I don't know the situational proclivity is but he pitched in a bandbox. And is going to another.Prediction: A clean-shaven, short-haired Cole is gonna be less a pitcher than a scruffy, wild-haired Cole.
And his proclivity to give up long balls is going to be more prolific.
Who cares about the money, it's not mine.
I think he's going to be great for them. For 5-6 years. You're paying the extra 35m a year for 4 years on the back end to get those years though. These long, huge contracts never, ever work out over the entire span of the contract -- ARod, Pujols, Ryan Howard, etc. This contract will hamstring them at some point....you just roll the dice the front half was worth it.
He fills such an obvious need, and makes them such a clear favorite for the next two years given their offense and bullpen, that you have to do it. Like in business, you pay a premium to acquire a company if it gives you a competitive advantage.
You care because, in the latter half of this contract, it hamstrings your team from going out and getting fresh players that they might need.
Look at the Angels. With Pujols, Trout and now Rendon, they can't fill their other needs, mainly starting pitching. Who's their #1? Andrew Heaney?
Thanks for your interest in Yankee besbol.Cole and Stanton will make $62 million next year.
The Orioles roster will make $59 million next year.
Thanks for your interest in Yankee besbol.
Hope it works out better than Ellsbury. Rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for IBM. They have a huge competitive advantage over their competitors but they lack innovation and their success seems merely a legacy of their past.
Hope it works out better than Ellsbury. Rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for IBM. They have a huge competitive advantage over their competitors but they lack innovation and their success seems merely a legacy of their past.
Yankee fans like mau must feel like fools right now. I would accuse the Yankees of buying a pennant but they would have to win a pennant first.
Yes. Meanwhile, the vaunted Astros made it to the world series this year throwing basically three pitchers - Verlander, Greinke, and Cole - NONE of which are products of the Astros system. And literally nobody has a word to say about it.I’m hesitant to defend the Yankees here, but much of their roster is made up of talent that they drafted and developed. The reason to sign Cole now Is to try to win championships in the two - three year window that you have before you have to start paying all of those young guys.
This is so unbelievably dumb. Did the Red Sox "buy a pennant" in 2018 with JD Martinez and David Price ? I fail to see how that is even remotely different.Yankee fans like mau must feel like fools right now. I would accuse the Yankees of buying a pennant but they would have to win a pennant first.
It isn't. But Yankee fans gave Sox fans tons of crap about "buying a pennant" and highest payroll last year. If you can't beat em join em.This is so unbelievably dumb. Did the Red Sox in 2018 with JD Martinez and David Price ? I fail to see how that is even remotely different.
It isn't. But Yankee fans gave Sox fans tons of crap about "buying a pennant" and highest payroll last year. If you can't beat em join em.