Tampa – Of course, it was all kunbaya. Naturally, the Yankees insist that they don't want Gerrit Cole to go anywhere. And the righteous person insisted that he never wanted to leave.
They didn't expect to analyze Cole's press conference on Wednesday like Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime performance. These are Staid Pinstripers, after all, and G. Cole, J. It's not a Cole.
However, it is difficult to forget the path that was navigated between pitchers and teams from the beginning of training last spring to the beginning of the offseason. When Cole showed up at camp in 2024, he could have won the vote as the most integral part of the Yankee. But shortly after the World Series, the Yankees made a move that opened the door to life about the possibility of being distributed to him, at least without living without a call.
In February 2024, they concluded that he would win a $324 million agreement to prevent opt-out, in order to close the $324 million agreement in Cole's nine-year tenth year. It was. But soon after the World Series defeat, the Yankees said they were standing for four years with $144 million remaining, rather than turning it to $180 million with $144 million remaining. At best, the Yankees were playing chicken with players who thought they wouldn't leave. At worst, they had a lackluster vote to invest more money in Cole's future.
