FACTS/FLUKES: S. Gray, Lynch, Z. Jackson, Vaughn, Winker

Gray has limited runs at one of the best rates of his career in 2022… Sonny Gray (RHP, MIN) has maintained a 3.19 ERA across 79 innings this season, his lowest mark since 2019 and only the second time since 2015 that his ERA sits below 3.50. Is he earning those results?

Year  IP   ERA/xERA   BB%/K%   SwK    Vel   G/F    HR/F  HR/9  
====  ===  ========   ======   ====   ===   =====  ====  ====  
2019  175  2.87/3.55  10%/29%  11.8%  93.3  51/31  13%   0.9   
2020  56   3.70/3.32  11%/31%  11.6%  93.0  51/23  13%   0.6
2021  155  4.19/3.67  9%/27%   11.0%  92.4  47/32  17%   1.3
2022  74   3.19/3.82  7%/23%   8.9%   92.2  44/36  9%    0.8

No, and there a number of skills that indicate he is in the midst of a slow, yet steady,...

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