Cubs land playoff vet Gausman in trade with Jays
The Chicago Cubs acquired right-hander Kevin Gausman from the Toronto Blue Jays for Triple-A outfielder Brett Bateman and Class-A infielder Ty Southisene,...
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- The Chicago Cubs acquired right-hander Kevin Gausman from the Toronto Blue Jays for Triple-A outfielder Brett Bateman and Class-A infielder Ty Southisene, the team announced Sunday night.
- Gausman, 35, provides the Cubs a playoff-caliber starter they had been chasing ahead of the trade deadline.
- An impending free agent who is 5-10 with a 4.38 ERA and 127 strikeouts this season, Gausman can be a ready-made October starter; he has a 3.83 ERA in 14 career playoff games.
- In his last start with the Blue Jays on Saturday, he gave up just one run on nine hits in 5⅔ innings.
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The Chicago Cubs acquired right-hander Kevin Gausman from the Toronto Blue Jays for Triple-A outfielder Brett Bateman and Class-A infielder Ty Southisene, the team announced Sunday night. Gausman, 35, provides the Cubs a playoff-caliber starter they had been chasing ahead of the trade deadline. An impending free agent who is 5-10 with a 4.38 ERA and 127 strikeouts this season, Gausman can be a ready-made October starter; he has a 3.83 ERA in 14 career playoff games. In his last start with the Blue Jays on Saturday, he gave up just one run on nine hits in 5⅔ innings. The Cubs and Blue Jays play a makeup game at Wrigley Field on Thursday, and that could be Gausman's first outing with Chicago. Gausman, who is the career leader in strikeouts via the splitter (490) in the Statcast era, has thrown the third-most innings in baseball since 2021, making him a dependable starter.