 338
ON PACE 32 180 3073 187 50 0 9-13 4.72 1.3 9.4 369
3-YEAR AVG 34 194 3189 206 58 0 13-12 3.54 1.16 9.5 476
Career 399 2068.2 34887 2154 597 0 0-0 3.96 1.27 9.4

Gausman Projection

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ERA WHIP QS WINS SO K/BB K/9 IP LOSSES PC FPTS
13.500 2.500 0.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 13.5 4 1.0 0 -2.0
ERA WHIP QS WINS SO K/BB K/9 IP LOSSES PC FPTS
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 NAN
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Roster Breakdown
NAME OWN START
Carson Kelly 17% 14%
Miguel Amaya 1% 0%
NAME OWN START
Alex Bregman 100% 96%
Michael Busch 67% 53%
NAME OWN START
Nico Hoerner 95% 86%
Dansby Swanson 46% 7%
Pedro Ramirez 10% 8%
NAME OWN START
Pete Crow-Armstrong 100% 99%
Seiya Suzuki 99% 90%
Ian Happ 79% 60%
Matt Shaw 5% 3%
Tyrone Taylor 2% 1%
Michael Conforto 2% 2%
NAME OWN START
Shota Imanaga 97% 72%
Kevin Gausman 92% 54%
Matthew Boyd 75% 41%
Clay Holmes 71% 50%
Edward Cabrera 25% 5%
Ben Brown 22% 5%
David Peterson 17% 9%
Javier Assad 9% 6%
Cade Horton 8% 2%
Justin Steele 4% 1%
Braxton Garrett 1% 0%
Jaxon Wiggins 1% 0%
NAME OWN START
Daniel Palencia 30% 23%
Jacob Webb 22% 20%
Colin Rea 8% 6%
Ryan Zeferjahn 5% 5%
Aaron Civale 1% 1%
Phil Maton 1% 1%
Drew Pomeranz 1% 1%
Hunter Harvey 1% 0%

Team Rankings

AVG
.252
6th
R
796
1st
HR
206
1st
RBI
752
1st
SB
105
10th
OBP
.340
2nd
SLG
.431
1st
OPS
.771
1st
W
83
6th
SV
33
24th
ERA
4.19
17th
WHIP
1.27
10th
QS
48
18th
TeamW-LWin %GBRSRA
BrewersBrewers92-56.622-762570
CubsCubs83-66.5579.5796657
PiratesPirates74-75.49718.5714689
CardinalsCardinals73-75.49319675683
RedsReds69-78.46922.5611753

Team Stats

PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Carson Kelly111353539210560.261  
Miguel Amaya7719734465230.234  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Michael Busch1475566913219762.237  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Nico Hoerner1465805815586722.267  
Pedro Ramírez7020334546297.266  
Scott Kingery8421001.250  
Owen Miller1000000.000  
James Triantos7821000.125  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Alex Bregman1465768715225843.264  
Gabriel Arias5013914345134.245  
BJ Murray Jr.71101000.091  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Dansby Swanson1194037887186617.216  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Pete Crow-Armstrong149574111160419836.279  
Seiya Suzuki1314969113424813.270  
Ian Happ1435078311123654.219  
Michael Conforto102234315614411.239  
Tyrone Taylor92205335711373.278  
Matt Shaw6915224365234.237  
Kevin Alcántara242566160.240  
Dylan Carlson3410000.000  
Justin Dean17833031.375  
PlayerGPWLSVIPSOERAWHIPO/S
Kevin Gausman309120166.11714.601.29  
Shota Imanaga2910100162.11563.881.12  
David Peterson29781131.11175.281.58  
Matthew Boyd19840109.1864.031.22  
Clay Holmes1667091.2712.851.15  
Edward Cabrera1555076.0675.681.45  
Ben Brown2042168.0651.850.94  
Javier Assad2461289.0583.541.14  
Jordan Wicks402210.1810.451.94  
Cade Horton21007.142.460.82  
Ty Blach10003.020.000.33  
Vince Velasquez20003.110.000.30  
Antoine Kelly10001.110.000.75  
PlayerGPWLSVIPSOERAWHIPO/S
Jacob Webb6464963.0683.291.24  
Ryan Zeferjahn6044665.0894.151.26  
Caleb Thielbar5433346.0574.891.33  
Daniel Palencia2722324.0254.501.42  
Trent Thornton4855348.1313.351.20  
Aaron Civale29672103.0874.281.44  
Ryan Rolison5491258.2512.761.23  
Colin Rea31881133.01004.471.36  
Jake Woodford1810126.1237.181.79  
Corbin Martin70015.0410.802.00  
Gavin Hollowell1400114.1132.511.33  
Riley Martin80008.1102.160.84  
Luke Little10001.019.002.00  
Andrew Wantz20003.2114.732.18  
Ethan Roberts2302025.2174.211.40  
Tyler Ferguson1801018.2215.301.02  
Drew Pomeranz3123029.0175.591.66  
Phil Maton3101027.2316.181.81  
Yacksel Ríos10001.220.000.00  
Hunter Harvey40104.046.751.50  
Jayden Murray1000016.1149.372.08  

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Schedule

DATE OPP SCORE MATCHUP
09-07 @MILL 4-3Matthew Boyd
Robert Gasser
09-08 @MILL 4-3David Peterson
Jacob Misiorowski
09-09 @MILL 8-6Kevin Gausman
Logan Henderson
09-11 PITW 12-2Shota Imanaga
Wilber Dotel
09-12 PIT02:20 EDTClay Holmes
Paul Skenes
09-13 PIT02:20 EDTMatthew Boyd
Bubba Chandler

Player Timeline

Sep 4th

Kevin Gausman Delivers a Dominant Performance for the Cubs

Aug 25th

Gausman, Conforto Lead Cubs to 7-0 Shutout of Diamondbacks Despite Hitless ...

Aug 8th

Cubs’ Kevin Gausman Uses Splitter at Six-Year-High Rate

Aug 7th

Kevin Gausman Makes His Cubs Debut Live on Marquee

Aug 6th

Kevin Gausman Gladly Avoids Facing Former Blue Jays Teammates

Aug 2nd

Kevin Gausman Appears to Say Emotional Farewell to the Blue Jays

Aug 1st

Kevin Gausman to Make Scheduled Blue Jays Start Despite Trade Deadline ...

Jul 31st

Kevin Gausman Open to Blue Jays Extension Talks After Season

Jul 22nd

Kevin Gausman Stays Focused on Blue Jays as Team’s Slide Continues

May 11th

Kevin Gausman Reaches 2,000 Career Strikeouts, Receives Standing Ovation ...

Apr 1st

Kevin Gausman Posts 10 Strikeouts in Back-to-Back Season Starts

Mar 27th

Kevin Gausman Makes Third Career Opening Day Start, Joining Rare MLB ...

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