Jon Gray is on the surface nothing more than a solid starter.
He posted a 4.59 ERA in 2021, which is right around a league average adjusted ERA for Rockies starters. Gray truly wasn’t very impressive, and yet he’s a starter constantly linked to the Yankees. He isn’t a bad starter, but is he a difference-maker? Matt Blake has turned the pitching development around a lot in the Bronx, and that opens up questions about if Gray could turn it around in the Big Apple. When you delve into his repertoire, he has a lot more value than meets the eye.