Newest Red Sox starting pitcher Sonny Gray has pitched for one major-market team — the New York Yankees — in his career and the experience went poorly.

But that didn’t deter him from waiving his no-trade clause to agree to come to Boston, a similar East Coast media market as New York.

The Red Sox sent pitcher Richard Fitts and pitching prospect Brandon Clarke to the Cardinals for the 36-year-old righty on Tuesday morning.

Gray has a career 3.58 ERA in 339 outings (330 starts) over 13 major league seasons for the Athletics, Yankees, Reds, Twins and Cardinals. The one blemish on his resume came in New York.

He posted a 4.51 ERA in his 41 outings (34 starts) in 2017-18 for the Yankees, who demoted him to the bullpen during August 2018 after he posted a 5.56 ERA in 21 starts that seas

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