Josiah Gray’s seven-walk outing last week was not ideal, but he did manage to limit the Houston Astros to a run on five hits in five innings.
Gray told reporters after the start he was aware he should not be putting himself in those situations, although he had wriggled his way out of them in the past.
“I think every outing when I’m toeing that line … it’s kind of like: Here we go again,” Gray said, as quoted by MASN’s Mark Zuckerman.
“I shouldn’t be putting myself in these positions.”
His manager suggested Gray might have been a bit over-amped after being named the Nationals’ 2024 Opening Day starter in advance of the outing.