The Yankees met with top free agent pitcher Gerrit Cole on Tuesday. According to Jon Heyman, MLB Network Insider: “Yankees meet with top target Gerrit Cole in SoCal today. They are all in. But having been rebuffed after drafting him and offering basically a blank check (he went to UCLA instead), they are very concerned he may prefer Angels and Dodgers. NYY will meet w/Strasburg tomorrow.”
Timely hitting was a big problem for the Yankees in the American League Championship Series against the Astros but the Nationals proved that having a deep starting rotation can really make a difference postseason. While the Yankees starters did a decent job in the three-game sweep of the Twins in the American League Division Series, they had issues against the Astros, with the postseason rotation of Masahiro Tanaka, James Paxton and Luis Severino failing to go deep into games, which made the team heavily relied on the bullpen.
Per Heyman: “Yanks had “very nice” introductory meeting with Gerrit Cole yesterday. No $ specifically discussed. They are selling him on being a Yankee and winning. Also key: “the dollars will be there.” The Yankees believe he'd thrive in NY but also believe he may prefer LA.”
Cole went 20-5 with a 2.50 ERA and a 0.89 WHIP with an MLB-best 326 strikeouts and he also set a Major League record with nine straight double-digit strikeout games after his 10 K's over five innings in the 8-5 win against the Angels at Angel Stadium on September 29.
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