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Gerrit Cole

Gerrit Cole

Bio
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/220 lbs
Bat: R
Throw: R
Born: Newport Beach, California
College: UCLA
Draft: 2011 1st round (1st pick) by the
Pittsburgh Pirates
  • ClutchPoints

    Yankees get huge DJ LeMahieu, Gerrit Cole injury updates

    While the New York Yankees lead the AL East, the team is only poised to get stronger. Both DJ LeMahieu and Gerrit Cole are getting closer to making their eventual returns to the Yankees. LeMahieu is set to begin a rehab assignment at the Double-A level on either Thursday or Friday, via Greg Doyle of The New York Post. It'll be LeMahieu's second rehab assignment, as his first was cut short due to renewed soreness.

  • New York Post

    Collection of MLB teams have already improved their playoff odds — here's who can sustain it

    Predictions, even the seemingly unbiased ones spit out by computers, are silly. Because you can take a piece of information such as the Yankees will be without ace Gerrit Cole for at least two months and know — I mean know — that they will be, at best, trying to survive whatever the rotation offers until the ace's June return. Except going into the weekend, thus even before Clarke Schmidt's 6 ²/₃ shutout innings Friday , Yankees starters without Cole this year (3.46) were a run a game better than last year (4.44) when he won the Cy Young award and AL ERA title (2.63). The Yankees began the season with a 71.2 percent chance to reach the playoffs, according to Fangraphs modeling. Those already

  • New York Post

    Gerrit Cole pulling for Pirates' Paul Skenes as No. 1 draft pick awaits majors call: 'Generational-type arm'

    Gerrit Cole was the first overall pick in the MLB amateur draft in 2011 after starring for three seasons in college. He was picked by the Pittsburgh Pirates and made his debut at 22, halfway through his second full professional season. Paul Skenes is on a similar, but not identical, path. 4 Paul Skenes may be called up soon by the Pirates. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con The fireballing 21-year-old has made a name for himself with a fastball that regularly tops 100 mph . Like Cole, he's from southern California and has dominated in his first pro season after being the No. 1 overall pick after three years of college — also by the Pirates — in last year's draft. Explore More Paul Skenes' heavily-anticipated