Rosenthal: Several Teams Interested in Sonny Gray

[Matthew Lenz]

 

The Boston Red Sox are 9-2 over their last 11 games and one of the hottest teams in all of baseball. While their season ebbs and flows with their offense, it's their pitching groups that are likely to receive most of the attention at the upcoming deadline.

Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic is reporting that several teams are interested in Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Sonny Gray.

Gray has long been one of the best non-ace starting pitchers in Major League Baseball, and is on his way to a career year at 36. Through 16 starts, the bulldog has pitched to a 2.61 ERA, though a 3.61 FIP suggests some regression may be in his future, and a 16.4% K-BB rate. In short, he's been one of the few bright spots for a team that had high aspirations at the start of the season.

Under normal circumstances, he would fetch a healthy return in any trade; the impending lockout in his age-37 season, along with a mutual option for 2027, is anything but "normal". Ultimately, the right-hander could end up being a rental rather than a piece a team can count on for this season and next. Obviously, this will have an impact on the return the Red Sox can get on the trade market.

The Red Sox are very much in the playoff race. Do you think they should trade Gray? Let us know in the comments!

 

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[mvp 78]

This is right after Passan said that Gray has a 25% chance of being traded due to his salary. 🤔

[notin]

Whether buying or selling, sell on Gray and include enough cash to make the return worthwhile…

 

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Hey, KEN: Where's the proposed player returns from each of the several teams interested in Gray? Tonight's bow tie stands for Elaboration.

Sincerely, one of several readers interested in reading something interesting.

[moonslav59]

55 minutes ago, Matthew Lenz said:

The Boston Red Sox are 9-2 over their last 11 games 
  

Why not say 10-2 in  their last 12?

[moonslav59]

48 minutes ago, notin said:

Whether buying or selling, sell on Gray and include enough cash to make the return worthwhile…

So, maybe buy & sell?