Grading the deal: Yankees embrace their inner Yankee, sign Gerrit Cole
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Well, that escalated quickly. The ink had barely dried on Stephen Strasburg's record-setting contract with the Nationals when the Yankees went and took the best free agent available off the board and shattered said record. Gerrit Cole is now, pending a physiGrading the deal: Yankees embrace their inner Yankee, sign Gerrit Cole
Well, that escalated quickly. The ink had barely dried on Stephen Strasburg's record-setting contract with the Nationals when the Yankees went and took the best free agent available off the board and shattered said record. Gerrit Cole is now, pending a physical, going to be in pinstripes for the next nine seasons, for the cool cost of $324 million. This should surprise exactly no one, given that the Yankees have long been enamored with Cole, taking him in the first round of the 2008 draft, only to see him head to UCLA and then get taken first overall by the Pirates in 2011. They tried to trade for him back in 2018, but Houston one-upped them. This time, though, Brian Cashman and company had their eyes on the prize. Us baseball writers have, in general, said more than a few words about Cole since he moved from Pittsburgh to Houston. Cole was always a talented pitcher, but the relocation to a more analytical team that convinced him to drop his sinker turned him into an unquestionable ace. Now, he’s coming off Read more