Background
A good athlete, right-hander Jon Gray played baseball, basketball and football at Chandler (Okla.) High School. He then went on to pitch at Eastern Oklahoma State College and had an outstanding tenure at the University of Oklahoma, where he was a member of the All Big-12 Team.
The Rockies took Gray with the third overall pick in the 2012 Draft. After having spent parts of two seasons and the beginning of this year in Colorado's Minor League system, he is now part of the Rockies' starting rotation.
Gray made his Major League debut on Aug.