Blue Jays ace has unconventional method for getting over the World Series heartbreak

The Toronto Blue Jays ace will try to stop the bleeding. Kevin Gausman will be handed the ball for Game 2 of their current three game set against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night and will be tasked with trying to end the current five game losing streak the Blue Jays currently find themselves on.

It would be some poetic justice for Gausman and the Blue Jays to pick up a win during a Gausman start over the Dodgers, since they weren't able to do that in either of the games Gausman started during the World Series. But as far as turning the page goes on what was truly a heartbreaking series for everyone in Blue Jays uniform, Gausman may already be there, as he spent most of his offseason relieving those moments.

Gausman will look to avenge his World Series losses against the Dodgers in Toronto

In an article by Ben Nicholson-Smith on Sportsnet, Gausman said what worked for him during the winter was to relieve the post-season, and the 36-year-old veteran said he watched "probably every pitch I threw." Which is a lot to re-watch as Gausman threw 436 pitches by the time the playoffs were over. But he added that this was something he needed to, "get over it in a sense. It's almost like when you have a bad breakup, I guess. If you have some voicemails, you’re going to listen to them for a while until you finally delete them.”

What the Blue Jays would like to delete is their current awful stretch of play that has seen them perform at a 1-5 record since last Tuesday. In fact, the Blue Jays haven't won a game in the month of April yet, and with their World Series foes in town, it felt like the perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. While they couldn't get it done with Scherzer on the mound, being pulled from his start early, lasting only two innings, perhaps they will be able to get it done with Gausman on the bump.

Similarly to his World Series experience, Gausman has pitched well in two games in 2026 but doesn't have any wins to show for it yet. In 12 innings he has allowed just one earned run, and has given up just three hits while leading the league with 21 strikeouts. In the World Series, Gausman started Game 2 and Game 6 and despite giving up only three earned runs over six+ innings in both of those contests, the Blue Jays couldn't get the run support they needed to overcome the Dodgers and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

And as luck would have it, that's who the Dodgers are throwing out there against Gausman and the Blue Jays tonight. With all of that experience in his back pocket, from not only going through it in real-time but reliving it throughout the winter, Gausman may be the most motivated man on the Blue Jays roster to get a win over the Dodgers.