As I wrote in yesterday’s article — whoever leaked the Yankees supposed offer to Gerrit Cole for seven years, $245 million was likely doing a disservice to the Bombers in their quest to sign the former Astro.
And wouldn’t you know it, only a few hours later, Scott Boras’ other mega free-agent starting pitcher received the same exact contract to return to Washington D.C. As I see it, Boras makes both clients extremely happy. For a moment in time, Strasburg becomes the highest-paid pitcher of all time ($35M AAV).
Yet soon, possibly during Day 3 of the MLB Winter Meetings, some club may offer Cole a ludicrous amount of money — perhaps as much as $300M by some accounts.