TORONTO — Most conversations about the Toronto Blue Jays’ rotation have centred around Max Scherzer and Shane Bieber in recent weeks, and so manager John Schneider was asked on Thursday morning if there’s a tendency to overlook what Kevin Gausman has done lately.
“He’s easy to overlook because he’s not the big personality that Max is, not that Biebs is a big personality, but Kev’s just been steady, man,” responded Schneider. “He’s been really, really good. He’s been exactly what we needed.”
The Blue Jays needed a strong performance on Thursday afternoon at Rogers Centre and Gausman certainly overdelivered on that. The right-hander was in dominant form, tossing a complete game in the Blue Jays’ 6-0 win over the Houston Astros at Rogers Centre.
The Blue Jays (84-62) took two of three from