F/F SPOTLIGHT: Jon Gray

Few pitchers have been more frustrating to their fantasy owners over the last several seasons than Jon Gray (RHP, COL). Coming into the 2019 season, he had managed a sub-4 ERA in just one season. One analyst has even profiled him as a good buy-low target 23 times since the beginning of 2018. While Gray has looked like an upper-tier starting pitcher at times, his inconsistency has kept owners away:

Year  ERA   WHIP
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2015  5.53  1.62
2016  4.61  1.26
2017  3.67  1.30
2018  5.12  1.35

It’s hard to roster a pitcher who has been a chronic threat to post a 5.00 ERA. But it’s also hard to dismiss Gray’s talent, or the fact that he has posted a 3.75 ERA or better in three separate months so far in 2019:

2019  ERA   WHIP
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