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Colorado Rockies (5-12 , fifth in the NL West) vs. San Diego Padres (11-7, first in the NL West)San Diego; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Jon Gray (0-3, 4.19 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 20 strikeouts) Padres: Nick Margevicius (0-1, 1.69 ERA, 0.63 WHIP, 12 strikeouts)LINE: Padres favored by 1 1/2 runs; over/under is 7 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE:The Padres are 9-6 against teams from the NL West. San Diego has hit 27 home runs this season, fifth in the National League. Fernando Tatis Jr. leads them with five, averaging one every 12 at-bats.The Rockies are 5-7 in road games. Colorado has a team on-base percentage of .261 , last in the National League. Nolan Arenado leads the lineup with a mark of .311. The Rockies won the last meeting 5-2. Antonio Senzatela recorded his first victory and Ian Desmond went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run and three RBIs for Colorado. Joey Lucchesi registered his second loss for San Diego.TOP PERFORMERS: Tatis Jr. leads the Padres with five home runs and is batting .283. Franmil Reyes is 8-for-26 with a double, four home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games for San Diego.Trevor Story leads the Rockies with four home runs and is batting .242. Arenado is 10-for-39 with a triple, two home runs and eight RBIs over the last 10 games for Colorado.LAST 10 GAMES: Padres: 6-4, .225 batting average, 4.24 ERA, outscored by seven runsRockies: 2-8, .208 batting average, 4.86 ERA, outscored by 21 runsPadres Injuries: Garrett Richards: 60-day IL (elbow), Jacob Nix: 60-day IL (elbow) , Aaron Loup: 10-day IL (elbow), Dinelson Lamet: 60-day IL (elbow), Brett Kennedy: 10-day IL (shoulder), Miguel Diaz: 10-day IL (knee), Jose Castillo: 60-day IL (hip), Travis Jankowski: 60-day IL (foot), Franchy Cordero: 10-day IL (elbow).Rockies Injuries: Chris Rusin: 10-day IL (back), Jake McGee: 10-day IL (knee), Tyler Anderson: 10-day IL (knee), David Dahl: 10-day IL (abdomen), Noel Cuevas: day-to-day (lower body) , Daniel Murphy: 10-day IL (finger), Ryan McMahon: 10-day IL (elbow), Chris Iannetta: 10-day IL (lat). The Cincinnati Reds made another offseason move Monday, landing starting pitcher Sonny Gray in a trade with the New York Yankees.Cincinnati announced it acquired Gray and pitcher Reiver Sanmartin, while infield prospect Shed Long and a 2019 Competitive Balance Round A draft pick are headed to the Yankees. The Reds noted Gray also signed a three-year contract extension with a club option for 2023.The Yankees then traded Long to the Seattle Mariners in a separate deal in exchange for outfielder Josh Stowers.Jeff Passan of ESPN first reported the news of the Gray trade.On Saturday,Jon Heyman of Fancred reported the Reds and Yankees were "finalizing" the details on a trade that would send Long and a draft pick to the Bronx Bombers. Heyman also noted the Reds were attempting to reach an agreement with Gray on a contract extension before they finished the trade.According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, Gray was "expected" to agree to that extension since he was otherwise set to become a free agent next offseason.Rosenthal provided further details on the extension:Ken Rosenthal Ken_RosenthalGray, then, will be under the #Reds鈥?control for the next four seasons. He already is under contract for $7.5M in 鈥?9. Ay3yYS0Ew2Gray struggled during the 2018 season for the Yankees, posting a 4.90 ERA, 1.50 WHIP and 123 strikeouts in 130.1 innings. He was also demoted to the bullpen in the latest chapter of what has been an inconsistent career for the Vanderbilt product.He finished the 2016 season with a 5.69 ERA and 1.50 WHIP on the Oakland Athletics , although he bounced back in 2017 with a 3.55 ERA with the A's and Yankees.Those numbers may not inspire much confidence for a Reds team that needs to bolster its starting staff after finishing the 2018 campaign ranked25thin the league in starting-pitcher ERA, but Gray was one of the best pitchers in baseball from 2013 through 2015. He tallied a sub-3.00 ERA in two of those seasons, and 3.08 was his highest mark during that span.Cincinnati isn't likely to attract many high-caliber free-agent pitchers to play in hitter-friendly Great American Ballpark, so taking chances on high-risk, high-reward players like Gray is one way to potentially maximize its rotation.The Reds already traded for Yasiel Puig, Matt Kemp and Alex Wood and signed Tanner Roark this offseason. Gray is just the latest addition for a club looking to reach the postseason for the first time since 2013.
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