Here's When Cardinals New Ace Sonny Gray Will Make Spring Training Debut
The St. Louis Cardinals won't have to wait much longer to watch their new ace in action.
Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak made a splash when he signed American League Cy Young runner-up Sonny Gray to a notable three-year, $75 million deal in late November.
The 34-year-old star hurler has been gearing up behind the scenes thus far but is just days away from taking the mound in front of his new fanbase.
"Sonny Gray still on track to start on Tuesday," St. Louis Dispatch's Lynn Worthy reported Sunday. "Mikes Mikolas and Kyle Gibson lined up after that, but Cardinals are keeping the order flexible at this point as far as which one starts when."
Should everything go as planned, the right-hander will take on the Boston Red Sox at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers at 1:05 p.m. ET -- where he'll likely toss two innings.
Unfortunately, that game is not going to be televised by either club's television network, though the CRN and WEEI radio broadcasts will be available for fans to get a glimpse into Gray's debut.
Gray posted a 2.79 ERA with a 183-to-55 strikeout-to-walk ratio, .226 batting average against and a 1.15 WHIP in 184 innings across 32 starts last season. He led Major League Baseball with a 2.83 FIP and 0.4 home runs allowed per nine innings for the Minnesota Twins.
Now the highly-anticipated Cardinals newcomer is in the process of gearing up for Opening Day.
He'll need all the preparation he can get as the first three players he's expected to face in the regular season will be the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar trio of second baseman Mookie Betts, designated hitter Shohei Ohtani and first baseman Freddie Freeman.
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