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Looking back at the 2019 Reds: The Sonny Gray Edition

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As we continue to down the road of looking back at the 2019 Cincinnati Reds we get to the best pitcher on the staff in the 2019 season, Sonny Gray.

The Preseason Projection

Sonny Gray was coming off of his worst season as a professional in 2018. The New York Yankees had changed up his pitch usage and the Reds felt that they could get him back to the pitcher he had once been. So Cincinnati traded for, and extended Gray in January with the hopes that they were correct.

Here’s what Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projections for the 2019 season had to say for the Cincinnati Reds right-handed starter:

The 2019 Season

The Cincinnati Reds debut for Sonny Gray did not go as he or the Reds would have hoped.