Be it due to the nerves that come with making a debut with a new team, the bitter low-30’s cold, or the fact that his original start was postponed a day due to rain, Sonny Gray just never once looked right last Sunday in his first start with the Cincinnati Reds.
On Friday, though, we got to see the pitcher the Reds obviously thought they’d get when they traded for him from the New York Yankees and doled out what could amount to a 5-year, $50 million commitment to the former Oakland A’s ace.