Gerrit Cole Phenomenal In Spring Training Debut Against Pittsburgh

Gerrit Cole grew up a fan of the team that wears the pinstripes and was drafted by the team that wears the pinstripes out of high school but then decided to play collegiately at UCLA.

After attending UCLA the right -hander was drafted in the first round of the 2011 MLB Draft and was the first overall pick by Pittsburgh who is a member of the National League Central where he spent five seasons before heading to Houston who is a member of the American League West for two seasons.”according to https://www.mlb.com/player/gerrit-cole-543037

In 2019 with Houston he finished with a record of 20-5 with a 2.50 earn run average. “according to https://www.mlb.com/player/gerrit-cole-543037

During the off -season he signed a 324 million dollar contract for nine years with the team that wears the pinstripes and the team the right -hander grew up rooting for.

On Monday night the right -hander made his Spring Training debut against the team that drafted him out of UCLA.

Gerrit Cole struck out two in a dominant first inning under the lights at George M. Steinbrenner Field in what ended up as a 3-3 tie. “According to an article written by Bryan Hoch on mlb.com

The newest member of the New York rotation had this to say about his first outing with the team that wears the pinstripes.

“I’m trying to throw strikes, trying to get the work done, trying to get familiar with players,” Cole said. “I was talking with the guys on a couple of comebackers, trying to go over who's covering. I’m just trying to keep communicating with Gary so we can hopefully read each other's minds at some point.” “according to an article written by Brian Hoch on mlb.com