Back before the season started, New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman tried to put together a deal for Gerrit Cole. It didn’t happen. He was unwilling to relinquish several of his top prospects.
Hindsight is always 20/20, but let’s discuss reality for a moment: Cashman should have done whatever it took to get the Cole Train to the Bronx.
While the Yankees’ starters have compiled a pedestrian 4.06 ERA—just 14th in the MLB—Cole is having the best year of his young career. He’s given up 50 less hits than innings pitched and is striking out 12.