BALTIMORE -- The shocking part of Yankees pitcher Sonny Gray's Saturday night was not his 6 1/3 innings of shutout baseball at Oriole Park.
During the right-hander's massive struggles that led to a demotion to the bullpen, there have been occasional nights like this, and it's important to remember this was the worst-in-baseball Baltimore Orioles that Gray was manhandling.
But even though Manny Machado has been traded, Adam Jones had the night off and Chris Davis has gone from being a 53-homer beast in 2013 to a .168 hitter this season, Gray was out there aggressively commanding his fastball, throwing a lot of nasty sliders and getting easy out after easy out.