Five days before he faced the Houston Astros this past Sunday in Grapefruit League action, Josiah Gray got his work in throwing on a back field in West Palm Beach, Florida’s FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, allowing the big league club to run a parade of their relievers out to get their work in in the official game during this abbreviated run-up to 2022’s regular season.
Gray, 24, gave up a total of six hits (three home runs) and six runs, five earned, in his initial outings this spring, as he builds up for his first full season with the organization following last July 30th’s trade which brought him and three other prospects (catcher Keibert Ruiz, pitcher Gerardo Carrillo, and outfielder Donovan Casey) over from LA in return for a rental Max Scherzer and a year-plus of Trea Turner.