TEAMS WANT SONNY GRAY... HIP HIP HOORAY?

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Can you believe it? Yes, it is true not even an inconsistent starter like Sonny Gray will generate some interest from at least one team out there. Pitching is always in high demand, even guys like Gray who have been a disappointment.

Maybe Gray's last two starts have opened some team's eyes. He didn't have a meltdown on Saturday so I can call it somewhat successful. I guess teams who are out there watching may think he is turning the corner but I am not ready to call it a comeback. I just think the guy had two starts that he didn't tank in. They were starts against bad teams, it's not like he pitched a gem against the Red Sox so forgive me for not throwing cartwheels and round offs.

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Yet there are teams out there that think the Yankees are ready to move on from Gray and deal him away, read more HERE. I'm not really sure why they would think that but Gray is an intriguing buy-low kind of candidate. He's good on the road and of course bad at Yankee stadium. Perhaps a team out there with a pitcher-friendly stadium would want to take a gamble on him. He has some good history before coming to the Yankees and he is healthy. He is also under one more year of team control as an arbitration-eligible player. Someone out there would take a chance.

But why should the Yankees do it? I'm not the biggest Gray supporter and if things were different I would say deal him for whatever you can get. The problem here is the Yankees need to make some additions to the starting rotation and not subtractions. It makes no sense to trade Gray, be down two starting pitchers and then on top of that if we want to be realistic it would be impossible to trade him for anything that would help the Yankees going into the post season. The Yankees need an immediate upgrade, and Gray won't get them that.

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Honestly, I think we are going to be stuck with Gray at least until the end of the season due to the weak pitching market out there. At the end of the season they can decide if they want to retain Gray into 2019. Who knows, maybe by then we can watch Justus Sheffield instead. That sounds nice right about now.

I guess like everything else, we wait and see what happens. Do you think there is a trade involving Gray that is realistic and makes sense? Tell us about it.

--Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa
BYB Managing Editor
Twitter: @nyprincessj