David Bell wasn’t planning on announcing the rotation until Thursday, but during his press conference on Wednesday he was asked about it and decided that it was as good a time as any and spilled the beans. Sonny Gray will start on opening day against the Detroit Tigers on July 24th at 6:10pm ET.
“To be an opening day starter, especially in this circumstance, I try to put myself in that moment. It’s going to be an important day, it’s going to be a fun game to play,” said Sonny Gray. “Baseball will be back and it will be back in some of the weirdest and craziest circumstances that it’s ever been a part of.