PT TODAY: Yankees net a new ace in Cole

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Yankees | New York signs Gerrit Cole
The New York Yankees agreed to terms with free agent RHP Gerrit Cole on a nine-year, $324 million contract, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.  Source: ESPN - Jeff Passan
 
BHQ take: Yankee starters/ openers pitched to a 4.51 ERA and a 3.3 Cmd, averaging 4.8 IP per start. Cole's 2019 results (2.50 ERA, 6.8 Cmd, 6.4 IP/start) make his placement at the top of the NYY rotation obvious and guaranteed for the foreseeable future. All of the incumbents (James Paxton, Masahiro Tanaka, Luis Severino) will take one step backwards in the pecking order, leaving the fifth spot filled by...

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