According to former big leaguer, Eduardo Perez, Yankees pitcher Sonny Gray used to have much more confidence in his curveball. He compared Gray to former St. Louis Cardinals All-Star pitcher Woody Williams.
Williams would use his curve early in the count to get ahead of batters and late in the count as a putaway pitch. Over the years, Perez believes Gray has relied more on his two-seamer and has been uncomfortable on the mound in the Bronx.
“Playing in the Bronx is whole other animal,” said Nunez on Wednesday during his radio show.
Perez later went on to compare Gray’s Yankees career to Javier Vazquez‘s.