Gerrit Cole 9 Years $324 Million

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Ha ha ha mess. My son called me from Hawaii with the news. He woke my sleepy ass up since it’s after midnight so I was very happy but I told him I was going to kill him when he gets home. LOL
 
mrmel29 said:
Ha ha ha mess. My son called me from Hawaii with the news. He woke my sleepy ass up since it’s after midnight so I was very happy but I told him I was going to kill him when he gets home. LOL
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lol in fairness only 6pm where he is. Good to see the excitement.
 
Holy shit! George’s sons unloaded a shitload to catch this fish and at the same time changing Cashman’s
image as the ‘bottom barrel scrapper’. I guess ten years without a Championship finally has sunk in!
.........it’s the pitching that gets you to the World Series........and if you are lucky, you could win the Big
Kahuna!
 
Interesting side note. Boras said one of the keys to the deal was the Yankees bringing along Andy Pettitte to speak with Cole.
 
Hate the deal myself, lot of commitment money wise to one player. Old Fats Domino tune: "oh what a price, I had to pay , for loving you. Cashman at his best check writing episode ever. Now lets some real General Management moves that include getting rid of those broken down nags like Sanchez and Stanton for starters.
 
Yankeefan5545 said:
Hate the deal myself, lot of commitment money wise to one player. Old Fats Domino tune: "oh what a price, I had to pay , for loving you. Cashman at his best check writing episode ever. Now lets some real General Management moves that include getting rid of those broken down nags like Sanchez and Stanton for starters.
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Yeah, they got their guy but DAMN!

Still a lot of work to do before opening day...the only position that is an absolute lock is Judge in RF.
 
Another plus for the Yanx signing Cole is that we'll no longer have to face him.

Posted this earlier in another thread...as a batter, Cole is nearly impossible to hit...it's really unfair.


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Signing Cole not only give the Yanx the best pitching in BB it also makes them the best team in BB. He's also the first true #1 starter the Yanx have had in a long time. In addition to Cole being a #1, the Yanx also now have THREE #2 starters.




Here's a few more points about the contract itself.

1. None of the money is deferred.

2. A full NTC.

3. Opt out after 5 years.
 
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Rangers94 said:
The money I have no issue with. Nine years is a LONG time for a pitcher though. That’s takes him until 38.
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God forbid this guy comes up with an injury in first couple of years. Hey, I agree.....it’s not my money......besides,
the brothers Diddle & Doodle have not been spending big bucks during their moratorium. Many of us here
have been screaming their pitching was not championship caliber. My guess is by the time Cole gets to 38 yrs
of age, he’ll long be gone. Players no longer are staying with one team for a long period,,,,,unless you are
Brett Gardner. And to be honest he is not a top nine player anymore. I do not revere Cashman like many Yankee
fans. Until these Yankees win that evasive 28th World Series, I think the guy still has too many fingers plugging
the holes in the Yankee ship!
 
cagedlion said:
God forbid this guy comes up with an injury in first couple of years. Hey, I agree.....it’s not my money......besides,
the brothers Diddle & Doodle have not been spending big bucks during their moratorium. Many of us here
have been screaming their pitching was not championship caliber. My guess is by the time Cole gets to 38 yrs
of age, he’ll long be gone. Players no longer are staying with one team for a long period,,,,,unless you are
Brett Gardner. And to be honest he is not a top nine player anymore. I do not revere Cashman like many Yankee
fans. Until these Yankees win that evasive 28th World Series, I think the guy still has too many fingers plugging
the holes in the Yankee ship!
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If we get more than 4-5 very good years from Cole, we'll be very fortunate.
 
Payroll insurance is pretty much standard practice nowadays, especially with bigger contracts like Cole's...and yes, an injured player's salary still counts against the salary cap.
 
It didn't cost any assets except for money and the yanks print it. And payroll reduced by about 50 mill plus will make some kind of trade to move happy and a lot of his money. Yanks young pitching about 2 to 3 tears away. And if anybody thinks cole i opting out at are 33 (hell pitch at age 29) this season risking 34 mill a year or so I have a bridge to sell you. Houston's bunch of cheaters are now in our rear view mirror.
 
mrmel29 said:
It didn't cost any assets except for money and the yanks print it. And payroll reduced by about 50 mill plus will make some kind of trade to move happy and a lot of his money. Yanks young pitching about 2 to 3 tears away. And if anybody thinks cole i opting out at are 33 (hell pitch at age 29) this season risking 34 mill a year or so I have a bridge to sell you. Houston's bunch of cheaters are now in our rear view mirror.
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I didnt think that Strasburg would opt out..boy was I wrong.
 
BigDaddyAl1973 said:
I didnt think that Strasburg would opt out..boy was I wrong.
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Strasburg could significantly beat the 25 mill he was making. Tanaka couldn't with the elbow issue and cole at 33 won't be able to beat 36 at that point. Yanks are pretty much loaded everywhere and while they have enough assets to make trades I can't think of what they would trade for although rumors I heard about lindor might be interesting
 
these days it only makes sense to have "opt-out" clauses, as rapid as contracts have escalated in a very short time.
 
Mattingly23NY said:
If he has 5 great years, and opted out, I'd imagine he'd ask for >40 Milion, or more!
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Yeah, if we get 5 years out of Cole it will probably his most productive years...and if he opts out and someone wants to give him $40 Mil a year for his years after he's 35 they will be doing us a favor because under his current deal with the Yanx I gotta believe that the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th years could very well be ugly...almost ARod/Ellsbury ugly.
 
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