The Yankees held a press conference on Wednesday morning to officially introduce Gerrit Cole, the team’s new ace right-hander. The two sides previously agreed to a nine-year, $324-million contract during the Winter Meetings. A record-smashing deal like that deserves pomp and circumstance, and the Bombers delivered that. You can watch the entire session here, but these highlights stand out as the best moments.
Cole describes the Yankees’ gifts
Last week Joel Sherman reported that the Yankees’ pitch to Cole featured a “30-pound-ish contraption shaped like home plate” which contained the answers to any question a free agent would have about signing with New York.