Look, the truth is Sonny Gray was always good, but clearly he couldn't perform for the New York Yankees. Pressure was too much for him. Big market teams and historic runs freak out guys sometimes. It's fine... it happens.
Hell, look at the guy like Zack Greinke. He'll never come to New York because of his anxiety. I get it. You do what you know you can do. You find the right team for you. Hell... good for Sonny Gray. He's found a home in Cincinnati.
SNY writes:
"Sonny Gray's season and a half with the Yankees did not go as planned. In 34 regular season starts as a Yankee, Gray struggled to find consistency, pitching to a 4.51 ERA with a WHIP of 1.416. Gray eventually lost his spot in the starting rotation, and never seemed to be comfortable pitching in Yankee Stadium, where he had a 7.71 ERA during the 2018 season.
The right-hander was traded to the Reds prior to this season, and it seems as if he's turned things around during his first season in Cincinnati.After starting the year with an 0-4 record, Gray is now 10-6 with a 2.75 ERA.
On Thursday, he pitched six innings of one-run ball as the Reds went on the beat the Phillies 4-3 in 11 innings. Gray is now assembling one of the better pitching seasons by a Red in recent years..."
Here's the thing; Yankee fans wanna be all mad. You can't be. This is life. These players play the best they can, but sometimes it doesn't work out. But Sonny is back and good for him.
I tip my cap.
I don't know if it is a thing or not but Rothschild can't seem to fix a pitcher who has a problem in NY , he hasn't fixed Happ and CC nor could he fix Green or Holder or Sevy or Betances in 2017.
ReplyDeleteLet's face it , Rothschild isn't in tune with pitching today.
Now that said there still are pitchers who can not play in New York and he could easily fit that mode.I would rather have Gray than CC right now even at last year's struggles.
Maybe it is time to look at a new pitching coach.
I thought about the guy at AAA but then again who would help our young guys and he can't seem to fix our former number 1 pitching prospect Chance Adams. Maybe we need more pitching coaches to do the job it took years ago.
Who knows for sure , Gray has his former college coach and maybe that is why he got straighten out instead of not being able to pitch in NY.
It is no wonder we got a bad deal in the trade all we did was run him down and say for sure we were foing to trade him so his value had to go down.Reds are smiling in this deal all the qay to the box office.
I still don’t understand why Larry Rothschild is the pitching coach! Why hasn’t he been fired he is obviously not qualified to be the Yankees pitching coach !!! Fire him and hire an astute baseball mind who really spots a pitchers flaws while correcting them! Get outta town old Larry you’ve been mediocre!
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