A couple of days ago the New York Yankees They opened the doors of their training camp to begin the team’s preseason. The ninth team led by Aaron Boone will seek to clean up the negative image that he left last season by not being able to qualify for the playoffs.
One of the figures of the New York team, who is already training with the group, is star pitcher Gerrit Cole. Who comes from winning the American League Cy Young Award for his incredible season, in which he left a record of 15-4 and a solid 2.63 ERA.
Cole undoubtedly begins this 2024 season as one of the pitchers to watch in the Major Leagues. He even wants to repeat winning the Cy Young, but the 32-year-old right-hander is not interested in individual awards and prefers to aim for winning a World Series ring with the Yankees this year.
“Winning another Cy Young is not on my list of goals. and it has not been on my list of objectives at any time. Having said that, Let’s go out and prepare to win a World Series“That’s really the top of the list,” Cole explained at a press conference from the Tampa Bay training fields, where the Yankees are developing their preseason.
Gerrit Cole, Ace of the New York Yankees and who has just won the American League Cy Young Award / AP
Gerrit Cole has worn the uniform of three teams in the Major Leagues: Pittsburgh Pirates from 2013 to 2017, Houston Astros 2018 and 2019, and since 2020 the Yankees. Since then he has played seven playoffs, among which the 2019 World Series against the Washington Nationals stands out, which ended up losing to the Astros.
That is why now the Yankees star’s main objective is to win a World Series for the first time in his career. “I don’t think that not having won a World Series is a holebut I think it is one of the reasons, in fact, probably the main reason, why I am here,” commented the pitcher.
This season the Yankees will complete 15 seasons without attending the fall classic. Something very unusual for a franchise that has won the most World Series with 27 championships.
The Bronx team wants to win the 28th championship and that is why in the offseason they managed several reinforcements for the team. Among which Juan Soto, Álex Verdugo and Marcus Stroman stand out to accompany Cole himself in the team’s rotation.
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2024-02-17 00:48:44
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