Sonny Gray’s attempt to get back to being the pitcher he was when the Yankees traded for him from Oakland last season won’t happen overnight, which even the right-hander admitted.
“I’m just trying to pitch a little bit more athletic,” Gray said Tuesday before the Yankees faced the Marlins in The Bronx. “For me, that kind of means maybe get the ball and not have as much thinking going on. Just get the ball and go.”
It’s a strategy Gray thinks he got away from over a period of time since suffering an elbow injury two seasons ago, and the adjustment isn’t simply a response to his ugly outing against the Red Sox at Fenway Park last week, when he surrendered six runs in three innings.