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How Have Former Baltimore Orioles Fared With New Teams?

By Nate Wardle

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 30: Manny Machado #8 of the Los Angeles Dodgers is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a solo home run in the ninth inning of the game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Dodger Stadium on July 30, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 30: Manny Machado #8 of the Los Angeles Dodgers is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a solo home run in the ninth inning of the game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Dodger Stadium on July 30, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 04: Kevin Gausman #45 of the Atlanta Braves pitches in the first inning against the New York Mets at Citi Field on August 4, 2018 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 04: Kevin Gausman #45 of the Atlanta Braves pitches in the first inning against the New York Mets at Citi Field on August 4, 2018 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) /

Kevin Gausman to the Atlanta Braves

Also acquired by the Braves, Kevin Gausman has a much smaller sample size with his new team.

Gausman, who is pitching Wednesday, is 1-1 with a 2.77 ERA in two starts spanning 13 innings.

Gausman has allowed four earned runs, with 12 hits allowed and 10 strikeouts. He also has only walked two batters and has not allowed a home run.

Those stats, obviously in a small sample size, have a lower WHIP, a higher strikeout per walk ratio, and lower hits per nine innings ratios than ever before in his career.

Maybe the National League does suit Gausman better.

Or, maybe it is just his patented second-half run.

Gausman started against the New York Mets on August 4 and received no run support, something he should be familiar with. He allowed three runs over five innings in the 3-0 loss.

His second start, against Milwaukee, went much better. Gausman was given plenty of run support and went eight strong innings in a 10-1 blowout. The righty left up one run and eight strikeouts, with six hits allowed and no walks.

So, one of those performances was the one Orioles fans saw all too often. A pitcher who couldn’t quite put it all together against a team, in the Mets, that he should have beat.

The other is what we expected more regularly by Gausman. A start where he was excellent and went eight innings on only 94 pitches.

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