THE HOT CORNER
Game theory, maybe not what you want to hear.
Since the Yankees are going all in on Gerrit Cole...and the Yankees have the financial ability to overwhelm all senses...and they have enormous pressure from their fan base to make Cole happen...and we already saw how this episode ends when their is a Free Agent pitcher coveted by the Angels and some other team will to behave as though theirs is an unlimited well of capital...maybe there is a successful Plan B that is NOT reactionary, but strategic?