After missing out twice previously on landing Gerrit Cole -- once when he failed to sign with them as the No. 28 overall pick of the 2008 amateur draft, and another when they didn't meet the Pirates' asking price in a trade following the 2017 season -- the Yankees finally landed the ace, signing Cole to a nine-year, $324 million contract late at almost precisely the stroke of midnight Wednesday.
Two thoughts instinctually come to fantasy managers' minds whenever the Yankees ink a pitcher, and they can be somewhat contradictory: First is the effect of the boost in run support inflating the pitcher's wins, and second -- and much more important -- is the adverse impact of their homer-happy ballpark on the pitcher's numbers.