9 years, $324 million ($36 AAV)
It’s 9 pm on a Tuesday night, but the baseball world never sleeps! And the Evil Empire strikes once again!
Breaking: Gerrit Cole to Yankees. 9 years. 36M per. 324M total.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 11, 2019This is an absurd amount of money. I’ve been on record saying that I didn’t want Cole at prices less than this (it’s not just post-decision saltiness, I promise!) and $36 million for 9 years is...