Kevin Gausman has a dominant splitter, and he has been unleashing his wicked sense of humor on Twitter lately.
Gausman, a free agent after an All-Star season with the Giants in 2021, woke up early Friday morning and took to Twitter to hilariously shoot down some "inside info" regarding his upcoming free agency decision.
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Gausman, who turns 31 in January, is one of the top free agents on the market and has a huge decision to make in the coming months.
As the ace of a Giants team that went on to win 107 games and capture the NL West crown, Gausman had the best season of his career, posting a 2.81 ERA in 192 innings over 33 starts. Thanks to that devastating splitter, he racked up a career-high 227 strikeouts.
Gausman's first half of the 2021 season was even better than his overall numbers. He had a 1.73 ERA in 18 starts, leading to his first career All-Star selection.
After signing a one-year, $9 million contract with the Giants before the 2020 season, Gausman pitched well enough in the pandemic-shortened 60-game season to receive the $18.9 million qualifying offer from the Giants last winter, which he accepted.
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Now, Gausman is on the open market looking to cash in on a stellar 2021 season. It's still too early in the free agency process to know how much he will get, or if it will be anywhere near the five-year, $125 million contract hypothesized by Jesse Myers Stirling.
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But Gausman should have plenty of suitors as teams try to add a top-of-the-rotation starter. After limited success with the Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds earlier in his career, the former first-round draft pick thrived in San Francisco.
Is that enough to keep Gausman's splitter and sense of humor in orange and black for the next few years? Time will tell.