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Joe Siddall takes aim at Kevin Gausman with backhanded compliments during interview
Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster and former catcher Joe Siddall recently spoke with Jays Journal and spoke on Kevin Gausman's making some interesting comments.
Gausman has had a season with plenty on up and downs in which has brought on some criticism from certain people but that does not seem to bother him too much.
Joe Siddall comments on Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman's game
Siddall had an interview recently with Robbie Zaitchik from Jays Journal in which they spoke on multiple subject including Gausman in which he stated has taught him the most about baseball while also throwing some shade his way.
"That's an excellent question. I mean, that's a broad scope because I could talk to Kevin Gausman about why he used the fastball more at the bottom of the zone to set up his splitter in Colorado and why, for example." -Siddall
The Blue Jays broadcaster also made an interesting comment on how Gausman only really has two pitches in his arsenal which can been seen as a bit of a strange comment.
"He stands out because he's a guy who throws mainly two pitches." -Siddall
Siddall finished by stating that he has a way of peppering the bottom of the zone which sometimes works out for him but other times opposing players will tee off on him.
"He'll pepper the bottom of the zone with it to keep hitters honest because he feels like a lot of hitters will just lay off any low pitch because they think it's a splitter. Then there are also games where he'll do it, and guys will tee off on him." -Siddall
These comments from Siddall can be seen as a bit odd since he starts off by stating that he has learned the most from Gausman but then follows it up with a few backhanded compliments.
Gausman has had a strange season where he started off in quite the rough patch but has since been playing a lot better as his ERA is currently at 3.85 in 135.2 innings pitched this season with 135 strikeouts and an 8-8 record.
Hopefully Gausman doesn't read too much into these comments by Siddall and only takes the good from it.
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