Sonny Gray ‘open’ to discussing trade in disastrous Red Sox season

Sonny Gray sounds like a man who’s leasing his Massachusetts residence.
The veteran starter told the Boston Globe he’s “open” to having a conversation with Red Sox brass about a potential trade amid the team’s disastrous season.
Gray is potentially in the last year of his deal, with Boston either paying a $5 million buyout or a $30 million team option for 2027.
“If someone came to me from the Red Sox and made a decision that that’s the direction that this team was going to go, I would be open for a conversation,” Gray told the Boston Globe. “Whatever happens from then, only time will tell. But I would be open for a conversation.”
Despite playoff ambitions after last year’s Wild Card round loss to the Yankees, Boston is 31-45 and in last place in the competitive AL East.
The Red Sox’s odds to make the playoffs are just 8.1 percent, per Fangraphs, and they’re seven games out of the third and final Wild Card spot.
Barring an unexpected run, Boston — under top baseball executive Craig Breslow — will be a seller at the deadline and the 36-year-old Gray could fetch the Red Sox a decent return due to his 3.12 ERA.
The NL East-leading Braves stick out as a team that could use pitching, and some clubs may not want to get into the expected bidding war for Tarik Skubal.

Gray could represent a lesser option, although there’s a chance to retain him for 2027.
The ex-Yankees told the Boston Globe that his veto power is an “earned thing,” and mentioned how the Cardinals worked with him to find a new team last offseason.
“Having the ability to be in control of your own situation is very, I feel like, earned,” Gray said. “In my experience, it always starts with just a conversation.”
Gray did not say if location would factor into his decision, with the righty reportedly living in Nashville in the offseason.
It’s safe to say that New York is one location he would veto, though, considering his disastrous stint in The Bronx and critical remarks about the team since departing.
“Don’t necessarily want to look too far ahead at that,” Gray told the outlet about whether he would factor location into his decision. “It is a fair question.”