FACTS/FLUKES: S. Gray, Alonso, Fiers, Merrifield, and Pillar

Gray takes his lumps... After a bounce back 2017 season that ended with a 3.55 ERA and 1.21 WHIP, Sonny Gray (RHP, NYY) has not fared well in 2018. The right-hander has posted a 5.05 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, and a -7 R$ through 119 IP. What is going wrong? 

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl   Dom  Cmd  FpK  SwK    G/L/F    H%  S% hr/f  BPV 
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ====  ===  ===  ===  ========  === === ====  === 
2014  219  3.06  3.36  3.0   7.5  2.5  58%   9%  56/18/26   28  76   9%   87
2015  208  2.73  3.62  2.6   7.3  2.9  59%  10%  53/17/31   26  78   9%   94  
2016  117  5.69  4.30  3.2   7.2  2.2  61%   8%  54/19/27   33  64  17%   75
2017  162  3.55  3.85  3.2   8.5  2.7  62%  12%  53/20/28   28  75  15%   98
2018  119  5.05  4.24  3.9  ...

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