Sonny Gray is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, and Cincinnati Reds.
For Shed Long Jr. and a 2019 MLB draft pick, the Yankees traded Gray and Reiver Sanmartin to the Reds on January 21, 2019.
In the deal, he was reunited with his former Vanderbilt pitching coach Derek Johnson and his former catcher Curt Casali. Prior to the deal, Gray agreed to a three-year extension with the Reds.
The Yankees later exchanged Long for Josh Stowers from the Seattle Mariners. Gray rebounded in his debut season with the Reds after a poor time with the Yankees.
This season, Gray finished 7th in the Cy Young Award voting with an 11–8 record, a 2.87 earned run average and the highest 10.5 strikeouts-per-nine innings rate of his career.
Gray was also picked as Max Scherzer’s successor two days before the All-Star Game. For the first time since 2015, Gray received an All-Star nod.
By the end of the 2020 season, he had a record of 5-3 with a 3.70 ERA. With seven wild pitches, he topped the league. Over the course of 26 outings in 2021, Gray compiled an overall record of 7–9 with a 4.19 ERA and 155 strikeouts.
Sonny Gray Height: How Tall Is Sonny Gray?
Professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball Sonny Gray stands at a height of 1.78m tall