Brian Cashman: Sonny Gray lied about desire to pitch for Yankees before 2017 trade

Key Highlights

• I never wanted to go there in the first place.”However, Cashman, speaking at the Winter Meetings on Sunday, said that Gray expressed a desire to play for the Yankees before they acquired him from the Athletics in 2017.
• According to Cashman, that ill-fated move came after Gray told his college roommate at Vanderbilt — the Bombers’ minor league video coordinator at the time — “You gotta get me over to the Yankees.
• Tell Cash, ‘Get me over to the Yankees.’ I want out of Oakland.
• I want to win a world championship.”“It wasn’t just him,” Cashman said, referring to the video coordinator.
• “[Gray] was communicating that to a number of different people.