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Baltimore Orioles pitcher Kevin Gausman, right, displays his new jersey next to director of amateur scouting Gary Rajsich during a news conference to introduce Gausman as the team’s 2012 first-round draft pick, in Baltimore, on July 13, 2012. The Grandview High School graduate was the No. 4 overall selection in the June MLB Draft and agreed to a deal worth $4.32 million. He’ll make his major league debut May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Baltimore Orioles pitcher Kevin Gausman, right, displays his new jersey next to director of amateur scouting Gary Rajsich during a news conference to introduce Gausman as the team’s 2012 first-round draft pick, in Baltimore, on July 13, 2012. The Grandview High School graduate was the No. 4 overall selection in the June MLB Draft and agreed to a deal worth $4.32 million. He’ll make his major league debut May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
BALTIMORE | The Baltimore Orioles will recall 22-year-old Kevin Gausman on Thursday and send him to the mound in Toronto for his major league debut.
Gausman, who graduated from Aurora’s Grandview High School, was the fourth overall pick in the 2012 amateur draft. The right-hander pitched for Louisiana State before being selected by the Orioles.
He pitched briefly in the minors last year and was 2-4 with a 3.11 ERA with Double-A Bowie this season. But Gausman — who agreed to a $4.32 million contract from Baltimore last July — also had 49 strikeouts compared to only five walks in 46 1/3 innings.
Former Grandview baseball players Kevin Gausman, left, and Greg Bird are both part of Major League Baseball organizations after Gausman, the No. 4 overall pick in the 2012 MLB Draft, agreed to terms with the Baltimore Orioles on July 13, 2012. Bird was drafted and signed in 2011 with the New York Yankees. (Aurora Sentinel file photo)
Why now?
Dan Duquette, the team’s vice president of baseball operations, says Gausman “has the best stuff and the most consistent control of just about any pitcher that we have in the organization.”
Gausman joined the team Wednesday but won’t formally become part of the 25-man roster until Thursday.
He is just three years removed from pitching for Grandview, where he went 5-3 with a 4.41 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 52.1 innings as a senior.
Aurora Sentinel Sports Editor Courtney Oakes contributed to this report
Courtney Oakes is Sports Editor and photographer with Sentinel Colorado. A Denver East High School and University of Colorado alum. He came to the Sentinel in 2001 and since then has received a number...
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