When the Orioles traded Kevin Gausman to the Braves last July, I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who imagined Gausman quickly finding himself on the Jake Arrieta path of Cy Young contention almost immediately after being traded away from the tire fire that was O’s pitching development.
Things never quite worked out that way for Gausman with his new team, and now, after a brutal 2019, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports that Gausman was placed on waivers by the Braves and claimed by the Reds.