For a Red Sox organization with years of devastating pitching injuries, the appeal of adding a starter like right-hander Sonny Gray, acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday, was clear:

A proven track record of putting up high inning and strikeout totals throughout his 13-year career.

“When you think about what Sonny has been in this league, it’s a guy who’s pitched at the front of rotations, and you know, those things that we think pitchers carry from year to year, things like strikeout rates and walk rates and ability to stay off barrels, he excels there,” said Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow. “We’re really excited about adding a guy that is coming off back-to-back 200-strikeout seasons, and shouldering a significant workload.”

Since the start of his first full ML

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