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Sonny Gray traded to the New York Yankees

A quick look at the trade between the Athletics and Yankees involving Sonny Gray

By Garrett Atkins
Sonny Gray is headed to New York. What does this do to his fantasy value?
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Sonny Gray of the Oakland Athletics was dealt to the New York Yankees for 3 minor league prospects. What does this do to his fantasy value?

Gray is the #63 pitcher in fantasy this season but he missed all of April. Gray has been the #23 pitcher over the past 30 days and this has done more for his value than this trade in my eyes. Gray is 8-8 with a 3.43 ERA and 8.7 K/9 on the season. The increase in the strikeouts (a career 7.7 K/9) has been a welcoming sight. Over his last 6 starts, Gray has a 1.37 ERA 0.81 WHIP and an 8.24 K/9.

This trade does help his win projections. The Yankees are a far better supporting cast than the Athletics. The ballpark and division are a negative for Gray in this swap but the fact that he is primarily a ground ball pitcher does temper some of those worries. The increased K rate also helps.

Sonny Gray has been moving up steadily in my rest of season rankings and will continue to do so with this move. He is currently SP #32 and I project I’ll have him around SP #20-25 came this Friday’s update.

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