CLEVELAND — Sonny Gray may have had to fiddle a bit with his new blue cap, which was a size too big, but he otherwise looked at home in his traveling gray jersey as he made his much-anticipated debut on Thursday. Once he got on the mound, Gray made it clear why General Manager Brian Cashman had doggedly pursued him at the trade deadline.
Still, while Gray flashed some promise of what a legitimate front-line starter might do for the Yankees the rest of this season — and beyond — two circumstances conspired against him in a 5-1 loss to the Cleveland Indians on Thursday night.