Gray (1-2) was bombarded for nine runs on eight hits and three walks over just 3.1 innings in St. Louis on Thursday.
Well, that was ugly. Gray had been showing some promise lately, delivering a pair of strong road starts followed by a stunningly dominant home effort against the Mets, but he was a total mess in this one despite being away from Coors Field. The 24-year-old still has a terrifically attractive 2.59 FIP despite his 6.75 ERA -- his .376 BABIP and 50.9 percent strand rate should correct themselves in time, and his strikeout and walk rates are quite strong -- but making half his starts in Colorado will do him no favors. That said, we can give him a mulligan on this outing and try to make good DFS use of the hard-throwing righty in future road games.