Gerrit Cole signs with the Yankees (9 years, $324 million)

[mmc]

 

[CanadianHalo]

FML

[ten ocho recon scout]

Shit, confirmed?

[ten ocho recon scout]

What a bummer.... 

If true, i get it, thats a lot.... but not a ton more than seemed reasonable.

[John Taylor]

Welp. Rendon, MadBum and trade for Price (Making the Sawks eat his salary) it is...

[Tyler]

That money is just ridiculous. Next. 

[SoWhat]

Shit

[popo85]

Go get Rendon and some pitching 

[Chuck]

I'm not even a little bummed out for some reason. Glad it's over.

[kevinb]

Welp onto plan B. That’s a ton of money. Good for Boras and good for Cole. That just sucks for the Angels. 

[ettin]

Wow that sucks.

[rafibomb]

[Stradling]

Yea, I am pissed.  Obviously that is a huge amount of money, but still would have liked to have him.

[Bronson]

Shit. Fuck. God fucking dammit. Fuck. Fuck. Fuckkkkkkkkk

[m0nkey]

Didn't want him anyway!

[John Taylor]

Just now, Chuckster70 said:

I'm not even a little bummed out for some reason. Glad it's over.

Honestly, 9/324 is absolutely crazy to me. If anything we can now get 2 other pitchers and Rendon or Donaldson.

[krAbs]

36 mil a year for 9 years. Damn.

[mmc]

According to Maria, Eppler was outbid.

 

[Chuck]

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

Hate to say it, but I think the chatter about him wanting to come here (not blaming anyone) was more about driving up his NYY price more than anything else.

[failos]

Fucking Eppler

[gotbeer]

[tdawg87]

So glad we missed out on the two best pitchers available when we are desperate for pitching. 

[Chuck]

Just now, John Taylor said:

Honestly, 9/324 is absolutely crazy to me. If anything we can now get 2 other pitchers and Rendon or Donaldson.

Which is what I wanted all along. I've been wanting pitching, but also another significant bat in our lineup like a Grandal, Rendon, Donaldson, even Moustakas. 

[kevinb]

That’s such a shit ton of money. Yankees are gonna have to trade some contracts.