You’ve certainly seen a gif or two of Kevin Gausman ’s splitter floating around by now. Probably more like 17. They’re endless. San Diego Padres spinning from their heels as power hacks come up empty. Los Angeles Dodgers dropping to their back knees chasing balls torpedoing at their shoelaces. Arizona Diamondbacks looking skyward, angrily removing batting gloves while Gausman strides back to his dugout. Gausman’s routinely made some of MLB’s best hitters look utterly foolish over the last two seasons. But the real fun is in dialing up clips of him facing fellow pitchers. See, when Manny Machado or Ketel Marte get chewed up by Gausman they at least look like they have a chance. Put a pitcher in the box and it’s as close as we can get to what you might look like trying to hit this guy. Here’s poor Rich Hill going down on three pitches this August: That’s the good stuff. Have you ever seen a 41-year-old man look so defeated? (Actually, don’t answer that.) Gausman’s nasty. His spli...