2023 Stats
W-L
4-1
ERA
2.15
WHIP
1.22
K
71
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Gray's trade to Minnesota delivered a needed steady option at the top of the rotation as he bounced back from a subpar season to post a 3.08 ERA and 1.13 WHIP. Gray benefited from the move to Target Field with a 2.66 ERA and 10.5 K/9 at home (he had a 3.38 ERA in three seasons at Great American Ball Park). Gray has below average velocity, but his four-seam fastball has among the highest spin rates in the league (98th percentile per Baseball Savant). He also gets high spin rates on his off-speed pitches, making his slider and curve ball plus pitches. A slight decline in velocity and strikeout rate (8.8 K/9) were offset by improved control (2.7 BB/9). His durability is becoming a concern as he threw just 119.2 IP, having IL stints twice for a hamstring strain and another for a pectoral strain. He also averaged just 4.96 IP per start with the Twins rarely allowing him to go deep into games. Assuming he can stay healthy, however, he'll be counted on to lead Minnesota's rotation again. Read Past Outlooks

Suffers first loss
Gray (4-1) took the loss against Cleveland on Saturday, allowing three runs on 10 hits while striking out two batters over 6.2 innings.
ANALYSIS
Gray recorded his fifth quality start of the campaign, but he surrendered a season-high 10 hits. The right-hander is still pitching well, though after notching four wins over his first six starts, he hasn't taken a victory in any of his subsequent six outings. Gray has also seen his strikeout numbers dip of late, recording just five punchouts over his past two starts covering 12.2 frames. There's no reason to panic -- Gray still hasn't given up more than three runs in any outing this season and holds a sterling 2.15 ERA -- but he's looking more mortal after beginning the campaign with a dominant stretch during which he allowed only three runs over his first 35 frames.
Gray recorded his fifth quality start of the campaign, but he surrendered a season-high 10 hits. The right-hander is still pitching well, though after notching four wins over his first six starts, he hasn't taken a victory in any of his subsequent six outings. Gray has also seen his strikeout numbers dip of late, recording just five punchouts over his past two starts covering 12.2 frames. There's no reason to panic -- Gray still hasn't given up more than three runs in any outing this season and holds a sterling 2.15 ERA -- but he's looking more mortal after beginning the campaign with a dominant stretch during which he allowed only three runs over his first 35 frames.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
92
Last 10 Games
92
Last 5 Games
90
How many pitches does Sonny Gray generally throw?
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What part of the game does Sonny Gray generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-7%
BAA vs LHP
2023
-24%
BAA vs RHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2021vs Left | .217 | 156 | 48 | 119 | 13 | |||
Since 2021vs Right | .233 | 187 | 62 | 153 | 18 | |||
2023vs Left | .266 | 18 | 9 | 29 | 1 | |||
2023vs Right | .203 | 53 | 15 | 29 | 0 | |||
2022vs Left | .202 | 58 | 11 | 41 | 4 | |||
2022vs Right | .244 | 59 | 25 | 58 | 7 | |||
2021vs Left | .208 | 80 | 28 | 49 | 8 | |||
2021vs Right | .239 | 75 | 22 | 66 | 11 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-3%
ERA at Home
2023
-41%
ERA at Home
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2021Home | 3.31 | 1.17 | 179.2 | 10.3 | 3.1 | ||||
Since 2021Away | 3.41 | 1.20 | 142.1 | 8.7 | 3.1 | ||||
2023Home | 1.71 | 1.05 | 42.0 | 10.7 | 1.9 | ||||
2023Away | 2.88 | 1.52 | 25.0 | 7.6 | 5.4 | ||||
2022Home | 2.66 | 1.14 | 67.2 | 10.4 | 3.3 | ||||
2022Away | 3.63 | 1.12 | 52.0 | 6.8 | 1.9 | ||||
2021Home | 4.89 | 1.29 | 70.0 | 10.0 | 3.5 | ||||
2021Away | 3.44 | 1.15 | 65.1 | 10.6 | 3.2 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Sonny Gray compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.96K/9
9.5BB/9
3.2HR/9
0.1Fastball
92.6 mphERA
2.15WHIP
1.22BABIP
.326GB/FB
2.07Left On Base
80.6%Exit Velocity
82.8 mphBarrels/BBE
5.3%Spin Rate
2528 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
28.7%Swinging Strike
11.4%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Gray missed the beginning of the season with a back injury and then most of June with a groin injury, and thus was limited to 26 starts and 135.1 innings. When he was on the mound, his 4.19 ERA and 1.22 WHIP were a little worse than expectation, but well within the range of reasonable expectations. Gray was hurt by his ballpark (4.89 ERA, 1.7 HR/9), and by an inability to work deep into games, averaging 5.2 innings per start. Gray's 72.4% LOB% was among the bottom third of starting pitchers with his workload, which reflected the Reds below-average infield defense. Cincinnati opted for a full teardown, and Gray was shipped to Minnesota shortly after the end of the lockout, where he'll headline the Twins' starting rotation.
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Settles for another no-decision
Gray allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits and three walks while striking out three batters over six-plus innings in a no-decision against Houston on Monday.
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Fourth straight no-decision Tuesday
Gray allowed two runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over five innings during Tuesday's loss to the Giants. He did not factor into the decision.
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Stumbles Wednesday
Gray did not factor into the decision Wednesday, allowing two runs on five hits and three walks over four innings against the Dodgers. He struck out four.
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Strikes out nine in no-decision
Gray allowed a run on four hits and a walk while striking out nine over 5.1 innings in a no-decision versus the Cubs on Friday.
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First non-stellar start
Gray did not factor into the decision Saturday, allowing three runs on four hits and three walks over five innings against the Guardians. He struck out six in Minnesota's loss.
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