Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman calls out teammates while pointing out the team's biggest weakness
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The Toronto Blue Jays have been in a tough spot lately and starting pitcher Kevin Gausman made sure to point out their biggest weakness in recent interview.
Gausman has been off to a tough start this year for the second year in a row which is why fans are calling for him to be traded as he is supposed to be their ace and go to guy but has been nowhere near that this season.
Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman calls out current starting rotation
During a recent interview Gausman spoke on the Blue Jays current issues which he believes is in their starting rotation while also making it clear that he is part of the problem.
Gausman states that they do need more offense and better defense but he is convinced that a team is only as good as their starting rotation which he believes needs to be doing better.
«We haven't been throwing the ball great the last last couple weeks a lot of how we do this season is based on what our pitching staff can do,» Gausman said. «All the best teams I've been on that made the post-season, it's because our (starters were) really good. You need to have a good offence and timely hitting to win ball games, but I think we are only as good as our pitchers.» -Gausman
The Blue Jays former ace also added that the entire team knows that they do not have a whole lot of depth but that they need to find a way to make their current lineup work.
«We definitely talk about it,» Gausman said after his most recent start on Thursday. «It's something that we know. Everybody knows our depth isn't crazy. It's the guys that we have here. It's us. We've got to do it. We've got to put it together.» -Gausman
While Gausman did in a way call out the entire starting rotation with pretty much the rest of the team, he also admitted that he needs to be a lot better if they want to win more games.
«It just seems like my mistakes are really hurting me right now,» Gausman said. «If I make five in mistakes in a game, I feel like that's five runs I'm giving up. So somehow I've got to find a way to go be better for this team.» -Gausman
Some, including his teammates might see these comments as harsh but Gausman does make some very good points.
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