4 things to know about new Red Sox pitcher Sonny Gray

"The Red Sox made their first major offseason move Tuesday, trading for righthanded pitcher Sonny Gray from the Cardinals. In return for Gray, 36, the Sox sent righthander Richard Fitts and minor league lefthander Brandon Clarke to St. Louis. Gray, who played college baseball at Vanderbilt and was selected in the first round of the 2011 draft by the Oakland A's, has played 13 seasons in the big leagues across five teams."

"He went 14-8 with a 4.28 ERA with a 27 percent strikeout rate and 5 percent walk rate over 180⅔ innings for the Cardinals last year. Here are four things to know about the newest Red Sox pitcher. He's close friends with some big Boston names. Vanderbilt has been a perennial producer of major leaguers throughout Tim Corbin's two-decade tenure as the Commodores coach, and Gray's time there was no exception."

Sonny Gray was traded to the Boston Red Sox from the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for righthander Richard Fitts and minor league lefthander Brandon Clarke. Gray is 36 and has 13 major league seasons across five teams. He pitched at Vanderbilt and was a first-round pick by the Oakland A's in 2011. Last season with the Cardinals he went 14-8 with a 4.28 ERA, a 27 percent strikeout rate and a 5 percent walk rate over 180⅔ innings. Gray formed close college relationships with Mike Yastrzemski and David Price. David Price signed a seven-year, $217 million deal with Boston in 2015 and helped the 2018 World Series run, and Gray and Price have maintained a friendship and often worked out together at Vanderbilt as their careers progressed. Vanderbilt has produced many major leaguers under coach Tim Corbin.

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