Since it’s a gray day in Chicago and I’ve already run one article on a Gray pitcher today, why not another one?
The Cubs could have drafted Jon Gray in 2013. Had the Astros chosen Kris Bryant with the No. 1 pick instead of Mark Appel, would the Cubs have selected Gray? My guess is no; at the time Theo Epstein & Co. were focused on bats and likely would have picked someone like Clint Frazier or Austin Meadows.
Instead, of course, the Cubs did get Bryant and the Rockies chose Gray with the next pick.