12:00 am struck on Tuesday, and the news of Gerrit Cole signing to the New York Yankees broke. Major League baseball went crazy as the already highly talented New York Yankees just got even better. The nine-year, $324 million dollar deal is record-setting and shocked the league.
Even though everyone knew the Yankees were most likely going to be the ones to land him, it was still a bit of a surprise that he picked a team this early. Even the Yankee players showed how fired up they were.
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— Aaron Judge (@TheJudge44) December 11, 2019
Aaron Judge was one of the first players to tweet out something and it was actually as soon as the news broke. He knows how huge this is for the Yankees and they can finally start to build on the Judge era.
Just woke up…anything happen last night?
— Mike Tauchman (@MTauchman) December 11, 2019
Mike “Sock man” Tauchman was being sly with this one. Grade-A content out of Tauchman.
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— Luis Severino (@LuisSeverino94) December 11, 2019
Luis Severino must be the most pumped up one on the whole team because now a huge weight is lifted off his shoulders. The stress of being an ace and leading his team is off him now and he and Cole can now work together in a 1a, 1b situation.
@GerritCole45 Hey the number 45 jersey fits really weird and runs really big…not a problem that you will want worry about for 9 years so I’ll take care of it! #Congratsman #letsget28
— Luke Voit (@LLVIII40) December 11, 2019
Possibly the best tweet of the night from a Yankee player, Luke Voit is already saying that Cole can take his number 45 when he joins the team. This also shows how accepting the team is of Cole being added to the roster and that the Yankees set a record on him. People are saying that Voit should rock number 28 because the Yankees are in pursuit of championship 28, just like Girardi did back in the day.