Sonny Gray, the 29-year-old starting pitcher, is making sure he’s leaving a mark with his former team, the Yankees before he begins a fresh start with the Reds.
So I go on my phone, and I read tweets that the former Yankee starter blamed the organization for his lack of good performances on the mound, once he was acquired by the Bombers at the 2017 trade deadline.
Gray told The Athletic [subscription required] that the Yanks wanted him to be like Masahiro Tanaka and throw sliders:
“They love sliders,” he said of the Yankees.