Cincinnati Reds starter Sonny Gray was named the Reds 2020 Opening Day starter following his All-Star 2019 season and enters the 2021 campaign as one of the Reds' most accomplished pitchers.
Since arriving in Cincinnati following a trade with the Yankees before the 2019 season, Gray is 16-11 with a 3.07 ERA in 42 starts. Last season, in 11 starts, Gray, 31, was 5-3 in 11 starts with a 3.70 ERA, but carried a 1.94 ERA in five starts in August.
Gray went on the disabled list in September and returned in time to be available in the playoffs.
In his first season in Cincinnati, Gray was 11-8 with 2.87 ERA in 31 starts with a career-high 205 strikeouts.
The Reds traded prospect Shed Long to the Yankees, who sent Long to the Mariners afterwards. The Reds even received a prospect from the Yankees, Reiver Sanmartin, in the deal.
Here are a few more things to know about Sonny Gray.
Sonny Gray has been traded twice
Gray was the ace pitcher for the Oakland A's and was an All-Star in 2015. He was traded at the deadline in 2017 to the New York Yankees for three players.
His tenure in New York was not as successful as it was in Oakland or like it has been in Cincinnati. Gray was 15-16 in 41 games and 34 starts with a 4.51 ERA. The Yankees moved him to the bullpen late in his tenure in New York.
