Gerrit Cole would have been a fit for the Yankees in any era.
You could envision him sliding seamlessly into the championship rotation with Allie Reynolds, Vic Raschi, Eddie Lopat and Whitey Ford or the one decades later that featured David Cone, Andy Pettitte, David Wells and El Duque Hernandez.
Cole has been more than a reliable 32-year-old right arm. He has been the Yankees’ security blanket. The team now is 9-0 after defeats and 16-7 overall with Cole on the mound afterat the Stadium, in which he threw seven authoritative innings. Cole — 10-2 with a 2.64 ERA that is second in the majors to Blake Snell’s 2.50 and a MLB-leading bWAR of 4.7 entering the game — is the rising tide that lifts all Pinstriped boats.On a night when it all went swimmingly on the field, a dark cloud nevertheless intruded with the announcement thatto deal with alcohol-related issues that became apparent sometime after the trade deadline Tuesday.
The cavalry is not coming to the rescue. What you have seen on the roster, what you have seen in the clubhouse, that is what you are pretty much going to get over the final two months and 54 games. Or maybe there will be more games like Wednesday.
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