Why does Jon Gray have to make everything so darn hard? And nothing is harder than watching him pitch. It requires sliding a hand over your face to peek through fingers, full of trepidation for the next mess made by the Rockies’ alleged ace.
Gray’s problem? Gray matter. Colorado has an ace who’s a head case.
When Gray takes the mound, he is either scary good or a scary movie.
He was frighteningly bad Wednesday in a 7-4 loss to San Francisco.
“Absolutely horrible,” Gray said. “Bad mind-set.”
In Gray’s five victories of 2018, his earned run average is a microscopic 1.