Yankees GM: Red Sox P Sonny Gray lied about wanting to play for New York

"That's when he told me he never wanted to be here. He hates New York. 'This is the worst place.' He just sits in his hotel room."

""It feels good to me to go to a place now where, you know what, it's easy to hate the Yankees. ... "New York just wasn't a good situation for me. It wasn't a great setup for me and my family. I never wanted to go there in the first place.""

""When he was with the A's, he was telling our minor-league video coordinator, 'You got to get me over to the Yankees,'" Cashman said. "'Tell Cash, get me over to the Yankees. I want out of Oakland. I want a championship.'"}],"

"Sonny Gray said he disliked New York and never wanted to play there; Yankees GM Brian Cashman says Gray sought a trade to New York."

Sonny Gray said he disliked New York and never wanted to play there, stating he preferred joining Boston where it is easy to hate the Yankees. Brian Cashman countered that Gray previously pressured people in Oakland to get him to the Yankees, including telling a minor-league video coordinator to 'get me over to the Yankees' and asking management for a trade to pursue a championship. Gray struggled in New York, going 15-16 with a 4.51 ERA across two seasons and posting a 4.90 ERA in 2018 before being removed from the rotation. The exchange intensified Red Sox–Yankees offseason barbs.

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