DENVER -- Words weren't needed when Jon Gray entered the office of Albuquerque Isotopes manager Glenallen Hill on Sunday night. The Rockies' most heralded pitching prospect was handed a plane ticket and knew where to take it from there.
"I was like, 'Hey I know what this means,'" Gray said on Monday from his Coors Field locker. "And [Hill] was like, 'Yep.'"
The destination on that ticket was Denver, where Gray will make his much anticipated Major League debut on Tuesday against the Mariners.
It's the culmination of a hype- and speculation-filled journey, which first gained traction last year as fans clamored for Gray's promotion in the season's second half.