Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Sonny Gray is nothing if not confident in his own repertoire.

Gray has developed several different pitches throughout his 13-year career that has included stints with the Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins and St. Louis Cardinals — most of which require him to spin the ball.

Gray throws his four-seamer (21.7%) more than anything else, but mixes things up with off-speed pitches by throwing his sweeper (19.2%), curveball (18.3%), sinker (18%) and cutter (12.6%) a significant amount.

Why?

I’ll let the man himself tell you…

“I spin the ball better than anyone in baseball,” Gray said during his introductory press conference on Tuesday, as shared by The Boston Globe’s Alex Speier. “That’s a fact.”

Gray isn’t lying, as he

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