Acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers before last Friday’s trade deadline, as one of four players received in return for Max Scherzer and Trea Turner, and added to the Washington Nationals’ roster early on Sunday morning, in advance of a starting assignment for his new team on Monday night, 23-year-old right-hander Josiah Gray didn’t have much time to get comfortable in his new home before taking the mound for the first time in D.C.
Gray found out he was traded last Thursday, before a flight to Arizona with LA, then he flew to Oklahoma City, where he’d previously been pitching for the Dodgers’ Triple-A affiliate, on Saturday, before a flight to the nation’s capital on Sunday, where he checked into his hotel before quickly rushing over to Nationals Park to watch the series finale with Chicago’s Cubs and prep for a start against the Philadelphia Phillies.