Yankees general manager Brian Cashman explains why he didn’t trade struggling starting pitcher Sonny Gray despite having chances to do it before the deadline on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018.
BOSTON — The Yankees could have traded Sonny Gray.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told “The Michael Kay Show” on ESPN Radio on Thursday that he fielded offers on Gray, whom the team kicked from the rotation Thursday before a game against the Red Sox at Fenway Park.
The problem: None of them made sense for the Yankees, Cashman said.
Cashman said teams approach Gray from a “buy-low” stance. Which makes total sense, by the way. Gray, who was so effective for years in Oakland, has been a terrible disappointment since the Yankees acquired him from the A’s last trade deadline.
Gray gave up seven earned runs in 2 2/3 innings to the lowly Orioles on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium. It was probably his worst big-league start.
In 32 starts with the Yankees, Gray has a 4.85 ERA. This season, he’s 8-8 with a 5.56 ERA in 21 starts.
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Here’s Cashman’s full explanation as to why he didn’t trade Gray:
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