Josiah Gray told reporters following his three-inning, 80-pitch outing against LA’s Dodgers in D.C. last week, in a start which saw him give up five hits (three of the home runs), three walks, and seven runs, all earned, he might have been pressing or trying to impress while facing his former team.
“There were a lot of emotions, honestly,” Gray said, as quoted by MASN’s Bobby Blanco.
“You know, in being traded twice already,” the 2018 2nd Round pick by the Reds, who went to the Dodgers in a trade at the end of that year, and was moved to the Nationals last July, explained, “I guess this was my first opportunity to prove myself against a former team.