Brent Rooker vs Kevin Gausman

The Almanac's Take

Rooker comes in cold — .196/.272/.634 in 43 games, with a 31.7% strikeout rate that plays right into Gausman's hands. Gausman has been sharp this season: 3.48 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, and a 5.29 K/BB across 75 innings, and as a righty-on-righty matchup, there's no platoon edge for Rooker here. The 12-plate-appearance head-to-head (.364, 1 HR, 96.5 mph average exit velo) is too thin to mean much — four hits don't rewrite a season-long swing-and-miss profile. Gausman leaning on his splitter nearly half the time (48.1%) against a struggling right-handed bat is the read that matters.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.364

4-for-11

PA

12

HR

1

K

3

BB

1

Pitches seen

54

Avg exit velo

96.5 mph

Career meetings in the Statcast era (2015–present). Even a clear edge over a handful of plate appearances is a small sample — read it as color, not a projection.

Pitch mix to the batter

Plate-appearance log

• 2026-03-27Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 96.5 mph
• 2026-03-27Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 94.2 mph · 106.1 mph EV
• 2025-07-12Home Run · Split-Finger 84.6 mph · 95.6 mph EV
• 2025-07-12Double · 4-Seam Fastball 95.4 mph · 96.4 mph EV
• 2025-07-12Catcher Interf · 4-Seam Fastball 95.2 mph
• 2025-06-01Single · Split-Finger 83.7 mph · 77.8 mph EV
• 2025-06-01Field Out · Split-Finger 82.9 mph · 84.8 mph EV
• 2025-06-01Strikeout · Split-Finger 84.1 mph
• 2024-06-08Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 94.5 mph · 103.6 mph EV
• 2024-06-08Single · 4-Seam Fastball 92.5 mph · 111.4 mph EV
• 2024-06-08Strikeout · Split-Finger 85.0 mph
• 2024-06-08Walk · Split-Finger 84.6 mph