Sonny Gray has spent the bulk of his 13-year major league career in smaller markets: Oakland, Cincinnati, Minnesota, St. Louis.

“I’ve always said I wanted to go to a market that is super-competitive, a big market that wants to win,” the veteran right-hander explained Tuesday in his first Red Sox media availability, following last week’s trade from the Cardinals.

“I always wanted another opportunity to prove to myself, and just go and be myself,” Gray continued. “Boston is a situation for me that works for me. I’ve been there, and gone there, and been around the city and the people, and talking to other people, that is a situation that I feel comfortable in. And that’s important to me.”

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