Gerrit Cole agrees to stay with Yankees...terms to be discussed later

Gerrit Cole agrees to stay with Yankees...terms to be discussed later

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Gerrit Cole, 34, who opted out of his contract with the New York Yankees immediately after the World Series, has dramatically stayed with the team.

ESPN and other U.S. sports outlets reported on Friday that Cole has agreed to re-sign with the Yankees for the remainder of his four-year, $144 million contract.

Cole signed a nine-year, $324 million ($447.3 million) contract in December 2019 as a free agent, the most ever for a pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) history.

The terms of the deal included the right for Cole to opt out after five years.

However, the Yankees also added a one-year, 메이저사이트 $36 million (49.7 billion won) buyout clause to the existing contract that would negate the opt-out.

Under the circumstances, local media reported that the Yankees and Cole had agreed to a contract extension, with the length and specific dollar amount to be discussed at a later date.

Cole has been the Yankees' ace for the past five years.

A six-time All-Star, Cole won the American League Cy Young Award in 2023 after going 15-4 with a 2.63 ERA.

This year, despite struggling with an elbow injury for the first half of the year, he finished with an 8-5 record and a 3.41 ERA.

In the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, he pitched two games and had a stellar 0.71 ERA.

However, Cole was criticized by fans for not covering the bases in Game 5 of the World Series, which resulted in a number of unearned runs.

The Yankees ultimately lost the World Series to the Dodgers, but they decided they needed their ace for the foreseeable future.