Chris Sale was signing autographs for a random family during BP when a 7-ish-year-old asked to go in the dugout.
"He's a spunky little kid," he said. "I was like, you know what, forget the dugout. I'll go show you the clubhouse."
Sale gave him a 1-on-1 behind-the-scenes tour.
We're closer to the end of Gerrit Cole's tenure with the Yankees than we are to the beginning 🥲
Cole has accumulated 759 innings in New York, and were it not for a pandemic or Tommy John surgery, he would have eclipsed the 782.1 innings he tossed for the Pirates.
If there's a lockout next season, 2028 will officially be the last year of that 9-year, $324 million deal that he signed after the 2019 season. His signing at the winter meetings feels like it just happened, too, and I can still visualize staring at my phone the first time I saw Jeff Passan break down the money and what that signing meant.
Passan said Cole is everything the Yankees embody, and he was right. Since the signing, he has had a 3.12 ERA in the regular season and a 2.93 ERA in October. Outside of one start where Cole pitched with a bum hamstring at Fenway Park that was conveniently ignored, he has been the very definition of an ace. It was money well spent, and he needs a ring around his finger.
Dear New York Yankees,
Ben Rice is your second-best hitter. Please stop sitting him against lefties. His metrics from 2025 against LHP are below for your convenience.
92.4 mph AVG EV, 54.7% HH, 16% BRL
82.6% Zone Contact, 72.5% Contact
Stop the madness.
Regards,
Eric
“Calm down, it’s the first inning”
“Don’t overreact to small samples”
“Try to enjoy it”
Buddy I don’t play fantasy baseball for enjoyment it I play because I hate myself