Good morning Yankees family and welcome back to the blog.
Guess what day it is… guess what day it is… it’s Sonny Gray Day!!! I’m more
excited for hump day if I am being honest, but that time has come again where
Sonny Gray gets to take the mound for the New York Yankees. Now, I know that
makes some people’s breakfast and coffee want to come back up, but I am not one
of those people. I predicted that Gray would be the ace of the team before the
season in my bold predictions post and while that couldn’t be further from the
truth, I do truly believe that he still has time to turn it all around. How can
I be so confident?
Remember the 1998 Yankees that won 114 games en route to the
World Series? That team was dominant, much more dominant than this 2018 version
of the team, but even that team had its flaws. Enter Hideki Irabu in his second
season with the Yankees. Irabu pitched to a 4.06 ERA that season with more than
a few clunkers along the way including a five start stretch in late August and
into September that saw the right-hander give up seven, four, eight, six and
five runs respectively in consecutive starts. Ouch.
I am not expecting this team to be the 1998 team, but I am
still expecting a World Series championship out of this team. If the 1998 team
and Irabu can do it, so can the 2018 Yankees and Sonny Gray. And if he doesn’t,
especially tonight against the Baltimore Orioles, the worst team in the Major
Leagues here in 2018, then this may be the last time we see Gray starting for
the Yankees for a while. The Yankees weren’t afraid to send Luis Severino to
the bullpen to gain his confidence back and figure it out, and they shouldn’t
be afraid to do it with Sonny Gray either.
Sonny Gray’s final chance tonight, and you are my final
love. My everything. I love you Kari.
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