Red Sox pitcher Sonny Gray apparently is looking forward to taking on his new team's biggest rival, saying he's happy to be in "a place where it's easy to hate the Yankees ."

The Red Sox acquired the well-traveled Gray in a trade with the Cardinals last week, adding the durable pitcher to a starting rotation that was thin on options during Boston's postseason ouster in New York.

Gray already is familiar with the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry after spending parts of two seasons in the Bronx earlier in his career, and the three-time All-Star didn't mince words when discussing his experience in New York.

"It just wasn't a good situation for me," Gray told reporters Tuesday. "It wasn't a great setup for me and my family. I never wanted to go there in the first place."

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