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The Boston Red Sox pitching staff has become one of the few beacons of hope this season, as it started out slow and then became blazing hot. Almost all of their starting pitchers are playing out of their minds, and are dominating on the mound.
One of those slow starts that became hot was Sonny Gray, who started the season getting batted around. Then, he went down on April 21st with a hamstring injury. Now he’s back, and he’s basically unhittable.
Pre-injury Gray won games the hard way
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Before his injury, Gray was 2-1, but he had a 4.30 ERA, and only 13 Ks in five appearances. He was giving up three to five runs in Red Sox losses, but he would give up zero to two runs in wins.
The Sox traded for Gray over the offseason, giving up two top pitching prospects and another mid-tier prospect as well. Boston was only paying him $11 million for this season, but even then, it wasn’t looking like a worthwhile investment.
Post-injury Gray has been elite
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After returning from the IL, Gray has been unstoppable. He’s 3-0, has a ridiculous 1.06 ERA, 17 Ks, a 1.86 BAA and a 2.75 FIP in 17 innings pitched.
Now, on the season he’s posted a 5-1 record, a 2.93 ERA, 30 Ks, and a WHIP of 1.125 over 40 innings pitched. This would be insane for the Red Sox, but due to the fact basically their entire rotation is doing the same, it’s just business as usual.
Hopefully Gray keeps it up
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Ranger Suarez is keeping up, and so are Connelly Early and Payton Tolle. Crochet’s return is also on the horizon, leading towards the Sox having a fully healthy rotation once again.
If Gray can continue this dominance as well, the Sox’ chance at a postseason berth, albeit ever so small, will remain.
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