Logan Gilbert visited with Brock and Salk on the last day of the regular season and was asked to give one word for each member of the starting rotation. When asked about Robbie Ray, Gilbert responded immediately with the word “leader.”
There are a host of other adjectives Gilbert could have chosen for the reigning AL Cy Young: “dominant” comes to mind; “competitor” is another; “best hair” is a dark-horse choice (Ray is the proud owner of a magnificent curly quiff that seems to exist in its own locale on the space time-continuum). But Gilbert has had a particular benefit from Ray’s presence in the clubhouse this year.